RIVERDOG END OF SEASON PARTY!!!



Can you believe all 13 Riverdog players and their families gathered together to celebrate an outstanding season on Memorial Day?! Some changed their plans, so they could attend. Some came back from the beach early, so they could attend. Some didn't have any plans at all, so they could attend. ;-)

What a great time and we owe a huge THANKS to Coach Lance, Stephanie, Coach Wayne and Brenda!!!!! It was just a beautiful location to all come together and celebrate!! Also, a huge THANK you to their niece, Zoe, for putting together an unbelieveable slideshow! Wow!!!!! So impressive and very talented. Now each Riverdog can look back on that cd from time to time and I'm sure you'll see some smiling from the kids!

We all had such a great season. The Riverdogs were supposed to be in its "rebuilding" season because of the high number of draft picks Coach Lance needed (many moved on up). That is hard to believe because we finished just a 1/2 game from first place in the league. But, more importantly, all 12 Riverdogs and their families became one team and had FUN!!! They learned so much from the coaches and from each other!

The following Riverdogs will move up to the next age group (and to the upper field):

#12 Brandon Gregory

#1 Andrew Locke

#5 Christian Mosley

#55 Tony Molden

#98 Blake McCain

One Riverdog will be moving to Texas and will be missed for sure...

#13 Aidan Smith

Returning back to the Riverdogs next year:

#7 Lawson Wheeler

#4 Ian Turner

#8 Griffin Dittner

#27 Benjamin Stahlman

#24 Joshua Bussey

#44 Luke Hayes

#3 John Penry

The Spring 2011 Riverdogs will meet again Tuesday night at Closing Ceremonies, which will be around 7pm!

RIVERDOGS 8 Mudcats 9

This was quite a game at Nowell Field, but the Mudcats won by a run to move on in the tournament! We are so proud of all 13 of our players this season! What a great bunch of boys!!! Here are the stats for tonight's game...

Defense...

1st inning:
Josh caught a fly ball out in right field for the first out.
Christian caught a fly ball out in left center for the second out.
Josh had a ball hit out to him in right field, but with a powerful throw into the infield...the runner stayed at first base for a single.

2nd inning:
The first out was a ball hit to Luke at third and then he threw it to Ian at first.
Aidan (pitcher) threw the ball to Ian (first) for the next out.
Lawson (second) to Ian (first) for the third out. A nice 1-2-3 inning.

3rd inning:
Andrew (pitcher) threw the ball to Ian (first) for an out.
Tony held the runner to a single with a hard throw into the infield from left field.
John backed up his teammate in left center to hold the runner to a single.
Luke caught a fly ball at third for the last out.
Zach, from the Mudcats, hit a nice grand slam to score 4 runs this inning.

4th inning:
Aidan caught a fly ball at the pitcher's mound for out #1.
Christian backed up his teammate to hold the runner to a double.
Christian caught a fly ball in left center for out #2.

5th inning:
Lawson (second) threw the ball to Ian, at first, for the first out.
Luke caught a fly ball at third for an out.

6th inning:
A homerun was hit by the Mudcats' lead off hitter.
Ian caught a fly ball for the first out.
Lawson caught a fly ball at second for out #2.
Zach, from the Mudcats, hit his second homerun of the game.
Christian caught a fly ball in left center for out #3.

Brandon, Josh and Benjamin did a great job behind the plate and got out of the hole when they needed to! Outfielders were great at backing each other up (Tony, Ian, Christian, Josh, Brandon, Griffin, John, Andrew and Benjamin). Infielders did a great job with their plays they made! All of this takes teamwork!

Offense...

Joshua: 2-3 (2 hits to left center)
Lawson: 2-3 (hits to left center and left)
Luke: 1-3 (hit to left)
Blake: 3-3 with 1 homerun to center and 5 RBI
Tony: 2-3 with 1 RBI (hits to the infield)
Ian: 2-3 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI
Andrew: 0-3 (2 hard hits to the outfield)
Aidan: 2-2 (hits to the infield)
Brandon: 1-2 with a hit to center
Christian: 1-2 with a hit to the infield
Benjamin: 0-2 (hits to the infield)
John: 0-2 (hits to the infield)
Griffin: 1-2 with a hit to center

Runs scored...

Mudcats: 3-0-4-0-0-2=9
DAWGS: 3-0-3-0-0-2=8

The Spring 2011 Riverdogs will meet one more time as a team at the end of season banquet!

We were extremely fortunate to have an outstanding head coach who led by example as well as all the assistants and a great communicator and Team Mom, Stephanie!!

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

We're Still Going Strong...

The Riverdogs continue on in the tournament with a 10-5 win against the Bats! We were behind 5-0 until the third inning! Every Riverdog made it on base during this game and we had two double plays! Thanks to Aaron...Coach Lance was able to give out GOLD bones! Boy was that a big deal with the players!!!!!

Here's our defense...

1st inning:
Unassisted out at third by Luke for out #1.
Luke caught a line drive at third for out #2.
Tony had an unassisted out at first for out #3.

2nd inning:
Blake (at short) to Lawson (at second) for out #1.
Aidan (pitcher) to Ian (at first) for out #2.
An infield fly to Luke (at third) for the third out.

3rd inning:
Blake to Lawson for the first out.
Unassisted play by Blake for out #2.
A tag by Lawson for out #3.

4th inning:
Blake to Lawson for out #1.
Then, a double play (line drive to Blake for the second out and then he threw the ball to Lawson at second for the third out).

5th inning:
Line drive caught by Luke at third for out #1.
Line drive to Aidan (at pitcher) for out #2.
Infield fly to Aidan for out #3.

6th inning:
A fly out to left field caught by Andrew and then he threw the ball in to second to make it a double play.
An infield fly to Luke at third to end the game.

The outfielders (Andrew, Christian, Ian, John, Benjamin, Josh, Brandon, Aidan and Griffin) did a great job backing each other up as well as the infield!

Brandon, Benjamin and Josh did a great job behind the plate!

Now for the offense...

Josh: 1-3
Lawson: 3-3 with 3 RBI
Luke: 3-3
Blake: 3-3 with 1 RBI
Tony: 1-3 with 1 RBI
Ian: 2-3 with 1 RBI
Andrew: 2-3 with a double and 1 RBI
Aidan: 3-3 with 1 RBI
Brandon: 1-3
Christian: 1-3
Benjamin: 2-2
John: 2-2
Griffin: 2-2 with 2 RBI

It was definitely a hot one out there for the teams, but they did a great job!

Next up for the Riverdogs...Tuesday at 5:30pm against the Mudcats!

GOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday's Tournament Game...

The Riverdogs host the Bats at 3pm today!!!!

HAVE FUN AND GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIVERDOGS 5 Bees 4...extra innings!

The second game in a row that the Riverdogs go into extra innings! Once again the Riverdogs were strong on defense! Here's what it looked like...

Josh: 2-3
Lawson: 2-3 with a double and RBI
Luke: 2-3
Blake: 3-3 with a double and a RBI
Tony: 2-3 with 3 RBI including the game winner
Ian: 0-2, but will get it tomorrow
Andrew: 1-2
Aidan: 2-2 with a double
Brandon:  0-2, but will get it tomorrow
Christian:  0-2, but will get it tomorrow
Benjamin:  0-2, but will get it tomorrow
John:  0-2, but will get it tomorrow
Griffin:  0-2, but will get it tomorrow

1st inning:
Christian backed up his teammate in right center...got the ball and threw it to Blake at second for out #1!
Lawson caught a fly ball at second for out #2.
Blake had an unassisted play at second to end the inning.

2nd inning:
Blake caught a fly ball at short for out #1.
Aidan (pitcher) threw the runner out at second with Blake's assistance for out #2.
Lawson (2nd base) threw the ball to Ian at first for out #3.

3rd inning:
Luke caught a line drive at third for the first out.
Blake caught an infield fly for out #2.
Aidan (pitcher) threw the ball to Tony at first for the third out.

4th inning:
Lawson caught a fly ball at second for out #1.
Blake to Lawson to throw the runner out at second for out #2.
Andrew (pitcher) threw the ball to Ian at first for out #3.

5th inning:
Tony had an unassisted play for out #1.
Andrew (outfield) backed up his teammate to hold a runner to a single.
Lawson to Blake for out #2.
Lawson caught an infield fly for out #3.

6th inning:
Blake caught a line drive at shorstop for the first out.
Lawson to Tony at first for the second out.
Aidan (pitcher) to Tony for the third out.

7th inning:
Lawson had an unassisted play for out #1 at second.
Blake caught a fly ball at short for out #2.
Blake threw the ball to Lawson at second for the third out.

Josh and Benjamin did a great job behind the plate for the Riverdogs! Brandon, Andrew, Griffin, John, Josh, Benjamin, Ian and Christian did a great job on defense in the outfield!

Next game for the Riverdogs will be TOMORROW at 3pm against the Mudcats!

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

West Raleigh's Spring 2011 Minor League Tournament

The Riverdogs are seeded #2 in the tournament this season. They played the Bulls on Thursday night and the game went into extra innings. The Bulls came through and won the game, 8-7. Coach Lance told the team that you win some and lose some. He was so impressed with how the Riverdogs played defense and how they tried to come back in the 7th inning with 4 runs.

Offense:
Josh: 1-3 with a double to left center
Lawson: 1-3 with a single to left field
Luke: 0-3 and will get 'em next time
Blake: 1-3 with a single to right field
Tony: 1-3 with a double to left field and 1 RBI
Ian: 3-3 with 2 singles to right center
Andrew: 3-3 with 2 doubles to center and 1 RBI
Aidan: 2-3 to left center and center with 2 RBI
Brandon: 2-3 with a single to right and 1 RBI
Christian: 2-3 with a single to left center and 1 RBI
Benjamin: 0-2 and will get 'em next time
John: 1-2 with an infield single and 1 RBI
Griffin: 1-2 with an infield single

Defense looked like this...

1st inning:
Brandon held a runner to a single with his throw from left center.
Christian held a runner to a single with his throw from right center.
Ian caught a fly ball in center for out #1 and then threw the ball to Blake (shortstop) at 2nd base to throw the runner out for out #2 (nice double play!!!).
Luke (3rd base) caught a line drive to end the inning.

2nd inning:
Lawson (2nd base) to Ian (1st base) for out #1 and out #2.
Ian made an unassisted out at first to end the inning.

3rd inning:
Lawson caught a fly ball at second for the first out.
Lawson threw the ball to Blake at second for out #2.
A fly ball to Blake at shortstop for the third out.

4th inning:
Lawson to Blake for out #1.
Luke (3rd base) to Tony at first for out #2.
Blake (short) to Tony at first for out #3.

5th inning:
Fly out to Lawson for out #1.
Blake to Lawson for another out.

6th inning:
Aidan (pitcher) threw the runner out at first with Tony's help for the first out.
Infield fly to Aidan for out #2.
Blake caught a fly ball at shortstop to end the inning.

7th inning:
Blake caught a fly ball at shortstop for the first out.
Ian caught a fly ball at center field for out #2.
Luke made an unassisted play for the third out.

Score by inning:
Bulls 1-0-0-1-0-1-5
Riverdogs 0-0-1-0-2-0-4

The Riverdogs face the Bees on Saturday at 11am!

2011 Summer All-Star Coaches

If you visit the West Raleigh website frequently at http://www.wrbaseball.org/, then you will notice TWO names on the chart for the 2011 Summer All-Star Coaches List...our very own Riverdogs' Head Coach Lance and our very own Riverdogs' Assistant Coach Dave!

Lance was chosen as the 7U Cal Ripken All-Star Baseball Coach!

Dave was chosen as the 12U Cal Ripken All-Star Softball Coach!

CONGRATULATIONS COACH LANCE AND COACH DAVE!!!!!!

Also, CONGRATULATIONS to all the coaches who will help lead the all-star teams on behalf of West Raleigh this summer!

 

	Ripken/Babe Ruth	Tar Heel/Select
7U	Lance Wheeler	n/a
8U	Rick Pate	Eric Hunley
9U	Bryan Holjes	Rich Van Tassel
10U	Tyler Highfill	Mick Tomey
11U	Kevin Rhew	n/a
12U	Paul Gensler	TH (AL+NL): Dave Butler TH (AL): Dennis Renfroe
13U	Rob Salpietro	n/a
14U	Art Ingalls	n/a
Softball
10U	n/a	TBD
12U	Dave Hayes	n/a