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Blazers In College

One of the most important things the Blazer organization tries to accomplish is getting our student-athletes to college. Our goal is during their time in the organization they can develop their skills enough to carry them into the next phase of their athletic career. During the Spring of 2012 the Blazer organization has 10 players participating at various college levels. Below is a list of players still continuing as student-athletes at the next level:

Austin Burgert - Northwest Missouri State University
Travis Brown - Harris Stowe State University
Brian Burwell - Quincy University
Colby White - Maryville University
Kyle Tipton - Fontbonne University
Alek Ferbet - Missouri Western University (Football)
Jake Rethmeyer - Mineral Area Community College
Troy Henning - Lindenwood University - Belleville
Trey Meier - Lindenwood University - Belleville
Jake Peppers - Lindenwood University - Belleville

St. Louis Cardinal Tickets for Fundraising

To celebrate SLABA's 25th anniversery, SLABA and the Cardinals have teamed up for a fundraising opportunity. On Thursday, May 24th the St. Louis Cardinals host the Philadelphia Phillies. The match up of the Phillies and Cardinals brings extra meaning to SLABA as three SLABA alumni will be participating in the game. David Freese and Kyle McClellan of the Cardinals and Ryan Howard of the Phillies both played in the SLABA league as high school athletes. A little known fact is that David Freese joined the Jefferson County Blazers for their 2001 post-season campaign that landed them in San Jose, California. Each player has a chance to sell tickets for this game and receive a portion of the ticket sales back to thier summer fee. The face value shown on each ticket is $37.00, but each player can sell individual tickets for just $15.00 to any person wanting to attend the game that night. For every ticket that a Blazer player sells they will receive $5.00 toward their summer fees. How do you sell the tickets? On April 15th when teams meet to receive uniforms, you may turn in money for tickets sold for the Cardinal game. You are free to begin selling the tickets immediately and collecting the $15.00 for each ticket sold, and then on April 15th you can turn in the money for the number of tickets you have sold and receive the actual ticket for the game. Again, any tickets given out on April 15th will need to be paid for up front.

2012 Mouse Races A Great Success!

The Blazers organization wants to thank every person that attended and helped make the 2012 mouse races a success! Each player will recieve a credit of $26.00 for every ticket they sold. Any families that brought a raffle item will be credited the exact amount of blue raffle tickets that were placed in the bag for your item. All of this money will be credited to the players and a remaining balance will be provided for each player at uniform handouts. 

 Tournaments To Be Announced 

Summer 2012 schedule of games and tournaments are starting to be finalized for the various age groups. As the tournaments and league schedules are completed, we will be placing them under the schedule tab for each individual team found on the left side of the home page. We encourage all to check back often, as tournaments are being added weekly to help famililes plan for the summer. In addition to the schedule, the hotel reservations will be completed and placed under the "Hotel Info" tab on the left side of the page. Please remember that when parents are making reservations that your son will be staying in a room seperate from you. Parents should only make a reservation for yourself, the team will take care of the room for the players. Again, check back often as we will be updating the schedule as we finalize the registration process.

 Blazer Organization Announces Post Season Awards

Varsity Team MVP: Trey Meier
SLABA League Pitcher of the Year: Tylar Blankenship
All-Stars: Trey Meier, Tylar Bilbrey, Mark Rodgers, Nick Ulrich, Alek Ferbet, Jake Peppers, Jake Rethmeyer, Nick Carlton, Tylar Blankenship

16U Team MVP: Brady Politte
All-Stars: Grant Cox, Brady Politte, Trevor Rines, Brandon Smith, Dane Higgins, Matt Harvey, Corey Steinmeyer, Drew Biscan

15U (Litty) Team MVP: Willie Buskuehl
All-Stars: Jacob Drysdale, Josh Tipton, Luke Boyster, Willie Buskuehl

15U (Barbagallo) Team MVP: Andrew Kraus
All-Stars: Nick Clark, Andrew Kraus, Josh Colley, T.J. Schultz, Layne Black

14U Blue Team MVP: Minor Jones
All-Stars: Jeff Reed, Minor Jones, Corey Schmitt, Tom Douglas, Sam Bekemeier, Damon Cole

14U White Griffin Turnbough
All-Stars: Mitch Morris, Griffin Turnbough, Seth Castleman, Adam Basler, Jake Politte, Cole Darnell

Varsity Blazers Win a Piece of the Title

Heading into the final two weeks of the season the Blazers 18U needed to win the final 8 games of the league schedule and get a little help to claim a piece of the SLABA League title. With their backs against the wall the varsity did just that, first knocking off the 1st and 2nd place team at the time in back to back days in the Eagles and Stallions. After another Stallions loss over the weekend, the stage was set for the Blazers to make a run to win a piece of the title. Starting the week with a 19-18 win over Johnny Mac they then completed the task of winning 6 games in 5 days to win the SLABA league crown. The players really showed some guts and heart just like the expectations of every Blazer that puts the JC on their chest. Congrats to the Varsity Blazers!