2001
10U AAA • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves
USSSA archive includes six scheduled/results entries and a 10U AAA World Series appearance.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →Oklahoma Braves History
Tradition • Team • Legacy
Oklahoma Braves
A team. A family. A chapter of Oklahoma youth baseball history. This archive preserves the players, coaches, competition, friendships and moments that made the journey matter.
Inside the Club
More Than Baseball
Youth baseball is remembered through more than wins and losses. It is remembered through teammates, dugouts, road trips, coaches, parents, difficult moments and relationships carried long after the final out. The Oklahoma Braves page is designed as a permanent team archive—not a simple list of links.
Preserving the RecordThe photographs and film archive provide a visual history of the Oklahoma Braves and the experiences that later became part of the broader Baseball Heaven journey.
Documented USSSA History
The Competitive Timeline
The surviving USSSA archive documents Oklahoma Braves teams beginning in 2001 and follows the program through later Braves-Crawford and Oklahoma Canes seasons. The records below link directly to the available USSSA team pages.
2002
11U AAA • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves
Six documented events, including East and West AAA State tournaments and the 11U AAA World Series.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →2003
12U AAA • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves
The surviving USSSA page records a first-place finish at the OK East State Tournament.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →2004
13U AAA • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves
Manager history records 31–10 with four tournament wins; the season archive shows a 3rd-place AAA World Series finish in Canton, Michigan.
ARCHIVED RECORD SUPPLIED2005
14U AAA • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves
Manager history records 31–11 with four tournament wins; the archive shows an East AAA State championship and two 5th-place World Series finishes.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →2006
6U A • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves-Crawford
The USSSA archive documents participation in the Brian Crawford Memorial in Shawnee.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →2007
7U Coach Pitch AA • Oklahoma
Oklahoma Braves-Crawford
Three documented events include the 2nd Annual Brian Crawford Memorial and competition in Moore and Shawnee.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →2011
10U Major • Shawnee, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Canes Elite Baseball
Manager history records 24–7 with two tournament wins; the archive includes a 6–0 Brian Crawford Memorial championship run.
OPEN USSSA RECORD →Coach Crawford — USSSA Manager History
The USSSA manager-history page extends beyond the Braves seasons and records teams from 2001 through 2015.
54Tournament Results
128Players Listed
125–50Team Record
.714Winning Pct.
17Tournament Wins
Historical-record note: older USSSA pages contain incomplete or zeroed game fields even where event participation and placement are preserved. This page therefore presents the archive as a historical record and does not treat every legacy 0–0 field as a complete season record.
Primary-Source Game Records
2004 USSSA 13U World Series Box Scores
The surviving box-score scans provide a game-by-game primary-source record of the Oklahoma Braves' 2004 USSSA 13U World Series run in Canton, Michigan. Together, the supplied scans reproduce the 8–2 tournament record reflected in the USSSA season archive.
Eight Wins. Two Losses. Third Place.
The box scores document wins over Central Kansas, New Ulm, Livingston Michigan, the Old Ballgame Monarchs, the American Eagles, Florida Xtreme twice, and Novi Heat. The two losses came against Midland Michigan. Across the ten supplied games, Oklahoma scored 75 runs and allowed 57 — exactly matching the tournament totals in the surviving USSSA 2004 record.
Central Kansas CardinalsW 8–0
New Ulm MinnesotaW 8–4
Livingston MichiganW 12–7
Old Ballgame MonarchsW 7–2
American EaglesW 7–6
Florida XtremeW 6–2
Novi HeatW 7–6
Florida XtremeW 10–9
Midland MichiganL 3–4
Midland MichiganL 7–17
8–2World Series Record
3rdFinal Placement
75Runs Scored
57Runs Allowed
Rexton Hailey — 8–0 Shutout
Against Central Kansas, Hailey worked all five innings and allowed only three hits and one walk while keeping the Cardinals off the scoreboard.
Jack Gray — 13 Strikeouts
Against the Old Ballgame Monarchs, Gray went seven innings, allowed three hits and two runs, and struck out 13 in a 7–2 Braves win.
16 Hits vs. Livingston
The Braves produced 16 hits in the 12–7 win over Livingston Michigan. Chad James went 3-for-4 and Josh Givens went 3-for-3 in the supplied box score.
Gray Goes Distance vs. Florida
In the 6–2 win over Florida Xtreme, Jack Gray threw seven innings, allowed seven hits and two runs, struck out 11, and also went 3-for-3 at the plate.
10–9 over Florida Xtreme
The second Florida game produced 11 Oklahoma hits. Derek Hawkins and Dalton Hillard each collected three hits as the Braves advanced with a one-run victory.
7–6 over Novi Heat
The Braves survived a late Novi push. Jack Gray collected three hits, and the Oklahoma offense scored seven runs on ten hits.
Series profile: the preserved box scores show that the 8–2 run was not built around one type of game. Oklahoma won a shutout, multiple low- and mid-scoring games, a 12-run offensive game, and two one-run games. The two losses both came against Midland Michigan, including the final 17–7 defeat that ended the run.
Why these scans matter: unlike summary-only historical listings, these original game sheets preserve line scores, batting lines, pitching lines, fielding notes, baserunning details, game times and opponent-by-opponent context. They provide a deeper documentary layer for reconstructing the 2004 Braves season.
Original Box Score ScanAmerican Eagles
July 22, 2004 • Braves 7, American Eagles 6
Original Box Score ScanAmerican Eagles — Alternate Scan
July 22, 2004 • Braves 7, American Eagles 6
Original Box Score ScanAmerican Eagles — Box Score
July 22, 2004 • Braves 7, American Eagles 6
Original Box Score ScanCentral Kansas Cardinals
July 19, 2004 • Braves 8, Central Kansas 0
Original Box Score ScanNew Ulm Minnesota
July 19, 2004 • Braves 8, New Ulm 4
Original Box Score ScanLivingston Michigan
July 20, 2004 • Braves 12, Livingston 7
Original Box Score ScanOld Ballgame Monarchs
July 21, 2004 • Braves 7, Monarchs 2
Original Box Score ScanFlorida Xtreme — Game 1
July 23, 2004 • Braves 6, Florida Xtreme 2
Original Box Score ScanNovi Heat
July 24, 2004 • Braves 7, Novi Heat 6
Original Box Score ScanFlorida Xtreme — Game 2
July 24, 2004 • Braves 10, Florida Xtreme 9
Original Box Score ScanMidland Michigan — Game 1
July 24, 2004 • Midland 4, Braves 3
Original Box Score ScanMidland Michigan — Game 2
July 25, 2004 • Midland 17, Braves 7
Full Historical Report
Oklahoma Braves Team History
The professional team-history report brings the documented Oklahoma Braves story together in one publication — the USSSA competitive timeline, 2004 13U World Series run, original box-score analysis, 2005 follow-through, coaching history, Brian Crawford Memorial continuity, and the broader legacy preserved through Baseball Heaven.
Documented Team Archive
Competition.
Family.
History.
Legacy.
Family.
History.
Legacy.
2001–2005 Oklahoma Braves competitive progression
2004 USSSA 13U World Series — 8–2, third place
Original World Series box-score reconstruction
USSSA manager history and memorial continuity
Braves Film Room
Watch the Journey
The Oklahoma Braves video collection is presented as a professional club film room. Select any film card to open the original video on YouTube.
Oklahoma Braves • Baseball Heaven
A Legacy Beyond the Field
The team experience became part of something larger: a continuing examination of youth sports, leadership, facilities, governance, economics, transparency and the communities that make the games possible.
Integrity of the Game vs. Economic Impact (Politics)The Oklahoma Business Plan — preserving lived experience while building a documented research record of Oklahoma youth sports.