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2008 GIRARD VIKINGS BASEBALL
11-12 Dixie Youth Majors Allstars
ROSTER
	#	PLAYERS	COACHES
	5	Stewart Campbell	DEREK DELATTE
	6	Matthew Collet	Dave Farrell
	8	Cody Cross	Gary Helffrich
	7	Gregory Deichmann	Jason Lisotta
	10	Jonathan Ebersole
	11	Sean Finnegan
	9	Austin Gauthreaux
	1	Ryan Licali
	3	Connor McWilliams
	16	Cody Morris
	2	Kaleb Roper
	4	Stephen Sigle

VIKINGS ARE UNDEFEATED SOUTH REGIONAL CHAMPIONS -  ADVANCE TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES IN ALEXANDRIA!!!

 

DIXIE YOUTH MAJORS - LOUISIANA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES   (Alexandria)

Girard will now face the North Regional champion, West Monore East, in the State Championship Series to be held in Alexandria on Friday and Saturday.  The format will be a best of three series.   Please wish the players good luck this week, as they will be representing all of Girard Playground proudly as your Vikings!!! 

 

DIXIE YOUTH MAJORS - SOUTH REGIONAL   (Ponchatoula) 

The South Regional festivities begain on Thursday, Jun 17, at 6pm, with the Teams' Banquet at the Ponchatoula Lions Hall, where the Regional participating players and coaches were honored.

Play began on Friday, with our Vikings topping a tough Morgan City team by the score of 7-4 at Ponchatoula Recreation Park on a sunny day at 2.30pm.   Girard came out of the box fast, leading at the end of 1 by 4-1.  Morgan City fought back to cut the lead to 1, then the Vikings got some insurance on a 2 run Home Run in the bottom of the 5th.  The Vikings' fans were able to follow the game at home and across the country courtesy of the Morgan City radio station KBZE-FM on the Internet.

On Saturday at 5pm in a 2nd Round game, Girard defeated Tioga by the score of  7-5.  The Vikings took an early 4-0 lead, then fell behind by 1, coming back in the 5th inning to seal the victory. 

With the tournament half over, on sweltering Sunday evening, the Vikings met up with the only other undefeated team in the tournament - West Monroe North.  While not a true "driver's seat game", the winner here is alone with the advantage of no losses.  In the tilt, the Vikings steadily built on a lead - led by a 1st inning 2 run Home Run - coupled with a great pitching performance, to get by the WM squad.  The Vikings has WM scoreless until the last inning, when they scored two late runs in the top of the 6th, ending the game by a score of 8-2 for Girard. 

In Monday's game, the Vikings continued their winning ways, overcoming a determined Gonzales National team and their pitcher.  For 3 innings, the teams matched run for run.  Gonzales then increased their lead by 1 in each of the next 2 innings.  Girard fought back and finally broke it open, scoring 5 in the bottom of the 5th, capped off by a 2 run Home Run.  With the score 10-7, the defense closed out the game for the Vikings in the top of the 6th.

Girard advanced to the South Regional Championship on Tuesday vs West Monroe North, who defeated Tioga to win the loser's bracket.  The Vikings opened a 3-0 lead in the 2nd, and never looked back, on the backs of the strong pitching and defense, and on a 5th inning 3 run Home Run, with Girard clinching the title with a 8-0 victory!

 

DIXIE YOUTH MAJORS - DISTRICT II TOURNAMENT 

The Dixie Youth Majors District II Tournament opened play @ Jefferson Playground, with the Vikings facing off in the First Round vs the Little Farms Pirates on Tuesday, June 8th.   The Pirates opened up a 1-0 lead early on, but the Vikings broke it open in the 3rd with an 8 run inning and a Grand Slam HR.  The Vikings defense locked down after spotting the early run and the offense added 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th, ending the game with a score of  11-1.

On Wednesday evening @ Jefferson in the Winner's Bracket Second Round, the Vikings fell to the Miley Cardinals, who steadily built their lead throughout the game behind their starting hurler.  However, in the last inning, the Vikings mounted a charge but ultimately lost by the score of 11-6.

With the loss, Girard falls into the Runner-up Bracket, the winner of which will advance to the South Regional Tournament in Ponchatoula.  The Vikings ventured to Pontiff on Thursday to meet the Lakeshore Indians in an elimination game, and started out with their version of Gorilla Ball, slamming 3 homers.  Lakeshore stayed in the game however to the end, with the Vikings prevailing 12-9.

Continuing in the 2nd Place Qualifier bracket, Girard met the loser of the District Championship Game,  the Pontiff Blue Devils at 7pm on Saturday @ Jefferson, by a score of 10-0.  The Vikings jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, and consistently built on it throughout the game.   The strong combination of Viking pitching and defense resulted in the shutout victory.

The District II tournament ended in long and dramatic fashion on Sunday with the Consolation Bracket Championship game between Girard and the Delta Eagles.   With the game tied at 2-2 after 3 innings, Delta went up by 2 runs by the end of the 4th.   With the Vikings still down by two runs at 5-3 in the top of the 6th - and with two outs and down to their last strike - the Vikings rallied to tie the game and send it into extra innings.  After a scoreless 7th inning, Girard scored 4 in the top of the 8th and held the Eagles to win the game 9-5, and advance to the South Regionals as the District II Runner-up.

 

Girard congratulates the Miley Cardinals on their District II Championship, and good luck in the North Regional in Many.

Girard Playground has a large number of children participating in our many programs. These guys work hard to make that a good experience for your kids. 

Topping 2007, when Girard won 2 Championships (U12 Girls, U12 Boys) - the 2008 Viking Soccer program won 3 titles this year. Starting out the run were the undefeated U12 Girls, who won their JPRD-East Championship last week. After a 1 day rain delay, the U10 Boys and U12 Boys took on their respective opponents - both from Lakeshore Playground. Both games were played simultaneously on the very muddy pitch at LaSalle Park on Wednesday night (2 APR). When it was all over both U10 and U12 teams were the JPRD-East Champions.

Congratulations to all four allstar teams, for a job well done!

2008 GIRARD VIKINGS BASEBALL
14U Intramural Allstars
ROSTER
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