Sugar Land Skeeters announce managers, team logos for Constellation Energy League

By Robert H Kelly

Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (July 3, 2020) The Sugar Land Skeeters released the four team names and logos for their Constellation Energy League, which will kick off on Friday, July 10, 2020 with a 7 p.m. CDT first pitch. The league will replace the Atlantic League schedule that the Skeeters would have competed in during the 2020 season.

The four teams and their logos are as follows:

Sugar Land Skeeters

Managed by Pete Incaviglia

Team Texas

Managed by Roger and Koby Clemens

Sugar Land Lightning Sloths

Managed by Greg Swindell

Eastern Reyes del Tigre 

Managed by Dave Eiland

The Skeeters on Tuesday announced the preliminary player pool for the Constellation Energy League. Individual rosters will be released by July 6.

USA Softball "Stand Beside Her" tour in holding pattern

USA Olympic Team Member Monica Abbott
(No. 14) will be pitching in the "Stand Beside Her"
Tour when it plays in Sugar Land.
Photo by Darla Tamulitis,
La Vita Loca Photography
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By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (March 28, 2020) The USA Softball "Stand Beside Her" tour scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 2020 is in a "holding pattern" as stated in an official press release on March 25. The game, to be played at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas is scheduled for a 1 p.m. CDT start. The press release stated the following:

As it relates to the U.S. Olympic Softball Team and the “Stand Beside Her” tour, presented by MLB, there are still a lot of moving pieces and discussions to be had before we can determine appropriate next steps. However, please know that our commitment to the health and safety of our athletes, coaches, umpires, staff/volunteers, families, and fans is of the utmost importance to USA Softball. When details are available for our new Road to Tokyo, we will share updates as soon as we are able to.
As of now, we do not have any new information regarding the tour stop. We understand that you have a variety of questions regarding the rescheduling of the tour stop, ticket sales and the details of what is to come with our tour stop in HOUSTON. However at this time the information above is what is currently available. As soon as we have information available regarding the rescheduling of our tour stop, which we anticipate to have by April 13, we will be sure to share it with you.

TexSport Publications will publish any further developments, as they become available.

Southeastern Louisiana, Northwestern State score wins on first day of Southland Baseball Tournament

Story and photo by Robert H Kelly
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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (May 23, 2018) The 2018 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament kicked off on Wednesday, May 23 at Constellation Field with four games in the four day tournament. Game one saw No. 3 Northwestern State Demons and No. 6 McNeese State Cowboys taking  the field, with No. 4 Southeastern Louisiana Lions facing No. 7 Nicholls Colonels in game two. In game one, the Demons downed the Cowboys by the score of 2-1 while the Lions took a 4-2 win over the Colonels.

Southeastern Louisiana and Northwestern State will face off at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 24 in the winners side of the bracket while McNeese State and Nicholls will at 4 p.m. with the loser heading home. Rounding out Wednesday evening's game is a 4 p.m. game pitting No. 1 San Houston State and No. 8 New Orleans. The night cap will see No. 4 Houston Baptist taking on No. 5 Central Arkansas.

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Sugar Land Skeeters down New Britain Bees 2-1 to kickoff 2nd half of Atlantic League action

Photo by Robert H Kelly
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By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2016 TexSport Publications

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (July 4, 2016)  The Sugar Land Skeeters kicked off the second half of the 2016 Atlantic League season with a 2-1 win over the New Britain Bees at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas on July 4, 2016. After the game, the 8,606 fans in attendance, which was a stadium record, we treated to a fireworks display to celebrate Independence Day.

The Bees got on the scoreboard in the third inning on a Jovan Rosa double, scoring Jon Griffin. Delwyn Young evened the score in the fifth inning on an infield single by Bremer Weems. Skeeters starting pitcher Roy Merritt received the win, his second of the season, pitching six innings and giving up the single run off six hits. Brian Dupra was credited with the loss while Sugar Land’s Derrick Loop received is 16^th save of the season.

The Skeeters will continue their current three-game home stand against the Bees on Tuesday, July 5 and Wednesday July 6 with a 7:05 p.m. CDT start both days.

Sugar Land Skeeters drop fourth game in a row to Lancaster Barnstormers

Starter Tim Stauffer threw seven complete
innings in Sugar Land's loss to Lancaster.
Photo by Darla Tamulitis-La Vita Loca Photography
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By Robert H Kelly
Copyright 2015 TexSport Publications

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (July 26, 2015) The Sugar Land Skeeters got on the scoreboard first, but could not hold on to the lead, dropping their fourth game in a row to the Lancaster Barnstormers by the score of 2-1 on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at Constellation Field in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas. With the loss, the Barnstormers now lead the Skeeters 37-36 in all-time games and hold a 7-6 advantage in 2015.

The game was scoreless through the first four and a half innings, when the Skeeters finally got on the scoreboard when shortstop PatrickPalmeiro slammed a double into the center field wall for a double. AllanDykstra, who was on first base as a result of being hit with a Bryan Morgado pitch, scored his sixth run of the season.

Brian Cavazos-Galvez (31) connected for a
two-run homer in Lancaster's 2-1 win over Sugar Land.
Photo by Darla Tamulitis-La Vita Loca Photography
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Lancaster wasted no time in coming back; scoring two runs in the sixth inning on a Brian Cavazos-Galvez home run, with Yusuke Kajimoto scoring from first base. It was the Albuquerque, New Mexico native’s  twelfth round tripper of the season.

Sugar Land’s first baseman Delwyn Young snapped a 15-game hitting streak, going 0-for-4 in the loss and dropping his batting average to .258. He currently has 76 hits, 12 doubles, and seven home runs, and 24 RBI in 2015. Skeeter starter Tim Stauffer completed seven full innings; giving up five hits and two runs, both of them earned, in receiving the loss. Lancaster starter Morgado secured the win, his second of 2015. Pete Andrelczyk, pitching one inning in relief, received his fourth save of the season. 

The Skeeters managed only three hits in the loss and have dropped their last four games, heading into a seven-game road trip. They will face the Camden Riversharks in a three-game series. July 29-30 before heading to Regency Furniture Stadium to play Southern Maryland on July 31 to August 3. They will return to Constellation Field on Wednesday, August 5 for a four-game series against the Long Island Ducks.

Central Arkansas wins first Southland Conference baseball tournament, heads to NCAA Regionals

Photo by Darla Tamulitis-La Vita Loca Photography

By Roert H Kelly
Copyright 2013 TexSport Publications

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (May 26, 2013)  The Southland Conference has a new baseball tournament champion and the team that won it set a historical milestone that has never been achieved in school history.

Central Arkansas, fresh off the heels of advancing to the championship game by beating Oral Roberts, downed the Southeastern Louisiana Lions by the score of 4-0, to secure their first ever Southland Conference Tournament title at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas on Saturday evening, May 25, 2013

With the win, they will advance to the NCAA tournament with an eye on the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska next month.

The Bears scored three runs in the third inning and added an insurance run in the seventh to take home the tournament title and trophy back to Conway, Arkansas.

Freshman pitcher Conner Gilmore went the distance for Central Arkansas, giving up only two hits for the shutout.

The 6-5, right-handed freshman hurler from Little Rock, Arkansas faced 30 batters and threw 126 pitches for the win; raising his record on the mound to 4-0 for the season.

Central Arkansas tallied their four runs on seven hits while committing a single error.

Southeastern Louisiana finished their 2013 campaign with a 36-24 record and placed two players on the All-Tournament Team.

Freshman first baseman Jameson Fisher and senior outfielder Ladd Rhodes were selected to the elite squad by a vote of the media covering the tournament.

Central Arkansas placed four players, including the tournament Most Valuable Player, on the team.

Senior catcher Michael Marietta, senior third baseman Garrett Brown, and Gilmore were selected as position players on the elite squad.

Senior outfielder Forrestt Allday was named the tournament MVP.

He played in all five of the Bears’ games in the tournament; going 8-for-19 with two runs and one RBI.

Readers can click here for stats from the game.