Former Xpress RHP Proctor Mercer will make his college debut against the University of Tennessee tomorrow! Proctor is a freshman at Northern Kentucky University. The game starts at 4:30pm and will be broadcasted on SEC Network+. Best of luck, Proctor!
Congratulations to
@CBCXpress2025
for a perfect 6-0 start to the season, winning the
@PSBaseballinc
#LouisvilleOpen
! Outscoring the competition 39-8, with a shutout 1-0 win in the championship! This team has a ton of
#uncommited
studs looking to play at the next level. Worth a 👀
CBC 16U Xpress just beat 643 DP Athletics (ranked 48th Nationally by Perfect Game) in PBR Natl Champ. at Lakepoint. Xpress is making noise and stands at 2-0 so far. Kemp (3 rbi, Long (2 rbi) and Napier all 2-3. Biddle (4 IP, 6 Ks, 2 ER). Heck of a job and keep it going!!
This day has been a long time coming! We would like to wish all our CBC players the best today, as middle school and high school baseball is BACK! Keep working hard every day and never take this sport or anything in life for granted!
Rosters have been posted for 2021 teams. Thank you to the over 400 kids that attended tryouts and good luck to everyone. We enter 2021 with our largest stable of teams (20) & most kids ever. Excited for what’s in store for CBC moving forward. Stay tuned for more announcements!
CHAMPIONS!! CBC 18u Xpress Forshey won the
@PastimeBaseball
EKU Bluegrass Wood Bat Freedom Classic. Went 6-0 with a walk off double by Nick Sorrel, with game winning run by Devin Hukill! They poured in on since Thursday and never lost sight of that final game!Congratulations!
💥WHY Commonwealth Baseball Club!💥
Today we want to highlight Blake Campbell who is continuing his baseball career at the United States Air Force Academy! When asked how CBC helped him on his baseball journey Blake said:
At last, it’s officially baseball season! Best of luck to all our players trying out for their high school team! It’s time to show them how hard you’ve worked!
New 2021 Rosters will be posted soon. We had an amazing amount of talent at our tryouts and our coaches are working through the process of choosing their teams! We will announce on Twitter and Facebook when the rosters are available. Thank you for your patience!
CBC Xpress 16 Blue-Coach Covington won the NET Elite 5th Annual Wood Bat Tournament at ETSU! Walked into the Park at 8am, walked out at 11:45pm! After 9 innings, also walked out champions!!
We are excited to officially announce the formation of the Commonwealth Baseball Club! The
@BluegrassXpress
and
@lexgrays
have teamed up to create one of the largest travel organizations in KY. More information to come soon!
@PBRKentucky
@KYPrepBaseball
Congrats to CBC 15u
Grays Black -Companioni !!
2-0 to win the championship today in the Diamond Elite Tournament in Versailles, KY!
10-9 game 1
4-0 game 2
Mighty well done boys!!
What a great weekend for CBC Xpress 16U! Leaving PBR Atlanta with a 4-1 record and a win in final game over Indiana Bulls Black. Most importantly, 4 different players have already been contacted by recruiters/scouts. That lone makes for a successful week! Great job boys!
Thank you to all our CBC Parents for a terrific turnout at our organizational meeting. Lots of great information. We are very excited to get this 2020 season started!
Kid just went 3-3 on biggest stage & is about to blow up & is modest about the performance! No wonder that Xpress team went 26-5! Played as a team, rooted for each other & didn’t have attitudes! Next summer will be ridiculous! As they say, “must be something in the water!”
🚨Blake Campbell (Dick’s Spring Goods Star Of The Game) and Reed Sherrard talk about their performances after Team Kentucky’s total team effort in a 9-1 victory over Oklahoma on opening night at The
#PBRFG23
🚨
@LakePointSports
@WebFlexPro
@DiamondKrew_
Join us in sending prayers out to one of our CBC family members, Preston Agee. He was injured in an accident on Sunday. We hope your healing process and recovery is quick and easy!
#cbcfamily
CBC 14U Xpress Bryant wins championship title at USSSA Tournament in Mt. Washington, KY! They went 4-1 for the weekend, meeting CBC McFarland in the end for a pure battle!
Great turnout for the first of our 8 free Commonwealth Baseball Club clinics. The kids got some great hitting instruction from John Wilson, the all-time leader in home runs for
@UKBaseball
Next Saturday will be our free pitching clinic with
@cmart_37
We are sending many prayers to David Henry and his entire family today for the loss of his father, Don Henry. Please keep them all in your thoughts through this very difficult time.
With Tryouts beginning Friday, its time to announce our 2024 Coaches!
Xpress
13U - Andy McCord
14U - TJ Taxley
15U - Ben Coates
16U - Kevin Goins
17U - Donnie Covington
18U - TBA
Grays, Generals and our new team, the Knights, will be announced in the following days!!
We often get reminders of the old saying, “life is bigger than baseball”. Nothing could mean more than after 13 years not seeing your Mom after you left Cuba she made it last night! We are so happy for Henrry Companioni! Henrry is a HUGE part of the CBC family & it’s success!
Congratulations to our own Cody Christopher, Coach of 16U Grays, for being named the head coach at Mercer Co HS. Great hire and awesome coach who will make a difference in kids lives both on and off the field, Congrats Cody!!!
Congratulations to our Grant Stone of Tates Creek on his commitment tonight to Roane St. in TN. They are getting a great young man and player who will do great things!
CBC Xpress Long went 3-0 pool play in Net Elite Wood Bat in Knoxville. Pitchers have given up a total of 5 runs in three games. They are the 1 seed for championship Sunday!
Coach Announcement: We are thrilled to have Head Coach Kevin Goins return to 17U Xpress. Kevin is also Head Coach at Scott HS in NKY & has been instrumental in helping build the CBC brand by coaching & mentoring our top players who have come thru the program. His Xpress team
CBC Grays finished the Dynamic Natl Champ in NC with a 5-4 win over Canes Carolina Prospects at NC State. Will Hacker had a walk-off triple to win in the bottom of the 6th. The Grays finished 3-0 atop the 15U Division. They played at Duke, UNC and NC State for a great weekend!
Many former Bluegrass Xpress Baseball and Lexington Grays and some current
@CBC_KY
players from
@tatescrbaseball
brought home the
@KHSAA
High School Baseball Championship trophy today at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. Final score Tates Creek 4 - McCracken County 2. Congrats to all!!
We would like to wish all our past Commonwealth Baseball (Xpress and Grays) players the best of luck with the start of a new college school year, on and off the field!
Grays 17U/Gant team started the summer season off with a bang by run ruling
@EliteKyBaseball
11-1. Langston Ridgeway went a complete game giving up 3 hits and 1 unearned run. JC Shegog 2-2 with 4 stolen bases and Jace Wilson 2-2 with a triple!!
From PBR this weekend, our 17U Xpress Blue team had 4 players throw 87 or better off the mound and multiple other players in our program 80+. Can you say scary good this summer! Somethings in the water! Gonna be a fun summer for CBC!
Due to our recent trip to the DR, we are excited to announce a new partnership with ULeagueRD of the Dominican Republic. This partnership will allow us to continue to make a difference in not only our CBC players here at home, but also our new Dominican friends/players. (Cont’d)
Wishing all our baseball families and friends a very happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for, just look around you. Safe travels to all!
There are some very exciting items being discussed that will give CBC players/teams a leg up and change CBC for the coming years. Stay tuned for announcements in the coming weeks!!
Players: If you are not getting outside and moving during this pandemic, you are not respecting yourself, your teammates or your coaches! There is no excuse! The summer-ball season is hopefully not far off! Be ready to go!
#FindAWay
@PBRKentucky
Coach Announcement: We are thrilled to welcome back Donnie Covington to the 16U Xpress for 2023! For years his teams teams compete at the highest levels & biggest tourneys in KY, at Lakepoint & Grand Park, as well as other venues. 2023 is expected to be a big summer for Xpress!
Xpress 16U-Covington began championship weekend in the Pastime Natl Championship as one of the top 32 teams out of over 100 teams. They won the first game today 8-0. On to the round of 16. Congrats and good luck. Let’s bring it home!!
Coach Announcement: We are thrilled to announce Larry Carter will be heading up the 16U Grays for 2023. Larry played at Dunbar & has coached for 15 yrs, most recently at Woodford Co Middle School. He brings a wealth of experience & knowledge to the program! Welcome to CBC!!
Announcing our 2022 16U Coaches!
Xpress Blue - Donnie Covington
Xpress White - Jared Pierce
Grays Black - Matt Baker
Blue team will travel to Atlanta, Indy & play other top regional tourneys. White & Black will mix local & travel tourneys for highly competitive schedules.
We honored our 6-year CBC players tonight! We appreciate the loyalty of these fine young men! Josh Guilfoil(not pictured) Clay Mathews, Grant Stone and Colt Thomas. They each received a framed jersey and a $500 scholarship! We wish you all the best in your very bright future!
Welp, here we go again!
16U Xpress go to 10-1-1 on season by winning there 1st game at Lakepoint today in the PBR Natl Championship, 5-0 over a very good PS 16U team. This team made a big run last year down there at 15U. Let’s keep it rolling and do it again boys!
We are excited to begin announcing our coaching staffs for 2021. Coaching 18U next summer:
Mark Hukill - Xpress founder & CBC President.
Johnny Wills - former Miss St player, Xpress Coach & SE Coach
Team will play 5 high level tourneys plus players get discounted fee to CCBL.
Xpress 18U-Bays won both games today , 4-3 and 10-5, to earn the
#1
seed heading into tournament play at the Ohio Valley Open Invitational- All Scout Event at Xavier University!
We are blown away by the number of kids that attended our tryouts over the weekend! Saw some amazing talent, speed, and positive attitudes! Looking forward to the summer of 2022! Rosters to be finalized soon!
Reasons to be a CBC player:
Access to college recruiting service! Chad Martin and Pookie Jones are set up to help contact college coaches for your son, to help get him noticed! We will do everything we can to assist your son reach his goals in playing at the collegiate level!
The day is here at last! Good luck to over 250 CBC players across the state today as high school baseball tryouts begin! Make it a great season, as many of you are entering your senior year!
Teams will be posted on website in next couple of days. Long process when forming four competitive teams at multiple age groups. We appreciate everyone’s patience! This is the most talented group of players and teams ever for the organization! Going to be a great 2022!!
Below are just a few highlights of a great year for CBC!
* 15 players went on first Dominican Trip.
* Played against “Little Papi”!
* 3 current players commit to D1 schools!
* 15+ current players commit to play college baseball.
* Multiple championships won
Thanks to all!!
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When you’re fighting the war on terror in your
#blackhawk
helicopter and you can’t be there in person, you follow your sons
@CBC_KY
13U Xpress Blue team via
@GCsports
Thanks for your service CPT Simpson. God Speed.
Xpress 15U-Green defeats Tennessee Speed-16U 5-4 in the Pastime-EKU Bluegrass Elite All Scout Event! Nick Huff went 3-4 at the plate and pitchers Jake Nash, Griffin Gaunce and Connor Edwards combined for the win!
CBC 13U Xpress Daugherty wins the championship over CBC Grays Henrry 6-5. 4-0 on the weekend. Jaxon Howard goes 4-5 with 6 rbi on Sunday and was the winning pitcher in Championship game! Terrific game by both our teams!
Our CBC/PBR Showcase:
Saturday:
Gates open at 9:30am
Check-in at 10:00am
All 17's, 18's.
Only 16's with last name beginning with A-L
Sunday:
All 14's-15's
Only 16's with last name beginning with M-Z
Be sure to bring your own water.
Transylvania's Marquard Field
@PBRKentucky
CBC Xpress 13U Mitchell goes 6-0 to win Youth World Series in Etown. Championship game homers by C. Mitchell, C. Jackson, B. Campbell. Winning pitcher, C. Moore, save, B. Campbell.
Big congrats!!
Congratulations to CBC 15u Xpress Blue-Coach Ryan on the win today against KBC Prime. Ty Reeves pitched a complete game with only 2 walks, allowing just 2 runs. Big day!!
Championship ALERT!
Congrats to Coach Sponcil and the 18U Xpress for their undefeated record of 4-0-1 and bringing home the Championship in the Pastime Bluegrass Wood Bat Classic. They beat the Mavricks 5-4 for the win!! Way to go!!
#reptheX
Great start to the summer season! Our 13U Commonwealth Xpress Long team is 2-0 in E-town and the
#2
seed going into tournament play. They won the 1st two games by combined score of 21-3.
CBC 14U Xpress Blue wins the
@netelitebasebal
Marrucci Wood Bat Tournament, going 6-0 on the weekend. Jack Sams throws a perfect game in the finals to secure the win. C. Mitchell with two hits, B. Campbell and C. Moore with doubles. Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to our CBC 15U Xpress-Mitchell team for advancing into the final 16 after their 3-1 win over the East Cobb Astros in the
@PBRTournaments
National Championship in Georgia! Enjoy the recap!
CBC 14U Xpress Blue-Mitchell goes 5-0 to win USSSA Havoc tournament, winning the championship 4-3 over Louisville Legends. B. Campbell with wins in both the semis and finals. C. Jackson with two homeruns.
We would like to wish all our CBC families a very happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful that we are able to offer kids the chance to play the greatest sport on earth! Enjoy your day with family and friends
CBC 15U Xpress Blue Ryan went 3-0 in pool play through today. Allowed 5 runs through 3 games on only 9 hits! Morning: Luke Evans went 4-4, Taka Kiuchi with 5 scoreless innings pitched. Afternoon: Andrew Fultz and Eric Enerlich combined for a 2 hitter, allowing no runs.
Coach Announcement:
We are excited to announce Jared Pierce as 15U Bats Coach. Jared has played and/or coached at CBC since he was 13 & is a positive influence & excellent teacher of baseball. He starred at Henry Clay & recently finished a stellar 4 yr career at KY State Univ.
Honoring 4 past baseball players tonight for their commitment towards our CBC program.
@devin_hukill
(Ashland University),
@etencza12
(Frontier Jr. College),
@adamtalwalkar
(Vassar College) & Josh Lane( Emory Riddle). Thank you for giving us 6 yrs of your baseball life!
Happy Fathers Day to all our CBC fathers and father-figures! Thanks for always encouraging your boys to keep their head in the game, work hard and most of all, have fun!
I’m very happy to say that I have committed to South Carolina next year to continue my academic and baseball career. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me along the way!
@GamecockBasebll
If you are lucky enough to be attending our Fundraiser this Saturday evening, you just might be lucky enough to go home with 1 or 2 of these gems from our Silent Auction!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
What’s in store for CBC in 2023?
* Mission Trip - Dominican Republic (Jan)
* PBR Natl
* ABCA Champ.
* Pastime Natl Champ.
* MIdwest Prospect League
* CABA Natl Champ.
* PG World Series
* Dynamic WS in NC
Stay tuned for schedule & more announcements!