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The Tennessee & Southeast Regional Champion Goodlettsville Little League All-Stars made the Volunteer state proud Thursday night as they defeated Kearney, Nebraska 12-1 in their opening game at the 2012 Little League World Series.

Tennessee took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Cole Carter single scoring Brock Myers. Goodlettsville didn’t stop there. They added two more in the second frame off a Ryan Lyle two-run shot plating Lorenzo Butler. Tennessee led 3-0 until the fifth when they scored once again on their second round tripper by Brock Myers (3/4, HR, 3R, 2RBI) a two-run homer also scoring Collin O’Berry making the score 5-0.

Tennessee’s starting pitcher was dominate. Brock Myers went 4.1 innings striking out eight, allowing only one hit. At one point in the second and third innings Myers fanned five in a row and struck out the side in the third. Jake Rucker in relief gave up one-run on one hit, striking out one in his 1.2 innings on the mound.

Goodlettsville put the game out of reach in the sixth with a seven-run flurry highlighted by their third and fourth homers of the night. Jake Rucker a three-run homer which was followed by a solo-homer by Jayson Brown followed by back to back doubles by Myers & Luke Brown. The Brown hit scored Myers putting Tennessee up 12-0. Goodlettsville pounded out 13 hits.

Nebraska got their lone run in the bottom of the six. Nathan Murray scored on a Zane Schmidt 6-3 ground out.

Goodlettsville advances to play Petaluma, California Sunday at 1:00PM central.

With the opening of the 2012 Tennessee high school football season a day away, the TSSAA has released the dates of the BlueCross Division I & II Championships.

On the heals of the announcement from the TSSAA & Cookeville Chamber on the four-year deal to host the games at Tucker Stadium on the Tennessee Tech Campus, all dates have been finalized.

The TSSAA Div. II Championships will be held Thursday Nov. 29 with the Class-A game followed by Class-AA contest.

The Div. II schedule will consist of two nights of action. On Friday Nov.30 Class-A will open play followed by Class-AAA and Class-5A. On Saturday Dec. 1 Class-AA, Class-4A and Class-6A will hit the field.

All times to be determined.

All games will be on the TSSAA Network on television stations across Tennessee. Radio coverage is available on the TSSAA Network and tssaa.org.