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SPRING LIONS BASEBALL 2012

2010 Area Champions, Bi-District Champions, & Regional Quarter-Finalist

2011 Honors

District 13-5A - All District:  (1st Team) Nick Marti, 3B, Sr; Troyal Yosko, Util, Jr;  (2nd Team)  Dustin Luna, OF, Sr;  Thaddius Lowry, P, So.

Houston Area Baseball Sr. All Star Team - Nick Marti, Brandon George.

College Scholorships:  (North Central Texas College) Dustin Luna; (Galveston College) Brandon George;  (Hill College) Nick Marti;  (UH Victoria) Orlando Quiroga;  (Booster Club) Chris Cavanaugh, David Collins

2010 Honors 

District 13-5A - All District:   (1st Team) Mitchell Taylor, P, Sr;  Josh Duran, 2B, Sr;  Dustin Luna, OF, Jr;  Brandon George, C, Jr;  Nick Marti, U, Jr.;   (2nd Team) Troyal Yosko, P, Soph

All Greater Houston:  (2nd Team) Mitchell Taylor, P, Sr;  Josh Duran, IF, Sr

Houston Area Baseball Coaches Association Jr All Star Team - Nick Marti, Jr.

College Scholarships:  (North Central Texas College) Josh Duran, Corey Phillips;  (TASO) Tyler Kelly;  (Booster Club)  Tyler Kelly, Dustin Fuerst

Professional:  7th Round Draft Pick - Mitchell Taylor, P, Blue Jays

Sr. Class:  Mitchell Taylor, Josh Duran, Jonathan Creado, Logan Worley, Tyler Kelly, Dustin Fuerst, Corey Phillips

Spring baseball receives some national attention from Perfect Game.  They have been playing good baseball and have been ranked #18 in the Texas Oklahoma US Region.  Others that are ranked are Klein Collins at #3 and Tomball at #4.  Considering there are close to 400-5A schools in the region makes it an honor for this team to be recognized. 

The Lions came roaring back from losing earlier in the week.  In the bottom of the first Spring went up 2 - 0 with Back to Back Home Runs by Morris and Yosko.  Spring continued to add more points each inning.  Morris picked up another Homerun later in the game and Bostick picked up the win with help from Taylor and Morris who also spent sometime on the mound.  Spring will play three games next week starting Tuesday at Klein Oak, Friday vs Westfield, and Saturday at #1 Klein Collins.

Tomball's pitcher, Texas A&M commit Rex Hill, had a great night holding the Lions to only 1 hit which came late in the game by Ryan Leleux.  Tomball managed to put points on the board throughout the game on some key hits and a few errors.  Spring is now 0 - 1 in District and will need to regroup to get ready for Dekaney on Friday.

A good week for the lions as they beat Clear Creek earlier this week 7 - 3, then finished off the week in the rain cancelled Kenny Crafton beating FB Marshall 24 - 0 and Cy Springs 18 - 0 moved them up to the 6th spot in the Houston 5A Baseball Poll.  They were previously at 7th.  They will be playing the 3rd Ranked Tomball Cougars this Tuesday in a key District Matchup.  Please come out and support the Lions!

Spring moved up to 7th after being ranked 8th in the Houston 5A baseball polls.  Other teams in the district:  Klein Collins 1, Tomball 5, Klein 13, Klein Oak 19.  The four playoff spots will be tough to determine with these high caliber teams.  Kenny Crafton to start tommorrow then #7 Spring will square off with #5 Tomball at Tomball in their District Opener next Tuesday.

Spring continues to play good baseball beating Mayde Creek 9 - 0 in their Home opener to go to 6 - 1.  Lowry was on the Hill tonight and worked like Lowry always work, Money!  Lions got on the board quickly with Leleux getting a single, Yosko followed with a double, Morris sac fly scoring Leleux, making it 0 - 1 after the 1st.  Bottom of 2nd, Phillips lead off double, Herschmann walks, Lyon 2-RBI single scoring Phillips and Herschmann.  Lowry continues to keep the Rams away from second base.  Yosko draws a lead off walk, Lowry walks, Turner walks, Herschmann reaches on error but scores Yosko and Lowry, 6 - 0.  Next inning, Bostick gets on base, Yosko doubles knocking Bostick.  Score 7 - 0 after 5.  Bottom of 6th, Turner walks, Victor Villereal steps up and gets a 2 Run Home-run making the score 9 - 0.  Lowry finishes.   WP-Lowry(7IP, 7K, 3H, 2BB, 0R)   Bostick(1-4, 2B, R), Leleux (1 - 4, R), Yosko(2-3, 2-2B, R, RBI), Morris (1-3, RBI), Lowry (1-3, 2B, R), Phillips (1-3, 2B, R), Lyon (1-2, 2RBI, R), Villereal (1-1, HR, 2RBI).

Spring will next play in the Baytown Tournament this Thursday.

Yosko takes the mound and keeps Clear Creek from making any threats.  Bottom of 1st, Bostick singles, Morris reaches on error scoring Bostick.  Score remains 0 - 1 until bottom of 3rd.  Spring capitalizes on Creek's errors.  Leleux reaches on error, Yosko reaches scoring Lyon, Morris singles scoring Leleux, Lowry singles scoring Yosko, Phillips singles scoring Morris.  Score is 4 - 0 after 3.  Yosko goes through 3 batters in the 4th.  Spring starts scoring again in the 4th with Lyon getting a leadoff single, Bostick singles, Leleux reaches scoring Lyon, Yosko singles, Morris doubles knocking in Bostick and Leleux, score is 7 - 0.  Yosko had a no hitter going through 4, enter the 5th and Creek gets a runner on an error,  the runner scores on a base hit making the score 7 - 1.  Bottom of 5th, Lyon lead off walk, Bostick reaches, Leleux doubles scoring Lyon, Yosko knocks in Bostick, Morris doubles, Phillips doubles with the game winning RBI.    WP-Yosko(5IP, 8K, 2H, 0BB, 0ER)  Bostick(2-4, 3R), Leleux (1-4, 2B, 3R, RBI), Yosko (1-4, R, 2 RBI), Morris (3-4, 4RBI, 2R, 2-2B), Lwry (1-4), Phillips (2-3, 2B, 2RBI), Lyon (1-2, 2R).

Bostick took the mound.  Cy Woods picked up 2 runs in the 1st on a couple of good hits.  The Lions answered, Bostick walked, Yosko singles, Morris doubled scoring Yosko and Bostick, Morris gets in on a pass ball making the score 3 - 2 after the 1st.  Bottom of 2nd, Frank Griffith reaches on error, moves over on a sac bunt by Lyon, Bostick walks, Leleux sac flys to score Griffith, 4- 2 after the 2nd.  Cy Woods comes back in the 3rd to tie the game on an error and a couple of hits.  The Score remains tied until the bottom of the 5th, Leleux singles, Morris doubles scoring Leleux, Lowry doubles scoring Morris, 6 - 4.  Spring will score again in the next inning, Kivel walks, steals, Bostick gets an RBI single scoring Kivel, 7 - 4.  Yosko comes in and picks up another save.   WP-Bostick(5IP, 3K, 4BB, 4ER), Save - Yosko, Bostick(1-2, R, RBI), Leleux(1-3, R), Yosko(1-3, R), Morris(2-4, 2-2B, 2R, 3RBI), Lowry(1-3, 2B, RBI).

 Lions will play one game tomorrow at Noon.

The Lions played top 4A Barbers Hill.  Top of the 1st, Yosko singles, Morris walks, Lowry gets a RBI hit that scores Yosko, 1-0.  Jeremy Kivel took the mound for the Lions.  Barbers Hill managed to score 3 making the score 3 - 1 after the 1st.  Top of 3rd, Yosko singles, Morris walks, Cody Phillips gets a double down the line scoring Yosko, Kivel singles scoring Morris, Cody gets in on a pass ball to take the lead 4 - 3.  Barbers Hill answers in the bottom of the 3rd scoring 3 more runs, 4 - 6.  Morris takes the mound in the bottom of the 4th.  Barbers Hill reaches on error and that run eventually makes it to the plate extending their lead 4 - 7.  Top of the 5th, Yosko reaches on error, Morris singles, Phillips singles scoring Yosko, Kivel walks, Turner RBI single scoring Morris, Lyon Reaches on error scoring Phillips, Bostic flys deep on a sac fly scoring Kivel to go ahead 8 - 7.  Spring holds the score 8 - 7.  Next inning, Yosko walks, Phillips walks, Kivel reaches scoring Yosko, Turner reaches scoring Phillips, Lyon walks, Bostick reaches scoring Kivel and Turner to make the score 12 - 7.  WP-Caleb Morris(3IP, 0Hits, 3K, 1B, 0ER), Kivel(4IP, 5H, 5BB, 4ER), Yosko(2-3, 4R), Morris (1-2, 2R), Lowry(1-4), Phillips (2-3, 3R), Kivel(2-3, 2R), Turner(1-4, R)

Spring next took on district 17-5a favorites #10 ranked Cy-Creek.  The Cy-Creek pitcher pitched well and managed to cool off the Spring bats by placing the ball in places that were difficult to get the bat on the ball.  Jonah Taylor took the mound and Cy-Creek managed to get 2 runs in the top of the 1st with some good hitting.  Cy-Creek added a run in the 3rd.  Bottom of 4th, Lowry gets to 1st on a Hit by pitch, Kelly reaches moving Lowry, Griffith gets to first on HBP loading the bases, Lyon scores Lowry on a sac fly making the score 4 - 1.  Bottom of 6th, Griffith 1B in the gap, Lyon follows with a 1B, Phillips gets an RBI 1b scoring Griffith, 4 - 2.  Cy-Creek changes pitchers, Chad Cunningham pinch runs for Phillips, Bostick gets a deep 2B scoring Lyon and Cunningham to tie the game.  Leleux next gets an RBI getting to 1B on a error scoring Bostick, Spring 5 - Cy Creek 4.  Yosko comes into the game to close and gets the save and Spring picks up their second win of the season.   WP-Taylor (6IP, 8H, 7K, 1BB, 4ER), SV-Yosko(1IP, 1K).   Bostick (1-4, 2B, R, 2RBI), Morris (1-2, 2B), Kelly(1-3), Griffith(1-3, R), Lyon(1-2, RBI, R), Herschmann (1-2), Phillips(1-1, RBI, R).  

Spring will play two games tomorrow at 2:30pm and 5:00pm at Kingwood HS.

The Lions bats were too much for Kingwood to handle in the first game of the Annual Kingwood/Atascocita Tournament.  With Thaddius Lowry on the mound and a bunch of hits, Spring was able to capture their first win of the season.  Top of the 1st, Leleux led off with a double, Yosko followed with a single, then Lowry had an RBI single scoring Leleux, Phillips had a sac fly scoring Yosko, Spring stranded 3.  Top of 2nd, Bostick Singled, Leleux doubled again getting Bostick to 3rd, Yosko had an RBI single scoring Bostick making the socre 3 - 0.  Spring stranded another 3 base runners.  Kingwood managed to get a score in the bottom of the 2nd moving a runner that got on by a Hit-by-Pitch making the score 3 - 1.  The Lions started clicking again in the 4th.  Leleux walked, Yosko singled moving Leleux to 2nd, a couple of pass balls and Leluex plated home, score 4 - 1.  Lowry continued to work his magic mowing the Kingwood batters down.  Top of the 5th, Caleb Morris leads off with a Solo HR, Kivel singles, Lyon singles Bostick knocks Kivel in on RBI Fielder's Choice making the score 6 - 1.  Top of 6th, Yosko Reaches on Error, Lowry walks, Kelly walks, Morris walks, Yosko scores, Turner gets an RBI single scoring Lowry, Kivel sacrifice fly scoring Kelly, Lyon next hits it down the right field line getting a 2RBI single scoring Morris and Turner, score is 11 - 1.  Kingwood threatens to extend the game, but Lowry finishes it.       WP - Lowry(6IP, 2H, 7K, 1BB, 2HBP, 1ER),  LP-Teddy Turner.  Yosko(3-4, 2R, 1RBI), Leleux(2-3, 2 2B, BB, 2R), Bostick (1-4, R, RBI), Lowry (1-2, R, BB, HBP, RBI), Morris (1 -2, HR, RBI, R), Turner (1-3, R, BB, RBI), Kivel(2-4, R, RBI), Lyon(2-4, 2RBI.

A season opener rematch from last year that Spring took 6 - 1 at Home, but this year Atascocita had the home field advantage to win their season opener.  A good pitching matchup with Spring's Jeremy Kivel against Atascocita's lefty Logan Boyd in a very tight home opener with Atascocita ending up with the W.  Atascocita managed to get a runner in scoring position early in the first inning on a walk and and a fielder's choice which was followed by an RBI out from the #3 batter.  Atascocita managed to get runners to 3rd base a few times, but could not get them in.  The Lions bats were cold, but they did out hit Atascocita 3 - 2.  Atascocita managed to keep Spring from 2B all night.  WP - Atascocita Logan Boyd; LP - Jeremy Kivel (4IP, 6K's, 4BB, 2H, 1ER); Morris (2IP, 4K's, 1BB, 1HBP, 0ER); Yosko 1-1, BB, HBP; Bostick 1-3; Phillips 1-3. 

The Lions will play in the Kingwood/Atascocita Tournament this weekend.  They will play two games on Thursday at Noon and 2:30pm.