Titans move on to High School

The goal of Titan baseball was to prepare young men not only for the season but also prepare them for the next level! Congratulations to all of the Titans that moved on to the high school level!

• DaMarkus Green - McEachern High Indians JV
• Robert Daly - Kell High Longhorns JV
• Brent Duncan - Pickens High JV
• Connor Austin - Kennesaw Mountain High Mustangs JV
• Andrew Downs - North Cobb High Warriors JV
• Sean "Scoop" Villalobos - South Cobb High Eagles Varsity
• Casey Linch - Allatoona High Buccaneers Varsity
• Hector Ortega - Allatoona High Buccaneers Varsity
• Cole Ragsdale - Harrison High Hoya's JV
• Raymond Monasterski - Westminster Academy JV
• Tyler Ayres - Cumberland Christian Varsity

No Workout Tonight!

Due to the wet field conditions at KMHS, there will be NO baseball workout tonight. The next workout will be on Saturday August 9 at 4pm (Kennesaw Mountain High School). Hope to see you there!

2008 comes to an end at Disney!

The Titan magic ran out while at Disney in the semi-finals of the consolation bracket against the Shore Gulls (8-5). The squad finished the Disney tournament with a 2-4 mark but lost 3 of the 4 games by 3 runs or less.

The Kennesaw Titans advanced to the semi-finals by securing a 12-2 victory over the Cayman Island team behind a strong performance by Robert Daly. After the 8am contest, the team came back for a 1pm game against the Gulls. After the game before them ran over, the contest started at 1:45pm. The Titans fell behind 2-0 and then had an hour + rain delay and the delay threw starting pitcher off his game and the squad fell behind 5-o. However, the team came flying back in the top of the 5th inning with a 5 run explosion - then the rains came again....too stay. After leaving the field, the team waited until 6pm to hear that the game had been cancelled and that they would finish the contest on Wednesday at 9am. The momentum gained on Tuesday was gone on Wednesday and the Gulls pulled away with an 8-5 victory.

It has been an incredible year for the Titan team who finished the spring (42-14-2) and their combined fall & spring record was (50-17-2)!

The team will take a few week break and then many of the squad will return, with some new additions, to begin workouts in preparation for their fall high school teams!

Thanks to the Titan sponsors and parents who made this "magical season" possible!!

Hot Days - Cold Bats

After taking the first game of the Disney tourney, the Titans(41-13-2) stumbled through their next three games against Key West, Puerto Rico and the Southeast Idaho Cyclones. After a tough 3-0 loss to Key West, the Titans battled some poor umpiring that was truly game changing and ended up losing to the King Arecibo squad from Puerto Rico 15-3. The final day of pool play on Sunday once again found the Titans pitching solid from Brent Duncan & Jordan Williams but the the bats were cold and the squad came up short 6-4.

The loss sent the squad to the consolation bracket which begins on Tuesday. The team will work hard to bring home some tourney hardware from their great trip to Orlando!

Titans Come up Short in Game 2

The Kennesaw team (41-11-1)once again played another tough game in the Disney Festival against a strong Key West Squad but came up a little short in this 7 inning affair. The Titans battled but could not push across runs when they had the chance and came up short 3-0. DaMarkus Green went the way in the contest and all of the runs scored by the Key West team were unearned.

Brent Duncan will take the hill on Friday against Puerto Rico in pool play.

Titans win game one at Disney!

The Kennesaw Titans (41-10-2) opened their "Salute to Baseball Tourney" at Disney with a 2-0 dramatic victory over the Southside Express from Illinois. The game went into the bottom of the 6th inning tied 0-0 and then Sean "Scoop" Villalobos drove a triple to dead center at Champion Stadium at Disney (home of the Braves) and drove home Casey Linch to take a 1-0 lead. Mitch Risley then slapped a single down the 3rd base line driving home Villalobos to give the Titans a 2-0 lead.

Tyler Ayres went the distance in the shutout victory and only allowed 2 hits on the day to the tough Express team. The Titans also played a flawless game defensively to begin their week of baseball in hot Orlando!!

Disney.....Here we come!

After beginning in August of 2007 with tryouts to pick this years squad and a fall season which saw the Titans go (8-3), the team now prepares to leave for the tournament they have talked about all year...Disney! The 2008 Salute to Baseball Tourney at Disney will begin on Thursday morning (July 3rd) and run through Wednesday July 10.

Here is the schedule for the week:

July 3 (11:30am) vs. Southside Express (Illinois) at Cracker Jack Stadium
July 4 (10:30am) vs. Key West Conchs (Florida) at Field #6 Disney
July 5 (8:00am) vs. King Arecido(Puerto Rico) at Field #7 Disney
July 6 (10:30am) vs. Southeast Idaho at Field #5 Disney
Monday will be a make-up day for rainouts
Championship bracket play will begin on Tuesday

If you would like to follow the games on-line with scores and results, please visit the Disney site and keep up with the tournament! The Titans are in the 14u Stripes division!

Pray for safe travels for all of our families to Orlando if you get a chance! It is has been an unforgettable season and the team is excited to see how they stack up against squads from other parts of the country!

We will do our best to post from Disney when we are able to get on-line, hope you can follow & keep up!!!

40

On a cold day in early February while the Titans were doing speed & agility and hitting in the indoor cages, the squad set a goal of 40 wins for the 2008 season! On a hot & muggy Saturday in late June, the team accomplished their goal while sweeping a doubleheader from a tough Murphy (NC) Eagles team (9-0 in game one and 7-0) in game two.

Behind the stellar two hit pitching in game one of Tyler Ayres and some powerful hitting by the Titan squad the team built a 9-0 lead and held the Eagles there for the duration of the contest. The team saw some of the best pitching they had seen all season and took advantage of some walks and key Eagle miscues in the field and added in some timely hits to get the 9 runs across the plate.

Game two saw Brent Duncan take the hill and one-hit the Eagles and DaMarkus Green came in to shut the door in the last inning to hold the 7-0 advantage. Green also hit his second homerun of the season off a hard throwing Eagles pitcher.

The Titans now head to Disney's Salute to Disney tourney with a 40-10-2 mark. After a Monday evening workout at Adams Park - the team will head to Disney and open the tourney on Thursday against a team from Illinois in Cracker Jack Stadium (The Braves spring training home).

Titans on a roll!

The Kennesaw Titans(38-10-2) traveled to Smyrna to take on the Campbell High School feeder team on their home varsity field. The Spartan team was coming off a strong tourney in Acworth in the Bass & Bats Fathers Day tourney. The hot bats of the Titans from Tuesday were smoking again as they exploded for 15 hits and 20 runs in just 4 innings of play. Andrew Downs led the way with a double & triple and 8 rbi's in the contest.

DaMarkus Green & Tyler Ayres both combined to hold the Spartans to just two runs on the evening. The squad will now prepare for Saturday (1 & 3)DH against a team from Murphy, NC. This will be the last home affair for the year for the Titans!

Titans over Patriots

The Titans finally were back on their home turf at Adams Park and took on the Shaw Park Patriots. The team jumped to a 8-1 second inning lead and then went on cruise control and finished the evening with a 11-4 victory. Brent Duncan went four strong innings and Casey Linch closed out the contest! The Titan bats were hot and picked up where they left off on Saturday. The victory was the teams 37th on the season.

The team will travel on Wednesday to Campbell High School to battle their feeder team at 7pm. Before the season began, the squad set a goal of victories and they are now 3 away from this huge feat!! Come & join the Titans as they begin to round out an incredible 2008 season!

Titans Split

The Kennesaw Titans split a twin bill with the Sandy Plains Prowlers & Alpharetta Cougars. The Prowlers, the USSSA (AAA) State Champions, handed the Titans a first game defeat 10-0. The Prowlers hit the ball hard and made the necessary plays to ensure a shutout victory. The Titans mustered up a bases loaded rally in the last inning but could not push any runs across. The loss dropped the squad to (35-10-2) on the season

After a quick lunch, lots of rain and some steamy weather, the boys from Kennesaw got back to their winning ways by defeating the Alpharetta Cougars 10-3. Sean Villalobos, Raymond Monasterski, Casey Linch & Brent Duncan combined for the victory. The squad struck early & often to seal the 36th win of the season.

The team will return to the diamond on Tuesday at Adams Park at 8pm.

Round Robin Baseball

After 4 games last Sunday, another Titan injury and a player of out of town, the Titans decided to get a good week of practice in preparation for Disney and to miss the Hardcore Baseball Tourney in Conyers.

The squad will meet up Saturday at Harrison Park in East Cobb and play a round robin tourney with the Sandy Plains Prowlers and the Alpharetta Cougars! Should be a great day of baseball and a great time to get some work in and throw some different guys from the hill in preparation for the Disney tourney which begins the first week of July!!

USTBA National 14U State Champions

The Kennesaw Titans began Father's Day at the cages at 7am getting ready for their American division first round match up against the NYO Red Devils. The Titans had a 6-3 lead behind the strong pitching of Brent Duncan until the last inning when the Red Devils tied it up 6-6 and then pulled away in extra innings to take a 10-6 victory in the 8am contest.

The loss dropped the Titans to the National division where the team had to drive across to Harrison Park in East Cobb to face off in a noon match up with the Alpharetta Cougars. The Titans played like a team still reeling from the early AM loss and fell behind to the Cougars 4-0. However DaMarkus Green settled in and the team came roaring back and finished with a walk off single to knock in the winning run and take a 5-4 victory in the last inning.

As soon as the game was completed the Titans faced off against first round foe, the South Forsyth War Eagles, and the team continued their hot streak & hot hitting and Jordan Williams pitched a 7 inning complete game and the team took a 9-4 victory over a very good War Eagle team.

After the win over the War Eagles, the squad traveled back across town to face off in the 5:30pm championship game at Big Shanty Park against the Sandy Plains Wildcats. The game was a back & forth affair for much of the evening before the Titans pulled away with some more clutch hitting and great baserunning to secure a 12-6 championship victory! Scoop Villalobos, Brent Duncan & Tyler Ayres combined in the 7 inning effort to help the Titans get the 14u National State Championship. The squad walked off the field after 8:15pm which was 13 hours from they had first arrived in the morning!

The Titans do not quit and never stop attacking and the squad epitomozes what a true baseball team is all about!! Way to go Titans!! The Kennesaw Titans finished the USTBA State tourney with a 5-1 record! The team now looks forward to the Hardcore baseball tourney in Conyers next weekend!

USTBA Quarter-Finals

The Kennesaw Titans will take on the NYO Red-Devils on Sunday morning June 15 at 8am. The clash will take place on Field 3 at Big Shanty Park. The winner of the contest will go on to play the winner of the East Cobb Eagles & West Cobb Longhorns game. It should be a great day of baseball on Father's day as the Titans play for the American State Championship for USTBA and championship rings!

USTBA Win Two

The Kennesaw Titans (32-8-2) continued their hot hitting with a 10-3 win over the McDonough Blaze in the USTBA State Tourney at Big Shanty Park. The Titans continued their clutch hitting with men on and behind the strong pitching of DaMarkus Green and Sean Villalobos, the Kennesaw team held the Blaze scoreless until the final two frames of the evening.

The Titans now await their seeding in bracket play for their game time on Saturday or Sunday! For more info on the tourney, please visit the USTBA site.

USTBA Game One Win!!

The Kennesaw Titans (31-8-2) took care of business in game one of the USTBA State Tourney by downing a very tough South Forsyth squad 10-4. Tyler Ayres went 3 1/3 innings and Jordan Williams came on to finish the contest! Andrew Downs led the way at the plate with 3 huge run scoring hits to extend the Titans lead. Scoop Villalobos put the nail in the coffin with a huge back breaking double play to quell a South Forsyth rally.

The Titans will return to action on Friday evening at Big Shanty on Field 4 at 8pm against the McDonough Blaze.

Titans over Eagles

The Kennesaw Titans(30-8-2) secured at least a first place tie in the Northwest Georgia Baseball western division with a huge come from behind victory over the East Cobb Eagles 9-6. The Eagles jumped to a 6-2 lead in the 2nd inning but that was all of the scoring the Eagles would do on the evening. Brent "Big Country" Duncan came in and shut the door on the Eagles and held them at bay through the 5th inning. The Titans bats came alive a long homerun over the centerfield fence by DaMarkus Green and big doubles by Shawn Villalobos and Jordan Williams to take a 9-6 lead. Tyler Ayres came in for the last inning and struck out the side!

The win gave the Titans 30 for the spring and gave some great momentum going into the USTBA State Championships at Big Shanty this coming weekend. The squad will open up with the South Forsyth War Eagles on Thursday at 8pm and then the McDonough Blaze on Friday at 8pm.

Titans take two

The Kennesaw Titans(29-8-2) returned from their one week break to begin their final half of the season. The squad did not waste any time by putting up 5 runs in the first inning and cruising to a 7-1 first game victory over the BM Yankees. Tyler Ayres threw 3 strong innings and kept the Yankees at bay.

The 98 degree heat did not take any life out of the Titan bats as they put up 11 runs in the second half of the twin bill. This was more than enough room for Brent Duncan who held the Yankees to one run once again with some strong pitching and solid defense behind him.

The squad will return to action in the USTBA State Tourney at Big Shanty Park this coming weekend (June 12-15, 2008).

Titans prevail

The Kennesaw Titans (27-8-2) had not been in a game for over a week due to a rainout and a game that was canceled. The squad returned to action against the West Cobb Longhorns in a scrimmage game at Big Shanty Park in Kennesaw. The Titans took advantage of some walks in the top of the first with some timely hits to push the runners across and took a 9-0 first inning lead. The Longhorns bounced back with 4 of their own in the bottom of the first and it stayed that way until the third when the Titans scored another run on an infield fielders choice to take a 10-4 lead. The Longhorns turned the tables on the Titans by scoring 5 of their own in the bottom of the third to bring the score to 10-9. Tyler Ayres took the hill to get his work in and held the Longhorns there for the remainder of the game and the Kennesaw team then scored 8 in the top of the 5th to break open the game and eventually hold on for an 18-9 scrimmage game victory. The team will participate Saturday in an intrasquad game and return to action on Sunday June 9, 2008 at Adams Park.

Rained out

The Kennesaw Titans and East Cobb Eagles battle was rained out tonight. The new time & date will be posted as soon as it is set!