April Showers
Posted April 08, 2019
Our Bulldogs will not host the Cloudland Highlanders today, Monday, April 8th. We will host Cloudland tomorrow for a two 7 inning game doubleheader with first pitch at 3:30. We recognize this first pitch time is difficult for many of our fans to make, but with it being April 8, reschedul...
Hampton Hurler Improvement
Posted April 05, 2019
In five of our last seven games, our pitching staff has surrendered four earned runs or less. This is no coincidence, as this is the same time frame that we put freshmen, Caleb Royston and Morgan Lyons in our starting rotation, and the return of sophomore right hander, Josh...
Crazy, Fun, Wild, Happy Win
Posted April 04, 2019
A 0-0 game going into the 8th inning in high school baseball, you don't see that often, but that's what we had on Thursday, April 4th vs. the Avery County Vikings. Josh Owens gave the home Bulldogs four shutout innings on the bump, followed by three shutout innings from freshman, Morga...
Avery County High Comes to Hampton
Posted April 04, 2019
One new team on the 2019 schedule is Avery County High School. Avery will be at Scotty Bunton Field today, Thursday, April 4 for a 5:00 first pitch. Like on Monday at North Greene, sophomore, Josh Owens will take the ball on the bump first for the home team, to be relieved by freshman, M...
Riddle Relishing Senior Season in Relief
Posted April 02, 2019
The lone 2019 Bulldog Baseball senior, Devin Riddle has pitched in seven of our ten games this season out of the Bulldog bullpen. After his two shoutout innings on Tuesday, April 2nd vs. North Greene (a game which saw Riddle throw 10 strikes in his 11 total pitches), Riddle is now second on th...
A Dogfight of a Game
Posted April 02, 2019
Monday evening at North Greene was as impressive of a pitching performance as you will see. Sophomore, Josh Owens making his first appearance and start of the season, and freshman, Morgan Lyons combined to hold the Huskie bats to two hits, both singles. After settling down on the mo...
Exciting Monday Morning News
Posted April 01, 2019
Man, it was nice to get a win on Friday. The stress and pressure, even if only internally, was starting to build for many of us in the Hampton Bulldog Baseball program. We know, we preach that our program is not focused solely on winning. We preach that we want to give the you...
A good Friday at Scotty Bunton Field
Posted March 29, 2019
More game specifics will come over the weekend, but our kids needed a win in the worst way and they got one on Friday, March 29th vs. the Providence Academy Knights. Freshman right hander, Caleb Royston did not have the same stuff he had at the FCA Flames, but he hung in there and battled, and...
Little Things Matter
Posted March 29, 2019
Little things matter. In a negative sense, it could be a pitch the catcher lets get by him that allows a runner to advance to second base and that runner scores on a base hit, whereas if he would not have advanced to 2B, he would have been held at 3B. On the flip side, little improvement...
Hampton Hurlers Update
Posted March 27, 2019
The arm woes of the Hampton Bulldog Baseball pitching staff continue, as freshman RHP, Conor Burleson strained his right tricep Tuesday evening at the Sullivan North Raiders while making a throw to 1B from his 3B position. Conor will not participate in any physical baseball activity for at lea...
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