The End of Baseball and the Summer

We finished up our baseball season Monday night in the State Tournament at Hot Springs. We lost to the eventual Champion, Hot Springs Lakeside, who is coached by one of my buddies from college, Ryan White. So congratulations to them for winning.

The baseball season was the most fun I have ever had coaching or being a part of a team. The guys are just incredible. They had amazing talent, great personalities, hard work ethic, and just great team chemistry with each other. I think of the relationships I was able to form with guys like Cole Sisemore and John Wohlford and it made the summer worth while. Plus I was able to strengthen previous relationships with Ryan Ashcraft and Cameron Young plus others. All of the guys were just creat competitors and young men.

Also the two other coaches I worked with. Our head coach was Mark Kincannon. Coach K is a Connections Minister at Community Bible Church in Fort Smith and he is one of the finest Christian man I know. The way he carries himself on and off the field is one thing I really learned from him. Also Brian Fry. Coach Fry is the Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach at Union Christian Academy here in Fort Smith. He has a great knowledge of baseball and how to deal with young people. I learned alot from spending the summer with these two guys. I can go on and on about them.

With baseball ending- so does summer. I started volleyball practice at Northside today so the season is officially under way. We will practice for about 3 weeks and then our first game is August 21. The second day of school. I also go on contract here pretty soon so I will be back up at school a few weeks before school starts getting ready to get going. Some things have changed for me at school with some addition of some new responsibilities and I look forward to what is ahead.

Hope everyone had a great July and an even better August.

Baseball

Well the internet has been slow at the hotel so that is why I havent updated. Here is what has happen in Hot Springs at the Baseball State Tournament.

Thursday- W vs Morrilton
Friday- L vs Jonesboro
Saturday- W vs Greenwood
Sunday- W vs Paragould

So we are set to play Hot Springs Lakeside tomorrow (Monday) at 5:30. If we win, we play in the State Championship game against Paragould at 8:30 Monday night. I will update this most likely sometime Tuesday. Hopefully we can get the job done.

State Baseball Tournament- First Round

We just got done with our first game in the State Tournament and we won. We beat Morrilton 16-1. Solid pitching, hitting, and defense helped us win the game. Our next game is Friday night at 7 vs either Hot Springs Lakeside or Jonesboro. Keep rooting for us!

State Baseball Tournament

Today we are leaving for the Baseball State Tournament. I help coach the "AA" Legion team from Fort Smith that is made up of 16,17, and 18 year old young man from this area. It has been an awesome summer coaching these guys and this has to be my favorite team that I have been with just because of the kids and their attitudes and the relationships I have formed with them and the other coaches. It is just a great environment to be in. We play tomorrow at 1:00. Its a double elimanation tournament so we will play Friday as well. Hopefully we will be there in the end. I will update our progress so in case anyone who reads this, cares.

My first blog

Well I love reading peoples blogs and started realizing how everyone has a blog so I thought I would start one. I love to let people know whats going on in my life and my thoughts about a variety of stuff.

Summer is quickly ending. I am a coach here in Fort Smith at Northside and Kimmons and teach physical education at Kimmons. I coach high school volleyball at Northside and girl's basketball at Kimmons. I also coach baseball during the summer for the Boys Club- FS Coke AA Legion Team.

So summer is coming to an end when volleyball practice starts July 30 and I go on contract August 8. It has been a busy summer with various basketball and volleyball camps. Plus coaching Legion baseball during the summer keeps me busy. We just completed the Zone Tournament and finished 2nd. We will be playing in the State Tournament in Hot Springs starting Thursday. Maybe I will update our progress on my blog. I also went to church camp with our youth group and had an awesome time. This past June I started working in the youth group with the 7th grade guys and am having an amazing time with them.

Well thats about it and I will post in the future.