Niceville High School Baseball to Host Regional Finals
by posted 05/03/2008
Congratulations to the Niceville Eagles winning a dramatic Regional Semi-Final Game versus Pace last evening 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh.......their second walk-off victory of the week. The large crowds of Eagle supporters have been great and the team is pumped up by the support and are looking forward to the Regional Finals.
The Eagles will host Gainesville HS in a Best of Three Regional Final beginning Friday at the Hill with a double header. Game Times will be 4PM and 7PM on Friday May 9th. Come out and cheer for the boys as the winner of the Regional Finals will move on to the Florida State 5A Final Four in Sarasota the following week.
More information can be found at www.nicevillebaseball.com
7U Wood Bat Tournament
by posted 04/28/2008
7U Eagles Gain Competitive Experience and Have Solid Showing
On Saturday we lost both 1st and 2nd games by one run each 17-18/5-4.
On sunday we won the 3rd game 18-0, and lost the 4th (semi-final) game 7-3 to the Pensacola Angels. Pensacola Angels won the Championship round against the Panhandle Cobras. Our games were very good and close ones.
11U Maroon Bring Home Another Win
by posted 04/28/2008
Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team
“Win One the Hard Way”
in ASP Striker Wood Bat Classic
By: Larry L. Stelck
The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team took a non-typical “first place” in the ASP Striker Wood Bat Classic Tournament in Pace Florida, but it wasn’t their usual way of taking care of business and winning tournaments. The Eagles offense appeared to have stayed back in Niceville in their tournament pool play opener against the Bengals from Raceland Louisiana. The Eagles could only muster three runs in a 12-3 loss. In a game chock-full of errors, it appeared the Eagles defense had stayed home as well. In game two against the Mobile Alabama Dirt Daubers, the wood bats seemed made of lead and nearly “un-swingable” in a second Eagles loss as they were shut out by the Dirt Daubers 2-0. A culmination of poor plays both offensively and defensively unfortunately sent the Eagles into the “Consolationship” bracket on Sunday.
This was unfamiliar territory for the Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team by not playing in an accustomed championship round as they traveled to Pace on Sunday morning. However, with the weight off their shoulders and playing for pride more than anything else, the Eagles decided it was time to have fun and just play baseball. In the consolation tournament play opener, the Eagles were slated against Dothan Alabama’s Wiregrass Sports Academy (WSA) at noon on Sunday. With virtually all of the Sunday’s games running behind due to extra innings, it appeared Sunday was indeed going to be a long day for the Eagles. The Eagles first game gave Tyler Head the win and Hunter Stelck the save in their first tournament victory in a 3-2 sleeper over WSA.
Two Niceville Eagle traveling teams would clash in the consolation round as the higher seed Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Black team eagerly waited to face the Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team in the Eagles Black consolation round opener. The rivalry game between the two Eagles squads would more than make up for the lack of notable drama from the day before. As the visiting team, Eagles Maroon batted first and jumped all over the Eagles Black in the first inning with a 5-0 lead. The Eagles Black team however would score unearned runs on a hit batter and numerous base-on-balls walks in the home half of the first inning. At the end of one inning, the Eagles Black was enjoying a 6-5 advantage. In a “see-saw” battle on a cloudy overcast Sunday afternoon, Nick Troxell and Luke Chaney both hit the ball hard for the Eagles Black. Behind clutch outfield catches by Eagles Black right fielder Scott Carrell, the Eagles Black went toe to toe with the Eagles Maroon until the very end. The Eagles Black, who had led the game during the middle innings of the game, didn’t have quite enough to keep them in front. The Eagles Black had caused enough discomfort for the Eagles Maroon pitching staff in the early going, so in an effort to regain their balance and conserve pitching, Eagles Maroon right hander Garrett Loftis came into the game in the first inning to replace Trevin Eubanks. Loftis would then give way to Drew Frederic to finish out the game. Behind the jarring hits of Tyler Head and Garrett Loftis, and solid defensive stops from second baseman Zander Huff, the Eagles Maroon would regain momentum and retake the lead for good late in the game. The stage was now set for a dramatic heart pounding finish. Eagles Maroon Manager Donald Head employed a bit of coaching strategy in the bottom of the sixth inning when he informed the home plate umpire that he wanted to intentionally walk the Eagles Black team #4 and #5 hitters to load the bases with two outs. With force plays now available at every bag, a “do or die” situation would end the game one way or another and send the victor to play on. It was Frederic who got the #6 Eagles Black hitter to pop-fly out to second baseman Zander Huff to end the game in regulation as the Eagles Maroon came out on top with an 11-8 win to send the Eagles Maroon to the championship game. It was an awesome game played by two great Niceville teams. A valiant effort by a formidable Eagles Black team that did indeed keep it close most of the afternoon.
The final game of the “Consolationship” matched the Traveling Eagles Maroon 11U against an unknown opponent in the Pensacola Heat. The Heat had advanced to the championship round of consolation play in a come from behind victory over the Gulf Coast Storm from Pace Florida. Running an hour and a half behind schedule, it appeared the Eagles would have to play deep into the night to bring home yet another championship trophy back to Niceville. In a game that was slow to materialize offensively, it took the Heat scoring first to take a 1-0 lead to wake up the Eagles. Andrew Surry pitched a solid “inside-outside” game into the fifth inning when reliever Hunter Stelck was again brought in to try and get the win. With the scored knotted at 2-2 at the end of regulation, the Eagles again were headed into another all too familiar “California Shoot-Out”. With Drew Frederic on second base and with one out on the score board, Frederic stole third and then would score the go ahead run. In the Eagles defensive half of the seventh inning with one out and a runner on second, the Heat base runner too was able to steal third. Stelck would record the “Backwards K” strike out for out number two and get the final batter of the game by nabbing a smartly hit ground ball to the right side of the mound and getting the 1-3 scorebook put-out to end the ballgame in a 3-2 Eagles championship win.
The games against the Eagles Black and the Heat were anything but "sleepers" compared to the game against WSA earlier that afternoon. In retrospect, over the previous eight tournaments and witnessing the quality of play by all of the Niceville Traveling Eagles, it’s no wonder that the Traveling Eagle program is so highly touted for producing top quality baseball players and the best baseball program in the Florida Panhandle. “Eagle Pride” permeates throughout our wonderful community both on and off the field of play.
The Traveling Eagles Maroon 11U Team are managed by Donald Head and coached by Jim Loftis and John Payne. Speedy recoveries go to our Eagles Zackary Payne and Zack Jones as the Eagles Maroon prepare this to return to Panama City Beach next weekend for Grand Slam Tournament’s “Battle on the Gulf Baseball Blast”, May 2nd & 3rd 2008.
Niceville HS Baseball - District 1 - 5A Champions
by posted 04/24/2008
Congratulations to the Niceville Baseball team as they won the District 1 - 5A Championship over Pace HS this evening 6-0. The Eagles won all three games behind complete game shut-outs by Austin Wood on Tuesday over Choctaw 7-0, Brett DeVall on Wednesday over Crestview 6-0 and tonight with Josh McDorman shutting out Pace.
The Eagles will host Rutherford in the first round of the Regional Playoffs Tuesday evening at the Hill. Come out and show your support for the boys.
More information can be found at www.nicevillebaseball.com
This weekend we will have nearly all of our age groups in Pace for the ASP wood bat tournament including our 7U Eagles. Be sure to take plenty of photos and videos as we will begin capturing pictures and videos for the Annual Banquet DVD. Our Banquet Committee representatives will be coordinating with each of the team representatives over the coming weeks.
The 14U players are sponsoring a fundraising event “A Jeans and Gem Affair.” This is the only fundraiser to benefit the 14U World Series trip to Round Rock, Texas for the Super Series National Championship. The event is scheduled for Sunday June 1st at 7:00 p.m. and will be held at the Santa Rosa Mall. “A Jeans and Gem Affair” will feature food from area restaurants in a “taste of” format, live entertainment from Miles from Coltran, cash bar and a Silent Auction – and we are looking to our fellow Eagles to help donate items for this important fundraiser.
Any and all items that you can donate will be greatly appreciated. Items that are very popular are Gift Cards to local Restaurants or Businesses, Golf Packages, Condo Rentals, Photography Packages. In addition to individual items we’ll be creating themed gift baskets.
To make it simple, we would appreciate if each age group could contribute items for one of the specific themed baskets:
9U Creative Kitchen – Cookbooks, Cake Pans, Towels, Utensils, etc.
10U Sports Fan – Sports Chair, Small Cooler, Hats, T-Shirts, Coolies, Books, etc.
11U BLK Day at the Beach – Beach Chair, Cooler, Boogie Board, Beach Towel, Beach Bag, Book, etc.
11U MAROON Family Game Night –Family Board Games, Cards, Dice, etc.
12U Craft Time – Scrapbook Supplies, Stamping Supplies, Painting Supplies, etc.
13U Green Thumb – Garden Tools, Garden Supplies, Garden Book, etc.
If you have any donations for the gift baskets, or donation of any kind – all are greatly appreciated. Our goal is to have 50 items for the auction, ranging from small items to the custom gift baskets.
A rep from the 14U team will make arrangements to visit each Team Rep during the weeks of May 5th and May 12th to pick up any donations your team may have. If you have any questions please contact Jenna Ritterband at 897-9588 or Susan Bubel at 729-0378.
The 14U players and their families truly appreciate any help you can provide.
Tickets to “A Jeans and Gem Affair” are on sale for $75.00 per couple or $40.00 individually.
Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Celebrate
by posted 04/19/2008
Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team Champions in Baseball
by posted 04/15/2008
By: Larry L. Stelck
Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon
The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team took 1st Place in Grand Slam Classic “Spring Breakin at the Beach” Tournament in Panama City Beach Florida. The Eagles smart play offense and stingy defense was a carbon copy of their earlier performance on March 2nd when they won the Florida Lead-Off Baseball Grand Slam Classic Tournament in their first trip to Panama City Beach. The Eagles hoped to repeat their earlier performance. The Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team dropped only one game in pool play but aced the championship round by winning all three games on Sunday in the weekend long tournament 12-13 April 2008 in beautiful Panama City Beach Florida.
The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team continues to stroke the baseball with power and flair, but it’s their defense that’s winning championships. Saturday’s pool play began with the Eagles matched up against the Southern Crush from Ashford Alabama. Pitcher Zackary Payne started the game and Andrew Surry came in late in the game in relief but it just wasn’t enough as the Crush played just well enough to nip the Eagles in the pool play opener 5-4. Game two of pool play matched the Eagles against the Panama City Beach Knights. Andrew Surry started the game and Hunter Stelck came into the game to pitch in relief with the score 2-1 in favor of the Knights. The Eagles bats lit up in a come from behind win, 5-4. The win garnered them the #3 seed headed into championship play on Sunday morning.
On Sunday, the opener of the championship round pitted the Eagles against the #6 seed North Florida Diamond Dawgs from Crawfordville Florida. The pesky Dawgs proved a tough test for the Eagles ball slingers Tyler Head and Drew Frederic. But behind a solid defense, the Eagles did enough in a 4-2 win to advance into the next round of championship play.
Game two of championship play had the #3 seed Eagles in a rematch against the #2 seed Southern Crush. The outcome of this game would prove to be quite different than their previous matchup in pool play the day before. The Eagles arrived focused and determined to play their game of baseball. However, a scary moment ensued when short stop Drew Frederic took a pick off throw from Eagles catcher John Secord. During the play, Frederic collided with a Crush base runner at second base. Frederic made the out but play had stopped for over 5 minutes due to an injury to Frederic. With the base runner called out, Frederic got to his feet a little sore and shaken and resumed play. An aggressive and even more indomitable Eagles squad then jumped on the Crush hard by taking the lead and cruising to a 9-6 victory. Pitcher Garrett Loftis got the win with Drew Frederic taking the mound to pitch the save for the Eagles heading into the final game of the tournament championship.
With no rest between games and no time to change into their traditional championship game “Black on Black” uniforms, the Eagles hustled their equipment to another field across the Frank Brown complex and immediately regrouped and warmed up for the finale. The championship game matchup had the Eagles facing a familiar foe in the #4 seed Panama City Beach Marlins. The Marlins had beaten the #5 seed RLT Drillers and the #1 seed South Georgia Storm to advance to the final. Right hander ace Trevin Eubanks took the mound for the Eagles and held the Marlins to just two runs in five innings. At the top of the sixth inning Hunter Stelck and Eubanks traded field positions with Stelck on the mound in relief to shut down the Marlins. The Eagles would need not bat again. With surgical precision, Stelck needed only 12 pitches as all three Marlins batters he faced went down swinging. Stelck got the save in a 4-2 win over the Marlins and the secured the Eagles consecutive tournament win in Panama City Beach Florida.
The Eagles have continued their dominate play in tournaments across the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama with arguably one of the best defenses seen in recent travel ball history. To compliment the Eagles miserly fielding defense, their offense too has been cultivated to produce power hitting, coupled with finesse bunting, and aggressive “small ball” tactics. This fundamental catalytic chemistry is producing runs and simply shutting down quality baseball teams. Collectively the Eagles offensive and defensive attributes have been unified with a deep pitching rotation that has proven very effective game in, game out, tournament after tournament. The Eagles unselfish “team play” attitude, player interchangeability, and overall team consistency up and down the roster are what make them a premier 11U baseball team. The Eagles are managed by Donald Head and coached by Jim Loftis and John Payne.
Pictures from the 2008 Traveling Eagles Golf Tournament
by posted 04/14/2008
The NAYB 8th Annual Golf Tournament photos are now available for purchase. All profits from the sell of these photos are donated back to the Traveling Eagles Organization. The password to view the photos is par. Please click here: http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/SRoss/EaglesGolfTourney08
Unprecedented Night at Niceville High School
by posted 04/04/2008
Come out and support the Eagles Friday night at the "Hill" and witness what may be history in the making.
Niceville's Brett DeVall, the number 1 ranked high school lefty pitcher in the nation will face off against Robbie Ross of Lexington Christian Academy, Kentucky who is the number 2 ranked high school lefty in the country. The National Scouting Bureau Chief for ESPN will be flying in for the game and it is estimated that there will be more than 50 scouts at the game.
It will be an exciting night and a match up that may not be seen again for a very long time. Niceville has continued to play well and is riding another winning streak. On Wednesday they beat the number one ranked team from Kentucky, and defending Kentucky state champions Dunbar, 5 to 3 on a two-run walk off home run by former Traveling Eagle Danny Collins in the bottom of the seventh. Top prospect, and former Traveling Eagle Austin Wood went the distance for the win. You can read all about the Eagles at www.nicevillebaseball.com . Seventeen of the Twenty players on the varsity team have previously played Traveling Eagle Baseball........come out and cheer on the boys!
10U Wins Host Tournament-ASP Spring Break Slam!!! NIT!!!
by posted 04/02/2008
Great showing by our 10U team this past weekend to win the Championship in our home tournament.!
Congratulations to all the players and the Coaches for some really strategic and agressive plays!
Sunday especially was amazing--with all players working together to almost shut out both competitors on the way to the Championship. The bats were blazing hot, pitchers were dead-on-target and there were some tremendous plays made in the field...including two pick-offs at second base, a pick-off at first base and another at third. The Championship game even ended on a double-play-out at 2nd and 1st! But the key was that ALL the players on the team contributed to a "clean up" of the entire weekend with no losses and ALL wins were accomplished by a considerable margin.
Final Scores were:
Pool Play Game 1 Niceville Traveling Eagles 10U.........10
Destin Heat...........................................7
Game 2 Niceville Traveling Eagles 10U.........11
Navarre Breakers.................................3
***Ended the day in 1st Seed
Tournament Play Game 1
Niceville Traveling Eagles 10U........9
Navarre Breakers................................1
Game 2
Niceville Traveling Eagles 10U........14
Okaloosa County Crushers..............1
14U Spring Break Slam
by posted 04/02/2008
EAGLE U-14s Finally Get Going!
The Traveling Eagle U-14 team finally got to play in their first tournament
this past weekend. On Saturday the Eagle U-14s had two very close one run
games against the Florida Mustangs (Crestview) and the Pensacola Tigers.
The first game was characterized by good pitching from both teams with Colt
Tarpley going the distance for the Eagles and only giving up 1 earned run.
The second game the Eagles fought hard but came up short again in another
one run loss. On Sunday the U-14s had a slow start but battled back and
never gave up though still coming up short again. Even though the Senior
Eagle boys were not able to notch a win, Coach Nedoroscik was pleased with
the overall team effort.
Home Run Derby Winners from Spring Break Tournament
by posted 04/02/2008
Congratulations to the winners of the Home Run Derby held during the 2008 Spring Break Bash in Niceville. 65 Players from the 7U to 10U divisions participated in the event.
The winners were:
Age Name Team
7u Steele Chambers 7u Cobras
8u Dawson Marshall 8u Eagles
9u Brady Smith 10u Eagles
10u Brock Ochsenreiter Destin Heat
11U Runner-Up in Spring Break Slam
by posted 04/02/2008
The Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon - Runner-Up
at Home in ASP Spring Break Slam NIT
By: Larry L. Stelck
The Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team started off its home spring break tournament in pool play against the Gulf Coast Storm. Zander Huff took the mound and frustrated the Storm in the early innings. The Storm faced a variety of pitches that were just too difficult to hit. The bats of the mighty Eagles came alive again as they have in every tournament thus far this year. Deep balls, controlled hitting, and base speed proved very effective for the Eagles. Andrew Surry pitched the middle innings in relief with curve ball hurler Hunter Stelck to close out the last two innings of the game and quiet the Storm in the Eagles first pool play win, 13-6.
In the nightcap against the South Alabama Bandits, the slugging Eagles started game two of pool play right where they left off in game one. Tyler Head helped his own cause by blasting a two run shot with the Eagles jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. The game resembled a prizefight boxing match with two heavy weights exchanging blows in the early going. However the Bandits proved to be no match for the sizzling bats of the Eagles. Trevin Eubanks added a over-the- fence three run detonation to break the game open and put the game out of reach for the Bandits. Zander Huff's acrobatic plays at second base were worthy of ESPN’s “Web Gems” and were the defensive difference maker as the Eagles cruised to a 10-5 victory over the Bandits.
As the number 2 seed in the championship round, the Eagles squared off a second time against the Gulf Coast Storm. Behind a solid pitching performance from Garrett Loftis and an unyielding defense, the Eagles secured a birth in the tournament championship game by eliminating the Storm in their 6-2 rematch on Sunday afternoon.
The South Alabama Bandits had already played 2 games to get into the championship game and everyone wondered if they would have enough left in the tank for the third and final game against the Eagles. Could the Eagles continue their dominance with pitching ace Trevin Eubanks taking the mound in the final game? The Eagles played nearly perfect defense and allowed only one run in regulation as they matched play after play in a defensive battle with the Bandits. With the score tied at 1-1 at the end of six innings, Hunter Stelck came in to try and hold off the Bandits in a California Shoot-Out. A couple of anomalous fielding errors allowed a lone Bandits run to score in the visitor half of the inning. The Eagles did manage to execute a double play ball to get out of the top half of the seventh. With the score at 2-1 in favor of the Bandits, it was the Eagles turn at the plate in the home half of the Shoot-Out to try and tie or win. Unfortunately, another championship simply wasn’t meant to be as the Eagles couldn’t manufacture a much needed run in their final at bat. The Eagles fell 2-1 in their only loss of the tournament garnering the 11U Runner-Up trophy for this year’s ASP Spring Break Slam NIT.
Winner of Bat Give-a-Way selected for Website Sponsor Drive
by posted 03/24/2008
Congratulations to Michael Coletti who had his name selected in the drawing for a new Baseball Bat of his choice as part of the website sponsorship contest for players and their families who were able to achieve three or more website sponsorships. Many thanks to all who contributed to the success of this fund raiser in which nearly $4,000 was raised for the organization.
Special thanks to the players that obtained three or more sponsorships and were eligible for the drawing - Michael Coletti, Wesley Brooks, Nicholas Nolan, Matthew Wells, Nicholas Wells, Devon Moseley, Nick Troxell, Dane Wagner, Chris Sanford, Tanner Buharp, Trevor Wright and Andrew Grandgenett.
The 9U Team wins the Pizza Party for being the team with the highest number of website sponsorships.
12U Eagles win Host Tournament
by posted 03/17/2008
11U Maroon Win PC Tournament
by posted 03/17/2008
Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team Dominate in the Florida Lead Off Baseball Grand Slam Classic
By: Larry L. Stelck
Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon
The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team took 1st Place in the Florida Lead Off Baseball Grand Slam Classic Tournament in Panama City Beach with superb pitching and the timely hitting from all 12 of the Eagle’s players. With solid hitting, coupled with a very stingy defense, the Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team went undefeated in the weekend long tournament in Panama City Beach Florida 1-2 March 2008.
The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon squad are hitting the ball well and played lights out defense in pool play on Saturday by beating the Destin Tide 12-2 with stifling pitching from Garrett Loftis and Zack Jones. The Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team right-hander Zackary Payne then easily dispatched the Panama City Beach Marlins 6-0 with a complete game to garner the #1 seeding in Sunday’s championship bracket.
On Sunday Drew Frederic took the mound and pitched a complete game for the 11U Eagles Maroon team by blanking the Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Black team 8-0 in their championship bracket opener. During the tournament, the Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon team’s offense scored 32 total runs and their defense shutdown their opponents by allowing just 2 runs all weekend and winning three of their four games by shut out. Behind a solid “no holes” defense, Trevin Eubanks secured the championship win by pitching a complete game no-hitter with 5 K’s in their second 6-0 win over the Panama City Beach Marlins.
11U Maroon Results
by posted 03/17/2008
Niceville Traveling Eagles 11U Maroon Team Fall Short in Lumber Lift-Off III in Dothan Alabama 15-16 March 2008 By: Larry L. Stelck
The Eagles again showed why they are so solid in every tournament. They got off to a hot start Saturday afternoon in pool play with relentless hitting by the entire Eagles line-up. The parsimonious Eagles suffocated the Crush in the tournament opener 7-1.
The second game of pool play proved a little more challenging as the Eagles defense gave up 5 runs in the first inning against the Tallahassee Heat. The Eagles regrouped and battled back only to fall short in the bottom of the 6th inning in the pool play nightcap 8-7. That loss gave the Eagles the #2 seed heading into single elimination play of the championship bracket on Sunday.
The Eagles Sunday opener pitted them against the always dangerous #6 seed RLT Drillers from Panama City. The Eagles pitching staff kept the Drillers off balance and out of sync. A Garrett Loftis homerun blast combined with the other Eagles bats was too much for the overmatched Drillers. Great coaching and flawless base running proved to be the difference maker in the 12-2 early dismissal of the Drillers to advance the Eagles into the championship semi-final round against the Southern Crush.
The Eagles again got off to a fast start in the early innings of their rematch with the Southern Crush. With a homerun by John Secord the Eagles appeared to be on their way to their second championship game in as many tournaments. However the Crush had other ideas and they too began to hit the ball well. The normally flawless defense of the Eagles lost their footing and their bats also cooled in their unfortunate loss to the Crush in the semi-final game, 16-6.
12U Traveling Eagles Win Pre Season Classic Tournament
by posted 03/03/2008
The 12U Traveling Eagles won the Pre-season Kick Off Classic in dramatic fashion beating the Hornets in Extra Innings. ALL 12 players contributed to the championship.Coaches Danny Engle, Chuck Cary and Clayton Smith did a great job along with Manager Greg Rackley. Manager Rackley added.... with championships comes a big ol' target on our jerseys. Other teams will be gunning for us. We MUST work hard and continue to improve.
Strong Showing for Traveling Eagles in Panama City Beach
by posted 03/03/2008
March 1st and 2nd, 2008
All five Traveling Eagles Age Groups who participated this weekend in the Triple Crown Spring Lead Off Tournament at Frank Brown Park in Panama City Beach made the Championship game in their respective brackets. Three of the Traveling Eagle Teams won the Championship.
David Marshall and the 8U Eagles won their championship scoring three runs in the 6th inning for an 8 to 5 win. The 11U Maroon Eagles, managed by Donald Head, won by shutting out the Panama City Marlins. The 10U Eagles, managed by Mike McDorman, won a thriller coming from behind and scoring twice in the sixth inning, to beat the Bay County Bombers 3 to 2.
The 13U Eagles and 9U Eagles had a strong weekend falling just short on Sunday and coming in second in their respective brackets.
Congratulations to all of the teams for an exciting weekend of Eagle Ball.
Traveling Eagles Night at "The Hill"
by John Secord posted 02/10/2008
February 29, 2008 - Come enjoy watching the Niceville High School Eagles play host to the Crestview Bulldogs. Varsity Game begins at 6:00pm. Traveling Eagle players will be admitted for free (wear maroon game jerseys, jeans or khakis and black cap). Please have players arrive early for pre-game recognition. Come support the Eagles!
High School Happenings - Signings and Showcases
by posted 01/26/2008
Congratulations to 4 Niceville High School Senior Baseball Players on Their College Signings
Brett DeVall has committed to the University of Georgia Austin Wood has committed to Florida State University Josh McDorman has committed to Pensacola Junior College Matt Herndon has committed to Pensacola Junior College
We wish the boys a great Senior Season and congratulations again for their early signings. Niceville High School Players Particpate in Perfect Game National Underclassman Showcase in Fort Meyers, Florida
During the Christmas and New Year Break a number of Niceville High School Baseball Players participated in a prestigious showcase event.
Representing Niceville Were:
Mikel Belcher, Freshman
Michael Coelho, Sophomore
Danny Collins, Junior
Chase Darhower, Freshman
Ben DeVall, Freshman
John Gillette, Sophomore
AJ Gomez, Sophomore
Josh Gordon, Freshman
Christopher Krenek, Sophomore
Kyle McDorman, Freshman
Sean McDorman, Junior
Hunter Phillips, Sophomore
Robert Price, Junior
Michael Wells, Sophomore
Congratulations to Sean McDorman and Josh Gordon who were selected to participate in the Top Prospect Games.
The 8U Traveling Eagles Win Championship
by posted 10/28/2007
Congrats to the 8U Eagles in winning their final tournament of their Fall Season in Pace in dramatic fashion. The 8U Eagles had a character developing weekend and in the end came out on top. After dropping the first two games of the weekend on Saturday, including a late inning heartbreaker, the Eagles bounced back with three straight victories to capture the title in the seven team tournament in Pace. The 8U's began the day at 8AM by taking care of the Orange Crush from Mississippi 13 to 1. In game two, the Eagles had to battle back in the last inning, scoring seven runs to beat the Cantonment Lugnuts 19 to 17. In the championship game the Eagles faced the Southern Force, who had beaten our boys 15 to 2 on Saturday as well as winning big last month. However, the Eagles would not be denied as they beat the Southern Force 14 to 6 in a game that featured a groundball double play turned by the Eagles as well as several key catches of flyballs that the outfielders made.
Way to go Brandon Cromwell, Camron Holland, John Leazier, Kammrin Mahoney, Dawson Marshall, Nicholas Nolan, Noah Pfaffenbichler, Ty Rich, Mike Schneider, Trent Walker, Matthew Wells and Tripp Whitaker.
Supporting our league and the players will become even easier with the new Traveling Eagles online store. Hats, shirts, pull-overs, warm-up shirts and much more will soon be available for purchase via our website using secure payment methods. Registered members will receive an email update once the store opens.
