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In order to gear up for the 2008 baseball season, semo.net’s Boy’s Traveling Little League Team will be holding tryouts on Saturday, September 22nd. Five of the 11-boy-team roster have been pre-selected and the remaining six positions will be considered from those trying out.

Requirements:

Sex: Boys
Age: Must be 9 or 10 on May 1st, 2008

Tryouts*:

When: 4pm, Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Where: Whiteley Park, Poplar Bluff*
*Preference during tryouts will be given to those who pre-register via email (see note below).

Coaches:
The team will be coached by Mike Coleman and Brian Becker. Their coaching philosophy goes deeper than wanting a winning team, they train the boys in the fundamentals and finer points of the game. Though practices will be exhausting, the boys will be treated with respect and encouraged to have fun while playing one of the greatest games invented.

Travel Schedule:
The team has plans to play in at least 8 “live arm” weekend tournaments from April through July of 2008. Most of the tournaments will be played within 75 miles of Poplar Bluff, however, the team will be traveling to Columbia in late July.

Practice Schedule:
During the remaining Fall and Winter months, the team will conduct occasional practices with an expanded practice schedule beginning in February.

Uniforms:
Players’ entire uniform including pants, belts, jerseys, and caps will be provided by semo.net.

Team Fees:
Players will pay $25/month from April through July to supplement the tournament entry fees.

Registration For Tryouts:
By registering for tryouts, players will be pre-assigned a tryout number and given preference over non-registered players during the tryout (for example, extra evaluation swings). To register, send an email with the following information to baseball@semo.net.

Player Name:
Player Birthdate:
City/Town:
If player is a pitcher or catcher, please indicate.

For More Information:
If you have questions, please email baseball@semo.net or call Coach Mike at 429.7629.

semo.net Civic League Team (8-10 yr old boys) won second place in the end of season tournament. To get to the championship game, the team had to get past Express Claims. During the season, Express Claims only lost one game and that was against semo.net. Knowing they were facing the number one seed in the tournament, semo.net took the field for a tough battle. The final inning started locked 7-7, semo.net scored 5 runs to take the lead (12-7) and the defense ended the game with a 5-3-5 throw-em-out-tag-em-out double play as Isaac Lasiter took a short-hop ball at third base, threw to first for the out and Kirby Coleman took the throw, tagged the base and threw right back to Isaac to tag out the runner going to third. BEAUTY! semo.net won 12-10.

The championship game was one hour later against Century 21. The game was a low scoring 7-5 loss for the semo.net team as their season came to a close. We are proud of our sponsored team.

Hunter Aud, Ben Becker, Trent McGarity, Tyler Cannon, Aaron Stucker, Coach Mike Coleman, Kirby Coleman, Jesse Killian, Assistant Coach Brian Becker, Isaac Laseter, Colin Laird, Gene Greer, Austin Walker, Ross Barton, Alex Frey, and Brett Barton (not able to make the game: Blake Odem).

Posted on Friday, July 20st.

semo.net Civic League Team (8-10 yr old boys) won its second tournament game moving them into the final four matchups. It was a close game and the boys kept the lead until the final inning when Berry’s Auto scored to go ahead by three runs. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Ross Barton scored the game winning RBI with a double down the left field line.

semo.net team will play Express Claims on Friday, July 20th at 5:30pm. If they win that game they will play in the championship game at 7:30.

Posted on Thursday, July 19th.

semo.net Civic League Team (8-10 yr old boys) continued their win streak as they rolled past Kiwanis Club team 17-4 on Wednesday night during the first round of the tournament. Ben Becker, Brett Barton and Kirby Coleman turned a beautiful 6-4-3 double play, Kirby Coleman hit his 8th home run of the year and every player was able to get a hit.

The team plays the second round game at McLane Park at 6:30 on Thursday.