2/1/12 - The Dallas Knights 10U are practicing on the following days. The web site calendar is up to date so be sure to check it frequently for the latest info on team events. To make it even easier to keep up with the Knights 10U we will also have a shared calendar for you to access via your smart phone or tablet.

• Sundays - 12pm @ Craig Ranch #10
  
• Mondays - 7:30pm @ Frozen Ropes
  
• Wednesdays - 6pm @ Craig Ranch #10

1/22/12 - It's time to get this party started! The Dallas Knights 10U will attend baseball class this Sunday, January 29th at 2:30pm @ Frozen Ropes. Please be on time.

1/15/12 - Please pardon the dust around the here over the next few weeks as we update our website to include both the Dallas Knights 10u & 11u teams as well 2012 rosters, schedules and tournaments. It's getting much closer to Game Time!

TWICE THE KNIGHTS!

DALLAS KNIGHTS 11U & DALLAS KNIGHTS 10U

12/1/11 - The Dallas Knights are proud to announce that they will field two teams in 2012. The Dallas Knights 11U (Class of 2019), led by Head Coach Danny Boruff, will take to the diamond in the spring of 2012 alongside the Dallas Knights 10U (Class of 2020) coached by John Fuqua & Junior Gordon. We are extremely happy to be adding such a quality group of families and coaches!

ALUM CLAYTON KERSHAW
WINS 2011 NL CY YOUNG AWARD !

11/17/11 - Alum Clayton Kershaw has won the 2011 National League Cy Young Award. A 2011 All-Star, Kershaw won the NL's Triple Crown for pitchers, leading the league with 21 wins, a 2.28 ERA and 248 strikeouts. Kershaw also was among the league leaders in opponents' batting average, innings pitched, complete games, shutouts and WHIP.

Clayton, 21-5 overall, was earlier this month named winner of a Gold Glove (he led the league with nine pickoffs), the first Dodger to win a Cy Young and Gold Glove in the same year since Orel Hershiser in 1988. Kershaw won the Warren Spahn Award as the best left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, won a Players Choice Award for outstanding pitcher in the NL, was named to The Sporting News NL All-Star team, was a finalist for the Roberto Clemente Award and was named Dodgers Pitcher of the Year by MLB.com. Kershaw (23) began his third full season in the Major Leagues as the Opening Day starter and ended it by becoming the youngest 20-game winner in the Major Leagues since 20-year-old Dwight Gooden of the Mets in 1985.

Roy Halladay (Phil) and Cliff Lee (Phil) finished second and third in the Cy Young voting while another former Dallas Knight, Yovanni Gallardo (Milwaukee), finished seventh.

7/18/11 - The Dallas Knights finished in third place at the 2011 YTS 9U World Series to conclude their 2011 season with an overall record of 39-17-1. From off-season workouts at Frozen Ropes....to a double header start of the season at the Texas Rangers Youth Ballpark on a freezing cold night in March....to having to win three World Series games on a scorching hot Saturday in July, this season was about the boys learning the game of baseball and having a lot of fun. Special thanks to Coach Junior, Coach Byron, Coach Chris and Team Mom Kimbre for without you we couldn't make all of this possible. Take a break from baseball, enjoy the rest of your summer and then we'll hit the field again in the fall!

World Series pictures can be seen on the DK Facebook Page.

7/11/11 - It's WORLD SERIES time and the Dallas Knights will end their 2011 season by competing in the YTS 9U World Series which will be played at Oak Grove Park in Grapevine July 13-17. On Tuesday, the team will be at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington to check-in and take a tour of the house that Jerry built. After that we'll compete in the HR Derby contest at the Texas Rangers Youth Ballpark followed by Opening Ceremonies at Quick Trip Park in Grand Prairie prior to the GP Airhogs game. Our first game will be on Wednesday, July 13th at 4pm. World Series information can be found here.

TUESDAY

8:30AM - Team check-in and tour at Cowboys Stadium

1:00PM - Homerun Derby at Texas Rangers Youth Ballpark

5:30PM - Opening Ceremonies & Airhogs game at QT Park in GP

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

Games @ Oak Grove Park

10U BLD TOURNAMENT CHAMPS!

7/10/11 - The Dallas Knights won the 10U USSSA Fire Cracker Tournament at Big League Dreams in Mansfield this weekend. Saturday's pool play on the turf had the Knights winning their morning double header by scores of 11-0 (vs Abilene Thunder 10U) and 8-0 (vs Granbury Purple 10U). As the #1 seed in Sunday's bracket play, the Knights downed the Oklahoma Monarchs 10U 14-2 and then won the championship game 10-2 over Granbury. Solid play by the boys as they only allowed 3 hits and 4 runs in the entire tournament. The tournament schedule can be seen here.

Jordan Walden - 2006 Mansfield HS

WALDEN & KERSHAW ARE ALL-STARS

7/08/11 - Former Knights Jordan Walden and Clayton Kershaw have been selected for the 2011 MLB All-Star game being played at Chase Field in Arizona on July 12th. Once members of the same bullpen with our team, Walden will represent the Los Angeles Angels for the American League and Kershaw will represent the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League. This is the first All-Star appearance for both pitchers as they join Yovanni Gallardo (2010) as Knights alumni with All-Star selections on their resume.

Clayton Kershaw - 2006 Highland Park HS

KNIGHTS WIN! KNIGHTS WIN!

6/24/11 - The Dallas Knights celebrated amid a shower of silly string on Friday night after they beat the Sachse Mustangs 10U by a score of 10-4 to be crowned as the champions of the NEC 10U Post-Season Tournament. Trailing 4-1 after 2 1/2 innings, Flash Gordon took the mound in relief and shut the Mustangs down for the remainder of the game as a 6-run third inning allowed the Knights to take control and a 2-run fourth put the game away for good. The Knights entered the tournament as the #1 seed and downed the #4 seed Rockwall Rangers 17-1 on Thursday to get to the title game. Great team effort by the boys in pounding out 13 hits against Sachse and 11 hits against Rockwall. Tonight's victory improved the Knights overall record to 30-13-1 as they went 15-1 on the year in NEC play while winning both the NEC regular season title and the NEC post-season tournament title. The 2011 NEC schedule can be seen here.

2011 Dallas Knights Trading Pin

6/15/11 - The Dallas Knights will compete this weekend in the USSSA 9U Texas State Tournament being played at McFallas Park in Grand Prairie. Saturday's pool game are at 2PM vs Colleyville Indians and 8PM vs Dbat Mustangs. The tournament schedule can be found by clicking here.

NEC 10U CHAMPIONS !!!

6/08/11 - The Dallas Knights turned a 2-3-2 double play to end Wednesday night's Northeast Classic league game as they beat the 10U Greenville Majors 7-6 to be crowned NEC 10U Champs. Leading 7-6 with one out and an oppenent on third base, C-Dawg struck out the Greenville batter with a fastball in the dirt....the batter ran for first base and Pudge fired down to get the out and Flash quickly returned the throw in time to nail the potential game-tying run and end the game. Cadillac pitched three solid innings to earn the win and C-Dawg got the save in relief of Big Cat. In the top of the last inning Flash Gordon crushed a three-run bomb to dead center field that ended up being the deciding factor. The only 9U team in this 10U league, the victory gave the Knights (12-1) the NEC 10U division title with one game still left to play. Way to go boys!

6/08/11 - The Dallas Knights will play this weekend in the YTS 9U TX/OK Super State at Oak Grove Park in Grapevine. Saturday's pool games are 2pm vs Oklahoma Thunder and 6pm vs Lubbock Raiders. Tournament schedule and info can be found here.

6/07/11 - More kudos for Dallas Knights Alum and Texas A&M Aggie Nick Fleece as he had quite a day today. First, he got the win as A&M defeated Arizona in the NCAA Regional at College Station to advance on to the Super Regional and then a couple of hours later he was selected in the 13th round of the MLB Draft by the Cincinnati Reds. Proud of you Nick!

Dallas Knights Alumni selected in the 2011 MLB Draft:

Nick Fleece (Texas A&M).... 13th round / Cincinnati Reds
Brent Powers (Sam Houston State).... 18th round / Oakland A's
Nick Popescu (Texas Tech).... 33rd round / Atlanta Braves
Zach Fowler (Texas Tech).... 34th round / Kansas City Royals
Stayton Thomas (Texas).... 43rd round / Tampa Bay Rays

6/01/11 - The Knights improved to 11-1 in NEC league play Wednesday night behind four solid innings on the mound by Flash, good offensive execution and a no-doubt-about-it bomb by The Big Cat as they cruised to an 11-5 win over the Sachse Mustangs 10U. In avenging their only loss of the season, the Knights put themselves in a position to win the league next Wednesday with a win over the second place Greenville Majors. Not too shabby for the only 9U team in a 10U league!

NEC 10U STANDINGS....CLICK HERE

5/29/11 - Congratulations to alum Nick Fleece for pitching the Texas A&M Aggies to a 10-9 win over Missouri in the Big XII Baseball Championship game today. Nick pitched the final 2 2/3 innings to earn the win as the Aggies downed the Tigers in 10 innings and he improved his record to 6-1.

5/29/11 - The Dallas Knights played over Memorial Day weekend in the Triple Crown 9U North Texas Shootout @ Wagon Wheel Park in Coppell. The Knights went 3-0 in pool play to earn the #1 seed with wins over the Dbat Mustangs (12-5), Dallas Patriots (11-3) & Frisco Riders (6-5). The win over the Riders was on a 2-run walk-off single by C-Dawg but the magic couldn't be repeated in bracket play as the Knights fell to the Colleyville Cougars 4-5, leaving the bases loaded on the final out as their last inning rally fell just short. The Knights continue to play well as they are 15-4 in their last 19 games with all four losses coming by one run and have an overall record of 22-9-1.

5/25/11 - Wednesday's game against the Texas Sports 10U has been canceled and rescheduled for 7PM on Thursday @ Rick Oden Park.

5/12/11 - The Dallas Knights next tournament will be for a great cause as we play in the 10U Pink The Park: Strikes Against Cancer being played May 14-15th. Saturday pool games are 11:30am & 3:00pm at Carpenter Park in Plano. Tournament info and schedule can be found here.

5/03/11 - The Knights have league games at Rick Oden Park on Wednesday at 6PM and Thursday at 7PM. We will practice on Saturday at 10AM @ Poteet HS. We'll be off on Sunday so the boys can make breakfast for mom on her special day!

5/01/11 - The Dallas Knights played this weekend in the Spring Leadoff Classic at Enfield Park in Plano. The boys won both of their pool games on Saturday by scores of 25-2 & 20-0 to claim the #1 seed for Sunday's bracket play. However, Sunday morning rain has cancelled the remainder of the tournament.

Have a Happy Easter!

4/18/11 - We will have a full practice at 6:00pm on Tuesday @ Poteet HS and then play a league game against the 10U Hurricanes at 6:00pm on Wednesday at Rick Oden Park. We will then take the rest of the week off for the Easter weekend and return to practice next Tuesday.

4/17/11 - The Dallas Knights took their show on the road as they trekked to Ardmore, Oklahoma for the 9U USSSA Texas-Oklahoma Shootout. The Knights won their pool by going 2-1 in pool play with wins over the OK Vypers (20-0) & NTX Longhorns (7-2) and a loss to the OK Outlaws (6-3). As the #5 seed out of 32 teams, the Knights simply gave away their first bracket game to the #12 seed by committing several two-out mistakes with a 3-run lead as they lost in extra innings by a score of 12-9. Special thanks to Kimbre and the Gordon family for arranging the Knights team party at Lake Murray on Saturday night!

4/04/11 - The Dallas Knights will play this weekend in the 9U Heroes Downtown Showdown being played at Heroes Ballpark. First pool game is Friday night at 6:30pm. Click here to check out the tournament website.

4/03/11 - Three Dallas Knights alums played key roles for their MLB ballclubs on Opening Day 2011. Clayton Kershaw outdueled SF Giants ace Tim Lincecum for a 2-1 LA Dodgers win, Yovanni Gallardo pitched six strong innings for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 7-6 loss to the Reds and Jordan Walden struck out the only batter he faced during the LA Angels 4-2 win over the KC Royals.

On Sunday, alum Zach Britton made his Major League debut with the Baltimore Orioles. Zach allowed just one run on three hits over six innings to earn the victory in a 5-1 over the Tampa Bay Rays. Congrats guys and best of luck on a great season!

3/27/11 - The Dallas Knights played in their first tournament of 2011 at the Texas Rangers Youth Ballpark in Arlington April 26-27. While playing in surprisingly freezing conditions, the Knights won their first three games and were the #1 seed before falling to the eventual champion Wichita Falls Brewers in the semi-final. Click here to check out the tournament site.

2/06/11 - The Dallas Knights would like to thank everyone that helped to make our Super Bowl football pot fundraiser a success! Congratulations to each of the winners: Candy Black (2), Adam Curry & Joe Ford.

12/12/10 - The Knights will be attending the OU Hitting Camp on Saturday, 12/18 @ Frozen Ropes from 12:00PM-3:00PM.

11/30/10 - The Knights will be attending the Baylor Hitting Camp on Saturday, 12/4 @ Frozen Ropes from 12:00PM-3:00PM.

11/10/10 - The Dallas Knights 9U defeated the Titans on Wednesday night by a score of 13-4 to finish as the Champions of the 10U Rowlett Fall League. The Knights went 9-1 on the season and celebrated with lots and lots of pizza!

11/07/10 - The Dallas Knights went 3-1 to finish as the runners-up in the 9U Super Series Fall State Tournament that was played at Bakersfield Park in Flower Mound. The boys won both games Saturday by defeating the FW Warriors 13-0 and Southlake Dragons 12-7. As the #2 seed on Sunday, the Knights rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat the Grapevine Mustangs 8-5 in the semi-final before falling to the FW Bombers 9-4 in the championship game.

10/28/10 - Frozen Ropes and Coach Flo were featured on both Channel 5 and Channel 11 news programs tonight. Check out the video links to see that some are just now learning what we've known for years....Frozen Ropes is the way to go for baseball instruction!

10/24/10 - The Knights won their first pool game on Friday night by a score of 22-6 over the Fort Worth Warriors to kick off the Triple Crown 9U Fall State Tournament being played at Wagon Wheel Park in Coppell. Then the rain came to town.....

The tournament has been canceled.

10/22/10 - Congratulations to to our Texas Rangers for beating the New York Yankees 6-1 on Friday night to advance to the 2010 MLB WORLD SERIES!!!

Game #1 vs San Francisco Giants....Wednesday at 6:30 PM.

10/17/10 - The Dallas Knights 9U took on the older boys in the 10U USSSA Tournament at Old Settlers Park in Sherman and finshed as the Runners-Up. The Knights played for free in this tourney as reward for winning the Sherman Spring Classic back in April and were the only 9U team in the group. On Saturday the Knights took a 2-0 lead into the last inning behind Freight Train's solid pitching before falling to the Sherman Storm 4-2. They beat the NTX Longhorns 10-1 in the nightcap. As the #2 seed on Sunday, they again played the Longhorns and were down 6-2 before rallying late to tie the score at 6-6 and force an extra inning. Down 7-6 in the extra frame, Mad Dog came through with a one-out, bases loaded single to win it 8-7. In the championship game the Knights ran into a buzzsaw of a pitcher as they fell to the Storm 10-0.

10/12/10 - Congratulations to our Texas Rangers for defeating the Tampa Bay Rays to win their first ever playoff series! Bring on those Yankees!

9/27/10 - The Knights will play this weekend in the 9U Tara Sawyer Memorial Tournament being played at Bakersfield Park in Flower Mound. Click on the banner above to learn more about the Tara Sawyer Foundation.

9/19/10 - The Dallas Knights took second place in the 9-team USSSA 9U Matt Dozier Tournament which was played at McFalls Park in Grand Prairie. On Saturday, Freight Train's walk-off single beat the NTX Red Raiders 10-9 in the first game and then Mad Dog's walk-off single defeated the Irving Canes 12-11 in the second game. The Knights threw eight different pitchers over eight combined innings and earned the #1 seed heading into Sunday's bracket play. On Sunday, the Knights showed outstanding hustle and poise in their very first 9U tournament as they again beat the Irving Canes (12-2) and the Red Raiders (15-5) before falling 4-3 to the FW Bombers in the championship game. Great job boys!

9/13/10 - The Dallas Knights 9U got back into action tonight in their 10U Rowlett Fall League opener by beating the Texas Sports 12-1. Jacob Gordon earned the win for the Knights.

8/22/10 - Congratulations to Dallas Knights alum Jordan Walden and his parents, Darryl & Angie, as he got "the call" last night from the Anaheim Angels GM during his game with the AAA Salt Lake Bees. Jordan, who played for the Knights from 2004-2006, made his major league debut tonight against the Minnesota Twins as he walked one, gave up a hit and struck out two in one inning of work. He is the fourth Dallas Knight to play in the big leagues....Chris Davis (Texas Rangers), Yovanni Gallardo (Milwaukee Brewers) and Clayton Kershaw (LA Dodgers). Good luck Jordo!

8/17/10 - Congratulations to Brandon Workman and Cameron Rupp for recently signing professional contracts. The two Dallas Knights/Texas Longhorns will both forego their senior seasons to pursue pro careers. In June, Workman was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the second round and Rupp was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the third round.

7/24/10 - The Dallas Knights completed their 2010 summer season with a fifth-place finish at the 8U Super Series World Series that was played in Desoto, July 19-24. The boys got to experience team check-in at the Texas Rangers Museum, a tour of The Ballpark in Arlington, opening ceremonies, pin trading with all of the teams, skills competition, seeing Cliff Lee and the Rangers beat the Angels and oh yeah....got to play a little baseball in between all of that. Special thanks to all that made this week and this season so incredible. This is not the end but rather the beginning....on to Player Pitch!!!

7/02/10: Congratulations to Dallas Knights alum Bryan Holaday for being awarded the 2010 Johnny Bench Award recognizing him as the best catcher in college baseball.

Bryan helped lead TCU to a final four finish at the College World Series as they lost to UCLA, falling one win short of the CWS championship round. He became just the 11th player to homer four times during the CWS and recently signed with the Detroit Tigers (6th Round). Way to go Bryan!

6/26/10 - The Dallas Knights went 1-2 in the Triple Crown 8U State Tournament at Oak Grove Park in Grapevine. The Knights split their Saturday pool doubleheader with a 15-7 win over the Dallas Patriots and a 15-10 loss to Texas Quick. As the #3 seed on Sunday, the Knights offense sputtered in a 7-4 extra-innings loss to the Dbat Mustangs. The Knights are 32-12 on the season.

6/20/10 - The Dallas Knights finished as the runners-up this weekend in the USSSA 8U State Tournament at Big League Dreams in Mansfield. Saturday's pool games were both wins as the Knights downed the North Texas Shockers 20-1 and the Grand Prairie Astros 13-5. As the #1 seed in the 12-team tourney the Knights won their first two bracket games on Sunday against the Colleyville Titans (12-4) and GP Astros (16-0) before a defensive collapse in the championship game allowed 11 unearned runs in a 16-13 loss to the Dbat Mustangs.

6/14/10 - Congratulations to Dallas Knights alum Bryan Holaday and the rest of the TCU Horned Frogs for earning their first trip to the College World Series by defeating Texas 4-1 yesterday in the rubber game of the Austin Super Regional. The loss ended a great season for DK alums and current Texas Longhorns Cameron Rupp, Stayton Thomas and Brandon Workman.