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What's New!

Fall 2010 Deep East Texas Play will begin on August 21, 2010.

The Flint Gresham Ballpark begins play on May 1, 2010! Knights take on Mt. Vernon Crushers at 11:00 a.m.

The Knights are seeking sponsors to help offset expenses related to travel and the costs to water our home field. Anyone interested in helping us, please go to our sponsor pages.

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Knights Uniforms have arrived!!

Visit the Photo Gallery where our own Jensen Smith is modeling our new uniforms! The Knights have officially become the best dressed team in all the land! Please feel free to contact GM Sam Smith for your uniforms and Knight's apparel orders.

Current News

Knights are in the process of finalizing Coaches for all age divisions. Tryouts are taking place throughout July, please contact us at membership@etknights.com.

Fall 2010 hope to have teams in the 11U, 10U, and 8U Divisions. We are seeking a 9U, 12U, and 13U Team to be added to our organization at some point in the future. Please contact us if interested in coaching or trying out for one of these teams. Tryouts will be in July for Summer/Fall 2010 Season.

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The Knights begin the 2010 Campaign with the new addition of professional pitching and hitting instruction to enhance the many years of experience of our Coaches.

RecentEvents

The Knights have been taking applications for our Fall 2010 Teams. Please come join us!

Knights sweep Double Header in Pittsburg! Open new Ballpark on May 1!

Knights begin 2010 Pre-season Play in Nacogdoches, Texas! The Deep East Texas Season begins April 10, 2010!

Knights lose in Deep East Texas World Series Championship Game!

The Knights finished day one as the number 2 seed and come from behind to win their semifinal game 6-5. They lose to the Gilmer Dirtbags in the final. A heroic effort by a team that has only been playing together for a few months!

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Knights find many ways to enjoy the game of baseball, both in and out of the Pool?????

The Knights and their families all got together recently at Eagles Bluff Country Club for fun, food, and drink! The Pool Party extraordinaire was a visible example of how kids are kids, and these kids love baseball! Not 30 minutes into the party, all the Knights had gathered in the shallow are and were playing a improvised game of baseball with a beach ball and water cannon (bat)! There is one thing that all had in common from the beginning..........BASEBALL!

The initial focus for the team will be the reinforcement of fundamentals. We fully expect that every player will be asked to play multiple positions throughout this season as we will be expected to play multiple games during a single day and flexibility will be important.

Our Home: The Flint-Gresham Ballpark in Flint, Texas

The Flint-Gresham Community has a rich heritage related to the game of baseball. For many years the Ballpark in Flint hosted numerous youth/adult leagues and tournaments. The East Texas Knights want to bring this facility back to the community and provide a high caliber of select baseball to the area. Our kids and families are members of this community and we seek to help develop the Ballpark and related facilities into a hub of activity and involvement.

We will need to help to achieve all we wish to achieve. If you, or someone you know, can help to provide equipment and resources to help us restore these facilities, please contact us.

Directions to our home:

The Flint Gresham Ballpark is an eighth of a mile north on HWY 2493 from the 4 way stop in Flint, Texas.

From Tyler, TX down to Flint you will take HWY 69 to FM 346 West (right turn). Turn right at the 4 way stop.

Less than a ¼ of a mile, look to your right and you will see the Flint Gresham Fire Station.

Turn right onto the road that enters in front of the Fire Station and proceed to the back of the property.

You will be able to see the Ballpark just behind the old Community Center building in front of you. Have your group park prior to the old Community Center building to ensure no foul balls coming their way.

Our Ballpark is brand new so please forgive the construction mess, and the lack of signage. We have a great new concession stand that will be open with all proceeds going to the Community Center and they will have grilled Hot Dogs, Nachos, etc. for your group to enjoy if you would like. Last week they offered a $5 grilled Hot Dog, Chips, and Drink Special. We also do not have any bleachers installed, but have a brand new concrete paver area for any chairs that your group brings, etc. We do ask that the kids not chew gum or leave candy/seeds in the new dugouts and tobacco products are forbidden.

4/8/2010 update:

We have lights and field screens installed!

4/3/2010 Update: The infield has been installed!!!!

Final compaction of the skinned surface as a very long day comes

to and end! A special thanks to the Flint Gresham Fire Department

for helping out throughout this project!

East Texas Knights parents and friends installing the new infield

surface!

Members of the Knights jump right in to install their new field!

Here Case Lawhon, Linley Lawhon, and Jensen Smith work with

John Lawhon to place the sod in just the right place!

Our beautiful new infield! A great finish to a very long day! A very

special thank you to Mike Bacica and the Board of the Flint Gresham

Community Improvement Association for the focus and dedication to

help bring this beautiful facility back to life!

3/24/2010 Update: The fence is in and the concession stand is being finalized with a limestone exterior. The lights and scoreboard are soon to follow. The irrigation system goes in next week with the grass and final infield material installed immediately after. We are just a few weeks away!

3/6/2010 Update: The Fence poles are in and concrete poured around the backstop and dugouts. The flagpole has been raised and the batter's box and pitching mound are being built with the highest of standards.

All the fence poles are in and the first level of concrete has been poured.

The flagpole is now in and note the 10 ft fence frame that is 250 ft from Home Plate.

All batters and catcher's boxes are being established with the highest quality foundations available.

2/20/2010 Update: We are in full renovation mode! The Fences, Concrete, Grass, Light Poles, Lights, Scoreboard, Concession Stand, Bathrooms, etc. are all being installed in the next few weeks! We have raised over $80,000 in cash or gift in kind so far! We are excited to say that the ballpark will begin play in April of 2010!!!!!!

We are still in need of donations for some items. Please help if you can!

The Home of the East Texas Knights

	Flint Gresham Ballpark Renovation Fencing of the Ballpark $46,000 Donated Concrete for Backstop and Dugouts $6,600 Donated Dugout Roofs (2) $7,100 total Outfield Fence Guard and Windscreens $1,500 Foul Poles (2) $2,000 total Concrete for Bleacher Area $10,000Donated Bleachers (2) $7,800 Irrigation $9,100 Donated 419 Hybrid Grass Sod (10,000 SQFT) $2,500Donated Bases $700 GE Lighting $11,000 Donated Lighting Installation and Poles $15,000 Donated Concrete Attaching Restrooms/Stands $4,000 Donated Concession Stand Roof $3,100 Storage Building $15,500 Concrete for Batting Cages $5,500 54" Zero Turf Mower Field Equipment $7,500 I

	We are seeking business and individual Sponsors willing to help us to bring this once active facility back to new glory. The Flint-Gresham Community is growing quickly and we don't want to lose the sense of community that has blessed this area for decades. Our teams are made up of kids from this community and we want to re-build this facility into a gathering place for the area. One that for years to come will get to experience some great baseball and bring pride and visibility to all across the region and state. All donations made to the Flint - Gresham Community Improvement Association, Inc. (501 (c) 3) are tax deductible.
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	Flint Gresham Ballpark Maintenance Water $7,500 per year Seeding $1000 per year Mowing Edging Repair I

	We are seeking business and individual Sponsors willing to help us to bring this once active facility back to new glory. This is a long process and will require funding to keep the facility nice and maintained as it becomes the new center of community activity. The Flint-Gresham Community is growing quickly and we don't want to lose the sense of community that has blessed this area for decades. Our teams are made up of kids from this community and we want to re-build this facility into a gathering place for the area. One that for years to come will get to experience some great baseball and bring pride and visibility to all across the region and state. All donations made to the Flint - Gresham Community Improvement Association, Inc. (501 (c) 3) are tax deductible.
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	Flint Gresham Community Facilities Future projects to include: Community Center Walking / Jogging Path Playground Benches/Water Fountains I

	We are seeking business and individual Sponsors willing to help us to develop facilities to enhance the community. There is an extensive master plan that hopes to turn these facilities into a place to bring the kids, have a Car Show, go for a jog, or take in some high quality select youth baseball. The Flint-Gresham Community is growing quickly and we don't want to lose the sense of community that has blessed this area for decades. Our teams are made up of kids from this community and we want to re-build these facilities into gathering places for the area. The first phase will be the Ballpark to create an additional source of revenue. The second phase will be to address the various facilities to provide a 365 day a year area for all to enjoy. All donations made to the Flint - Gresham Community Improvement Association, Inc. (501 (c) 3) are tax deductible.
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