14U GOLD AND GREEN TOURNAMENT

The 14U teams had an amazing weekend. Both teams played very well and were the best nine on the fields. The Gold and Green teams faced each other in the Majors semifinal and had the best game of the tournament.
The green team won the #4 seed by winning their second game 14-3 and losing a close one in their opener.

Dominic Randazzo won the MVP as he played well in all aspects of the game.  Way to go DOM!

Cohen Heckathorn won the Cy Young award as he consistanly kept thehitter off base and gave us a chance to win!  Nice job!

The gold team won a hard fought battle in the Spin Doctor clash 6-3. Parents from the teams that watched the game said they were impressed with how the Green team battled to take the lead only to make the gold team execute perfectly to take the lead. The gold team scored 50 runs in 4 games. The green team was the only team they did not run rule during the entire tournament!

They won the championship game 15-3.

Riley Kirke was the MVP as he blasted balls all over the field.

Newcomer Abel Avitia easily won the Cy Young award by pounding the zone and mixing his pitches well.

It was an amazing tournament in regards to hitting. I have never given out so many Murphy's in a tournament. .

13U

Way to play hardball today.  We play at 11:00 tomorrow  Be at the cages at 10:00

14U GREEN

Great job today. way to bounce back.
We are the #8 seed and we play at 9 a.m. Be there 1hr before the game.

Let's get ready to take home the hardware.

13U MAJORS CHAMPIONS!

Congratualeions to the 13U Gold team!.  We absolutely dominated over the weekend.  The boys came ready to play and left a number of teams in their wake.  The team went undefeated but yet were seeded #3.  They had to play the top 2 seeds above them and they rose to the challenge.  In the first game they faced a very LARGE Angels team with quality pitching.  Their last pitcher actually was working on his GOATEE.  No lie!!!!!
The hitters made sure that we are afraid of no pitcher, (especially with goatees) as we put up a 9 spot on them. (our LOWEST run total for the tournament). 
In the championship game, Riley Kirke kept us close with some quality pitching, waiting for our guns to break loose.  Heading into the 4th we were down 3-0 and then the boys opened up a can....
The big blow came as JJ Hessel wiped out their lead with a 3 run BOMB to the opposite field and over the bullpen in Fenway.  We never looked back after that, scoring 3 and 5 runs over the next 2 innings to beat the Buzztails 13-3.  What a great way to celebrate Mother's Day.  Nick Grossman came in late in the game and shut down any hopes that the Buzztails might have had.  Nick and Riley shared the Cy Young award and Nick also took home the MVP for this tournament!  Way to go Nick.   Next up.... Flagstaff!

MOM'S DAY

JJ AND RILEY....READY TO LAUNCH

HAPPY DAYS!



CONGRATULATIONS 14U TEAM!

The 14U team battled hard over the weekend but came up short in the Championship game.

After knocking off the rust from all of the rainouts the boys rallied hard on Sunday to play GREAT baseball.

We run ruled the T-Rex 17-6 as the lumber heated up.  There were many offensive contributors in that game and Connor Teich came on to thwart a bases loaded rally in the 2nd and hold the T-Rex in check the rest of the game.

In the second game against the Matadors, Gabe Hamilton was the star as he pitched an 8 strikeout shutout and dominated the game.  It came at a critical time as the Matadors starting pitcher had us in handcuffs for most of the game.  We took a 2-0 lead into the sixth when we blew it open with 6 runs.

In the nightcap we ran into a juggernaut of a team.  The Chandler Rangers.  The Rangers were the number one seed which got a bye into the semi-finals.  We, on the other hand, had to fight our way up from a #3 seed having to play an extra game.  The Rangers were able to save their top 2 pitchers for the championship game.  This is why it is important to come out playing top shelf baseball from the first game on Saturday.  The Rangers put on quite an offensive show as everything they hit found paydirt.  There were some very hard hit balls and all of the softly hit balls found their way in as well.  They had 10 runs on us in the first 2 innings.  We held them in check for the next 3 innings but the early runs were hard to overcome.  We lost 11-3 in 5.

Jack Lynch was THE MAN during the tournament as he took home the MVP honors.  WIthout checking the scorecard, I believe he only got out 5 times during the 5 games.  He had 5 clutches and 6 Murphy's.  What an amazing display of offensive superiority!

We also had Co-Cy youngs with Connor Teich and Gabe Hamilton taking home the honors.  Neither pitcher gave up any earned runs as Connor had 2 wins and Gabe finished with a save in the first game and the 2 hit 8K Masterpiece that vaulted us into the Championship game.

Way to go!

13U MAJORS CHAMPIONS!

What a wonderful day of baseball on Sunday.  The 13U team kept up their good play from Saturday and repeated it on Sunday.  I sat in amazment witnessing some of the best web gems any of my teams have ever had.  It was truly breath taking.  Aiden and Gage made tremendous sliding and diving plays to take away certain hits, Tommy was a man on a mission at SS and Alex was a vacuum at first base, twice saving games with huge digs at first.  There were so many great plays by all, it was a sight to behold!
It was such a great weekend for so many players, there was a 3 way MVP with Joey Faudskar, JJ Hessel and Alex Segal taking home the honors.  Joey also packed a CyYoung away over the weekend totaling 9 IP and only 2 runs.  JJ hit a monsterous home run to left reminescent of 14U Spin Doctor David Christensen's feat.
It was a total team effort as all contributed in the wins.  On Saturday, Casey Cooper laid down 2 huge bunts bringing in a valuable run in a tight contest.  We had 3 safety squeezes executed to perfection with all players safe over the weeekend.
I gave out over 30 helmet stickers which is a SDB record.  You know I don't just give those out....you earn them!

Great weekend overall.  All  phases of the game were clicking:  Great pitching, Defense, hitting and baserunning.  With those combinations we brought home the hardware.
Congratulations boys, you earned it!

13U TOURNAMENT

We played very well throughout the whole weekend.  We finished 3rd and the team that beat us won the championship game 9-0.  We were the only competition they saw as we lost a squeaker 3-2.  That will be the best pitcher we face all year.  Not bad after only having 2 practices together as a team.  Way to go guys.
Great defense, pitching and hitting.  Joey Faudskar took home hte MVP while Gage and Joey shared the Cy Young award.  way to go guys.  We had a whole bunch of Murphy's given out this weekend!