2009 State American Legion Tournament in Athens

[BigTime]

Way to represent our area Post 23. Great Season and best of luck to all of the players in the future.

[sportfolio]

Schedule at the top of this thread is updated to
include the games which were played today (Friday) --
one more tonight and championship action on Saturday

[swbaseballfan]

FOOTBALL CAN WAIT!!!!!!!!!

i talked to a player just a little bit ago and he told me that they were told that they will be playing at 11:00am friday morning but the location has yet to be determined. then afer seeing the storm that is comming they were told that no one knows what will be going on untill friday gets here. it sure doesnt look good though, too much rain

does anyone know when regionals start? i am just wondering if there is a set date that the state tournament HAS TO BE completed. i know with the chance of friday being another wash out, nice weather predicted for saturday, and more rain scheduled for sunday is it possible we could still be playing come monday?

WHAT????...watch what you say....

you can have your QB's back now....i still say baseball needs to be a year round sport!!!

[oldtrojan]

Great run by the Post 23 guys. Way to represent the Scioto County area.

[Catch24]

Congrats on a great season by 23. Coach Branon and Davis, thanks for what you do.

[Burg_Grad_77]

Congrats on another awesome season and a 4th place finish in the state. Post 23 baseball is slowly but surely climbing back up to the pinnacle it once was. With a great coaching staff and a great amount of talent in the area it doesn't surprise how quickly this team has bounced back.

Great job guys and good luck next year and for many more years to come.

[sportfolio]

Sandusky wins second straight championship -- schedule and results at top of this trread updated and final

[alabama mike]

Congrats to Post 23 on another fine season. Coach Branon and Coach Davis do a wonderful job of taking kids from the different schools in Scioto county and molding them into the "Boys In Blue."

[Cap'n Scoop]

Congrats to Sandusky, they are deserving state champions.

[sportfolio]

sw baseball fan --

in answer to your question about when the state tournament has to be completed, the winner has to be decided in time for the team to reach the regional site by next Wednesday -- in Ohio's case Appleton, Wis. -- for a banquet on Wednesday night and the start
of the tournament on Thursday. Last year, the Great Lakes Regional was held
in Chillicothe, Ohio ... the site rotates around the different states in the region .. next
time for Ohio will be in about four or five years.

[tigernation]

Portsmouth team has class kids and class coaches. Never try to show up an opponent or an umpire. They play the game the right way.

[swbaseballfan]

i have to agree with the statements about how great the post 23 coaching staff realy is. and it helps that the kids who play for post 23 realy love baseball and when you put a bunch of kids together that have talent and knowledge of the game it helps a lot. i have always said, give a coach good players, he will make them great. that is definatly an understatement for what the coaches can do for this area's players

[Eagle12]

To Coach Brannon, Coach Davis and All the Players on Post 23:

You all are a class organization and I would like to congradulate all of you on your season. You represented District 7 very well and we all Thank You!!!!

Coach Martin

[swbaseballfan]

i think we need to keep this subject on the main page for a year...that way we dont need a new one when post 23 repeats and goes to state again!!!!

[bucknut 23]

Congratulations to the players and coaches of Post 23. You had a hard-fought District 7 Tournament Championship and then went back to work at the State Tournament with an excellent 4th place finish. Sorry I wasn't able to get to Athens this year to watch you play, but the family vacation of 10 days kind of took precendence. I always follow your progress during the summer, though.

Coach Branon has done a great job of re-establishing Post 23 on the Ohio American Legion map. He always was a class-act on the field back in his days at Wheelersburg and it sounds like his players are following his lead and representing Post 23 on the diamond as well.

[SENDEM]

Congrats to everyone involved with the James Dicky Post 23 American Legion Baseball Team. 1st of all A HUGH THANK YOU goes to the Post 23 Legion for the support that u are giving the area boy to be able to play summer baseball, again THANK YOU VERY MUCH; 2nd a BIG Thanks goes to Coach Branon an Coach Davis for taken the time out of ur summers to help EACH AN EVERYONE that has played these last 3yrs an the one to come; an 3rd but not LEAST Thanks goes to all of the Parents an New friends that myself an my family has made an the Great Memories that have been made over these last 3 years. [size=200] THANKS TO EVEYONE an GOOD LUCK NEXT YEAR!!! GO BIG BLUE!!![/size]

[alabama mike]

Who are the players that finished their careers with Post 23?

[SENDEM]

Justin Montgomery
Adam Wamsley
Aaron Hopper
Jared Farmer
Brian White

I think these 5 are the only ones

[Sweet Pea]

Congratulations on a great year 23! Keep building the program, a state championship won't take too long. Didn't make it to the state in my 2 yrs - would have been a great way to end an already great season!

late,
sweetpea