The honors keep coming for West Salem's senior ace, Lucas Stanfield.  Having already been named 1st Team All-League and League Pitcher of the Year Lucas received some more great news.  Stanfield was named 1st Team All-State at pitcher and also named to the 2019 Oregon All-Star Series.

Some of you may remember that the Oregon All-Star Series used to be called the State-Metro game and was played in a slightly different format.  The Series is a collection of the best Oregon seniors from the 5A and 6A levels.  Lucas will play for the South Team in a two game series against the North Team.  Over the years West has been well represented in the Series, most recently by Blake Arritola in 2018.  The All-Star Series will take place June 22nd and 23rd at Oregon State's Goss Stadium.

You can find more info about the Series here: Oregon All-Star Series

Congrats to Lucas on an amazing season and the well-deserved accolades!

At the end of the season coaches from each team in the league vote on the conference's top performers.  This year we had several Titans take home All-League honors:

• Lucas Stanfield was named MVC Pitcher of the Year
• Stanfield (pitcher) and Noah Juarez (infield) were named 1st Team All-League
• Kyle Mitsuyasu (catcher), Tanner Keene (infield), Wilson Neitzel (outfield), and Crosby Albee (utility) were named 2nd Team All-League
• Braden Allison was named Honorable Mention All-League

​Congrats to all of our award winners!

AAA tryouts will be June 3rd and 4th at Western Oregon University from 5 pm to 7 pm.  We encourage all of our varsity players to tryout for this team.  If you have a question about whether you should try out talk to Coach Blair.

Division 1 and Division 2 tryouts will be May 30th and 31st at West Salem High School from 5:30 pm to 7 pm.  We encourage any players who plan on playing in our program next school season to tryout.  This includes current 8th graders though current 11th graders. 

• Current 8th graders: please keep in mind that IF you make either D2 or D1 your youth team (JBO, little league, etc.) is your first priority.  We will not ask or expect you to miss games involving your youth team.
• Football/Basketball/Wrestling players: please communicate any scheduling conflicts with Coach Blair.  Each summer, the baseball program works hard to make sure our players can compete in as many sports as possible, as we believe in the importance of multi-sport participation.
• Cuts: There are typically cuts made during summer tryouts.  If you do not make a team this summer, that does NOT have any bearing on next year's school season.  We only have two teams in the summer (versus three in the spring) and have limited roster space.  We encourage any player who does not make a team to work hard over the summer and come back for school ball tryouts in the spring.

We hope to see all of next year's Titan Baseball players out for summer ball.  It is a fun experience where tons of growth and improvement as an individual and program occur.  Go Titans!

For Division 1 and Division 2 schedules you can check out the following links or visit the pages associated with each level on our site:

• Division 1
• Division 2

Gilmore Field (05.22.2019)

Game Rundown:  Braden Allison pitched his best game of the year and West launched three home-runs as they attempted to upset #4 South Salem and move onto the OSAA 6A Quaterfinals for the second straight year.  For six innings it looked as if the Titans would do just that.  Allison was able to keep the Saxon bats at bay for a majority of the game and two round-trippers by Kaden Reidhead and one by Crosby Albee certainly seemed to help West Salem's cause, as they led 5-3 heading into the bottom of the seventh.

South Salem, however, was able to piece together a game saving rally in their final at-bat to tie up the game and send it to extras.  The game remained tied after 8 1/2 innings when South loaded the bases and Kaiden Doten walked it off for the Saxons with game ending grand slam.  Final score: South Salem 9, West Salem 5.  It will surely be a game that's talked about for years to come.  Unfortunately, the Titans came up of the losing side of an amazing ballgame.  

Players of Note: Braden Allison (6 2/3 IP, 5 K, 3 ER), Hector Amador (1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER), Kaden Reidhead (2-4, 2 HR, 3 RBI), Crosby Albee (1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI)

Inside the Numbers: South outhit West 8 to 7.  West Salem hitters struck out 10 times to South Salem's 7.  For the first time this season West had back to back home runs when Reidhead and Albee did so in the 2nd inning.  Kaden Reidhead's 2 home runs marked the first multi-home run game for a Titans player this season.  

Up Next: South moves on to the Quarterfinals vs. West Linn and West's season is done. The Titans finish the 2019 campaign with a 15-12 overall record, while graduating nine seniors.

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