August 25, 2007
CGL Announces 2007 All-League Team & MVP/MOP Awards
Robbie Shields (Raiders) & Aaron Loup (Senators) were voted the 2007 MVP/MOP awards by the league's five managers. The managers also selected the 2007 All-League team, and each CGL franchise placed at least one representative on the sixteen man squad, led by the 1st place Vienna Senators with 8 selections and the 2nd place Fairfax Nationals with 4.

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August 24 and August 31, 2007
Baseball America & PG Crosschecker rank top CGL prospects
The national recognition that the League’s players receive can only help them on their journey to “The Show.” The Clark Griffith League has a reputation of being represented by several players in the MLB Draft each season. The players listed here can hope to someday join the more than 250 former CGL stars now playing professional baseball. More

July 28, 2007
Vienna Senators win 2007 Jacobs Cup with 6-2 victory over Fairfax Nationals
The Fairfax Nationals and the Vienna Senators played a close and competitive contest in the championship game of the inaugural Jacobs Cup post-season tournament. Both teams played with the passion and competitive spirit that Coach Jacobs was known for when he was a coach at Bishop Denis O’Connell High School and the Clark Griffith League. Though he passed away several years ago, his memory and legacy will be a strong part of Clark Griffith League and Washington, D.C. baseball lore, and the Clark Griffith League is proud to honor Coach Jacobs by naming its annual post-season tournament after him. Congressman Tom Davis was on hand to throw out the first ball to open the game. More

July 28, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 7
Juan Mujica (DC Grays/Southern University) & Billy Tinsley (Vienna Senators/Winthrop) win weekly awards for the seventh & final week of the 2007 CGL season. Honeck hit .345 for the week, with 10 hits and 7 runs scored. He also stole 3 bases without being thrown out. Tinsley held opposing batters to a .216 batting average and struck out 15 batters while posting a 0.00 ERA in 10 innings of work for the week. More

July 22, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 6
Ryan Metzroth (McLean Raiders/Richmond) & Scott Eastment (Fairfax Nationals/Frostberg State) win weekly awards for the sixth week of 2007 CGL season. Metzroth hit .400 for the week with two doubles and two home runs. He had 7 RBIs and scored 9 runs, while Eastment threw a 7 inning shutout against the Gaithersburg Giants of the Maryland Collegiate Baseball League on July 14, allowing only four hits and two walks, while fanning five. More

July 15, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 5
Sam Honeck (Vienna Senators/Grayson CC) & Nate Newman (Vienna Senators/Grayson CC) win weekly awards for the fifth week of 2007 CGL season. Honeck hit .458 for the week, with six home runs and 12 RBIs - he homered in every Senator's game this week. Newman held opposing batters to a .102 batting average and struck out 22 batters in posting a 0.60 ERA in 15 innings of work for the week. More

July 5, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 4
Lee Bolyard (Bethesda Blue Caps/Johns Hopkins) & Gabe Rios (Fairfax Nationals/Urbana) win weekly awards for the fourth week of 2007 CGL season. Bolyard hit .476 for the week with 4 doubles, 5 runs scored & 5 RBI, while Rios had an ERA of 0.69 and struck out 12 in 13 innings accumulated during two appearances. More

Winners for Week 4 (June 22-July 1) will be announced on July 5.

June 30, 2007
CGL bests MCBL in 2007 Joe Branzell All-Star Game
The 2007 Joe Branzell All-Star Game and Home Run Derby between the top stars of two premier wooden bat summer collegiate baseball leagues—the Clark Griffith League and the Maryland Collegiate Baseball League—was a smashing success. The CGL stars defeated the MCBL squad 10-2 in the main event, while Nate Newman outdueled Alex Gregory in an exciting final round to win the Home Run Derby. More

The Maryland Collegiate Baseball League and the Clark Griffith League will continue to meet this season in inter-league doubleheaders. More

June 28, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 3
Alex Gregory (Fairfax Nationals/Radford) & Nate Newman (Vienna Senators/Grayson CC) garner weekly awards for the third week of 2007 CGL season. Gregory hit 4 HRs and had 10 RBI while batting .357 for the week, while Newman fanned 16 in 12.1 innings and posted an ERA of 1.46. More

Winners for Week 4 (June 22-July 1) will be announced on July 5.

June 22, 2007
CGL Announces 2007 Joe Branzell All-Star Game & Home Run Derby
Top stars of two premier wooden bat collegiate baseball leagues will be on display when the Clark Griffith League All-Stars host the Maryland Collegiate Baseball League All-Stars on June 30 at 7 pm at recently renovated Waters Field in Vienna, Virginia. CGL All-Star Roster

A Home Run Derby, featuring four players from each league, will be held prior to the game. The Derby will begin at 5 pm. More

June 21, 2007
CGL Announces Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for 1st 2 weeks of 2007
Robbie Shields (McLean Raiders/Florida Southern), Mike Manfro (Fairfax Nationals/Wingate), LaDale Hayes (DC Grays/Alabama A&M) & Aaron Loup (Vienna Senators/Tulane) win weekly awards for the 1st two weeks of 2007. More

Winners for the 3rd week (June 15-21) will be announced on June 28.

June 7, 2007
Former CGL Stars and Top Prospects are taken on Day 1 of the MLB Draft
Brett Cecil, Kullen Kulbacki, Brandon Guyer and Adam Olbrychowski were selected in the top 5 rounds of Major League Baseball's 2007 draft.

Brett Cecil (CGL '04 and pictured at left) was selected in the Supplemental 1st round with the 38th overall pick, during today's MLB draft. He was followed by Kullen Kulbacki (CGL '05) selected with the 40th overall pick then Brandon Guyer (CGL'05) and Adam Olbrychowski (CGL '06). More

May 15, 2007
Former CGL position player Robertson makes it to the show as a relief pitcher
The road to the big leagues is never easy, but it can be even harder for a player who is selected in the 31st round in the draft. For the Oakland A’s newest reliever, however, that journey was a relatively short one. Three years after being selected in the 31st round out of Birmingham-Southern of the Big South Conference, Connor Robertson has made the major leagues.

A mere three seasons ago, Connor Robertson was setting homerun records as the DH/1B at Birmingham-Southern. Now he is in the major leagues as a member of one of the American League’s top pitching staffs. Robertson, who transitioned from slugger to reliever during his final year of college, was promoted to the big leagues from Triple-A Sacramento on May 15th, replacing Huston Street on the A’s roster. More

April 20, 2007
Former Clark Griffith & Hokie Star Joe Saunders honors Virginia Tech victims
With his alma mater's recent tragedy not far from his mind, Saunders got special permission in the form of a phone call from MLB Commissioner Bud Selig about two hours before game time to wear a Virginia Tech cap during his start, and he turned the opportunity into one of the better outings of his young career at a time when his team sorely needed a victory. Saunders held the Mariners scoreless for six innings, surrendering seven hits and two walks along the way, to help snap the Angels' six-game losing streak.

"I was really nervous before the game and right when the game started for the sheer fact of what this game meant to me," said Saunders. "I spent the best three years of my life at Virginia Tech. This was the first time I've ever had to do something like this, and hopefully it will be the last." More

April 1, 2007
CGL Welcomes Bethesda Blue Caps for 2007 Season
The Bethesda Blue Caps will join the CGL for the 2007 Season. Preliminary plans call for a 12 team schedule of 44 games (including 12 MCBL interleague contests)

February 1, 2007
CGL Announces Inter-League Play for 2007 Season
The Clark Griffith League has forged a partnership with the Maryland Collegiate Baseball League (MCBL, formally the Eddie Brooks League) for the 2007 summer season. Current plans include inter-league play primarily on weekends throughout the season, and a mid-summer All-Star Game between the two Leagues.

Officials from both Leagues are excited about playing under this historic arrangement, as it provides an opportunity to improve competition and creates a natural rivalry between Virginia and Maryland based teams. MCBL Website