Gainesville Cannons: Cannons in the News
Sunday, December 20
14U Tryouts
The 14U Gainesville Cannons Developmental Team will hold tryouts on Sunday, January 24th and Sunday, January 31st from 7 – 10 PM at Battlefield High School gym. All interested players who are 14 or younger on April 30th, 2010, are eligible to tryout. We encourage all interested players to attend both tryout dates. Baseball attire and equipment is required (excluding cleats; gym shoes only). The 14U Gainesville Cannons Developmental Team offers a unique blend of the travel baseball experience while also exposing the team and its players to the rigors of high school varsity baseball. High school affiliation is not considered as we are simply looking for quality 14U baseball players. Please contact Craig Feight at 703-498-7519 with questions.
2009 10U Cannons Excel in Cooperstown
Around The Horn Plus Finalists - Gainesville Cannons (Virginia)
The 2009 10U Cannons, managed by Mike Logan, traveled to Cooperstown, NY, June 20-26 to participate in the 10U tournament at the Dreams Park complex.
Demonstrating teamwork early, the Cannons were not only finalists among the 88 teams participating in the challenging Around the Horn competition, they set a Dreams Park record in the qualifying round--24.1 seconds. In this event, teams compete for the best time throwing the ball through a predefined routine from one position to another.
With a 5-1 record, the Cannons finished 21st out of 88 teams in pool play by only allowing an average of only four runs per game. The week was full of good times, great baseball and everyone left with a greater love of the game.
Tuesday, July 21
Gainesville Cannons bring home two tournament wins
Local
By Dan Roem
Source: Gainesville Times
TUESDAY, JULY 21 2009
The 9U Gainesville Cannons baseball team knew it was up against one of the best travel teams in the country Sunday during the Battle at Bull Run championship at Catharpin Park. Read more...
Tuesday, July 21
Congratulations Battle of Bull Run Winners!
The Cannons Travel Baseball organization thanks everyone--players, families, umpires and especially our Cannons family volunteers--that helped make the 2009 Battle of Bull Run baseball tournament a success! A total of 41 teams participated in four age brackets.
Champions
8U - Gainesville Cannons
9U Gold - Gainesville Cannons / 9U Silver - North Richmond Athletics
11U - Loundon Longorns
14u Gold - VSC Black / 14U Silver - Potomac Highland Hustlers
Homerun Derby
8U - Jake Brown, Gainesville Cannons
9U - Ryan Powell, Virginia Generals
10U - Grayson Gough, Gainesville Cannons
11U - Calob Barns, Loundon Longhorns
Roadrunner
8U - Brendan Burdick
9U - Tyler Casagrande, Loundon Longhorns
10U - Grayson Gough, Gainesville Cannons
11U - Javonte Spears, PW Express
Thursday, July 30
Clashing views lead to problems between GDLL, Cannons
Local
By Dan Roem
Source: Gainesville Times
FRIDAY, JULY 24 2009
As the Gainesville District Little League grows each year in player membership, an anomaly of sorts has taken place: none of the 120 families of kids who play for the travel-team Gainesville Cannons also play Little League.
That's despite the fact that the Cannons are based in the heart of the Gainesville District Little League's recruiting area and there's no logistical reason why children couldn't play both for a travel team and a Little League team. Read More...
Thursday, July 30
Toureau to lead 10U Cannons Softball as New Head Coach
One of the founding fathers of the Cannon organization, Troy has coached baseball for GDLL and then the Cannons baseball program for years. While his daughter, Emma, played for the 10U in the spring, Troy and his wife Cathy became active parents in the softball program assisting in practice and games as well as with uniforms, spirit wear and fund raising.
Troy has a strong belief in instruction and fundamentals for the game. The Cannon softball program is pleased and fortunate to have Troy take the helm for the 10U team.
Thursday, July 30
Pennsylvania was invaded by the South this weekend. But instead of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, it was an army of 9 year-old baseball players called the Gainesville Cannons. They made it as far as the Reading area, where they were battled ten Northern armies over a period of three days. Nearly invincible, the Cannons have lost only two battles in over three years of tournament play. But after this holiday weekend, the Cannons are in quiet retreat across the Potomac.
Gainesville ran into a hurricane. To be specific, they ran into the Bethlehem Hurricanes.
A rag tag group of young Bethlehem and Allentown ball players looked less than promising at the start. They had only practiced as a team twice. Half got lost on their way to the Amity Community Park battlefield. And as luck would have it, the very first team they faced was those dreaded Cannons.
Each of this Virginians is equipped with identical UnderArmor ball bags. Each player has a home and away uniform, with last name nicely emblazoned on the back. They came prepared for the searing heat, too, with plenty of canopies to keep the players and parents out of the sun.
But the Cannons are mortal.
In first confrontation of North against South, the Cannons bled. The first run was actually scored by the 'Canes. The game was tied 2-2 by the third inning, and the battle raged back and forth until the bottom of the sixth, when the Cannons scored the winning run and the 'Canes were one loss away from elimination. But the Cannons went through more pitchers than they would have liked.
For reasons known only to the baseball gods, the 'Canes kept fighting. And winning. In increasingly closer games, they topped teams like the Upper Providence Patriots (4-1), Keystone Nationals (9-8) and Triple Threat Bluerocks (3-2). Finally, they earned the right to face the Cannons for the 'ship.
In an unforgiving afternoon sun, the Cannons were finally silenced 5 - 3 in an exciting game that went into extra innings. The 'Canes have won the
10th Anniversary ECTB Memorial Day Invitational. They were awarded a trophy bigger than any of them.
After that trophy was dropped off on the diamond, those clapping loudest were those damn Virginians, who turned out to be friendly foes. But they want revenge in July at the Battle of Bull Run Tournament. They insist the South will rise again. I helped one of their coaches take his bags back to the car, and even gave him directions home. He should be in Arizona today.
Thursday, July 30
Published: July 2, 2008
The 10U Gainesville Cannons travel baseball team finished ninth at the 10U Cooperstown, N. Y., Dreams Park Tournament June 14-19. There were 97 10 and under teams across the country participating in the tournament. Read More...
