Cubs Batting Leaders:Logan Hilton .532, Jackson Bell .500, Drew Guffey .486, TRey Hasty .412

Cubs Pitching Leaders: Logan Hilton 34 Innings -71 K's, Jackson Bell -29 innings 44 K's, Drew Guffey 21 Innings -37 K's,

03/26/10

Welcome to the West Side Cubs Team Web site!

The 2007 Cubs area can be found here. Our 2008 Westside Cubs area is now active.  The 2010 Cubs area can be found on the tabs at the left.

The West Side Cubs are simply the best Youth Baseball Team ever!  The Original Cubs were based in Rocky Face, GA., on the Westside of Dalton, GA. The Westside Cubs are now a 12 year-old Youth League Team playing for DPRD.  The Cubs have always been a Westside Whitfield County team and we planned a move to the City of Dalton League to improve our competition.  The quality of play that Dalton City provides and the quality of fields and other facilities which we severely lack in County Athletics programs were primary reasons for making the move.

Major league baseball (and a few Grandparents) requested that we build this website years ago, so they could keep track of our individual stats, Cubs team statistics, Cubs game schedules, practice schedules, and (most importantly) our growth (size) progress. (Our growth can be more easily tracked by looking at the 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Cubs photo's in their sections at the left.)  MLB insisted that this makes it easier for their team scouts to get discounted airfare in order keep an eye on our progress.  However, we do require that major league scouts contact us prior to attending any scheduled event, simply because we limit the number of scouts attending any event to two per event (we have limited parking and no working restroom facilities).

2010 Cubs

The 2010 Cubs will actually end up where it all began 28 years earlier, playing for The Dalton City  Recreation Department.  I coached these first Cubs while I taught at Dalton High School (1982 -1985) and then in Tee Ball in 2003.  Years later as my son (Logan) began to play baseball, we became the Westside Cubs in 2004, quite by accident, as the then coaches selected the team name based on their beloved Chicago Cubs. As we took over the coaching responsibilities, we kept the Cubs name and insisted that that our boys learned the proper techniques for every function they performed.  We were surprised to learn that our 2010 Team would be named the Cubs because we already have all the "stuff" (Cubs shirts, bat bags, hats etc).

We built this website for the boys  back in 2004 and they became one of the first teams in youth baseball to have their own Team Website.  At school, teachers could hear the boys say "I play for the Cubs: we've got our own website" (in their coolest, tough guy voice!)  It was kool to play for the Cubs and we worked hard to make sure they understood proper baseball skills.  Our overall record was 68 wins with only 6 losses and three Championships.  The very best boys on the West side of Whitfield County tried to earn a spot on the Cubs Roster.  Today, the Westside Middle School team is made up of 9 Cubs of a possible 12.  After three championships, the Cubs became known as a very special bunch of boys.  In 2010, these 9 seventh graders are tuning up for the 2011 Middle Season, which will offer a full starting team of 8th graders in a game dominated by eight graders.

The Cubs always had one rule; every player played and batted in every game.  By Championship time at the end of the year, our players were well-drilled and ready to drive in the winning run whenever they had the opportunity.

The 2010 Cubs will have lots of new faces.  Each player will have his own page that this play can design the way they chose.  We rely on team parents to send us lots of pictures that we can post to the website.

Don't feel embarrassed that you send so many pictures.  We love them and we will upload all you send to the Cubs Web site.  Try to understand that there are other players on the field also for those parents with myopia.  However, the more images our parents send, the more fun the season will be for both the players and the parents.

Try to set your digital camera so pictures are 450 pixels (wide or less).  You can set your camera to automatically use this setting.  This way when we reduce or enlarge the size if images, we won't lose a lot of resolutioj

Westside Cubs 2008 Whitfield County Early Bird Champions

Bottom Row -Left to Right- Paxton Bennett, Tucker Burns Back Row - L to R - Ryan Townsend, Chip Brown, Logan Hilton, Drew Guffey, Dakota Ware, Cody Ware, Trey Hasty Not Shown - Garrett Kelly, Jackson Bell, Hunter Hewitt, Robert Nichols

2007 Whitfield County Champions Bottom Row L to R: Paxton Bennett, Logan Hilton, Henson Gibbs, Blake Ownbey Back Row L to R: Drew Guffey, Trey Hasty, Clay Phillips, Dakota Ware, Chip Brown, Jackson Bell

 The 2010 Edition Westside Cubs will see plenty of new faces and this will probably be our last year together as a team.  These new players should recognize the pressure that will be placed on them to uphold the Cubs tradition.  The Cubs have always been one of the best teams in the County. The 2008 Edition Cubs will mark the 6th year that the Cubs have been together as a team, and while the faces change slightly each year, the Cubs always have fun. Winning the 2007 Whitfield County Championship was a difficult task and a difficult act to follow for the 2008 Cubs

The 2003 Edition was a Tee Ball team, and since we didn't keep score, we were undefeated.

The 2004 Cubs was our first year in Coach pitch and we were 8-3. This was the the first year that we used the Cubs name.

The 2005 Cubs were 9-1-1 with only one brawl (which was a tie-were it not for Kim Ownbey's assistance, we may have lost this one.  Actually, when the brawl began Kim grabbed her things and headed to the parking lot to make sure our cars were OK, but "on a team" everyone has their responsibilities).

The 2006 Edition Westside Cubs finished the year at 11 - 2.  Both losses came in the same week and were heartbreaking losses.  This was rain-out week, and the rescheduled game forced us to play the three top teams in the county (besides the Cubs) during this week.  The previous rainout worked in some teams favor because their weekly reschedule was actually easier than the Cubs Schedule, so they came loaded for bear (rather than Cubs) with their best pitchers still available.  If these other three teams had each played our schedule this week, it would have been an interesting week. However 3 losses in 3 years is fairly impressive and with Tom Glavine working with Logan, Greg Maddox working with Drew, and John Smoltz working with Jackson our pitchers should be able to throw longer this year.

The 2007 Cubs lost one regular season game and one playoff game (both to Dug Gap).  With their backs to the wall, our Cubbies came back to beat Dug Gap twice to win the Championship.  It was much more dramatic than it sounds.  After Dug Gap scored 4 runs in the first inning on a Grand slam down the third base line, our cubs kept battling back.  In the bottom of the last inning, down 4-runs with two outs, our boys scored 5-runs to win the championship 7-6.  It was great to see all the other Whitfield County community teams at the game wearing their Cubs hats and t-shirts showing their support.

The 2007 Cubs went 12 - 1 during the regular season, 5-1 in the County Championship Tournament, and won the 2007 Whitfield County Championship.  It was a spectacular end to a spectacular season, scoring five runs in the bottom of the last inning with 2 outs to win 7-6 over Dug Gap.  It was one of the best games you would ever want to watch in youth baseball.  If not for the other community team coaches standing behind our dugout giving our boys encouragement, our boys probably would never have thought they could win against a very, very good Dug Gap team.

The 2008 Edition Westside Cubs have rather large shoes to fill.  Each player will have to work hard to polish their skills in order to finish the year strong.  This will require not only attending each practice and working to learn every position on the field, but also includes plenty of practice at home.  Our most improved 2007 Cubs worked with Mom and Dad between practices.  Baseball is an acquired skill.  While many players have natural ability, these players have developed their skills through practice. Dakota Ware and Trey Hasty have been training since September and we can't wait to see how they have improved. Dakota was by far our most improved player in 2007 and when playoff time came rolling around, he began to hit the ball with authority.

In 2008, 11 Year Old baseball will change significantly from what we have seen in the past.  Hitting will win Championships. Opponents will strikeout less often and our fielders must learn to catch the ball (as they did in the Championship game) and where to throw the ball to get an out.  Our hitters will begin to see more hittable balls and they must learn to make contact with the ball.  Fielders will still be a little behind the batters this year and those batters that put the ball in play will get on base and score runs.  Batters cannot expect to go to the plate looking for a walk because pitchers will be throwing alot more strikes.  Our pitchers will not appear as dominating, but our fielders should help them get them out of more innings by making the proper play.  This is when baseball becomes fun.  Our coaches will be able to bunt more often and put in special plays in the outfield.

2008 Westside Cubs

Front row L to R  Logan Hilton, Hunter Hewitt, Dakota Ware, Paxton Bennett, Tucker Burns

2nd Row L to R Robert Nichols, Trey Hasty, Cody Ware, Drew Guffey, Chip Brown, Jackson Bell

Back Row Coaches: Rick Hasty, Tim Brown, Michael Hilton

Not Shown: Ryan Townsend, Garrett Kelly

The Links below point to our various web site sections.  We will continue to add information and news, as it develops.