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Strikes Against Cancer 12U Champs

With only several age groups surviving the rain for Strikes Against Cancer baseball tournament, the 12U Open division was able to play this weekend.  The 12U Tigers went 5-0 on the weekend to win Strikes Against Cancer championship in Plano, TX. Jared Thomas, Josh Hoover, and Owen Peck lead the team in hitting this weekend all hitting over .500.  The Tigers also had great pitching performances.  In game 1, Walker Polk threw a 1 hit complete game shut-out.  Walker threw 41 …

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TCU Baseball Tour with Dallas Tigers

The TCU baseball program provided a tour of the facilities in Ft Worth at Lupton Baseball Stadium this past Saturday.  Since opening in 2003, the stadium has played host to conference tournaments, NCAA Regionals, and NCAA Super Regionals.  In the summer of 2015, construction began on a new Horned Frogs’ locker room, classroom, team lounge, sports medicine center, equipment room and coaches’ offices. The new facility, which was completed prior to the 2016 season, is located down the left-field line. …

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14U Take Perfect Game State Championship

The 2016 Perfect Game State Championship now belongs to the 14U Dallas Tigers Hernandez/Arias! Perfect Game State Championship Highlights Against the North Texas Longhorns in the semi-finals, the Dallas Tigers jumped out to an early lead and captured a 15-6 victory in bracket play on Sunday.  Nine runs in the first three innings allowed the Tigers to put the game away early. A two-run single by Ryan Patterson and an RBI double by Heston Tole fueled the first inning.  The Tigers were …

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12U Clinches Bid to Perfect Game Super25 in Ft Myers

Perfect Game Super25 here we come!  The 12U Dallas Tigers will be headed to Ft Myers, Florida in June to compete in the Super25 tournament put on by Perfect Game.  By winning the PG Super 25 North Texas Regional, they get an automatic bid to the national baseball tournament. Coach Chad Polk commented, “Our kids are super stoked.  They see all the Tiger high school teams going to PG tourneys in Ft Myers and us going now gives them that …

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Dallas Mustangs Fall to 12U Tigers Polk in NO HITTER

Dallas Mustangs and Dallas Tigers finally meet in a championship game. After taking off Spring Break for some family time, the 12U Dallas Tigers were back on the field for a 1 day tune up tournament. In the 4th game of the day, the Dallas Mustangs White met up with the Dallas Tigers Polk for a good match-up. Trenton Shaw, starting on the mound for the Tigers, came out in full command of the game throwing a complete game no …

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Dallas Tigers Tour Arizona State Baseball Facilities

On a recent baseball tournament trip to Phoenix, Arizona, the 14U Dallas Tigers were treated to a tour of Arizona State baseball facilities in Tempe, Arizona.  Arizona State Baseball took over Phoenix Municipal Stadium in 2015 as their home field.  Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark, located in Tempe, was the home of Arizona State baseball from 1974 to 2014. “What a place to play college baseball,” commented Coach Tommy Hernandez.  “This is what it’s all about …our guys preparing …

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12U Polk Battle Out for Triple Crown Championship

The 12U Dallas Tigers Polk battled it out with DFW area baseball clubs to win out in bracket play.  The Triple Crown DFW Season Opener had over 50 teams entered and the 12U Tigers ended the weekend #1.  They competed with the likes of DBat Elite, Academy Select Sun Devils, and Texas Titans in bracket play to earn a championship. Most notable in the championship being down by 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning with 2 outs …

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12U Polk Champs over 13U Team Mizuno

The rain held off long enough this past weekend in McKinney for Dallas Tigers 12U Polk to get the championship match up with 13U Team Mizuno. The game was a battle with Team Mizuno throwing a fire baller at the Tigers. “We faced 2 hard throwers last weekend, but what we saw tonight definitely had more velocity. And he was throwing his breaking ball for strikes,” said coach Chad Polk. “Our kids battled and got some barrels on him and …

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Matt Dozier 14U Tournament Champions 2015

Texas Bombers Elite Fall to the Mighty Dallas Tigers 14U

Congratulations are in order for the Dallas Tigers 14U-Hernandez/Arias squad who took championship honors at the Matt Dozier Tournament this past weekend after downing the Texas Bombers Elite 6-3.  The three keys to victory in this game were opportunistic base running, timely hitting, and stellar pitching. Chad Brown recorded the win after striking out two, picking off two and surrendering only three hits to an extremely well slugging Bombers team. Bradley Missel took the mound for the final two innings and shut …

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All Tigers Championship at Travel Sports World Series

Both 11U Dallas Tigers teams had quite a run in the Travel Sports World Series last week in Grapevine, TX.  Out of 19 teams in this age group, 11U Jordan and 11U Polk were the last 2 teams standing. 11U Jordan sustained an unexpected early loss in bracket play, but turned out that they still had a lot of fight left.  They turned right around and rattle off 5 straight wins (1 Saturday & 4 Sunday) to meet up with …

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