The Mitch Stadium Production Network (MSPN) recorded all fifteen tournament games of the 2005 Tournament of State Champions.  MSPN utilized a four-camera production to capture all tournament action, complete with play-by-play and color commentary.  A live video feed of every game in progress was shown on a big screen television located beneath the big tent in the left field pavilion.  Immediately following each game, teams would gather under the tent to watch a replay of the just completed game - an "MSPN Instant Classic" - on a second big screen television under the tent.  

     As an new feature in 2005, MSPN made the audio play-by-play and color commentary from all 15 games available live on the internet.  Approximately 2,000 connections were made to listen to MSPN during the 5 day event, with calls from as far away as Italy calling into Mitch Stadium listening to all the action.  In total, the Tournament of State Champions website had nearly 5,000 hits in the 10-day period before and during the event.

     Action began on Saturday, August 6 at 1:00 PM.  South Carolina pitcher Nick Pappas's first pitch to Georgia's Luke Thompson was a ball, but play was stopped and the baseball collected and will be submitted to Williamsport as the first ball pitched in the first meeting between 9-10 Year-Old Little League State Champions.

     Early on during Day 1 of Pool Play, spectators, coaches, and players quickly learned the quality of play during the tournament would exceed expectations.  Team defenses excelled, as five teams averaged giving up less than one run per inning against the powerful lineups featured by the other state champions.  The fielding percentage for the entire tournament field was .890.  It is only fitting that the final out of the tournament was an amazing over-the-shoulder catch by Virginia leftfielder Tommy Aloi, which summed up the overall quality of defense teams brought to Mitch Stadium.

     There were many outstanding pitching performances during the tournament, which featured a combination of overpowering pitchers and finesse pitchers that worked the plate and kept hitters offbalanced.  Georgia's Bennett Wilson only needed 36 pitches to complete a no-hitter against North Carolina.  Virginia's Justin Fontaine pitched seven innings in his last two appearances without giving up a single run (earned or otherwise), including throwing a one-hitter in the semifinals against Tennessee.  Kentucky's Will Smith struck out 14 batters in his team's tournament debut against West Virginia.  Tennessee's Brandon Weddington cooled down Indiana's bats with a masterful performance on Day 1, keeping the opposition off the scoreboard through five innings.

     The best may have been saved for last as Virginia and Georgia met in the finals with both teams dominating after each suffered an early tournament loss.  Virginia had outscored their opponents 28-1 in the three games after their opening day loss, and Georgia put up 26 runs in the previous two games.  Georgia struck first when it scored a run in the second inning, but Virginia answered with a 4 run third inning.  Georgia scored two in the top of the forth before the two teams traded runs in the next two half-innings to set the final score at 5-4.  Charlie Hall was the winning pitcher, and Scotty Soltis picked up the save by throwing a 1-2-3 sixth inning which included a spectacular play by leftfielder Tommy Aloi to clinch the championship.