Bulls on Parade

The Indiana Bulls have found that when it comes to national tournaments, this summer has been twice as nice for baseball. The U-18 team has won two national tournament championships this summer. On July 14, the Bulls red team won the Mid-America national championship after going 6-1, defeating the Bayside Yankees (New York), East Cobb Mets (Ga.), Rawlings Prospects (Missouri) and Evansville Razorbacks. The team's only loss was against the Memphis Tigers. Hobs Donovan (North Central) had three wins for the Bulls during the tournament - two in relief, with the final victory coming in the championship game following 6 and 1/3 innings of work. Rob McPike (Avon) was the team's leading hitter, who according to Mundy, hit over .500 for the tournament. Local athletes on the Indiana Bulls red team: Alex Berlyn (Brownsburg) Nick Burke (Pendleton Heights) Hobs Donovan (North Central) Rob McPike (Avon) Nate Koontz (Brebeuf) Brad Hook (Franklin) Greg Vogt (Carmel) Luke Waitt (Sheridan) Just last week, on July 21, the Bulls U-18 black team won the Premier Invitational Senior National Tournament. The Bulls went 8-1 overall for the tournament, defeating last year's Junior Champions, the Austin Wings, 5-2, in the seminfinals and topping the Dallas Mustangs in the championship. Michael Tucker (Zionsville) hit six home runs during the tournament, while Sean Collins of Pendleton Heights has two victories and threw two scoreless relief innings in the championship game. "In the final two days of the tournament, we had to defeat Rawlings again - they only had three loses heading into the Mid-America tournament the week before - as well and Ontario and Dallas," said Mundy. The tournament was comprised of the 30 best (and hand-picked) teams in the country. Local athletes on the Indiana Bulls black team: Alex Berlyn (Brownsburg) Jared Broughton (Lutheran) Sean Collins (Pendleton Heights) Jake Hansen (Westfield) Brad Hook (Franklin) Nate Koontz (Brebeuf) Joe Neff (Carmel) Michael Tucker (Zionsville) Greg Vogt (Carmel)