BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
20 March 2313
Nuka Cup Tournament
The regional tournaments are now complete with just four teams remaining in the 2313 Nuka Cup Tournament. Let's see the results below from the last week of action:
Fort Hagen Regional
Oberland 2, The Slog 1 - The Slog eliminated
Oberland 3, Fort Hagen 2 - Oberland advances
Jamaica Plain Regional
Jamaica Plain 2, County Crossing 1 - County Crossing eliminated
University Point 4, Jamaica Plain 1 - University Point advances
Vault 81 Regional
Goodneighbor 2, Bunker Hill 1 - Bunker Hill eliminated
Vault 81 3, Goodneighbor 2 - Vault 81 advances
Salem Regional
Roxbury 2, FHE 1 - FHE eliminated
Southie 4, Roxbury 1 - Southie advances
Summary
Southie continues to surprise as the Brews won three of the four-game series against Roxbury, taking the Salem Regional title, four games to one. The fourth "victory" is automatically awarded to the Winner's Bracket team in each regional.
In the other regionals, the seeding did not seem to matter much, as the #1 Vaut 81 Dwellers, #2 Oberland T-51s, and #3 University Point Deathclaws all won their regionals to join #6 Southie. That also means we will have an all South Charles Association semifinals. Just one year ago, it was an all North Charles Association semifinals with Starlight coming out on top ahead of Fort Hagen, Nordhagen Beach, and Nahant.
In the semifinals in the Great Green Jewel, Oberland will be considered the home team in Games 1 and 3 against University Point, which will be the home team in Game 2. The same goes for the Vault 81-Southie matchup with the Dwellers the home team in Games 1 and 3 and the Brews the home team in Game 2. Winners of those two series play for the right to be the 2313 Nuka Cup champions. Oberland and University Point have won three of the past five seasons, so they should be the favorite coming out of their Semifinals Round series.
CYL Preview
The 2313 Commonwealth Youth League has already begun, but we have yet to run the season preview. Let's take a look at what PAM thinks is going to happen this season after an exciting 2312 where the Marblehead Mess topped the Woodlawn Gnomes for the title. This season, 32 teams will reach the postseason tournament for the right to be the CYL champions.
In the North Region, division winners are expected to be as follows:
Franklin - Sturbridge Rangers 33-17
Emerson - Marblehead Mess 32-18
Fuller - Covenant Dandy Boys 33-17
Revere - (three-way tie) Boston Harbor Harborfellows 32-18
DuBois - Reading Rhinos 28-22
Those five division winners would be joined by 11 wildcard spots to make up the 16 teams competing in the North Region. Expected wildcard teams in order of seeding are: Boston Common Baby Bellies, Diamond City Newsboys, Lowell Frags, Beantown Sprouts, Circle Jerks, CIT Academy Yahoos, Lynn Pier Gamers, Worcester Crows, Hester Mechanists, Castle Freedom, and Beerthirty Sippers.
Top competitors to win the batting title are 1B Bow Wow Vargas (Boston Common), LF Crunchy Sloganman (Boston Harbor), LF Varlam Sayadian (Reading), RF Ty Johnson (Concord), and 1B Fuzz Copman (Castle).
The predicted top pitchers in the NR are SP Hub Purdue (Hester), SP Licky Lichenstein (Beantown), SP Mike Searocker (Lowell), SP Dream O'Sullivan (Boston Harbor), and SP Strongback Grazer (Hester).
In the South Region, the divisions are expected to finish with these winners and top seeds:
Adams - North Providence Phantoms 35-15
Alcott - Swansea Nuka Sox 32-18
Morse - (tie) Plymouth Hunters 30-20
Attucks - Truro Hatchings 34-16
Hancock - Old Lyme Lake Monsters 20-30
In the race for the 11 wildcard spots, this is the predicted order of playoff wildcards: Nauset Beach Lurk Hunters, West Quincy Atomatoys, Eastham Rads, Wellfleet Tarberries, Attleboro Deejays, Braintree Schoolboys, Jamaica Plain Treasures, Provincetown Land Pirates, East Providence Skulls, Taunton Giants, and Andrew Station Southies.
Top competitors to win the batting title in the SR are RF Darby O'Doherty (Nuka Academy), LF Obee Jay (Nauset Beach), LF Jailhouse Shillitto (Holyoke), RF Alastair Being (West Quincy), and RF Fenwick Eagle (Coventry).
The predicted top pitchers are SP Nutball Solc (Attleboro), SP Calvagh Lewis (North Providence), SP Chad OJ (Brown), SP Beefcake McStevens (Brown), and SP Big Dog Monaghan (Jamaica Plain).