The South Carolina AAA team celebrates after winning the Dixie Youth World Series championship with a win over Alabama Thursday in Lumberton.
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The South Carolina AAA team celebrates after winning the Dixie Youth World Series championship with a win over Alabama Thursday in Lumberton.

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<p>South Carolina AAA’s Ryan Botter stands on first in front of Alabama’s Declan Baldwin during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game in Lumberton.</p>
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South Carolina AAA’s Ryan Botter stands on first in front of Alabama’s Declan Baldwin during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game in Lumberton.

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<p>South Carolina AAA’s Jacob Waters throws a pitch during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against Alabama in Lumberton.</p>
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South Carolina AAA’s Jacob Waters throws a pitch during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against Alabama in Lumberton.

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<p>A South Carolina AAA baserunner waits on first base during a pitching change in Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against Alabama in Lumberton.</p>
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A South Carolina AAA baserunner waits on first base during a pitching change in Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against Alabama in Lumberton.

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<p>Alabama AAA’s Declan Baldwin, center, yells support for his teammates while the team wears “rally caps” during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.</p>
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Alabama AAA’s Declan Baldwin, center, yells support for his teammates while the team wears “rally caps” during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.

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<p>Alabama AAA’s Monroe Howell asks for time during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.</p>
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Alabama AAA’s Monroe Howell asks for time during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.

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<p>Alabama AAA’s Griffin Ledyard celebrates after a hit during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.</p>
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Alabama AAA’s Griffin Ledyard celebrates after a hit during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.

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<p>Alabama AAA’s Murphy Fromdahl throws a pitch during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.</p>
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Alabama AAA’s Murphy Fromdahl throws a pitch during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.

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<p>Alabama coach Davin Fromdahl has a discussion with an umpire during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.</p>
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Alabama coach Davin Fromdahl has a discussion with an umpire during Thursday’s Dixie Youth World Series game against South Carolina in Lumberton.

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LUMBERTON — Looking at the results, it would appear South Carolina’s run to the Dixie Youth World Series AAA championship was easy.

For the team from Blythewood, though, it was anything but.

“We’ve been through a lot of adversity,” said South Carolina coach Marshall Dinkins. “We’ve had busted lips, concussions, broken noses; a guy might have a broken hand that played shortstop for us in this final game. We had a guy sick during states and we had to shuffle the deck many different times. Our boys just kept responding.”

After its first loss of the tournament Thursday morning, South Carolina came back to earn a 10-3 win Thursday afternoon over Mobile, Alabama to earn the title.

South Carolina scored 10 or more runs in five of its six tournament games, including the clincher; it scored at least one run in every inning of that game, including three-run frames in the first and third that gave them an early 7-0 lead.

“We’ve got a heck of a good crew, but we work, we drill it,” Dinkins said. “We’ve got very disciplined hitters that want the ball in a certain spot, and we practice velocity, we practice curveballs, we do a whole lot of stuff in the offseason to get that accomplished. They’re a heck of a group when it comes to the bat, for sure. We can bunt and play small ball too.”

Jacob Waters led South Carolina with three hits and Cam Lloyd had two; both players, along with Landon Gilchrist, scored twice.

Aiden Eager and William Nettles had two hits each for Alabama; Nettles had an RBI.

Alabama forced a winner-take-all second game on Thursday afternoon by winning 8-4 on Thursday morning. A five-run third inning, which gave Alabama a 7-1 lead, was the game’s flashpoint.

Murphy Fromdahl had two RBIs and Griffin Ledyard scored two runs; those two also led the way on the mound for Alabama. Pierce O’Donnell had two RBIs for South Carolina and Jacobs Waters scored twice.

“We felt like we accomplished something getting their No. 6 (Fromdahl) out of the game the first game, he went the max then,” Dinkins said. “We felt like that was a reason to open up game two, and we had our best guys on the mound to finish it off. We put ourselves in a good position to go out there and compete for game two.”

Chris Stiles can be reached at 910-816-1977 or by email at [email protected]. You can follow him on Twitter at @StilesOnSports.