2017 Season is almost here
Don’t miss out on any of the fun this summer as the Outer Banks Daredevils will be back for their 19th season of collegiate wood bat league baseball here in the Outer Banks. Presented by the Dare Coalition Against Substance Abuse, and sponsored in part by Southern Shores Realty & 98.1 The Score, the Daredevils are excited to once again bring you the stars of tomorrow today. Our season runs from June 5th – July 16th, with home games played at the First Flight Athletic Complex in Kill Devil Hills. Make plans to spend your summer evenings at the ballpark cheering on our home team. Go Daredevils!
Corey Hodges returns as Director of Sports Information
May 24, 2017 – Kill Devil Hills, NC
The Outer Banks Daredevils are excited to announce that Corey Hodges will be returning to the Daredevils again this summer, serving as our Director of Sports Information and will be on the call during our U-Stream broadcast of all Daredevils games.
Corey brings a wealth of experience and energy to our front office, and his professionalism is unparalleled. Please join us in welcoming Corey Hodges back to the team for another season of Daredevils baseball.
Host Families Needed for 2017 Season
The Outer Banks Daredevils are looking for a few more families to join our great team of Host Families for the upcoming season.
One of the key elements in the success of any collegiate summer baseball program is the willingness of local families to serve as Host Families. These families take the players into their homes for the summer, providing a safe and comfortable place for them to live and make it possible for us to have a local team. Collegiate summer baseball would not be possible without host families, and we appreciate those of you who have served as host families during past seasons. Your generosity and hospitality make it possible for the Outer Banks Daredevils to exist, and we are hopeful that once again, you, and others, will be willing to house a player the upcoming season.
Collegiate summer baseball provides college players the unique opportunity to participate in additional baseball games following the conclusion of their collegiate season, allowing them to work on their skills, and gain valuable experience on the field. In addition, collegiate summer baseball provides local towns and communities, such as ours, the unique opportunity to have great collegiate level baseball played here in our hometown. The Daredevils are our home team, and provide quality family entertainment for both our local residents as well as the thousands of vacationers who join us each summer. We are proud to have been awarded Best of the Beach in 2013 for Best Family Attraction, and are excited to continue the proud tradition that was started by Warren Spivey, and continued by Marcus Felton his partners, who tirelessly worked to provide our local residents as well as those joining us during the summer months the opportunity to enjoy great collegiate summer baseball right here in the OBX.
Being a host family means providing a player with a comfortable place to sleep and store his or her belongings. The players are required to live under your house rules and be respectful of your home, your family and your family activities. Players are expected to provide their own transportation, to keep their room and belongings neat and orderly, and to make provisions for their own meals, health and personal care items, be courteous, helpful and pleasant to their host families, and to minimize the noise level of their activities at all times. A host family may wish to occasionally invite the player to join them for a meal, and that is appreciated but not expected. We ask our host families to provide a clean and pleasant environment, including a bedroom, for the player staying with them, along with reasonable use of bathroom and laundry facilities. Our players will be arriving approximately June 3rd , and will be here with us through July 23rd. The season begins June 5, 2017, and the end of the Championship series will be concluded not later than July 23, 2017.
If you would be willing to serve as a host family for the upcoming season, or would like more information about becoming a host family, please contact us. Thank you in advance for considering becoming a host family.
Email: daredevilsobx@gmail.com
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Daredevils 2016 TSL Champions
Congratulations to the Outer Banks Daredevils, 2016 Tidewater Collegiate Summer League Champions. The Outer Banks Daredevils completed the 2016 season with a league best record of 12 – 4, and following the post season rain outs, the Daredevils were awarded the Tidewater Collegiate Summer League’s 2016 Postove Cup Championship.
We are proud of our players, and the way the joined us and our community this summer. They were champions both on and off the field, as they entertained our fans with outstanding play at night, and as a team, volunteered over 200 hours with local non profit organizations, working in our community and providing a positive role model for our area’s youth.
Thank you 2016 Outer Banks Daredevils for another great season of collegiate summer baseball. We wish each of you the best as you continue your collegiate career and beyond.
Game Tonight
August 2, 2016 – Kill Devil Hills, NC.
The Outer Banks Daredevils will be hosting the Tidewaters Drillers tonight at TowneBank OBX Park in Kill Devil Hills, NC in this Tidewater Collegiate Summer League Post Season contest. Game time is 7:05pm.
Radio broadcast on 98.1 The Score will begin at 6:50pm, and you can also listen to the game broadcast or your computer or mobile device at http://tunein.com/radio/The-Score-981-s21641/
Post Season Begins Tonight
from the TSL Newswire
August 1, 2016 – Kill Devil Hills, NC
The 2016 Tidewater Collegiate Summer League’s Post Season will begin tonight at TowneBank OBX Park in Kill Devil Hills, NC at 7pm as the #3 Seed Greenbrier Knights will take on the #1 Seed Outer Banks Daredevils in Game 1 of the Post Season’s Round Robin Playoffs.
The #2 Seed Tidewater Drillers will travel to the OBX to take on #1 Seed Outer Banks Daredevils on Tuesday night at TowneBank OBX Park in Kill Devil Hills, NC at 7pm in Game 2 of the playoff round.
Finally, the #3 Seed Greenbrier Knights will battle the #2 Seed Tidewater Drillers on Wednesday night at Norfolk State University’s Marty Miller Field in Norfolk, VA at 6pm in Game 3 of the playoff round.
The two teams with the best record coming out of the Round Robin Playoffs will square off on Thursday night to decide the 2016 Tidewater Summer League Postove Cup Championship. Time and Location TBA.
Come out and support our home team as we make a run at the 2016 Postove Cup Championship. Outer Banks Daredevils will play Monday night, Tuesday night, and Thursday night in the Championship (Good Lord Willing)!
Home games are played at TowneBank OBX Park, located at the First Flight Athletic Complex, 109 Veterans Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. Gates open at 6pm, first pitch is at 7:05pm.
All Daredevils post season games will be broadcast on 98.1 The Score, and live streamed on their website.
Daredevils defeat Knights 3 – 2
July 28, 2016 – Kill Devil Hills, NC
The Greenbrier Knights jumped out to an early lead, but was unable to hold on and lost 3-2 to the Outer Banks Daredevils at TowneBank OBX Park on Thursday.
The Daredevils jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead in the bottom of the first when Kyle Vidano (Averett University) lead off with a hit, stole second, took third by tagging up on a Jay Golliday (Campbell University) fly ball to right field, and scored on a wild pitch.
But the Knights came back, scoring a run in both the second and third, taking back the lead. JR Polak (St. Andrews University) reached on an error, went to second when Bryce Jones (UVA Wise) walked, went to third on a fielders choice, and scored on a ground out by KJ Lewis (Bryant & Stratton College). In the third inning, Kyle Bynum (Univ. of Mary Washington) got on base with a walk, a Mike Pezella (VA Wesleyan College) single moved him to second, went to third on a fielders choice, and scored on a bases loaded walk by Jacob Flora (Lynchburg College). Pezella lead all Knights hitters with his 2 for 5 night at the plate.
Knights starting pitcher Trey Celeta (Hampden-Sydney College) gave his team 6 strong innings, allowing only 4 hits and 2 runs while issuing 8 walks and striking out 7. Ryan VanAssche (Univ. of Mary Washington) took the loss in relief.
The Daredevils starter Chance DuCharme (Francis Marion University) pitched well in his no decision, and relievers Stephen Umplett (NC Wesleyan College), Josh Brooks (ECU), Kyle Spruill (COA), Colby Rudis (Frederick CC) and Eamonn Collins (Tusculum College) each threw an inning of relief, and Collins picked up the win.
With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Ryan Williams (Pitt CC) hits a single, went to second on a past ball, and scored on a walk off RBI single by Brent West (Urbanna University) giving the Outer Banks Daredevils the win.
Kyle Vidano (Averett University) got on base four times in the game for the Daredevils, including his first inning single. Jack Downum (Chowan University) went 1 – 2, with two walks; Damario Brown (Urbanna University) had a double and a single in his 2 – 4 outing; and Brent West (Urbanna University) went 2 – 5, including his walk off 9th inning single.
| July 28, 2016 – OBX | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Greenbrier Knights | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Outer Banks Daredevils | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
Box Scores
Greenbrier Knights
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJ Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Savage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Kyle Bynum | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Pezella | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Polak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Flora | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| JR Pollack | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joseph Walsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan VanAssche | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Trey Celata | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
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Outer Banks Daredevils
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Vidano | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Creps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jay Golliday | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Williams | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Childress | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brent West | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damario Brown | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Downum | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Remaley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kyle Spruill | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Josh Brooks | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colby Rudis | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chance DuCharme | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Eamonn Collins | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Stephen Umphlett | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
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Greenbrier Knights
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Celata | 6.0 | 138 | .529 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Ryan VanAssche – L | 2.1 | 46 | .500 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 8.1 | 184 | .522 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
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Outer Banks Daredevils
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chance DuCharme | 4.0 | 81 | .531 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Stephen Umphlett | 1.0 | 24 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Brooks | 1.0 | 21 | .429 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Spruill | 1.0 | 6 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colby Rudis | 1.0 | 24 | .417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Eamonn Collins – W | 1.0 | 13 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 169 | .521 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
Game Tonight!
July 28, 2016 – Kill Devil Hills, NC.
The Greenbrier Knights will be traveling to North Carolina tonight to take on the Outer Banks Daredevils at TowneBank OBX Park. Game time is 7:05pm.
