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How's the District 12 Little League Division race shaping up for this year...Who's the Favorite?

The Annual Jasper Slugfest 8U and 7U tournament is next Saturday, June 8th at the Jasper Youth Baseball Complex.  3 Game guarantee with trophies for top two teams in each age group. Entry fee is $150 and ALL league all star teams are welcome.  Little League, Dixie, Pony... Come one, Come All! Little League rules will apply to all game play and each team may elect to Coach Pitch or Machine Pitch. Tournament always has a great field of teams and is a great warmup for All Stars. Contact Wade Womack at [email protected] or 409-489-8513 for information or to register.  Deadline to register is noon Wednesday (June 5th).

The "Big Boys" better look out for "Little ole Jasper" in Tyler!

Look out for Jasper!!! They were hamstrung their first game. Had their THREE best pitchers ineligible because our District 12 Tournament didn't end until freaking SATURDAY (while all three other Districts finished well over a week ago or longer) and only they only lost 2-0 throwing their #4 and #5 guys.  They will be in better pitching shape than most 1-1 teams in this format as the tournament goes on and they have some good bats in that lineup too!

Anyone know anything about this group?

All of our "Select" teams from Jasper play (and win) regularly at Ford Park. Scrappers (14U), Tigers (12U), Gators (11U)...Their records speak for themselves. You can play BOTH league and select...and suceed at both!

Is having "select" players on your All Star team bad?  EVERY good All Star team is full of "select" players.  You have to play a lot of baseball to be competitive at a high level. The difference is, In Jasper, our "select" players play TOGETHER for years.  We form teams made up of almost exclusively Jasper kids at the age of 7 or 8 and those kids play together for years.  In other leagues (like WELL) these select players play on different teams with different kids almost every year.  Playing together year round makes a HUGE difference.  Also, for the most part, our select kids stay in league ball, mainly for the oportunity to represent their hometown in All Stars.  Our kids all play baseball together and dedicate themselves with the dream of being a JASPER BULLDOG someday and that is why our baseball program has been so solid for the past several years....because it is a [u][b]Program[/b][/u].  Our kids,coaches, and parents see the big picture and stay together to groom players for the future of Jasper Baseball.

GREAT GAMES LAST NIGHT!  3 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR JASPER! Jasper Juniors roll over WELL invoking Run-Rule in 5 innings. Both 10U and 11U Jasper teams come back in final innings to win.  10U team comes back for a late inning 11 - 9 victory. 11U team scores 5 runs in bottom of 6th to prevail 6-5. Jasper 12's go for the clean sweep tonight at 7:30 in Jasper.... BRIGHT FUTURE FOR JASPER BULLDOG BASEBALL!!!

We have a few slots still open....8U and 7U divisions I will take teams up until Thursday at 12:00 noon. Call 409-489-8513 if you want to register a team. This is a great ONE DAY tournament with a chance to get 3+ games in in one day!!!

Sign Up Soon...spots are filling up.  If you want to register a team, email me at [email protected]

Open to ALL leagues (Little League, Dixie League, Pony, etc). 8U and 7U divisions.  Coach Pitch [u][b]OR [/b] [/u] Machine Pitch. $150 entry.  3 game guarantee (2 pool play games in A.M. followed by single elimination in P.M) Call 409-489-8513 or 409-594-6654 to register or for more information.

Has anyone heard something recently about possible realignment among youth football leagues? I have heard rumors, but nothing of substance... Anyone KNOW something?

I truly hate that you had such a miserable experience here in Jasper “queenb”.  Yes we did charge $3 gate fee and sell basic concessions, but this was simply to cover the expenses of paying the referees.  The remaining money will all be donated to the Jasper Football Booster club.  The football program was generous enough to let us use their field (which they had to mow and paint for these two games).  I would not have been offended if I were asked to pay a few bucks to come and play at your stadium to cover expenses…if you have ever been involved in coordinating youth sports, you would know, there are WAY more expenses than people realize.  I think it is obvious when you look at our facilities, equipment, and uniforms…we are not running a money making youth football program here in Jasper.  As for the parents, I can assure you that there were unruly parents from BOTH sides.  This, unfortunately, is how some parents act everywhere you go.  I have coached football, baseball, and basketball all over southeast Texas and it is the same everywhere you go…a few loud mouths with filthy language are going to be there and you WILL hear what they have to say, like it or not.  You should know that you cannot observe their behavior as indicative of their town’s character…Heck, my wife had to listen to a small group of WOS parents spew “F” bombs and call the KIDS playing the game a variety of unspeakable things the entire game…but I am smart enough to know that they do not represent all of WOS fans. I cannot speak of the issues you had during the Senior game, but I can tell you as a coach, we had a GREAT time in the Junior game.  The kids really enjoyed playing the WOS Lil’ Mustangs and even though we were very disappointed in losing the game, our kids and the WOS kids shook hands and said “Good Game” afterwards, nothing else.  Just remember…these are KIDS and they just love to PLAY FOOTBALL!  My son even found a few kids he played against in baseball and visited for a while afterwards.  Coach Doobie and his coaches did a great job and I congratulate them on a hard fought victory. I really hope we can continue this game in the future.  It is fun playing another excellent 3A football program and giving all of our kids (Jasper and WOS) the opportunity to compete at a high level.  I hope this can develop into a FUN rivalry over the years …if the parents will just stay out of the way and let the KIDS PLAY FOOTBALL.…these two groups of kids are some GREAT PLAYERS and they will be playing against each other for YEARS to come…