It has been announced that Daniel Tomlin has resigned as the Head Baseball Coach of Alexandria Senior High.

Tomlin who assisted long-time winningest coach Don Boniol, received the nod to become head coach when Coach Boniol retired in 2004. However, Tomlin did not experience the success of his mentor having never gotten past the second round of the state play-offs. ASH Baseball only won the district outright twice in his 8-year tenure.

ASH Baseball won district 16 years and reached the semi-finals 9 years during Boniol's career having won back-to-back championships in 1988 and 1989, teams of which incidentally Daniel Tomlin was a key member.

A search is currently being conducted for a replacement.

Congratulations to sophomores Trace Carter and Justin McQuillin for making "Honorable Mention" for the 2012 Class 4-A All-State team.

The Town Talk's 2012 All-Cenla Baseball Team

Congratulations to sophomore left-fielder Justin McQuillin for making the annual Town Talk's 2012 All-Cenla Team. Also congratulations to newcomer sophomore pitcher/infielder Trace Carter for making "Honorable Mention" for the 2012 All-Cenla team.

Two other players from District 3-4A made the All-Cenla team both from Tioga.

Two Grant players and one additional Tioga player also made the "Honorable Mention" category for All-Cenla.

At the Annual ASH Sports Spring Banquet on Monday night, ASH Baseball introduced the Trojans who made the District 3-4A All-District team for 2012. Lone senior right fielder/pitcher Erick Magee was recognized as the MVP of the 2012 ASH Baseball team.

There were a total of 9 Trojans making All-district. They are as follows:

1st Team

Right Fielder-Erick Magee (Sr.)

Left Fielder-Justin McQuillin (So.)

Pitchers-Trace Carter (So.), Aaron Armstrong (So.), Jacoby Bonton (Jr.), Josh Breazeale (Jr.)

2nd Team

Catcher-Chris Lachney (Jr.)

Designated Hitter-Timothy Mathews (Jr.)

First Baseman-Kevin VanAssleberg (So.)

Congratulations to the All-district Trojans and all letter winners for 2012 baseball team.

In a dramatic performance on Monday night at Legion Field in Lake Charles, LA, the 2012 version of ASH Baseball gave an elite performance to what the La. Baseball Coaches Assocation ranked as the #1 team in Class 4A, St. Louis Catholic.

Starting pitcher junior sensation Jacoby Bonton put on one of his most memorable performances in pitching a gem of a game allowing only 3-runs, 2-earned runs, striking out 4 and walking 4 in 5.2 innings of work. In relief last Thursday's winning pitcher Aaron Armstrong came in to close only giving up 1-run, 0-earned runs, striking out 2 and walking 2 in 2.0 innings of relief. Armstrong was credited with the loss.

The Trojans out-pitched, out-hit, and out-played the St. Louis private school in all facets of the game except one, scoring. The Trojans put together 10-hits and walked twice but could only generate 3 runs to show stranding a total of 9-baserunners on the way. A total of 7 of those runners were left in scoring position with 4 of those runners on 3rd base without scoring.

Senior right-fielder Erick Magee got the 1st hit of the game in the 1st inning but was stranded on first.

Leading off the 2nd inning, designated hitter Timothy Mathews singled to left field, sacrifice to 2nd by Kevin VanAssleberg, but stranded at 2nd.

The Trojans failed to get a hit in the 3rd inning, but had Jacob Dauzat reach 3rd after he walked, stole second, and reached 3rd on a passed ball. Dauzat was stranded at 3rd.

The Trojans went down 1-2-3 in the 4th inning.

The bats came alive in the 5th inning. Third baseman Aaron Armstrong walked. Shortstop Blake Painter hit a hard shot to left field for a single. Armstrong scored on a passed ball. Jacob Dauzat drove in Painter with a 2-out double. Magee singled but Dauzat was held up at 3rd base. Both rans stranded but scored 2-runs on 3-hits.

In the 6th inning DH Mathews led off again with a single to right field. VanAssleberg again sacrifice bunted him to 2nd. After being checked on a ground ball to 3rd by Lachney, Mathews advanced to 3rd on the ground-out. The run was stranded at 3rd with no score in the 6th.

Trailing 3-2 in the 7th, Dauzat doubled off the left center-field wall and Magee hit a RBI double to right center to knot the score at 3-3. Magee was stranded at 2nd to end the top of the 7th tied.

Armstrong held the St. Louis team scoreless in the 7th inning.

In the 8th inning VanAssleberg hit a 1-out double to left field to put the go ahead run in scoring position. Lachney singled to left field but once again the runner did not score and was held up on 3rd. With 1 out and 2 chances to score the 2 runs with base hit, the Trojans left the runners stranded ending the top of the 8th still tied 3-3.

Jacoby Bonton pitched one of the better games of his career allowing the first hit in the 2nd inning. St. Louis could not put anything together against the dominate lefty Trojan.

St. Louis got it's first run in the 4th inning on a lead-off walk, failed pick-off attempt that sent the runner to 3rd base. The runner scored on a ground-out to 2nd. Bonton did not give up a hit in the 4th.

After striking out the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the 5th inning, Bonton left a fastball up for the left-fielder who deposited one over his wall to knot the score 2-2 after 5. The homer was the only hit of the inning for St. Louis.

Bonton retired the 1st batter faced in the 6th but got into trouble after that with a walk and the runner advanced 2nd on a wild-pitch and 3rd on a stolen base. In a bang-bang play a sharp hit ball was hit to 1st base and VanAssleberg stung it home to Lachney who tagged the go-ahead run at home plate. Still not out of trouble, another walk was issued and a single to right field, and a hit batter loaded the bases. Reliever Aaron Armstrong came in and struck-out the batter to strand 3-St. Louis baserunners. St. Louis leading after six 3-2.

In the bottom of the 7th Armstrong gave up a lead-off single but quickly picked him off at first on great move. Armstrong retired the next batter, walked the next one, and induced a fly-out to retire the side. End of regulation tied 3-3.

After striking out the lead-off hitter in the 8th inning, a walk was issued.  A routine fly-ball to left field was dropped that should have been the 2nd out of the inning. A sharp grounder to a diving Trace Carter at 3rd was fielded and Carter rushed to tag the base for a force-out in what should have been the 3rd out of the inning. The 8-hole hitter who had earlier homered hit a single through the SS/3rd gap to score the winning run. St. Louis wins 4-3 on the unearned run.

ASH Baseball played outstanding play-off baseball against a quality opponent. As always, the team who makes the least amount of errors, is usually the team who wins championships. ASH only made 2-errors but those 2 errors proved to be costly causing 2-unearned runs that made the difference. However, ASH had chances to score more runs stranding 9-baserunners that could have more than offset the errors. It proves that there's more the one way to win a baseball game and more than one way to lose one.

ASH Baseball will return all of their players except for Erick Magee. ASH Baseball will return with more experience and strength and should once again be a contender in 2013. The community and school is proud of this year's ASH Baseball team and is proud of their accomplishments!!

2012 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS 3-4A!

ASH - 3   St. Louis - 4  (8-innings)

Jacoby Bonton 5.2IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 4K, 4BB, HR, HB

LP  Aaron Armstrong 2.0IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 2K, 2BB

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 3-4, 2B, RBI

Jacob Dauzat 2-3, 2-2B, RBI, RS, BB

Timothy Mathews 2-4

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-2, 2B, 2-Sac

Blake Painter 1-3, RS

Chris Lachney 1-3

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After giving up a single to the lead-off hitter and a 2-run homer to the 3-hole hitter, starting pitcher Aaron Armstrong settled in and only allowed 4 more hits for the remainder of the game and shutting out the #18 Benton Tigers for 6 innings allowing the Trojans to put together a come-back win.

ASH Baseball did not get its' first hit until the 3rd inning when catcher Chris Lachney hitting in the 8 hole lined a 1-out double to centerfield. He was stranded on 2nd with no score. The 4th inning was when the Trojans finally put something together. Centerfielder Jacob Dauzat reached base on a second-baseman error and scored from 1st when right-fielder and lone senior Erick Magee hit a deep right field double. Clean-up hitter Josh Breazeale was called on to sacrifice bunt to get Magee to 3rd. Designated hitter Timothy Mathews then hit a sharp single to centerfield to score Magee for the 2nd run of the inning.  ASH had a chance to tack on some more runs when VanAssleberg hit a fielders choice getting Mathews out on 2nd. Pitcher Aaron Armstrong hit a centerfield single to get runners on 1st and 2nd. A pitcher's balk moved the runners to 2nd & 3rd and with 2-outs had 2 more Trojans in scoring position. The Trojans failed to make the Tigers pay stranding the 2 runners.

The Trojans did not get any hits in the 5th or 6th innings going 1-2-3 in both frames. With the score still tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 7th, VanAssleberg led off with his first hit of the game. Armstrong followed with an attempted sacrifice but wound up having a great at-bat and walked. Catcher Lachney got his 2nd hit of the game and singled to load the bases with no-outs. Lead-off Justin McQuillin got his 1st hit of the game at the right time and singled to right field to score the walk-off winning run. ASH advances to play the winner of #2 weed St. Louis and #31 seed Beau Chene.

ASH - 3   Benton - 2

WP  Aaron Armstrong 7IP, 6H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 7K, HR, HB

Leading Hitters

Chris Lachney 2-3, 2B

Aaron Armstrong, 1-2, BB

Erick Magee 1-3, 2B, RBI, RS

Timothy Mathews 1-3, RBI

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-3, RS

Justin McQuillin 1-4, RBI

ASH Baseball is power-ranked at #15 and will host #18 Benton Tigers of Shreveport-Bossier area.

ASH Baseball finished the 2012 season on a winning streak winning 8 of the last 9 games of the season and finished 16-13 overall. ASH lost 5 games by 1 run with 3 games in extra innings. ASH easily could have finished at 21-8 had those 1-run games turned around. ASH shares the district championship with Tioga who finished with a identical district records of 8-2. Grant finshes 3rd in District 3-4A with a 6-4 record but finishes the season with a higher seed in the tournament. Grant(17-6) is power-ranked at #9, while Tioga(19-12) is #13, and ASH(16-13) #15.

District 3-4A proved to be one of the toughest districts in the state with all but one member qualifying for the playoffs. Leesville(18-10) is just one seed lower than ASH at #16 making 4 district teams getting first-round home games and in the Top 16 teams in the state. Peabody(15-10) at #29 also made the play-offs. Newcomer to district 4A Bolton Bears is the only team not qualifying for the play-offs only winning 2 games for the entire season.

Benton has an overall record of 17-12 and a district record of 7-3 sharing the runner-up with Northwood of Shreveport in District 1-4A. Minden won the district championship with a perfect district record of 10-0 and overall record of 23-5. Benton is power-ranked at #18 while co-runnerup Northwood is ranked #22.

Benton Tigers is a very well coached team and has played a competitve schedule defeating teams that has beaten ASH. Benton defeated Loyola, Captain Shreve, and Tioga. Benton has a very good program and is a tough opponent. ASH Baseball will have a good game for the first round.

Just a little bit extra can make a difference. IT'S TIME TO TURN UP THE HEAT!

In 2000, 2001, & 2002 ASH made it to the semi-finals of the State Tournament. In 2001 ASH made it to the finals but fell short! It's time to keep up the ASH winning tradition and competing on the state levels! We have the talent to get the job done.

In 2012, the ASH Trojans may be a little underestimated......? 

Don't let anyone tell you it can't be done! But you have to BELIEVE......It's time to turn up the heat?!

It's time to do what you've never done before! Click on headline to watch!

How good can we be? How good can you be? HOW GOOD CAN ASH BASEBALL BE?

In the words of 2012 Masters Champion Bubba Watson, "That's the best part about history-we don't know what's going to happen. We don't know the future. We don't know anything." Sounding like a line out of Forest Gump, Watson was accidentally profound.

Watson didn't know he was good enough to win the Masters. If he did, he didn't know he could win the greatest most prestigious golf tournaments of all time played on the most difficult course ever made.

ASH Baseball with a record of 7-12, 1-2 on March 27, didn't know they could continue to play baseball and win 9 of the next 10 games to finish with a district championship, a championship that has eluded them since 2008. That's the great part about championships, you don't know the future, you don't know if you're going to win one or not.

As all knows, baseball is one of the most fickle games played in America. Founded in America, it is the most popular sport of all time for a reason. "You never know what you're gonna get." As in the case of high school play-offs, once the teams are seeded, you can throw the power-rankings out the window. Any baseball team in the bracket can beat anyone else in the bracket on any given day. ASH Baseball has had a tradition, a tradition of winning district championships, a tradition of vying for state championships. The Trojans have went to the semi-finals for 9 years, state runner-up for 2 years (1990, 2001), won the state championship 2 years back-to-back (1988, 1989).

Who's going to win the Class 4A baseball state championship in 2012? Nobody knows the future. It could be the #1 seed, or #3 seed, or the #15 seed..........

ASH Baseball should boost its power ranking by defeating #12 power-ranked 2A Menard Eagles on Saturday.

Starting pitcher Jacoby Bonton pitched 5.1 innings and held the Eagles to only 3 runs on 4 hits. Bonton struck out 3 and walked 6 to get the win. Senior Erick Magee relieved Bonton and retired the next 2 batters to get out of the 6th inning. Magee gave up a hit, a fly-out, and a hit and could have gotten out of the 7th inning with no runs. However, the defense let him down on a failed double play ball and 2 errors to keep the Eagles alive. After 2 walks and 4 runs scored Magee struck-out the 3-hole hitter to secure the win 9-7.

The Trojans got on the board early and maintained the lead throughout the game. In the 1st inning McQuillin drew a walk and scored on a Magee RBI single. The Trojans plated 3 runs in the 2nd. Kevin VanAssleberg singled through the middle and stole second and was sacrificed to 3rd. VanAssleberg trotted in on a Aaron Armstrong opposite field single. Painter reached base on a fielders choice, Justin McQuillin drew his 2nd of 3 walks on the day, and Jacob Dauzat walked. Magee hit a 2RBI single to score Painter and McQuillin. Breazeale singled to load the bases but was left stranded to end the 3 run 2nd.

VanAssleberg got his 2nd hit of the day opening the 3rd inning with a single but was caught stealing. The Eagle pitcher Jay Manual retired the next 2 batters. The Trojans went down 1-2-3 in the 4th.

The Trojans offense came alive again and scored 3 runs in the 5th. Josh Breazeale reached base on a error. Breazeale advanced to 2nd on a hit and run single by Timothy Mathews. VanAssleberg reached base on a fielders choice getting Mathews out at 2nd but advancing Breazeale to 3rd. Chris Lachney was hit by pitch and Armstrong singled to right field to drive home Breazeale. Blake Painter drew a walk and McQuillin drew his 3rd walk to load the bases. The Trojans failed to penalize the Eagles leaving the bases loaded for the 2nd time in the game.

The Trojans went down 1-2-3 in the 6th. In the bizarre 7th is when the Trojans could have really done some damage. Opening with 3 consecutive singles by VanAssleberg, Lachney, and Armstrong. Painter reached base on a pitcher mishandled ball allowing  VanAssleberg to score. McQuillin was hit by pitch to reach base for the 4th time in the game without a hit driving in Lachney to score the 2nd run of the inning. With the bases loaded and ready to extend the lead beyond reach, Brandon Brown (replacing Dauzat) hit a deep potential sacrifice fly to left field that should have scored the runner on 3rd. However, the Trojans misread the ball when Painter (2nd base) and pinch runner John Hessni (3rd base) both ran and were thrown out on a 7-4-5 bizarre triple-play to end the 2-run inning. This momentum changer gave the Eagles some new life scoring 4 runs in the 7th to close the gap. But reliever Erick Magee struck out the 3-hole hitter Cody Boswell to secure the win. Trojans win 9-7.

ASH - 9   Menard - 7

WP Jacoby Bonton, 5.1IP, 4H, 3R, 3K, 6BB

Leading Hitters

Aaron Armstrong 3-4, 2RBI

Kevin VanAssleberg 3-4, 3RS

Erick Magee 2-4, 3RBI

Josh Breazeale 1-4, RS

Timothy Mathews 1-4

Chris Lachney 1-2, 2RS, Sac-bunt, HP

ASH Baseball did what it had to do to win District 3-4A for the first time since 2008. ASH Baseball honoring the only senior who stuck with the program, right-fielder Erick Magee. Magee started off the season with a bang hitting 3 homeruns in the opening tournament in DeRidder. Magee has since matched that with 3 more homeruns and several doubles throughout the season. Magee also supplied valuable relief pitching in key wins.

Congratulations and Good Luck Erick Magee, Senior 2012!

After starting what appeared to be a dismal season, ASH Baseball was at 7-12 on March 27 and immediately fell behind in district play 1-2 giving the Trojans a power-ranking of #30. ASH turned the season around winning the next 8 of 9 games. ASH is currently at 15-12, 8-2 district play, power-ranked #16, and has one baseball game to play when they plan to go to Menard on Saturday, April 21. A win over Menard could help the Trojans in the power-ranking and a loss could hurt. Sharing the district championship with Tioga, whom ASH was hoping for a little help from Leesville or Grant this week, Tioga with the wins over the higher ranked teams jumped 6 spots to leap ahead of ASH who was at #14 before the win over 2-win Bolton. Tioga also has a slate a games left to play and could boost or hurt their power-rankings with losses. It is likely that the higher power-ranked team in the end will get awarded the full point for district champion and the co-champ will get the 1/2 point.

ASH 13-runs and shuts out Bolton

After taking care of Peabody on Wednesday night, ASH turned around the next night and had a scoring frenzy against the Bolton Bears. In the first contest, Bolton kept it close at historic Bringhurst park before the Trojans blew it open and beat the Bears 14-7. This time ASH got on the board first in the first inning scoring 1 run when Jacob Dauzat reached base on a error and advanced to second on a failed pick off attempt. Three-hole hitter Erick Magee hit a RBI single to left field to score Dauzat.

ASH tacked on another run in the 2nd inning. Blake Painter reached base on a fielders choice and scored when Justin McQuillin hit a RBI double to score Painter.

After getting only 2 hits in the first 2 innings, ASH blew it open in the 3rd getting 6 hits and going through 16 batters. Magee in his first at-bat of the inning drew a walk, Josh Breazeale hit a sac-bunt but reached on a pitcher throwing error, Timothy Mathews hit a RBI infield single, Kevin VanAssleberg hit another infield single, Chris Lachney hit a RBI double, Armstrong hit a RBI infield single, Painter hit a sac-fly to center, McQuillin drew a walk. ASH scored 7 runs going through the order the first time and had 2 outs.

Going through the batting order the second time, Magee got hit by a pitch, Breazeale got hit in the head on the next pitch and had to leave the game, Mathews got his second hit of the inning and hit the first pitch up the middle, a 2-out 2-RBI single. VanAssleberg followed with a walk, Lachney reach on error, Armstrong got his second hit of the inning a RBI single to left field. Painter ended the 11-run 3rd inning on a centerfield fly-out.

The Bears changed pitchers in the 4th inning relieving starter Grant Debevec and retired all 3 Trojans faced.

Starting Trojan pitcher Trace Carter faced only 16 batters (1 over the minimum) in 5 innings only allowing 1 hit and no runs, striking out 4 and walking none on his complete game shut-out.

ASH - 13   Bolton - 0

WP  Trace Carter, 5IP, 1H, 0R, 4K, 0BB

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 1-2, RBI, 2RS, BB, HP 

Timothy Mathews 2-3, 3RBI, 2RS

Aaron Armstrong 2-2, 2RBI, RS

Justin McQuillin 1-2, RBI, RS, 2B, BB

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-2, 2RS, BB

Chris Lachney 1-3, RS, RBI, 2B

ASH kept its quest for a district title in place with a 3-2 win over Peabody Wednesday night.  With a win over  Bolton (2-20) Thursday night, ASH can claim at least a share of the district title something they have not done since 2008. ASH will be honoring its lone senior when they recognize Eric Magee for Senior Night.  

ASH got on the board early against Peabody starting  in the 2^nd inning when Justin Mcquillin hit a RBI fielders choice to shortstop driving in Chris Lachney. ASH scored again in the 3^rd when Josh Breazeale hit another RBI  fielders choice to shortstop driving in Eric Magee. ASH scored its final run in the 4^th when Mcquillin hit a RBI sacrifice fly to right field driving in Lachney. Those 3 runs were enough for Aaron Armstrong who threw a complete game giving up 2 runs on 7 hits.

WP  Aaron Armstrong 7IP 7H  2R  2ER  2BB  8Ks 

Leading hitters 

Magee 2b, Jacob Dauzat, Blake Painter, and Breazeale with a single each.

In what was set up for a letdown game, the always powerful Eunice Bobcats came to Trojan field and shut-out the Trojans 10-0 in a 5-inning game.

After the emotional highs of defeating the two front-runners in district on Thursday and Friday, the fatigued Trojans with senior prom night a few hours away, did not bring their "A" game. Bobcat pitching only gave up 1-hit on the day when Blake Painter hit a 2-bagger wall-banger to centerfield in the 3rd inning. The Trojans only had 5 strike-outs but all other hit balls seemed to find the Eunice gloves.

After the successful week of gaining a tie for first place, leapfrogging several steps in the all-important power-rankings, and vying for the first district championship since 2008, the Trojan baseball team had a 2-hour intensive running and practice immediately following the Eunice game.

ASH - 0   Eunice - 10

LP: Josh Breazeale, 1+IP, 5R, 4H, K, 2BB

Leading Hitters:

Blake Painter 1-1, 2B

In an exciting and dramatic game on Friday night, the ASH Trojans did what they had to do to defeat the Grant Cougars to move ahead in a dead heat with rival Tioga Indians for First Place in District. ASH Baseball defeated Grant 11-9 in what first appeared to be a runaway for the Trojans, but the Cougars put together a big comeback inning to close the gap. The Trojans were in control for the entire game but could have let it slip away if it weren't for clutch plays and pitching. ASH moves to 6-2 in district tied with Tioga 6-2. Grant currently power-ranked #4 sees their record go to 5-3 and moves into 3rd place.

After a thrilling win for the Trojans against Tioga on Thursday, the Trojans confidence were rebuilt and showed on the field as the Trojans quickly jumped on the scoreboard in the first inning. After a Jacob Dauzat walk, senior power-hitter Erick Magee hit a RBI double to score the first run of the game. Starting pitcher Trace Carter retired the all 3 batters faced in the bottom of one.

The Trojans tacked two more runs on in the 2nd when 3rd baseman Aaron Armstrong singled and advanced to 2nd on a right fielder misplayed ball. Catcher Chris Lachney drew a full-count walk and one-hole hitter Justin McQuillin hit a hard 2RBI double to the right centerfield gap. McQuillin ran starting pitcher Jesse Stallings from the mound after only 1.2 inning of work. Stallings had been effective in the first meeting but the Trojans made quick work of him tonight. Relief left-handed pitcher Danza hit his first batter (Dauzat) but retired Erick Magee to get out of the 2 run inning.

Carter again held the Cougars scoreless giving up 1 single but getting the double play to get of the inning only facing 3 batters.

In the third, the Trojans got the second batter on base when DH Timothy Mathews drew a walk and was sacrificed to second on a Josh Breazeale bunt. Breazeale reached base on a pitcher throwing error and the Trojans had two on with one out. Armstrong made good contact with the ball but hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning with no score.

After only facing 6 batters in the first 2 innings, the Cougar's luck turned around. Carter gave up 3 runs with all 3 preventable. The first hit was a good shot by pitcher Danza hit straight up the middle. The second hit was an attempted sacrifice bunt that was not gotten to quick enough and ruled a hit. Set up for the double play, the 3rd batter of the inning hit directly back to the pitcher but a throwing error allowed the Cougar to also reach base and a run to score. Carter struck-out the #1 hitter and again gave up a RBI dribbler to right side that was not gotten to in time for the out ruled a hit. The 3-hole hitter hit a sacrifice fly to score the 3rd run of the inning before inducing a fly-out retiring 4-hole hitter Jesse Stallings for the 3rd out.

The Trojans didn't let that inning phase them getting those 3 runs back + 1. Lachney singled to centerfield and wound up on 3rd after the centerfielder let the ball roll through his legs and roll to the fence. Nine-hole hitter Blake Painter reached base on a 5-pitch walk and advanced to 2nd on a passed ball as Lachney scored. Painter advance to 3rd on a wild-pitch and McQuillin hit a RBI double to left field. With no outs, Jacob Dauzat sacrificed bunted McQuillin to 3rd. Magee drew a walk and advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch as McQuillin scored the 3rd run of the inning. Kevin VanAssleberg flied out to left field before Mathews hit a 2-out RBI single to score Magee. Mathews advanced to second on the throw home. Breazeale grounded out to 2nd to end the inning with the Trojans scoring 4 runs to extend the lead to four, 7-3. Carter faced 4 Cougar batters in the 4th inning giving 1 hit and no runs.

The scoring continued in the 5th for the Trojans tacking on 3 more runs. Armstrong got his 2nd hit of the game when he singled to right field. Lachney followed with a RBI triple on a hard hit liner down the right field line that went to the far corner of the Cougar field. Painter drew his 2nd walk of the game and advanced to 2nd when McQuillin hit a RBI single scoring Lachney. Painter then advanced to 3rd on a pitcher error and McQuillin stole second on the next pitch. Dauzat hit a sacrifice-fly scoring Painter. Magee drew his 2nd consecutive walk and reached 2nd on a Mathews single to deep left field that should have scored McQuillin but he was held up at third. The Cougars induced a ground-out to the next Trojan and left the bases loaded with no further score for the inning after adding 3 runs.

Going into the bottom of the 5th inning with the Trojans with a 10-3 lead, the Cougars luck was about to turn around. After inducing a fly-out to right field, Cougar lead-off hitter drew a walk after fouling off 5 strikes. The 2-hole hitter reached base on a Trojan error not helping the Trojan pitcher. Cougars followed with an RBI double and a 2RBI double that drove the starting Trojan pitcher from the mound. Reliever Erick Magee then gave up a homerun to his first batter faced before retiring the next hitters. Cougars reboud with 5 runs in the inning to close the gap 10-8.

The Trojans continued the fight though. Sixth inning Armstrong singled to centerfield, advanced to 2nd on a wild-pitch, and was driven in by a Lachney RBI double (his 3rd hit of the game).  With Lachney perched to score, the Cougar struck out the next 3 Trojans to end the inning only giving up 1 run. Bottom of the 6th Magee induced a fly-out to 2nd before giving up a single and a walk. Jr. lefty Jacoby Bonton relieved Magee to retire the final two Cougars with a strike-out and ground-out.

Cougar pitching retired all 3 Trojans in the top of the 7th. The Cougars didn't go down without a fight (and a little Trojan help). Clean-up hitter Stallings reached base on an error for the first batter faced by Bonton. Bonton then gave up a single to left-field. After inducing a ground-out, Bonton issued 2 consecutive walks to give the Cougars 1 run. But Bonton didn't lay down striking out the #1 hole hitter to end the game. ASH WINS 11-9 to get into a tie for first place with Tioga at 6-2 district record.

ASH will face Peabody and Bolton next week while Tioga faces Leesville and Grant. ASH faces non-district opponent Eunice Saturday in its' 3rd consecutive game in as many days.

ASH - 11   Grant - 9

WP: Trace Carter, 4.1 IP, 7H, 7R, 2K, 2BB

Leading Hitters:

Chris Lachney 3-3, 2RBI, 2B, 3B, 3RS

Aaron Armstrong 3-4, 3RS

Justin McQuillin 3-5, 4RBI, 2-2B, RS

Timothy Mathews 2-4, RBI

Erick Magee 1-3, RBI, 2B, RS

ASH Baseball on another beautiful cool spring evening got its' first win over district rival Tioga since 2008.

Starting pitcher Aaron Armstrong pitched a complete game allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, on 5 hits. He struck out 6 and only walked 1 batter. Armstrong also contributed at the plate hitting 2-3, RBI, 2B, and a run scored.

The Trojans out hit the Indians with 8 to 5. Three Trojans got multiple hits and three Trojans got doubles. Pitcher Aaron Armstrong, second-baseman Josh Breazeale, and left-fielder Justin McQuillin all got 2 hits apiece. Armstrong, designated-hitter Timothy Mathews, and lead-off Justin McQuillin hit doubles tonight.

Armstrong retired the first 9-10 batters faced in the first 3 innings. In the 4th, Indian Lance Nolan led the inning off with a single to left field, followed by an RBI triple by pitcher Joe Robbins to score their 1st run of the game. Third-baseman Adam Nelson hit a sacrifice fly to score Robbins for the 2nd run of the inning. Armstrong held them scoreless for the 5th inning but the Indians managed one more run in the 6th when pitcher Joe Robbins led off the inning with a double to left field, moved to 3rd on a wild-pitch, and scored on an overthrow to 3rd base. Armstrong retired all 3 batters faced in the top of the 7th.

The Trojans did not hit or score in the first inning but scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning to take a 2-0 lead. Josh Breazeale hit a single to right centerfield, Armstrong hit a RBI double, and Justin McQuillin hit a RBI double. ASH leads 2-0 at the end of 2.

ASH squeezed 1 more run in the 3rd. DH Timothy Mathews hit a 2-out double to left field followed by a RBI single to right field by Breazeale. ASH leads 3-0 at the end of 3.

ASH did not score again and held a 3-2 lead until Tioga scored the tying run in the 6th. At the end of 5, score tied at 3-3. After holding the Indians in the 7th, lead-off hitter McQuillin singled to left field. Jacob Dauzat attempted a sacrifice bunt but leaped the first baseman to get on 1st for a hit. With no outs, 3 & 4 hole hitters Erick Magee and Kevin VanAssleberg could not make contact with Robbins' curve balls.  With 2-outs, DH Mathews hit a sharp grounder to shortstop and reached base on a throwing error allowing the winning run (McQuillin) to score. ASH WINS 4-3.

Due to the loss by Grant tonight against Leesville, there is currently a 3-way tie for 1st place. Both Grant and ASH sit at 5-2 while Tioga sits at 6-2. With a win tomorrow night at Grant, ASH & Tioga would be in a tie for first place with records of 6-2 and Grant would fall to 3rd place with a record of 5-3. (Technically Tioga is a half-game ahead with a 6-2 record.)

ASH - 4 Tioga - 3

WP Aaron Armstrong, 7IP, 5H, 3R, 2ER, 6K, 1BB

Leading Hitters:

Aaron Armstrong 2-3, RBI, 2B, RS

Josh Breazeale 2-3, RBI, RS

Justin McQuillin 2-4, RBI, 2B, RS

Timothy Mathews 1-4, 2B, RS

Jacob Dauzat 1-4

The ASH Trojans have moved up the power rankings due to a 4-game winning streak and are currently sitting at #22. However, the next 3 days beginning today will determine the seeding and placement of ASH Baseball in the playoffs.

After failing to win district since 2008, ASH has been a solid district runner-up during the last 3 years. However, with the above average pitching staff at Grant and the consistent play of Tioga, ASH is nowfighting for a place in district. As of present, ASH Baseball sits at 4-2 while Grant is leading with 5-1 record and Tioga is at 6-1. ASH Baseball could play themselves into a district championship with back to back wins against Tioga and Grant.

ASH will face 6-1 Tioga today at Trojan Field and follow-up with a visit to 5-1 Grant on Friday for rescheduled game from Tuesday. With 2 wins over these two front-runners, ASH could be sitting in good position to win the district outright and boost their power-rankings significantly. With losses to both, ASH will likely finish in 3rd place and drop in the power-rankings.

ASH also is scheduled to host 3-A powerhouse Eunice on Saturday. Eunice is currently power-ranked #10 in 3A and a win over them could boost the power-ranking. ASH going 3-0 in the next 3 days could be a positive turnaround from a dismal start in district. Let's come out and support the team and root the guys to victory!

Trace Carter started the game and pitched 3 solid innings.  Carter did not give up any runs until the 3rd inning when the  #2 batter of the inning got on base with an error. Carter gave up his first hits of the game in the 3rd with 2 singles and a double following the error to allow 3 runs to score.

ASH jumped on the board quickly but could only score 1 run in the first stranding 2 baserunners. Kevin VanAssleberg singled to score Jacob Dauzat who had singled and was moved around by a Magee single.

Jacoby Bonton came in and literally shut-down the Wampus Cats. Bonton pitched 4 innings of ball giving up no hits, no runs, and struck out 9. The Trojans were not out of the woods scoring 1 run in the 3rd to close the gap 3-2 at the end of 3 innings of play. Erick Magee reached base on an error and scored when Josh Breazeale hit a sacrifice fly to right field.

ASH had 3 baserunners with 1 out in the 4th inning but failed to score. The difference maker in the game was when with 1-out, Justin McQuillin singled, Dauzat struck-out for the 2nd out, and Erick Magee hit a two-out 2-run homer over right-center field to push the Trojans ahead 4-3.

The drama was not over. The Wampus Cats scratching and clawing started the 7th with a strike-out, a walk, a fly-out, and a hit-batter placing the go-ahead run on first base and tying run on 2nd. Jacoby Bonton stepped it up and struck-out the 3-holer Honeycutt going the full count for the win to end the game.

ASH will travel to Grant on Tuesday (who was defeated by Peabody tonight for its' first district loss) and will host Tioga next Thursday at Trojan Field.

ASH - 4   Leesville - 3

WP  Jacoby Bonton, 4IP, 0R, 0H, 9K, 1BB, 2HB

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 2-4, 2R, 2RBI, 2B, HR

Justin McQuillin 1-2, RS, 2BB

Timothy Mathews 1-3

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-3, RBI

Jacob Dauzat 1-3, R

Chris Lachney 1-3

ASH Baseball winning 2 games last week wins the first of only two games for this week going into Easter weekend.

ASH faced the Bolton Bears in nostalgic Bringhurst Park on a cool night and came out with a win to move to 3-2 in district and move closer to .500 overall at 10-12.  Starter Josh Breazeale who hasn't seen the mound since 3/22 started strong. Breazeale held the Bears hitless until the 3rd inning. After striking off the lead-off hitter in the 9 hole Guillot, he gave up an infield single, a walk, and a 3-run homer to Bears shortstop and Trojan Conner Debevic cousin Grant Debevic. Breazeale struck out the next batter and would have gotten out of the inning with 3 runs. Unfortunately the 5-hole hitter reached base on an error to keep the inning going and Breazeale allowed that error run to score after giving up a walk, hit batter, and a single. He struck out the next hitter to get of the 4-run 3rd inning.

The Trojans put 1-run on the board in the 2nd inning and notched 4 more runs in the 3rd to hold a 5-4 lead after 3 innings of play. Second inning: Trace Carter singled to left center field and scored later on a wild-pitch. In the 3rd inning, the Trojans offense went to work scoring 4 runs. Conner Debevic led off reaching base on an error by second baseman. Josh Breazeale reached first on a fielder's choice and Debevic out at 2nd. Timothy Mathews singled and Trace Carter hit a 2-RBI double to left field to score Breazeale and Mathews scored from 1st base. Blake Painter drew a walk reached 2nd on passed ball and scored from a Justin McQuillin single.

The Trojans went scoreless in the 4th but the Bears took the lead 7-5 scoring 3 more runs. Bear lead-off Hall hit another infield single before Breazeale struck-out the 2-hole hitter. Grant Debevic who homered his last at bat got handled carefully and drew a walk. Grant's brother Jack Debevic hitting cleanup reached base on an error that could have been doubled up to get out of the inning scoreless. One run scored on the error play. The next Bear hit a 2-RBI single to get a total of 3 runs for the inning to take the lead. Erick Magee relieved Breazeale after the extended inning to strike out the next batter to get out of the inning.

Magee subsequently struck out 4 more batters only giving up 1 hit with 2 walks to keep the Bears scoreless for the remainder of the game.

The Trojans offense however was not done. In the 5th, Trace Carter led off with a walk, Blake Painter reached on an error, Justin McQuillin hit a RBI single to left field, Jacob Dauzat reached base on a bunt and throwing error, Erick Magee hit a RBI double, Kevin VanAssleberg doubled to left field, Conner Debevic, singled, and Mathews got an RBI on a groundout to 2nd. Six runs scored in the 5th to take the lead for good after 5 innings 11-7.

ASH Baseball went down 1-2-3 in the 6th inning. ASH opened the 7th inning with a Magee single, VanAssleberg bunt single, Debevic bunt single, Tyler Morrow RBI single, Mathews RBI groundout to 2nd to score 3 more runs.

ASH will face the # 15 ranked Leesville Wampus Cats on Thursday at Trojan Field.

ASH moved up 5 spots in the power-ranking to get in at the #25.

ASH - 14   Bolton - 7

WP  Erick Magee, 3.1IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 5K

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 2-4, 2R, RBI, 2B

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-4, 2R, 2B

Conner Debevic 2-3, RS

Tyler Morrow 1-2, RBI

Trace Carter 2-4, 3R, 2RBI, 2B

Sophomore starter Aaron Armstrong came on and pitched a complete game shut-out to lead the Trojans to a 3-0 victory. Armstrong held the Prom-minded Giants to only 4 hits on the day but they could not manage to score. Armstrong only gave up 1 walk and struck out 7.  The Trojans were not any better at the plate only getting 4 hits on the day from only 4 players. But timely hitting and a little help with a walk helped the Trojans get enough offense to get the win.

ASH will face Bolton and Leesville in district action next week and really need to get the bats going for the next week.

ASH - 3   Jena - 0

WP  Aaron Armstrong 7IP, 4H, 0R, 7K, BB

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 1-2, RBI, 2B

Jacob Dauzat 1-2, 2RS

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-2, RBI

Chris Lachney 1-2, RS

Stop Worrying and Play the Game

Many baseball players don’t want to let teammates, parents or coaches down, and this causes them to worry too much about what others think about their game. For example, do you worry too much about what your coach thinks about your batting technique or about performing well to gain respect from teammates. In his rookie season LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw had a difficult time finishing games after giving up a couple big hits because he felt that he was letting his team down. “I didn’t give our team any kind of chance. It’s just not a good feeling to let your teammates down, to let everybody down,” said Kershaw after an 11-6 loss to the Brewers.

Kershaw felt that because he is the pitcher that the team depended on him to win. This caused his to start worrying what his coaches, teammates and the fans were thinking about his performance rather than focusing on his performance. Worrying about what others are thinking or what will happen if you let down your team will not help you perform to your potential. Now with three seasons under his belt Kershaw is able to recognize the mental barrier he faced in his rookie year, “It was kind of a snowball effect once I started to make assumptions about what others were thinking I took my head out of the game,” said Kershaw.

When you make assumptions about what others might be thinking about your game, you engage in “mind reading.” You don’t really know what others are thinking about you. Mind reading is just a distraction to playing your best and it can cause you to play tentatively. “I needed to remind myself that even though pitcher is an important position, each player on the team plays an important role in your team’s success.”

You’ll have good days and bad days on the field, everybody does. The key is not to lose confidence after a poor outing. Find something positive from each game and move onto the next. “If you pitch good, you can soak it in that night. You pitch badly and it’s going to hurt that night. That’s the great thing about baseball: You play every day. Tomorrow is a new day,” said Kershaw. Don’t beat yourself up for poor pitching or a loss. A better option is to assess what needs to improve the next game and move forward with a healthy dose of confidence.

The ASH Trojans played the Warhorses at Cheatham Park in rain-delayed-shortened game to defeat the Warhorses 6-0 and go to 2-2 in District play.

Sophomore starting pitcher Trace Carter pitched the complete game 6-inning shut out giving up only 1-hit. Since the 6th inning was not completed, 6th inning stats are not counted and it's an official 5-inning game.

Senior right-fielder Erick Magee led hitting going 3-3 with 2 doubles. Sophomore Kevin VanAssleberg went 2-3 with a double. There were only 7 Trojan hits all coming from 4 players .

ASH - 6   Peabody - 0

WP   Trace Carter, 5IP, 1H, 0R, 3K, 2BB

Leading hitters:

Erick Magee 3-3, 2-2B, 3RS

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-3, 2B, RBI, RS

Jacob Dauzat 1-2, RBI, Sac-fly, RS

Connor Debevic 1-3, RBI

ASH will play a non-district game at home Saturday against the Jena Giants. The Trojans are familiar with the Giants inching out a game in a double-header in Pineville after the Giants scorched the 5-A Pineville Rebels. ASH Baseball hitters will again be challenged facing jr. college commit senior RH Tyler Anderson who can deliver a mid-80's fastball with a good breaker. ASH will start sophomore Aaron Armstrong.

In what was supposed to be a very promising season with a talented group of juniors, one lone senior who has hit 6 homeruns on the year, and supported by another group of talented sophomores, ASH Baseball has continued the decline.

In last week's contest after getting rained out on Tuesday, ASH had 3 games on 3 consecutive days beginning on Thursday. ASH faced off against Grant and lost their first district game. On Friday, the Trojans travelled to Leesville and won that one to go 1-1. On a beautiful Saturday morning, ASH travelled to Shreveport to face a weak Loyola team and lost that one 3-2 to go 1-2 on the week.

In tonight's contest against 3-time defending champs Tioga Indians, the Trojans gave up 4 unearned runs getting routed 10-3. ASH after owning the district for 19 years has not won the district but 2 times in the last 8 years and has not won district since 2008. ASH Baseball has made the playoffs every year for the last 27 years but is now poised to missed the playoffs for the first time. Before tonight's game ASH was on the bubble at #30 with the seeding required to be in the Top 32 to make the playoffs. It is uncertain at this time whether ASH can find the right combination and chemistry to get things going in a positive direction. ASH record goes to 7-12, and 1-2 in district 3-4A.

ASH - 3   Tioga - 10

LP Jacoby Bonton 4IP, 7R, 3ER, 4K, 6BB

Leading hitters:

Justin McQuillin 3-4, 2B

Jacob Dauzat 1-4

Erick Magee 1-3, 2B

Brandon Brown 1-1

Aaron Armstrong 2-3, 2R

In Friday night's game, ASH Baseball was shut-out by 5A Live Oak only producing 2-hits against a crafty lefty who had a 83-85 mph fastball and a nasty slider. ASH just never could figure out the left-handed pitcher not getting the first hit until the 6th inning when Kevin VanAssleberg hit a solid hit to right centerfield. Conner Debevec came into to hit in the 7th inning and got the 2nd hit of the game a single up the middle. The Live Oak pitcher struck out 14 ASH hitters in the contest defeating the Trojans 6-0. Starter Trace Carter suffered the loss going 4+ innings giving up 5 runs on 9 hits with 3 strike-outs, 3 walks and 1 hit batter.

ASH - 0   Live Oak - 6

LP Trace Carter, 4IP, 9H, 5R, 3SO, 3BB, 1HP

Leading Hitters:

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-2

Conner Debevec 1-1

ASH got it's first win of the ASH Invitational defeating the Buckeye Panthers 6-5 on Saturday morning. Buckeye put on a good hitting display early getting 4 runs off of 7 hits in 3 innings from starting pitcher Aaron Armstrong. Jacoby Bonton finished the game going 4 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits while logging 7strike-outs and 3 walks for the win.

Buckeye scored 4 of their 5 runs in the first inning and held the lead until the 6th inning. ASH scored it's first run in the 3rd inning an RBI double by Erick Magee scoring Kevin VanAssleberg who reached base on an error.

ASH scored 3 runs in the 5th inning to close the gap. With 1 out, catcher Chris Lachney drew a walk and moved to second on a wild-pitch. Shortstop Timothy Mathews hit single to centerfield to score Lachney. Erick Magee hit his second double of the game scoring Timothy Mathews. DH Tyler Morrow hit a single to advance Magee to 3rd. Magee scored when Josh Breazeale reached base on an error by the Buckeye second-baseman.

ASH took the lead in the 6th inning when Lachney reached base on an error, Mathews singled to centerfield, VanAssleberg walked, and Magee hit an RBI single to score Lachney which tied the score at 5. ASH took the 1-run lead when VanAssleberg scored on a Breazeale single.

ASH - 6   Buckeye - 5

WP Jacoby Bonton: 4IP, 1R, 1ER, 2H, 7K, 3BB

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 4-4, 2RBI, 2-2B, RS

Timothy Mathews 3-4, RBI, RS

Tyler Morrow 1-1

Josh Breazeale 1-2, RBI

Jacob Dauzat 1-3, 2B

For the 3rd meeting of the year, ASH Baseball has put up the 3rd loss to the cross river Pineville Rebels.

In the first meeting at the opening tournament of the year, ASH faced Pineville in the DeRidder Dragon Classic on Saturday and lost to a walk-off homerun in the 8th inning 2-1. In a made-up unscheduled game last weekend due to the rain cancellation of the Red River Prep Classic, ASH played the Rebels last Saturday on one of the only dry fields in Cenla. ASH lost that game in 9-innings 3-2.

In the opening round of the ASH Invitational ASH was on target to finally get a win against the Rebels until an error-riddled 6th inning changed the outcome of the game.

Starting pitcher Josh Breazeale had yet another solid outing pitching 5 innings allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strike-outs, 1-walk, and 1-hit batter. The only hiccup was when Pineville put two hits together in the 3rd inning. Eight-hole hitter Sandoval hit a single through the middle to open the top of the 3rd. Breazeale struckout the 9-hole hitter Taylor Courville to get back to the top of the line-up. On a 2-0 count lead-off hitter centerfielder Colton Strickland hit right center 2-run homer. Breazeale retired the next 2 batters to end the inning.

ASH got on the board in the 2nd inning when pitcher Breazeale led off with a infield single. T.J. Gorum hit a double to advance pinch runner McQuillin to 3rd. Then catcher Chris Lachney hit a 2-RBI single to right field to score McQuillin and Gorum. Timothy Mathews reached base on a 4-pitch walk. Centerfielder Kevin Van Assleberg followed with a 2-RBI double scoring Lachney and Mathews. ASH jumped to a 4-0 lead after two innings.

The short interval of the 6th inning of some mishaps tarnished an otherwise well-played game. Left-fielder T.J. Gorum made a remarkable play when he ran into the visitor's bullpen to chase down a long foul flyball to get the first out of the 2nd inning. Gorum made another good running catch when he had to travel a distance to chase down a left-field line fly ball in the 4th inning. With a lead of 4-2 going into the top of the 6th inning, Pineville sophomore pitcher T.J. Moreau reached base on an error. The next batter reached base on a hit pitch. Six-hole hitter Martin hit into a potential double-play ball that was overthrown and the Trojans were unable to get a single out. Pineville scored 3 unearned runs in the 6th to take the lead 5-4.

ASH went down 1-2-3 in the 6th. Relief pitcher Erick Magee held the Rebels to no runs in the 7th giving ASH a chance with their last at-bat. Catcher Lachney led off the 7th with a walk. Shortstop Timothy Mathews then laid down a sac-bunt to advance Lachney to scoring position. With two opportunities to score the tying run, the ASH hitters could not manage a hit with the sophomore Rebel pitcher Moreau pitching a complete game.

Game 1 on Friday at 5:00 PM will feature Pineville vs. Buckeye. ASH will face Live Oak at 7:30 for the nightcap. ASH will face Buckeye in Game 1 Saturday morning at 10:00. There will be two more games at 12 & 2 featuring Live Oak, Buckeye, and Pineville.

ASH - 4   Pineville - 5

LP Josh Breazeale: 5IP, 6H, 5R, 2ER, 1BB, 1HP

Leading Hitters:

Chris Lachney 1-2, R, 2RBI, BB

Timothy Mathews 1-2, R, BB, Sac-bunt

Josh Breazeale 1-2, R

T.J. Gorum 1-3, R, 2B

Kevin VanAssleberg 1-4, 2RBI

Erick Magee 1-4

GAME 1

ASH Baseball got back to action today against a scrappy Jena Giants team with some good pitching.  After beating the Pineville Rebels 7-3 in their first game, the Giants took on the Trojans and held them to 2 runs until the 7th inning.

The Trojans held the Giants scoreless in the first 3 2/3 innings as starter Josh Breazeale retired 11 of the first 12 batters allowing only 1 hit. The only runs Breazeale allowed was in the 4th inning when clean-up hitter Tyler Anderson hit a right-center field two-out double followed by a 2-run homer by the Giants pitcher Stevens. Breazeale then retired the next 4 batters until he gave up his 4th hit of the game, a single up the middle. Jacoby Bonton relieved Breazeale after 5 2/3 innings and shut the Giants down striking out 3 of the next 4 batters in 1 1/3 innings. Bonton was credited with the win when the Trojans went ahead in the 7th inning to win 3-2.

The Trojans offense was led by Kevin VanAssleberg going 2-3 as the only player to get multi-hits while driving in 2 runs. Conner Debevec drove in the other run going 1=3. Secondbaseman Blake Painter went 1-2 scoring 2 of the 3 runs for the Trojans.

ASH - 3   Jena - 2

WP Jacoby Bonton 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 3K

Leading Hitters:

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-3, 2RBI

Conner Debevec 1-3, RBI

Blake Painter 1-2, 2RS

GAME 2

In game 2, the Pineville Rebels quickly got on the board when lead-off hitter Colton Strickland hit a double and was driven in by the 3-hole hitter Soileau. Starting pitcher Trace Carter only allowed 2 hits in the first inning and 1 hit in the 2nd to follow by 5 innings of no-hit baseball. With game tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, Carter went into the 8th inning allowing 2 hits but did not allow any runs to score.

ASH answered the Rebels 1st inning run with a lead-off double by right-fielder T.J. Gorum. Gorum was batted in by catcher Chris Lachney who singled up the middle. The Pineville pitcher then retired the next 6 Trojans until Jacob Dauzat hit a single in the 5th inning. Kevn VanAssleberg got his 2nd hit of the game in the 6th inning but no one was able to drive him in. With the score tied 1-1 the Trojans went into the 8th inning, lead-off hitter Timothy Mathews managed a hit in front of the plate with the catcher not making a throw to first. Kevin VanAssleberg executed a perfect sacrifice bunt to move the runner to 2nd in scoring position. Pineville decided not to pitch to Erick Magee and put him on base with an intentional walk. Conner Debevec came up and hit a 1-out short fly ball single that held up the runners from advancing 2 bases to score. With the bases loaded second baseman Blake Painter came to the plate and with a 2-2 pitch count hit what should have been a sacrifice fly to right field to score the go-ahead run. Unfortunately the runner thought there was 2 outs and did not tag up in time to score. However, the Trojans had one more chance with left-fielder T.J. Gorum came to the plate. Gorum could not get a hit to score the run.

Starting pitcher Trace Carter continued his performance into the 8th inning allowing 2 hits but held the Rebs to no runs. In the 9th the Trojans managed to get a runner on base when Chris Lachney reached on a error but no one managed to move him around.

Aaron Armstrong came on in the 9th to relieve Carter. Lead-off hitter Colton Strickland walked and 2-hole hitter Zachary Faircloth was intentionally walked. Three-hole hitter Soileau laid down a bunt to 3rd and outrun the throw to first for a hit. With bases loaded and no outs, Hewett hit dribbler to third and the runner beat out the throw to home to win the game 2-1.

ASH - 1   Pineville - 2

LP Aaron Armstrong 0IP, 0H, 1R, BB, IBB

Leading hitters:

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-3

T.J. Gorum 1-4, 2B

Overall, the Trojans played some sound baseball in the 16 innings of play making some great defensive plays. Outfielders made some good running catches and the infielders turned 2-double plays in the Pineville game. The pitching for 16 innings was spectacular giving up 4 runs, 9 hits, 9 strike-outs, 1-walk, 1-IBB, 2 HP.

Breazeale and Bonton allowed -0- walks in Game 1 striking out 5.

Carter and Armstrong allowed 1-walk, 1-intentional walk, and 2 hit batters while striking out 4.

ASH Baseball will be taking sponsorships of a printed ASH Baseball Program for the 2012. The program will feature individual photos of all players freshmen through seniors who are on the squad. Team shots will also be featured.

Parents who are interested in placing ads for your player, ads can be taken beginning at $35 (graphics only)for 1/8 page ad.

1/4 page = $65 (graphics only)

1/2 page = $100 (picture & graphics)

Full page= = $125 (picture & graphics)

Program Sponsorships will be listed on front and back of program, listing on ashbaseball.com website, and announcements at home games.

These programs can be kept as keepsakes for many years to come for your high school baseball player.

Please see Paul Mathews (715-1384) for more information.......

In an effort to beat the rains ASH Baseball moved Saturday's game to 3:15 on Thursday. ASH got in only 3 innings against Rosepine and had mounted a 7-4 lead and was batting in the bottom of the 3rd inning when rains stopped the contest. In an unofficial game because of not completing enough innings, senior right fielder/pitcher Erick Magee blasted his 6th homerun of the season, a 2-run towering homer over right centerfield.

Very unfortunate to all 4 baseball programs (ASH, Menard, Pineville, and Tioga) as this tournament was a major fund-raiser for the programs.

Local teams are trying to get some games in this weekend and the forecast appears to allow some games this afternoon. Menard is travelling to Tioga to play.

ASH Baseball is travelling to Rebel Field in Pineville to pick-up two games. ASH will face off against the Jena Giants at 1:00 PM and face the Pineville Rebels at 4:00 PM. Come out to support your local teams.

In an effort to get as many games in as possible, games that were originally scheduled for Saturday morning have been moved to early Thursday afternoon. Forecasters are predicting rain on Friday night and Saturday.

ASH will play Rosepine at 3:15 PM on Thursday, a game that was scheduled for 11 AM on Saturday.  At 5:00 PM Rosepine will play against Marksville. Then at 7:30 Marksville will face ASH.

ASH will play Friday night's game at its' orignial scheduled time.

Check with local officials on revised times on other games.

ASH always faces good competition participating in the Annual Trey Altick La. Prep Classic in the Monroe/West Monroe tournament. Twenty-three teams were in the large school pools consisting of only 4A & 5A schools while the small school pool had twenty-five teams consisting of 3A and below.

ASH overall had a good tournament going 2-2 scoring a total of 22 runs.

ASH pitching tallied a total of 27 strike-outs led by Jacoby Bonton with 10 K's against Airline and Trace Carter with 9 K's against Belle Chasse. Pitching walked 12 and gave up 34 hits and 36 runs. All runs were not earned as several were from fielding errors.

ASH hitting had a team average of .361.  Junior second baseman/pitcher Josh Breazeale led the batting average with a .667 going 6-9. ASH Baseball had 8 batters who hit .333 or better. Most hits for the tournament were Josh Breazeale and Timothy Mathews with 6 hits. Erick Magee, Rueben Edwards, and Kevin VanAssleberg logged 5 hits each.

Erik Magee and Timothy Mathews led the RBI category with 3 each. Rueben Edwards, Kevin VanAssleberg, and Josh Breazeale each had 2 RBIs.

Magee also led the extra base category with 3 (2B, 3B, HR). Mathews had 2 extra base hits while T.J. Gorum, VanAssleberg, and Breazeale each had 1 extra base hit.

After suffering a 10-run defeat on Thursday against Captain Shreve, the Trojans came back with back-to-back wins over St. Charles Catholic of Luling and Airline of Shreveport.

In the Friday night game against St. Charles lead-off hitter Timothy Mathews opened the game with a single to left field but got caught stealing on second. Power-hitter Erick Magee hit a triple then scored on a wild pitch to score one run in the 1st inning.

Starting pitcher Josh Breazeale held the St. Charles Comets scoreless in the first 2 innings on only 2 hits. The Trojans did not score in the 2nd on 1-hit by Breazeale who was left stranded at 1st. Top of the 3rd, Timothy Mathews lead off with a single, moved to 2nd on sac-bunt by McQuillin, advanced to 3rd on a wild-throw, and scored on a Magee sac-fly to right field. St. Charles started the bottom of the 3rd inning with back-to-back singles followed by a walk and back-to-back errors to score a total of 3 runs after a sac-fly. The Comets were not done as they followed the sac-fly with a 1-RBI double and a 2-RBI triple. The triple batter scored on a passed-ball to empty the bases before ASH could get out of the inning on 7 runs scored on 4 hits and 2 errors with only 1 earned run.

The 4th inning saw no score for the Trojans going 1-2-3 with 3 strike-outs and the Comets going 1-2-3 with 2-flyouts and 1-groundout.

In the 5th inning the Trojans began to mount a comeback scoring 5 runs. T.J. Gorum reached base on a single before homered in by Erick Magee. Rueben Edards singled, VanAssleberg walked but was thrown out on a Trace Carter RBI fielders choice. Breazeale got a 1-RBI single followed by a Jacob Dauzat 2RBI single. ASH ended the inning with 5 runs on 4 hits with 1 left on base. The Comets scored one run in the 5th on 1 hit and 1 error.

ASH and St. Charles were held scoreless in the 6th.

The Trojans put 3 more runs on the board to take the lead 10-8 in the 7th. ASH opened with a John Hesni single and a Conner Debevec RBI single after Hesni moved to scoring position on a passed ball. Gorum hit a RBI single scoring Debevec who moved to 3rd on a shortstop error. Gorum scored on a Magee double. Magee was thrown out at 3rd on an Edwards fielders choice to end the inning.

St. Charles attempted a comeback in the bottom of the 7th scoring 1 run but relief pitcher Erick Magee put the stops on a fly-ball to right field to end the game. ASH wins 10-9.

ASH - 10   St. Charles - 9

WP Erick Magee -2.1IP, 1H, 1R, 1BB, 1K, 1HB

Leading Hitters:

T.J. Gorum 2-3, 2RS, RBI

Erick Magee 3-5, 2RS, 2RBI, 2B, 3B, HR

Rueben Edwards 2-3, RS

Timothy Mathews 2-5, RS

Josh Breazeale 2-2, RS, RBI

ASH - 7  Airline - 6

In Saturday's first game starting pitcher Jacoby Bonton was on his A game pitching 6-innings, striking out 10 batters, issuing 3 walks, and only giving up 2 runs.

ASH jumped on the Shreveport-based Airline High team scoring 2 runs on 1 hit but left 3 on base. Justin McQuillin and Erick Magee reached base on a walk and hit batter before Kevin VanAssleberg hit a RBI single to right center. Aaron Armstrong reached base on a walk that drove the starting pitcher from the mound. Reliever Colsum induced a Jacob Dauzat ground-out to 2nd to end the inning scoring 2 runs with left on base.

ASH tacked on another run in the 3rd on a Magee single, Edwards single, and a RBI Breazeale single. Airline was held scoreless for the 3rd inning.

ASH scored no runs in the 4th and 5th. Airline socred their first run in the 4th inning when Bonton allowed 2 hits.

ASH again scored 1 run in the 6th on a Breazeale single and scored on a Trace Carter RBI single. Airline scored their 2nd run of the game in the 6th on 1-hit and 1-error.

ASH closed the game scoring 3 runs in the top of the 7th to give the Trojans a 5-run cushion 7-2 going into the bottom of the 7th. Magee got his 2nd hit of the game on a single but advanced to 2nd on a fielding error. Edwards scored Magee with a RBI double, and VanAssleberg hit Edwards in on a RBI single. VanAssleberg managed to also score moving to 2nd on a Breazeale ground-out, a wild-pitch, and a passed ball to get the 7th run.

Reliever Tyler Morrow came in to close in the 7th and quickly got 2 outs with a ground-out to 1st, a hit batter that was out at second on a fielders choice with no runs scored on 2 outs. ASH could have gotten out of the 7th unscathed by a throwing error prevented the double-play ball of getting the out at first. Two walks followed by a 3RBI double brought Airline within 1 run. Close Blake Painter came in to induce a flyout to shortstop to end the game with a 1-run victory.

ASH - 7   Airline - 6

WP Jacoby Bonton, 6IP, 5H, 2R, 3BB, 10K

Leading Hitters:

Erick Magee 2-3, 3RS

Josh Breazeale 2-3, 1RS, BB

Rueben Edwards 2-4, RS, RBI, 2B

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-4, RS, 2RBI, SB

ASH - 2   Belle Chasse - 8

Starter Trace Carter struck out 9 batters and walked 2. But the 9 hits were the difference as the Belle Chase team took the nightcap from the Trojans by scoring 8 runs.

Belle Chasse got on the board quickly scoring 4 when the lead off hitter was hit by pitch, second batter flied out but was put on base due to catcher interference, and 2 back-to-back RBI singles.

The first hit of the game for the Trojans was the pitcher Carter singling to centerfield. Carter was picked off at 2nd by the cannon-armed catcher for the 3rd out of the 2nd. Carter retired all 3 batters in the 2nd.

The only runs for the Trojans was from a 2RBI triple by Timothy Mathews in the 3rd inning scoring T.J Gorum reached base on a fielders choice and Jacob Dauzat who reached on a hit by pitch. Belle scored 1 run on a triple and an RBI single to end the 3rd.

ASH failed to score in the 4th with only a Kevin VanAssleberg double for 1 hit.  Carter struck out the first 2 batters in the bottom of the inning. With 2 outs, Chasse singled, walk, walk, and a 2RBI single before getting out of the inning giving up 2 more runs.

In the 5th Jacob Dauzat started it out with a single to right center gap. After the next batter struck out Dauzat was picked off 1st by the catcher to clear the bases. Mathews hit a double to left field but was caught stealing 3rd while Magee was at bat to end the inning scoreless. Carter had a good 5th only giving up 1 hit while striking out 2 to hold Chasse scoreless.

The 6th inning was no kinder to ASH. After a fly-out and strike-out, Kevin VanAssleberg hit a single to right field. Carter reached base on a hit by pitch followed by a Conner Debevec single to load the bases. Pinch hitter Tyler Morrow was at the plate with a 2-0 count and loaded bases when pinch runner Justin McQuillin (running for pitcher Carter) was picked off on a throwdown by the cannon armed catcher to end the inning yielding non runs. Chasse got a lead off double and scored 1 run in the 6th to expand their lead to 8-2. Christopher Dodson came in to close the game and faced 3 batters retiring all 3.

The only hit of the 7th for the Trojans was a Josh Breazeale double but failed to score to end the game.

ASH -2   Belle Chasse - 8

LP Trace Carter, 5.1 IP, 9H, 7R, 2BB, 9K

Leading hitters:

Timothy Mathews 2-4, 2RBI, 2B, 3B

Kevin VanAssleberg 2-3, 2B

ASH Baseball opened play in the annual Trey Altick Classic in the Monroe area on Thursday evening.

Captain Shreve gave the Trojans trouble from the get go. Playing at Ruston High School field, ASH batted first and lead-off hitter Timothy Mathews garnered a walk. Two hole hitter Justin McQuillin executed a sacrifice bunt to move the runner to 2nd. Three-holer Erick Magee who put on a homerun derby in the DeRidder Classic last weekend went down with 3 consecutive curveballs. Cleanup Rueben Edwards hit an infield single to move the runner to third. Kevin VanAssleberg hit into 4-3 out to end the inning with no score.

Starter Aaron Armstrong gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the first on 3 hits and a hit batter. ASH sent six batters to the plate when pitcher Armstrong walked, moved by a Josh Breazeale single, a Tyler Morrow single, and scored by a Timothy Mathews single. With Breazeale and Morrow in scoring position, the 2 & 3 hole batters failed to get a hit. 1-run scored. Bottom of the second Shreve scored 3 runs on 2 doubles and a single.

Top of the third ASH went down 1-2-3 on two fly-outs and a strike-out. Blake Painter relieved Armstrong on the mound. Shreve tacked on 3 more runs on 2 hits, a walk, and a hit batter.

Fourth inning was no kinder to ASH going down 1-2-3 on a ground-out, fly-out, and strike-out. Shreve managed two more runs on back-to-back doubles, strike-out and two ground-outs.

ASH down 10-1 going into the 5th inning, the Trojans managed to plate a couple more runs on a lead-off single by Timothy Mathews, double by T.J. Gorum, RBI ground-out by Erick Magee, and a sacrifice-fly by Rueben Edwards.

Brandon Brown came in to pitch in the 5th inning for ASH but could not hold the scoring Captains from 3 more runs on 1 hit, 2 walks, and an error. 

Game was called for the 10-run rule in the 5th inning.

ASH - 3   Captain Shreve - 13

LP Aaron Armstrong (0-2) 2IP, 5R, 6H, BB

Leading Hitters:

Timothy Mathews 2-2, RS, RBI, BB

T.J. Gorum 1-1, 2B, RS

Rueben Edwards 1-2, RBI

Josh Breazeale 1-2

Tyler Morrow 1-1

ASH Baseball opened home play with a good game against Lake Charles-based Sam Houston on Tuesday. Sam Houston consistently has a good program and showed good talent tonight. The Trojans quickly pounced on Houston in the first inning after Timothy Mathews reached base on a walk and subsequently stole 2nd and 3rd to set up for an Eric Magee RBI ground out. The scoring continued in the 2nd with three consecutive hits from Trace Carter, Conner Debevec, and a 2-RBI single by Josh Breazeale.

Starting pitcher Trace Carter went the first two innings only allowing 1-hit and no runs. However, in the 3rd walks put runners on base and Sam Houston made the Trojans pay by scoring 3 runs to tie the score 3-3 at the end of 3 innings.

Going to the bottom of the 3rd inning with the scored tied at 3, the Trojans continued hitting with Rueben Edwards singled followed by a single by Kevin VanAssleberg. They failed to score when Jacob Dauzat hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Reliever Kevin VanAssleberg came in to get the last out of 3rd and pitched the 4th inning allowing no hits and no runs. The 5th inning Sam Houston scored 5 runs on 2 hits, 1 error, 4 walks and a hit batter. Closer Jacoby Bonton pitched the 6th & 7th allowing 0-runs, 2-hits, 1BB and 2 strike-outs.

Trailing 8-3 going into the bottom of the 7th, Sam Houston brought in their closer with a fast ball reaching 89mph that produced 3 strike-outs and a ground out eliminating any comeback hopes. (Eric Magee reached base with a strike-out on a passed ball)

ASH - 3   Sam Houston - 8

LP Kevin VanAssleberg (0-1) 2.1 IP, 2H, 5R, 5ER, 4BB, 1K, 1HB

Leading Hitters:

Josh Breazeale 1-2, 2RBI

Conner Debevec 1-1, 1RS

Trace Carter 1-1, 1RS

Rueben Edwards 1-3

Kevin Assleberg 1-3

ASH - 3   Pineville - 4

LP Aaron Armstrong (0-1)

ASH Baseball returned for its' final two games on Saturday at the DeRidder Dragon Classic. After losing in extra innings on Thursday to Leesville, ASH came back on Friday and blew out St. Michaels scoring 19 runs on Friday night.

ASH facing Pineville in Game 1 on Saturday saw another display of good pitching. ASH sophomore starter Aaron Armstrong pitching a complete game held Pineville to 3 runs through 7 innings of play. Trailing in the 7th inning by 1 run with 2 outs, senior Eric Magee hit a bomb over centerfield to tie the game for his 2nd homerun of the tournament. Magee had hit his first homerun of the season on Thursday against Leesville.  In the 8th inning Pineville's Hulick hit a walk-off homerun to get the win. ASH loses 4-3 in 8 innings.

ASH - 17   DeRidder - 5

WP Josh Breazeale (1-0)

ASH turned around immediately and played host DeRidder for the final game of the tournament. Once again Eric Magee stepped up to the plate and hit another homerun to put the Trojans up 2-0 in the top of the first inning. And again at Magee's next at-bat he hit another homerun. WOW! 3-3 homers in his last 3 at-bats. Magee ended the DeRidder game with 2 homeruns, a double, and 7 RBIs. Magee had a total of 4 homeruns for the tournament in 4 games.

Starter Josh Breazeale (1-0) kept the Dragons off balance for the night going 5 innings and the Trojans bats got hot in the 5th inning to defeat the Dragons on the 10-run rule 17-5.

ASH Baseball goes 2-2 in the tournament with the two losses requiring extra innings. ASH scored 40 runs and allowed 19 runs in 4 games.

ASH will face Lake Charles based Sam Houston on Tuesday at Trojan Field.

ASH Bats finally came alive. And did they ever. After spotting the St. Michaels Warriors of Baton Rouge 6 runs (3 in the 2nd and 3 in the 3rd), ASH settled in and only allowed 2 additional runs in the 6th on route to a 19-8 blowout.

ASH Baseball erupted for 8 runs in the 4th after being held scoreless in the first three frames to take the lead 8-6. Getting the first hit of the game was 6 hole hitter Justin McQuillin who led off the inning with a single. Followed by 3 walks and a strike-out, 2 hole hitter Timothy Mathews got an infield RBI. Followed by two more walks Aaron Armstrong got a 2 RBI single. Batting around the line-up Conner Debevec with his second at-bat of the inning got a 2 RBI double before being thrown out at home on an attempted score from a John Hessni single to end the 8-run inning.

Keeping it going in the 5th inning, relief catcher Kyle Goode started the inning with a single followed by a HP (VanAssleberg), single (Mathews), 2 RBI double (Edwards), 2 RBI double (Gorum), 1 RBI single (McQuillin), walk (Debevec), walk (Moreau). St. Michaels finally got out of the 5 run fifth inning with a 6-4-3 double play off of Goode's second at-bat of the 5th.

ASH tacked on 6 more runs in the 7th inning for good measure from 6 hits and stranding 3 on base.

There were a total of 16 hits with 5 doubles (Edwards, McGee, Gorum, McQuillin, Debevec). Three Trojans had mutliple hits, McQuillin, Mathews, and Debevec) with eleven Trojans getting a hit.

Starting pitcher Jacoby Bonton went 2+ innings allowing 5 runs, reliever Blake Painter allowing only 1 run (1-0) picked up his first win of the season going 3 1/3 innings before Eric McGee closed the game.

ASH will have a double-header on Saturday night against Pineville and host DeRidder.

ASH - 19  St. Michaels - 8

ASH Baseball officially opened its' season today playing in the DeRidder Dragon Classic. Playing against district opponent Leesville, ASH went extra innings and lost to Leesville 2-1. The only run of the game came from an Eric McGee homerun.

ASH will face St. Michaels tomorrow night.

Details to follow....

The ASH Trojans finally got to play some baseball after a week of rains.

ASH faced off against Captain Shreve at the 3:00 PM 6-inning game. Captain Shreve jumped on the Trojans with 4 runs in the 1st inning off starter Trace Carter. The Trojans then settled in and only allowed 1 run in the remaining 5 innings. ASH hitting again struggling managed to get 2 hits late in the game. Trace Carter got the first hit in the game in the 5th inning with a double to left field. Carter did not score.

In the 6th inning Josh Breazeale got the second hit of the game also a double. Breazeale managed to to get to 3rd base but again failed to score for the shutout.

Trace Carter, Aaron Armstrong, Josh Breazeale, and Eric Magee logged innings today on the mound. Carter was credited with the loss.

Capatain Shreve - 5   ASH - 0

All games scheduled for Thursday through Saturday have been washed out due to the large amount of rain.

There were JV games scheduled for Thursday rescheduled to Friday and subsequently cancelled. The Varsity Jamboree scheduled for Saturday have been moved to Monday.

ASH will face Captain Shreve Monday at 2:00 PM at the Tioga Indian Ward 10 field provided drying conditions sufficient to play.

The Trojans will travel to the DeRidder Dragon Classic next weekend to begin official play.

The ASH Trojans travelled to Lafayette on Valentine's Day to play a scrimmage game against the 5A Lafayette Lions. In an 8-inning contest that was tied through the 7th, pitching was good but hits were hard to come by. Lafayette gained the go ahead run in the 8th inning giving the Lions a 4-3 advantage after 8 innings of play.

The only hit in the game for the Trojans came from the 10-hole hitter junior T.J. Gorham hitting a hard single to left field. Pitching 2 innings each for the Trojans were Aaron Armstrong, Jacoby Bonton, Josh Breazeale, and newcomer Trace Carter.

ASH will host a JV jamboree with Menard on Thursday and have a varsity jamboree at Tioga on Saturday with the host and Captain Shreve.

In a 3-inning game 1 against the Buckeye Panthers tonight at host Pineville Rebel Field, ASH fans got its' first look at the 2012 ASH Trojan Baseball team. ASH scored 2 runs on 4 hits while Trojan pitching held the Panthers to 2 hits and no runs.

ASH Pitching: 3IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 3K, ERA 0.00, 13AB, Opp BA  .153

ASH Hitting: 13AB, 4H, 2R, 3BB, 2K, Batting Avg. .307

In a 6-inning nightcap against the 5A Rebels, both sides displayed another good pitching outing. Pineville got on the board in the 2nd inning with 1-run with no hits but got out of trouble when ASH pitching got the 3rd strike-out of the inning with the bases loaded.

ASH was held scoreless until the final 6th inning when a reached-on-error run scored that advanced to 2nd on a failed pick-off, advanced to 3rd on a infield hit to shortstop, and advanced to home on a throwing error by the shortstop.

With the scored tied 1-1 in the bottom of the 6th, 2-outs with 1 (hit) on base, ASH pitching gave up a walk, walk, and a 2RBI double to give the Rebels the winning score of 3-1.

ASH Pitching: 6IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 5BB, 8K, 2HBP, ERA 4.50, 23AB, Opp BA .130

ASH Hitting: 21AB, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 6BB, 10K, Batting Avg. .047

ASH Baseball used 9 pitchers tonight pitching 1 inning each.

ASH will travel to Lafayette on Monday to play a scrimmage game against the 5A powerhouse Lafayette Lions.

The 2012 ASH Baseball Schedule has been released and may be printed by clicking on the link below or going to the handouts section on your menu.

Action starts on February 7 with a round robin scrimmage scheduled with Pineville and Buckeye at Pineville Field. ASH will travel to Lafayette to face the 5A Lions on February 13 and the preseason will end with a JV Jamboree at ASH against Menard on February 18.

ASH Baseball will participate in 4 tournaments this year. DeRidder Dragon Round Robin beginning February 23; the Trey Altick La. Prep Classic in Monroe area - Mar. 1-3; Red River Prep Classic at ASH - Mar 8-10; and the ASH Invitational - Mar 15-17.

ASH Baseball is officially begun. A total of 14 freshmen showed up to give a shot to trying out for the ASH Baseball team. ASH Baseball continues to be a popular sport for which many desire to participate. The ASH Baseball program again has high expectations to begin the season returning many talented young players consisting mainly of juniors and sophomores. With many of these players growing up together and all in the "travel ball" age, are very familiar with each other and many played together on championship travel teams.

The competition was tough for the new players and competing in 4A baseball is a challenge.

Coach Tomlin is excited about the future of ASH Baseball and is optimistic about the 2012 season.

ASH Baseball program continues to make capital improvements to enhance the experience and raise the level of playing. In what is already one of the most talked about baseball complexes for prep baseball in Louisiana, ASH continues to make improvements that beautify the field and raise the bar.

For 2012 there is been a total refurbishing and expansion of both home and visitor dugouts. The home dugout which will be a bricked structure has been enlarged and set back from the baseline. It has a net for protection and a pro-style bench for players.

These improvements will give more room for the players and coaches as well as space for equipment storage. The set back off the field gives the home crowd a better view of the right field area without obstruction.

Thanks to Ray Morrow owner of Stalnaker Construction that has been the lead developer of the project.

CHANGE OF SEASON

In the first year for the new LHSAA season rules changes, the ASH Baseball program will not begin official practice until January 23, 2012. This shaves off about 3 weeks of much needed practice to prepare the players for the season.

Coach Tomlin is encouraged with the amount of young talent he has returning and believes that the 2012 Trojans can experience success.

On a beautiful unusually warm January day, the ASH Baseball program had a great camp to begin the year.

Youth baseball players from ages 5 to 12 were on hand to hear instructions from ASH Baseball Head Coach Daniel Tomlin, LSU star Warren Morris, other assistants and the 2012 ASH baseball team members. All participants received a free ASH Baseball t-shirt and a snack. The field looked in beautiful shape and all seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Coach Daniel Tomlin is set to present the ASH Youth Baseball Clinic on January 7, 2012 at the Trojan Field. Youth baseball players are encouraged to get a jump start on the 2012 season by participating in the ASH Camp and learn from the coaching staff at ASH Baseball.

There will be two age groups. Ages 5-8 will be from 9AM to 11AM. Ages 9-12 will be from 12noon to 2PM. Cost is $30 per player. ASh Baseball coaching staff and players will be on hand during each session to teach basic baseball fundamentals and drills. Each camper will receive a T-shirt and a sack lunch. This is a great way for your kids to improve their baseball skills and have fun.

Print out the attached application and send it immediately to assure your spot as space is limited.

The 2012 ASH Baseball coaches and returning player parents had an all important meeting last night regarding fund-raising activities for the 2012 baseball season. ASH Baseball has made significant improvements in the program and field placing it in the category of one of the elite high school facilities in the state.

Recent improvements include new outfield fencing, new lighted batting-cages, new paved walkways, entry gate, brick backstop, netted backstop, and new scoreboard.

Fund-raising is underway for the newest capital improvements in time for the 2012 season. Expanded dug-outs for both teams, expanded concession stand, and refurbished bleachers are the items under construction and in need of funding.

Sponsorships are available in a variety of ways for ASH Baseball.

1. Outfield sponsor signs-include 2 free season tickets to all home games, link and presence on the ASHbaseball web-site (over 25,000 hits), name-announcements at every game, drive-by exposure. This type of sponsorship is an excellent value for the exposure and value-added benefits. CONTACT BYRON PAINTER 318-613-5798 for more information.

2. Dug-out sponsorship-includes 2 free season tickets to all home games, link and presence on the ashbaseball website, name-announcements at every game, sponsor name placed directly on dug-outs. CONTACT PAUL MATHEWS 318-715-1384 for more information.

3. Scoreboard sponsorship-includes 4 free season tickets to all home games, link and presence on the ashbaseball website, name-announcements at every game, sponsor sign placed directly on score-board. CONTACT PAUL MATHEWS 318-715-1384 for more information.

4. Discount restaurant cards-these cards will be sold by the baseball players from January 7, 2012 until January 21, 2012. These cards will pay for themselves in as little as 4 uses. Contact your local ASH team member for more information and discounts to your favorite restaurants.

5. Reserved box seats-Be the first to get your box-seats directly behind backstop for a great unobstructed view of your ASH Baseball games. CONTACT COACH DANIEL TOMLIN 318-613-1361 for more information.

6. Season tickets-Get a discount on gate pricing for purchasing your season tickets for all regular home games. CONTACT COACH DANIEL TOMLIN 318-613-1361 for more information.

7. ASH Baseball Skills Clinic-designed for ages 5-8 year-olds and 9-12 year-olds. Get expert advice and instruction from ASH coaches and players in a streamlined half-day format. ASH Baseball Clinic is tentatively scheduled for Saturday Janury 7, 2012. Besides participation, sponsors are being solicited for t-shirts,  and other expenses. CONTACT COACH DANIEL TOMLIN 318-613-1361 for more information.

8. ASH BASEBALL RED RIVER PREP CLASSIC Tournament-In it's 3rd season, the Red River Prep Classic (March 8-11, 2012) is quickly becoming one of the premier prep tournaments in the state. Partnering with Menard, Pineville, and Tioga High Schools, the 2012 tournament will field 14 teams utilizing all four high school fields. Teams traveling into town from all over the state will provide one of the most entertaining and competitive weekends of the young season. ASH Baseball is seeking field sponsorship for ASH Trojan Field as well as food sponsors to cover all costs associated with an event of this magnitutude. CONTACT SKIP ARMSTRONG 318-308-9431 for more information.

Four ASH Trojans made 1st team All-District for 2011. Seniors Danny Marrazzo, Ross Harris, Cole Simpson, and Jake Vercher made the all-district 1st team. In addition, Marrazzo made Academic All-State and Cole Simpson made the All-Cenla team.

Congratulations to these players.

Note: The 2nd team and honorable mention were not released to the press.  

District 4-4A

First Team

P-Brandon Lacoy (Sr.)-Tioga

P-Danny Marrazzo (Sr.)-ASH

P-Ross Harris (Sr.)-ASH

P-Zack Squyres (Jr.)-Leesville

C-Cole Simpson (Sr.)-ASH

1B-Josh Kaiama (Sr.)-Leesville

2B-Lane Noakes (Sr.)-Grant

3B-Jake Vercher (Sr.)-ASH

SS-Joe Robbins (Jr.)-Tioga

OF-Jacob Stockton (Sr.)-Tioga

OF-Jack Higdon (Sr.)-Tioga

OF-Colton Honeycutt (Jr.)-Leesville

OF-Cade Maxwell (Jr.)-Grant

UT-D.J. Celestine (So.)-Peabody

UT-Adam Woods (Jr.)-Leesville

UT-Cedric Green (Sr.)-Peabody

DH-Garrett Parker (So.)-Grant

MVP: Brandon Lacoy (Sr.)-Tioga

Coach of the Year: David Montiel-Tioga

The 2011 Town Talk All-Cenla baseball teams were selected by Town Talk sports reporter Raymond A. Partsch III and Town Talk reporter Bret H. McCormick.

Player of the Year

Jacob Stockton, Sr., Tioga: Senior slugger was able to overcome knee surgery and double pneumonia in the past year to help guide Indians to the second round of the playoffs.

Coach of the Year

Jeramie Hale, St. Mary's: Guided senior-laden team to state championship, routing Oak Grove 23-0 in Class 1A title game.

Pitcher

Brandon Lacoy, Sr., Tioga: The Louisiana College commitment posted a 10-1 record with a 1.31 ERA while striking out 59 batters.

Justin Fredieu, Sr., St. Mary's: Posted a 12-2 record with a 1.68 ERA and 60 strikeouts as Tigers claimed Class 1A state championship.

Catcher

Cole Simpson, Sr., ASH: Batted .435, slugged .609 with 11 doubles,23 RBI and 30 runs scored for Trojans.

First Base

Dart Deloach, Sr., Pineville: Rebels power hitter batted .337 with 7 homers, 23 RBI and 24 runs scored.

Second Base

Lane Noakes, Sr., Grant: Cougars senior leader batted .466 with 10 2B, 25 RBI and 24 runs scored.

Shortstop

Chris Miguez, Jr., Holy Savior Menard: Batted .426 with 25 RBI and 52 runs scored while posting a .962 fielding percentage.

Third Base

Josh Sandavol, Sr., Pineville: Batted .375 with 5 homers, 21 RBI and scored 21 runs while holding down the Rebels hot corner.

Outfielders

Jacob Stockton, Sr., Tioga: Batted .530 with 7 homers, 14 doubles, 53 RBI and a slugging percentage of .915 for the Indians.

Sloan Dieter, So., St. Mary's: Sensational sophomore blasted 6 homers with 45 RBI while leading the state champion Tigers with a .489 batting average.

Brett Duplissey, So, Buckeye: Batted .476 with 30 runs scored and posted a 7-0 record and a 2.51 ERA while on the mound.

Utility

Levi Stringer, Sr., LaSalle: Led team in hitting with .412 batting average while posting a 6-3 record with a 2.11 ERA on the mound for the Tigers.

Honorable Mention

Buckeye: Dennis Clay, So.

Bunkie: Blake Quirk, Sr.

Elizabeth: Garrett Dauzat, Jr

Glenmora: Neiko Bradford, So.

Grace Christian: David Slater, Jr.; Morgan Briggs, Sr.

Grant: Garrett Parker, So.

Hicks: Zakk Rogerson, Sr.

Jena: Devonte Wallace, Sr.

LaSalle: Caleb Hines, Sr.

Leesville: Josh Kaiama, Sr.

Marksville: Taylor Marshall, Jr.

Menard: Alex Smith, Sr.

Oak Hill: Chad Barton, Jr.; Paul Carpenter, Jr.

Pineville: Colton Strickland, Jr.

Rosepine: Klint White, Sr.

Simpson: Jared Parker, So.

St. Mary's: William Breland, Sr.; Steele Merritt, Jr.; John Methvin, Sr.

Tioga: Jack Higdon, Sr.; Joe Robbins, Jr.

Winnfield: Thomas Bates, Sr.; Jordan Laughlin, Sr.