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Workout & Tryout Dates Set This year the Blazers will hold 3 workouts that will lead up
to the tryouts for the summer 2011 teams. Any Player that is interested in being a Blazer for summer 2011 should try to make
the workout dates. The tryouts will then complete the workout schedule and the teams will be set for next summer. Any questions
or comments please contact coachbain@jcblazers.com. The schedule is as follows: Workout #1 - Sunday,
August 29th - Juniors & Seniors 12:00pm/ Freshman & Sophmores 1:30pm at Seckman High
Workout #2 - Sunday, September 12th - Juniors & Seniors 12:00pm/ Freshman &
Sophmores 1:30pm at Seckman High
Workout #3 - Sunday, September 26th - Juniors & Seniors 12:00pm/ Freshman
& Sophmores 1:30pm at Seckman High
Tryouts: Saturday, October 2nd
Freshman - 12:00pm at Seckman
Sophmores
- 2:00pm at Seckman
Juniors & Seniors - 4:00pm at Seckman Tryouts: Sunday, October 3rd
Juniors & Seniors - 5:00pm at Seckman
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| Left: R. Bain, B. Politte, T. Blankenship, J. Bandy, T. Meier, M. Green, D. Bain, T. Brengle |
Blazers Represented Well at SLABA Banquet The Blazers were well represented at the recent SLABA MVP banquet. Each year the team MVP's are invited
to a league banquet where awards are handed out for accomplishments by individuals and teams from the summer. This year Brady
Politte, Josh Bandy, and Trey Meier received MVP awards for being elected by their own teams. Along with the team MVP's, Tylar
Blankenship received the SLABA 16U League Pitcher of the Year award. Coach Matt Green, 16U head coach, received the Jim Medlock
award for the SLABA 16U Coach of the Year. Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year is voted on by the coaches from that
age group and league. Congratulations to all of the Blazers.
Varsity
- Trey Meier- Trey had an outstanding year for the Varsity Blazers. A new addition to the Blazer progam this year, Trey really
jumped in and anchored the lineup for the varsity this year. Trey ended the season with 140 plate appearances and 118 atbats.
In those 118 atbats Trey hit .339 with a .542 slugging percentage. One trait that Trey brings to the plate is his versatility.
Trey can lay down a bunt or knock the ball out of the park. Hitting anywhere from the 2 to the 5 spot in the lineup he was
able to contribute 40 hits that broke down to 23 singles, 13 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 homeruns. Trey led the team in average,
slugging, plate appearances, runs, hits, doubles, and homeruns. Trey not only brought his stick to the park, but brought a
great attitude and willingness to get better every day. The Blazers look forward to an anchore presentation next year for
Trey.
16U - Josh Bandy - Josh had a super summer for the 16U Blazers both on the mound and at the plate. At the plate Josh
had a gaudy .554 average in 83 atbats. Along with the great average Josh had a .642 on base percentage, .651 slugging, 39
singles, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 26 RBI's. One of the most amazing stats that Josh had this summer was in 83 atbats he only
had one strikeout. On the mound Josh posted a 3-1 record with 1 save and a 3.11 ERA. In 27 innings pitched Josh had 27
strikeouts and a whip of 1.07, while the opposing hitters hit a weak .208 against him.
15U - Brady Politte - Brady had a great freshman campaign for the 15U Blazers. Brady
brought his bat to the park where ever the Blazers played, and the numbers that Brady put up support that. In 80 atbats
the frosh was able to post a .488 average, .738 slugging, 12 doubles, 4 triples, and 32 RBI's. Brady was an RBI machine for
the the 15U Blazers and was a guy that that team counted on to knock in the big runs in the right situation.
16U SLABA League Champions!!! The 16U Blazers finished with a 13-3 league record and clinched the overall
league championship. The next step for the Blazers will be a NABF World Series appearance in Michigan starting on Thursday,
July 22nd. Congrats to Coach Green, Coach Brengle, and the players on such a great season. Good luck in Michigan!
Varsity Reaches Semi's in Miami of Ohio The varsity traveled to Miami University
of Ohio to participate in an exposure tournament. The original schedule had the Blazers slated to play one game each day,
but because of a lot of rain the Blazers found themselves with 3 games on Saturday. The first game started at 9am and the
last game of the day started at 9:30pm. The varsity was able to pull off 3 wins on the day to advance to the semi finals of
the tournament. The Blazers were the only team in the 18U division to finish with a perfect pool record. After finishing the
final game on Saturday at 11:30pm, the team had to turn around and play the semi final game at 9:00am the next morning. On
Saturday the Blazers got complete game wins from Troy Henning and Tyler Noll, with Jake Peppers and Nate Faulstich combining
to get the win in the other game. In the semi final game the Blazers lost a close 3-2 ball game to a team from Columbus, Ohio.
This is the second weekend in a row that the Varsity Blazers have gone 3-1 in a tournament.
Blazers 14U Tryout for Summer
2011 On August 7th, 2010 the
Blazers 14U team will be holding tryouts at Fox High School beginning at 9 AM. If you are interested in trying out for the
team please contact Jim Schmitt at 314-807-1294 or jim.schmitt@hughes.net.
Tournament Champions! Congratulations
to the 16U Blazers who won their tournament in Kansas City this past weekend. The Blazers went through the weekend with a
6-0 record. The pitching was very good for the JV Blazers who got wins from Tylar Blankenship, Brett Pitts, Mark Rodgers,
Josh Bandy, Otto, Schmidt, and Nick Carlton. Along with the pitching the players also brought some hot bats to Kansas. The
team was able to hit 7 HR on the weekend with Mark Rodgers and Jordan Valentine each hitting one, Dan Braniecki hit a pair,
and Jake Bell hit 3 on the weekend. As the Blazers return to St. Louis they come back with an overall record of 12-5. The
16U will be in action next on Tuesday when they pay a visit to the St. Louis Tigers at Heman Park.
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