The Bryant American Legion baseball season gets underway this week. Tonight, the Everett Black Sox Junior team and the Sport Shop Black Sox AA team host their respective counterparts at Bryant High School Field. On Tuesday, the Senior Sox begin the season at Cabot.
On each night, the Junior team will play at 6 with the AA on Monday and the Senior on Tuesday getting started around 8.
Both Senior and Junior teams are coming off of State championship seasons in 2014.
Darren Hurt returns to manage the Senior team with assistance from Mike Lee, Jason Thompson and Tryce Schalchlin. The AA squad will once again be coached by Hunter Mayall, Ronnie Mayall with Cody Gogus joining the staff. Jimmy Parker returns to coach the Junior team with Gogus and Schalchlin.
The rosters have not yet be completely settled. Players include Logan Allen, Beaux Bonvillian, Trey Breeding, Drew Brown, Myers Buck, Joey Cates, Caleb Chaffin, Cameron Coleman, Daniel Darbonne, Devin Dupree, Jake East, Noah Easterling, Jordan Gentry, Christian Harp, Jason Hastings, Jeffery Hastings, Boston Heil, Brandon Hoover, Dylan Hurt, Zach Jackson, Nick Kehrees, Austin Kelly, Preston Kyzer, Evan Lee, Ty Medford, Garrett Misenheimer, Hunter Oglesby, Aaron Orender, Blake Patterson, Grayson Prince, Kyle Sahr, Matthew Sandidge, Scott Schmidt, Alex Shurtleff, Connor Tatum, Alex Thompson, Ethan Thompson, Drew Tipton, Seth Tucker, Diego Vargas, C.J. Wallace, Brandan Warner.
Here are the schedules for the respective teams:
BRYANT BLACK SOX
2015 Senior American Legion schedule
June 2 — at Cabot
June 4-7 — Perfect Games, Atlanta, Ga.
June 10 — at Conway (Hendrix College)
June 11 — Fort Smith
June 12 — El Dorado (2)
June 15 — Southwest Arkansas Titans
June 18-22 — at Battle of Omaha
June 26-July 1 — at The Hagan, Memphis, Tenn.
July 3-5 — at Alton, Ill., Tournament
July 7 — at Little Rock (2)
July 8 — Sheridan (2)
July 9 — Benton (2)
July 13 — at Texarkana (2)
July 14 — Cabot
July 17-20 — Senior Zone Tournament, Texarkana
July 24-28 — Senior State Tournament, Fort Smith
Aug. 6-11 — Senior Regional Tournament, Conway
Aug. 21-25 — World Series, Shelby, N.C.
BRYANT EVERETT BLACK SOX
2015 Junior American Legion schedule
June 1 — Maumelle
June 2 — at Cabot
June 9 — at Sheridan (2)
June 15 — at Morrilton (2)
June 16 — Texarkana (2)
June 17 — at Benton (2)
June 19 — at Jonesboro (2)
June 21 — Benton
June 23 — North Little Rock (2)
June 24 — at Texarkana (2)
July 2 — at North Little Rock (2)
July 6 — Benton
July 7 — TBA
July 9-14 —Junior Zone Tournament, Sheridan
July 17-21 — Junior State Tournament, Heber Springs
BRYANT SPORT SHOP BLACK SOX
2015 AA American Legion Schedule
June 1 — Maumelle
June 3 — Hot Springs (2)
June 5 — Jonesboro (2)
June 8 — Morrilton (2)
June 10-14 — at Sheridan Wood Bat Tournament
June 16 — at Hot Springs Village (2)
June 18 — Crossett (2)
June 19 — Hot Springs Lakeside
June 21 — Benton
June 23 — at Morrilton (2)
June 26 — at Hot Springs (2)
June 29 — Texarkana, Texas (2)
June 30 — Hot Springs Village (2)
July 2 — Malvern (2)
July 6 — Benton
July 8 — Beebe (2) (at Cabot)
July 10 — at Lakeside
July 13 — at Crossett (2)
July 17-20 — AA Zone Tournament, Malvern
July 24-28 — AA State Tournament, Sheridan
BRYANT BLACK SOX
2015 17-and-under Showcase schedule
May 29-31 — at Hendrix College Tournament
June 4-7 — at Perfect Games, Atlanta, Ga.
June 11-14 — at Memphis, Tenn., Tournament
June 26-July 1 — at The Hagan, Memphis, Tenn.
