SLYB News and Updates - 8/19/08

South Lex. 12's Finish 3rd in World Series

The South Lexington 12 year old All-Stars finished 3rd in the Cal Ripken Major/60 World Series in Martin, TN. SL lost to Bear, DE 7-3 Wednesday night in the semi-finals. Bear, DE went on to win the WS Thursday night defeating Kennewick, WA 3-2. 

(South Lexington's World Series Roster)

(Team Photos)

12-year-olds earn World Series berth with victory

8 year old South Lexington Red win Ohio Valley Regional

8 Year Old - Ohio Valley Regional Game Results

Quarter finals - South Lexington 5  -  Southeast Orange Crush  4

Semi finals - South Lexington 5  -  Lake Cumberland 4

Championship  - South Lexington 10  -  Riley, IN 4

 

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SL's 6 year old Selects win Scott County Tourney

 

The Gray Select 6 year old team won the Scott County Stampede tournament this past weekend going 5 and 0.  They won the championship game 17-16 over Harrison County.   Winning the last tourney of the year for Gray made their summer a success.  In the 5 games, the Gray team outscored opponents 96 to 34, averaging almost 20 runs per game.

 

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South Lexington T-Ball Red wins Jessamine County Tourney

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Division season, tourney winners

MAJOR LEAGUE - The Cubs won the tournament. During the regular season, the Cubs won the American Division and the Pirates won the National Division. 

JUNIOR MAJOR - The Legends won the tournament.  During the regular season, the Legends, Bandits and Mud Hens finished tied, all three with 10-4 records.

MINOR LEAGUE - The Royals won the tournament. During the regular season, the Royals won the American Division and the Astros the National Division. 

ROOKIE LEAGUE - The Orioles won the tournament. During the regular season, the Cardinals won the National Division and the Angels the American Division

TEE BALL - The Mets won the tournament. During the regular season, the Cubs won the Blue Division and the Athletics the Red Division.

 SLYB grads on All-City teams

A number of former South Lexington Youth Baseball players have been voted to the 2008 Lexington All-City high school baseball and softball teams which were recently announced.  SLYB graduates on the first team All-City baseball team were Dunbar High School players Tyler Back (2001 SLYB Athletics as a 12-year-old) and Josh Burke (2002 Cardinals) and Lafayette High School's Brooks Bailey (2002 Royals) and Zander Gross (2002 Reds).  Additionally, Lafayette's Bailey Dillender (2002 Rebels, now Orioles) was a member of the 2008 girl’s first team All-City softball squad.

Former SLYB players voted to the 2008 second and third All-City baseball teams were Lexington Catholic's Michael Champa (2001 Royals); Lafayette's Nate Wiseman (2002 Pirates); Dunbar's Chad Richie (2002 Cardinals) and Lafayette's Caleb Clements (2003 Pirates).

Both Tyler Back and Michael Champa were members of SLYB's 2001 All-Star team which captured the 12-year-old Cal Ripken World Series championship.

Additional information on the All-City team is available at http://www.kentucky.com/270/story/439061.html

From SLYB to All-American

Two former South Lexington Youth Baseball players have been named to the 2008 Louisville-Slugger Freshman All-American team, the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has announced. The players are Chris Wade and Jayson Langfels.

Wade, a freshman at the University of Kentucky, finished his SLYB career in 2000, playing for the Major League Braves and being a part of the SLYB 12-year-old All-Star team which participated in the Cal Ripken World Series that season.  Wade had an outstanding freshman season in 2008 at UK, starting every game at shortstop in the rugged SEC. Wade, who played high school baseball at Lexington Christian Academy, led the SEC with 24 doubles, marking the second-most doubles in UK season history. For UK, Wade hit .296 with five home runs and 51 RBI. He also stole six bases in eight attempts.

At SLYB, Langfels was a standout with the Major League Cardinals. He was a starter on the 2001 SLYB 12-year-old All-Star team which won the Cal Ripken World Series in Vincennes, IN.  Langfels was a four-year starter at Lexington Lafayette High School and then had an outstanding freshman season as the starting third-baseman at Eastern Kentucky University in 2008.  Langels, a member of the All-Freshman Ohio Valley Conference team, hit .304 for Eastern Kentucky, finishing the season with five home runs, 14 doubles and 34 runs bated in.

  Team and Action Photos Available at www.hendersonphotos.com