Quincy Gems Ranked Sixth in Nation
Published on August 10, 2011 under Prospect League (Prospect)
Quincy Gems News Release
PERFECT GAME USA, the nation's #1 scouting service ranks Quincy Gems #6 in the Nation this week in t's TOP 35 Colligate teams.
SUMMER BASEBALL TOP 35 RANKINGS
WEEKLY RANKING / Through games of August 9
8-9 8-2 TEAM ST LEAGUE WEEK RECORD
1 1 Edenton Steamers NC Coastal Plain 3-1 47-12
Steamers have steamrolled through CPL this season; one win away from moving to Petitt Cup championship series
2 3 *Bethesda Big Train MD Cal Ripken 0-0 36-9
Big Train handily won Cal Ripken regular-season title; went on to win third straight league title with three straight playoff wins
3 4 Wenatchee AppleSox WA West Coast 4-3 39-14
Two-time defending West Coast champs have dominated league all season; set to open title defense in four-team playoff
4 2 *Hyannis Harbor Hawks MA Cape Cod 2-3 30-17
Hawks' Cinderella-like worst-to-first dash from 2010 to 2011 came to screeching halt in first-round playoff loss to Falmouth
5 11 Santa Barbara Foresters CA California Collegiate 5-0 40-13
Foresters struggled to nail down CCL title, but perennial National Baseball Congress World Series power is rolling at 4-0
6 10 Quincy Gems IL Prospect 3-2 39-18
Gems have been Prospect's dominant club from the outset; stand one playoff win away from capturing league crown
7 16 Harwich Mariners MA Cape Cod 4-1 27-20
Demise of Cape's two division winners in first-round playoff upsets has opened the door for opportunistic Mariners
8 21 Alexandria Beetles MN Northwoods 5-1 40-23
Beetles have been under radar most of NWL season, but showdown win over Mankato Monday highlight of recent surge
9 26 Keene Swamp Bats NH New England Collegiate 5-2 33-16
Swamp Bats quickly sorting out logjam at top of NECBL West standings with impressive run in league playoffs
10 9 Kenai Peninsula Oilers AK Alaska 3-1 34-16
Alaska League champs came out second-best in key NBC World Series showdown with Santa Barbara Tuesday
11 12 East Texas Pump Jacks TX Texas Collegiate 4-2 39-18
Surging Pump Jacks have been TCL's dominant club all of 2011 season; hope to close deal in upcoming playoffs
12 17 Corvallis Knights OR West Coast 3-1 36-17
Pitching-rich Knights on late-season surge; has sights set on Wenatchee in potential West Coast playoff showdown
13 13 *San Luis Obispo Blues CA California Collegiate 0-0 34-15
Blues pulled surprise on final day of CCL season by tying league power Santa Barbara for league title; earned tie-breaker nod
14 6 Mankato MoonDogs MN Northwoods 3-4 41-24
MoonDogs have been at or near the top of NWL standings all season, largely on dominant season of Utah OF Shaun Cooper
15 31 Wareham Gatemen MA Cape Cod 3-0 25-21
Cape Cod all-star game MVP Konner Wade (Arizona) has propelled improving Gatemen into second-round of Cape playoffs
16 7 *Harrisonburg Turks VA Valley 0-1 34-14
Turks dominated Valley League regular season, but fell in semi-final round of playoffs to sub-.500 Rockbridge club
17 27 *Lima Locos OH Great Lakes 4-1 32-15
Locos battled Southern Ohio for best regular-season record in Great Lakes; beat Copperheads 2-0 in league final
18 22 Amsterdam Mohawks NY Perfect Game Collegiate 2-0 32-17
Mohawks finished half game behind arch-rival Glens Falls in PGCBL East standings; knocked off Golden Eagles in playoffs
19 19 *Palm Springs Power CA Southern California 0-0 41-4
Power used 20-game win streak to post first 40-win season in club's eight-year history, won SCCBL championship
20 5 *Orleans Firebirds MA Cape Cod 2-2 24-19
Firebirds finished atop East in Cape, but victimized by brilliant pitching of Y-D star RHP Mark Appel (Stanford) in playoffs
21 14 *Holyoke BlueSox MA New England Collegiate 3-2 31-16
Even with superior catching tandem of Tom Murphy (Buffalo) and Ronnie Freeman (Kennesaw State), Sox fell in playoffs
22 34 *Humboldt Crabs CA Far West 4-1 40-13
Historic Eureka-based franchise overcame first-round playoff loss to win first-year Far West League championship
23 NR Green Bay Bullfrogs WI Northwoods 6-0 40-24
With 6-0 week, Bullfrogs making a late-season bid to catch Alexandria, Mankato for best overall record in NWL
24 15 *St. Joseph Mustangs MO MINK 1-2 38-12
Mustangs dominated MINK League season, playoffs, but went quietly at NBC World Series with 1-2 record
25 8 *Newport Gulls RI New England Collegiate 0-2 29-15
Gulls entered NECBL playoffs on long winning streak, but were upset in two straight first-round games by Laconia
26 18 *Southern Ohio Copperheads OH Great Lakes 2-3 31-16
Copperheads edged Lima for best regular-season record in Great Lakes, but succumbed to Locos in league title series
27 29 *Oneonta Outlaws NY New York Collegiate 0-0 34-15
Outlaws powered past regular-season division champs Utica and Webster in playoffs to capture first NYCBL title
28 NR Forest City Owls NC Coastal Plain 3-1 33-26
Two-time CPL champion Owls backed into eight-team playoffs with slow second half, but have found game in playoffs
29 NR *Terre Haute Rex IN Prospect 5-1 34-23
Rex posted league's best second-half record at 18-9, but fell to division rival Quincy in sudden-death playoff semi-final
30 NR Coppell Copperheads TX Texas Collegiate 5-1 33-23
Hot Copperheads may not catch East Texas in TCL standings, but may prove worthy opponent in league playoffs
31 25 Battle Creek Bombers MI Northwoods 6-4 38-26
Bombers may only have fourth-best overall record in NWL, but only 3 games out, continue to keep top spot within range
32 24 *Leesburg Lightning FL Florida 1-2 30-14
Lightning ran away with FCSL season title, but upstart Sanford (16-22) got hot at right time to capture league playoffs
33 NR Liberal Beejays KS Jayhawk 3-1 35-17
Defending NBC World Series champs finished fourth in Jayhawk standings, but still alive in this year's NBC tournament
34 23 *Fayetteville Swampdogs NC Coastal Plain 1-2 35-24
Strong second half didn't provide momentum for Swampdogs in CPL playoffs as they were knocked off in first round
35 NR *Staten Island Tide NY Atlantic Collegiate 24-15
Tide won ACBL's Kaiser Division crown, then withstood all challengers in surprise romp through league playoffs
OTHERS RECEIVING CONSIDERATION: Mat-Su Miners/Alaska (23-17); Youse's Maryland Orioles/Cal Ripken (25-18); Team Vegas/California (25-17); Bourne Braves/Cape Cod (22-22); Gastonia Grizzlies/Coastal Plain (32-28); Thomasville H-Toms/Coastal Plain (32-27); Winter Park Diamond Dawgs/Florida (24-16); Nashua Silver Knights/Futures (29-16); Haysville Heat/Jayhawk (27-13); Danbury Westerners/New England Collegiate (26-19); Vermont Mountaineers/New England Collegiate (26-18); Webster Yankees/New York Collegiate (32-17); Utica Brewers/New York Collegiate (32-14); Willmar Stingers/Northwoods (37-28); Madison Mallards/Northwoods (35-29); Glens Falls Golden Eagles/Perfect Game (31-19); Newark Pilots/Perfect Game (28-23); West Virginia Power/Prospect (30-27); Nashville Outlaws/Prospect (29-24); Winchester Royals/Valley (31-18); Covington Lumberjacks/Valley (27-25); Bend Elks/West Coast (29-25); Cowlitz Black Bears/West Coast (28-25); Regina Red Sox/Western Major (38-10); Okotoks Dawgs/Western Major (40-14).
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