Desperados Back to Back Champions!
After winning the Spring 2023 Season, Desperados win Back-to-Back Championships in the Open Division taking the Fall Season as well. In order to do this, the Desperados took the hard route having to come from behind to win including a go ahead grand slam by Championship MVP- Daniel Sobarzo. In order to seal the deal, Sobarzo also pitched the last three innings in relief and closed the game out.
Congratulations to the Desperados, they are the Fall 2023 Open Division Champions!
Desperados edge the Roughnecks to win the Championship!
Desperados New Spring 2023 Open Division Champions! They defeated the Houston Roughnecks by a score of 3-1 in a close Championship game. Michael Brueckner was named the team MVP having pitched 14 Innings in two playoff/championship games. Congratulations to Manager Cambo Nelson and the Desperados, they are the Spring 2023 Open Division Champions!
Aztecas 6-4 win over Hurricanes. Take 40+ Fall Division Championship
The Aztecas were the newcomers to the 40+ Division this fall. Having only one loss due to forfeit, they finished the season with an almost perfect record overall 13-1-1. They were undefeated in the Fall Double elimination tournament only to face last season's champions, Houston Hurricanes. They went on to edged the Hurricanes by the score of 6-4 in a hard fought battle to the end. Congratulations to the Aztecas, they are the 2023 Fall Season 40+ Division Champions!
Northside Astros defeat the Cyclones 8-5 to win 35+ Fall Division Championship
Northside Astros held off the Cyclones in the 2023 fall 35+ Division Championship to win their first title ever. Final score was 8-5 on a 40ish degree winter day out at CE King High School. Stephen Bonnain named the Championship MVP pitching a complete game for the victory. Congratulations to manager Ian Peyton and the Northside Astros, they are the 2023 Fall 35+ Division Champions!
San Antonio Lonestars Win 2023 Texas Cup Classic
Houston Hurricanes Win Their Third Division Title
The 35+ Division saw the expected #1 seed playing the #2 seed in the Championship as both teams are solid from top to bottom. By the Championship game, the Expos were the only team to have ever tied the Hurricanes, who still remained undefeated in the history of the 35+ Division. This was either team's game to win.
With solid pitching by Stephen Bonnain (Hurricanes) and Jason Iriarte (Expos), plus some amazing defensive plays by both teams, Hurricanes would finally score the first run of the game in the 5th inning. By the 6th inning the Hurricanes put up another 4 and then another 3 in the next. Expos had no answer for the runs but kept battling. The Expos eventually ran out of steam and out of time as the Hurricanes would win in the end by the score of 8-1 finishing with an impressive 11-0-1 record for the season. Congratulations to the Houston Hurricanes, they are the Spring 2022 35+ Division Champions!
Hurricanes defeat Cyclones to win 40+ Fall Championship
Hurricanes win 12-8 in the 40+ Division Championship Game against their dual-division rivals Cyclones. Prior, the two teams squared off in the 35+ Championship weeks ago with this being their second Championship matchup for Fall of 2021. Hurricanes prove to be the stronger of the teams in 2021 having defeated the Cyclones in both matchups. Congratulations to the Hurricanes. They are the Fall 40+ Division Champions!
Marauders Defeat the Cyclones 10-7 for 35+ Championship
Marauders DEFEAT THE Cyclones TO WIN First Ever LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Northland Christian hosted the 2023 Spring 35+ Division Championship. We saw a rematch from the Fall of 2022 Championship teams Marauders vs. Houston Cyclones. In the fall the Cyclones won in a high scoring match 12-9, but this time the Marauders played with their hearts, their hustle, and had great pitching with timely hitting to outlast the Cyclones' surge by score of 10-7. Starting pitcher Bridgeto Amador pitched a complete 9 inning game for the win and was named the Championship MVP! Congratulations to the 35+ Marauders, they are the new Spring 2023 35+ Division Champions!
Tigers defeat the Stars to win 55+ League Championship
Morton Ranch HS in Katy hosted the 2023 Spring Season 55+ Division Championship. We saw a rematch of the Fall 2022 55+ Championship teams Stars Vs. Tigers. In the fall the Stars won soundly, but this time the Tigers played solid defense, had great pitching and timely hitting to overwhelm the Stars by score of 8-4. Congratulations to the 55+ Tigers, they are the Spring 2023 55+ Division Champions!
Your Houston Gamblers, a team made up of mainly players from 6 different Houston Hardball teams, went to the MSBL/MABL Kickoff Classic in Las Vegas this past weekend in the 35+ division and brought home the trophy. After going 3-0 in round robin play to get the #1 seed, they then won both playoff games on Sunday to end 5-0.
The Gamblers faced last year’s Champions Montebello Angels in the championship. The Gamblers found themselves down early 4-1 through the first few innings on three HRs, but never lost their fight. Josef Frias would settle in for the rest of the game while giving his offense time to get back into it. Big bash 3-run HRs by David “Prime” Careaga and Jimmy Rivera (his 4th HR of the weekend) gave the Gamblers a lead they would never give up while Josef would finish off the game with a complete game victor and a team 10-5 win to take their first tournament championship.
Managers Pedro Rivera Jr. and Carlos Ramon brought a team ready to complete and the biggest memory of that weekend was just that, every guy showed up and played a part. “This was the ultimate example of team baseball and unselfishness” said manager Rivera to the Hurricanes post media outlet. Manger Ramon was quoted by the same outlet as saying, “this is a historic day for all of us and you can’t ever, EVER, take history away.”
