The Ballfields at Craig Ranch

McKINNEY MARSHALS YOUTH BASEBALL

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                   TRYOUT INFO !
The 12U team coached by Dax Powell will hold a tryout Saturday, January 13, from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at Craig Ranch, field #10. If weather is bad the tryout will be indoors at the Sports Plex. For directions call Dax at the number listed below. To set up possible individual tryouts with the 12U team you can contact Dax directly at 214-679-2742.
For future tryouts, please contact Shayne Currin or Brett McCabe.

           Organization
Our organization is designed to provide our young athletes with a structured building block approach to help them achieve their baseball dreams. The base of our pyramid will be our U8 through U14 competitive youth teams, which will feed into our U15 and U16 high school prep teams, which will in turn feed into our U17/18 college prep team. This building block approach will give our athletes the background, training, and opportunity to excel and advance from competitive youth baseball, to High School ball, to College ball and possibly beyond. We strive to do this by hand picking select coaching volunteers to serve as our head coaches for the competitive youth teams. At U15 and above our teams are only coached by paid professional coaches. These coaches have all played and coached at levels beyond 'club' baseball. The tip of our pyramid is the U17/18 team which will 'showcase' our ballplayers to College coaches and scouts for possible scholarship opportunities.
This is all done under the watchful eye of General Manager Shayne Currin, and former Major League pitcher Mike Henneman, the founder and president of the McKinney Marshals Youth Baseball Organization, part owner/President of the TCL McKinney Marshals and also part owner/President of 'The Ballfields at Craig Ranch'. When you take into consideration the incredible facilities, the coaching, and the invaluable college and pro connections that this organization has , you could not dream of a better situation to place a young ballplayer in.

Mission Statement

Our organization is dedicated to providing an environment where student-athletes are instructed and prepared physically, mentally and emotionally to successfully compete in baseball and life. In addition to teaching our players the physical skills of the game, we want to give them a better understanding of the 'game within the game'. It is upon these philosophies and values that prospective High School, Collegiate and Professional players will be trained and developed.

Focus
Our focus as an organization is on teaching these young men the game of baseball, and how to be successful in advancing to the 'next level' of play. Winning of course is the objective we all strive for, however, we realize that teaching them about teamwork, sportsmanship, hard work and self-disipline is just as important.

History
It started simply with a dad and his son wanting to enjoy the great game of baseball together. After retiring from Major League Baseball, Mike Henneman thought he was going to be able to rest after 11 years of professional baseball and being on the road. However, his sons started playing baseball and wanted Dad right there with them. As his sons got older and more involved in competitive youth baseball Mike became bothered by how some of the “select” clubs were run and how some teams and coaches conducted themselves. His objective was to find a way that kids could learn the intricacies of the game of baseball, ‘The game within the game’, yet still have fun while playing it. He started a 'select' team, the RedHawks, which grew into a small organization of teams after a few years. Eventually the dream encompassed building the ‘Ballfields at Craig Ranch’ baseball complex and acquiring the Texas Collegiate League franchise of the McKinney Marshals. At the same time, the youth teams became the McKINNEY MARSHALS Youth Baseball Organization. The news of our expansion and the plans for the new 15 field complex, that will be our home base, has attracted new players and other independent select teams to join our organization. At present we now have 15 teams ranging from U8 to U18.

Youth Marshals Gear

To purchase McKinney Marshals Youth Baseball apparel please visit the Pro Shops at The Ballfields at Craig Ranch at 6151 Alma Road, McKinney, Texas 75070. The store is open Mondays through Fridays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tryout Information
Please contact the General Managers at:
U7 - U14 Brett McCabe brettmccabe@sbcglobal.net
U15 - U18 Shayne Currin shaynecurrin@hotmail.com
Include your players birthdate and baseball background in your email.

TEAMS

		11U National McKinney Marshals Head Coach: Gary Paul

		14U National McKinney Marshals Tryouts Scheduled for 14U McKinney Marshals When: December 9th 2006. Time: 2:00 p.m. Where: The Ballfields at Craig Ranch - Field 7 For more information e-mail Charles Deckard at cdeckard@CCCCD.EDU "See you on the Field"