This page is the home of the Crush, one of BHAA's two teams for girls ages 9 and 10. Bookmark this page for news and notes about the Crush throughout the 2008 season.
1st row l-r, Taylor, Haley, Ally, Sammy P, Livvie and Shayla. 2nd row, Chandler, Sami L, Brit, Faith, Maddie and Sara. Coach Lynda and Coach John are in the back.
Head Coach
John Salamacha
412-606-1549
Assistant Coaches
Lynda Kainz
Colors
Orange and black
Sponsor
MBM Contracting Inc.
Home Night
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
Roster:
# - Name
3 - Haley James
4 - Taylor Szczepaniuk
5 - Shayla Salamacha
6 - Ally Platt
7 - Olivia Horgan
9 - Samantha Palmieri
10 - Britainy Geiger
11 –
12 - Samantha Leicher
13 - Madison Liston
14 - Nahdiya Oliver
15 - Faith Mudd
16 - Sara Kainz
Saturday, 7/19, 8:30 am, vs North Hills II
Saturday, 7/19, 12:30 pm, vs Aspinwall
Sunday, 7/20, 2:30 pm, vs Bauerstown
Sunday, 7/20, 4:30 pm, vs Middle Road
All games are being played at Bauerstown
Regular Season Games
Win - Crush 13, North Hills II 7
Win - Crush 16, Dolphins 0 (4 innings)
Win - Crush 14, North Hills II 4 (5 innings)
Win - Crush 15, Dolphins 5 (4 innings)
Win - Crush 11, North Hills III 9
Win - Crush 14, Bauerstown II 0 (4 innings)
Win - Crush 8, Bauerstown II 7 (4 innings, darkness)
Loss - Crush 2, Bauerstown I 7
Win - Crush 16, North Hills IV 3 (4 innings)
Loss - Crush 6, Braun Jeffrey 7
Loss - Crush 1, North Hills I 2
Loss - Crush 3, Braun Jeffrey 12
Loss - Crush 7, North Hills I 19
Win - Crush 14, North Hills IV 13 (7 innings)
Loss - Crush 0, Bauerstown I 14
Rain - Crush 7, North Hills III 0 (2nd inning, will not be made-up)
July 5th Tournament Team The coaches would like to thank everyone who showed interest in being a part of the tournament team. The coaches knew that making the decisions would be hard, but it actually was even harder than we expected. For those that did not make it this year, don't give up, there's always next year.
After evaluating each girls performance during the regular season and combining that with the observations during tryouts we have chosen the following girls for the tournament team:
Brit Geiger, Chandler White, Eryn Oberst, Haley Arlett, Haley Brady, Madison Liston, Olivia Horgan, Sami Leicher, Sara Kainz, Shaun Eubanks, Shayla Salamacha, and Tayjah White
Congratualtions to those that made it!
The alternates (reserves) will be chosen from the list above after we have a few practices. This approach will give the coaches additional time to evaluate each girl. This will also give the girls the opportunity to prove themselves by working hard and giving that extra effort that may just turn out to be the deciding factor between being a starter and being a reserve.
June 10 - The slump continues as the Crush suffer their worst beating of the season, 12-3, to Braun Jeffrey. The Crush season has been like watching a Bad News Bears movie backwards. We started out in mid-season form and are now looking like we are playing our first game. This is our 3rd loss in a row. Hopefully, we can start hitting and catching the ball this Thursday when we host North Hills I. Our last game with NHI was a very well played game by both teams in which the Crush came up on the short end of a 2-1 game.
May 27 - The CRUSH bounce back and beat North Hills IV 16-3. The win improved their record to 8-1. ALLY reached base all 3 times that she batted and for the season, she has reached base an incredible 24 out of 25 times. LIVVIE, SARA, CHANDLER, SHAYLA, TAYLOR and MADDIE were also all perfect at the plate. The entire team played good defense. We travel to play Braun Jeffery on Friday.
May 24 - In a battle of unbeaten teams, the CRUSH suffered their 1st loss to Bauerstown I by a score of 7-2. It was a very close game with the exception of the 3rd inning when Bauerstown scored 5 runs. LIVVIE made a number of good defensive plays. Other than ALLY and SARA, the bats were relatively silent. We played without 4 of our regular "Crushers" who were away for the holiday weekend. A special thank you goes out to JAYCEE, from the 10u Wildcats, for providing a helping hand. The rematch is Tuesday, June 17th, on Field #1, mark your calendars!
May 22 - The CRUSH win two games against BBA II, and up their perfect record to 7 and 0. After coasting in the 1st game to a 4 inning 14-0 win, the CRUSH were tested when they fell behind 5-0 in the first inning of the 2nd game but rallied to win 8-7 in a game called after 4 innings due to darkness. SAMI L and BRIT made big defensive plays in the outfield by throwing out runners at 1st and 2nd base. SAMI L also scored a couple of runs. ALLY lead the batting by going 5 for 5, SHAYLA was close behind going 4 for 4. LIVVIE and CHANDLER got on base 4 times. SAMMY P scored a run all 4 times she reached base. SARA lead the way with 7 rbi's.
May 13 - Crush win their 5th in a row to remain unbeaten.
May 6 - CRUSH are now 4 and 0 after beating the Dolphins 15-5. All of the following players were a perfect 3-3, SAMMY P., MADDIE, LIVVIE, SARA,
May 5 - CRUSH are 3 and 0 after beating North Hills II 14-4.
April 26 - CRUSH win their 2nd in a row to start the season by beating the Dolphins 16-0.
APRIL 23 — CRUSH win opener 13-7