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Bees Ready for 10th Season
The Tri-County Bees baseball club is ready to kick off its 10th season. The Bees will open the year with a double header against the Southern Vermont Venom on Saturday May 19th at FMCC.
In the 10 years the Bees have been in existence the team has been to five National Championships. In 2006 the Bees won the HYSA World Series for its only National Championship but the Bees have also come close with a 4th Place finish at the 2010 NABF World Series.
Tri-County also made an appearance at the NABF World Series in 2007 and two appearances at the ECTB World Series. The Bees have also won 12 ENYTB league championships in the ten years between its two teams.
The Bees have sent 33 players on to play at the college level, including three at the Division I level.
This year the Bees will once again play in the ENYTB Gold Division, with non-league games against the Amsterdam Mohawks, Albany Athletics, and other collegiate or twilight league teams.
Bees win ENYTB division crown
July 20, 2010
The Tri-County Bees collegiate team clinched the AABC playoff berth and won the ENYTB division title with a split against the Capital City Athletics on Sunday night in a double header at Shuttleworth Park. The second place Athletics made a run at the title with a win in game one by the score of 8-2, but in the nightcap it was all Tri-County in a 13-1 victory.
In game one, with the score tied at two, the Athletics scored six runs in the sixth inning to pick up the win.
For the Bees, Matt Gage and T.J. Lane each picked up RBI's in the third inning when Gage doubled and Lane singled to plate Gage. Lane and Corey Caswell each had two hits on the day as Dave Gage, Art Levenson and Jeffrey Brooks all picked up singles.
Zach Griesche held Capital City at bay for five innings allowing two runs, one earned. Griesche started the sixth with two walks before handing the ball over to Matt Gage who struck out the first batter he faced. After a sacrifice fly and a walk the Bees committed two errors allowing the Athletics to break the game open. Griesche finished the game throwing five innings allowing four runs on four hits and walked five while striking out six. Gage tossed an inning allowing no earned runs and struck out two. Levenson finished the game giving up two hits and no runs.
In game two, the Bees jumped on the board early and often as they scored 13 runs. A double, stolen base, and a wild pitch in the first inning allowed Caswell to score the first run. For the game, Nick Davoulas had three hits pacing the Bees offense. Chris Farnan and Caswell also had multi hit games to go with hits from Dave Gage, Levenson, Cody Vincent, and a double from Brooks.
Joe Rogers picked up his sixth win in the clinching game for the collegiate team throwing a complete game allowing one run on five hits and struck out four.
The collegiate team (21-10) will now play three non-league games before entering the AABC state tournament on July 30 in Albany.
Bees Open Season 3-0
Johnstown, NY- The Tri-County Bees Collegiate team started another summer campaign Sunday with two victories over the Bethlehem Eagles at FMCC. The Bees won by scores of 12-1 and 10-1. On Monday the Bees took on the Albany Senators at FMCC and won 9-5.
Joe Rogers got the opening day nod on the hill and was spectacular. Rogers tossed five innings for Tri-County earning the win. Rogers struck out 12 and allowed two hits before being relieved by Ryan Harper. Harper finished the final two innings and struck out all six batters he faced. In game two Ian Reban pitched six innings and kept the Eagles hitters off balance the entire game. Reban allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six earning his first victory. Ethan Selby pitched in relief and struck out two.
On Monday Kurt Kowalczyk started for Tri-County and allowed four runs, two earned, over three innings of work. Kowalczyk struck out three and scattered three hits in his season debut. Selby then came on in relief to earn the win. Selby struck out five and allowed one run in his three innings.
At the plate Wes Clark led the Bees over the two days going 5-10 with three RBI’s. Dave Gage and John Samples also went 2-5 in the three games played. Gage scored five runs, was hit three times, and walked four times. Corey Armstrong had five RBI’s on four hits and Corey Caswell had three RBI’s on three hits including a double. Ron Patterson and Jevonte Osterhout have also tallied runs five times for Tri-County.
The Bees will play again on Wednesday at Waterford for a 6PM start. After traveling for a double header on Saturday the Bees return home on Sunday at Shuttleworth Park when they take on the Capital City Athletics in a double header at 5:30.
Fall Ball Website
September 9, 2010
The website for the fall ball team is www.leaguelineup.com/beeselite
Bees continue to fill roster
September 1, 2010 – 07:09 PM
Coach Gage will be very busy in the next few months signing new and past bees players to add depth to thier roster.
Roster
2 Dave Gage 2B/SS
3 Corey Caswell C/OF
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8 Joe Rogers P
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11 Matt Gage P
12 TJ Lane OF
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20 Ryan Kelly P
21 Cody Vincent 2B/SS
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23 Ron Patterson OF
24 Jevonte Osterhout 3B
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26 Chris Farnan OF/P
28 Ben Naaktqeboren P
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41 Art Levenson OF/P
42 Ryan Harper P/1B
Bees start signing process for 2011
September 1, 2010
The Tri-County Bees will start their 2011 season signing by first returning second baseman and life long Bee Dave Gage a Sr.(Southern Vermont College) Gage is a D3 All American second baseman.
As Coach Gage and the coaching staff continues to work hard in the recruiting process if you are interested in playing for the Bees next summer contact Coach Gage at 518-774-2823 or email him at tcbees@frontiernet.net
Gage named AD3I All American
Dave Gage was named AD3I 2nd Team All-American on Thursday as a freshman. Gage a freshman at Southern Vermont College started at second base in all of his teams 33 games and reached base safely in 30 of them. Dave led off for the Mountaineers and had an on base percentage of .460 with a batting average at .300. Gage also finished third in the nation in HBP with .49HBP per game. Gage was joined on the 2nd Team All American list by Dan Cook the Mountaineers freshman catcher. Gage and Cook are the first Mountaineers in school history to achieve any national honors and are both a part of Coach Don Schaffer's first recruiting class.
Tournaments
2010 Tournaments
NABF Regionals 1-2
AABC State 0-2
2009 Tournaments
NABF Regionals 2-2
Albany Athletics 1-2
2007 Tournaments
NABF Regionals Altoona 1st Place 4-1
NABF World Series, MS 16th Place 0-4
2006 Tournaments
Saugerties Memorial Day- 2nd Place 2-1-1
HYSA World Series- 1st Place 5-1
NABF Regionals 4th Place 2-2
Rochester Showcase- 2nd Place 3-1
2005 Tournament
Disney Wide World Sports- 1st Place 5-0
Silver City Grand Slam- 2nd Place 4-1
Hudson Valley Classic- 4th Place 1-3
Blue Jays Baseball 1st Place 2-0
Last Man Standing- 1st Place 4-1
Tri-County Classic - 1st Place 5-0
ECTB World Series- 26th Place 0-4
2004 Tournaments
Disney Wide World Sports 4th Place 0-5
Utica Tournament 3rd Place 2-2
Mansfield Tourney- 9th Place 1-3
Hudson Valley Classic 5th Place 2-2
Waterbury, CT 5th Place 1-3
Blue Jays Baseball 1st Place 2-0
ECTB World Series 7th Place 1-3
2003 Tournaments
Beaver Valley Classic 2nd Place 3-2
Hudson Valley Classic 4th Place 1-3
Upcoming Games/Practices
| Wednesday, May 30 | | Bethlehem Eagles @ Tr-County Bees | 6:00pm | FMCC | | Thursday, May 31 | | Coxsackie Bats @ Tr-County Bees | 6:00pm | FMCC | | Friday, Jun 1 | | Tr-County Bees @ Lake George Wolfpack | 5:30pm | Moreau Rec Pk | |
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