This is the team’s seventh trip to Cooperstown and turned out to be their best showing in the team’s history. The 2008 Troopers set team records for wins with seven, and homeruns, slamming 28 long balls for the week. The team finished 7-2 placing 13^th overall out of 98 teams. The Troopers finished the regular game portion of the tournament 5-1, Then went 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs which was  good enough to make it the first round of the “Sweet Sixteen”.

          The Troopers started the week off defeating the Bainbridge Niners from Washington 6-4. Liam Stewart was the winning pitcher and helped himself out offensively with his first homerun. In Game 2 they beat the East Haven Connecticut Predators 12-1. Mike Coss got the win pitching 5 innings and striking out 9 batters. Chris Boes came in to pitch the 6^th inning and struck out the side to nail down the win. Jonny Steele hit his first homerun and Stewart added two more. Game 3 the Troopers handed the ball to Chris Boes and he responded by giving up one run over 5 innings striking out 8. The team pounded the CNY Major League All Stars from New York 13-5. The Troopers hit 5 homers in the game. Another each by Stewart and Steele, Boes and Nick Costello went deep as did Travis Canty who hit a grand slam to put the game out of reach. Game 4 Craig Appel took the mound against the Salem Utah Hawks. Appel got the win in the 15-3  striking out 5 batters over 5 innings. Appel joined the homerun brigade as did Big Mike Coss who hit 2; Jonny Steele and Liam Stewart were also heard from again going deep. Chris Boes hit 3 homers in the game and came in to pitch the 6^th inning again striking out two of the three batters he faced. In Game 5 Appel, Costello, Coss, and Steele all homered again to defeat the Cleveland Ohio Jets 13-0. Nick Costello pitched all 4 innings of the mercy shortened game striking out 7 and allowing just 2 hits. In the final game of the seeding portion of the tournament the Troopers entered the game ranked 7^th, but suffered their first defeat at the hands of the California Hard 90 Slam .

          The Troopers got back on track in the playoffs though beating the 44^th ranked Chicago Lightning 12-4 behind a stellar pitching performance by Mike Coss who struck out 12 batters to get the win. Jonny Steele and Coss homered again as did Aaron Segnello. In the second game of the playoffs the Troopers shocked the 12^th ranked Las Vegas Baseball Academy by a score of 7-4. Coss, Segnello went deep again as Nick Costello banging 2 homers over the right center field wall. Chris Boes relieved Liam Stewart pitching the last 4 innings of shut out ball, striking out 6. Boes was helped out by right fielder Travis Canty who ran a long way to catch a foul pop, reaching over the wall to pull it back in. The game ended after midnight due to weather related delays.

          The Troopers were then eliminated from the tournament the next morning losing to the 5^th ranked Florida Cats. Not before hitting a team record 28 homeruns. Liam Stewart, Jonny Steele, and Mike Coss slammed 5 each, Nick Costello and Chris Boes added 4 a piece, Craig Appel and Aaron Segnello each hit 2, and Travis Canty hit 1 (Grand Slam). Not to be overshadowed by the huge power surge was the fact that it was a full team effort with all twelve players contributing either defensively, offensively, and pitching.