03 July 2011

Yogurt Hut in downtown Ashland, a strong supporter of Ashland Little League, is once again donating a portion of its sales to the league, in this case 10% of sales that occur on Thursday, July 7. This fund raiser is intended to assist the Ashland All Stars, both the 10-11 and 11-12 year old teams that are going to the Oregon State Championship Tournament in Gresham.

03 July 2011

Ashland's 11-12 All Star Team is joining its 10-11 All Star Team and going to the Oregon State Little League Tournament, the winner of which will proceed on to the Regional Tournament in San Bernardino, California.

The game was truly filled with All Stars contributing in every way. Frankie "Boom Boom" Mora hit his second over the fence home run of the tournament. Lawson "Lawdog" Anderson went three for five including two doubles and three RBIs; Nick "The Gladiator" Sanderson pitched four innings and hit a towering home run; Ty "Forget About It" Mulholland drove a ball out of the park and across three time zones; Nate "Mr. Clutch" McLennan drove in two RBIs; Cole "Spiderman" Gerken made another amazing athletic play at third base for an out; Tarquin "TQ" Daily tagged an advancing runner out and performed his usual magic at the plate; Jose "Mr. Professional" Perez was a wall at second base; Ben "Nothing Gets Past Me" Quast shut down the middle infield to the opposition; Kellar "Stellar" Edwards so smoothly slid across home plate for a score that fans thought that home plate had been iced up; Christopher "Buckshot" Buckley fired the ball to the fence; Justin "The Mitt" Robinson patrolled the outfield for the team; and Jesse "The Eagle" Carroll closed out the game perched on the mound firing strikes for the team.

The final score was 14 to 2.

Thanks to Sean "The New Jersey Kid" Gallagher for his masterful managing of the team with considerable help from coaches like "Crazy Cub Fan" Melissa McMillian and the "Quiet Giant" Larry Sanderson as well as considerable assistance from Jerry "I'll Be There" Quast.

03 July 2011

Ashland's 10-11 All-Star team clinched the District Championship against Medford with a final score of 10-4 behind stellar pitching by Evan McLennan - who went 4 1/3 innings allowing just 3 hits and 3 runs (2 earned) along with an amazing 9 strike outs. Evan was throwing the heat, with some saying he hit 60 MPH a few times. After Max Morrish came in relieve Evan, Isiah Titus closed out the game with 4 straight outs. Ashland had 4 runs in the 2nd, 6 runs in 4th to take a 10-2 lead with timely hitting by John Ropp, Matthew O'Donnell and Isiah Titus who combined to drive in 7 of the 10 runs. Parker Gerken, Zachary Sanderson and many others had great defensive plays to support Ashland's victory.

27 June 2011

Ashland's 11-12 All Star Team Wins Again

Ashland's Ben Quast pitched a one hitter against the Medford 11-12 All Star team bringing Ashland’s 11-12 All Star Team one win away from a 2011 District Championship. The score of Sunday’s game was 6 to 1 with Ashland winning.

Ashland's 9-10 All Stars Win One After A Tough Loss

The Ashland 9-10 All Star team lost on Saturday to Medford Red, battling back from a 9 run deficit only to lose in bottom of the 6th 11-10

On Sunday, they bounced back to beat Cal-Ore 21-1.  Outstanding pitching performances on Friday from Hayden (The Haymaker) Brooke and timely hitting from Taylor (The Hitman) Hanks on Sunday were just a few of the outstanding performances witnessed by a supportive Ashland contingent.  Ashland plays Medford Blue on Monday night at 6:30.

Ashland's 10-11 All Stars win Again!

The Ashland 10/11 All-Stars fought off a feisty Klamath Falls team on Sunday with an impressive offensive performance all through the lineup, pounding out a 23-8 victory. Ashland scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and 11 runs in the 2nd inning to take a 16-3 lead. However, Klamath Falls battled back to make it 16-8 after 2 innings. Ashland immediately answered with 6 runs in the top of the 3rd to take a commanding 22-8 lead. That is when Tate Scarpaci took the mound and shut Klamath Falls down for the final two innings. Ashland was led on the offensive end by Evan McLennan, with 4 hits, 5 runs and 6 RBI.