BB&T
2007 Whiteville Optimist DY League Tournament champions

The News Reporter
2007 Whiteville Optimist DY League regular-season champions

Regular-season runnerup BB&T wasted no time in getting the upper hand on regular-season champion News Reporter in Monday’s final of the Whiteville Optimist Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament.

The BB&T squad jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first inning and rode the strong pitching of Nick Honeycutt the rest of the way to claim a 10-0 runaway victory.

The game was halted in the fourth inning by the 10-run rule as BB&T claimed its second straight tournament championship and its third in four years.

Honeycutt pitched a three-hitter and also went 3-for-3 at the plate. Catcher Ryan Ciamillo also went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles.

Nick Ciamillo hit a triple and Austin Reaves doubled for BB&T. which scored three runs in the second inning and three more in the third. Geraldo Maggioli and Tyler Williamson added singles.

Trevor Sellers knocked a double while Mikie Foxworth and Colby Shelley had singles for News Reporter. Daylon Hucks was the losing pitcher, getting relief help from Tyquan McDonald.

News Reporter had won two of its three regular-season game with BB&T.
Honeycutt struck out five batters and walked two in four innings pitched. He allowed only one batter to advance past first base and got help from Reaves, who came up with two big catches in centerfield.

The tournament completed the 38th season of the Whiteville Optimist Dixie Youth Baseball League.