The Reds Express

Volume 1, Issue 1

The Reds Express

2011 Col l iervi l le Reds 11s

#1 Chris Colebrook 8

#2 Kylan Mitchell 9

#3 Larry Hubbard 10

#6 Jaylon Jones 11

#8 Richard Dell 12

#24 Evan Koch 15

#55 Corey Hardeman 17

#34 Colin Dunning 16

#20 Matthew Higdon 13

#22 Dalton Reese 14

Inside this issue:

June 2011

Collierville Reds 11s 2011 Record Season!

7 First Place

Finishes

4 Second Place

Finishes

Ranked #13th

Nationally

their undefeated season into the play-offs, they were finally matched against the Braves. After being down two runs in the last inning with two outs, the White Sox came back to win the game. The team went on to win the championship

The Collierville Reds 11s are a indi-rect result of the 2007/2008 CYAA White Sox recreational team. In 2007, Courtney Mitchell decided to give back to the community by coaching a 7-8 year old recreational team in Collierville. The first year in 2007 started out as a struggle. The team went 0-3 to begin the sea-son. However, the team vamped back on a 5 game winning streak, only to lose in the end of season tournament in the first round.

That fall, Courtney coached the Phillies Fall Ball team. The team was a success only losing 1 game. Later the next Spring, Courtney continued coaching by returning to the White Sox. This White Sox team took on all competitors out-scoring them by an average team by 8-10 runs. The White Sox went on to go undefeated in the regular sea-son. As the team sought to continue

over the Giants, becoming the over-all league champs. Six players of the team, one from the Braves, one from the Rockies, and a few others all made the 2009 Collierville Reds competitive baseball team.

How Did It All Start?

Sosa Fall Brawl Aberdeen, MS Fall Slug Fest ‐ Bolton, TN

Collierville Summer Classic Collierville, TN

Drew Lawrence Memorial Collierville, TN

USSSA Super NIT Southaven, MS

Snowden Slam NIT Southaven, MS

Ring of Champions West Memphis, AR

February Frenzy West Memphis, AR

Collierville Clash Collierville, TN

Diamondbacks Classic Bartlett, TN

Memorial Day NIT Southaven, MS

Wolfpac Classic Bolton, TN

Mudcats Baseball Bash Covington, TN

Golden Glove Diamond Rumble Horn Lake, MS

West Memphis Diamond Double West Memphis, AR

2010 Collierville Reds Ranked #2 in the Nation!!!

Bellevue Joy Jam Bolton, TN

Germantown AA Classic Germantown, TN

Clash of the Champions Collierville, TN

Reds in Action

Reds in Action

in his third season on the team. On the Reds, Chris plays Short Stop and Pitcher. Chris was a member of the West Tennessee USSSA 2009 State Champions. He was named infielder of the year in 2010 by his coaches. While Chris has enjoyed much success in baseball, he also plays basketball and football.

Chris was a team leading tackler in football in his 2010 season at the position of Middle and Outside

Linebacker. He has also been an avid scorer in basketball for years. Chris attends baseball camps every summer for the entire month of June and football camps in July. He also takes pitching lessons with Ron Hobar. He loves the game of baseball where he came from a fam-ily of baseball players. Chris is the youngest member of the Collierville Reds team, and has been playing up since he started competitive base-ball.

Chris Colebrook has wanted to play baseball since the age of 1. His dream came true at the age of 5 . At this point in his young career, Chris started playing recreational baseball. Chris was a member of the undefeated White Sox team that went 18-0 in the Collierville Recrea-tional league (coached by Coach Courtney Mitchell). He played till he was seven years old. At the age of 8, Chris tried out for the Collier-ville Reds 9s where he is currently

Biography

#1 Chris Colebrook

Chris in Action!

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Nickname: “Chris“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Columbus, MS Age: 10 DOB: 8/9/00 School: Schilling Farms Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 6th Grade

Position(s): SS, Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Weight: 118 lbs. Height: 4’11” Favorite Player: Albert Pujols Favorite Team:

Biography

#2 Kylan Mitchell

Kylan in Action!

with the Collierville YMCA pro-gram. A scholar and an athlete, Kylan consistently makes the honor roll, spent 5 years in the Cub Scouts, and is now also a member of the Schilling Farms Middle School Band where he plays the trombone.

Kylan is very excited about the game of baseball. His skills con-tinue to improve from year to year. This year, Kylan led the team with the highest On Base Percentage.

Kylan is the #2 hitter in the team line-up and sometimes the lead off hitter. Kylan also attends various baseball camps throughout the summer. With his dad, it is a year round training process for him. Kylan aspires to play in high school and college and wherever his base-ball skills take him afterwards.

Kylan Mitchell was born to play the game of baseball as his father, Coach Courtney Mitchell, a player in the Philadelphia Phillies organi-zation, made sure of it. Kylan’s dreams are to fall in his father’s footsteps in playing high school, college, and professional baseball. He has been playing sports since he was very small. Kylan played soc-cer for years and was an avid scorer with his speed capabilities. He also played basketball for three years


Nickname: “Kylan“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 11 DOB: 8/17/99 School: Schilling Farms Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): LF Bats: Left Throws: Right Weight: Height: Favorite Player: Derek Jeter Favorite Team: NY Yankees

Team, coached by Courtney Mitchell, his 2-year recreational baseball coach. Larry has been a 3-year member of the Collierville Reds where he plays first base, is a lefty pitcher, and is a very good and power contact hitter. He takes pri-vate pitching lessons with Ron Ho-bar and private hitting lessons with Corey Sumner of Batter’s Box. Larry also attends annual summer baseball camps at Rhodes College,

Memphis University School, Collier-ville H.S., and the FCA Total Ath-lete Camp. He loves playing base-ball and aspires to play in high school and college. Larry also plays basketball and football. In previous years he took four years of karate and played soccer for five years. Larry is an honor roll student and also plays the drums at Schilling Middle School band and the Rene-gades of Rhythm Drum Line.

Larry has played soccer & T-Ball with AAU since before he was 3 years old. At 5 years old, Larry played Tee-Ball for Christ the Rock Christian Academy. He later started Collierville recreational league baseball at the age of 7, play-ing f2 years for the White Sox. The team went undefeated in the league (16-0) in their 2nd year. Later in August 2009, he made the Collier-ville Reds Competitive Baseball

Biography

#3 Larry Hubbard

Larry in Action!


Nickname: “L.J.” Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 11 DOB: 8/3/99 School: Schilling Farms Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): Pitcher, First Base Bats: Right Throws: Left Weight: 107 lbs. Height: 5’1” Favorite Player: Ryan Demster Favorite Team: Chicago Cubs

Biography

#6 Jaylon Jones

Jaylon in Action!

the primary catcher for the team till the present.

Jaylon is big for his age and has an arm that has thrown out many players during each of his 3 seasons of playing competitive baseball. He has progressed year after year in the position. Jaylon has probably thrown out more runners headed to second than any other catcher in his age/division of playing. His skills at catcher is a big slowdown for teams

seeking to steal on the Reds. He is one of the better catchers who will have a great future.

Jaylon will be attending Collierville Middle in the 2011-2012 school year. He has also played basketball for the YMCA basketball league in Collierville. Jaylon loves baseball and is looking forward to playing more in the future.

Jaylon started his baseball career as a member of the 2007 & 2008 CYAA White Sox recreational base-ball team. Jaylon originally was an outfielder, and later on he played third base. In 2009, Jaylon tried out for the Collierville Reds 9s. Upon making the team, he contin-ued as an infielder. Not knowing that he had catching skills, he was placed behind the plate in a practice before a tournament. Ever since that tournament, Jaylon has been


Nickname: “A.J.“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 11 DOB: 4/5/00 School: Collierville Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 6th Grade

Position(s): Catcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Weight: 125 lbs. Height: 5’0” Favorite Player: Johnny Damon Favorite Team: Tampa Rays

Courtney the next year at 8 years of age. He is a three year member of the Collierville Reds baseball team and has won a State Championship with this team. RJ plays third base, short stop, catcher; and he pitches as the closer on the team.

He takes private lessons to continue his growth as a player. RJ is a con-tact hitter who rarely strikes out

and has a high on base percentage. RJ has continued his love of sports by beginning to learn how to play golf and lacrosse.

RJ has been involved in sports for 5 years. He started playing basket-ball for Upward Bound at First Baptist Church of Collierville. He then joined the Collierville Rec baseball league, playing for the Rockies.

RJ played the next year for the Co-bra’s for Courtney Mitchell and moved to competitive baseball with

Biography

#8 Richard Dell

R.J. in Action!


Nickname: “R.J.“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 11 DOB: 8/7/99 School: Schilling Farms Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): 3B, SS, Pitcher Bats: RIght Throws: Right Weight: Height: Favorite Players: Carl Crawford & Evan Longoria Favorite Team: Tampa Rays

Biography

#20 Matthew Higdon

Matthew in Action!

throwing & running skills. Right before the next season started, the head coach moved to Minnesota, resulting in the team being disman-tled. From ages 9-11, Matt played basketball for First Evangelical Church for the Celtics on GBL. In August 2010, Matt tried out for the Collierville Reds 11s. He later found out that he was the only one that made the team other than pre-

vious players. This year he took hitting and pitching lessons with Ron Hobar. He is a good contact hitter but very selective with a high percentage of walks. As a result, he has a high "on-base" average. This year he has attended Rhodes Camp, Collierville Pitching Camp, and FCA Camp. Matt loves the game of baseball and wants to play it later in high school and college.

Matt has played in lots of sports since he was three years old. Early on, he has shown athleticism and good coordination. At ages 3-5, he played GYAA tee-ball for the Cardi-nals followed by 2 years of GYAA coach pitch for the Cubs under Coach Bill Lunn, for whom he later played competitive Germantown Mustangs baseball for 3 years. Matt was an outfielder with great


Nickname: “Matt“ Home Town: Germantown, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 11 DOB: 7/24/99 School: Houston Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): 2B, LF, Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Weight: 87 lbs. Height: 4’8” Favorite Player: Ryan Howard Favorite Team: Boston Red Sox

made the team!!!!

Dalton is currently in his second season with the Red's and has played 1st Base, Second Base, Third Base and has had the opportunity to pitch a few games. In 2010 he was named “Most Improved In-fielder” by his team. Dalton's fa-vorite sport is baseball although he also enjoys football and golf.

Dalton has played tackle football

for the past 3 years, while 2 out of the 3 years, he has played quarter back. In between baseball and foot-ball he enjoys a good game of golf.

Dalton will be entering the 6th grade at Briarcrest Middle School. Dalton hopes to continue playing baseball into High School and onto College.

Dalton Reese has been playing baseball since he was 5. Dalton started out playing recreational baseball. He played for the Saints Recreational baseball for 2 years. Afterwards in second grade he tried out for the Bombers Competitive team and made the team. He played for them for a year. After a year with the Bombers, he played for the Memphis Tigers for the next full season. Dalton went on to try out for the Collierville Red's 9's and

Biography

#22 Dalton Reese

Dalton in Action!


Nickname: “ “ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Germantown, TN Age: 11 DOB: 10/11/99 School: Briarcrest Grade (2011‐2012): 6th Grade

Position(s): 1B, 2B, 3B, Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Weight: 82 lbs. Height: 4’8” Favorite Player: Derek Jeter Favorite Team: NY Yankees

Biography

#24 Evan Koch

Evan in Action!

Athlete Camp. Evan comes from a soccer background, playing soccer at the age of three recreationally and moving up to competitive soccer when he was seven. He played soc-cer in Rhode Island for the Ocean State Soccer Club, playing mid-fielder, which required both endur-ance and stamina. In Collierville, he played competitively for the Cou-gars. From soccer he has learned

about teamwork, patience and self-discipline, which has translated well to the game of baseball. Evan took karate for four years as a child and has always played basketball, both in Collierville and in Rhode Island. He gets his speed and agil-ity from all his years of running basketball drills. Evan hopes to continue playing baseball into high school and onto college.

Evan has been a member of the Col-lierville Reds 11s team for two years. Prior to that, he played com-petitive baseball in Rhode Island for one season with Continental Little League. He is currently taking pri-vate pitching lessons from Ron Ho-bar and has attended summer base-ball camps at Rhodes College, Col-lierville High School and the Fel-lowship of Christian Athletes Total


Nickname: “Big E“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Princeton, NJ Age: 11 DOB: 7/23/99 School: Schilling Farms Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): RF, Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Right Weight: 97 lbs. Height: 5’2” Favorite Player: Chase Utley Favorite Team: Philadelphia Phillies

complains and is considered by many to be one of the most coach-able players and one of the most supportive teammates with a high Baseball IQ. In 2010, Colin was awarded the “Outfielder of the Year” Award. Before joining the Reds when he was 9, Colin played T-Ball and recreational coaches-pitch for the Braves. Colin has also ex-celled in soccer and football, and

continues to play basketball during the offseason. Colin is an honor roll student who won his class' Citizen-ship Award for four years while at Collierville Elementary School. Next year, he will enter middle school as a sixth grader at Collierville Middle School. Colin loves comedies, and his favorite va-cation is riding thrill rides at Uni-versal Studios in Orlando.

Colin Dunning is an original three year member of the Collierville Reds and has been a steady, yet quiet, fixture in center field ever since. He lets his actions speak louder than his words. In fact, in many tournaments he steals more bases than words he speaks. His favorite sentence is "I've got it." Despite injuries to his wrist and knee this year, Colin never

Biography

#34 Colin Dunning

Colin in Action!


Nickname: “Thirty‐Four“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Collierville, TN Age: 11 DOB: 10/5/99 School: Collierville Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 6th Grade

Position(s): CF, Pitcher Bats: Right Throws: Left Weight: 76 lbs. Height: 4’11” Favorite Player: David Ortiz Favorite Team: Boston Red Sox

Biography

#55 Corey Hardeman

Corey in Action!

in ice and roller hockey and has been selected to represent Tennes-see in the annual State Wars Roller Hockey Tournament. Corey is a member of the Memphis Blues trav-eling/competitive ice hockey pro-gram. He began playing baseball at 5 years old. He moved from recrea-tional baseball to competitive base-ball along with Coach Mitchell. Corey has played for 2 years with

the Collierville Reds and 1 year with Team Collierville. He was on the 16-0 White Sox team that won the coach pitch championship in Collierville. Corey was also on the Collierville Reds team that won the State Tournament in 2009. Corey’s best baseball skills are steady con-sistent pitching and clutch hitting. Corey enjoys roller skating, Xbox and texting on his phone.

Corey’s love for sports began as a toddler. He walked around the house with a baseball bat and hockey stick as early as 2 years old. Corey began playing roller and ice hockey at 4 years old. He also began playing soccer at 4 years old. Corey has played basketball and enjoys playing, but has chosen hockey over basketball. He has won multiple MVP trophies and championships


Nickname: “Bubba“ Home Town: Collierville, TN Born City: Memphis, TN Age: 12 DOB: 5/20/99 School: Collierville Middle Grade (2011‐2012): 7th Grade

Position(s): 1B, LF, Pitcher Bats: Left Throws: Left Weight: 102 lbs. Height: 5’2” Favorite Player: Jimmie Rollins Favorite Team: Philadelphia Phillies

whereas the players worked on all aspects of the game: hitting, field-ing, pitching, base running, and more. Many of the kids know a lot of the kids from other teams who come to the annual camp. In addition, they meet many new

friends year after year. This was the third year that some of the Reds players attended the camp. Reds

players this year in the past years have been awarded “Camper of the Day” as well as tow different years of winning the “Home Run Derby.” This was a very good camp.

Of all the camps, the Rhodes camp is probably the most fun camp for the kids. The camp was held June 6 - 9, 2011 at Rhodes College. Coach Jeff Cleanthes held the annual camp. Attending the camp were players: Matthew Higdon, Corey Hardeman, Chris Colebrook, Kylan Mitchell, Evan Koch, and Larry Hubbard. This camp too focused on the basic fundamentals of baseball

The MUS (Memphis University School) Baseball Camp was held May 31 - June 2, 2011. Attending the camp was Kylan Mitchell, Larry Hubbard, and Chris Colebrook. The camp was a very good camp where the players worked on all aspects of hitting and fielding. Though the kids were the younger bunch of the players attending, they performed very well with good words of accom-plishments from the coaches head-ing up the camp.

This was the first year the three attended this camp. All three were very excited each day to attend. The MUS camp was a big success. The kids performed very well com-

ing out of the camp in the tournament the following week-end. One difference with the fields at this camp was the turf infield. This was the first time the Reds players had practiced and played on a turf in-field. Other than that, the camp stressed the funda-mentals of baseball skills. We would like to thank the staff at MUS for a good week of camp.

Rhodes Lynx Baseball Camp

MUS Baseball Camp


“The Reds Players are a great

set of ball players. We are so

happy to have them here at

camp”

Seven Reds players attended the 2011 Collierville High School Pitcher /Catcher Camp. The camp was held June 13-16, 2011. The camp attracted many players from competitive, all-star, and recrea-tional programs, being one of the higher attended camps put on by the high school in years.

Attending the pitcher/catcher camp were Chris Colebrook, Larry Hub-bard, Evan Koch, Matthew Higdon, Jaylon Jones, and Corey Hardeman. Some of the attending Reds players will be students at the high school in the next two to three years. They were very excited every day to at-tend the camp, especially with so

many of their friends there from their schools and other sports programs in Collierville. Coach Hopkins noted that the Reds players all participated very good. This was the third camp where their tal-ents were recog-nized by the camp promoters. At this camp, they worked on a lot of fundamental pitching skills, a lot of hitting, and catcher skills. The

kids really enjoyed the instruction received and will add it to their an-nual summer camp schedule.

Memphis Redbirds Camp

Collierville High Baseball Camp

was instructed by various Redbird players. The camp attracted a lot of kids with a very large attendance. Kids were broken up by age range and sepa-

rated into five different groups.

The camp also focused on the basic fundamentals of baseball (fielding ground balls, fielding pop-ups, backing up players, base running, and proper throwing techniques. The play-ers left the Redbirds and vis-ited the FedEx Forum, meeting Grizzly player, Xavier Henry.

The Memphis Redbirds and Chevy put on a free camp for players here in the mid-south. Attending players were from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, ranging from ages of 6-15. Reds players attending the one-day camp were Larry Hubbard, Evan Koch, Kylan Mitchell, and R.J. Dell. In addition, Josh Koch, the Reds Director of Bat Opera-tions, attended the camp. The camp



of every year as well as provide pri-vate hitting and pitching lessons to over half of the team. In 2010, Ron served as one of the evaluators for the selection of the 2010-2011 team. Ron is married (Linda) and is also head coach for the Memphis Home School team. His years in baseball, both as a player, coach, and instruc-tor would take up the whole maga-zine. Ron is an asset to the Reds.

Ron Hobar has been an integral part of the Collierville Reds 11s baseball team for over two years. Since attending the FCA Camps in 2009, the kids loved Ron. He brings to the team a “GOD-Centered” ap-proach to the game as he takes them through the mental aspects of the game. In addition to the FCA camps, Ron holds team camps with the Reds in December and January

The FCA camp is widely attended by many Reds players and players from many other competitive and recreational teams in and around Shelby County. The camp is held at GameDay/First Tennessee Fields every summer for a week. Ron Ho-bar heads up the annual camp.

The camp is lead by Bobby Kilpatrick (Former University of Memphis Head Coach - All-Time Winningest Coach 1972-1992 / AA Chicago White Sox 1961-1964), Duffy Guyton (AA St. Louis Cardi-nals / Dallas Baptist Graduate & Assistant Coach / Right-Handed Pitcher), Tyler Whitney (Drafted by Seattle Mariners 2010 / 2010 MSU

Graduate / Left-Handed Pitcher), Ron Hobar (Current High School Coach + over 25 years of Coaching and Camp Experience, Nationally & Internationally / Ath-letes in Action & FCA Baseball), & Kyle Hobar (Greenville College - 4 Year Player/ Middle Infielder / All-Conference First Team).

Collierville Reds 11s players attending the 2011 camp are Matthew Higdon, Colin Dun-ning, Evan Koch, Larry Hubbard, Kylan Mitchell, Chris Colebrook,

and R.J. Dell. Thanks to Ron and the camp leaders for a great camp.

Ron Hobar: Pitching Instructor

Fellowship of Christian Athletes “Total Athletes” Camp

years with the Reds 11s. This sea-son, Josh had the job of keeping the dugout organized as well as keeping all bats off the field during games. He’s been great at it and has earned his title with the organization (previously bat boy and then bat manager). Josh has a great atti-tude and helps the team keep moti-vated during the games.

Josh is the younger brother of Reds player, Evan Koch. He has previ-ously played for a younger Reds team; however, this year, Josh, an avid soccer player, decided to focus his time and abilities in soccer. He had a great season in doing so. Josh also has many good baseball skills, and he has practiced and at-tended camps in off-season for a few

Joshua Koch: Director of Bat Operations

ing the USA and Europe between the ages of 12-16. He played second base at Germantown High School, where he briefly set the school record for highest batting average and earned team MVP honors and was awarded All District, All Metro, All State, and was a finalist for Best of the Preps Shelby Metro Player of the Year. He was also awarded All District and All Metro in football. He played colle-giately at Rhodes College in Mem-

phis. He has been a coach with the Reds for three years, focusing pri-marily on hitting and infield de-fense. Chris has been married for 19 years to his wife, Donna, and he has two sons: Connor,16, a pitcher at Collierville High School, and Colin, 11, the Reds' center fielder. He can be found most weekends coaching first base and being shorter than the 11 year old first baseman standing next to him.

As a baby, Coach Chris was given a choice: height or the ability to hit a curve ball. Obviously, he chose curve balls, but forgot to negotiate the cure to the disease of "Warning Track Power." So, he's been a coach for the past ten years and has five years of experience coaching competitive baseball. He grew up playing com-petitive baseball for Germantown and the Tigers, and played soccer for the #2 ranked team in the USA, tour-

Courtney Mitchell is a native of Garyville, LA (New Orleans, LA). As early as the age of 8, he loved playing baseball. A smaller but fast kid, Courtney played in the Dizzy Dean League. He made the league All-star team each of the years that he played in the Dizzy Dean League. At ages 10, 11, & 12, his team made it all the way to the Lit-tle League World Series. Courtney went on from the Dizzy Dean League to play baseball at East St. John's High School in New Orleans. Under the leadership of Coach Johnny Owens, the team won 2 State Championships with Court-ney receiving numerous awards while there. Post high school, Courtney went to Grambling State University, where he continued his baseball career. At Grambling he

was coached by Wilbert Ellis (36 years of coaching baseball) and James Randall (former Boston Red Sox Player). The Grambling Tigers won the Southwestern Athletic Con-ference (SWAC) in 1993. Courtney was drafted in 1994 by the Philadel-phia Phillies where he would play in the organization till 1998. There he became good friends with current MLB Major League Player, Jimmie Rollins. Courtney was instrumen-tal in getting many of the current team players to meet Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, and Pat Burrell. He started coaching the CYAA White Sox in 2007 and on to coach the Collierville Reds 9s in 2009. He is still currently the head coach of the Collierville Reds.

Stop. He was also an avid contact hitter. In addition to high school baseball, Coach Trent played one year of football, and he ran track for two years.

After college, he had a break from baseball as a player. He re-entered the sport as a coach, helping to coach the CYAA White Sox to an undefeated season. Coach Trent

A native of Columbus, MS, Coach Trent has played and been around baseball most of his life. As a youth he played Little League Baseball, and he also played in high school. As early as 6 years of age, he was out swinging the bat playing in baseball games. He continued on throughout high school, being a 4 year letterman. Coach Trent played the positions of Catcher and Short

further helped to coach the Collier-ville Reds team for three years. (2008/2009 - 2010/2011 seasons). He is still currently an active coach who manages 3rd base. Coach Trent is also one of the team spon-sors and dedicated uncle to one of the players on the team.

Chris Dunning: Asst. Coach

Courtney Mitchell: Head Coach

Trent Matthews: Asst. Coach



play in the “Sounds of Dynamite” Marching Band. Here he also met his wife of 19 years, Nachelle Hollingsworth. He and Nachelle moved to the Memphis area in 1995. Coach Larry re-entered the sports arena years later as a parent helper and coach when Larry Jr. was almost 3 years old. He spent countless years coaching soccer, basketball, football, and baseball.

Coach Larry is a native of Vicks-burg, MS where he attended War-ren Central High School. At War-ren Central, he played football in Jr. High and in High School. Coach Larry was also a member of the Big Blue Marching Band, specializing on the Baritone horn. After high school, Hubbard left the sports arena and attended Alcorn State University, where he continued to

Today Coach Larry serves as a coordi-nator for the Reds baseball team as well as one of the assistant coaches who is responsible for practice plans and training. He has a love for sports, especially in helping youth athletes participate and grow in their skills in the various sports. Larry has two sons, Larry Jr. and Courtney Hubbard. He is an avid father and husband.

Rick Dell: Asst. Coach

Larry Hubbard: Asst. Coach

played small towns throughout the surrounding areas of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. Rick also played on a traveling basketball team eventually playing in a na-tional tournament in New York and played and coached a softball Team in Houston, TX that won numerous Airline Tournaments as well as played on a softball team in Mem-phis that went to the World Cham-

pionships in 1986. In addition to baseball and basketball, he has played football and is an estab-lished golfer. Rick has also umpired youth league baseball and basket-ball for the YMCA. Rick is married to Jill Dell, his wife of 24 years and has 4 children:(Christia, Marissa, Alexa, &RJ).

Rick started playing youth baseball at 6 in Chattanooga, Tn. He played high school ball at Brainerd High in Chattanooga, where after graduat-ing, he coached the high school team for 7 years. Rick played in the mens amateur league in Chatta-nooga playing third, second, left field, catching and pitching. While in this league, Rick was a player/coach on a traveling team that

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