In the past, we’ve found that there was something missing for 10 and 11 year olds. Some athletes loved baseball, but weren’t ready to cut ties with their other sports. Some athletes felt like they wanted more baseball practice, but didn’t necessarily want to commit to the Koa travel leagues. Enter: Bethesda Aces Baseball League….
Our Koa club program attended an American University field hockey game last weekend. The U12s and U14s saw the Eagles start their league play off with a huge 4-0 win against the College of Holy Cross. After the game, Koa field hockey was able play on the AU watered turf field, meet, and speak with…
Blow-out games. We’ve all been there. Sometimes on the winning side, sometimes on the losing side–but we’ve been there, so we know what it feels like. This weekend, Koa 11U West was in one of those games, fortunately for them, on the winning side. The scoreboard said 15-3, the mercy rule had kicked in, and…
I don’t know if you know this — but contrary to popular belief, umpires can not physically be in two places at once. Sometimes this amounts to a bad call, a missed out, or a “lucky break.” This fall, during the tail end of a double-header against the Koa 11U East team, the opposing team…
Koa made the move into the competitive club space for field hockey this season. After a few fun and successful years of rec field hockey, we saw a serious interest among some of our older players for the new experience–a new challenge. Along came our new field hockey director, Tatum Dyer, who started working with our U12…
Bode Ramsay is a 5th grader at Kensington Parkwood Elementary School and is a Koa Summer Camp veteran. Having been with us for numerous weeks the past two summers, he has grown into our coaches’ favorite camper! Bode is active in all camp activities, holding down the fort as goalie in street hockey, killing it at…
Charles Pouland is a 5th grader at Carderock Springs Elementary School and plays on Koa’s 11u Travel Baseball Team, where he primarily is a Pitcher and Outfielder. This summer Charles is helping out multiple Koa teams, suiting up for both the 11u and 14u squads. This past weekend Charles had 3 hits including a RBI…
Taylor is a 6th grader at Cabin John Middle School and has played two seasons of field hockey with Koa. She was also apart of Koa’s first field hockey all-star tournament team in November. Taylor is always very positive on and off the field. Her hard work and dedication really showed throughout the season! Taylor…
Cole Philpott is a 4th grader at North Chevy Chase Elementary and the catcher for Koa’s 10U East travel baseball team. He is a powerhouse at the plate and had 4 hits this past weekend, including a triple! He is praised by his coaches for leading the team vocally from behind the plate as well…
Ally is a 7th grader at Pyle Middle School who competes on Koa’s 12u East fast pitch softball team. She was the starting 3rd baseman and lead off hitter on the Fall 2012 12U squad which finished with an undefeated season. Ally is a model teammate with a great attitude. She is a coaches dream…
