Impact Tourney this Weekend

at Pfeiffer, Catawba, Elon, and Wingate. Should be some great baseball as some very good teams are in it. Dirtbags, Cubs, Baseball Academy to name a few. I still think the Dirtbags and Cubs should be playing.

 

What can anyone tell me about the Cubs organization?

 

Carolina Cubs Baseball

The Cubs 18u team is coached by Ricky Keith, Mike Mullis and Scott Tharrington. This fall they have added a 16u team. The vast majority of the players are from the RDU Triangle - To the coast. The 16u Team is coached by J.D. Alleva former Riverside HS and Duke player who played a few years with the Royals AA and Parker Davis.

Roster 18u
Chris Archer RHP Clayton 06
Josh Ashton OF JH Rose 06
Bryan Bialecki RHP 1b Richlands 06
Robbie Bray RHP 1b Independence 06
Sam Brown RHP OF Millbrook 06
Lonnie Chisenhall RHP MIF West Carteret 06
BJ Dail RHP OF Millbrook 06
Garrett Davis RHP OF CB Aycock 07
Ryan Graepel MIF JH Rose 06
Jay Honeycutt 1B OF Fuquay Varina 06
Logan Issacs MIF OF Wakefield 06
Bobby Leeper OF RHP Wakefield 06
Grimes Medlin LHP South Johnston 06
Dallas Poulk MIF RHP Pine Forest 06
Drew Poulk OF RHP West Carteret 06
Mack Reep LHP Lumberton 06
Grant Sasser LHP 1B CB Aycock 07
Kyle Staton C OF Wakefield 06
Ross Warren 1B OF JH Rose 06
Alex White RHP DH Conley 06
Tyrell Worthington CF South Central 07
Philip Wright C Millbrook 06

16u Carolina Cubs
Kyle Adair SS 3B Cape Fear 07
John Alphin RHP OF North Lenoir 08
Brian Allen IF/C/RHP Southern Nash 07
Jacob Davis RHP OF Wilson Fike 08
Justin Diener LHP 1B OF East Wake 07
Jeremy Dowdy C 1B Wakefield 08
Chris Fisher RHP 1B Halifax Cty VA 07
Brice Hursey MIF Wakefield 08
Chris Lamm SS C Wilson Hunt 08
Jimm Leggett RHP OF Rocky Mount 08
Brantley Massey RHP 2B Wilson Fike 08
Jeff May C 1B South Granville 08
Pratt Maynard RHP OF INF South Granville 08
Colin Parker OF LHP Princeton 07
Joe Wagstaff RHP 1b East Wake 07
Ryan Waldrop LHP Rocky Mount 08
Trent Whitehead CF LHP Washington 07
Mark Wilder LHP JH Rose 08
Chad Womble RHP OF Rocky Mount 07

 

Coach May,

Alex White is also listed on the Dirtbags 18U roster...did he move over to the Cubs?

 

Impact Tournament Schedule

Here is the Impact Tourney Schedule for Saturday and Sunday if anyone is interested:

Tournament Details
Event: IMPACT Labor Day Invite
Locations: Pfeiffer, Catawba, Wingate, Elon
Date: September 3-4, 2005
Pre-Game: 10 minutes before 1st game each day

Teams
1. Dirtbags 18's
2. Dirtbags 17's "AA"
3. Dirtbags 17's
4. Carolina Hurricanes
5. Florence Red Wolves
6. NC BB Academy
7. Carolina Cubs, Sr.
8. Carolina Cubs, Jr.
9. Fungo Red Sox
10. Virginia Tide

Tournament Schedule - Updated 8-24-05

Saturday, September 3 at Pfeiffer
8:00 AM: 3 vs. 9
11:00 AM: 6 vs. 7
2:00 PM: 8 vs. 4
4:30 PM: 5 vs. 8

Saturday, September 3 at Wingate​

8:00 AM: 2 vs. 5
11:00 AM: 1 vs. 10
2:00 PM: 10 vs. 2
4:30 PM: 1 vs. 9

Sunday, September 4 at Pfeiffer ​

8:30 AM: 8 vs. 3
11:30 AM: 9 vs. 5
2:30 PM: 3 vs. 10

Sunday, September 4 at Catawba​

8:30 AM: 7 vs. 10
11:30 AM: 7 vs. 4
2:30 PM: 4 vs. 2

Sunday, September 4 at Elon University​

12:30 PM: 1 vs. 6
3:30 PM: 6 vs. 1

 

Tournament Scores

IMPACT Dirtbags ("DB" 17U) - 9 Fungo Red Sox - 1

Leading Hitters :
Dirtbags :
Jonathan Wright (TC Roberson) - 3-3, 3 RBI
Zeke Blanton (East Rutherford) - 1-1, 3B, 2 BB, 2 Runs
Tyler Smith (East Rutherford) - 2-4, 2 Runs, RBI
Steele Myers (Jordan) - 1-3, 3 RBI

Red Sox: # 10 - 1-3, BB
# 7 - 1-3, BB

Leading Pitchers :
Dirtbags:
Lee Oxendine (Scotland) - 3 IP, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 2 H, WIN
Eli Robbins (Glenn) - 3 IP, 0 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 1 H
Steele Myers (Jordan) - 1 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 H

Red Sox:
# 17 - 3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 0 ER

 

Dirtbags 18U

Dirtbags 18U won both games today....did not see the first game against the Va Tide.

The second against the Fungo Red Sox:

Pitching
Ryan Morris - 5 IP, 11K, 1 hit, 2 walks, no runs
Matt Brown - 1 IP, no runs
Parker Bangs - 1 IP, no hits, no runs

Hits
A bunch
Dustin Ackley - HR

 

Impact Dirtbags 17U "Austin Alexander" also won both of their games yesterday at Wingate. They played the Florence Tigers and Virginia Tide.

Won the first game easily and Greg Holt (West Forsyth, '07) was pretty impressive on the mound. He showed good control and his curve remained basically unscathed throughout his outing. Game got sloppy and, as with most 8am games, hitting and defense were not as sharp as normal. I really like the combo of Ben Bunting (Randleman, '07) and Tyler Hanover (East Forsyth, '08) at the top of the order. They make a lot of stuff happen, get on base and require pitchers to throw a lot of pitches, which is all you want from your #1 and #2 hitters.

Game 2 in the afternoon had some better hitting between the Dirtbags and the Virginia Tide. Will Cornelius (NW Guilford, '06) showed some power and showed well behind the plate. David Mailman (Providence, '07) also showed some pop at the plate in both games. This is the first time I've seen some of these guys so there were others who played well who I can't recall. The DirtBags had some pitching difficulty in the middle of the game and the Tide tied the game up 4-4 and had the bases loaded. Coach A brought Blake Hassebrock (Parkland, '07) in for the remaining 2 1/3 innings and pitched perfect ball collecting 5 K's to earn the win. Hassebrock is tall and relatively lean and since he just turned 16 last month he has projectable all over him. The second game was a good showcase tourney game to watch.

 

Dirtbags (DB) 17U Takes Pair on Sunday

Dirtbags (DB) 9 Cubs Jr. 6

Leading Hitters: DIRTBAGS
ML Morgan (Dinwiddle VA '07) 2-4, 3B, run
Derek Funk ( SW Randolph '06) 2-3, run, 2 RBI

CUBS JR
Pratt Maynard 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

Leading Pitchers : DIRTBAGS
Jonathan Wright (TC Roberson '07) - 3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 1 K
McGee - 4 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 4 BB, 6 K WIN

CUBS JR
Threw 6 pitchers in 7 innings.


DIRTBAGS 10 VIRGINIA TIDE 1

Leading Hitters: DIRTBAGS
Matt Zeblo (Broughton '07) - 1-2, 2 BB, 3 runs
Steele Myers (Jordan '08) - 2-2, 2B, 3B, 2 runs, 5 RBI

Leading Pitchers : DIRTBAGS
Tyler Smith (East Rutherford '07) - 4 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K WIN
Steele Myers (Jordan '08) - 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Lee Oxendine (Scotland '07) - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

The Dirtbags "Dave Brown" coached 17U team posted a 3-0 record on the weekend. Lots of team speed (Drew Gegringer - Butler, Derek Funk - SW Randolph, Zeke Blanton - East Rutherford). RH Soph. Steele Myers and Lee Oxendine both pitching 84-88 on Sunday.

 

Cubs 18U

Won 3 games this weekend. Closest one was 6-4 against NC Baseball Academy. Other two were blowouts. Cubs ran a bunch of great arms out to the mound this weekend. Sam Brown and BJ Dail (same HS, are you kidding me!) throwing gas. Dallas Poulk had a big weekend at leadoff. HRs on the weekend by Dail, Josh Aldridge, and Ryan Graepel (I think). All in all, a very solid weekend.