Shockers year end picnic will be held on Sunday, August 16 at the New Market Community Park. We will gather around 4:00 pm at shelter #2, and we are planning to eat around 5:00 pm. Smokey will be doing BBQ chicken for all to enjoy and the utensils and drinks will be provided as well. We do ask that everyone bring a covered dish.
We had a great season this year and we hope to see everyone there. We will also be awarding some player trophies for the first time this year. So please try to attend and bring your family.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
THANK YOU SPONSORS !!!
We incur many expenses throughout the course of the season, and without your continued financial support we would not be able to survive as an organization. It requires approximately $6000.00 per year to cover the operating expenses of the ball team that includes uniforms, bats, balls, umpire's fees and lights at the field. Each year we continue with fundraising activities to help pay for all of these expenses. Without your help we would not be able to be a successful ball team. Once again, THANK YOU for your continuing support....Please be sure to check out our Shocker programs for business listings.
Shenandoah Valley Grandstand Managers Club of New Market
Shenandoah Valley Hospitality- New Market VA
Rt. 11 Equipment- New Market VA
Teresa A. Baisey, DDS- New Market VA
New Market Americans Legion Auxiliary Unit 166
New Market Exxon
Theis Funeral Chapel- New Market VA
The Home Store- New Market VA
French's Auto Parts- New Market VA
Barnes & Phillips- New Market VA
ShortStop Market, Wine & Gift Shop- New Market VA
CC Rosen & Sons Inc.- New Market & Mt. Crawford VA
Packs Frozen Custard- New Market VA
McDonald's- New Market VA
Farm Bureau Insurance- Luray VA.
Luray Caverns- Luray VA
Gold's Gym- Harrisonburg VA
Crown Chiropractic-Harrisonburg VA
Madison Insurance of Virginia-Harrisonburg VA
Healing Touch- Harrisonburg VA
Waverly Farm Jerseys- Clear Brook VA
Mountain Valley Computers-
A & D Drywall- Timberville VA
Farmers & Merchants Bank- Timberville VA
Sticklers Furniture Store- Timberville VA
Randy's Hardware- Timberville VA
Town of Timberville
Subway- Broadway VA
J&B Country Store- Broadway VA
Domino's Pizza- Broadway VA
Tire Center- Broadway VA
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU CONTINUING SUPPORT!!!
For more information or to purchase an ad in our Shockers program please contact:
Virginia Veney - virginia.veney@yahoo
Shenandoah Valley Grandstand Managers Club of New Market
Shenandoah Valley Hospitality- New Market VA
Rt. 11 Equipment- New Market VA
Teresa A. Baisey, DDS- New Market VA
New Market Americans Legion Auxiliary Unit 166
New Market Exxon
Theis Funeral Chapel- New Market VA
The Home Store- New Market VA
French's Auto Parts- New Market VA
Barnes & Phillips- New Market VA
ShortStop Market, Wine & Gift Shop- New Market VA
CC Rosen & Sons Inc.- New Market & Mt. Crawford VA
Packs Frozen Custard- New Market VA
McDonald's- New Market VA
Farm Bureau Insurance- Luray VA.
Luray Caverns- Luray VA
Gold's Gym- Harrisonburg VA
Crown Chiropractic-Harrisonburg VA
Madison Insurance of Virginia-Harrisonburg VA
Healing Touch- Harrisonburg VA
Waverly Farm Jerseys- Clear Brook VA
Mountain Valley Computers-
A & D Drywall- Timberville VA
Farmers & Merchants Bank- Timberville VA
Sticklers Furniture Store- Timberville VA
Randy's Hardware- Timberville VA
Town of Timberville
Subway- Broadway VA
J&B Country Store- Broadway VA
Domino's Pizza- Broadway VA
Tire Center- Broadway VA
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU CONTINUING SUPPORT!!!
For more information or to purchase an ad in our Shockers program please contact:
Virginia Veney - virginia.veney@yahoo
THANK YOU !!!
We would like to take a moment to thank the New Market Rebels and the Town of New Market for continuing to give us a place we can call home. We are truly grateful to be able to play our home games at Rebel Park, one of the best ball parks in the state!!!!!
A VERY BIG & SPECIAL THANK YOU...
Sometimes we seem to forget about all the people who faithfully help out all year long....It's nice to come through the gate and always see smiling faces. They never complain or say no they can't come...They are always there...These people don't have to be here, but they are..They don't have family playing, or come because they don't have anything else to do..They do it for the love of baseball..They help out with what ever duties need to be done. Collecting money at the gate, 50/50, concession stand, cleaning the park after the games, taking care of the field before and after games. Always offering help whether it's needed or not. Take time to say "Thank you" to these people. Without them, our team would not hit, steal bases, hit home-runs, or play the field. They do what ever it takes to help make the Shockers sucessful. They are not ball players, they are baseball lovers...THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.....The Shockers continue on because of faithful workers. There are many workers who have stepped in to lend a hand and are not mentioned below. We want to thank each of you for your continued support. But there are some very special people I would like to mention because they are always there for the team.
We personally want to give a very special THANK YOU to the following people:
Bobby Strickler, Richard Sorrells, Lisa Hart, Skip & Patricia Driver, Bill & Bonnie Comer, Amber Harpine, Ben Shifflett & Kevin Rush.
We personally want to give a very special THANK YOU to the following people:
Bobby Strickler, Richard Sorrells, Lisa Hart, Skip & Patricia Driver, Bill & Bonnie Comer, Amber Harpine, Ben Shifflett & Kevin Rush.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Bobby Strickler Honorary Award
Coach Smokey Veney received the "Bobby Strickler Honorary Award" for 2009 baseball season...
CONGRAULATIONS SMOKEY...
THANK YOU for your dedication and hard with the New Market Shockers...
CONGRAULATIONS SMOKEY...
THANK YOU for your dedication and hard with the New Market Shockers...
WE WON!!!!!
WOW!!!! What a great game!!!!!!! Shockers and Blue Sox are tied 4-4 at the bottom of the 9th. We played tuff and finally at the bottom of the 15th Zach Cook was walked. Cook moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Nathan Batman singled to left field, bringing home Cook to score the winning run.....
Shockers 5 Blue Sox 4
WAY TO GO SHOCKERS!!!!!!!!
GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP AND TEAM WORK..............
Shockers 5 Blue Sox 4
WAY TO GO SHOCKERS!!!!!!!!
GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP AND TEAM WORK..............
Sunday, July 19, 2009
FUNDRAISERS
Rt. 11 yard crawl August 8, 2009 from 7:00am-until. We have spaces available at Rebel Park for $10.00 each. All proceeds go to the Shockers.
***Players, parents, fans and friends you may bring any yard sale items you have to Virginia before August 8th.
SEPTEMBER:
Longaberger Basket Bingo- Hey we need 23 baskets donated to the team. Each player needs to get a basket donated. The cost to sponsor a basket is $65.00 and you can get one business/individual to sponsor a basket or split the cost up among multiple sponsors. We need the basket money by July 24th.
***Players, parents, fans and friends you may bring any yard sale items you have to Virginia before August 8th.
SEPTEMBER:
Longaberger Basket Bingo- Hey we need 23 baskets donated to the team. Each player needs to get a basket donated. The cost to sponsor a basket is $65.00 and you can get one business/individual to sponsor a basket or split the cost up among multiple sponsors. We need the basket money by July 24th.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Baseball Prayer
God grant me wisdom, to tell a strike from a ball, to know where to throw and never to fall.
Keep me always in the base line running straight and true and I'll look for your sign, to stretch one into two.
God give me vision, to see every pitch, so if a player needs help, then I will see which.
Let me always hustle, so I'll be at my best and take pride in myself, in sports and the rest.
God be my strength, when I throw the ball when I'm far from home plate, or against a wall.
So I never miss a base, please guide my feet, bring me home safely, so my job is complete.
When I help younger players, let me always give praise, so they'll see you in me in all my ways. God please guide our coach, to be fair and smart, to teach us to be good, let it come from his heart.
Let me take a loss, just as well as a win, to do any less, is surely a sin.
As long as I can play, let me make my parents proud, as proud as I am, when they yell MY name out loud.
However my game ends, let me always have fun and if Heaven has ALL Stars, I want to be one.
When my games here are over and my seasons are done, let me play on your team, just like your son.
~Amen~
Keep me always in the base line running straight and true and I'll look for your sign, to stretch one into two.
God give me vision, to see every pitch, so if a player needs help, then I will see which.
Let me always hustle, so I'll be at my best and take pride in myself, in sports and the rest.
God be my strength, when I throw the ball when I'm far from home plate, or against a wall.
So I never miss a base, please guide my feet, bring me home safely, so my job is complete.
When I help younger players, let me always give praise, so they'll see you in me in all my ways. God please guide our coach, to be fair and smart, to teach us to be good, let it come from his heart.
Let me take a loss, just as well as a win, to do any less, is surely a sin.
As long as I can play, let me make my parents proud, as proud as I am, when they yell MY name out loud.
However my game ends, let me always have fun and if Heaven has ALL Stars, I want to be one.
When my games here are over and my seasons are done, let me play on your team, just like your son.
~Amen~
New Market Shockers 2009 Roster
Smokey Veney- Coach
#2- Kolby Foltz
#3- Nathan Batman
#4- Adam Foltz
#5- J.D. Veney
#6- Kevin Sonifrank
#8- Zach Stiles
#9- Paul Rutt
#11- Josh Veney
#12- Kirk Messick
#16- Jon Vallen
#18- Michael Cantor
#19- Michael Chrisman
#20- Jeremy Leake
#21- Josh Wood
#24- Kevin Rush
#25- Jacob Cook
#30- Billy Foley
#31- John Bayse
#33- Jeremy Hafer
#40- Zach Leake
# - Davis Hewitt
#- Zach Cook
#- Ryan Carroll
#- C.W. Carroll
#2- Kolby Foltz
#3- Nathan Batman
#4- Adam Foltz
#5- J.D. Veney
#6- Kevin Sonifrank
#8- Zach Stiles
#9- Paul Rutt
#11- Josh Veney
#12- Kirk Messick
#16- Jon Vallen
#18- Michael Cantor
#19- Michael Chrisman
#20- Jeremy Leake
#21- Josh Wood
#24- Kevin Rush
#25- Jacob Cook
#30- Billy Foley
#31- John Bayse
#33- Jeremy Hafer
#40- Zach Leake
# - Davis Hewitt
#- Zach Cook
#- Ryan Carroll
#- C.W. Carroll
Shockers in the news.
Shockers Better Than Ever?
Posted 2009-06-19
Maybe, But They're Still Just 2-4
By Dustin Dopirak
HARRISONBURG - The New Market Shockers' holes are slowly starting to fill.
The fifth-year Rockingham County Baseball League franchise has maintained a reliable corps of players. It finally has a pitching staff deep enough to keep position players off the mound most of the time.
Defensively, the Shockers are solid, and they have at least a few potent offensive weapons.
"Talent-wise and pitching-wise," third baseman Josh Veney, son of manager Smokey Veney, said, "this is our best team we've had in a long time, maybe ever."
And so far, it's 2-4.
That's the way progress has been since the Shockers joined the league. The improvements have been continuous, but they've been slow and painstaking, and sometimes, they haven't shown up in the wins and losses. Every time one facet of their game has seemed to improve, another has fallen off.
"We had guys that started off hot at the plate, but we haven't been able to get that big hit when we needed it," said first baseman Kevin Rush, who, as Smokey Veney's stepson, has helped build the team. "We've been in just about every ball game we've played, and we've had opportunities to score some runs. But just getting that big two-out hit, we haven't been able to do that yet. That's the difference in our season. We're 2-4, but we could easily be 4-2 had we gotten that big hit when we needed it."
In some ways, though, that's an encouraging assessment, because it implies that the Shockers at least have the players capable of turning things around.
In previous years, the New Market brass have admitted that they simply didn't have enough arms to compete with the RCBL's elite, and that beating its middle class was something the Shockers could only do with one of their aces on the mound. Just to finish games, New Market would often have to pluck an everyday position player off the field and throw him in the game. Shortstop Zach Stiles, for instance, ranked fourth on the staff last year with 29 2/3 innings pitched.
This year, though, that won't happen. In left-hander Kirk Messick, who left Broadway after last summer and signed with the Shockers, and right-hander Zach Leake, they have two of the most reliable innings eaters in the RCBL. Before the Shockers' extra-innings loss to Montezuma this week, they had combined for 25 2/3 of New Market's 40 innings pitched so far this season.
The Shockers have nine guys who are pitchers. If you count former James Madison left-hander Jacob Cook, who throws for the Shockers when he's not fulfilling his duties as an assistant coach with the Valley League's Rockbridge Rapids, they have 10.
"Oh that's great," Smokey Veney said. "I mean, to have somebody on the bench that you can just look at and say, ‘Hey, I need you to go warm up,' without having to wait for him to come in between innings, that really helps."
Messick was the most important addition. Always among the RCBL's league leaders in strikeouts and innings pitched, he was often the only thing that kept an in-flux Broadway team anywhere near contention. His addition has allowed the Shockers to finally take some pressure off Leake, who pitched 57 innings last year.
"I thought about going to Clover Hill or a place like that that's pretty established," Messick said. "But I decided I'd like to be on a team where I can be that one key player maybe they need. Every year, the Shockers are sixth or seventh, but they're one or two wins away from being fourth or fifth. I figured that maybe I could add four or five more wins."
That's going to require a bit more offense.
Through its first five games, New Market was hitting just .239 as a team, and it had scored 13 of its 22 runs in an early-season victory over Shenandoah. The Shockers have averaged less than three runs per game in the rest of their contests. Outfielder Nathan Batman is hitting an RCBL-best .600, but all nine of his hits are singles and he doesn't have an RBI yet. Infielder Adam Foltz is hitting .368 and Cook is hitting .333, but no one else is higher than .286.
Still, with any kind of offensive improvement, the Shockers have a good chance to improve on last year's 9-19 regular season and fifth-place finish, the best they've had in the RCBL. Thanks to several rainouts and postponements, the beginning of New Market's schedule was brutal, with three of their four losses coming to Montezuma and Stuarts Draft, which are tied for first. Win the games they should the rest of the year, and the Shockers should find themselves in the middle of the pack.
The next step, Rush said, is to try to become a contender. They might not have the personnel quite yet, he said, but they aren't that far away.
"I think we need to sign that one extra bat and that one extra arm," Rush said. "That maybe makes the difference in us moving up in the standings."
Which they hope can happen quicker than it has so far.
Posted 2009-06-19
Maybe, But They're Still Just 2-4
By Dustin Dopirak
HARRISONBURG - The New Market Shockers' holes are slowly starting to fill.
The fifth-year Rockingham County Baseball League franchise has maintained a reliable corps of players. It finally has a pitching staff deep enough to keep position players off the mound most of the time.
Defensively, the Shockers are solid, and they have at least a few potent offensive weapons.
"Talent-wise and pitching-wise," third baseman Josh Veney, son of manager Smokey Veney, said, "this is our best team we've had in a long time, maybe ever."
And so far, it's 2-4.
That's the way progress has been since the Shockers joined the league. The improvements have been continuous, but they've been slow and painstaking, and sometimes, they haven't shown up in the wins and losses. Every time one facet of their game has seemed to improve, another has fallen off.
"We had guys that started off hot at the plate, but we haven't been able to get that big hit when we needed it," said first baseman Kevin Rush, who, as Smokey Veney's stepson, has helped build the team. "We've been in just about every ball game we've played, and we've had opportunities to score some runs. But just getting that big two-out hit, we haven't been able to do that yet. That's the difference in our season. We're 2-4, but we could easily be 4-2 had we gotten that big hit when we needed it."
In some ways, though, that's an encouraging assessment, because it implies that the Shockers at least have the players capable of turning things around.
In previous years, the New Market brass have admitted that they simply didn't have enough arms to compete with the RCBL's elite, and that beating its middle class was something the Shockers could only do with one of their aces on the mound. Just to finish games, New Market would often have to pluck an everyday position player off the field and throw him in the game. Shortstop Zach Stiles, for instance, ranked fourth on the staff last year with 29 2/3 innings pitched.
This year, though, that won't happen. In left-hander Kirk Messick, who left Broadway after last summer and signed with the Shockers, and right-hander Zach Leake, they have two of the most reliable innings eaters in the RCBL. Before the Shockers' extra-innings loss to Montezuma this week, they had combined for 25 2/3 of New Market's 40 innings pitched so far this season.
The Shockers have nine guys who are pitchers. If you count former James Madison left-hander Jacob Cook, who throws for the Shockers when he's not fulfilling his duties as an assistant coach with the Valley League's Rockbridge Rapids, they have 10.
"Oh that's great," Smokey Veney said. "I mean, to have somebody on the bench that you can just look at and say, ‘Hey, I need you to go warm up,' without having to wait for him to come in between innings, that really helps."
Messick was the most important addition. Always among the RCBL's league leaders in strikeouts and innings pitched, he was often the only thing that kept an in-flux Broadway team anywhere near contention. His addition has allowed the Shockers to finally take some pressure off Leake, who pitched 57 innings last year.
"I thought about going to Clover Hill or a place like that that's pretty established," Messick said. "But I decided I'd like to be on a team where I can be that one key player maybe they need. Every year, the Shockers are sixth or seventh, but they're one or two wins away from being fourth or fifth. I figured that maybe I could add four or five more wins."
That's going to require a bit more offense.
Through its first five games, New Market was hitting just .239 as a team, and it had scored 13 of its 22 runs in an early-season victory over Shenandoah. The Shockers have averaged less than three runs per game in the rest of their contests. Outfielder Nathan Batman is hitting an RCBL-best .600, but all nine of his hits are singles and he doesn't have an RBI yet. Infielder Adam Foltz is hitting .368 and Cook is hitting .333, but no one else is higher than .286.
Still, with any kind of offensive improvement, the Shockers have a good chance to improve on last year's 9-19 regular season and fifth-place finish, the best they've had in the RCBL. Thanks to several rainouts and postponements, the beginning of New Market's schedule was brutal, with three of their four losses coming to Montezuma and Stuarts Draft, which are tied for first. Win the games they should the rest of the year, and the Shockers should find themselves in the middle of the pack.
The next step, Rush said, is to try to become a contender. They might not have the personnel quite yet, he said, but they aren't that far away.
"I think we need to sign that one extra bat and that one extra arm," Rush said. "That maybe makes the difference in us moving up in the standings."
Which they hope can happen quicker than it has so far.
RCBL Players of the week!!
Josh Veney- Player of the week. (8-15 2 2B, 2HR, 9RBI, 6R)
Jacob Cook- Pitcher of the week. (1-0, CG, 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 12K)
-- Shockers on the web.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c41n2LPULw>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MTCJ5A4_I&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsHHD30VfWs&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMEYaq1WhI&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rcbl2009&view=videos#play/all/uploads-all/2/lgkrXYIvECA>
Way to go guys keep working hard.
Jacob Cook- Pitcher of the week. (1-0, CG, 7IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 12K)
-- Shockers on the web.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c41n2LPULw>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7MTCJ5A4_I&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsHHD30VfWs&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzMEYaq1WhI&feature=related>
<http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=rcbl2009&view=videos#play/all/uploads-all/2/lgkrXYIvECA>
Way to go guys keep working hard.
Schedule for the remaining 2009 season.
July 18- New Market v.s. Clover Hill (lose 9-4)
July 19- New Market v.s. Elkton (WIN 5-4)
July 21- New Market @ Stuarts Draft (lose 7-0)
July 25- New Market v.s. Clover Hill (losen 17-6)
July 26- New Market v.s. Shenandoah (WIN 17-4)
July 27- New Market v.s. Broadway (WIN 12-9)
July 28- Play offs begin
Home Games- Red
Away Games- Green
Come out and Show your support for the NEW MARKET SHOCKERS!!!
Schedule subject to change.
July 19- New Market v.s. Elkton (WIN 5-4)
July 21- New Market @ Stuarts Draft (lose 7-0)
July 25- New Market v.s. Clover Hill (losen 17-6)
July 26- New Market v.s. Shenandoah (WIN 17-4)
July 27- New Market v.s. Broadway (WIN 12-9)
July 28- Play offs begin
Home Games- Red
Away Games- Green
Come out and Show your support for the NEW MARKET SHOCKERS!!!
Schedule subject to change.
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