When: December 13, 2009
Where: JC High School Cafeteria
Times: 12u (6th) at 1:00 pm; 13u (7th) at 2:00 pm; 14u (8th) at 3:00 pm

JC High School Cafeteria has been confirmed.
Please check with you teams parent representative after December 6th for the exact location within the school.

The player fee for 2010 is $350, with the first $100 due by October 31st. You can either pay your $100 deposit at the meeting or get instruction on where to send it.

12u Roster
Alec Propst
Seth Stegeman
Kyle Irwin
Tyler Hager
Jacob Gourley
Bryce Beckley
Garrett Durbin
Dave Rogers
Sean Burton
Dalton Green
Joey Owsley

13u Roster
Alex Bondurant
Ripken Dodson
Austin Ellsworth
Kader Fees
Adam Grunden
Cody Hager
Travis Hennessy
Bret Jaegers
Trent Ludwig
Jake Pridgin
Jacob Roedel

14u Roster
Sorry for the delay with the 14 team.
Brent Pruitt
Ryan Gettinger
Spencer Burton
Brendan Chiles
Dalton Alvey
Rylie Klosterman
Brendan Ogletree
Wyatt Porter
Gabe Marcantonio
Curtis Arnold
Hayden Strobel

Roster for each team will be posted here Saturday morning (8/29).

JCBI operates three developmental competitive baseball teams where the Jays Baseball Coaching staff helps prepare you for high school baseball.  This program is open to all baseball players whether or not you attend Jefferson City Public Schools and isn’t apart of the school system whatsoever.  So grab your gear and we’ll see you on the field.

Tryouts for the 12U teams will be held at 10:00 am at Lions field.
Tryouts for the 13U and 14U team will be held at 12:00 pm at Lions field.

Whatever your childs age on April 30th determines the youngest team your child can play for.  Example; if your son is 13 years of age on April 30th, he could play for either the 13U or 14U teams, but not 12U.

In the third place game against the Rookies Cam Carroll pitched a complete game, picking up the win with 8 strikeouts and gave up 2 walks.  Trevor Rucker had 2 RBI and Sam Atkinson had an RBI.  Alex Johnson was 2-2 with 2 runs scored.

JCBI lost the first round of bracket play to the Mid-America Blue Devils 5-3 on Sunday.  Steven Coots took the loss.  Carroll was 2-3 with a double and 1 RBI.  Johnson had an RBI and Dylan Brauner scored twice.

JCBI was 2-1 in pool play beating the Southwest Missouri Pride 3-2 and the Washington Rookies 5-4 but losing to the St. Louis Express 4-3.

JC opened pool play with the 3-2 win over the Pride, Carroll pitched the complete game for the win picking up 7 strikeouts.  Brauner was 2-3 with a triple and run scored, Johnson was 2-2 with an RBI and run scored, Rylie Klosterman picked up an RBI.

In the second pool game Austin Kneeskern pitched the 5-4 complete game win over the Washington Rookies.  Kneeskern picked up 3 strikeouts and gave up one walk.  Brauner was 2-3 with a  double and run scored.  Corey Beard picked up 2 RBI and run scored, with Coots, Johnson and Kneeskern each having one RBI for JC.

JC lost a pool game to the St. Louis Express 4-3 with Johnson and Coots pitching, Coots took the loss.  Johnson hit 2-3 with an inside the park home run and Coots also had an RBI for JC.  Brauner and Rucker also scored for JC.

The team played 59 games for the year under Coaches Dave Schreimann, Jake Johnson and Phil Atkinson.  The team also finished second at the Missouri State AA Tournament in early July.

JCBI dropped the first game 5-4 to Rockbridge.  Danny Eveler had two hits and two RBI.   Torre Thompson and Garrett Griggs had two hits each.  Garrett Hager pitched a complete game.

In the second game, Ozark defeated JCBI 10-0.  Matt Monaghan had two hits.  Alden Hallford was the losing pitcher.

In season finale, JCBI rallied from a 9-2 deficit to defeat St. Mary’s 11-10.  Garrett Griggs had three hits two RBI.  Matt Monaghan had two hits and two RBI.  Jay Gilliam, Jared Johnson and Rob Vernon had two hits.  Kale Laughlin picked up the win in relief.

JV Splits doubleheader against Kirksville
The JV won the first game in a twin bill at Vivion against Kirksville July 7th. Jay Gilliam and Rob Vernon had three hits and three RBI apiece.  Jared Johnson had two hits and two RBI.  Garrett Griggs and Danny Eveler had two hits each. Garrett Hager was the winning pitcher in relief.

After rallying from a 10-2 deficit to tie the game 10-10, the JV team lost the second game 12-11. Garrett Griggs had three hits.  Kale Laughlin and Conner Arcobasso had two hits each.  Matt Monaghan hit a home run.  Laughlin was the losing pitcher in relief.

JCBI won the first game 13-0 over Springfield Parkview.  Torre Thompson and Jay Gilliam had two hits and two RBI each and Jared Johnson had two RBI.  Kale Laughlin was the winning pitcher.

The second game was a 2-2 tie against Marquette.  The game was called after ten innings due to a two hour time limit.  Payton Logan pitched the entire game.  Matt Monaghan had two hits and two RBI.  Jared Johnson and Gilliam had two hits.

Southern Boone won the third game 5-3.  Johnson and Gilliam had two hits.  Danny Eveler was the losing pitcher.

In the first game of bracket play, JCBI lost to Ozark 11-6.  Monaghan had three hits and two RBI.  Eveler, Johnson, Gilliam and Conner Arcobasso had two hits apiece.  Garret Hager was the losing pitcher.

In the 7th place game, JCBI defeated Kickapoo 16-8.  Monaghan had three hits and two RBI. Garrett Griggs and Hager had two hits and four RBI each.  Rob Vernon had two hits and two RBI.  Arcobasso and Gilliam had two hits.  Laughlin pitched a complete game and got the win.

Doubleheader against Southern Boone
The JV split a double header against Southern Boone.

Southern Boone won the first game 3-2.  Conner Arcobasso had two hits and two RBI.  Alden Hallford pitched a complete game and struck out six.

In the second game, Kale Laughlin had two hits and an RBI.  Garrett Griggs and Matt Monaghan had two hits.  Conner Arcobasso had a triple and scored two runs.

Garret Hager pitched a complete game, struck out six and got the win.

JCBI 14U took second place this weekend in the Missouri State Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.  It’s one of those stories and tournaments you had to be there to fully appreciate.  20th seed going into bracket play, but all the boys stepped up, defeating their opponents one by one, until the championship game, which was an amazing game and a story in and of itself. In a 10-0 come from behind in the third catch up, the team was winning for a good part of the game, but in the end, with bases loaded, JCBI fell to the Blue Soxs 16-14.

This showing is the farest any team has gone in the JCBI program — and is an idication of a growing program that’s working. Congratulations to the team and the parents.  Well done!

Tournament Summary:
Last weekend JCBI participated in the USSSA Missouri State in Kansas City along with 35 additional teams throughout Missouri.  JCBI went 5-3 overall all in the tournament, a 20th seed going into bracket play and managed a 2nd place finish overall.

In pool play, JCBI beat the Bobcats 6-1. Cameron Carroll pitched the full game getting the win, with Sam Atkinson and Rylie Klosterman leading the charge for JCBI, each going 2-3 with 2 RBI’s each.  Games 2 and 3 were both losers, first 4-2 against Millhouse Lightening and then 10-2 against the Mexico Select.

Going into Saturday’s bracket play, JCBI a 20th seed, defeated the Mexico Select (13th) 11-8.  Austin Kneeskern picked up the win, while Carroll went 4-4 and Scott Stegeman went 3-4 with 2 RBI’s each.  Alex Johnson went 3-3 with a RBI.  In game 5 JCBI defeated the 4th ranked Crossfire 11-0. Steven Coots picked up the win, with Coots and Klosterman pitching a combined 4 hit shutout.  Carroll went 3-3 with an RBI while Stegeman went 3-3 with 4 RBI’s.

Bracket play continued Sunday morning against the Warrensburg Mules (5th) and 7-3 victory for JCBI.  Johnson pitched a complete game picked up the win. Dylan Brauner 2-2 and Carroll 3-4 each picked up an RBI, while Atkinson went 3-4 with 3 RBI’s. Game 7 brought about the St. Joe Astros (1st) and a 15-6 win for JCBI.  Coots picked up the win, while Brauner went 3-5 with 2 RBI’s, Stegeman went 4-4 with 3 RBI’s and Corey Beard went 3-4 with 5 RBI’s.

In the championship game JCBI took on the Carthage Blue Soxs, down 10-0 in the top of the 3rd, JCBI scored 10 runs to tie up the game going into the 4th.  In the end JCBI fell to the Blue Sox 16-14 with based loaded in the bottom of the 7th.  Kneeskern got the loss, while Atkinson went 2-3, Klosterman went 2-3 with an RBI and Brauner wrapped things up going 4-5 with 4 RBI’s.

In the second game, Matt Hawkins pitched a complete game as JCBI defeated Kirksville 6-4.  Adam Dunn, Griggs and Arcobasso had hits.

JCBI dropped the next game 3-2 to the Crusader Baseball Club.  Alden Halford pitched a complete game.  Jay Gilliam, Eveler, Halford, Monaghan, and Vernon had hits.

In the fourth game, Rob Vernon’s RBI single in the top of the 7th led to a 5-4 victory over Boonville.  Vernon had two hits.   Arcobasso, Eveler, Griggs, Monaghan and Thompson also had hits.   Garrett Hager was the winning pitcher in relief of Monaghan.