MOULTRIE — Colquitt County’s Preston Berry had a busy and successful summer on the baseball diamond.

He played on the Mobley Plant team that went 10-1-2 and finished second in the Moultrie-Colquitt County Recreation Department’s Midget League and was named to the league’s all-star team.

That all-star team went on to win the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association’s sub-District III, District III and state championships.

As a member of the Blazers, a traveling 12-and-under team that also included players from Macon, Cordele, Leesburg, Valdosta and Madison, Fla., he also played in tournaments throughout the Southeast.

The Blazers finished their summers season in the four-day Triple Crown Sports Summer Nationals in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

But nothing compared to playing with the Blazers in the 95-team Little Majors tournament at Cooperstown Dreams Park in Cooperstown, N.Y., in June.

Berry, a seventh-grader at Willie J. Williams Middle School, is one of just two Colquitt County youngsters to play at Cooperstown Dreams Park, joining Aubrey McCarty, who played last year.

The Blazers won six of eight games in the tournament.

After losing their opener to the Florida Freeze, the Blazers won six straight over the Mooresville (N.C.) Racers, the Hawaii Islanders, the Cheshire (Conn.) rams, the Utah Horns, the Bayou City (Texas) Broncos and the Westfield (Ind.) Rocks.

The Blazers, seeded No. 11 in the finals, were eliminated by the Virginia Crush.

Berry, who is primarily a catcher, did his part offensively for the Blazers, batting .475 with an on base percentage of .660, while hitting a pair of two-run homers and driving in nine runs.

He hit second in the Blazers batting order.

Players who play at Cooperstown Dreams Park are inducted into the planned American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame, which will be build to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Berry signed an dated one of his home run balls, which will place in the new Hall of Fame.

Berry also pitched, played second base, shortstop, center field and right field during the tournament.

Players and coaches reside in clubhouses at Baseball Village at Cooperstown Dreams Park during the tournament.

The Park includes 22 fields, numerous concession stands, a parent pavilion and gift shop.

Buses and a train run from the Park to Cooperstown, which is located in the Charlotte Valley in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.

Berry called the experience “awesome.”

“Those were the best fields I’ve ever played on,” he said. “It was really impressive.”

Berry batted .573 with 10 home runs for the Blazers before the team headed to Cooperstown.

The Blazers re-forming as a 13-and-under team and will begin playing fall tournaments.

Preston is the son of Eddie and Kathy Berry.