Posts by Trey Daly
Instructional Friday: Catching
INSTRUCTIONAL FRIDAY 12/28/18 CATCHING: RECEIVING It has been said that pitching is the most important asset for a baseball team. Many championship clubs have been built on pitching and defense. Well, consider an often overlooked necessity to facilitate a quality staff – the catcher. Translation – the catcher is real important. In talking to coaches…
Read MoreINSTRUCTIONAL FRIDAY: INFIELD PLAY
INSTRUCTIONAL FRIDAY (12/21/18) INFIELD PLAY Coaches love practice. Of course games are fun because of the competition and strategy to try to win. But it’s at practice where a coaches put their mark on players, on the team, and ultimately on the culture of the program. It becomes a practical classroom for teaching and instruction.…
Read MoreTestimonal Tuesday: Hogan Stallings
Article Date: 12/18/18 Graduation: 2020 Position: 1B If performance is tied to the confidence in a player knowing exactly who they are and what they can do, then look for Hogan Stallings to be tearing it up as baseball season begins in the spring. After a conversation with the left-handed hitting first baseman from Wake…
Read More2019 Dirtbag Tryouts
DIRTBAG TRYOUT DATES: Dirtbags will host tryouts for the 2019 Summer/Fall season on the dates listed below, 2020-2024 graduates are welcome. Please email Trey Daly (treydaly84@yahoo.com) in NC & Jon Walker in VA (jwalker.dirtbags@gmail.com) with any questions. 2019 Summer/Fall Tryouts are below… To Register for a tryout, click the link below the tryout you are registering…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Brett Banks
Name: Brett Banks High School: Garner Graduation: 2019 Position: RHP Years with Dirtbags: 2 College Commitment: East Carolina University Garner is starting to play well this time of year and had a big win Friday night, what do you attribute this to? Our coaching staff and players put in a lot of hard work this…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Jacob Baker
Name: Jacob Baker Age: 26 Hometown: Garner, North Carolina College: Elon University Started w Dirtbags: 2014 You’re back home as the pitching coach at Garner High School, what does it mean to you to coach and play at the same place? Coaching at the same place I played gives me a chance to carry on…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Todd Griffin
Name: Todd Griffin Age: 23 Hometown: Weaverville, NC College: Mars Hill University Started with Dirtbags: 2015 How did you get involved coaching baseball? I got involved in coaching when my career as a player ended. I had a shoulder injury in college that ended my playing career and I wanted a way to stay in…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Tyler Drew
Name: Tyler Drew Age: 26 Hometown: Fayetteville, North Carolina College: UNC-Wilmington Started with Dirtbags: 2015 Southern Lee had a great 2018 season, what do you attribute the success to? Two things: a team first attitude and a never give up mentality. Everyone on this team, has put the team goals over their individual goals. Anyone…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Jere Morton
Name: Jere Morton Age: 32 Hometown: Fuquay Varina, North Carolina College: Lenoir CC, North Carolina State (BS), UNC-Charlotte (Mat) Started with Dirtbags: 2017 How has your season gone as the Head Coach of Broughton High School? Our season has been big for us in a lot of ways despite some difficult losses. We have taken a…
Read MoreUnder The Gun: Will James
Name: Will James Age: 27 Hometown: Greenville, North Carolina College: Guilford Started with Dirtbags: 2013 Talk about your playing days and how you got started in baseball? I grew up being very competitive and started playing baseball at an early age. I played High School baseball at DH Conley, then went on to pitch at…
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