Rough Rider Youth

10/02/2026

Exciting news! Rough Rider Youth is now participating in Walmart Spark Good Round Up!

You can support our local kids in sports program such as baseball, softball, and flag football by rounding up your purchases to the nearest dollar when shopping on Walmart.com or in the Walmart app and donating the change.

We’d appreciate you taking a moment to sign in to your Walmart account, choose Rough Rider Youth as your charity, and enable Round Up.

Choose us here: https://www.walmart.com/nonprofits/6a64ff0e-4576-4206-9556-4ccb6e05fcb7/profile

Small change adds up! Thank you for supporting Rough Rider Youth. Please share this post to help spread the word.

09/23/2026

At Rough Riders practices, we always come with a plan. Every minute is filled with intention, purpose, and effort—and that includes making time for FUN!

We plan the reps, the drills, and the challenges. We also plan opportunities for these boys to laugh together, cheer each other on, try something new, and build memories they’ll carry loonnggggg after their playing days.

Sometimes that looks like working on baseball fundamentals…sometimes it looks like seeing how high you can jump while your teammates cheer for you.

It all matters.

Every shared laugh, every word of encouragement, and every “I’ve got to try that!” helps build our culture and their confidence in themselves and each other.

We want these boys to grow as players, love being teammates, and look back someday and say, “Man, we had fun.”

That’s part of the plan, too.

09/17/2026

Local businesses — want to show our Rough Rider athletes that you’ve got their back?

Our 31 Rough Rider athletes are participating in a really unique fundraiser called LookWhoHasMyBack.

Each player will receive a custom practice shirt featuring the names of the friends, family members, and local businesses who chose to support them. Every shirt will be completely unique — no two athletes will have the same one.

If your business would like to support one of our athletes, you can have your business name printed directly on the back of their practice shirt.

It’s more than just a fundraiser. These shirts become a reminder to our kids that there are people and businesses in their community cheering them on, investing in them, and helping make their season possible.

There is no minimum amount required. Every contribution helps us provide opportunities, equipment, fields, training, and experiences for our athletes. Our next goal is specifically practice fields.

If you’d like to have your business represented on one of our players’ shirts, you can participate here:
https://www.cognitoforms.com/LookWhoHasMyBack/FundraiserRR100226

Thank you for having our kids’ backs.

Rough Rider Youth
Respect. Intensity. Progress.

09/04/2026

We want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all of our sponsors, families, friends, and community members who have supported Rough Rider Youth.

Whether you’ve made a donation, sponsored our organization, donated equipment or services, participated in a fundraiser, shared one of our posts, or simply showed up to support our kids — you are part of what we are building.

Rough Rider Youth is about much more than winning games. We use sports as a vehicle to help young athletes develop character, confidence, discipline, resilience, teamwork, and virtue — lessons we hope they carry with them long after their playing days are over.

Your support helps us provide equipment, uniforms, field rentals, player development opportunities, scholarships, special experiences, and other resources that directly benefit our kids and families.

As we continue to grow, we don't take for granted the number of people who have stepped up and said, in one way or another, “We believe in what you're doing.”

To our sponsors — Raising Cane's thank you for investing in our mission.
To our families — thank you for trusting us with your kids and helping build this community.

And to our friends and supporters — thank you for donating, sharing, showing up, and continuing to have our backs.
Every donation matters. Every share matters. Every person who supports these kids matters.

We’re incredibly grateful for all of you, and we’re excited about what we’re continuing to build together.

Respect. Intensity. Progress.

09/03/2026

What a moment for Jaxton Fisher this past weekend against the Hawks!

Jaxton hit his first-ever home run, and in the process, hit the first home run for our team!

We are all incredibly proud of Jaxton and this accomplishment. As coaches, teammates, and parents, we get to see the work these kids put in behind the scenes — the practices, the reps, the struggles, the adjustments, and the confidence they continue to build. That’s what makes moments like this so special.

Seeing Jaxton round those bases and getting to celebrate with his teammates was an awesome moment for all of us. He earned it, and we couldn’t be happier for him.

Congratulations, Jaxton! Enjoy this one. Your first home run is something you’ll always remember — and we’re proud we got to be there for it!

Keep working. Keep growing. Keep swinging.

Respect. Intensity. Progress.

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

🚨 ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT! 🚨

Our Rough Rider Youth Summer Raffle ends August 28, and this is your LAST CHANCE to win some seriously awesome prizes while supporting local youth athletes!

🎮 Nintendo Switch 2 with Mario Kart World, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and two Joy-Con Wheels

🐠 Austin Aquarium annual family membership for four

⚾ Four Round Rock Express tickets

🍧 Kona Ice LUAU Party Pack for 15

🎯 Four one-hour plays at Dart’em Up

🦸 Titan Moon Comics gift basket

$10 = 1 entry
$25 = 3 entries
$50 = 7 entries
$100 = 15 entries

Every ticket helps provide field rentals, equipment, scholarships, and opportunities for kids like my son Joey to grow through sports.

Grab your tickets before it’s too late, and please share to help us finish strong!

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/rough-rider-youths-summer-raffle–2026

08/24/2026

What a weekend for the Rough Riders!

Congratulations to our boys on bringing home a ring at the Five Tool Youth “Heat of Summer” Tournament!

And this tournament absolutely lived up to its name. These were some of the most severe temperatures we have ever played in, especially on turf. The heat coming off that field was brutal, but our boys kept competing, supporting each other, and fighting through every inning. We are incredibly proud of the toughness and resilience they showed all weekend.

A few tournament standouts deserve some recognition:

OFFENSIVE STANDOUTS

Ryder Raesz — Ryder was on another level at the plate, going 6-for-8 (.750) with 3 doubles, a triple, 6 RBI, 5 runs scored and ZERO strikeouts. He consistently drove the baseball and delivered when we needed runs.

Evan Zhu — Evan quietly put together an outstanding tournament, going 3-for-4 (.750) with a double, 3 RBI and ZERO strikeouts. He consistently made quality contact and was one of our most dependable bats throughout the weekend.

DEFENSIVE STANDOUTS

Nolan Howell — Nolan was dominant on the mound. Across 2 innings, he allowed ZERO hits and ZERO runs while striking out 5 hitters. When we needed strikes and outs, Nolan delivered.

Benji Bernal — Benji gave us an outstanding defensive performance at first base, including a game where he went 5-for-5 on defensive chances, helped turn a double play, and gave our infield a dependable target across the diamond.

But the ring belongs to the whole team.

Every walk, stolen base, pitch, catch, ground ball, run scored, dugout cheer, and teammate picking another teammate up contributed to this weekend.

The heat tested them physically. Tough innings tested them mentally. They kept playing.

That’s what we want Rough Rider baseball to represent:

Respect. Intensity. Progress.

We are proud of these boys. They earned this one.

08/24/2026

Way to represent the Rough Riders!!!! Ryder had the highest batting average, most RBI’s, inside the park home run, and managed to logged his first inning as a pitcher!!!!