Rockford IceHogs Youth Baseball

07/19/2025

Update: game is postponed. More info to come on makeup day and time.

It’s championship day! Come watch your Rockford Icehogs take on the Oregon JHawks in the bronco championship at 10:00 this morning. It is sure to be a battle. These boys have worked hard to get here all season and now it is time to show Oregon what they got! Let’s go Icehogs!!ee

07/15/2025

05/31/2025

Back by popular demand, Roy Gayle Day at Rockford Rivets!! Everyone had a blast last year so let’s do it again!

It is a great way to have a team party! Email Amber at [email protected] to have her come to one of your games to coordinate ticket sales to ensure the whole team and families can sit together! Roy gayle tickets will not be availabke for sale/pickup at Rivet Stadium. You must coordinate with Amber for pickup/purchase of the Roy Gayle tickets. Get your tickets early before we run out of tickets!

05/29/2025

Hogs Roll Pythons 21 to 4 after a Sticks Come Alive!

Your Rockford IceHogs baseball team find themselves in 3rd place overall 7 games into the season!

The sticks came alive for the Hogs as they racked up 7 hits! Jett Redzipi got the Hogs off to a great start with a RBI double in the first inning! Jared Spain, Miken Pehler, Grayson Peck, and Myles Warner all had a hit during the contest. Brady Slupianek had 2 hits including a huge triple which added 1 RBI to his season total! The Hogs offense was on fire. RBI's form Jaxon Nordmoe, Grayson, Jett, Brady, Myles, Aerian Waller and Noah Smith helped the Hogs push away. Jared Spain led the way with 2 RBI's in that category. Baserunners were taking bases left and right as the Hogs added 31 stolen bases! Jett commanded the bases with 7 steals!

Jett took the mound and was dealing!! Jett threw 71 pitches in the outing! With Miken behind the dish these 2 just were too much for the Pythons to handle! Jett struck out 5 batters and got himself out of 3 second and third base situations and 1 bases loaded opportunity allowing no runs! Jett just allowed 1 hit and 4 runs in what was his best performance on the mound this season! Way to go 12!! Miken and Jett allowed just 6 stolen bases total for the entire game! What a great one, two punch for the Hogs! Jaxon came in and finished the game allowing 0 runs, hits and walks!

The Hogs flashed leather this time out! Myles Warner made a great play at 3rd base right away in the first inning! Aerian Waller caught a fly ball in the second while manning first base! Ella Wallen fielded a ground ball to second on a nice play in the 3rd inning. And that was the end of the game as the Hogs never looked back!

Jett Redzipi earned number one star of the game for his performance on the mound! The Hogs are back in action quickly as they face Larson and Larson on Thursday at 5:45. A win could move them up the standings!

It's GO TIME BOYS!!!

LET'S GO HOGS!!!!

05/14/2025

Undefeated?? Not anymore! Hogs knock off Greenfield Farms 11 to 6!!

Leo Dettman got his first start of the 2025 season and he shined on the mound for your Hogs!! Leo threw 65 pitches allowing just 1 hit, 1 run and striking out 6 Greenfield batters! Leo was dealing and ended with 31 total strikes on the day! Grayson Peck came in for middle relief and added 2 strikeouts to his season total and allowed 0 walks! Jaxon Nordmoe finished off the Greenfield team with 1 strikeout and allowed 0 hits! The pitching staff was locked in and all 3 pitchers did a great job keeping batters off balance all game!

The offense was hot and racked up 11 hits total! Grayson, Miken, Brady and Areien all went 2 for 3 at the plate! Miken added another double to season total! Sterling, Easton, and Jaxon all added singles during the contest! RBI's from Easton, Miken, Grayson, Jett, Aerian and Jaxon were enough to keep the Hogs in the lead! Hogs runners took 11 bases from Greenfield pitching and was led in the category by Brady who stole 3 bases!

The defense played great behind the pitching staff! Leo set the tone early on a nice play to first while playing pitcher! Grayson Peck made a nice play on a grounder to Aerian Waller at first in the 2nd inning. Easton made a great play with 2 outs on a ground ball to second base as Noah Smith manned first! Miken Pehler caught a fly ball in center field that was for sure extra bases! Miken tracked the ball like a star and made a huge catch that could have changed the out come of the game for sure! Jaxon finished off the game with a great catch on a pop up! The defense was flashing the leather all game! Way to go Hogs!!

The Hogs find themselves 2-1-1 so far on the season and it looks as if the offense and defense has found their groove!

The next time the Hogs are in action will be Monday the 12th against the Pythons!!

LET'S GO HOGS!!!!

05/13/2025

Hogs offense comes alive against Black Hawk Athletic Club 24-2!!

Miken Pehler set the tone right away for the Hogs as he smashed a ball over the left field fence for his first ever out of the park homerun!! He finished the day 2 for 3 at the plate with 4 huge RBI's for the Hogs! The rest of the team racked up 15 hits in the contest! Jaxon Nordmoe and Myles Warner were both 3 for 4 on the day and added 3 RBI's to the total. Jett Redzipi tripled and also added 3 RBI's! Easton Maxwell, Grayson Peck and Ella Wallen all drove in 2 runs a piece and Areian Waller, Jared Spain and Brady S all added one RBI as well! The offense was smashing the ball all over the field. The Hogs also racked up 20 stolen bases as a team during the game! After a little shaky start to the season the Hogs offense looked like it was clicking on all cylinders! If this is anything close to what it will look like the rest of the year the other teams at Roy Gayle better be ready!

Rookie lefty Noah Smith got the start for the Hogs for the first time this season! No-No allowed just 1 hit, 0 runs and struck out 4 batters! Jared Spain came in to mop up and allowed just 2 runs and added 3 strikeouts of his own to the total!

Myles Warner made a nice play at 3rd base on a pop fly. Jared Spain made 2 nice plays as he fielded the pitchers position for 2 outs to end the 3rd and 4th innings. That was all the defense needed to do as the pitchers for the Hogs mowed Blackhawk batters down all game!

The next time your Hogs are in action will be Saturday the 10th against undefeated Greenfield Farms!

Keep it rolling Hogs!!

05/06/2025

Hogs Rally for 9-1 score to end game in tie with Stillman Valley!

Hogs found themselves down 9 to 1 early but the bats came alive for the Hogs! They racked up 4 hits and were led by Grayson Peck, Miken Pehler, Jett Redzipi, Aerian Waller who all had huge hits during the contest. Ella Wallen, Jett, Jaxon Nordmoe, all added RBI's and Miken P added 2 to his total for the season! Hogs runner combined for 7 steals over the course of the game and were led by Leo Dettman and Aerian with 2 a piece! The Hogs battled and battled the entire game and never gave up!

Jett got the start on the mound and worked hard to find the zone. He ended his outing with 2 strikeouts. Miken Pehler came in for middle relief and added 6 strikeouts to his season total and looked solid in his first outing of the season. Finally Aerian Waller took the mound for the Hogs and was lights out! Aerian gave up 0 runs added 4 strikeouts to his total and allowed 0 walks! It was a huge outing for Aerian who was dialed in and dealing!! He even earned the number one star of the game for the Hogs!! Way to A-Train!!

This was a great game by both teams. Back and forth scoring and some amazing plays in the field by both teams!

The Hogs may have fallen short of the win, but it was not due to lack of effort. The boys played hard and did exactly what they needed to do to stay in the game the whole time. Coach Ward had this to say in his post game interview. "I am so proud of these players and how hard they battled. They never gave up, they played and left it all on the field. The wins will come for this group there is too much talent for that not happen. This ended in a tie but for us it was a win and something to build off of the remainder of the season! Great job Hogs!!"

The next game for your Hogs is this coming Wednesday at 5:45 against the BlackHawk Atheltic Club. The Hogs will look to get in that W column for the first time this season!

LET'S GO HOGS!!!!

05/06/2025

After 2 tough games Hogs find themselves 0-1-1!

Opening day came and went for your Hogs and unfortunately the score was not in their favor the first game of the season. The final was 15 to 5. There were some bright spots for the Hogs though. Grayson Peck got his first start of the season and did a great job on the mound. He ended the day with 3 strikeouts and only surrendered 2 earned runs. Jaxon Nordmoe came in for middle relief and added 3 strikeouts to his total for the season. And finally Jett Redzipi ended on the mound for the Hogs getting 2 k's of his own.

The Hogs bats were a little quiet this game at first, but they ended with 6 hits on the day. Easton Maxwell, Grayson Peck, Jett, Aerian Waller, Myles Warner all had hits for the Hogs! Jaxon hit a triple for the Hogs as they started to chip away and Miken Pehler smashed a a ball all the way to the fence and got an inside the park homerun! The Hogs offense just fell a little short, but there is definitely some things they can do better the next game!

Great job Hogs we will get back in the barnyard and get it going for the next game!

04/30/2025

Round 3 of player intros coming in HOT!!!

Say hello to #24 Sterling Guist!! Sterling is a rookie sensation for your 2025 Hogs and decided to make the jump to Roy Gayle for 2025! He is a middle infielder, outfielder and pitcher and will look to build on his skills! Sterling is a solid player and another great addition to the Hogs! He has a high baseball IQ and can get the job done at the plate! Welcome aboard Sterling!

Next we have #25 Brady Slupianek! Brady is a second year player and comes back to the Hogs bigger and stronger then ever! Brady played infield and outfield last season, he also spent sometime on the mound! He finished the season with 1 triple, 11 RBI's and 13 stolen bases! Brady has been working hard during the offseason to get things right and tight for 2025! Be on the look out Hogs Nation for Brady!!

Welcome back #32 Ella Wallen!! Ella was the only female player in the Bronco division last season but she played her heart out! She mans both infield and outfield positions and even found herself on the mound a few times. She was able to drive in 5 runs in her rookie season and ended the season with a solid ERA on the mound. L will be working hard again this season and is hoping to continue helping the Hogs along during the season!

Our final player into for 2025 is (drumroll please)!!!!!

#37 Noah Smith! Noah comes in as a rookie for 2025 and played for the Cubbies Mustang baseball team last season. Noah is a lefty and manned first base for the Cubbies and also was a pitcher. He will get some time on the mound this year and will spend some time at first base. Noah has a strong bat and will look to drive in some runs for the Hogs! Pay attention to this one folks he is going to be special!

This concludes player intros for 2025 and this roster looks ready and willing to make things happen for Coach Ward and the rest of the staff! The Hogs season starts tonight on Diamond #4 against Larson and Larson. Coach Ward gave us a quick few words " These young men and women have been busting it at practice. They have all the tools to be something special and its up to them to open that tool box and get to work. I have all the confidence in the world in my players, staff and fans. We play baseball the right way, we stay humble and we stay classy. We play hard, we play fast, we play smart, and we will always play HOGS baseball! The skies the limit for these young players and I am so proud to be a part of what is to come!"

We are officially on the 2025 opening day ladies and gentleman! It is go time! We can't wait to see all of our fans there tonight!

With that being said just a couple reminders. There are no dogs, alcohol allowed at the park. There will be no Hogs fans disrespecting umpires, park officials or rival fans, this is a must! We stay classy at all times Hogs Nation! If you get thrown out or in a squabble the opposing team our team will automatically lose the contest. So please keep that in mind and let us coaches do our job. And finally if for some reason you cannot be at a game please let Coach Ward know as soon as possible!

Lets have a great 2025 and as always louder and prouder then all the rest!! LET'S GO HOGS!!!!!!!!

04/29/2025

Round 2 of player intros coming your way Hogs Nation!!

Here we have #16 Myles Warner!! Myles is another returning player for 2025! He found himself playing 3rd base last season and manned the hot corner for the better part of the season!! His fielding improved every game and he earned himself a ton of playing time! His bat was hot during the season and he finished with a .500 batting average with 2 doubles and 11 RBI's! Myles will look to continue swinging a big stick for the Hogs in 2025!

Let's give a big Hogs welcome to #18 Grayson Peck! Grayson comes to the Hogs as a rookie phenom this season! He was part the Mustang Champion Lombardi Club team from last season. Grayson was a main player for the Lombardi team taking reps all over the field! Coach Ward was excited to find out Gray was going to be following in his older brothers footsteps and joining the Hogs for 2025! You will see Grayson on the mound and behind the plate, he will also be getting reps in all positions! This red hot free agent will be one to watch this season! Welcome Home Grayson!

Next we have #22 Easton Maxwell! Easton is another rookie player for the 2025 roster! He got his first taste of Roy Gayle Baseball this past fall season where he played well! He likes to play the outfield and made some nice catches during the fall. He will get some infield work this spring/summer. He has a solid bat and makes hard contact. His offseason was spent getting ready to drive in some runs and make some plays in the field. He is a great teammate and always finds a way to make the other players laugh and have a good time! He is a perfect fit with this group!

Our final intro for today is Jaxson Nordmoe #23! Jaxson is another first year guy for Coach Ward. He is another player that was part of the fall team. He had a great fall season with some huge hits and great plays in the field. He is a pitcher, catcher and an all purpose fielder. He swings a heavy bat and will be a force for opposing pitchers when he is up to the plate. Welcome to the Hogs Jax, its time to lock in and show the league what you can do!

We have 4 more intros ready for tomorrow and then it is off and running for 2025! This roster is something special and we have a feeling they are going to put on show for all you fans out there!

One more sleep ladies and gentleman and then you will see it, you will hear it and you definitely will feel the excitement of 2025 IceHogs Baseball!!

LET'S GO HOGSSSSS!!!!