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ColtsCHATTER ColtsCHATTER ColtsCHATTER | | | Published quarterly for supporters of the Chillicothe 757 Colts Published quarterly for supporters of the Chillicothe 757 Colts Published quarterly for supporters of the Chillicothe 757 Colts | | | October 3, 2014October 3, 2014October 3, 2014

2014 REGION V RUNNER UP

The 2014 Ohio American Legion Region V was held July 14-17 at the VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe Ohio. The Chillicothe Post 757 Colts got on a hot streak in the Ohio American Legion Region V tournament by knocking off District 7 foes Circleville Post 134, Hillsboro Post 129 & Waverly Post 142 before falling to the Cincinnati Yeager Benson Post 199 in the championship round.

The Colts end the season at 18-17 winning 8 of their last 11 games. “It came out the way we wanted,” Chillicothe coach Bret Mavis said. “This was our grand scheme to win it at 18 year olds, and we almost did it. I’ve been with some of these guys since they were 13-14 years old. They’ve grown up as young men. They came through. They got better. We gelled as a team. They believed we could win. That’s key because they came from three different schools. They’re a good bunch of kids. I’m going to miss all of them —not just because one of them was my son — I’m going to miss all of them.”

IMPORTANT DATES

May 26-28 Post 757 Camp

June 30 Colts Opening Day

June 19-21 Jadwin Memorial Tourney

2014 MILITARY

Jacob Kellough US Air Force

Layne Stockham US Air Force

2014 COLLEGE COMMITTMENTS

Matt Dunn Mount Vernon University

Austin Elliott Capital University

Sean Lucas U of Cincinnati

Nat Mavis UNC Wilmington

Ryan Milliken Ohio State University

Jalen Mischal Wilmington College

Lucas Sarver Ohio University Chillicothe

Nolan Taylor Ohio University

757 COLTS ALUMNI

Big shout out to the most recent Colts Alumni to sign up on the website: Jeff Zickafoose, Rick “Rocket” Robinson & Andrew Weiderman.

Zickafoose played for Coach Rockhold 1977-79 and coached 757 from 1998-2003! Jeff is a for-mer PV Bearcat that continued is education and baseball career at Ohio University

Robinson, a Piketon HS grad, played 1985-6 for Coaches Crabtree, DeVore & Mavis before play-ing at Northern Kentucky University.

Huntington graduate Weiderman, of Marietta GA, played for Coach Rockhold & Big Jim Jadwin 1999-2001. Love hearing from our Al-ums!

Keep ’em coming, please sign up!

YOUR 2014 Chillicothe Post 757 Colts pictured from left, front row: Josh George, Ryan Milliken, Colin Swackhammer, Zack Stapleton & Austin Long;

back row: Coach Tom Barr, Nick Rinehart, Drew Barr, Jalen Mischal, Matt Dunn, Nat Mavis, Trent Downs, Sean Lucas, Jacob Kellough, Austin Elliott, Layne Stockham, Nolan Taylor, Lucas Sarver & Coach Bret Mavis

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MISSION ACCOMPLISHED—2014 COLTS BASEBALL

All to often success in youth sports is measured only by wins ver-sus losses and that’s certainly important to the Chillicothe 757 Colts Baseball Program too. As Colts players move on to the next stage of their lives it is very obvious that wins/losses are only a small part of success in youth sports….. To quote one of the good guys that has since passed on:

“Post 757 has not only strived over the years to coach and teach fun-damental baseball but has encouraged the players to be aware of the importance of their high school GPA, work ethics and to be teacha-ble.”

- Dick Stewart

As we put the 2014 season to bed and look forward to the 46th consecutive year of the program it’s very rewarding to know that these young men have been provided a solid foundation for success by their parents, teachers, coaches, pastors and others. The Colts program is blessed to play a small role in the future success of these men!

DOWNS DUNN ELLIOTT KELLOUGH LUCAS

MAVIS MISCHAL SARVER STOCKHAM SWACKHAMMER TAYLOR

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AIRMAN KELLOUGH

Colts leadoff hitter & CF Jacob Kellough recently completed basic training in the United States Air Force in San Antonio.

JK, a 2014 HHS grad, is the son of Jeff & Karen Kellough.

From the entire baseball family —We are all very proud of you Airman Kellough!!

CHILLICOTHEBASEBALL.COM 3.0

The Chillicothe Post 757 Colts have a brand new website! As the number of visitors continues to grow we are beefing up the website. Make sure you check out the new website at http://chillicothebaseball.com

FALL TRYOUTS NOW COMPLETE

We were very pleased with the talented baseball players that came out for the fall tryouts.

For our summer teams we conduct two sets of tryouts, in the fall where we identify the core players for our teams and then a second tryout in May to complete rosters.

THANK YOU to all of the players that tried out for the 2015 Colts Baseball Teams!

JADWIN COMMITTEE

Due to the continued growth of the Jadwin Memorial tournament, a Jadwin Committee will be started this fall to help with organizing and running the tournament.

The Jadwin Committee will consists of Jim’s family, Colts coaches, former players, parents, umpires and others.

There’s no shortage of help needed, anyone interested please contact the coaching staff.

4TH ANNUAL JADWIN MEMORIAL

The 4th Annual Jim Jadwin Memorial tournament is scheduled for June19-21, 2015. After another successful tournament we have been overwhelmed with American Legion programs eager to enter the tournament field.

Next week tournament information will be sent out to previous participating teams as well as the list of teams that asked to be contacted as details became final.

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LIGHTING UP HOFFMAN FIELD

As featured 9/28/14 in the Chillicothe Gazette, the program is focused on bringing lights to Hoffman Field. Below are some highlights from the article with quotes from Colts GM Art DeVore who has been with Post 757 since its inception:

Discussions about putting up lights at Hoffman Field began when the field was first constructed in 1970.

With the addition of another lighted diamond in Chillicothe, the Colts' annual Jim Jadwin Memorial Tournament could draw a larger pool of teams.

"This is not an American Legion drive; this is a community project," DeVore said at a meeting of likely project volunteers.

Among those helping DeVore with the project are John Herrnstein, a former MLB player, and Ron Shoemaker, whose son, John, is a former Legion star and now a coach in the LA Dodgers organization.

The group still needs to pin down a budget for the project, but estimates range between $60,000 and $100,000 depending on how donated supplies and labor. The fundraising campaign will seek corporate and individual donations, as well as grant funding, DeVore said.

COLTS WINTER WORKOUTS

As we’ve done the last several years, the Colts will be conducting winter workouts on Sundays in December, January & February. This is open to current and former Colts players. Players not playing a winter sport are encouraged to attend.

WINTER HITTING LEAGUE

The Colts program will once again be participating in a fall hitting league at Mannino’s Grand Slam located in Dublin, OH. Players available to play Saturdays January 10—February 14 should contact their Colts coach.

COLTS 2014 FALL HARDBALLERS

The Colts Fall team is participating in the South Central Ohio HS Fall league this year as well as playing some other non-league teams. The Colts are focused on fundamentals and repetition in the fall with the number one priority being to help players get ready for their 2015 school and summer seasons.

We have a great group of kids that are putting in a lot of extra work this fall. We’ve had 4 coaches working with the fall team: Tom Barr, Chuck Greathouse, Bret Mavis & Brad Wilburn. The roster consists of the following 14 players from 8 different high schools:

Collin Cory Caleb Felts Braden Wilburn Nick Rinehart Dalton Conley Dylan Conley Zack Stapleton Evan Long Cody Hendershot Noah Bost Tyler McFerren Drew Barr Jonah Bilek Josh George

This group of players came together very quickly as one team and have worked very hard to improve as baseball players. Their work is paying off as we are seeing improvement in every player and the team is off to a 10-0 record!

The picture above is a birthday celebration for Tyler McFerren’s 17th birthday. Big thanks to Tyler’s Mom for bringing in pizza & cake for the fall team.

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2015 COLTS SPONSORSHIPS

The Chillicothe Post 757 Colts Baseball Program utilizes sponsorships and partnerships in order to supplement other fundraising activities.

Please help spread the word about the 2015 Colts sponsorship drive to local businesses!

We’d like to have every player strive to bring in at least one sponsor for the 2015!! Information about a variety of plans can be found at http://757.chillicothebaseball.com/index.php/support/sponsors/92-sponsorships

KROGER REWARDS

Please take a few minutes and help support

the Colts by participating in the Kroger Community Rewards Program, step-by-step instructions are available here.

757 BINGO VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Colts Baseball Program is primarily funded by the Joseph W. Hoffman Post 757 American Legion. These funds are generated by bingo proceeds. Volunteers (in Colts Baseball Gear please) are needed on Sunday & Tuesday evenings. Please contact Roy Stone, Colts Baseball President at 740-773-6400 to sign up!

PONY LEAGUE BINGO

Like many youth programs, the Pony League is facing financial challenges! If you know of people looking to play Bingo on Wednesday nights and supports youth sports then please pass the word along! Doors open at 4:30 and Bingo kicks off at 7!

Check it out at 317 East Main Street at the VFW.

COLTS PROGRAM GROWING

The Chillicothe 757 Colts Baseball Program took a hit earlier this year losing our youngest team late in the spring due to unforeseen circumstances. As we announced in the July ColtsCHATTER “We absolutely intend to fix that problem!” After several baseball tryouts this fall, the Colts are growing as we welcome both 14-Under and 13-Under teams to the Colts Baseball Family.

Please help us welcome the future crop of 757 Colts Players to the Colts Baseball Program:

YOUR 2015 14U Colts

Tyler Arledge Hayden Higginbotham

Austin Booth Lane Larson

Levi DeLong JD Robb

Connor Hartley John Salyers

Zane Hayes

YOUR 2015 13U Colts

Christian Benson Camden Larson

Cameron Evans Andrew Ramsey

Kody Haubeil Bailey Seymour

Luke Johnson Matt Spetnagel

Johnathon Kelly Jackson Wells

Additional tryouts will be conducted in May to finalize rosters.

SPIRITCUP FUNDRAISER

The Colts Program is currently selling SpiritCups, these cups are pretty awesome. The program has a lot of success with these in 2010. They hold up well, look great still and most important are dishwasher safe!!

If you haven’t heard from a Colts Player please let us know via email at:

CoachingStaff@chillicothebaseball.com

CONTACT US The next issue will be in January 2015. Content that you wish to have added is due Friday, December

12th. Contact Tom Barr, at CoachBarr@chillicothebaseball.com with ques ons or submissions.