Welcome to Post 34  East Tbird Baseball           Anchorage, Alaska     Updated August 2, 2002

SCHEDULES: 2002 State American Legion Tournament Bracket 2002 JV Work Schedule - State Tournament  2002 Junior Varsity "End-of-Season" Tournament Bracket   2002  Varsity American Legion Schedule (District 1)    2002 JV American Legion Schedule    Other Important dates    From the desk of Coach Wylie	Statistics, Standings & Game Summaries: 2002 American Legion regular season (Post34 hitting & pitching statistics)  2002 EHS season Stats   2002 Arizona spring trip statistics    Awards: TBird selections for  All-District/Region    2001 American Legion season Stats   Win-Loss Record/Standings   Game summaries   Game summaries -JV	Coaching Staff: Tony Wylie  Carl Sterrett  Larry Hembree Dennis Machado Mike Waldron Andre Toliver Paul Schoenborn Dave Jensen Curt Nading Jeremy Wylie Kyle Madden Fred Traffin email Tony Wylie   Booster Club Board: President - Curt Nading V.P. - Jayne Kirk Secretary - Sharon Smith Members at Large -  Mike Marchant Dave Jensen Dena Nading
Rosters: 2002 High School Roster   2001 Post 34 Legion Roster
	Trips:   2002 Summer trip (Billings, Montana wood bat Tournament) 2002 Arizona Spring training trip
Links to other baseball sites   About Tbird Baseball
	Photo Gallery    2002 HS Baseball Team Pictures
2000 & 2001 seasons     Where are they now? East Tbirds now playing baseball in college
	American Legion Code of Sportsmanship
	American Legion Player Agreement Form
	Booster Club Meetings

Links:

National High School Baseball Web page American Legion Home Page American Legion World Series results Anchorage Glacier Pilots Home Page  Anchorage Bucs Home Page East High School Thunderbirds Fairbanks American Legion Baseball Chugiak Baseball Kenai American Legion Baseball Major League Baseball Minor League Baseball

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Tbirds take #2 seed in 2002 District 1 tournament after loss to Cougars:
    East, Service, Dimond & Chugiak are the District 1 representatives to the 2002 State American Legion Tournament.  They will be pitted against District 2 foes Kenai, Fairbanks, Homer & Wasilla.  The Tbirds take on Homer at 9:00 AM on Saturday, August 3rd, in the tournament opener.
    

2002 Region IV High School Season:

The East Tbirds win their 3rd Region IV High School Title in 4 years with a 9-1 season record.  The Tbirds have an .857 winning percentage over the 4-year span (36 wins - 6 losses).  

The Tbirds dropped their opening game at the Alaska state tournament to Juneau by a score of 5-4.  The Juneau team used timely hitting and a gutsy, 2-strike, 2-out steal of home to edge the Tbirds.  The East squad had one more hit than Juneau (7-6) but couldn't push across the runs at crucial points in the contest.  The game was well played and included several big defensive plays.  The Tbirds bounced back to take the 3rd place game over Homer.  Anton Maxwell pitched extremely well, striking out the first 9 batters he faced and ended the game with 15 K's. 

About Tbird Baseball:

We are the baseball team for East High School, Anchorage, Alaska, and the American Legion baseball team affiliated with Post 34 in Anchorage.  Our Non-profit booster club was formed to "assist, support and further develop the baseball program".

Our goal is to provide a positive competitive experience through game seasoning against top opposition.   Our mission is to help Alaskan players realize their potential by providing professional instruction and the opportunity for individual development by means of athletic competition.

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Other important dates:

August 3-8:    State tournament
August 7-12:    End-of-season JV tournament

American Legion Baseball Code of Sportsmanship
I  WILL:
1.Keep the rules.
2.Keep faith with my teammates.
3. Keep my temper.
4. Keep myself fit.
5. Keep a stout heart in defeat.
6. Keep my pride under in victory.
7. Keep a sound soul, a clean mind and a healthy body.

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Where are they now?
(Status of East Thunderbird baseball players now playing in college)

Mike Wilson ('98) - JC, Seattle, Washington
Jon Dyson ('99) - UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jared Lewis ('99) - Dyersburg Community College, Dyersburg, Tenneesee
Kyle Madden ('99) - Mendocino College, Ukiah, California
Jeremy Wylie ('00) - University of Kamloops, British Columbia
Chris Jones ('01) - Shoreline JC, Seattle, Washington

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From the desk of Coach Wylie:

Our performance in the 2002 District 1 tournament once again closely resembled an old "Jeckle and Hyde" movie.  We had games, well at least innings, where we looked like world beaters.  We also had moments, in fact the majority of one whole game, that we looked like a JV team.  We need to focus on eliminating the "dumb" mental mistakes and make certain we are ready to play from inning 1.  The 9 AM game against Homer on Saturday is our first big challenge.  We have not had the greatest performances in early morning games!  It does not look like we will be able to work out a hotel, so players will need to demonstrate some self discipline and insure they get adequate rest on Friday night.  We have been informed that all players missing the State tournament banquet will be ruled ineligible for the entire State tournament, so please let me know well in advance if any of you might have trouble making it there!      

Remember, we have the talent to win it all, but we must perform on the field. That means the practice field, as well as game time.  We have an opportunity before us to claim a spot as one of the best teams in Alaska baseball history, now it’s up to us! 

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Comments can be addressed to:  twylie@alaska.net

A special thanks to Mr. Robert van Haastert for his tutoring and patience with me during the development of this site.

Credits and where we found the cool stuff for our page:
* Wallpaper, American Legion seal and patch were found on the American Legion Homepage
* The Thunderbird logo provided by East High School Activities Office
* The ball with glove is courtesy of Baseball Oregon

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