Cypress Ranch Mustangs Baseball

2012 Baseball Tryouts

Posted January 13th
Tryouts for the upcoming 2012 baseball season begin Friday Jan. 27th, at 4:00 pm. on the Cypress Ranch Baseball field. You can pick up tryout information from Coach Pope, Coach Pridgeon, Coach Hoffman or in the boys football coaching office. You must have a physical on file with Doc. Reed, and have turned in all necessary paperwork to Coach Pope by Jan. 26th in order to tryout. Baseball tryouts will be here before you know it, so get your paperwork turned in.

Cy Ranch Mustangs one game away from TASO Scholarship tourney crown

by John Renshaw | September 27, 2011 3:33 pm - Ultimate Cy-Fair

The Cy Ranch Mustangs are one game away from repeating as TASO Scholarship Tournament champions.

Cy Ranch defeated Foster in the finals last year to capture the title, and beat Bellaire in the semifinals of the 64–team tournament to set up Saturday’s championship against The Woodlands. First pitch of the tournament championship game is at 9 a.m. Saturday, October 1, at Minute Maid Park. Each summer and fall, Cy Ranch coach John Pope turns the reigns of the team over to volunteer coaches Kurt Kristynik, Brent Brooks, Zack Stewart and Ross Santos. In this fall's TASO, the group has guided the Mustangs past Pearland, Memorial, Dulles, Lamar, Langham Creek and Bellaire to make it back to the championship game. “I’d say the confidence of our starting pitchers and their ability to get ahead in the count with different pitches for strike one has been a big key to our success,” said Coach Kristynik The team is comprised largely of the next spring's varsity team, minus the five players on the varsity football team. “Every school has to deal with guys playing football, so we have been fortunate that many of our younger players have stepped up and come thru for us," explained Coach Kristynik. Not only have the starting pitchers done an uncanny job of sending batters back to the dugout, the batters have come through as well. “The middle of our lineup has been very consistent with their timely hitting, and as a coach I can’t ask for much for than timely hitting and pitchers who get strike one on many of our opposing hitters on the first pitch,” said Coach Kristynik. Sophomore catcher Derek Dickerson has been nothing less than a monster at the plate. He has three home runs in the tournament; two of those have been grand slams that have cleared the bases in the first inning of their respective games. Dickerson has 15 RBI's and was the MVP of the JV TASO tournament last year. Senior shortstop Leon Bryd, who has committed to powerhouse Rice University, is the three-hole hitter who gets on, steals bases, leads by example and is all business for the Mustangs. Byrd has been with Cy Ranch since their birth three years ago, and he is proud to be playing for the same college program that produced his head coach, Coach Pope. He and senior second baseman Bryce Stark form a solid double play combination and are catalysts at the top of the batting order. The starting pitcher in Saturday’s championship game at Minute Maid Park is righty Zach Brosch. The junior is extremely confident. He beat Pearland as a starter and took down Bellaire in the semis out of the pen. Brosch hits the high 80’s with his heater and will mix in a change and a slider while on the hill. “Not only do we have a great group of kids who love the game and work their tails off, our three other coaches are just awesome guys who love the game,” stated Head Coach Kristynik. “As coaches, we're proud to step in for Coach Pope and Coach (Kip) Pridgeon when they are in football season. We all played ball at the college level and feel like we can share a few of our experiences to help these guys suceed as individuals, but more importantly as a team for the Cy Ranch program,” said the gracious head coach. The 64 team field is run by local umpires, with funds going to provide scholarships for athletes. This year’s winners are below: ALVIN - TREY WILLIAMS BAYTOWN LEE - CHRISTIAN VALVERDE BAYTOWN STERLING - CALEB SHAVER CLEMENTS - PAUL ESPINOSA CY FALLS - JEFFREY PHILLIPS ELKINS - MATT MCKINNON FOSTER - CODY BURNS JEFF DAVIS - ANGELICA AREVELO KATY - ANGEL MONTOYA LAMAR - REGINO MADRID MAYDE CREEK - PHILIP WILEY NEW WAVERLY - MICAH BOHANNON NORTHSHORE - JUSTIN MOLINA SANTA FE - ANDREW YERRELL SPRING WOODS - MATTHEW NESLONEY WESTFIELD - JERRY FORD 11 WESTSIDE - MATTHEW NASSAB THE WOODLANDS - JESTIN BUFFINGTON

Cypress Ranch Enters Championship Game @ Minute Maid Park

Cypress Ranch Baseball swept the annual tasso tournament . They have won 6 straight games and will be playing the Championship Game at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 1 @ 9:00am. This is the second year in a row they have made it!! Go Mustangs!!!

2011 Golden Gloves

Summer League Tryout Information - The tryouts will be held May 1st, 2011, 4:00 pm on the Cypress Ranch Baseball field. All necessary paper work can be acquired from www.goldglovebbinc.org website. The paper work must be turned in prior to tryouts in order to participate.