2016 USSSA 37th Busch – Arkansas Major tournament report!
2016 Nationwide Conference USSSA
37th Annual Busch
Arkansas Major
Little Rock, AR
July 1-3
AllOut bats against Vivid in the championship Sunday
AllOut/PowerhouseSportz/IzzySports a new Conference 'A' team from Texas broke through and won the Arkansas Major. They knocked off rival Vivid/Klutch/Worth (AA) 41-40 on Saturday night in the winner's bracket finals with the gloves in their hands in the bottom of the 7th. Then on Sunday after losing in the first game of the championship to Vivid 33-28 they came back in the heat to win the second game 29-14 and their first ever Conference event. Vivid who was playing without Isaac Gonzalez (with Team USA) finished 2nd and really could have used those first place points. Olmito Heat/DiamondKingz/Miken who had a wild 41-27 Saturday night win over Seminoles and a nice 35-19 win over Steel on Sunday morning finished 3rd. And Steel who won over Nightmare on a walk off grand slam 46-44 Saturday night finished 4th. All of the final 4 teams were Nationwide Conference USSSA teams from Texas. AllOut earned 186 points moving them to 20th in the standings and with a couple of low scores that they could replace anything can happen.
I would like to give a big thanks to Adam Ussery, Jason, and Chris Walker for helping with the livestream cameras. They did a great job all weekend!
Team Breakdown
26 Teams Overall
6 Conference USSSA Teams
1 'AA' Teams 2 'A' Teams
5 'B' Teams 17 'C' Teams and 1 'D' Teams
1st Place – AllOut/PowerhouseSportz/IzzySports
2nd Place – Vivid/Worth/Klutch
3rd Place – Olmito Heat/DiamondKingz/Miken
4th Place – Steel Athletics/Miken/Powerhouse
AllOut takes on Vivid on Saturday night in the winner's bracket finals
Vivid's Matt Fox hits a home run against Olmito Heat in the loser's finals
The Wounded Warriors played a game Friday night and then I believe they played in the 'E' bracket
Arkansas Major Awards and Final Standings
| Player Tournament Awards | Players Name | Plays For |
| Tournament MVP | Tyler Green | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| Defensive Tournament MVP | Casey Brown | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| All Tournament Team | Dennis Shrum | Vivid/Worth/Klutch |
| All Tournament Team | Tim Howard | Vivid/Worth/Klutch |
| All Tournament Team | Rodney Fail | Steel Athletics/Miken/Powerhouse |
| All Tournament Team | Toby Letak | Steel Athletics/Miken/Powerhouse |
| All Tournament Team | Mike AGUIRRE | OlmitoHeat/DiamondKingz/Miken |
| All Tournament Team | David Prahm | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| All Tournament Team | Joshua Bergeron | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| All Tournament Team | Matthew Fox | Vivid/Worth/Klutch |
| All Tournament Team | Mark Cridland | Steel Athletics/Miken/Powerhouse |
| All Tournament Team | Casey Brown | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| All Tournament Team | Thomas Crump | Vivid/Worth/Klutch |
| All Tournament Team | Taylor Lobb | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| All Tournament Team | Larry Juarez Jr. | ALLOUT/POWERHOUSESPORTZ/IZZYSPORTS |
| Place | State | Team | Team Class | Wins | Losses | Ties | Runs Scored | Runs Allow | Avg Runs | Avg Allow | Avg Diff | Max Runs | USSSA Points |
| 1 | TXS – Houston | allout/powerhousesportz/izzysports | USSSA-Mens-A | 5 | 1 | 0 | 170 | 133 | 28.3 | 22.1 | 6.16 | 41 | 300 |
| 2 | TXN – Frisco | Vivid/Worth/Klutch | USSSA-Mens-AA | 5 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 169 | 30.1 | 24.1 | 6 | 40 | 225 |
| 3 | TXS – Olmito | olmitoheat/diamondkingz/miken | USSSA-Mens-B | 5 | 2 | 0 | 213 | 157 | 30.4 | 22.4 | 8 | 42 | 300 |
| 4 | TXS – Corpus Christi | steel athletics/miken/powerhouse | USSSA-Mens-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 132 | 26 | 26.4 | -0.3 | 46 | 275 |
| 5 | MO – Branson | Nightmare/Miken | USSSA-Mens-A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 127 | 38.2 | 25.4 | 12.8 | 45 | 155 |
| 5 | OK – Tulsa | Seminoles | USSSA-Mens-C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 131 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 1.2 | 35 | 155 |
| 7 | MS – Caledonia | HSC/Fantasyland | USSSA-Mens-C | 4 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 134 | 21.6 | 22.3 | -0.6 | 27 | 130 |
| 7 | IN – Depauw | Slayer/KB Construction | USSSA-Mens-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 97 | 103 | 19.4 | 20.6 | -1.2 | 24 | 230 |
| 9 | AR – Arkansas | mayhem/j&r logistics/miken | USSSA-Mens-B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 116 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 0.40 | 28 | 110 |
| 9 | MO – carthage mo | Community 1st/ Nally's | USSSA-Mens-C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 79 | 18 | 19.7 | -1.7 | 25 | 135 |
| 9 | MS – Brandon | HGC/BWW/BUZINI | USSSA-Mens-B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 67 | 71 | 16.7 | 17.7 | -1 | 31 | 110 |
| 9 | MO – Saint Peters | SOL Softball/CastleSports | USSSA-Mens-C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 88 | 19.7 | 22 | -2.2 | 26 | 210 |
| 13 | AR – North little rock | Green & Chapman oil | USSSA-Mens-C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 77 | 14.7 | 19.2 | -4.5 | 26 | 70 |
| 13 | AR – Fort smith | DSA | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 61 | 17.3 | 20.3 | -3 | 27 | 70 |
| 13 | AR – Russellville | natural state/fayetteville toyota | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 58 | 8.33 | 19.3 | -11 | 12 | 70 |
| 13 | TXN – Mesquite | c&r express/miken/hitmen sports | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 71 | 18.6 | 23.6 | -5 | 20 | 70 |
| 17 | TNW – Memphis | TCS | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 65 | 17 | 21.6 | -4.6 | 24 | 40 |
| 17 | AR – Jonesboro | northside steel/ray's gator farm | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 80 | 26.6 | 26.6 | 0 | 33 | 40 |
| 17 | AR – Sherwood | Team Fan Apparel | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 15.3 | 23.3 | -8 | 23 | 40 |
| 17 | LA – Amite | CARBOLINE/LA CHARGERS | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 54 | 13.3 | 18 | -4.6 | 24 | 40 |
| 17 | OK – Edmond | Attaboys | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 49 | 16 | 16.3 | -0.3 | 27 | 65 |
| 17 | KS – Wichita | Midwest Hearing/SYNDICATE | USSSA-Mens-C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 72 | 24.3 | 24 | 0.33 | 42 | 65 |
| 17 | AR – Arkadelphia | JHM | USSSA-Mens-C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 10.5 | 20.5 | -10 | 20 | 40 |
| 17 | AR – Jacksonville | Southern Strokers | USSSA-Mens-C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 39 | 17.5 | 19.5 | -2 | 26 | 40 |
| 25 | AR – El Dorado | Fallout/Berserk Athletics | USSSA-Mens-C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 43 | 13.5 | 21.5 | -8 | 17 | 40 |
| 25 | OK – Coweta | Insidious | USSSA-Mens-C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 14 | 18 | -4 | 17 | 40 |
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