The 2024 Baseball sign up meeting will be Wednesday 2/14/2024 in Room 1403 A.  Please be there by 2:40 and have something to write with.  All interested players should know all of their clothing sizes for tracking purposes for potential team orders if they are selected for the squad. If you have any questions please reach out to Coach Grove immediately (grovens@pwcs.edu)

In order to participate in tryouts all interested athletes should have the following completed prior to the interest meeting:

Yearly Physical (Completed on a VHSL form)

PWCS Concussion Training (completed online print form have parent sign it)

Have passed five classes in the first semester (PER PWCS Eligibility Rules)

Please follow Patriot Baseball Twitter for team updates @PatriotHitSquad

The 2024 Baseball sign up meeting will be Wednesday 2/14/2024 in Room 1403 A.  Please be there by 2:40 and have something to write with.  All interested players should know all of their clothing sizes for tracking purposes for potential team orders if they are selected for the squad. If you have any questions please reach out to Coach Grove immediately (grovens@pwcs.edu)

In order to participate in tryouts all interested athletes should have the following completed prior to the interest meeting:

Yearly Physical (Completed on a VHSL form)

PWCS Concussion Training (completed online print form have parent sign it)

Have passed five classes in the first semester (PER PWCS Eligibility Rules)

Please follow Patriot Baseball Twitter for team updates @PatriotHitSquad

Listed below are the winners in order 1-14 for our Opening Day Fundraiser Raffle Drawing.  We would like to thank everyone that supported our program and helped this year.  Please note that all winners will be mailed a check from the Patriot Athletic Boosters.  Those checks will be sent shortly after we return to school from Spring Break.  Again, thank you so much for the support, without community stakeholders and all of the people that support our players we would not be able to provide the great opportunity that these kids get!

Winners drawn 3/14 during the Woodbridge game

First Prize- Brooke Tecce $200.00

Second Prize- The Tilden Family $100.00

Third Prize- Christine Carter $50.00

Fourth Prize- Brenton Dennis $50.00

Fifth Prize- Ed Wygonik $20.00

Sixth Prize- Francine Foster $20.00

Seventh Prize- Michelle Francis $20.00

Eighth Prize- Bo "Big Pom" Meyer $20.00

Ninth Prize- Brian Snyder $20.00

Tenth Prize- Cprey Fritz $20.00

Eleventh Prize- The Honorable Joe Hamm $20.00

Twelfth Place- Danielle Maclauchlin $20.00

Thirteenth Place- Sarah Clements $20.00

Fourteenth Place- Mike Liptak $20.00

Listed below are the winners in order 1-14 for our Opening Day Fundraiser Raffle Drawing.  We would like to thank everyone that supported our program and helped this year.  Please note that all winners will be mailed a check from the Patriot Athletic Boosters.  Those checks will be sent shortly after we return to school from Spring Break.  Again, thank you so much for the support, without community stakeholders and all of the people that support our players we would not be able to provide the great opportunity that these kids get!

Winners drawn 3/14 during the Woodbridge game

First Prize- Brooke Tecce $200.00

Second Prize- The Tilden Family $100.00

Third Prize- Christine Carter $50.00

Fourth Prize- Brenton Dennis $50.00

Fifth Prize- Ed Wygonik $20.00

Sixth Prize- Francine Foster $20.00

Seventh Prize- Michelle Francis $20.00

Eighth Prize- Bo "Big Pom" Meyer $20.00

Ninth Prize- Brian Snyder $20.00

Tenth Prize- Corey Fritz $20.00

Eleventh Prize- The Honorable Joe Hamm $20.00

Twelfth Place- Danielle Maclauchlin $20.00

Thirteenth Place- Sarah Clements $20.00

Fourteenth Place- Mike Liptak $20.00

Today we added a 20th contest to our 2024 schedule.  Next Wednesday 5/1/2024 we will play North Stafford High School.  This game is replacing the previously scheduled game with Stafford High School, that was schedule to originally be a road contest. Next Wednesday's game will also serve as our 2024 Senior night.  This will allow us to celebrate our 2024 graduating seniors as we prepare to see them off to the next step in their academic and for some athletic lives.  We are hopeful that we get a big crowd for senior night.  Senior information will be sent home with the players either tomorrow following the game or Saturday following practice.

It is getting close to that time again; teachers and students will be returning to campus soon and out of season activities will start taking place with various sports at Patriot. We will start doing Phase I (fall ball) when we return to campus in the fall.  Fall ball is open to any Patriot High School student in grades 9-12. We use the fall as a time to improve our skills and focus on fundamentals. We also will work some live intrasquad scrimmage time in on some of the days. We usually workout two to three times per week and set the days for the fall early in the process. These days are rarely changed and usually stay locked to help parents of students that do not drive with pick up after the workout. Rain out days are usually not made up, and we never workout on holidays or teacher workdays that we have off from school during the out of season portion of workouts. During the regular season (Spring 2025), we practice daily Monday through Saturday however, the fall is a chance for the kids to reacclimated to school for the year and get baseball going as the season is still a long way off. Please also understand that participating in fall ball, while very beneficial for the improving a player's skill level, does not solidify or guarantee a roster spot in the spring for anyone that participates. Below are some key reminders or points to make sure everything is ready to go, and we get a chance to start working with your son at our fall workouts!

Some key info/points:

• Fall ball will start when we return to school
• Please make sure your son has his VHSL Physical completed (MANDATORY TO PARTICIPATE)
• Please make sure your son completes his PWCS online concussion training for high school
• Fall ball is strictly optional and is open to anyone interested at Patriot in grades 9-12
• Fall ball participation does not ensure a roster spot for the Spring 2025 team
• Fall ball participants will be expected to help with any fundraising events that occur during that time as this benefits the program and the players that eventually make the roster
• Fall ball is two to three days per week (RAINOUTS ARE NOT MADE UP/HOLIDAYS AND TEACHER WORK DAYS ARE OFF DAYS)
• Team info for the fall can be found on the Patriot Baseball Twitter Page (@PatriotHitSquad)
• Other team info for fundraising etc. can be found on the school's athletics website under the baseball tab.
• Have your son say hello to me in PE class (he may be in my class, or a section that is in there when I am in the gym)
• Feel free to email me with questions (grovens@pwcs.edu) I will begin checking and responding to emails the week of 8/12/2024.

We hope to get another strong turnout this fall and look forward to a fun couple of months of training.  We hope to see you there!