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The U13 Vikings Red had a come-from-behind victory against the top-ranked Bandits Blue to advance to the Little League Division 2 Championship game.  The Vikings fought hard all game and trailing 12-9 going into the last inning, scored 7 big runs.  Jack Brinkley took the mound in the bottom of the 4th and shut the Bandits down 1-2-3.  Vikings 16- Bandits 12.  This was truly a team victory with everyone contributing.  Jack pitched 2 outstanding innnings stifling the Bandit’s hitters.  Sam Smith came to the plate with bases-loaded in the top of the 3rd and hit a grand slam starting our comeback.  You could feel the momemtum shifting throughout the game.  It was a truly electrifying experience for the players, coaches, and parents. 

Grand Slam Sam

Come on out to Aranda on Saturday to cheer on our Vikings Red team where they will compete against the Bandits White for the Grand -Final.

Game time:  9:00 am 28-Mar at Aranda.  You can catch this game before going on to Narrabundah to cheer the Colts in their Grand-Final match.

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U13 Vikings Red

The U13 Red team made the playoffs as the number 4-seed and will take on the Bandits Blue in a rematch of last weeks game where we went down 18-6.  I’m confident the team can be competitive against the Bandits.  We’ll work on defense in training this week as there were some costly fielding errors in the last game.   Congratulations to both U13 Vikings teams who both had excellent seasons.  Both sides improved and developed throughout the season.  Come on out to Aranda to cheer on the U13 sides on Saturday beginning at 9:00 am.  Let’s hope for an all Vikings grand-final!

The U13 grey team have stormed into the div2 finals with an outstanding month of baseball winning three, one draw and one loss. After losing the first game of the divisional stage to a very good bandits team they bounced back with a draw against Vikings red and three succesive wins to take second place in the division of six teams. The kids have been outstanding over the last four weeks but still coach Jenkins believes his troops can play alot better. ” The talent is certainly there amongst all the kids, I just need them to start believing in themselves alittle more because I certainly do! ” They Grey team will now play off for a spot in the championship game against another bandits team which fell victim to the rampant grey’s earlier in the month. “We have been blessed with some very good prospects for the future, all the kids one through to nine are improving rapidly and the clubs junior stocks are certainly looking healthy” said coach Jenkins.

James Cappello started the game at pitcher for the Red team and struggled with the strike zone in the 1st inning walking several batters.  So the Red team found themselves trailing the Grey team early.  To James’ credit though, he found his stride in the 2nd inning and pitched strikes.  Jack Brinkley came in relief and pitched an inning and a third, while Kotaro Horiuchi pitched the final 2 innings.  

The Red team trailed the entire game, but didn’t give up.  After 4 innings the score was Grey 10 - Red 8.  In the top of the 5th, the Grey team chased home 5 more runs.  But in the bottom half of the inning, the Vikings Red scored 7 runs of their own:   Final score 15-15. 

Special thanks goes to Thomas Phelps (U10) who stepped up with 4 hits for the Vikings Red team, stole some bases, and made some plays in the field.  Well done Thomas!

Well done U13 Vikings!

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Vikings Win!  Vikings Win!  Vikings Win!

What a great game on Saturday for the U13 Vikings Red team.  They defeated the Bears by a score of 17-8.  Kurt Gosling had another good start on the mound, pitching two innings.  Kotaro Horiuchi then came in relief and shutdown the Bears’ batters, even striking out the side.  Kotaro also, helped the team with a 3-run homerun down the right field line.  Aggressive batting, base-running and excellent play in the field by the boys.  Our next game is this Wednesday at Viking Park against the Vikings Grey.  Game time is 6:00 pm, so come on down and cheer on our U13 players.

Kotaro Horiuchi strikes out the side

Kurt Gosling delivers the pitch.

The Vikings Red team lost to Ainslie 9-6 on Saturday.  Kurt Gosling pitched a gem of a game giving up only 4 runs over 4 innings.  The bats came alive and there were some good hits for our team and the Vikings had a 6-4 lead going into the last inning.  Well done team.

Beginning next round, the Little League teams will be split into two divisions.  The Vikings Red team will play in Division 2.  I’m confident that the team will be highly competitive as the boys’ skills have developed tremendously over the course of the season.

Training for the U/13 Grey team will commence again on Wednesday the 4th of Febuary at 5.30 pm @ Viking Park. The first game of the second half is on Saturday the 7th of Febuary @ Hawker @  9 am on field number 1 against Ainslie. We only have 2 more round robin stage games to play against Ainslie and Indians before moving on to the divisional stage and then the finals. I am confident that we will be around at the pointy end of the season!!! Our kids are tremedous ambassadors for our club and what ever the outcome, they have done themselves, their Parents and their club proud.

From all of the Viking Family!!!!