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Rick Price continued ...
Price plans
to continue to manage next summer but this time leading the
Rockville Express, a member of the Cal Ripken Baseball League,
which plays on the same field as his Montgomery
College-Rockville program.
“We're very excited,” Kazunas
said. “It's something very good for the organization … and for
the college. Rick is an incredible coach [and] it was one of
those things that the timing was right for Rick to come on
board.”
Kazunas added that Price's
arrival will also bring in local talent from his coaching days
at Post 295 and his current Montgomery College position that he
took on last year along with another former long-time county
coach, Bill Wright. Rockville experienced a similar situation
when former MC-Rockville coach Tom Shaffer ran the Express.
“Everybody is excited about
him,” Kazunas said. “He relates very well with the college
players. There's a buzz in the area.”
Looking to keep Post 295 atop
the Montgomery Division standings will be Cononie, whose son
Charlie pitches for the Tampa Bay Rays organization. Cononie
helped set up the Gaithersburg Post 295 junior legion team and
served as the manager all four years of its existence.
“They asked me to do it and I
thought it might be helpful for the college team,” said Price,
who has won 11 Montgomery Division titles, including four
straight. “I felt that if we could get some players that could
transition over to the Express after they've already done two
years at MC; that could get us a better level of players at
[MC-] Rockville.
“I thought it would be something
that might be attractive. We have lights now and they can stay
on the same field.”
The job offer came after the
departure of Express coach Angelo Nicolosi following this past
season that saw Rockville compile a 17-24 record, placing it
sixth out of nine teams. Hoping to land Price for a long time,
Express president/general manager Jim Kazunas said he was
thrilled when Price accepted.
“It is a great honor to be named
Post 295 Senior Legion manager,” said Cononie, who guided the
junior legion team to the semifinals of the National Amateur
Baseball Federation World Series in Tennessee last month and a
26-11 record overall. “This team has an annual tradition of
putting out great teams and I will hope to continue the
tradition and bring home a few more county and state titles to
Post 295.
“I really enjoyed working for
him, and getting the Post 295 junior team up and running and
developing players to move up to the senior team. Coach Price
always found a way to bring out the best in players when it came
down to winning the big games. We will miss that.”
Both Price and Cononie said a
new junior legion coach is still being sought. Many members of
this year's junior team will likely man spots on the senior
legion team that went 2-2 at the state tournament held at
Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown. Post 295 finished the 2011
season with a 22-10 record.
“If this was my last year at
295, this year's group of kids was a wonderful way to go,” said
Price, whose mostly new squad breezed through the Montgomery
Division tournament after finishing second to Damascus Post 171
in the regular season standings. “I can't think of a better
group of kids. It was a wonderful experience for me.
jpeters@gazette.net
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SEPTEMBER
11th REMEMBERED
Asbury Methodist Village
Post 295 dedicated a Flag Pole in Memory of
those killed on 9/11 and to those who serve our
Great Nation.
11 September 2011
Post 295 participated with the City of
Gaithersburg in a ceremony marking the 10th
Anniversary of September 11th.
Candlelight Vigil in Kentlands for
9/11 Victims
Gaithersburg Patch Gallery
We
displayed the Flag of Heroes listing the
names of all Fire and Police responders lost on 9/11
and The Flag of Honor listing the names of all who
perished on 9/11. Both flags were flown by US Army
Forces while on a visit to Camp Monschke, Iraq in
2011.
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Seneca Valley grad to
lead junior Legion team
Crosby said he hopes to
build on past successes of Gaithersburg Post 295
baseball squad
by James Peters, Staff Writer
www.gazette.net
With long-time
Gaithersburg Post 295 American Legion manager Rick Price
moving to the Rockville Express of the Cal Ripken
Collegiate Baseball League and Steve Cononie taking his
place last month, an opening for manager of the
Gaithersburg Post 295 Junior Legion team came open last
month and it was recently filled by Seneca Valley High
School graduate Chris Crosby.
Crosby, a two-sport star
at Seneca Valley, was among five candidates for the job.
The other four were from the Germantown, Darnestown and
Poolesville areas, said Cononie, who chose Crosby along
with Price and Post 295 assistant coach Paul Mattes.
“We felt he would be a
good fit for the position,” Cononie said. “He has
coached at the high school level before and relates to
this age group very well.
I think Chris is a great
guy with lots of potential. He is bringing a strong
field of coaches with him and we are hoping for some
nice things out of him and his staff. He has a very good
knowledge of the game and what it takes to win both on
and off the field.”
Crosby played both
baseball and football at Seneca Valley; he was inducted
into the Seneca Valley High football Hall of Fame in
2001. Crosby spent two years as an assistant coach at
Seneca Valley in 2008 and '09. The Screaming Eagles
reached the state semifinals for the first time in 2008.
Crosby and long-time
friend and Northwest graduate Mike Landis founded and
operate Advanced Baseball Concepts, a baseball training
organization designed to help prepare baseball players
for the next level.
“The program has been
successful for years so once the job opened up, it was a
no-brainer for me,” Crosby said. “I can't wait. I know
that there are a lot of good kids coming back. I've
talked with Steve and I'll meet with him a couple of
more times and basically get the ball rolling. It's a
12-month-a-year job. I've already started going to high
school fall baseball games. I'm definitely looking
forward to it. I'm excited.”
Crosby takes over a
junior legion program that came within a victory of
playing in the Tennessee-based National Amateur Baseball
Federation World Series championship game this past
summer. Post 295 finishing with a 4-2 record at the
tournament and compiled a 26-11 record overall.
The junior legion team
qualified for the NABF World Series the past two years,
finishing in the top two in the Potomac Junior League
East Division standings. Post 295 has reached postseason
play in three of its four years of existence as a junior
legion program.
“At this point, I want to
keep it status quo,” Crosby said. “What I bring to the
position is a youthful, enthusiastic coach. Obviously,
Steve has done wonderful things with the junior legion
team. We want to keep that a going. The ultimate goal is
to win the nationals and prepare them for the next
level; whatever baseball they will play at the next
level.”
jpeters@gazette.net
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13th Annual Golf
Tournament @
Montgomery Village CC
23 Sep 2011
This
year 98 players participated in Post 295's 13th Annual Tournament. Over
$2000 in prizes were awarded to participants.
This
Edmund Ault design has been the best kept secret in Montgomery County golf
since 1968. The 6,700 yard par 71 course offers both changeling holes and a
fair share of opportunities to score well. MVGC has gone through some
changes in the past years, switching to a new bermuda-hybrid grass and
creating some new tee boxes, while the fast and smooth greens have remained
the staple of the course. In the past years MVGC has hosted several PGA
sanctioned events such as the Maryland Open Qualifier, Mary-land amateur
Qualifier, MAPGA Pro-am, and MAPGA Titleist tour events
Lunch
was provided by Outback Steakhouse of Germantown
Winners
Foursomes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
Longest Drive
Closest to the Pin
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