"font-family: Arial;">MARIETTA, Ga.— Two Baldwin County Boys (But not for long- they're still on the U-side of 17-years-old) took part in a national championship and came out on the winning side with an incredible run throuh a guantlet of many of the top travel-ball team in the nation. Incoming seniors for 2011-12 Jordan Ebert of Baldwin County High and Brandon Peterson of Daphne earned national championship rings for their efforts. The 52-7-2 East Cobb Braves 17-U took home the B-I-G trophy last week at home in their own park to add to the excitement of a hometown club rallying through to a 10-0-1 run in a 216-team field to the World Wood Bat National
Championship. Some of their most exciting games were were in the elimination playoffs where they fought one-loss away from elimination to earn the final 17th seed bid to the finals. ECB finished with a big 8-3 victory over a talented Florida Travel Ball team. Read more about their individual roles in GCN's July 22 Weekend Sports. Also visit Perfectpitch.com to learn more about elite travel ball where many other local high school players including other collegiate prospects are spending their summers.