VINESHSBASEBALL: Welcome

Welcome to the unofficial Vines Freshman High School Baseball website. The team is comprised of freshman team members and is located in Plano, Texas.   They are coached by Chad Faith, with his assistants, Coach Rudd, Coach Loosli and Coach Jacobs.

 Please come out and suppport our team as we look forward to a very successful season.

The Vines Vikings ended their season by defeating one of their toughest openents, the Williams Warriors.  The game went into extra innings.  Tripp Cecil led off with a double in the bottom of 8th inning.   Immediately following, Conner Michelsen came to the plate to hit a shot to the fence over the centerfielders head to score the winning run.

 Their last two games was a doubleheader against the Jasper Jaguars in which they split games.  The first game the team was not up to par and errors seemed to be their nemisis with the Jaguars scoring an impressive 13 runs to handly beat the Vikings.

However, the second game was a different story.  Outstanding hitting by Brian Thomas, Quincy Jones and Forrest Hayes helped lead to a victory and a 12 run game to end an impressive season.

The team is very solid with an excellent pitching staff (Joey Kaufman, Ryan McCarthy, Eric Gilstrap, Bo Hawthorne, Tyler Adams and Tripp Cecil).  The pitching was definitely a key factor in keeping runs to a minimum (86 runs scored against in 21 games), along with an impressive defense.  And yes, the boys can hit -- racking up a total of  154 runs throughout the season!

The team has a lot of talent, but most of all they have a lot of heart.  They won games because they were supportive of each other.  Games are not won by invididuals alone, but by teamwork and this was always evident on and off the field.

The Vikings ended the season with a final record of 18-3.  Of the three losses, they were split games.

The parents want to give a special thanks to Coach Faith, Rudd, Loosli, and Jacobs.  Without you guys and your enthusiasm for the game the team would not have acheived such a level of success.

Also, Thank you Suzie Philips for all the awesome pictures, the parents really appreciate it.

Great Job Vikings on a terrific season!

The Vikings played a doubleheader against the Rowlett Eagles JV team on Saturday, April 5th. 

The first game the Eagles took advantage of multiple errors by the Vikings to win by a final score of 8-5.  Although the Vikings had outstanding pitching by Ryan McCarthy, defensive errors led to five unearned runs in the fourth inning. 

The highlight of the game came when Ryan McCarthy hit his first homerun of the season in the seventh inning.

The second game started off shakey with the team behind going into the fifth inning. However, Tripp Cecil and Eric Gilstrap joined efforts to pitch an outstanding game.

In the fifth inning, the Vikings began hitting the ball and putting runs on the board. Although the Eagles attempted to stop the Vikings run of hits by utilizing several pitchers, the team continued  to hit the ball hard.  Tripp Cecil started the seventh inning off with a single, followed by a hit from Eric Gilstrap.  Tripp took advantage of a passed ball to tie the game in the seventh to go into extra inning.

 In the 8th inning, Ryan McCarthy walked to start the inning.  His walk would eventually be the winning run.

With the score of 9-8 in the bottom of the eighth inning.  The Vikings had two quick strikeouts.  The Eagles had a triple to right field to put the tieing run on third base.  With two outs, a hit was made and Joey Kaufman made a diving catch that would secure the win. 

Although the Vikings did not play their best defense to date, they managed to pull out a win to one of their toughest opponents.  Both teams had a nearly perfect record with only one loss prior to coming into this match up.  The Vikings improve their overall record to 16-2. 

Their next game will be on Wednesday, April 9th against Liberty HS in Frisco. 

The Vikings continued their winning streak on Tuesday, March 24th by beating a very good Allan Eagles team at Lowry field by a score of 5=3.  Winnng pitcher, Eric Gilstrap, Save Tripp Cecil.

On Saturday, March 29th, they played a double header against the Mesquite Skeeters at Plano Senior High School. 

The first game was a very close one with Ryan McCarthy pitching a shutout through six innings and Tripp Cecil coming in the seventh to earn the save.  Bo Hawthorne hit in the game winning run to make the final score 1-0. (McCarthy 3=3)

The second game the boys hit the ball well and finished the game with a score of 8-1.  The team played great defense with key plays by Conner Michelsen and a nicely executed bunt by Claytin Parlin to begin the hitting rally.  (Winning Pitcher, Eric Gilstrap, save Tripp Cecil). (Cecil 3-3)

This makes the teams fourteenth win of the season with their only loss coming in preseason.  They are currently undefeated in district play.

The next game is against the Allen Eagles on Tuesday, April 1st at Plano Senior High School.

The Vikings baseball team won big in thier season opener against the Williams Warriors on Wednesday night.   It was a team effort as everyone on the roster had a role in securing the victory.

Ryan McCarthy pitched an outstanding game, holding the Warriors to onlyfour runs before leaving the game in the sixth inning.  The scored ramined 16-4 until the Vikings allowed a few runs in the last inning to make the final score 17-11.

The Vikings continue to put double digit runs on the scoreboard by pounding the ball.  To date, they have scored 88 runs in nine games!

The boys enjoy playing together and it shows on and off the field. 

Their next game is against the Jasper Jaguars on Saturday, March 15th at Plano Senior High School at 8:00 a.m and 12:00 p.m.  

We hope you will come out and root the Vikings on to continuing a successful season.

The Vines Vikings baseball team is set to play in their season opener against the Williams Warriors on Wednesday, March 12th at 7:00 p.m. at Plano East High School.

A prior match up between the two teams ended with the Warriors pulling out a one run victory in the final inning to produce the Vikings only loss in their preseason.

The Vikings are prepared to even the score and pull off a victory in their season opener.

The Vikings had a great preseason with a record of 6-1-1.  They are pounding the ball with a total of 71 runs scored so far.  They have also had outstanding pitching and defensive play, allowing only 26 runs in eight games.

 Please come out on Wednesday for our first season game and cheer the team on to a successful season!

The Vikings Vines freshman team wins two tournaments in a row.

The boys continued their winning ways, winning three of their four pool games and advancing to the championship game.  They scored an impressive 34 runs in their last three games with only three runs scored against.

They won their championship game with an impressive score of 12-1 against the Jasper Jaguars......more to come.

The Vines Freshman High School Baseball Team played in their first season tournament of the year.  The HEB Freshman Tournament.  They started off with a very tough Colleyville team, tieing in a 6-6 finish and winning the tiebreaker to advance to the next round.  Excellent pitching by Ryan McCarthy and Eric Gilstrap, along with key hits from Joey Kaufman, Tripp Cecil and Conner  Michelson helped to even the score.   The play of the game came when Clayton Parlin had a game saving catch in center field in the last inning to be sure that the team advanced to the next round.

On Friday night, they competed against a very tough LD Bell Team, winning by a score of 7-4 and advancing to the Championship game on Saturday.  Once again, Tyler Adams started off by pitching an excellent game with Joey Kaufman coming in relief to seal the victory.  Excellent catching by Jackson Goldberg and defensive play in the outfield by Ryan Griffin and Bo Hawthorne was key to the victory.

On Saturday, the boys made an impressive show, winning in six innings by a score of 13-2.  Outstanding pitching by Eric Gilstrap and Ryan McCarthy was key.  Along with excellent hitting from the entire team as their bats were hot!  Highlights included Clayton Parlin (3-3), Zach Phillps (2-2) as well as Tripp Cecil (3-3) which included a homerun and an eight rbi game. 

 The boys will play their second tournament of the year on Thursday, February 28th in the Plano ISD Freshman Tournament.  Their first game is Thursday at 11:00 a.m. against Shepton High School at Plano Senior High School.