Dixie Youth All-Stars
 

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2013 DIXIE YOUTH MAJORS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Really happy for 'em, Shane.


:fireworks::fireworks:

Thats awesome, I bet those boys were so excited!

Awesome!! Congrats!!

Congrats

what age group



We had a team from Houma go play in Cooperston NY a couple weeks ago and won the whole thing 104 team tournament. 12 year olds.

From Moss Bluff... Just sayin'

11-12

This tourney was played in Laurel, MS. What association are the Houma kids a part of?

Outstanding

Way to go. KPLC TV has a piece on it tonight at 6 pm news cast

I wish the major sponsors would take as much interest in Dixie Youth as they do in Little League baseball. Microsoft, BP, Dave Thomas Foundation (Wendy's), Toyota, IBM.....all these people pour money into Little League baseball every year. That's why they have their own stadium for the World Series and that's why they get seen on ESPiN. Aren't these kids from Moss Bluff and others across the country every bit as important? I friggin' don't understand it and it pisses me off bigtime!!! :pissed:

congrats

They play 95% USSSA. Here's a link to their team info.

http://www.usssa.com/sports/Team3.asp?TeamID=1840187


LBA = Louisiana Baseball Academy
They have a team in each age group from 9-13

My son will be trying out for next years 9yo team tomorrow.

Never heard of this group. When I hear USSSA...I think softball.

Yea grew up playing U-trip
Dixie was what the league play was (rec then allstars)
But our travel team was USSA.
Good luck to your son tomorrow.

It has ruined rec baseball..... If you want you kid to play descent ball these days.. You have to fork out the cash and play USSSA..

BTW... Congrats to the moss bluff boys!!

Can't be as big as Little League, heh?

Little league is a form of Rec ball correct?
USSA is a pay to play gig. Private teams etc.

It's huge in la and Texas.... Not as much in a lot of other states. But here, little league is not even close to USSSA. Most little league teams are USSSA teams just playing enough little league to make it to the world series... Pretty sure Shane's boys play USSSA, Shane??

Little league is a rec league, just as Dixie youth, Pony baseball etc...It just depends on which one your area is affiliated with.

Isn't there a Little League association in the Laffy/LC area? There was a Louisiana team vying for "The" World Series a couple days ago but didn't notice where they were from. I think there was a southwest Louisiana team in the LLWS a couple years ago.

Yes, both LC and laff have sent teams to the series. But there is still not very much league played, the minimum it takes to qualify. Rest of the time play USSSA. In LC Anyway...

Thanks guys. I haven't been on here much. This last weeks been crazy. Very special week for those kids. They got to experience a life experience most will never reach. They finished to allstar run 26-0. The completion was tough at the World Series. Most team had some powerful pitching and could really hit well. The city of laural has a incredible park and the community support wasfirst class. I wish dixie youth got the coverage that little league does. In the south dixie is far bigger than LL. but nationally and over seas makes them have the coverage they get. I love watching it and this year will watch it know our boys could beat most of those teams.
The kids do play USSSA tournoment ball as well. LL kids do as well. Playing just league ball is not enough. Now days if you want to make allstars you almost have to play travel ball. This year it just worked out that 10 of 12 kids on the team played together in both. The 2 other came from a different team.
I love travel ball but the experience thru Dixie is different as in you lose it's season over. Usssa you lose you come back next weekend.

http://www.usssa.com/sports/Team3.asp?TeamID=1895926

It think the record for the year combined is around 55-6.

Few pics from the final day.

Another

Being home the flag

That's awesome! Congrats to those boys and the parents, very tuff and both. All the missed fishing and hunting trips makes those championships even sweeter.

Stands for United States Specailty Sports
They do have softball, baseball, karate, basketball etc..


That's corrrect, although last year I only had to come out of my pocket with $150 to start and we did fundraising. This year I'll have to pay.


In LA, MS, TX FL it is. On ESPN3 they show some of the world series finalies.


Our local league is sanctioned through USSSA

The recent team was from Bossier City



That's a good pic of a great looking family, your kids is going to remeber that for long time!!!

congrats!

Are all the kids flat billing these days? Nobody rolls down the corners anymore to keep the sun out? I guess I'm getting old

Reggoh mine is 50/50 on the flat a few he does and few he don't.



SWT does your younger one play?

Congrats

Yeah he's playing 9U. Been playing Travel ball since he was 6

I hate the flat bills too.

Mine played 2 years t-ball, 2 years coach pitch t ball, and 1 year of coach pitch with the local rec league. He made All-Stars at 6 and 7 and played travel only at 8. He tried out for LBA Naturals this past weekend and we still haven't heard from them, (no one else who has tried has heard anything either). He also got invited to go tryout for another team this Saturday. Problem is he had a tryout lined up with a 10U team, he would be playing up with the 10Us. So I don't know what the hell we going to do.

I'd Skip 9u and go to 10. he'll learn more playing up and not playing 9u. Usssa should play 9u as closed bases. hard to teach. pitchers, catchers and how to protect from leads/steals all in the same year. heck they can't throw strikes yet. walk fest at 9...

I was thinking he'd have a hard time picking it up since all the other kids have a year on him