2015 Riverdogs Schedule Legion Baseball Facts
Team Try-out June 3rd American Legion Baseball is the oldest and largest nationwide teenage baseball program in America. American Legion Baseball became a national pro- Date Visiting Team Home Team gram in 1925. Over ten million teenagers have 6/9/2015 Gurnee Waukegan played American Legion Baseball since 1925. The 6/10/2015 Gurnee Carmel first National Championship tournament was held 6/15/2015 Carmel Gurnee in 1926. AMERICAN LEGION 6/16/2015 Gurnee Zion POST 771 6/17/2015 Lake Forest Gurnee On an average, 52 percent of Major League Base- BASEBALL 6/18/2015 Mundelein Gurnee ball players played American Legion Baseball as
6/22/2015 Lake Villa Gurnee teenagers. Nearly 70 percent of all college players GURNEE RIVERDOGS 6/23/2015 Deerfield Gurnee played American Legion Baseball as teenagers. 6/24/2015 Gurnee Grayslake 6/29/2015 Wauconda Gurnee 6/30/2015 Gurnee Lake Zurich 7/1/2015 Waukegan Gurnee 7/6/2015 Gurnee Mundelein 7/7/2015 Libertyville Gurnee 7/8/2015 Fox Lake Gurnee 7/13/2015 Gurnee Barrington Game Times: 6:00 PM
Home Field: Faulkner Field
Gurnee American Legion Post 771
749 Milwaukee Ave. Championship Tournaments
7-20-15 7-24-15 10th District Championship Gurnee Riverdogs Post 771 7-27-15 7-28-15 2nd Division Championship Gurnee Riverdogs Post 771 7-29-15 8-1-15 Ill. State Tournament
8-7-15 8-11-15 Great Lakes Tournament Gurnee American Legion Post 771 Gurneeriverdogs.com 8-14-15 8-19-15 Amer. Legion World Series P.O. Box 71 Gurnee, Il 60031
Phone: 847-910-3330 Fax: 847-623-9811 E-mail: [email protected] Play with the dogs!
American Legion Baseball Gurnee Riverdogs Riverdogs Coaches Gurnee Post 771 has sponsored a Legion baseball team for over 20 years. As a post of military veterans, we feel Coach Steve Huisel –Head Coach baseball is a game that builds character. Known as Steve Huisel is in his 6th year coaching Since 1925, The American Legion has sponsored a America’s game, baseball brings out the best in us. the Gurnee Riverdogs. Steve attended nationwide youth baseball program. During these America’s pastime will continue to bring out the best in Warren Twp. High School, playing past eight decades, millions of young players have you. baseball four years for the Blue Devils. enjoyed playing baseball. The American Legion After graduation, Steve went on to and their 2.8 million Why Legion Baseball play four years of collegiate baseball at Elmhurst members have raised Today there are many options for talented baseball College. Presently, Steve is employed at Synchrony millions of dollars players. Travel and elite teams can be expensive. Le- Financial Corporation in their data analytics de- each year for players gion baseball delivers an excellent value. The competi- partment and is an assistant coach at Elmhurst to learn the im- tion is highly competitive and the friends you make will College. portance of team- last a lifetime. work, discipline, lead- ership and good sportsmanship. The 10th District Legion Teams Jason Seveska– First Base Coach American Legion Baseball American Legion Barrington Post 158 Carmel Post 867 Deerfield Post 738 Jonathan Huisel– Bench Coach sponsors American Playing the game right! Legion Baseball to give Fox Lake Post 703 Grayslake Post 659 Gurnee Post 771 Matt Walters–Hitting Coach players an opportunity Lake Forest Post 264 Lake Villa Post 1219 Lake Zurich Post 964 Pat Walters– Motivational Coach for skills development, personal fitness, leadership qualities and fun. Libertyville Post 329 Mundelein Post 867 Wauconda Post 911 Ryan Kennedy– Pitching Coach
Jim Huisel– General Manager & Legion Who Can Play Legion Ball Waukegan Post 281 Zion Post 865 Baseball Chairman Players Age: American Legion Baseball competi- tion in 2015 is open to players born in 1996 or Where Dogs go to play! later. College of Lake County Judson University Team: The Riverdogs draw players from our base school, Warren Twp. High School. We also recruit Webster University Illinois State University players from private schools who live in the War- College of Wooster North Park University ren school district. Warren players can only play Carthage College Elmhurst College with the Gurnee team since Warren is the base school. Augustana Illinois Wesleyan Northern Illinois University UICC Changing Teams: Once a player is rostered on a team, they can only change teams with both Rockford College St. Joseph College Gurnee American Legion Post 771 P.O. Box 71 coach’s approvals. William Penn College John Carroll University Gurnee, Il 60031
Cost: Player fee is $165 . Payment is made Hofstra University University of Wisconsin Phone: 847-910-3330 through our website or to the head coach. Fee Fax: 847-623-9811 E-mail: [email protected] due upon team selection.