Tournament update from Coach Alfred

I signed us up for the Triple Crown Spring Championships (March 24-27th) The director will schedule our games after 6pm on Thursday and hopefully (but not guaranteed) after 4pm on Friday. So the boys should not have to miss school on Thursday and possibly some school on Friday. So this is exactly the same scenario we were in back in January when we agreed to play next weekend. Hope this calms every ones fears about the boys having two miss two straight days of school next week. This tournament is going to be extremely competitive with teams from AZ, CA, Oregon, Montana and even Canada so it should be a good test for our boys. It also cost us $835.00 to play (4 game guarantee) so we need to ensure that all players participate to be at our best.

USSSA Spring Training I March 5 and 6

Great weather for baseball this weekend.  All the games were at Rio Vista in Peoria, early games some of them.  Some families chose to hotel it on the west side rather than get up at 5am.  Good idea.

First game against the AZ Broncos resulted in victory for the Red Mountain Finest, final score 13-6. The next game on Saturday was also a win for the Finest,  Storm 12U Red, 2, Finest, 8.

Sunday's game was again against the Storm 12U Red and we took that one too, 12-2.  The championship game was against the Rawlings Grinders, which we won 5-1.  First place.  Great job to the Finest players.

2011 Spring Meeting

From Coach Alfred:

I hope everyone has enjoyed their time off from baseball.  However, it’s time to get going with our 2011 Spring Season.  To kick off our season I’d like to have a parent meeting to go over schedules, tournaments etc.  Here’s the details on the parent meeting:

WHEN: FRIDAY (January 28^th)

TIME:6:30pm

WHERE: Mesa PD Superstition Station

2430 S. Ellsworth

Mesa, AZ

(This is the place we had our parent meeting at in August.  It’s on Ellsworth just north of Guadalupe.  The PD building is on the west side of the street.   

I need at least ONE parent for each player to attend the meeting.  Also, I need to start collecting dues that night so please bring your checkbook to the meeting.  The players don’t have to attend the meeting.

Winter Nationals Super NIT

For the Winter Nationals this year we ended up playing 5 games.  The first game saw the Finest lose to the Ball Club 10 to 5.  The second game was against the LP Tigers. Finest were victorious with a score of 9 to 7.  The third game the Finest narrowly lost 6-7 against the Venom Baseball Club.   The fourth game was won by the Red Mountain Finest, 8 to 4, against the AZ Desert Dawgs.  The final game saw us lose to the Stetson Hills Stealth, 9 to 0.

Winter Nationals Warmup

Sorry for the delay getting this stuff up....no excuses.  The Winter Nationals Warm-up tournament had four games for the Red Mountain Finest.  The first game against the Louie Sluggers ended in a loss for us, 10-5. The second game against the Casa Grande Diablos was a victory for the Finest, score Finest 4, Diablos 2.  The third game was against the Renegades.  We won 11 to 1.  The championship game was again versus the Louie Sluggers.  Unfortunately, the Sluggers won 4 to 3.  The Finest get 2nd place.

Winter Classic

This year's winter classic was played at Big League Dreams on day 1 and Snedigar Sports Complex on day 2.

Saturday's games were a win against the Tempe Thunder, 10-2, and a loss to the Scottsdale Toros 11-6.

Sunday at Snedigar unfortunately was a loss to the Chandler Bulldogs, 7-6.  The Finest did a great job almost tying this game after having a five run deficit.

USSSA Thanksgiving Shootout

This years Thanksgiving Tournament was played at Rio Vista park on Friday, Big League Dreams on Saturday, and Victory Lane on Sunday.

On Friday, we faced the Anarchy and lost 7-5.  Next was the Chandler Bulldogs.  Red Mountain Finest won 16-5.

Saturday was the Finest versus the Desert Dragons. We won 14-4.  The second game of the day was the critical one for us. Win or go home.  Unfortunately, we lost to the Aces 8-3.