For the second year in a row the 11U Tigers-Ingram have earned a berth to the USSSA Elite World Series held at the Disney Sports Complex in Orlando Florida. After taking the championship game of the Shreveport Louisiana Super NIT qualifier March 28th in convincing fashion, they earned themselves an early berth to return to Disney. The Tigers went 6-0 over the weekend taking down a powerfully talented Oklahoma Rays team 6-3 in the late Sunday night Championship game. The Rays proved to be a very tough competitor with their own group of quality pitching and strong offense, ranked #2 nationally by Travel Ball Select. It was truly a team effort by the Tigers over the six games played, however it came down to pitching in which the Tigers are very deep. Jared Martin was a standout performer both on the mound and at the plate over the weekend of play. He picked up two wins on the mound going 5 innings against a strong Rays offense in the championship battling back from a 3-0 deficit going into the 6th inning. The Tigers bats finally came alive in the top of the 6th, erupting for 6 runs on 6 hits led by Martin who finished the tournament with 7 hits and 6 RBI’s. While the Tigers had to claw their way back to win two of the six they played, other complete game performances on the mound by Dawson Barr and Syler Shepherd proved to be too much for their opponents in route to the championship showdown. Tiger pitchers gave up only 16 runs over the 6 games while the offense came around late to produce a total of 41 runs and bat .321 versus their opponents .176 average.

Congratulations to the 11U Dallas Tiger-Ingram on their second 1st place finish in as many tournaments and earning a return trip to Florida in August!

The Dallas Tigers 11u coached by Anthony Walsh Seeded 1st and went an impressive 5-0 in the Spring Fling 11u Open tournament March 27^th – 28^th in Celina Texas. The 11u Walsh Tigers started playing together January 15^th 2010 and in 2.5 months under Coach Walsh were able to bring home the champions trophy in their first ever finals game. Congratulations Coach Walsh and Tiger players.

The weekend started out slow in the early game Saturday morning with the team falling behind 6-1 after 2 innings. The boys pulled it together and rallied back to win 10-7.  The boys moved on to the second game of the day and decided they would not fall behind again in the rest of the tournament winning the second game handily 17-1.  In the third game the boys jumped on top early and never looked back in their 12-4 victory.  In the fourth game of the tournament the boys faced a different team than the team they beat 17-1. It was a much tighter game but in the end the boys won 6-2 to advance to the Championship game.  In the Championship with the boys wearing their Championship orange jerseys playing under clear skies and a full moon, the boys jumped out to a 2-1 lead early and never looked back in their 5-2 win to bring home the championship and complete a perfect 5-0 for the weekend.  It was truly a team effort over the entire weekend with 8 of 11 players pitching and no one pitcher reaching their maximum pitching outs.

Congratulations to the Tigers 11u-Walsh team for their championship!  Continue to improve.

The 9U Dallas Tigers team earned a spot again in a baseball tournament championship game against DBat Mansfield.  Tigers scored one run early in the top of the 1st inning, but DBat was able to jump out to a 7-1 lead after one inning of play.   The Dallas Tigers then made a roaring comeback and outscored DBat 12-6 through 6 full innings, but lost in the bottom of the 6th with 2 outs on a bloop hit over the pitcher, 13-12.

“Getting down early and coming back the way we did says a lot about our team,” commented Coach Polk, “but what happened for our team out here this weekend was exciting.  We achieved our #1 goal which is always to improve players through the Tiger system and process, and give them big game experience.”

Coach Polk added “Every player grew today, but the exciting part is we had several that made that jump up to their next level.  It’s exciting watching young players progress.”

Our Tiger Family member, 11U coached by Ernie Cecil, made it to the finals in the Heroes Tournament  battling back from a 2 run deficit in the last inning to 6-3 . Ronnie Taylor pitched the entire game before coming out tired in the last inning with two runners on and no outs.  Top defensive play kept the Tigers in the game and held the opponent to 3 runs through 6 innings.  Stefanek came in, walked his first batter to load the bases, and next fought back to get two outs.  Next batter – with two outs and two strikes – for the Waxahachie Marlins hit a walk-off Grand Slam to win the game.  Final score 7-6 Marlins.

Coach Cecil commented, “This prooved to be a good start to what looks to be a very good year.”

As painful as that has to be, the Dallas Tigers still played well and took second in their first complete tournament of the season. Congratulate them on their 2^nd place finish the next time you see them.

Dallas Tigers 11U-Ingram Fundraiser… ACT NOW!!!!

We would like to invite all Tigers families and friends to participate in what will be a fun and rewarding fundraiser event. Last year was a huge success and we would like to extend the invitation to the entire organization.

We have set up an NCAA March Madness bracket for you to pick your favorite teams to follow and potentially win some great prize money!!

Same as last year the cost to play is $50.00/bracket. On Tuesday 3/16 the 65 NCAA teams will be announced.  If you would like to play please reply a.s.a.p. to ginger_russell@tx.rr.com, once teams and brackets are published an email will be sent to you that will point you to an on-line tournament board where you will select your teams (very quick and easy).  In addition you’ll be asked to enter a total team score for the championship game that in the event of a tie will be used to determine the winner.

Tournament play begins on Thursday 3/16, and completed boards must be finalized prior to tip-off at 10:00 a.m. on 3/16.  Total prize money will be determined and announced after the close on 3/17.  Our goal is to sell 100 boards, if we reach our goal the total prize money will be $2,500, if less than 100 boards are sold the prize money will be split. Last year we paid out the full $2,500. This is a goal only and total prize money will not be determined until the close of 3/17.  Prize money will be allotted as follows and winners will receive a Visa gift card that can be used anywhere.

1st – 40% (up to $1,000)

2nd – 25% (up to $650)

3rd – 20% (up to $500)

4th – 10% (up to $250)

5th – 5% (up to $125)

The game is played through a secured website and standings will be emailed daily once play begins or accessed anytime through the website.  All funds raised are used toward team tournament fees and league entries for the 11U Dallas Tigers-Ingram.

Again, if you would like to play please reply to ginger_russell@tx.rr.com.  Checks should be made payable to the ‘Dallas Tigers-2017′ and mailed immediately to:

Ginger Russell

2109 Columbia Dr

Flower Mound, TX 75022

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE!

Thanks again for supporting the Dallas Tigers 11U-Ingram Baseball Team.

Dallas Tigers Spring Break Camp

Where: Railroad Park, Lewisville, TX
When: March 15-18, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Who: ALL AGES
Cost: $125
* MUST pre-register and payments must be received by March 11.  Pay at www.paypal.com to dtigerdonna@hotmail.com

The 13U Tigers-Gil Bustillos team is having a fundraiser. The team is selling Dallas Tigers shirts (pictured here) for only $20 each. The shirts come in small, medium, large and XXL.

Email your order with number of shirts in each size to rick.gatt@sbcglobal.net, and make check payable to Rick Gatt. Team parents Lonnie and Lisa Morse generously donated the shirts and the embroidery work. All proceeds benefit the 13U Tigers-Gil Bustillos.

Let’s support this team. And make sure you let us know about your team’s fundraiser, as well. If you have a fundraiser or special event coming up, let us know so we can get it on the website or in the newsletter. Also, make sure you post the info on our new forum.

Be sure and watch for our next community service project. As I said last month, we are fortunate to play select ball and we always want to be good citizens and give back to our community. You guys (and girls) are the best of the best and I’m so proud of each one of you!

Keep up with current Tiger Team news, as well as news about our former Tigers. Pass down old uniforms or sell some good used baseball equipment. Find a baby-sitter, accountant, handyman, insurance agent or dentist. Do business with a fellow Tiger parent.

The new Tiger Forum is the place for you!
Just click the link here or login to dallastigersbaseball.com/forum to get started. Create a log-in ID and password and you’re ready to go.
This is the best way for members of our Dallas Tiger Family to keep up with each team, find good equipment and uniforms, and benefit from doing business with each other. Be sure and post any offers you have for our Tiger families.

See you on the Forum!

This past weekend the 11U Dallas Tigers opened their 2010 season with a championship in the USSSA 12UAAA Metroplex Opener at Texas Star Park in Euless. After losing the pool opener 7-5, they fought back to win 5 straight, winning the championship game in extra innings (7^th) 6-5 against the 12U AAA Dallas Redbirds.

Next, the 12U Tigers took home 1st place hardware in their Waco tournament.

And finally, our 14U Tigers won the tournament championship down in Austin.

Great way to start off the season for the Dallas Tigers Baseball Club!  Congratulations!

We now have string backpacks and beanies in stock. The beanies come in two styles with the fold over toboggan style or the simple beanie. Each comes in white or navy.  Backpacks are navy only. Please submit orders (preferably by team) to dtigertommy@hotmail.com with number and color of each.