The 15U Dallas Tigers coached by Tommy Hernandez win the AABC Ken Griffey Jr Division National Championship on Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The Tigers went 5-0 to win the AABC Ken Griffey Jr. National Championship held in Owasso, Oklahoma. Battling through temperatures ranging from 109 to 116 degrees, the kids executed all week with fantastic pitching and defense and some timely clutch hitting to bring the Dallas Tigers Baseball Club it’s 18th National Championship and the Tigers 7th AABC Championship. All 16 kids contributed to this championship throughout the week with Tanner Gardner receiving the Outstanding Hitter Award and Brandon Maine was named Tournament MVP. Brandon started and finished games 1 and 5 to deserve this award. Tanner hit .500 for the tournament. Congratulations to all the boys for following up last years Super Series National Championship.

Back row left to right: Head Coach Tommy Hernandez, Manager Mike Barnes, Bryar Barnes, Bryce Carter, Jake Wilcox, Kent Myers, Ryan Cottingame, Turner Larkins, Seth Jordan, Michael Kopech, Asst. Coach Rick Robertson

Front row left to right: Brandon Maine, Ty Harp, Noah Lee, Cal Hernandez, Ryan Robertson, Tanner Gardner, Garrett McCain, Connor Reich. Not shown: Brad Barnett, Foster Sawyer

Top row (L to R): Mike Barnes, Bryce Carter, Mr. Bill Brown, Seth Jordan, Ryan Cottingame, Foster Sawyer, Kent Myers, Turner Larkins, Jake Wilcox, Garrett McCain, Rick Robertson, Tommy Hernandez

Bottom row: Bryar Barnes, Ty Harp, Ryan Robertson, Cal Hernandez, Brandon Maine, Brad Barnett

No shown in picture: Tanner Gardner and Michael Kopech

Tigers 12U Ingram Roll to AABC Regional Championship – Next Stop, Puerto Rico!

The Dallas Tigers 12U Ingram claimed the top spot in the AABC South Plains Regional tournament in Farmington, New Mexico.  The team qualified for the event by going 16-0 in BBI league play in Mesquite.  Coached by Linty Ingram, the 12U Tigers team brought their A-game to Farmington and rolled to a 6-0 record, with a cumulative victory margin of 130-9.

The Tigers made it to the finals along with the Santa Fe Orioles as the only two undefeated teams remaining.   On Saturday evening in the first game between the undefeated teams, the Orioles jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.  It was all Tigers from there, as the team scored 20 unanswered runs on the way to a 20-2 win.  The Tigers’ bats were very active, and the defense cruised behind a pitching performance that accounted for 14K’s out of 15 total outs.

The teams met again Sunday morning, and this time the Tigers drew the visitor’s spot.  Despite facing a hard throwing pitcher from the Orioles, the Tigers jumped ahead early, including a well executed steal of home plate to take a 3-0 lead.  From there the Tigers never looked back – keeping the accelerator on with active bats and smart base running, complemented by strong pitching and solid defense across the board.  Final score – Tigers 22-1 over the Orioles to claim the AABC South Plains Regional championship.  Soon after the final out, Coach Ingram (being a great sport) was “surprised” by a cold shower from the water cooler, hoisted by a group of players who shall remain anonymous.  The six wins in the tournament bring the team’s record for the year to 67-15-3.

Next up for the Tigers is a trip to Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, for the AABC World Series.   The Tigers will face off against other AABC regional champions in the 8-team double elimination tournament.  The pressure will be on to represent Dallas well, as the D-Bat Mustangs took home the AABC 12U World Series title last year.  Play begins on Thursday, August 4, with the championship game played on the evening of August 7.  The team flies to San Juan on August 3^rd and will be staying together in the Dorado Beach area, near Toa Baja, the site of the AABC World Series.  Several tournament games will be televised in Puerto Rico, and the team expects to play in front of large crowds of locals who are very enthusiastic about baseball.  While it is sure to be a very memorable experience for the boys, as always Coach Ingram will ensure the team is ready and focused on the task at hand.

Good luck to all the players and coaches as they prepare to head out and represent the Tigers organization, and the Dallas area, in the AABC World Series.   Let’s bring home the trophy!

Kyle Krowka’s 11U Dallas Tigers went 7-1 last week to capture the Youth Travel Sports World Series Championship

in the 11U Major division.

Griffin Weissman had the game winning hit that scored Max Dodd for the victory.  The umpires chose Kaden Krowka as the tournament MVP for his dominating performance on the mound.  Kaden went the distance, in the championship round, pitching a complete 6 inning game.

This tournament win gives the team  a birth to USSSA The Elite 32,

held annually at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.

10U Dallas Tigers, coached by Tommy Hernandez, played very tough all week in Burleson, Texas, at the Super Series National Tournament.  In the semi-finals they faced a very tough Avenger Force team out of Houston, Texas and won 13-11.  The championship game match-up was against the Banditos our of Houston as well.  Our Tigers battled every out in the national championship game, but fell short with a 6-5 loss.

We are very proud of the boys for the way they battled all week and played hard.  Nice work boys!  Go get them in Farmington, New Mexico next week!

Congratulations to the Dallas Tigers 15U Fleming Team for taking 2^nd place in the USSSA June Summer Sizzler.  The June Summer Sizzler was just that…two days of sizzling temperatures…but that’s not all that was hot.  After a very strong showing in pool play, 10-0 & 8-1, the boys captured the number one seed.  After two well played bracket games, 7-3 & 14-2, the boys fell short in the Championship Round 10-8 on Sunday evening to take 2^nd place for the weekend.  Thanks for the great weekend of baseball boys and coaches.

The 11U Dallas Tigers, Head Coach Kyle Krowka, went 4-0-1 on Father’s Day Weekend to become the Youth Travel Sports Legends Summer Champions. The boys took the field against the Southlake Dragons in the Championship game, for what turned out to be a dog fight.  Krowka’s Tigers were victorious with a score of 6-5.

Individual Honors go to Hunter Watson, who was named the Tournament MVP!

The 11U Dallas Tigers coached by Kyle Krowka competed in the Texas-Oklahoma Super State baseball tournament this past weekend.  The team went 4-2 on the weekend, came up just short in the championship game 5-3.  Another successful weekend for the team who is starting to play their best baseball in preparation for a trip to Orlando where they will compete with the top 11U teams in the country at the USSSA Elite 32 at Disney.

Congratulations boys!  Keep up the hard work!!

12U Ingram takes 2nd in the Triple Crown Metroplex Opener

The 12U Dallas Tigers – Ingram came in 2nd place in the Triple Crown Metroplex Opener this weekend at Texas Star in Euless. In Saturday’s pool play, the game was in top form in all phases and the Tigers rolled to two consecutive 10 – 0 shutouts to gain the top seed and first round bye in Sunday’s elimination bracket.  Championship Sunday proved to be quite a bit more challenging with slight wins over Dallas Stars Black and Dallas Tigers – Woods.  The Championship game was played against the Dallas Patriots and was a real nail biter down to the bitter end.  The teams traded runs in the 5th inning to make the final score 4 – 3 for the Patriots. It was a great effort for the first tournament of the Spring Season.  Their runner-up place qualified them for the Triple Crown World Series to be held later in the summer in Utah.

The 11U Dallas Tigers won the Legends Fall Championship this weekend at Oak Grove Park on Lake Grapevine.  The Tigers went undefeated and overcame an early 3 run deficit in the Championship Game.  Rye Gunter earned MVP honors by throwing 3 scoreless innings in relief while Gage Mullis drove in the winning run with a 6th inning double.  Cade Bell came in to close the door in the 7th.  Jack McBride threw a complete game for a 13-2 win in the Semi-finals.  Devin Baur put on a defensive show all weekend and drove in the winning runs to cap a 6 run come from behind win on Saturday to secure the number 1 seed.  This was this teams first tournament to play together and leads you to believe there will be great things to come from this group of Tigers.