Baseball: Greater Loudoun Wins in Extra Innings to Stay Alive at Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old Southeast Regional

Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth 14-Year--Old Squad

Purcellville (Aug. 6, 2012) - Host Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth rallied Monday morning for a 4-3 extra inning win over Arlington to stay alive at the 14-Year-Old Southeast Regional at Fireman's Field.

Greater Loudoun trailed 1-0 after the first inning and 3-2 after four inning but scored a run in the fifth and then pushed a run across the plate in the eighth inning for the win. Greater Loudoun will face Monroe, Ala., a 12-12 winner over Myers Park, N.C. today, in an elimination game tonight at 7 p.m.

Baseball: Loudoun Babe Ruth Fall Registration Dates Set

Purcellville (July 23, 2012) - Loudoun Babe Ruth is now registering players for the Fall season. Registration is open until August 15th for the following age groups:
13 year-olds (as of April 30, 2013)
14-15 year-olds 16-18 year-olds

All player age cut-offs are as of April 30, 2013 with the exception of 18 year-olds, who are eligible if they are currently 18 or 19 as of January 1, 2012.

Registration is done online at www.GLBR.org.

Baseball: Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth 13U All Stars Win District 8 Title

photos and story courtesy Renee Ventrice

(July 9, 2012) - The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth 13U All Stars captured the District 8 championship and will compete next on July 12 in Summit Point, WV.


The GLBR "LoCos" shut out their opponents scoring 32 unanswered runs in the district tournament: 17-0 vs. Stafford, 7-0 vs. Manassas and 8-0 in a rematch against Stafford. The LoCos kept their cool playing in record heat and humidity, with impressive focus and hard work. 

Baseball: Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth to Host 14-Year-Old Southeast Regional

(Nov. 23, 2011) - Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League has been selected as the host league for the 2012 14-year old Southeast Regional Tournament. Teams from the Alabama, the Bahamas, North and South Florida, Georgia, East and West North Carolina, East and West Tennessee and Virginia Babe Ruth Leagues will be seeking the chance to play in the Southeast Regional Tournament at Purcellville’s Fireman’s Field and other locations in Loudoun County. The SE Regional Tournament is scheduled for August 2-6.

Youth Sports: Baseball - 13th Annual Mickie Gordon Tournament Opens Today

(May 27, 2011) - The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League hosts starting today the 13th Annual Mickie Gordon Tournament which will run through May 30th in Loudoun County

Teams from Maryland, West Virginia and Northern Virginia will be playing in the 13th Annual Mickie Gordon Tournament hosted by the Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League.

The tournament will feature 26 teams and games start Friday night at Fireman’s Field in Purcellville, Virginia. The first game will feature GLBR’s own 13 year-old team hosting the Potomac Riverdogs, a Dulles Little League Travel team. First pitch is scheduled for 5:45 p.m. The matchups continue throughout the weekend with each team playing at least three games in the tournament.

The tournament games will be held at Franklin Park, Fireman’s Field, and, new for this year, Woodgrove High School in Purcellville. Teams compete Friday, Saturday and Sunday for a spot in the championship games to be held at Fireman’s Field, Monday May 30th.

Visit Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth’s web site at www.glbr.org for a complete list of the teams and schedule of games.

Youth Sports - Baseball - Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth Opens 55th Season Saturday

(Apr. 7, 2011) - The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League’s 55th season opens this Saturday, April 9th. Games will be played in Franklin Park in Round Hill and at Robinson Park in Leesburg.

Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth’s 13 year-old age group will be first on Field 5 at Franklin Park. The Orioles will play the Nationals in the season opener. The first pitch will be thrown at 9 a.m. The second game on Field 5 has the 14-15U Giants hosting the Mets, starting at 11:30, followed by the 13U Tigers taking on the Athletics at 2. The final game of the day will start at 4:30, featuring the visiting Luckett Hounds against the 13U Royals in the first 13U Travel vs. 13U House division matchup.

Action will be seen on Field 4 at 1 as the Cardinals battle the Pirates, both 14-15U teams. The second game on Field 4 starts at 3:30 as the Cubs visit the Reds in another 14-15U matchup.

The first match up at Robinson Park is the Leesburg Lumber 14U hosting the Loudoun Express. Both travel teams are in the 14U age group. The first pitch in Leesburg will be thrown at 10 a.m. Two games are scheduled at Robinson Park, the second pits the host team, FCA Power 13U against the older FCA 14U Loudoun team.

More on Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth: Founded in 1956, the Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League began with a 13-15 Year-old Division. Since then, GLBR has extended opportunities to play Babe Ruth Baseball to more youth by adding a Babe Ruth 16-18 Year-old Division. The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League provides a structured, instructional and competitive baseball program for all Loudoun County youth aged 13-18, which yields a positive experience that emphasizes sportsmanship, fair play, physical and mental well-being, teamwork, baseball skills development, community involvement and volunteerism to help develop good citizens and provide positive role models for the community.

For additional information, please visit our website at www.glbr.org.

Youth Sports - Baseball - Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth Registration Ends Feb. 28, Board of Directors Meeting Set for March 1

(Feb. 22, 2011) - Spring registration for Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth will end Feb. 28. Please visit their website http://www.glbr.org/ to register.

Also, the monthly Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth League’s Board of Directors meeting is March 1st in the Press Box at Fireman’s Field in Purcellville. The meeting is open to the public.

Youth Sports - Baseball - Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth Opens Registration

(Jan. 4, 2010) - Registration for the Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth's spring season is now open. Registration is available through the league's website at www.glbr.org. Early-bird registration ends January 31.

Baseball: Live! 14-Year-Old Babe Ruth World Series: Loudoun vs. Vancouver WA

Bottom 7th: Loudoun's last chance. The Lions are down to their final out when pinch hitter Brady Kaplan walks to bring up the tying run but Jake Lewis ends it with a strikeout for a well earned victory with 6.1 inning of relief. Final score: Vancouver 8, Loudoun 6.

Top 7th: Carlyon retires the side in order. Vancouver 8, Loudoun 6.

Basebal: Greater Loudoun Blanked by Arlington, Mass. but Lions Can Advance with Win Tonight

Purcellville (Aug. 24, 2010) - Greater Loudoun was blanked, 6-0, on Monday by Arlington, Mass. in the Babe Ruth baseball 14-Year-Old World Sereis but the host Lions (1-2) can advance out of pool play with a win tonight against Vancouver, Wash. (1-1). First pitch is slated for 8 p.m. at Fireman's Field.

Day Three Scores
Pleasanton, CA 20, Lexington, KY 4
The California team improved to 2-0 on the tournament and has scored 31 runs already. A showdown with unbeaten Tallahassee (2-0) looms at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning with first place in the American Division pool at stake.
Waite Park MN 3, Vancouver WA 2
The Minnesota team improved to 3-0 on the tournament and clinched first place in the National Division. After a bye tonight and a final pool game against Bryant AR on Wednesday, the Minnesota crew will have another day off on Thursday and then play Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the semifinals.
Williamsport PA 12, Winchester VA 7
The Virginia state champions fall to 0-3 in the tournament and can not advance out of pool play.
Arlington MA 6, Loudoun VA 0
Loudoun failed to score despite having six runners in scoring position in the first four innings but the host team had one runner thrown out trying to steal third and another runner tagged out at the plate on an inning ending double play.

Baseball: Greater Loudoun Falls to 1-1 in Pool Play at Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old World Series

(Aug. 22, 2010) - Greater Loudoun was on its way to a 2-0 start in the Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old World Series Sunday but the Lions couldn't hold their 3-0 lead, falling to Waite Park, Minn., 11-6.

For Greater Loudoun it was a case of too many walks and too many errors as Waite Park tied it with three in the fifth and then scored seven in the sixth inning.

Greater Loudoun looks to rebound Monday at 8 p.m. against Arlington, Mass. at Fireman's Field.

Scores Day 2
Waite Park MN 11, Greater Loudoun VA 6
Vancouver WA 7, Bryant AR 0
Pleasanton CA 11, Williamsport PA 3
Winchester VA vs. Tallahasse FL, 8 p.m.

Home Run Derby
The American Division players took to the field after the Greater Loudoun game Sunday for the Home Run Derby. One player represented each team with two players advancing to the finals Tuesday. The National Division will take to the field Monday for its home run derby first round.

Keith Hummer of Winchester made the biggest bang by hitting his "gold" baseball, the final baseball thrown as players reached their final out, over the temporary fencing set up in the outfield. At the time, Hummer already had four home runs to lead the pack but the golden blast gave him 10 points for a total of 14.

The home run derby is sponsored by Dulles Motorcars.

Baseball: Greater Loudoun Opens Babe Ruth 14-Year-Old World Series with 4-2 Win

Purcellville - (Aug. 22, 2010) - The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth baseball team opened the 14-Year-Old World Series at Fireman's Field with a 4-2 win over Bryant, Ark. on Saturday before a appreciative home crowd.

Reid Frazier worked five strong innings and Zach Hopeck picked up the save for the Lions.

Both teams picked up unearned runs in the fifth inning before Greater Loudoun pushed three across in the sixth inning. Josh Sweet almost blasted a home run to center but settled for an RBI double to put Loudoun ahead and Mikey Push then ripped a two-out, two-run triple that turned out to be the difference maker after Bryant got one run back in their half of the sixth inning. Read the entire Live blog transcript of the game by Dan Sousa here!

Day One Results
Greater Loudoun VA 4, Bryant AR 2
Waite Park MN 8, Arlington MA 1
Second baseman Brian Minks sparked the Minnesota offense with a two-run double in the third inning. Pitcher Jeff Fasching tossed a 2-hit complete game, limiting the Arlington offense to one run over seven innings
Tallahassee FL 5, Willaimsport PA 4
Stephen Miller became the 16th player to hit a home run in a 14-Year-Old World Series, as his two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh capped a 5-4 comeback victory for defending 13-Year-Old World Series champion Tallahassee. Williamport's Kyle Datres went seven innings, while striking out five. He helped his cause at the plate, going 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBI's.
Lexington KY 11, Winchester VA 1
Griffin Neuer legged out three triples to ignite South Lexington's offense.

Greater Loudoun Players Talk About Their Big Win Saturday
Brandon Grayson (No. 10) and Mikey Pugh (No. 55)

Reid Frazier (No. 15) and Zach Hopeck (No. 5)

Josh Sweet (No. 13)and Lorenzo Calderon (No. 34)

Youth Sports - Baseball - Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth Wins Bronze Medal at 14 Year Old Cup in Cary NC

(July 10, 2010) - The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth 14 year-old team participating in this summer's World Series event in Purcellville won the Bronze Medal at the 14yo Cup at USA Baseball National Training Center in Cary NC.

This was a week long tournament with teams as far away as Salt Lake City.

The local Loudoun team went 5-1 with the best overall record and took home the Bronze Medal.

Greater Loudoun is still looking for local people to house the boys coming in to the tournament. As of July 6, Greater Loudoun had homes for 87 of the approximate 130 players coming in to the World Series. To find out more and to register to host go to www.glbr.org.


Roster
Bourscheid,AJ
Calderon,Lorenzo
Carlyon, Ethan
Fatz, Mitchell
Frazier, Reid
Grayson, Brandon
Hoffer, Will
Hopeck, Zack
Kaplan, Brady
Peters, Brandall
Pugh, Danny
Pugh, Mikey
Stup, Luke
Sweet, Josh
Wilson, Ryan

Coaches:
Mike Stup
Todd Frazier
Kerry Fatz

Youth Sports - Baseball - Greater Loudoun Set to Host 14 Year Old Babe Ruth World Series

Leesburg (Apr. 21, 2010) - Early preparations are underway by the host of this year’s 14- Year-Old Babe Ruth World Series, the Greater Loudoun Lions. The tournament will be played August 21-28 at Fireman’s Field in Purcellville.

News: Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth and Freedom Alliance Team on Holiday Collection Drive for Overseas Troops

The Greater Loudoun Babe Ruth is partnering with the Freedom Alliance to undertake a holiday collection drive for our troops overseas.

Toiletries, snacks, and entertainment items will be collected and mailed to military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Collection points are being set up throughout Loudoun County. If you would like more information, go to www.glbr.org or email: president@glbr.org. You can also visit the GLBR facebook fan page.