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Youth Fall Baseball Practices

NOAH youth baseball will be conducting fall practices at the NOAH practice fields located at 83rd and 129th east avenue.  All homeschool players between the ages 9-14 as of May 1st, 2011 are welcome to attend.  We will divide the players into three groups: 9/10, 11/12 and 13/14.  Players will work on fundamentals in preparation for the competitive team tryouts on October 9th.

Players should bring water bottle, glove and bat.  Players wear baseball attire, shorts are acceptable.

Fall Practice Schedule:

Sept 3 - 6-7:30 pm

Sept 10 - 6-7:30 pm

Sept 17 - 6-7:30 pm

Sept 24 - 6-7:30 pm

Oct 1 - 6-7:30 pm

Competitive Team Tryouts - October 9th

13/14U - 9:30 am

9/10U - 12:00 pm

11/12 - 2:30 pm

Any questions, please email baseball@noahjags.org

High School Baseball Meeting - August 19th

NOAH High School Baseball Parent/Player Mandatory Meeting

When: Thursday August 19, 2010

Where: Northside Christian Church in Broken Arrow (just north of 71st and Elm intersection on east side of road)

Time: 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

All high school players need to attend meeting.  At least one parent needs to attend. Please bring your parent and player code of conduct, medical release and participation forms.  Players will be fitted for uniforms.  Please make every effort to be there. 


Any questions, please contact Coach Blake at  blake@noahjags.org
 

Fall Baseball Signups - Ages 9-14

Fall baseball is just around the corner.  Fall baseball is a relaxed atmosphere with little or no practices.  It gives players an opportunity to fine tune their pitching, hitting and fielding skills. 

Players that are between the ages of 9 and 14 as of May 1, 2011 are eligible to play.

BAYB-Indian Springs will start on Aug 22^nd and finish Oct 3^rd.  Teams that are 11 and older will use wood bat.  The 10U team will use metal bats. There are no standings and no trophies. No uniforms required. It’s a 12 game season with doubleheaders on Sunday.  You play up the age group in which you will compete in the Spring season.  Depending on the number of players, the cost per player will be between $50-$60 dollars plus your purchase of a $40 wood bat.

If you are interested, please send your name and birthdate to Darron Replogle @  baseball@noahjags.org by August 1st.  Teams will be formed on a first come, first serve basis.

Final 2010 Spring Baseball Report - All Teams

General:   The 2010 Spring season has completed.  Highlights of the season include the Varsity winning the HWSA World Series Silver Division Championship in Auburndale, Florida.  We have 11 teams participating in Spring Baseball with 1 team winning league championship.  We had two teams finish second in league play.  The program’s 2010 overall record is 112 wins, 106 losses and 7 ties.   

Varsity/JV Baseball:The High School Varsity team completed its season with a 14-14 overall record. The JV team’s record was 14-8.  The Jags captured the HWSA Silver Division Championship.  They also won the Chelsea Wood Bat Tournament and finished 4^th in the Ozark Classic in Harrison, Arkansas. The JV team won the Bristow JV Festival. Seniors Austin Ervin and Erik Willis along with sophomore Joe Sabatini were selected as HWSA World Series All-Americans.
Varsity Coaches – Ray Blake and Fred Wilson 
JV Coaches – Ed Beaver and Matt Ferguson 

Competitive Teams: 
Three competitive teams played in the Arkansas River Valley Baseball league comprised of teams from Indian Springs, Bixby and Jenks.  The 14U finished in second place. The 12U Black finished third and the 12U Blue finished 6^th. All three team competed in Super Series and USSSA tournaments.  The 14U team finished in 4^th place in the BA tournament. The 12U Black team won the Skiatook Wood Bat Tournament, finished 2^nd place in the Claremore Tournament and 9^th place in the AA State Tournament out of 19 teams. The 12U Blue team finished in 4^th place in the Jenks Tournament. 
14U Coaches – Drew Files, Pete Fowler and Luis Baca 
12U Blue Coaches – Rick Castleberry, Mark Raper, James Rigsby and Greg Lynn 
12U Black Coaches – Darron Replogle, Randy Jacoby, Ron Harrington and Gene Lilly 
Developmental Teams: 
There were six developmental teams this year. 14U and 10U teams played at Broken Arrow Indian Springs. Grades 1^st through 5^th played in CETBO.
14U Coaches – Dale Leander, Mike Wilbins and Tom Payne  
10U Coaches – Andrew Moss, Rod Merrill and Mark Shiew 
5^th Grade Coaches – David Benitez, Dan Ocasio and John Floyd 
3^rd Grade Coaches – Randie Grantham, Eren Sitki, Rich Faust and Scott Collingsworth  
2^nd Grade Coaches – Jeff Davis, Pat Phibbs, Mike Gundy and Mike Stansell 
1^st Grade Coaches – David Taylor, Jared McCoy, Don Delozier and Randy Jeffers 

Team Records as 6/30/10:
Competitive (69-70-2) 
Varsity  14-14 (HWSA Silver Division Champs, Chelsea Tournament Champs, 4^th Place Ozark Classic)  
Junior Varsity  14-8 (Bristow JV Festival Champs)  
14U Comp  15-13-1 (BAYB 14U Open 2^nd Place (11-4-1), BA Super Series Qualifier 4^th place) 
12U Blue Comp  4-19 (BAYB 12U Open 6^th Place (2-5), Jenks USSSA Qualifer 4^th place)  
12U Black Comp 22-16-1 (BAYB 12U Open 3^rd Place (5-2), Skiatook USSSA Qualifier 1^st Place, Claremore Open Tournament 2^nd Place, Owasso USSSA Qualifer 4^th Place, USSSA “AA” State Tournament 9^th place) 

Developmental (43-36-5) 
14U Developmental - 10-4-2 (BAYB 14U REC 2^nd place) 
10U Developmental - 21-1 (BAYB 10U Rec Champs, BAYB 10U Preseason and Postseason Tournament Champs) 
5^th Grade 1-9-1 
3^rd Grade 8-8-1 (CETBO 3^rd Place, City Championship 4^th Place) 
2^nd Grade 3-3
1^st Grade 0-11-1

2011 High School Tryouts - Part II

NOAH Baseball will be conducting a second round of high school tryouts this Saturday, June 26^th at 9:00 a.m. at the NOAH practice field located at 83^rd and 129^th east avenue.  Due to the large turnout at the first tryout, the coaches would like to see everyone again this weekend for a final evaluation.  If you were unable to make it to the June 19^th tryouts and would like to attend this weekend’s tryout, please contact Coach Blake at ray_blake@nabholz.com and/or call cell phone 918-527-9530.

Homeschool players that are ages 14-18 as of September 1^st are eligible to participate.

Be at the field for warm-ups at 8:30 a.m.  Bring a water jug.  This will be the last opportunity to try out for the 2011 spring baseball team. 

10U Jags Win Post Season Tournament

Pictured bottom row: Austin Ogden, Justin Taylor, Jacob Wixted, Beej Moss,  batboy Kent Shiew

back row: Nathanael Raper, Ethan Kinsey, Kirk Shiew, Daniel Merrill, Sam Replogle, Aaron Rigsby

Coaches Raper, Shiew, Rigsby Merrill and Moss

The 10U Jaguars won the Arkansas River Valley Baseball post season tournament on Friday, June 11th.  The Jags entered the tournament on a 17 game winning streak.  They beat the Bixby Braves in the opening round 11-8.  In the second round, the Jags played the BA Pirates.  The Jags had beaten the Pirates three times but the Pirates came out swinging the bats to give the Jags their first loss of the year 11-4 which sent the Jags to the loser bracket.  The Braves fought back through to play the Jags in an elimination game.  The Jags won 9-7 to set up a rematch with the Pirates.  The Jags turned up the heat on the Pirates and run ruled them 14-2 to play the "if" game for the Championship.  The Jags kept their hot hitting and solid pitching as they run ruled the Pirates in the Championship game 13-2.  The 10U Jaguars finished the season with a 21-1 record.  They won the pre-season tournament, regular season and post-season tournament.   Way to GO!

10U Jags "Perfect" Season

 Pictured: Front row: Bat boy Braden Kinsey, Jacob Wixted, Aaron Rigsby, Justin Taylor, Austin Ogden, Benjamin Moss, Bat Boy Kent Shiew.  Back Row: Sam Replogle, Daniel Merrill, Kirk Shiew, Nathanael Raper, Ethan Kinsey and Brandon Huffman.  Coaches Merrill, Shiew, Rigsby and Moss.

The 10U Jaguars went 14-0 to win the league championship at Indian Springs in Broken Arrow.  The Jags played stellar defense, had timely hits and solid pitching to put together a "perfect" undefeated record. They had a couple come-from-behind victories during their last at-bats to win games. All things came together at different games and the Jags had a never quit attitude. Congratulations on a well played season!

12U Jags win Skiatook Wood Bat Tournament

 Pictured (Front Row): Jono Harrington, Sam Replogle, Nano Moss, Evan Jacoby, Matt Merrill and Ben Replogle (Back Row): Coach Jacoby, Austin Lilly, Logan Stolz, Will Grantham, Coach Harrington, Keaton McDaniel, Daniel Merrill, Coach Replogle.

The 12U Jags won the Skiatook 12U Wood Bat Tournament over the May 22nd weekend.  The Jags beat the Skiatook Thunderstix 12-4 in the first game.  Being down 4-0, the Jags scored 12 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning highlighted by a 3-run homerun over the fence by Matt Merrill.  The Jags beat the Bartlesville Tornadoes in the second game 8-4 behind the pitching of Nathaniel Moss and Will Grantham.  The Jags jumped on the Pawhuska Titans 16-1 for a shot in the championship game. Evan Jacoby started the game with a double to centerfield.  Keaton McDaniel, Jono Harrington, Austin Lilly, Nano Moss and Matt Merrill all had 2 hits a piece. 

In the championship game, the Jags played their best defensive game of the year.  The Jags made 15 of the 18 outs by defensive plays.  2B Nathaniel Moss and 3B Matt Merrill had some web gems in the field. Both teams played fundamental baseball in the field. Logan Stolz had 2 hits including a well placed bunt down the 3rd base line. Will Grantham went 3 for 3 in the game. Ben Replogle pitched a complete game, striking out 2, walking 2 and 1 HBP and gave up on 2 hits as the Jags beat the Owasso Longhorns 6-1 to capture the Championship.  The 12U Jags improved their record to 17-7-1 on the season.

2010-2011 High School Baseball Tryouts - June 19th

NOAH Baseball will be holding tryouts for the high school varsity and JV team on Saturday, June 19th at 10 a.m. at the NOAH practice fields on 83rd and 129th east avenue.  Eligible players must be homeschool to participate.  Current year players must attend the tryouts.  Please wear baseball attire.

For further information, please contact Coach Ray Blake at Ray_Blake@NABHOLZ.com or by phone at 918-527-9530.
 

HWSA Silver Division Champions! - May 1

NOAH Jaguars capture the Silver Division Championship in Auburndale, Florida.  Senior Austin Ervin pitched a complete game to lead the Jags 8-1 over Charlotte, NC in the finals.  The Jags played superb defense behind Ervin.

Seniors Austin Ervin and Erik Willis along with sophomore Joe Sabatini were named to the HWSA All-Tournament Team.  Coach Blake said it was team effort to win 3 straight games onto capturing the Championship.  There were many outstanding plays in the field to go along with some timely hits.


The Jags finished the season with a 13-13 record. 

Jags play for Championship - HWSA - May 1st

The Varsity Jags cruised through the semi-final game beating the Waukesha Saints 9-1.  Jags will play for the HWSA Silver Division Championship on Saturday at 9 a.m.(8 a.m. Oklahoma time) vs Charlotte, North Carolina.

The game will be broadcast live on the internet.  Click on the link to listen live:  Championship Game - Jags vs Stampede

Go JAGS!!

HWSA Update

The Varsity Jags are playing in the Homeschool World Series in Auburndale, Florida.

The Jags got off to a rough start in pool play losing both games.  They lost to Atlanta Knights 11-7 and Houston Falcons 13-0.  With the two losses, the Jags were placed in the Silver Division.

Silver Division 1st Round:
NOAH 8
Ft. Worth Riders 7

The Jags avenge an earlier season loss to the Riders by coming from behind to beat them 8-7.  Jags will play Weukasha Saints from Wisconsin on Friday at 11:35 with the winner advancing to the Silver Division Championship. 

Follow the rest of the tournament at the following link: http://www.hwsa.net/

NOAH swept in DH - Apr 15th

Thursday April 15
Doubleheader
4A #9 Metro Christian  8  NOAH 2

  NOAH started off with one run in the 1st inning after Jeb Penrod reached on a double then scored on Joe Sabatini's triple. In the second inning 2nd baseman Ryan Blake turned a nice double play to end the inning. In the top of the 3rd the Jags added another run. Jeb reached on a single (going 3 for 3 on the day) and scored on Joe Sabatini's RBI single giving the Jags a 2-0 lead over the Patriots.  In the bottom of the 3rd the Patriots scored one run but then in the 5th added 6 runs on 7 hits, a walk and an error.  The Patriots added another unearned run in the 6th to give them 8 runs over the Jags 2 runs.

NOAH     1 0 1  0 0 0  0    2  5 3
Metro     0 0 1 0 6 1   x     8  7 1

Joe Sabatini started for the Jaguars allowing 7 runs (5 earned), 6 hits, 5 walks and 5 strikeouts. Josh Ferguson relieved in the 5th inning allowing one unearned run with one hit and one strikeout.


Game two
4A #8 Hilldale 13 NOAH 3

The first inning started off with a bang. Caleb Baca in the lead off spot started with a long double to left field. Jeb Penrod followed with a single and then both scored on John Tyree's 2 rbi double giving the Jags an early lead. Unfortunately the Hornets answered with two runs of their own after a walk, triple and sacrifice fly. Neither team could score in the 2nd.  The Jags had bases loaded with 2 hit batsmen and 3 singles and added one run to their score.  The Hornets came back strong in the bottom of the third and scored 6 runs on a home run, 2 doubles, a walk, and two errors. The Jaguars loaded the bases again in the 5th but couldn't score any runs. The Hornets added 5 more runs in the 4th with a walk, another home run, a double, and three singles. The game ended with Hilldale on top 13-3.

NOAH    2 0 1 0 0   3  6  3
Hilldale  2 0 6 5 x  13 12 0

John Tyree started the game for the Jaguars pitching 3 innings allowing 8 runs (5 earned), 7 hits, 2 walks and 1 strikeout.  Wes Shaffer relieved in the 4th inning allowing 5 runs (all earned), 5 hits and one walk.

Final regular season game is Monday, April 19th at Sapulpa at 4:30 Varsity with JV following

Okay game is cancelled on Tuesday.

Bristow 3 NOAH 2 in 8 innings - Apr 13th

Tuesday, April 13
NOAH vs Bristow at LaFortune Park

NOAH 2
Bristow 3  in 8 innings

A tough loss in extra innings.  The Jaguars and the Pirates played a good tough game against each other on another beautiful night.  The game was scoreless until the 5th inning. In the first inning Jeb Penrod hit a double but was left stranded. In the 4th inning Joe Sabatini hit a one out triple but couldn't get home.  In the top of the 5th Bristow scored 2 runs on 3 singles and an error.  In the 6th the Jags answered with two runs to tie the game.  John Tyree reached on an error then scored on Joe Sabatini's double and then Joe later scored after Caleb Baca reached on an error (one of three errors in the inning). In the 6th the Pirates threatened and with bases loaded. Catcher Joe Sabatini made a diving catch of a foul ball to end the inning. Neither team scored in the 7th inning putting the game into extra innings.  In the top of the 8th the Pirates got one run giving them the lead. In the bottom of the Caleb Baca hit a two out single followed by Josh Ferguson's single but neither were able to come in to score.

NOAH   0 0 0  0 0 2 0 0     2  6  4
Bristow 0 0 0  0 2 0 0 1      3  9  3

Austin Ervin pitched 5 solid innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, 4 singles, and 4 strikeouts. John Tyree relieved in the 6th inning and started the 8th inning before Cole Wilson relieved him.  John Tyree allowed one unearned run on 3 hits and 2 walks. They hit two hits on Cole before the game ended on a fly ball that Erik Willis caught with bases loaded.

The NOAH JV won 4-3 scoring all 4 runs in the bottom half of the last inning.  The JV extends their winning streak to 7 games.

NOAH sweeps Barnsdall - Apr 12

Monday April 12
Doubleheader vs Barnsdall

NOAH 15  Barnsdall 2
NOAH 19  Barnsdall 8

On a beautiful night for baseball the Jags had their bats active. In the first game they had 10 hits including a double by Andrew Smith and a triple by Jeb Penrod. The Jags scored one run in the first then with 6 hits, and 4 walks, an error and to sacrifice flies in the 3rd the Jags added 10 more runs then added four more runs in the 4th inning.  In the bottom of the 4th the Panthers started out with two hits and both came in to score for their only runs.  John Tyree, Joe Sabatini and Caleb Baca each had 2 hits a piece.

NOAH        1 0 10  4     15 10 1
Barnsdall    0 0 0   2      2   2 5

Starting pitcher Andrew Smith pitched 2 innings with 2 strike outs and 2 walks and no runs and no hits. Reliever Wes Shaffer pitched the remaining two innings allowing 2 runs on 2 hits with 4 strike outs.

Game 2 started out a little closer. NOAH got four runs in the first including Cole Wilson's 2 RBI home run. The Panthers answered with 3 runs on 2 hits and and two errors in the bottom of the first. Neither team scored in the 2nd inning.  In the 3rd inning with 3 singles the Jags added 2 more runs to lead 6-3 but the Panthers came back and added two more runs to bring the score to 6-5.  In the 4th the Jags added 6 more runs and then 7 runs in the top of the fifth.  In the bottom of the 5th Barnsdall added 3 more runs bringing the game to an end with the Jags on top 19-8.  Cole Wilson had 3 hits on the night including his first home run of the year and 4 RBIs.  Ben Bradley, Wes Shaffer and Erik Willis each had two hits each. Ben Bradley also had 4 rbis for the night.

NOAH           4 0 2  6 7   19 12 5
Barnsdall       3 0 2  0 3    8  11 10

Ryan Blake pitched the first inning for the Jaguars allowing 3 unearned runs on 2 hits, and 1 walk. Cole Wilson relieved for 3 innings allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, with 5 hits, 1 walk and 4 strike outs. Jeb Penrod pitched the final inning for the Jaguars allowing 3 earned runs on 4 singles, with one walk and 1 strikeout and a nice double play with bases loaded to end the game.

Home Game Today - Apr 13th @ 4:30 vs Bristow PLUS Car Wash Update

The Jags are playing at LaFortune Park today vs Bristow Pirates.  Varsity first pitch is 4:30 p.m. with the JV to follow.

Car Wash Fundraiser Update:

Our Car Wash Fun'raiser to support the Varsity Baseball team in their trek to the season's final games at the HWSA  Championships 2010 in Florida was a great day of fun, sun, and food.
Big THANKS are in order to our SPONSORS and EVERYONE who pitched in and helped in so many ways.  Jag players and families worked hard, played hard and danced around with signs to make a good day of it and make our sponsors proud!
The well coordinated crew washed a whopping 59 cars and received lots of tips and donations. Pledges are coming in as well and the event will be completed  just in time for  travel to the April 26-May 1st  games.

Those whose provided corporate sponsorship and whom we encourage you to take your business to if the need should arise are:

C & C Janitorial (huge thanks to Coach Lannie McDaniel and Parker for providing the location, donuts!, and lots of muscle)
Smith Boys Carpet Services ( thanks  Smith family- the pizza! hit the spot to keep going full tilt)
Starbucks Coffee (2050 W Kenosha)
Best Signs & Graphics (thanks for our new NOAH Jags Banner)
Danny's Auto Parts & Salvage (thanks Coach Wilson & Cole)

And to ALL of  the PLAYERS & FAMILIES who secured and provided pledges from sponsors near and far on behalf of the Jags- THANK YOU for stepping up to the the plate for your team! Home run effort! Your generous support is greatly appreciated. Oh yes, and thanks to those who brought their cars through the line. It was good of you !

Go JAGS!!! 2010

Lisa Brownwood

12U Jags - Claremore Tournament 2nd Place

Pictured: front row LtoR: Will Grantham, Matt Merrill, Logan Stolz, Keaton McDaniel, Austin Lilly; back row LtoR:  Nano Moss, Evan Jacoby, Jono Harrington, Ben Replogle, Sam Replogle; Coaches Harrington, Replogle and Jacoby.

The NOAH Jags 12U team placed 2nd in the Claremore Tournament this weekend. The Jags went 1-0-1 in pool to earn a #2 seed.

Pool Play Game #1 tied Collinsville Cardinals 5-5

Pool Play Game #2 beat Verdigris Vypers 15-0

Quarter finals vs OK Spikes won 8-2

Semi-finals vs SW Indians won 8-0

Championship game vs BA Blackhawks lost 7-3

The Jags overall record is now 7-4-1.  They'll back in league action this week at Indian Springs.

JV wins Bristow Festival - Apr 10th

The NOAH JV baseball team beat Cleveland JV 6-5 on Friday. On Saturday, they beat Sapulpa JV 2-1 and Mannford JV 11-8 to win the Bristow JV Festival.

The JV also beat the Webster varsity in a double header on Thursday, April 8.

The JV record is now 12-8 on the season.

The Varsity Jags will be playing a DH at Barnsdall on Monday, April 12th.

Both teams will be back home field at LaFortune Park on Tuesday Apr 13th vs 4A Bristow Pirates. First pitch is 4:30 with JV to follow.

Car Wash Fundraiser - April 10th

UPDATE:  Car Wash Fundraiser was a huge success netting over $1,000!  Thank you!

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The NOAH Jaguars varsity baseball team traveling to the HWSA World Series near Orlando, Florida this month is having it’s first  Fun’raiser  Free  Car  Wash  this Saturday April 10^th on N. Aspen Ave/1 block south of W. Kenosha (S. 145^th E Ave/1blk south of E 71^st S.) across from

Mc Alister’s Deli and the Walmart  Supercenter in Broken Arrow from 10am-2pm to help support the team. The Car Wash is free, donations are welcome. Plan on bringing your vehicles and come on out to support  NOAH and the team. For more information, please email libbywood@rocketmail.com  Hope to see you there!!!