The DAWGS Continue to Celebrate the Season at the Backyard Bistro!

The Backyard Bistro was nice enough to sponsor the West Raleigh Minor League this season, so as any team should do...we had our end of season party at the Backyard Bistro! The restaurant supported us all season (along with 6 other teams), so we went to support them!

The families were very excited to gather in one spot...ONE WEEK after the team won the CHAMPIONSHIP!!!

The Bowdish Family came in with this masterpiece for dessert! Thank you!

The kids piling food on their plates! A delicious buffet with everything you can think of to eat!

A packed house because the DAWGS were iiinnn tthhheee HOUSEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Filling up their bellies!

 After dinner, Coach Lance said a little something about each Riverdog. They were handed a gift bag with some great goodies in them.

A 7 year old...#3...JOHN!!!

A 7 year old...#12...LUIS!!!

A 7 year old...#4...IAN!!!

A 7 year old...#44...LUKE!!!

A 6 year old...#27...BEN!!!

A 7 year old...#14...CHARLEY!!!

A 6 year old...#8...GRIFFIN!!!

A 5 year old...#16...GAVIN!!!

A 7 year old...#2...NOAH!!!

A 5 year old...#5...CULLEN!!!

A 7 year old...#1...JACK!!!

A 7 year old...#7...LAWSON!!!

Baseball cards, a trophy and a memorable DVD of the season were found in the boys' gift bags!

After the awards, we watched the DVD of the season that was put together by Stephanie and Zoie. Lots of long hours and hard work going through LOTS and LOTS of pictures and videos and then to sync it all. We definitely appreciate it!

Just a few recaps of the season...

Coach has always told the players that DEFENSE wins ball games. Please take a look at the standings:

Backyard Bistro Fall Minor

Team Name	P	W	L	T	Pct	F	A
Riverdogs	12	11	1	0	0.917	159	38
Bats	12	11	1	0	0.917	174	75
Thunder	12	6	6	0	0.500	89	125
Lookouts	12	6	6	0	0.500	111	105
Bees	12	4	8	0	0.333	72	140
Bulls	12	3	9	0	0.250	109	146
Scrappers	12	1	11	0	0.083	71	156

The runs allowed (A column)...very impressive for the Riverdogs! That means that the other teams scored a combined 38 runs against us. Great job Coaches for teaching them the drills and encouraging them to make those great defensive plays!

Not too many times will you see outfielders throw runners out at the infield, but the Riverdogs were able to do that quite a few times!

Bottom line...the Riverdogs met new friends and had fun playing the game of baseball! Lots of hard work paid off and it was a great RIDE to be on with everyone!

Enjoy the winter...keep swinging the bats...13 weeks until the Spring season...as Coach told us all last night!

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