Baseball School News

  • School-Age D.J.?s, Old-School Style Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:03PMThe Martinez Brothers are bridging genres with their youthful-yet-knowing D.J. sets, inspiring a generation raised on hip-hop to move to a different beat.
  • Rating the farm system: Call it average at best Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:19PMThe organization has started to play catch-up, and a Moorad purchase could accelerate that process
  • The great of ’08: A look back at the year that just ended Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:14PMAs you sit or stand or crouch or hop or whatever while reading this on the day of my dad’s birth, it’s time for Clearing the Desk’s annual look back at the year that was. In this case, we’re going to talk about 2008 because, you know, it just ended a couple days ago. I just wanted to remind you of that in case you drank too much and didn’t realized the calendar changed.
  • Bloomington girl to get baseball tryout Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:14PMBLOOMINGTON - A freshman girl would be allowed to try out for the Bloomington South baseball team under an agreement reached after her family filed a federal lawsuit.
  • Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry faces tough fight outside courtroom Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:09PMFORT WORTH – Even as a youngster, venerable Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry dealt with criminals. One of his schoolmates was Lee Harvey Oswald.
  • 2 slaying victims top list of deaths in Arkansas Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:22PMDemocratic Party state chairman Bill Gwatney and television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, who each suffered violent deaths, were among the notable Arkansans who died during 2008.
  • Athlete of the Week: Cody Ridinger, Monroe High School baseball and basketball Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:18PMSchool: Monroe High School.
  • Six being added to Owosso Wall of Honor Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:17PMSoon, the illustrious Owosso High School Alumni and Friends Association Wall of Honor will include hometown arts and history enthusiast Piper Brewer, OHS graduate and New Lothrop educator James Lahmann and four others - Pauline “Denny” Hill, Jim Harkema, Don Gray and Jerry Alliton - who have had great education and athletic impact on Owosso and its schools.
  • In & Around Town Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:12PMSUNDAY, Jan. 4 A “3 on 3 Showdown” will be sponsored by the Roxbury High School Boys Basketball Parent’s Club. It begins at 11 a.m. and only the first 32 teams registered will be accepted by the Dec. 20 deadline. It’s a competition for adults at least 18 years or older (no high school students). Awards will be given to championship and runner-up teams. The snow date is Jan. 11. Teams must be ...
  • High School Heisman nominees honored for athletic, academic, civic achievements Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 1:01PMWayne County High School seniors Lauren Yeargan and Kelby Dover were named Wendy’s High School Heisman nominees recently and were specially honored by the Wayne County Board of Education.
  • The Windsor Times News Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:58PMJanuary: A three day storm leaves little damage to the community. Windsor Fire Captain Aron Levin and his staff had a busy week protecting the people from electrical fires and falling trees all over Windsor. The downpour caused 50 temporary road closures throughout the county.
  • Bulldogs get their own ball field Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 12:56PM The Clarke County High School Bulldogs started practice for the 2008 season in February at the Gerald Stephens Athletic Complex, located next to Grove Hill Elementary School. The complex has a new baseball field as well as a new facility for the softball team. It marked the first time, since the field was located on school grounds, that the Bulldogs had their own facility. coach Ted King hits ...
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  • We say ... Diamond is good cause, bad timing Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 4:48AM“America’s sport” is suffering right along with the rest of us. As the economy sputters to acrash landing, college baseball in the Lowcountry is struggling to simply get off the ground.
  • Angelo Pedroncelli Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:49PMAngelo Dan Pedroncelli, 79, of Sonoma, passed peacefully to the glory of the next life at his home on Dec, 15, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by those who love him.
  • Cal eager to test Miami mystique in Emerald Bowl Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMWhen Worrell Williams was a star high school linebacker in Sacramento, his college choice came down to nearby California or exotic Miami, where his older brother was a star. Although he decided to stay close to home, Williams knows more than most of ...
  • Top 12 ASU Baseball Moments of 2008: #11- Former Devil Andre Ethier Helps Dodgers Return To Playoffs Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:10PMAs we count down the final days of 2008, TheSunDevils.com and Arizona State Baseball countdown the Top 12 Sun Devil Baseball moments of 2008.
  • Cal eager to test Miami mystique in Emerald Bowl Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:55PMWhen Worrell Williams was a star high school linebacker in Sacramento, his college choice came down to nearby California or exotic Miami, where his older brother was a star.
  • Even drivers get crazy gifts under their Christmas tree Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 12:17PMMy favorite part of Christmas is the joy of opening the most absurd gifts and trying to rationalize what the gift giver was thinking.
  • School board hires two deans of students Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:36AMThe HCCSC School Board voted four to three to hire Russ Degitz and Rief Gilg to fulfill the two new dean of students positions for Huntington North High School, effective after the first of the year.
  • Letters to Santa - Third-graders at Maplebrook Elementary Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:33AMDear Santa, How are you doing? For Christmas, I would like Fable II. The reason why I chose this is because it has tow players. My brother and I can play it together. It looks like it has a green and white Fable II in the middle. There should be a picture in the middle. My parents will let me have it.
  • WNC Wildcats Ranked #18 Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:19AMThe Western Nevada Wildcats are ranked #18 by Collegiate Baseball magazine in the preseason junior college poll.
  • Sports bulletin board for Dec. 23 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 2:21AMThe Cathedral CIty Youth League baseball and softball sign-ups for 2009 begin Jan. 3 and end Jan. 11.
  • Teenage amputee seeks help from Rancho Mirage group Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 2:20AMLuis Fernando Felix wears huge, bulky sweatshirts to hide the void where his left arm and shoulder should be. The 17-year-old from Sinaloa, Mexico, lost it a year ago in devastating motorcycle accident.
  • RTS for Saturday, December 20, 2008 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 2:20AMJIM OWENS: Some information today on former hilltopper Jim Owens who played professional baseball. First and most important, Jim is alive and well. In fact, according to Jack Gorton, “He is still a cool guy.”
  • Student aid Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 2:19AMThe results of one classroom’s efforts at the John Cooper School following the school’s book fair are being felt around the world.
  • Finally free of injury, Gardner emerges Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 2:00AMTOA BAJA, P.R. — Look at John David Gardner now.
  • Long-enduring Distefano endeared many at Mendard Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 1:57AMNothing is constant, not even Bobby Distefano at Menard.
  • Paterson Visits Troops in Iraq Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 8:36PMAmerican forces in Iraq got a surprise visit Sunday by New York Governor David Paterson. The governor was among a contingent of politicians, Democrats and Republicans, who made the trip; they landed in Baghdad early Sunday. The delegation visited with American troops.
  • Wildcat signees make a splash Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 8:08PMCy Woods High School has started new traditions since it opened in the fall of 2006, and last Wednesday afternoon was no different.
  • 20th Anniversary of Pan Am Flight 103 Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 5:51PMThose who died in Pan Am Flight 103 are remembered around the world. The plane exploded in a terrorist attack 20 years ago on December 21, 1988. Thirty-five of the people onboard were Syracuse University students on their way home from a semester studying abroad.
  • Bizzari honored for firefighting Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:59AMROXBURY TWP. – President Harry Truman lived at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when Louis Bizzari Jr., turned 21 and started fighting fires in Roxbury Township.
  • Around Oregon Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:26AMCollege baseball
  • USJ grad starts at MTSU Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:20AMKatie Brush , a senior at Middle Tennessee State University, made the most of her first year as a starter for the Lady Blue Raiders.
  • Colo. Coach of the Year honors to Shane Forrest Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:19AMMONTROSE — Recently named volleyball Coach of the Year by the Rocky Mountain News sports writers and editors, Montrose High School head volleyball coach Shane Forrest responded, “It’s a huge honor and shocking for me.”
  • LMISD honors 5 alumni Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:16AMLA MARQUE — The La Marque Independent School District Education Foundation inducted five alumni into the first Legacy Hall.
  • Portsmouth area community calendar Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:12AM Portsmouth
  • College Park Slugfest winners Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:27AMThe Woodlands College Park High School recently held its annual slugfest competition. Fifty teams competed in an intramural softball game.
  • Two Cooper athletes earn top 200 spot in national tryouts Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 3:26AMSpecial to the Villager Two middle School athletes from The John Cooper School, eighth-grader Alex Dunlap and seventh-grader Jake Jarvis, were selected to participate in the final tryouts for USA Baseball’s National Team.
  • Chili cookoff raises $18,000 for breast cancer survivor Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:28AMA chili cookoff raised money for Diana Sitton, wife of Humble High School baseball coach David Sitton, to offset the cost of her breast cancer treatment. The fundraiser netted $18,531 through the sale of silent and live auction items, a raffle and chili donations. The 85-mile bike run culminated with the 47 bikes ending at Mulligan’s in Atascocita.
  • Sterlington basketball going through youth movement Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:22AMEverybody who follows prep sports in this area knows that "the" sports at Sterlington are football and baseball.
  • Kevin Garnett sets fierce tone for Boston Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:20AMText messages from press row. Ratcheting up the anxiety level among Lakers fans is the realization that, as was the case last June, the Boston Celtics are a better team. . . .
  • Announcements Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:19AMn Nominations for the 2009 Butte Sports Hall of Fame are now being accepted at the Butte Civic Center. The deadline for accepting nominations will be Monday, Jan. 5. Contact Butte Sports Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Pat Kearney, 490-0688, for more information on the nomination process.
  • City covering bases on youth sports contracts Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:18AMCity Hall was buzzing with activity Monday night as The Colony City Council conducted both a regular bi-monthly meeting and a lengthy work session, which was chock full of debate regarding the city’s relationships with youth sports organizations.
  • WULL has younger coaches coming in for older players Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 12:16AMThe West University Little League has many missions.
  • Vick named to AP 4A All-State team Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 10:59PMNo matter what personal accomplishments he receives, Logan Vick doesn’t ever need to be humbled.
  • Communities come together for Christmas parade Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 10:53PMThe Christmas spirit came to the Nix-Stilton Road and New Brookland communities Sunday afternoon as they gathered for their first-ever Christmas parade.
  • Early-era legend Baugh dies at 94 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 10:52PMLUBBOCK, Texas - Sammy Baugh, who set numerous passing records with the Washington Redskins in an era when NFL teams were running most every down, died Wednesday night, his son said.
  • Harry D. Bailey Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 10:48PMHarry D. Bailey, 76, of Camden Township, passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at University Hospital in Cleveland. It was a gentle death in the company of family members. He was well prepared to meet the Lord! Harry was born in Crumpler, West Virginia [...]
  • Marin will take mound for Patriots Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 10:45PMHigh school notebook