Holt Rams U12 Black take 2nd place in their league!

Congratulations to the team for finishing 2nd in their division with a 7-4 record, behind the undefeated Charlotte team.

They came from behind by winning the last 4 of 5 games to raise their average to .636 for the season. Great job boys!!
 

 

Blog U10 Holt Brown Game against Eaton Rapids

Matt, #4, Holt Brown, stared down the shortstop and with an amazing amount of heart and skill beat the run down and made it all the way to 3rd base when they faced the Eaton Rapids Hounds on June 6th. Thanks to excellent pitching and fielding the team stayed within one run at the end of the 3rd inning. They came close to stopping the hounds with a long throw from left field staight to the third baseman. Unfortunately the tie went to the runner and sadly so did the game with a score of 6-7 in favor of the hounds. Holt Brown faces them again for a rematch on July 8th.

Holt U12 Blue Swat's the Williamston Hornets

The Holt Blue survived a scare on Mon, 06/20, with a come from behind win 11-10.
Strong baserunning and hitting provided the difference in the last inning of
play. Holt must travel to Williamston later in the week and expect another tough
game. Holt U12 Blue moved to 6-1-1 on the year.

Gold U10 shut out Westside

The U 10 Gold team went into Westside and put close to a complete game Wednesday in the rain scoring 12 runs and holding Westside to only three base runners and 0 runs. Playing in the rain and coming off a 2nd place finish in the Dewitt tournament the boys didn't lose any time scoring 2 runs in the first inning and keeping the bats hot until the final inning. Now off to the Haslett Diamond Days tournament this weekend.

Holt U12 Black surprises Mason with 11-8 win!

The boys came from behind in the 4th inning to post a win against Mason after losing to them one week ago. 

They played through the rain to win in 5 innings with a score of 11-8.

Sean and Derik lead the team offensively with one double each, while John, Noah E. and Hayden had singles.

In his pitching debut, John W. threw to 7 batters in 2 innings, striking out 4 and only allowing 1 run. 

Great game boys!

Holt D&M U12 defeats Fowlerville 7 - 5

D&M played a great game with very few errors and good pitching by Mitchell, Max, and Kenny.  Fowlerville wouldn't go away though and did a good job hitting the gaps to score five runners.  However D&M had some nice hits of their own to secure the victory with seven runs!

Holt U12 Blue Shut Down Dewitt!

The Holt U12 Blue boys combined a strong offensive game with 14 strikeouts to
beat Dewitt 8-2. Holt combined excellent baserunning and strong defense to stay
atop the division. Improvements are noticed weekly as this group of boys
continue to compete and improve.

U10 Junior Rams Black Team Wins Four Games

The U10 Black team had a busy first week of June, with three league games and a Saturday tournament in Laingsburg. Our boys won four of the six games, bringing their season record up to 8-2.

The week started after an 18-day layoff from games with a home match-up against East Lansing. The feisty Trojans pulled off a surprising upset against our Junior Rams, handing us our first defeat in league play. Our guys regrouped and headed to Williamston the next night to take on the Stingers in the 95-degree heat. The boys opened up hot with five runs in the first inning, and pulled away for a 15-11 win. Two nights later, in a rematch against East Lansing at Patriarche Park, our Black Junior Rams ran up a "baker's dozen" in a 13-4 victory.

Our big week of games ended with a one day tournament in Laingsburg. The boys played two mixed-teams from Laingsburg, winning both, and qualified for the Championship game against a team from the Flushing Baseball club. The team from the Flushing organization looked like a Flint-area all-star team, and had reportedly played in more than a dozen tournaments already this season. Our guys dug down and held them to their lowest score of the day, but we lost that game to finish second in the tournament.

The U10 Black team is 6-1 in the "C" Division of the Mid-Michigan Pony League, with two games coming up this week.

Holt U10 Green vs. Leslie

 

Holt opened the game with 5 runs and continued to be strong on both offense and defense.   The defense had some incredible plays displaying great teamwork!  It came down to the final inning where Holt tied the game 9-9.  The Leslie team was able to pull off one more run in their last up to bat tallying the score to 10 which got them the win tonight. 

Gold U10 Take 2nd in Dewitt Diamond Classic

Congrats to the Gold U10 who showed great heart and grit in winning there first four games of the weekend in style. Beating Fowlerville and Grand Ledge in close games, then coming from behind to beat Okemos to give them a 2nd seed in the finals. In the semi-final round the boys came back from down 11 to 4 in the final inning showing determination winning 12 to 11. Then in one of the best games to watch just came up short in a back and forth championship game that had great defense by both teams, big bats and outstanding pitching losing 7 to 6 with a walk off single by Dewitt.

D&M U12 Takes 1st Place in Bellevue Tournament

Congratulations to Holt Jr. Rams D&M U12

1st Place in Bellevue Tournament (5-0)

Great tournament play by ALL the kids capped off by an over the fence walk-off home run by Ethan in the Championship game to force a mercy against Fowlerville making it 14 - 4.  The boys really pounded the ball this weekend racking up a lot of runs and they held their opponents to very few runs with solid defense.  Awesome job Jr. Rams!!

Holt U-12 Blue Continue Streak

The Holt U-12 Blue continued to score runs taking out Dewitt #1, on Mon, 06/06.
Holt started the scoring early and never stopped, winning 20-16. Defensively,
Holt shut down Dewitt in the last inning as the lead was never in question. Holt
will continue with two more games this week and hopefully continue to improve
both offensively and defensively.

Holt U10 Green

 

The boys started out swinging the bats and connecting with the ball to score 4 runs in the first inning against St. Gerard.  Our pitchers took the mound and along with our defense held strong inning after inning allowing the Falcons to score only 7 runs.  The team pulled off another great win beating St. Gerard 15-7.  Way to go Rams!

Holt U12 Gold Falls Short

The U12 Gold team dropped a pair of games by one run each against DeWitt (6-5) and Fowlerville (12-11) this week.  While the team did not get the official "wins", the teamwork and determination exemplified by the boys was outstanding.  The team was behind by nine runs (12-3) going into the bottom of the sixth inning against Fowlerville on Friday and they were able to rally to score eight runs to make it a one run game. It was very exciting and while Fowlerville walked away with the victory, the Holt U12 Gold team walked away with their heads held high!  They could have went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the sixth but instead they fought back and sent every player to the plate.....good job boys!!!

U10 Holt White writes own Westside Story

The Rams traveled West to Waverly and put on a show of their own. It
started early with the Rams jumping out to a 2 run lead in the first and
did nt stop until they hung 13 runs on the Warriors. The pitching and
defense did their duty by shutting out the home team. Every one in the
Ram line up got in on the hit fest. The Rams are home this Tuesday to
host Haslett and then travel to Laingsburg Saturday for a big
tournement.

Holt U10 Green

 

The Holt U10 Green team took on Mason for a second time this evening.  The boys came on strong with several base hits and impeccable teamwork on the field.  In the end, the boys lost 4 to 1.  They displayed an excellent improvement since our last game with Mason and were strong overall for a third game in row this week!

Lakewood squeaks out a win vs. Holt D&M (7-6)

D&M gave Lakewood the win with one bad inning of errors giving up 6 runs.  During D&M’s final at bat they were able to make the game interesting however.  With two outs Jake G. (who went 3 for 3) hit a nice single, he was brought home by a double from Jake D to make the score 7 - 6.  With Jake D. now on third a base hit would have tied the game, unfortunately that didn't happen and the score remained 7 - 6 in Lakewood's favor. Good effort boys but let's shore-up these errors so we aren't giving away a "W".  

Holt U12 Gold Team Wins!!!

 

The Holt U12 Gold team was able to pull out a win against Charlotte on Wednesday evening by a score of 11-10.  The Jr. Rams were down by 3 runs going into the last inning and scored 4 runs to take the lead in the top of the inning.  The team was then able to shut Charlotte down in the bottom of the inning to claim the victory.  The team battled back every inning and continues to prove the importance of teamwork in baseball.  This was a great win for the players and coaches....they never gave up!  The TEAM should be very proud of the win!!!  Great Job!  Go Rams!!!      

Holt U10 Green

The team came back in the last 2 innings hoping to pull off the win against St. Gerard.  The boys were swinging the bats and making big plays on the field but couldn’t quite pull out a victory against St. Gerard losing by only one point.  The final score was 5-6.  Keep up the awesome teamwork boys!

 

 

 

The Portland Sabres clobber Holt D&M

The Portland Sabres rolled into Holt ready to clobber the ball... and they did.  They must grow them big in Portland as many of those kids were taller than their coaches.  They put on an impressive display of hitting and pitching holding down D&M 16 - 1.  The D&M boys don't have time to wallow though as their next game is tonight (6/1/11) against the Lakewood Vikings.  Keep your heads up boys and quickly put this one behind you with a win tonight!!

Gold U14 Lose to South Lansing Greyhounds: 1-12

Gold U14 Lose to South Lansing Greyhounds: 1-12

Another tough loss for the Rams Gold U14 team. Maybe it's the heat, the weekend BBQs, the end of the school year distractions... Whatever it may be, the boys are ready to shake it off and rally together as a team. Next Tuesday they will take on the Greyhounds again and they'll be ready to battle. Let's go RAMS!

"Ya gotta believe!" - Tug McGraw

Holt Gold U10 vs Fowlerville

U10 Gold went into Fowlerville for the second time in one week. Both games were hard fought pitcher battles with Gold coming up with clutch hits and defensive plays to top a talented Fowlerville team 3-1 and 6-5. Each game ended with Fowlerville having the go ahead run at the plate, but the Holt boys stayed strong with great defense and pitching to get out with wins.

Holt Jr. Rams Gold U14: Tough Loss to the Orioles

The bats just weren't in the boys favor tonight as the Holt Jr. Rams Gold U14 team took on the CBC Orioles. A tough 0-11 loss was a reminder that "baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical." (Yogi Berra) Now that their first loss is out of the way, they can gear up for another game tomorrow night in Williamston. Let's go Holt!

Holt Green U10 Update

 

Teamwork paid off and the third game of the season was a charm for the Holt Green U10 team.  The Rams walked away with the big ‘W’ vs. Leslie on Thursday.  The team pulled together for a 8-6 win over the Hawks.  Congrats boys and keep up the hard work!

U12 Black Posts Win Against Dansville Black 13-3

You could feel the heat coming from the bats tonight, they were on fire.

Both Hayden and Andrew M. went 2 for 3 with singles. 

Kody, Austin, Noah E. and Bryce each reached 1st base with singles also. 

Tonight was proof that you don't have to BE big, to HIT big, John and Noah R. both pounded the ball deep for a double. 

The Dansville team was held to 3 runs by the pitching efforts of James and Hayden.

James started on the mound, threw for 4 innings and struck out 8 batters. 

Hayden took the mound in the 5th and finished the game in 6th innings.

The back-to-back wins against Dansville Black put the boys league record at 2-2.

 

Holt U12 D&M snags 3rd place in Lakewood Invitational

Congratulations to the Holt Jr. Rams D&M U12 team for snagging 3rd place in the Lakewood Invitational tournament this past weekend. They boys played 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.  There were 8 teams competing.

Holt U12 Gold Wins 2nd Tournament of the Year!!

The Holt U12 Gold team won their 2nd tournament of the year this weekend in Hillsdale. The weekend consisted of good pitching, great defense and clutch hitting.  The victories this weekend were all a team effort...as each player contributed to the team's success.  Congratulations to the coaches and players of the U12 Gold team!!  Go Rams!!!!

 

U12 Black Annihilates Dansville Black 10-1!

The Holt U12 Black team played their first home game on Friday night, May 20th against the Dansville Black team. The bats were on fire with Noah R. and Bryce each hitting singles and bringing in a run. The long balls came from Andrew M. who slapped out a double while Derik pounded one out for a three bagger!

It was a team effort on offense with Andrew M. posting 3 RBIs, Derik and Kody both had 2, while Hayden, Bryce and Noah R. batting in one run each. Dansville got their lone run in the first inning and the combination of good defensive plays and outstanding pitching by Bryce and Noah E. held them for the rest of the game. Noah E. pitched 4 innings while Bryce finished off the night with the final inning. The boys posted 5 strikeouts between them. 

It was a great way to come back from two losses previously to Charlotte. Next week they face Dansville again, hopefully for a repeat performance and another posted win!
 

Holt D&M Drops one to Dewitt 8 - 6

The Holt D&M U12 team lost to Dewitt at home 8 - 6.  It was a hard fought game with a very good Dewitt team.

Holt Gold U14 Beats Lakewood Vikings U14

It was a slow start for the Holt Gold U14 team as they hosted the Lakewood Vikings. Midway through they rallied together, got themselves out of a pickle, and ended with a win 5-4. The boys are looking forward to their two games next week against Charlotte and Williamston. Go Holt!

U10 Holt White back on track

The Holt squad moved to 3 and 1 on the season with a 11 to 0 victory
over the Warriors of Waverly. Solid defense and timely hitting was the
ingredient that allow the boys to cruise to victory. The Rams jump back
into action next Tuesday at Mason.

Holt Blue U12 Continues to Roll!

The Holt Blue U12 continued to keep things moving with a comeback win on Monday
evening. Holt fell behind early, but continued to fight back down 6-2 early.
Late in the game Holt Blue posted 6 runs to take the lead. Holt Blue held
Stockbridge late in the game to win 12-9 and start out with a positive 2-0 start
to the season.

HJRB D&M U12 pounded East Lansing 23 – 3

With the exception of a 3 run homer by East Lansing their bats were very ineffective against our pitching squad of Patrick, Spencer, and Jake D.  Patrick pitched three no run innings with four strikeouts (one inning he only threw 4 pitches), Spencer pitched an inning and got 1 strike out, then Jake D. was the closer with 3-up/3-down (2K’s and a ground out).  The infielders and outfielders helped this effort with very few errors!

The D&M bats on the other hand were on fire with singles, doubles, and a triple by Mitchell.  This hitting plus some walks and good base running helped D&M put the game away pretty quickly with scoring in every inning.  Everyone got on base!! Coach Denison has been talking to the boys about being a “pack” and that showed last night!  

U10 Black Team Beats Haslett, 10-9

Our U10 Black Junior Rams team made it four wins in a row, with a 10-9 victory over the Haslett Vikings on May 17. With two players absent, our boys played the entire game with only three outfielders, and survived a frenzied Haslett rally in the final inning.

Big Eli swing the big stick, with three hits and three RBI, while Ethan added three hits and two runs scored. Marcell had two hits, including a double, with two runs scored. Nicholas had a clutch double to score two insurance runs that turned out to be the game-winners.

Our pitchers held the Vikings to five runs through four innings before the home team rallied in the bottom of the fifth. Josh threw two innings, with Jack providing middle relief, and David-Michael held the mound for the final two at-bats. Josh and David-Michael each had three strikeouts.

The win leaves our Junior Rams atop the U10 "C" division with a 4-0 record, and half of the road schedule already completed. Our boys will host the Lansing Tigers on May 18 at Elliott Field.

U12 White defeats Leslie

The U12 White team went on the road for the first time last night, but the outcome was remarkably the same, another thrilling down-to-the-wire 9-8 win, this time over a tough Leslie team.  Preston (38) pitched the first two innings against a very good hitting Leslie team, recording five strike outs, and getting help for the other out from an outstanding throw from Brayden (42) behind the plate to catch a runner attempting to steal third, but instead finding the tag of Jake (31).  Justin (11) took over on the mound for the next two innings recording three strikeouts and fielding a hit back to the mount to throw down to Anthony (94) at first, then getting help in the field from Cole (18), and Michael (23) for force outs at first and second.  In the end his performance led to stranding five runners over both innings and limiting Leslie to just two runs.  Clinging to a single run lead, and needing a shutdown effort, Nolan (23) made his first appearance on the mount this season.  He quickly got two batters to ground into force outs at first, and with the tying run in scoring position, he struck out Leslie's leadoff hitter (who had previously been 3 for 3 on the night), to seal the victory.  Along the way, the team continues to see improvement at the plate and was led by Colin (37) who went 2 for 3 for the night to lead all Holt batters.

U10 Junior Rams Black Team Beats Haslett, 6-4

The Holt Junior Rams U10 Black team won their third game of the season by a score of 6-4 against Haslett on May 13 at Elliott Field. Both teams brought great pitching to the contest, but our Black Rams came from behind in the bottom of the fifth inning, and closed out the Vikings in the sixth for the victory.

Haslett's excellent starting pitcher held our boys to a single run through three innings, but David's triple in the bottom of the fifth scored the winning runs. David had three hits, while Ethan and Kadin each scored two runs.

Three pitchers combined for seven strikeouts, including three by Nick, two by Eli, and two by David.

Our U10 Black team is now 3-0, with two games scheduled for next week before the midseason break.

Holt Junior Rams Black U10 beat Okemos 13-11

The Holt U10 Junior Rams Black team completed their season-opening two-game road trip with with a hard-fought 13-11 victory on May 11 against a talented and well-coached Okemos squad. The game was marked by several lead changes, but our Junior Rams scored six of the last seven runs in the game to clinch the win.

The Black bats were started by Nicholas, who opened the game with a double. Josh also doubled, as did David-Michael, who had two hits. Marcell had three hits, including a triple, and David hit a dramatic home run late in the game. Big Eli swung the big stick, with three hits, including a double, a triple, and three RBI. Ethan added two RBI for Jeff Booth's team.

The Junior Rams pitchers combined for seven strikeouts, including four by Elijah in two innings as the starter. Marcell threw two innings of effective middle relief, and Nic made a memorable pitching debut to get the final three outs of the game. With the game-tying run in the on-deck circle, Nic induced a popout, struck out the second batter, and got the third batter to ground out to end the game.

The U10 Black Junior Rams are now 2-1, and will open their home schedule on May 13 against Haslett at the new Elliot Field complex.

GAME NOTE: Eli's 3-3 performance was preceded by a home run in his final at-bat in the previous game. That made our guy 4-4 in his last four at-bats, with a single, and double, a triple, and a home run.

The Battle of Holt U10

In a battle between 2 Jr. Rams squads the Holt White U10 team prevailed 11 to 1.

Solid pitching, hitting, and fielding was norm for the White squad last

night. A young Blue team was opening their season last night and showed

a lot of promise for their upcoming season. The White team's next game is

Monday the 16th at home against the Aggies of Dansville.

U12 White opens season with a dramatic win.

The U12 White team opened the season with a 9-8 win over the Bath Bees last Friday night.  After getting the first inning of the season under their belt, the boys settled in and treated the home crowd to a come from behind win in the bottom of the last inning.  The team benefited from strong work on the mound by Michael (23), Preston (38), and Justin (11) working together with Nolan (23), and Brayden (42) behind the plate.  At the plate Noah (6) showed a fast bat the get the hits started in the 2nd inning, and Colin (37) blasted the team's only extra base hit in the 4th inning.  The play of the game was provided Anthony C (34), when with two outs and man in scoring position, Anthony made a shoe top catch off a sharply hit ball to right field for the fly-out to end the inning keeping Bath off the board, and within striking distance.  Entering the last at bat down by one, the boy's heads up base running quickly put two runs across the plate to close out the win.  The team is back in action tonight hosting the Williamston Hornets.

U12 D&M – Road Win vs. Williamston Suns

What a great way to start off the season!  The Holt Jr. Rams U12 D&M team took an early lead against the Williamston Suns and held on for a 5 – 3 victory on the road. 

Jake G., Kenny, and Max each scored in the first inning for the early 3-0 lead.  Ethan pitched two great innings without giving up any runs.  The score remained 3-0 at the top of the 3^rd inning.   Patrick pitched the next two innings and also did a great job.  The Suns were able to sneak one in on an unfortunate fielding error in the 3^rd inning, but Spencer squashed any hopes for additional runs by catching an infield pop to kill the inning.   No runs by either team in the 4 ^th.

Hunter took over the mound for D&M for the final two innings of the game.  At the top of the 5^th inning the score remained 3 – 1.  Patrick hit a single and was eventually batted in by Kenny.  Jake G. also got on base and eventually made it home by a series of stolen bases to put D&M up 5 – 1.  These insurance runs came at a great time as the Suns started to warm up their bats with some hitting that produced one run for them in the 5^th inning.

At the top of the 6^th, D&M was not able to get the bats going again which kept the score 5 – 2 going into the Sun’s final at-bat on their home field.  Things started out good with a strike out delivered by Hunter, however quickly got scary with an over the fence home run that fired up the Suns and made the score 5 – 3.   The Suns got another runner on base with a walk but another key strike out gave them two outs.  The next batter hit a laser to short stop but Spencer snagged it in the air for the final out, saved the game to keep the score 5 – 3 for the final. 

While there were some simple errors that the team needs to avoid in the future, there were plenty of great plays also that secured the victory (such as a diving tag by catcher Kenny to deny a run and a deep fly ball in left field caught by Ethan, and many others) 

Awesome job D&M against a good Williamson team!  

Holt U12 Gold Wins Two This Week!!!

 

The Holt U12 Gold team won their first two games this week by beating St. Johns 4-3 and Haslett 7-6.  The boys were able to come back after being down in the first inning of each game and were able to shut the teams down in the last inning to grab the victory.  Their record is currently 2-1 in the Pony League and they will play again next Wednesday.  Good Job Team!  Go Rams!

 

U10 White Strikes in Haslett

The White squad struck early and often at Haslett in the season opener
Monday night. The bats were lighting hot right from the beginning
innings as Holt opened up a 9 to 1 lead in the first 2 innings. Behind
solid pitching and defense that lead held up until the wonderful
Michigan weather descended with thunder,lightning and rain halted play
after 4 innings and Holt up 9 to 5. The Rams are now 1 and 0 on the
season and start their home schedule tonight against the Holt Blue
squad.

U14 Gold Beat St. Johns 10 - 6

Sweet Victory for U14 Holt Gold. Beat St. Johns 10 - 6

Holt U14 Gold started the season with a win against St. Johns. The Rams started with great pitching and timely hitting. The boys put pressure on the Redwings and never lost sight of the victory. Everyone is looking forward to the Birch Run Classic tournament this weekend. Let's Go Rams!

Holt Junior Rams Black U10 open season with 9-4 win over the Lansing Tigers

The Holt U10 Junior Rams Black team traveled to the Field of Dreams to open their season with a 9-4 victory over the Lansing Tigers on May 10. The Rams were led by the hitting of Marcell, David, and Eli. Marcell was 2-4 with a double, David was 2-3 with a triple and a double, and Eli hit a three-run homer to break the game open in the fourth inning.

Everybody played a role in the win for the Junior Rams, according to Manager Jeff Booth. "The boys played well and everyone got a chance to contribute, I hope the rest of the season goes this well," said Booth.

The U10 Black team used three different pitchers, including David, who started and struck out six batters in two innings as the starter.

These teams will meet again next week at Elliott Field in Holt. The Junior Rams Black team continues their season-opening two-game road trip with a 6:30 contest tonight in Okemos.

U10 Gold - 1st place in Charlotte tourney!

Congratulations to the U10 Gold team for winning 1st place in the Charlotte Season Kickoff Tournament this past weekend!!!  They went undefeated winning each of the 4 games by 9 or more runs!! Way to go players and coaches!! What a great way to start the season!!