Coz built up a tradition of feeding opposing teams
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2025 6:17 am
Tompkins said this is his first time to Kenai with the Legion squad.
“We’ve been putting it out to Legion, ‘Hey, we’d love to go to Kenai,’” Tompkins said. “And it’s beautiful.”
In addition to beauty, Tompkins said it’s good to give his players a close look at the Twins program. Tompkins took the previous two years off as Legion coach, and last year he said the program didn’t field a team.
“Robb runs a good program here, and just to see the way the kids all help out and stuff like that, it’s amazing,” Tompkins said. “They’re just building great human beings over here. It’s something that we need to work on, and every team needs to look toward.
“They’re doing bases, they’re taking care of the field, they’re spray-painting, they’re digging dirt. If you want to play here, that’s what you have to put in. It shows so much to the community.”
a great meal in the middle of regular season doubleheaders.
As welcome as all of those meals are, the banquet at this tournament took a step up to legendary status.
Madisonville head coach Jamie Mills said the team will be here for 12 days and has been planning out meals.
“So I text Robb and I said, ‘Hey, is there a meal at country email list the banquet?’” Mills said. “And he’s like, ‘Oh, yeah.’
“So everybody is thinking we’re going to have hamburgers and hotdogs, or whatever.”
Mills said he learned the menu would include salmon, halibut and ribs.
“And I told my coaches that, and they all looked at me and went, ‘What?’” Mills said. “They love salmon, so that will probably be a highlight.”
Mills said it is the first time to Alaska for everybody on the team. He received the invite a few years ago, but said the team wasn’t in position financially or competitively for the long trip.
He said the Legion post was willing to sponsor this seasoned group, so they made the trip, arriving early Thursday and stopping at Whittier on the way down. The team also spent Thursday night enjoying Kenai beach.
Monday is the team’s big day off from baseball, so they plan on fishing the Kenai River.
“They all love to fish, because we’re from Kentucky,” Mills said. “Of course, we don’t fish for salmon. We just fish for bass or crappie.”
Twins 11, Wolverines 2
The Twins swung the wood bats well, collecting 10 hits in the game and taking a 9-0 lead after four innings.
“We hit almost always with wood bats in the cage,” Quelland said. “We’re very familiar with swinging wood bats, so it’s not like it’s the first time we’ve put them in their hands.”
“We’ve been putting it out to Legion, ‘Hey, we’d love to go to Kenai,’” Tompkins said. “And it’s beautiful.”
In addition to beauty, Tompkins said it’s good to give his players a close look at the Twins program. Tompkins took the previous two years off as Legion coach, and last year he said the program didn’t field a team.
“Robb runs a good program here, and just to see the way the kids all help out and stuff like that, it’s amazing,” Tompkins said. “They’re just building great human beings over here. It’s something that we need to work on, and every team needs to look toward.
“They’re doing bases, they’re taking care of the field, they’re spray-painting, they’re digging dirt. If you want to play here, that’s what you have to put in. It shows so much to the community.”
a great meal in the middle of regular season doubleheaders.
As welcome as all of those meals are, the banquet at this tournament took a step up to legendary status.
Madisonville head coach Jamie Mills said the team will be here for 12 days and has been planning out meals.
“So I text Robb and I said, ‘Hey, is there a meal at country email list the banquet?’” Mills said. “And he’s like, ‘Oh, yeah.’
“So everybody is thinking we’re going to have hamburgers and hotdogs, or whatever.”
Mills said he learned the menu would include salmon, halibut and ribs.
“And I told my coaches that, and they all looked at me and went, ‘What?’” Mills said. “They love salmon, so that will probably be a highlight.”
Mills said it is the first time to Alaska for everybody on the team. He received the invite a few years ago, but said the team wasn’t in position financially or competitively for the long trip.
He said the Legion post was willing to sponsor this seasoned group, so they made the trip, arriving early Thursday and stopping at Whittier on the way down. The team also spent Thursday night enjoying Kenai beach.
Monday is the team’s big day off from baseball, so they plan on fishing the Kenai River.
“They all love to fish, because we’re from Kentucky,” Mills said. “Of course, we don’t fish for salmon. We just fish for bass or crappie.”
Twins 11, Wolverines 2
The Twins swung the wood bats well, collecting 10 hits in the game and taking a 9-0 lead after four innings.
“We hit almost always with wood bats in the cage,” Quelland said. “We’re very familiar with swinging wood bats, so it’s not like it’s the first time we’ve put them in their hands.”