Dixie Chicks

The 14u Dixie Chicks continued their impressive fall going 7-0 and claiming the 16u Fall State Championship. I am really proud of the little Chicks as they are getting better every time out. Both teams are headed to the Early Signing Showcase in Myrtle Beach in a couple weeks and I expect great things from both teams. I'm looking forward to coaching some of these skilled young ladies in the near future. Great job by the Coaches Steve Ruch and Tommy Slater and all the hard working Little Chicks, although they aren't so little. I guess I should call them the younger Chicks. As always, GO CHICKS !!!

Our Chicks got to stay at home this past weekend and play in the College Showcase in nearby Powhatan, Va. Conditions were quite frigid on Saturday morning but as it warmed up so did the Chicks bats. We hit the ball really well overall for the weekend but fell a run short in the semi-finals. We needed a another timely hit or two in some key spots and we could have won every game. Our pitching deserved a better fate as we got good pitching most all weekend. We finished the weekend 4-2 and had a respectable 3rd place finish. Our record for the Fall is now at 18-6 with only 6 showcase games left in Myrtle Beach in 3 weeks. It seems like it just started but we are almost done for the Fall. Let's finish the season strong with 6 wins in South Carolina. Stats are posted, as always GO CHICKS !!!

Jordan Clark and Taylor Wells both verbal to Wingate University just outside of Charlotte, NC. They will be joining fellow teammate Amy Wingfield in a couple years. This is a unique experience for these two young ladies as they have played every year of travel ball together, they will play 4 years of high school ball together at Manchester and now 4 years of College together. I guess that has happened before for someone but I have never heard of it. These young ladies are really excited and I am very happy for them as well as very proud of them.  I think they both have a great chance of doing great things at Wingate as both of them nearly broke the Virginia High School League record of Home Runs in a single season as sophomores. They will have 2 more seasons of High School and it would not shock me to see either one of them break the State record. Great job ladies, I guess it will be GO BULLDOGS in a couple years but for now it is still GO CHICKS !!!

The Chick went back on the road this past weekend to Roanoke for the second time this fall and the results were not near as good as the first time. We went 2-2 for the weekend playing really well in the wins and not so well in the losses. We gave one away on Sunday morning blowing a 4-0 lead and leaving 10 runners on base. We have to learn to put teams away when we have our chances, if you leave them in the game bad things can happen and it was a perfect example of that this weekend. We will move on and get better from it. We need to get ready for the Powhatan Showcase in 2 weeks. Practice is Sunday Oct. 20th 1:00 at Midlothian High School. Stats are posted. As always, GO CHICKS !!!

The Chicks went on the road to Virginia Beach over the weekend to play the Fall Galaxy Showcase and dominated the competition going 5-0 and scoring 44 runs and allowing only 2 unearned runs. The 5 wins at the Beach ran our winning streak to 11 for the Fall. We need to keep working hard as the competition will heat up over the next month. We need to keep improving at every practice and in every game. We have practice this Thursday at Midlothian High School to get ready to take our show on the road to Botetourt in two weeks. Nice job this past weekend ladies, stats are posted. As always, GO CHICKS !!!