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2008 Cody Cubs Record 26-33
Regular Season 24-29, Post-season: 2-4, Overall 26-33
Home: 14-12, Away: 10-17 (Regular Season)
By Month: May: 1-8, June: 9-11, July: 14-10 (Regular Season)
Annual Meeting Held, New Board Members Elected
Cody Cubs Baseball held its annual meeting October 8th. New members elected to the board are Kent Nelson and Mark Nelson. President Leigh Tuten, Vice President Frank Schmidt, Secretary Rae Dawn Howard, and Treasurer Joe Sinner were all selected to continue in their positions.
Team Statistical Leaders
Offensive Leaders
Batting Average... Welch .428, Rivera .376, Bostick .328
Runs Batted In...... Welch 57, Sinner 55, Tuten 52
Home Runs........... Rivera 3, Tuten 2, Meyer 2
Triples.................. Rivera 6, Norton 5, Welch 4
Doubles................ Sinner 15, Welch 12, Rivera 12
Hits....................... Welch 77, Rivera 62, Norton 56
Runs Scored........ Welch 75, Rivera 72, Norton 70
Stolen Bases........ Rivera 22, Howard 20, Welch 19
On Base Pct......... Rivera 63, Tuten 61, Welch 60
Sacrifices............. Sinner 7, Neddermeyer 6, Welch 5
Base on Balls....... Rivera 45, Howard 44, Meyer 41
Pitching Leaders
Victories............... Bostick 7, Brockus 5, Howard 4
Strikeouts............. Bostick 58, Brockus 48, Howard 37
Earned Run Avg... Sinner 4.27, Brockus 4.98, Norton 5.19
Innings Pitched..... Brockus 79, Bostick 63, Norton 62
Walk+Hits per IP... Brockus 1.79, Hurley 2.08, Norton 2.24
Opp Batting Avg... Sinner .191, Meyer .265, Norton .301
Welch, Rivera, Tuten Named All-State
Jacob Welch, Caleb Rivera, and Jeremy Tuten were named to the 2008 Wyoming Legion A All-State Team. Players are voted to the team by the coaches from around the state.
Other players named to the team from the West District include Charlie Wild, Charlie Keegan, and Luke Moulder from District Champion Jackson, Trevor Wilson and Matt Raymond from State Runner-Up Riverton, and Grant Geiser, Gianlucca Giarrizzo, and Scotty Jameson from Powell.
From the East District, two-time State Champion Wheatland had seven players named to the team, Cheyenne and Douglas had two each, and Gillette had one.
8/7 Cubs` Season Ends in Marathon Game
Despite a Herculean effort from Don Brockus, the Cody Cubs season ended today with a 4-2 loss in 12 innings to Riverton. Brockus pitched the entire game for the Cubs, allowing only 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 14 Raiders. He also had a pair of singles at the plate, but it wasn`t enough. Caleb Rivera and Caleb Van Wagoner contributed doubles, but as a team, the Cubs managed only six hits, and couldn`t overcome injuries during the District Tournament to leadoff hitter Jacob Welch and cleanup hitter Jake Howard. Welch suffered knee ligament damage in the Cubs first game (the 10-7 win over Jackson) and Howard severely sprained an ankle in the Cubs third game (the 5-7 loss to Jackson). After both were out, the team dropped its final four games.
For the season, however, 2008 was a huge improvement over 2007, and the future looks even brighter. After going 11-39 in 2007, the Cubs opened the 2008 season at 5-16, then got hot and improved to 19-23 before finishing at 26-33. For 2009, all current players are eligible to return, and there is a strong group of players potentially coming up from the Babe Ruth ranks.
UPDATE: Riverton went on to beat Powell, Cheyenne, and Douglas, before fallling to Wheatland in a repeat of last year`s championship.
State Tournament Results
Completed brackets for the 2008 Legion A State and District Tournaments can be accessed by clicking here.
Wednesday, August 6
G1 Gillette 10, CODY 9
G2 Douglas 7, Jackson 5
G3 Wheatland 15, Riverton 1
Thursday, August 7
G4 Powell 8, Cheyenne 5
G5 Riverton 4, CODY 2 (12 innings, Cody eliminated)
G6 Cheyenne 15, Jackson7 (Jackson eliminated)
G7 Wheatland 14, Gillette 4
G8 Douglas 12, Powell 7
Friday, August 8
G9 Cheyenne 6, Gillette 4 (Gillette eliminated)
G10 Riverton 8, Powell 7 (Powell eliminated)
G11 Riverton 9, Cheyenne 8 (10 inn., Chey eliminated, 4th)
G12 Wheatland 16, Douglas 1
Saturday, August 9
G13 Riverton 8, Douglas 6 (Douglas eliminated, 3rd)
G14 Wheatland 17, Riverton 7 (Wheatland State Champions, Riverton 2nd)
8/6 Cubs Struggle in State Opener, Fall to Gillette 10-9
The Cubs struggled defensively in their first game in the State Tournament, losing to Gillette 10-9. After fallling behind 7-2, however, they mounted a comeback, getting to within one at 7-6 before Gillette scored three more to go up 10-6, and then scoring three more to get to 10-9. The Cubs banged out 11 hits, led by Dan Sinner`s 4-4 and Gunnar Lampe`s 2-4. Each had a double. The Cubs now play Riverton on Thursday, with the loser eliminated.
District Tournament Results
Thursday, July 31
G1 #3 Riverton 13, #6 Worlander 3
G2 #4 Jackson 14, #5 Lovell 3
G3 #1 Cody 10, #4 Jackson 7
G4 #2 Powell 12, #3 Riverton 1
Friday, August 1
G5 #3 Riverton 11, #5 Lovell 1 (Lovell eliminated)
G6 #4 Jackson 15, #6 Worlander 1 (Worlander eliminated)
G7 #4 Jackson 10, #3 Riverton 6 (Riverton 4th)
G8 #1 Cody 6, #2 Powell 3
Saturday, August 2
G9 #4 Jackson 11, #2 Powell 6 (Powell 3rd)
G10 #4 Jackson 7, #1 Cody 5
Sunday, August 3
G11 #4 Jackson 10, #1 Cody 9 (Jackson 1st, Cody 2nd)
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