Third loss comes against Canada August 20, 2008

The series is over for our boys but not before putting on a good show for a large crowd. They showed some offensive power against the Canadian squad highlighted by a 337′ 2 run blast by Zach Ell. (Today’s #10 Webgem !) In the end we came up a couple runs short. Here is the box [...]

The Boys lose second game August 19, 2008

The boys lost the second game against a tough Latin America team from Venezuela. Pictures will follow when I recover….
Sunday, August 17, 2008 6:10 PM
Tournament game at Volunteer Stadium (Neutral site)
LLWS13
Latin America 12, MEA 0

Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E

Latin America Maracaibo, Venezuela
1
4
0
0
3
4
12
14
0

MEA Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
1

Latin America
AB
R
H
BI
 
MEA
AB
R
H
BI

Moronta, Roberto, SS
4
2
2
0
 
Beyers, Chris, SS
3
0
1
0

Machado, Carlos, 2B
2
2
1
0
 
Branton, Beau, P-2B
3
0
1
0

    Morales, Kevin, PH-3B
1
1
1
1
 
Lavenue, Will, RF-C-CF
3
0
1
0

    Changarotty, Will, [...]

The team loses first game to Japan August 17, 2008

The boys put on an impressive defensive show in a losing effort against Japan. Here are the stats:
Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:10 PM
Tournament game at Volunteer Stadium (Neutral site)
LLWS08
Japan 5, MEA 0

Score
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
H
E

Japan Tokyo, Japan
0
0
1
0
0
4
5
5
0

MEA Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2

Japan
AB
R
H
BI
 
MEA
AB
R
H
BI

Kimura, Ryohji, SS
2
0
0
0
 
Beyers, Chris, SS-P
3
0
1
0

Igarashi, Masahiro, 3B
1
0
0
0
 
Branton, Beau, P-SS
2
0
0
0

Setoguchi, Tsuyoki, 3B
0
0
0
0
 
Lavenue, Will, RF-CF-C
3
0
0
0

Murase, Daiki, 3B
1
1
1
0
 
Durley, Cameron, 1B
1
0
0
0

Motegi, Ryo, CF
2
0
0
0
 
Walle, [...]

Destination: Williamsport August 14, 2008

The boys have finally arrived in Williamsport! They are very excited and I imagine ready to get the show on the road. The weeks of 2 a day practices are nearly over and they are anxious to get to our first game!
Here is their Schedule for Pool Play:
Saturday, August 16th, vs. Japan, Volunteer Stadium, 6PM [...]

Practice Continues in Plymouth Meeting, PA August 5, 2008

The boys are continuing to fine tune their game in Plymouth Meeting, PA. They are utilizing Ambler Sports Academy for hitting and getting good field work done at a local field. The facility in Ambler has the Pro Pitcher system and it is an impressive machine. It depicts a pitcher on a screen going through [...]