
Roanoke Rapids based men's slow pitch softball team Apostles are in Kissimmee Florida for the USSSA World Series Class E World Series.
The Apostles team qualified by winning the NC State tournament earlier in the year.
The Apostles opened play Thursday morning winning game one 16-0 and advanced again later Thursday night winning game two 11-7.
On Friday night they lost game three 4-2 kicking them to the loser bracket.
Saturday would hold four games out of the loser bracket with most games back to back or a small break. Game four was a win 13-9 as was game five with a win 11-9. Apostles followed with a game six win 20-6 and moved to the fourth game of the day Saturday but lost out of the Championship in game seven 10-0.
These guys battled hard in three days to finish with a 5-2 record and 17th out of 218 teams.
The team is coached by Butch Barber and team members are Dylan Allen, Tyler Burden, Josh Gurley, Jacob Griffies, Warren Gums, Zack Harris, Able Hernandez, Bobby Jones, Josh Lassiter, Cody Long, Jeffery Manning, Jay Matuzak, Blake Medlin, Ryan Milton, Mike Powell, Brock Smith, Josh Stallings and Seth Wright
Team members but didn't make the trip to Florida are Dylan Allen, Able Hernandez and Jay Matuzak