BY NICK ROBINSON [email protected] JOHNSTOWN — An 11-3 run-rule defeat by the hands of the Denver Generals put J.L. Buchanan and the Colorado Cyclones at the crossroads. “After we got run-ruled by the Denver Generals, sitting at 10-5, Shane (Dyer) and I decided we needed to coach our butts off the rest of the summer,” Buchanan, head coach of the Cyclones said. “We were sick of watching these guys be average. I don’t think we’ve been run-ruled the last four years before that. We went on to win 10-straight games after that. It was a wakeup call for everyone.” The 10-game [...]

For Immediate Release                                                                            July 14, 2019 DENVER — Due to the large amount of rained out games this season, the league has announced the 2019 postseason tournament will not take place. Instead, the slated time will be used for teams to make up their regular season games. The decision is focused on the regular season games, as the league winner claims the bid to Wichita, Kansas for the 85th National Baseball Congress World Series. The league winner advances to Championship Week, starting on August 1, because the Colorado Cyclones advanced past pool play during last season’s NBC World Series.   XXX [...]

BY NICK ROBINSON [email protected] COLORADO SPRINGS — The Colorado Springs Renegades snapped the Colorado Cyclones 10-game win streak on Saturday afternoon by final scores of 9-2 and 10-1 at Mountain Lion Park.“Our energy today was solid,” Renegades infielder Sam Cregan said. “We took what they gave us and it was a complete team effort. We came here locked in and I don’t think there was a minute where we thought we wouldn’t win today.” Cregan (2-4, 4 RBI’s) highlighted an eight-run fourth, which helped end the contest after five innings. Jay Onken (5 IP, 4 K’s) earned the victory for Colorado [...]

BY NICK ROBINSON [email protected] LITTLETON — Despite trailing by a run in the seventh inning, the Colorado Cyclones ripped off six runs to defeat the Colorado Khaos by a final score of 7-2 at Heritage High School. “It was a fun game,” Cyclones outfielder Matt Burkart said. “It was chippy and got chirpy. But that’s what makes it fun. We had some big swings and really just stuck to what we are good at. Eventually, it paid off for us.” With the victory, the Cyclones move to 17-5, and have won their last seven games. “Everyone to start the year was [...]

BY NICK ROBINSON [email protected] DENVER – If you would have asked Amanda Kubec when she was a freshman in college about where her life would head, owning a baseball league would be near the bottom of the list. “I never in a million years, starting out as an art major (at Metropolitan State), would have guessed I would own a baseball league,” Kubec said. “Taking a sports management class as a hospitality major helped me spark my love and a realization, I could actually make a career of this.” Baseball wasn’t too big in Kubec’s life growing up, but her grandfather’s [...]