Road Trips
2002
Arizona Spring Baseball Trip
Game
1
(6-3 loss vs. Goldwater, AZ)
Chad Sherwood pitched 5 strong innings (5K's, 1BB and 3 hits) as the Tbirds
squandered an early lead to fall by a score of 6-3 in their first game of the
spring trip. Corey Madden, Grant Bledsoe and Jordan Farkas collected 2
hits apiece. Madden also had 2 RBI's with a triple and a single.
The Tbirds out hit the 5A Arizona squad, 9 hits to 7 but unfortunately they
stranded 7 runners.
Game 2
(7-2 loss vs. Overland, CO)
Antoine McLeod went 3 for 4, with a triple, to lead the Tbirds in their
second game. Corey Madden pitched the first 5 innings, striking out 5
while walking 2. The Tbirds committed 3 errors in the first inning and
again in the 6th inning as the Overland, Colorado, team scored 6 of their 7
runs. Chad Sherwood also had 2 hits in the loss.
Game 3
(8-3 loss vs. Greenway, AZ)
The Post34 team faced an excellent Arizona squad in their third game.
Greenway scored 3 runs on 3 hits in the bottom of the 3rd and then held off a
late rally by the upset-minded Tbirds. Anton Maxwell struck out 7 in 3
innings of work on the mound and Jordan Farkas pitched 3 strong innings in
relief. Chad Sherwood collected 2 hits, including a 3-run homerun in the
5th inning. Jimmy Obermeyer, Riley Smith, Corey Madden and Antoine Mcleod also
had hits for the Tbirds.
Game
4
(12-7 loss vs. West Albany, OR)
The Tbirds jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, only to see it
evaporate following 6 consecutive walks in the second inning. The Post34
team actually collected more hits than the Oregon squad (10 hits to 9), but
failed to put together any big innings. The game had plenty of early
excitement with the Oregon manager and one of his assistants given an
opportunity for an early shower by the home plate umpire. The downfall in
this game for the Tbirds was definitely free passes as the Tbird pitchers issued
12 walks over the 6 frames of work Riley Smith was the lone bright spot on
the mound, working 3 1/3 innings without allowing any earned runs. Jordan
Farkas and Chris Tuck each collected 2 hits in the loss.
JV Game 1
(8-5 loss vs. Grandview, CO)
Game summary at a later date
JV Game 2
(12-4 loss vs. West Albany, OR)
Game summary at a later date
JV Game 3
(18-7 loss vs. Overland, CO)
Game summary at a later date
2002 Summer trip (Billings, Montana)
The Post 34 Varsity team will be traveling to Billings, Montana, this summer to participate in the 2002 Billings Invitational Baseball Tournament. The 4-day Tournament begins June 26th, with 4 days of round robin competition. We are guaranteed a minimum of 5 games, with the top 4 teams playing off for the championship on Sunday, June 30. The tournament games will be hosted on 2 of the best fields in the Northwest.
This years tournament, at the request of college and professional scouts, will be a wood bat tournament. On Friday or Saturday evening there will be an all-star game, with 3 seniors representing each of the 10 teams entered in the tournament.
In previous years the tournament has hosted teams from Idaho, Texas,
Colorado, Nevada, Washington, Wyoming, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Canada and Australia.
I will
update this site with our summer travel itinerary and dates, as they are arranged.