Mavericks Day Camp Set For April 12

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On April 12, the Mavericks will be hosting The Missoula Mavericks Baseball Day Camp. All of the Maverick coaches and players will be on hand to help campers with the fundamentals of hitting, throwing, fielding and base running. This event is open for youngsters from ages 8 to 14. This camp is very popular in Missoula and space is limited and has filled up quickly in recent years. Sign up forms can be downloaded here and also will be sent to the presidents of all of the local Little Leagues. The $50 fee for the Camp includes a Camp Tee Shirt and a nice hot lunch. The Camp will run from 10am to 4pm and will be held at Lindborg field, come on out and have a fun day learning baseball skills from the Mavericks! (form must be downloaded and mailed in!)

Dates Set For Tryouts, Opening Day!

The Missoula Mavericks have set the dates for spring tryouts and a preliminary schedule has been released for the 2008 season.

Tryouts for the AA and A Mavs will be the week of March 31 through April 4, with final cuts made friday the 4th. Prospective Mavericks are strongly encouraged to show up at the Warehouse to hone their skills with the Maverick coaches in preparation of Tryouts. To give yourself the best chance of becoming a Maverick come on out and get in baseball shape and tune up with the help of the Maverick Coaching Staff. Directions to the Warehouse are in the article below.

The AA Mavericks schedule has the Mav's starting the 2008 season at home Saturday, April 19 against the Great Falls Stallions. There will be a doubleheader, the first game starting at 1:00 and the second game is to start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Sunday the 20th they travel to Hamilton to face the Bitterroot Red Sox, also a doubleheader starting at 1:00. The A Mavericks schedule has them starting their 2008 season on the road Saturday the 19th also, facing the Great Falls A Stallions in Great Falls in a doubleheader starting at 1:00. The A Mav's get their home opener Sunday the 20th against the Bitterroot Bucs a double header also starting at 1:00.

These schedules are preliminary schedules, they will be finalized and posted complete with tournament dates, times and locations as soon as that information becomes available. Also in the planning stage is the ever popular Mavericks Day Camp. This one day camp for young baseball players 8-14 will beheld on a Saturday or Sunday in early to mid April.

WAREHOUSE OPENS JANUARY 7

The first step towards the opening of the 2008 Baseball Season will be made January 7th at 4:30 pm when winter workouts begin at the "Warehouse". All returning Mavericks and those who aspire to become Mavericks are encouraged to come out as much as possible. The warehouse will be open monday thru friday from 4:30 to 6:30. Maverick Coaches will be on hand to help hone skills in hitting catching, throwing and pitching.

The Mavericks warehouse is a completely informal workout with no day-to-day requirements. The purpose is purely for the athlete's advantage to practice their baseball skills during the winter months in order to be ready for the April tryouts. This is also a time when coaches evaluate the available talent in order to better assess the Maverick teams in the upcoming year. However, do not feel any unneeded pressure as the coaches are willing to assist every player who is willing to work hard to improve their game, and committed to becoming a Mavericks player in the future.

The 2008 warehouse is located at 6900 Kestrel Dr Unit 1, off Expressway between Airway Blvd and Butler Creek Road.

Nine Mav's on BBNW Top Players List

The 2008 Baseball Northwest Top Players List has come out and nine current Missoula Mavericks are named as prospects in their respective classes. The lists are an attempt to project an athletes ability to succeed at the next level as seen by Baseball Northwest Coaches and Scouts with help from College and local coaches from time to time. BBNW has broken the lists down by year of graduation, one list for Oregon, one list for Washington, and one list for Montana, Idaho and Wyoming combined. Representing the Missoula Mav's class of 2008 are RHP Cody Burgmeier, C IF OF Mac Cuffe, IF Taylor King and RHP Max Smith. C Sean Dwyer is the lone Maverick listed from the class of 2009. Class of 2010 includes Kendal Maier, Robby King and Andrew Schmautz. The class of 2011 is just showing up un the radar screen and is inhabited by Brody Miller.

The Baseball Northwest Staff acknowledges the difficulty of evaluating young players and admits that there may be omissions of players and makes adjustments to the lists thru out the year. They also state that the lists are their opinion alone and may not match the opinion of other professional or college scouts.

Mav's Bid Farewell to Five, Look Ahead to 2008

With the 2007 AA Season put to rest, the Missoula Mavericks will say goodbye to five players who move on to the next level, and start looking forward to the 2008 campaign that shows much promise with many returning starters and a talented bunch of younger players ready to step in and fill the void.

After completing their last year of eligibility for the Mavs, Chris Bartenhagen, Dan Belet, Conor Dwyer, Brian Fowler and Travis Johnson are spending this fall going to school and honing their skills and getting ready to take the field in new uniforms this spring. Five players completing their last year of eligibility, all five moving on to play college baseball is a testimony to the quality of baseball played at Cregg-Lindborg field and also to the fact that Maverick Baseball is alive and well! Good Luck Gentlemen, and Well Done!

Bartenhagen who hit .324 last year, caught and played outfield for the Mavs. Chris is in his second year at New Mexico Military Institute where he hit .312 as a freshman and was a big part of their offense.

Belet the Mavs center fielder is continuing his education at Whitworth College in Spokane, Dan had a great year with the Mavs, hit .404 in 2007 and made many great plays in the outfield.

Dwyer, a pitcher and first baseman for the AA Mavs for the past four years is headed to Salt Lake Community College where he will primarily pitch in 2008. Conor hit .447 this year for the Mavs and had a era of 2.32 on the mound while pitching 93 innings.

Fowler is headed back to Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario Oregon where he will complete his second year there. Brian, who had 5 wins for the Mavs this year pitched 73 innings and had an era of 4.05

Johnson, competed for the Mavs this year at short stop and made many outstanding plays, Travis, who hit .295 this year is starting his new career at Shoreline Community College in Shoreline Washington.

We wish these five Mavericks the best of luck in their new locations and hope to see them at the Ballpark next summer!

The good news for the Mavericks is that they return players that have started games at the AA level in every position and have allot of experience. With nine players that had significant game experience coming back, and a strong group of players at the A level competing for positions there is good reason to believe that the 2008 AA Mavs will have another great year.

AA Mavericks Head To State Tourney

A Mavs Finish Third At Districts

The AA Mavs are headed to the State Legion Tourney August 4th thru 8th after completing their conference schedule last Sunday by beating the Lethbridge Spitz Elks 12-2. The Mavs will be the top seed out of the west with a 20-4 conference record and face the Billings Royals at 7:00 pm Saturday Night at Cobb Field in Billings. The double elimination tournament will conclude with the Championship game Wednesday night. To get all of the latest scores and bracket updates, click here or visit http://www.montanaaabaseball.com/

Congratulations also go out to the A Mavs, Coach Feeley and Coach Ihde for a Third place finnish at the District Tournament in Polson. After dropping the first game of the tourney the A Mavs battled back thru the losers bracket and for three days to end up in third place. The A Mavs had a nice season finishing over .500 in both overall record and conference play.

Games Begin April 21!

The AA Mavericks will open this (2007)season on the road April 21 against the Bozeman Bucks in Bozeman. The Mavs will play a double header starting at 1:00 and will return home for the home opener Sunday April 22. The A Mavs open at home on April 21 against the Helena Reps with a double header scheduled to start at 1:00 and then travel to Bozeman on Sunday April 22 to face the Bozeman Spikes.This season promises to be a good one for the Mavericks with many players returning from the 2006 Mavs that finished second at the State Tournament last year. Make plans to come out and support these hard working men and enjoy some baseball.

Mavs Set Dates For Day Camp,
Tryouts and Opening Day

Dates have now been set for this springs(2007) important Maverick events. The Game Schedules for the AA and A Mavs have been finalized,(check the link under Player Info above) tryout week is set and the ever popular Day Camp for players aged 8-14 is in the final stages of preparation. (download registration form here)

Tryouts for the AA and A Mavs will be the week of April 2-6 with final cuts made friday the 6th. Prospective Mavericks are strongly encouraged to show up at the Warehouse to hone their skills with the Maverick coaches in preparation of Tryouts. To give yourself the best chance of becoming a Maverick come on out and get in baseball shape and tune up with the help of the Maverick Coaching Staff. Directions to the Warehouse are in the article below.

On April 15, the Mavericks will be hosting The Missoula Mavericks Baseball Day Camp. All of the Maverick coaches and players will be on hand to help campers with the fundamentals of hitting, throwing, fielding and base running. This event is very popular in Missoula and space is limited and has filled up quickly in recent years. Sign up forms can be downloaded here and also will be sent to the presidents of all of the local Little Leagues. The $50 fee for the Camp includes a Camp Tee Shirt and a nice hot lunch. The Camp will run from 10am to 4pm and will be held at Lindberg-Cregg field, come on out and have a fun day learning baseball skills from the Mavericks!

In other news, the Warehouse on Kestrel Dr has moved to a bigger facility three doors down from where it opened and is now in unit number one and will move again soon to an even bigger spot in the same complex. Follow the directions below but go to unit ONE which is on the east end of the building.

Warehouse to Open January 18

A warehouse has been rented, the batting cages have been put up, the heat is on and the coaches are ready. The unofficial start of the 2007 season begins at 4:30 pm January 18 when the doors of the "warehouse" swing open and all returning and prospective Mavericks will be invited to begin their winter workouts in preparation for Tryouts which will be April 2nd through April 6th. The warehouse is located at 6900 Kestrel Dr Unit 4, off Expressway Blvd between Airway Blvd and Butler Creek Rd. The warehouse is in the MKR Industrial Mall. Unit 4 is the fourth door from the east side of the building; it is situated between " Case Inc " and "Clark Industrial Incorporated" (CII). Please be courteous about your parking while you are there because some of the area businesses will still be open when you get there and the owner of the building has generously donated the space for us to use at no charge. We need to make sure that people know that we appreciate and are worthy of such generosity.

Warehouse hours are from 4:30 to 6:30 Monday through Friday, we encourage all returning Mavericks and all baseball players who wish to become Mavericks in 2007 to come to the warehouse and work out. Maverick coaches will always be there when the warehouse is open to supervise and work on Hitting, Pitching, Catching and Throwing. Come and be a part of what promises to be a great season for the 2007 Mavericks.

The Missoula Mavericks have hired two new coaches to fill the vacancies left by the retirement of Mike Nurse and Kyle Slater. It has been announced that Brian Moser will join Coach Hathaway and Coach Kahler coaching the "AA" Mavs and Dave Paisley will join Coach Feeley on the "A" Mavericks.

Moser, a former Maverick who played for Coach Hathaway 1999 and 2000 and had a career batting average of .374,which is the eighth best career average for the Mavs since 1993. Brian graduated from Whitworth College in Spokane were he finished his baseball career. Last year Brian taught Math and was the Varsity Baseball Coach at Desert Pines High School in Las Vegas. Brian is currently teaching Math at Sentinel High School and also coaching the Freshman Boys Basketball team. He is anxious to get back to the Mavericks Program.

Dave Paisley comes to us from Ohio with an outstanding Baseball background. He was a four year starter and All State player in High School, he played on a Ohio State American Legion Championship Team in 1985 and led the State in batting average that year. Dave was a four year letterman and team captain for Muskingum College from 1985-1989. He was drafted in the major league draft in 1989 and played 3 years of Class A baseball were he had a career batting average of .336 and a career era of 3.47. When his career was over he had compiled a Class A record 648 strikeouts and was named the Class A Pitcher of the Year. Dave also pitched a no hitter in 1992. In November of 2006 Dave was inducted into the Ohio Baseball Hall of fame where he joined his Grandfather and his Father who were also in the Hall. Dave has five years of Head Coaching experience and was named State of Ohio Coach of the year in 1995. Dave who has Teachers Certificates in three states is currently coaching the Sentinel Girls JV Basketball Team and says that he is very happy to get back into coaching baseball and looking forward coaching the "A" Mavericks this summer.

These promise to be great additions for the Maverick Program and we look forward to seeing them soon in the warehouse and this summer at the ballpark.

Mavs Lose Two Coaches

The 2007 Missoula Mavericks will be without two of their coaches that have been a fixture around the ballpark for the past few years. Coach Nurse who has been the "A Mavs" Manager for the past six years has decided that it is time that he turn his attention to family matters.With grandchildren now getting to the age that they are playing sports who can blame him? Mike Nurse has been coaching in Missoula and the Bitterroot for the past thirty years and is a well known and respected man in coaching circles and also amongst the many players and parents he has coached along the way.We would like to thank Mike for his relentless dedication to the Maverick Program and wish him many years of happiness chasing those youngsters around. Thank You Coach Nurse, we hope to see you at the Ballpark this summer. Also leaving the Mav Program in 2007 is Coach Kyle Slater. Kyle has been the "AA" Bench Coach for the past two years. Kyle, a former Maverick himself, is currently a senior at MSU-Billings where he is the starting catcher for the Yellowjackets. When Kyle wraps up his collegiate career this spring he will prepare to play on the USAA International Team in Europe. This team is a hand picked team of not only talented baseball players, also players of great character selected to represent the USA in International competition. Altho Kyle loved coaching the Mavs the opportunity to continue his career at a higher level is to good to pass up and we wish Kyle all the best and hope that he comes back with lots of good stories.

In the mean time it is rumored that the Mavs have good replacements lined up for these two, which leaves one position left to fill for the "A" Mavs. Also on our list of needs is a new location for the winter workouts. If you know of a suitable location please contact any board member as the time draws near for winter workouts which usually start in early January.

2006 Mavs Finish Second At State

The 2006 Missoula Mavericks finished 2nd at the State Tournament held in Great Falls in August. After losing in the second game of the tourney to the eventual State Champion Billings Scarlet's, the Mavs went on to win three games in a row, eliminating the Great Falls Electrics, the Billings Royals and the Great Falls Stallions to reach a spot in the Championship Game. The Billings Scarlet's proved to be a little to much that night and the Mavs fell 6-2. Congratulations to the Mavs of 2006 for another gutsy performance at the State Tourney and best of luck to the 2007 Mavericks as they attempt to bring the Championship Trophy home again. The Mavs should have a solid team in 2007 with many returning starters. We hope to see you all at the ballpark when the season opens.