Dixie State Tournament - Sulphur Springs, Tx

Coach Pitch State Tournament (final bracket)
Sulphur Springs, Texas
July 3 - 7, 2010

The Gunter Tigers went to Sulphur Springs and won the Texas Dixie State Championship.

Parents view professional images taken by Sulphur Spring's photographer...

How do we feel? Fired Up! (video)

Pre-game Prayer

Our dugout and new bat bags

Pre-game Introductions

Celebration Gatorade dump

The Details:
Gunter 21 - East Montgomery County 4
Gunter 10 - Huntington 0
Gunter 7 - Panola 4
Gunter 13 - New Diana 2
Gunter 11 - Franklin 12
Gunter 10 - Franklin 4
Gunter 3 - Prosper 5
Gunter 15 - Prosper 14
Gunter 8 - Prosper 5

Gunter Texas Tigers U8 Dixie State Champions

The last out celebration (video)

Dixie Regional Tournament - Melissa, Tx

Coach Pitch Regional Tournament
Melissa, Texas
June 18 - 20, 2010

Had a good run through Regionals... The boys were ready to play and stayed focused!

The Details:

Gunter 21 - Princeton National 0
Gunter 21 - Melissa White 0
Gunter 17 - Van Alstyne 4
Gunter 16 - Melissa Red 0
Gunter 16 - Van Alstyne 0

Gunter Texas Tigers U8 Dixie Region 1 Champions

Our Practice Tournaments

"Young Guns" was the name of our team as we prepared for the Dixie League playoffs. We did very well in USSSA and North Texas tournaments this Spring. We were ranked the #1 U8 AA team in the nation. Get your "Guns Up!"

Gloves on the Ground

Our families have also grown close as we support and encourage the kids.

Get'm, Get'm Get'm... Quick! Quick! Quick!

Gloves on the Ground

The Coaches

A lot of sacrifice goes into teaching these kids and preparing the fields and coordinating all the events.

From learning the situation...


To thinking through the "at bat"...


To reminding us of our form...


To training us to run the bases...


To getting out of an inning...

Our coaches prepare us for the entire game...

We have some great coaches

The Dugout

These boys have played a lot of baseball together and grown very close.


The dugout is a crazy place sometimes!


Hanging out between games each weekend gave opportunities to chill together.



We had the chance to watch the other teams before we took the field.

Defense

The Gunter Tigers pride themselves on solid defense. Lots of ground balls and line drives made for some great "reaction times" from the kids.

Don't mess up twice, or go ahead and "take a lap."

By game time, we were ready for anything.

Batting Practices

Between Jeremy's private lessons, the Gunter fields, and Josh's cage the boys have hit thousands of balls into the net.

Before every tournament game, we hit the cages for about an hour.


Before every Dixie League game we hit the soft toss hard.


Josh's portable bag sure came in handy! A hit over the net got some of us in trouble. :)


Practice makes perfect!

Gunter Dixie League

Started practicing in the Spring to prepare for the Gunter Youth Association Dixie League. Was a little cold that week but we were able to swing a bat with our jackets on.
Batting practice showed we didn't have our forms down just right. But that would all change soon enough!