Hammond Optimist Spring Fling Tournament

     On April 13-14th the boys traveled to Hammond to play in their Optimist Spring Fling Tournament.  It was a cold start on Saturday and the boys played through cold temps, wind, rain, sleet and snow.  On Sunday it was a different tale with sun and temps near 70.  Through both days the boys went 5-0 winning the tournament.
     On Saturday, in pool play, they beat South Bend Eastside 11-1 in the first game.  They beat Hammond 11's with a score of 1-0 in the second game and beat Hammond 12's  with a score of 7-1 in the third game game.  This put them in the number one spot coming out of their pool.
     On Sunday, in bracket play, they beat Griffith 12-0 and beat the other Hammond 12 team 4-0 to win the tournament.
    Stats for the entire tourament:
    Evan Zeigler-Four hits great job catching.
    Clay Hilliard- Six hits and pitched well in relief.
    Cole Filson-Three hits, 7 walks and was the winning pitcher in one game.
    Cam Dennie-Five hits and was the winning pitcher in three games.
    Ezra Winkle-Four hits and was winning pitcher in one game.
    Austin Arriaga-Played well in center field and hit the ball hard.
    Tim Tremaine-Two hits and played really well in left field.
    Kendall Himes-Three hits in our semi final game and played well at first base.
    Larry Dragani-Three hits and played great at third base.
    Tolman Mills-played great in left field, had a few walks and a great sacrifice bunt for us.
    Kam Vanlue-Had five walks and was great in right field.
    Brady Hatfield-Three hits and got on base seven times.

Comments from Coach Caban: 
   This was a great start to the season.  We faced good pitching and played great defense.  First time our eleven year old's have faced this type of pitching and they did a really good job for the start of the season.   In five games, we as a team, gave up only two runs, had four errors and scored 33 runs.  Nice start fellas!

2013 Plymouth 12U Travel Baeball Team

Here is the 2013 Plymouth 12U Travel Baseball Team.  

Front Row:  Tolman Mills, Evan Zeigler, Clay Hilliard, Brady Hatfield, Kam Vanlue, Larry Dragoni

Back Row:  Coach Bob Caban, Kendall Himes, Cam Dennie, Austin Arriaga, Cole Filson, Tim Tremaine, Ezra Winkle and Coach Tim Filson

Can't wait for a great season!