Game #6: RIVERDOGS 7 Lookouts 3

It was a close game and the Lookouts came to play ball against the Riverdogs! This game ended the midpoint of the season because the Riverdogs have played all the teams. Here are the stats from tonight's game...

DEFENSE...

1st inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first for out #1.
Lawson caught an infield fly ball at second for out #2.
Noah quickly threw the ball in from left field to hold the runner to a single and 1 RBI.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the last out.
The Lookouts scored their three runs in the first inning!

2nd inning:
Charley (third) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Then, Luke caught an infield fly ball at shorstop for the second out.
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the third out. A 1-2-3 inning.

3rd inning:
The momentum started with a double play! Charley caught a line drive at the pitcher's mound for out #1 and then threw the ball to Ian at first base because the runner didn't tag to make it into the double play.
John caught a fly ball at third to end the inning.

4th inning:
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for outs 1 and 2.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the last out in a fielder's choice.

5th inning:
John (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #2.
Luke backed up his teammate, caught the ball and then threw the ball to Lawson at second base for the last out.

6th inning:
Charley (third) to Ian (first) for one out.
Lawson tagged the runner from first to second to end the game.

The Riverdog outfielders have really impressed the coaches with backing up each other! They work on that a lot during practice and it is showing in the games. Great job Gavin, Noah, Benjamin, Griffin, Jack and Luis! Also, our catchers did a decent job behind the plate. Way to go Jack, Cullen, Luis and Griffin!

Here's a look at our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 1-3
Ian: 1-3
Luke: 2-3
John: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Charley: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Benjamin: 2-3
Gavin: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Noah: 1-3 with 2 RBI
Jack: 2-2 with 2 RBI
Griffin: 1-2
Cullen: 0-2
Luis: 0-2

Here are the standings after tonight's game:
Backyard Bistro Fall Minor

Team Name	P	W	L	T	Pct	F	A
Riverdogs	6	6	0	0	1.000	82	19
Bats	5	4	1	0	0.800	81	31
Thunder	5	3	2	0	0.600	50	52
Bulls	6	3	3	0	0.500	54	62
Lookouts	6	3	3	0	0.500	51	50
Bees	5	0	5	0	0.000	14	73
Scrappers	5	0	5	0	0.000	30	75

The next practice is scheduled for Thursday at Ephesus Church starting at 5:30pm!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game #5: RIVERDOGS 11 Bulls 1

The Riverdogs arrived to West Raleigh bright and early for pictures at 8am! I took a bunch of team photos there this morning, but I think I was still half asleep because they did not turn out! So, if you took any...please send my way, so I can post on here. Thanks!

The weather was not great, but at least we did not have a downpour. Rick Pate, Interim Director of Baseball at West Raleigh, along with a few staff members worked until around 10pm Friday night fixing the fields and then were back at it VERY early Saturday morning and throughout the day. It took a lot to keep those fields in playable conditions due to Mother Nature. Due to the weather, we started our game at 9am instead of 9:30am.

We missed our very own Coach Wayne helping out the team! But, a big thanks to Benjamin's dad, Dan, for filling in as dugout coach!

Here are the stats for today...

DEFENSE:
1st inning:
Noah backed up his teammate and kept a solid Bulls hitter to a single.
Lawson (second) to Luke (shorstop) for the last out of the game.

2nd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for another out.

3rd inning:
Luke (third) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson (shortstop) to John (second) for out #2.
Ian caught a fly ball at first base for the last out.

4th inning:
Lawson (second) to Luke (shortstop) for the first out.
Luke caught a very high fly ball for out #2 at shortstop.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the last out.

5th inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Ian caught a fly ball at first for out #2.
Lawson (third) to Ian (first) for the last out.

6th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the last out of the game.

Jack, Luis, Gavin and Cullen did a great job behind the plate!

A big shout out to our outfielders for quickly throwing the ball into the infield with the Bulls' big hitters! Way to go John, Charley, Benjamin, Gavin, Noah, Jack, Griffin, Cullen and Luis!

Now for our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with a double and 2 runs scored
Ian: 3-4 with a double, RBI and 2 runs scored
Luke: 3-3 with a double, RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 3-3 with a RBI and 2 runs scored
Charley: 0-3, but will get them next time!
Benjamin: 2-3 with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Gavin: 1-3 with 2 RBI
Noah: 2-3 with a RBI and 1 run scored
Jack: 2-3
Griffin: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Cullen: 2-3 with a RBI
Luis: 2-3

Practice is scheduled for Sunday at West Raleigh, 3-5pm. We play the Lookouts Monday night at 5:30pm!!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Game #4: RIVERDOGS 14 Scrappers 4

We played the Scrappers tonight at 5:30pm and here's the breakdown of the stats...

For the DEFENSE:

1st inning:
Gavin (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Lawson (second) to Luke (shortstop) in a fielder's choice for out #2.
Ben kept the runner to first by quickly throwing the ball in from center field.
Ian caught a foul ball at the first base area for the third out.

2nd inning:
Charley (third) to Luke (first) for the first out.
Lawson caught a line drive at shortstop for the second out.
Lawson (short) to Luke (first) to end the inning in 1-2-3.

3rd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.

4th inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first for out #1.
John threw the ball from the outfield to Lawson at second base to tag the runner out (out #2).
Gavin (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the last out.

5th inning:
John (second) to Luke (shortstop) in a fielder's choice for out #1.
Ben (pitcher) to Luke (shortstop) at second base for out #2.
Charley caught a fly ball at third for the last out.

6th inning:
Lason (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Ian had an unassisted play at first for the second out.
Gavin (pitcher) to Ian (first) to end the game.

Luis, Griffin, Cullen and Jack are improving behind the plate! The outfielders continue to back each other up. Good job Gavin, Cullen, Lawson, Benjamin, Jack, Luis, Ian, John, Griffin and Noah!

For the OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-3 with a double and 3 runs scored
Ian: 1-3 with a RBI and a run scored
Luke: 3-3 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI and 3 runs scored
John: 3-3 with a RBI and 2 runs scored
Charley: 3-3 with a double and 1 run scored
Benjamin: 3-3 with a double and a RBI
Gavin: 1-3 with a RBI
Noah: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Jack: 1-3 with 1 run scored
Griffin: 1-3 with a run scored
Cullen: 2-2 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Luis: 0-2 with a hard hit to shortstop

Next up the Riverdogs practice at Ephesus Church this Thursday at 5:30pm!

Reminders: Food Drive this week and it's important that all players be at West Raleigh by 8am this Saturday for pictures. Individual pictures will be done as well as the team photo. This company is on a schedule, as well as the Riverdogs. They'll be in the batting cage by 8:30am!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GAME TIME!

The RIVERDOGS will face the Scrappers Tuesday night at 5:30pm!

Team Cheer

Happy Birthday Coach Lance!!

Happy Birthday Coach Lance on

September 15th!!!!!!

Game #3: RIVERDOGS 17 Thunder 5

It's always nice to be at West Raleigh, watching your child(ren)'s game and cheering for kids on both teams whether they made great plays, hit the ball well, neighbors of yours or former teammates. It's a great atmosphere to be a part of and it goes a long way.

Now on to the game that was played tonight...

Here's how the DEFENSE looked...

1st inning:
Gavin (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #1.
John had a great back up play at left center for the second play.
Luke caught a fly ball at shortstop for the second out.
Lawson had an unassisted play at first to cover for Ian to end the inning.

2nd inning:
John (secon) to Luke (first) for out #1.
Luke had an unassisted play at first for the second out.

3rd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for the second out.
Charley caught a fly ball at pitcher to end the inning.

4th inning:
Cullen held a runner to first in the first play.
A double play thanks to Charley! He caught a line drive ball at third base and then threw the ball to Lawson at second for the second out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the last out.

5th inning:
The Dawgs' defense did not have any outs.

6th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Luke (shortstop) to Lawson (second) for the second out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the last out.

Can't forget those outfielders who are improving a lot on backing up their teammates! Great job Cullen, Gavin, Lawson, Griffin, John, Jack, Noah, Ian and Benjamin.

Also, the kids worked hard playing catcher and learning to take that mask off quickly to try and catch a fly ball or make a play. Great job Jack, Cullen, Griffin and Luis!

Here's the OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with 1 RBI and 3 runs scored
Ian: 2-4 with a double, triple, 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Luke: 4-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 2-4 with 1 RBI
Charley: 1-4 with 1 run scored
Benjamin: 4-4 with 4 runs scored
Gavin: 3-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
Noah: 3-4 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Jack: 4-4 with 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin: 1-4 with a double, 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Cullen: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Luis: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored

Tuesday's line score	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H
Riverdogs	0	6	3	2	2	4	17	29
Thunder	0	0	0	3	0	2	5	15

I took pictures, but will hopefully add them on here later. Get ready for practice on Thursday...5:30pm at Ephesus Church!

GO DAWGS!!!

Game #2: RIVERDOGS 14 Bats 5

At 3pm this afternoon the Riverdogs hosted the Bats on Nowell Field at West Raleigh. The boys played hard and had some great defensive plays because the Bats kept hitting that ball! Our outfielders have improved a lot already by making some great catches, getting the ball quickly into the infield, backing up each other and backing up the infield! Way to go Noah, Benjamin, Gavin, Charley, Cullen, Jack, Griffen, John and Luis!

Here were the DEFENSIVE plays...

1st inning:
Benjamin (centerfield) threw the ball to Luke at second base (playing shortstop though) to tag the runner out at second for the first play of the game and the first out.
John caught a fly ball out in left centerfield for the second out.
Noah (leftfield) held a runner to first by throwing the ball in.
Gavin (pitcher) to (Lawson) at second for the third out.

2nd inning:
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for out #1.
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for out #2.
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for out #3.
A 1-2-3 inning.

3rd inning:
Ian had an unassisted play at first for out #1.
Luke (shorstop) to Charley (third) for out #2.
Jack held a runner to first by throwing the ball in from leftfield.
Luke (shorstop) to Lawson (second) for out #3.

4th inning:
Luke caught a fly ball at short for out #1.
Ian caught a line drive at first for out #2.

5th inning:
Noah kept the runner to first by throwing the ball quickly in from leftfield.
Benjamin caught a fly ball in centerfield for out #1.
Gavin (pitcher) to Charley (third) for out #2.
Charley caught a fly ball at third base for the third out.

6th inning:
Luke (shortstop) to Ian (first) for the first out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the final out of the game.

Gret job behind the plate catching for the Riverdogs Jack, Luis, Gavin and Cullen!

Now for our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 3-4 with 2 runs scored
Ian: 2-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored
Luke: 2-4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored
John: 3-3 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored
Charley: 1-3 with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Benjamin: 3-3 with 2 RBIs
Gavin: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Noah: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Jack: 2-3 with 1 run scored
Griffin: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Cullen: 3-3 with 2 runs scored
Luis: 2-3 with 1 RBI

The Riverdogs will meet the Thunder in a Tuesday night game this week. First pitch is slated for 5:30pm on Nowell Field!

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fall 2011 Opening Ceremonies

Getting all the teams seated for the West Raleigh Opening Ceremonies...can you find the Riverdogs?!

and the rest of the teams on the right side

The Riverdogs were well represented!

A Riverdog Dad, Jim Bowdish, is the President of the West Raleigh Exchange Club

The Minor League teams (i.e.-Riverdogs) play on Nowell Field. The softball teams and the 5 year olds from the minor league teams (represented by our own Gavin Turner and Cullen Price) were invited to the pitcher's mound to watch Mr. Nowell (almost 80 years old) to throw the first pitch.

To end the event is the fun relay. Benjamin was chosen to represent the Riverdogs!

and we were fortunate to have two spots on relays...John was the other representative.

On the first Saturday of the season, West Raleigh has the Opening Ceremonies. Each team with the organization is represented! This event was at 11am today and then we played our game at 3pm. You can click on each picture to enlarge it, if you want.

Game #1: RIVERDOGS 19 Bees 1

Team captains for tonight: Griffin (#8) and Gavin (#16)

Riverdogs playing some "D"

Showing some sportsmanship from both teams

End of game talk with Coach Lance

Final cheer of the night

The players look forward to their free drinks and then playing around!

The Riverdogs played great tonight in their first game! Hats off to great coaching...thanks to Head Coach Lance, Coach Dave (pitched the entire game), Coach Cailean (first base coach) and Coach Wayne (dugout coach).

Let's look at our DEFENSE...

1st inning:
Benjamin held the runner to a single by quickly throwing the ball in from center field.
John caught an infield fly at the pitcher's mound for out #1.
John (pitcher) to Lawson (second) for out #2.
Ian had an unassisted play at first for the third out.

2nd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for an out.
John (third) to Ian (first) for the last out.

3rd inning:
Charley (pitcher) to Ian (first) for two out of three of the outs.

4th inning:
Gavin (pitcher) to Luke (first) for an out.
John (second) to Luke (first) for another out.

5th inning:
John (second) to Ian (first) for an out.

6th inning:
Lawson (shortstop) to John (second) for outs 1 and 2.
Charley (third) to Ian (first) to end the game.

Our outfielders played great and backed up our infielders. Good work out there Ian, Benjamin, Charley, Gavin, Noah, Jack, Griffin, Cullen, Luke and Lawson!

Great job behind the plate Benjamin, Gavin, Griffin, Noah, Jack and Cullen!

Now for our OFFENSE...

Lawson: 4-4 with 2 doubles (hits down the left field corner), 1 RBI and 3 runs scored
Ian: 2-4 with 2 doubles (hits down the right field corner), 4 RBI and 2 runs scored
Luke: 3-4 with 2 doubles (hits out in left center near the fence), 2 RBI and 2 runs scored
John: 4-4 with 2 doubles (hits to left field and left center), 1 RBI and 3 runs scored
Charley: 3-4 with an infield hit and 2 hits to left center and center with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored
Benjamin: 3-4 with an infield hit and two to left center as well as 3 RBI and 1 run scored
Gavin: 3-4 with his first grass shot in his first ever West Raleigh game and 1 run scored
Noah: 3-4 with a nice hit in right center with 2 RBI and 1 run scored
Jack: 3-4 with a nice hit to right center with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Griffin: 2-3 with a great hit to center with 1 RBI and 1 run scored
Cullen: 2-3 with infield hits, 1 RBI and 1 run scored in his first ever West Raleigh game

Wow!!!!

Practice is scheduled for tomorrow 5:30-7pm at Ephesus Church! Don't forget to turn in your raffle tickets Thursday night!

First Game TONIGHT!!

The season opener for the Riverdogs is tonight at 5:30pm against the Bees!!!!!!

Go DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First Scrimmage of the Season!

It was a great night at the ballfield at Ephesus Church! The Thunder and Riverdogs played a scrimmage and it was the first one of the season for the Dawgs!

Here's how we looked on the DEFENSE...

1st inning:
Luke caught a line drive at shortstop for out #1 and then threw the ball to Lawson at second for a double play.
Luke caught another line drive at short for the third out.

2nd inning:
Luke (short) to John (second) for out #1.
Lawson (third) to John (second) for out #2.
Lawson had an unassisted play at third base for out #3.

3rd inning:
Noah (pitcher) to Luke (first) for an out.

4th inning:
Ben (pitcher) to Charley (third) for out #1.
Luke had an unassisted play at short for outs 2 and 3.

5th inning:
Gavin (pitcher) to Luke (first) for an out followed by an unassisted play at first for the last out.

Hats off to the Riverdogs who had an opportunity to play in the outfield...Ian, John, Gavin, Noah, Cullen and Luis and Benjamin!

Now for the OFFENSE...

Lawson: He was a switch hitter tonight! He went 1-4 with 1 RBI
Luke: 3-4
Ian: 4-4 with 2 singles, double and a triple along with 2 RBI
John: 4-4 with 2 RBI
Charley: 4-4 with 4 RBI
Benjamin: 4-4 with 2 RBI
Gavin: 3-4
Noah: 3-4 with 4 RBI
Cullen: 1-4
Luis: 1-3

I took a few more pictures, but they are taking forever to upload. So, here are two for now...

Have you checked out Coach's shoes?!

Position assignments