The Roughriders will send five players to the TriCounty All Star game slated for Saturday, July 12 at 7pm. The game will be hosted by West Deptford's Union Field. Pitchers Mike Cummings and Rob Schork, along with positional players Rob Oryl, Steve Wyland, and Andrew Frangos will represent the Roughs. The format of the game will be "North versus South" in this intra-league, nine inning contest. This is the first time since 2003 that an All-Star game is being played. That game featured All-Stars from the TriCounty League and the Rancocas Valley League squaring off for bragging rights.

The TriCounty Baseball League added two new franchises for the 2008 season, bringing the total to 15 teams. Each team will play a 24-game, unbalanced schedule, playing each team twice (four teams will be played only once). The additional teams are Hardenberg which will play out of Haddon Township High School, and Rocco Automotive which will use Triton High School as its home field. Every team will again be eligible for the playoffs, with the top five receiving a bye. Complete details on all 15 teams are available at About TriCounty.

Infielder Steve Wyland, who graduated from the University of Albany this spring as the third all-time hit leader (211) in school history, has signed a contract with the Brockton Rox of the Can-Am League. Wyland started his career with the Roughriders in 2004 and was part of last season's championship team. Wyland helped Albany reach their first NCAA tournament bid this past season, but went unselected in the Major League Entry Draft. The entire organization wishes Steve luck in his pursuit of a professional baseball career.

The TriCounty Baseball League has added two new teams while also subtracting two others for the 2007 season, keeping the total number of franchises at 13. With the retirement of long time manager Pete Corelli, Hardenberg will not field a team in 2007. A return in 2008 is likely. Cherry Hill South, off a sixth place finish in 2006, bows out of the league after just one season. The two new franchises are Golden Nugget, based out of Berlin, and Moorestown, which comes to TriCounty from the Rancocas Valley League. Kepple's Carpet has also changed sponsorship and will now be known as Lakeview Custom Coach. As in past seasons, every team will make the playoffs with the top six receiving first round byes. Complete details on all 13 teams are available at About TriCounty.

The Roughriders' Brian Spicer will leave for the Netherlands on July 4 to compete in the Apeldorn Baseball Series in Apeldorn, Holland as member of the Los Angeles Warriors. Spicer, who just finished his senior year at Gettysburg University, was voted to the Centennial Conference team in 2006, leading his team in wins (5) and tying for the top spot in the entire conference in strikeouts (67). Updates on the tournament, which begins on July 11, can be found at www.robur58.com.

The Roughriders' founder and long time catcher/manager Ted Frangos will be inducted into the Haddonfield Memorial High School Hall of Fame on April 23, 2005. Frangos was a three sport star at Haddonfield, playing baseball, football, and basketball. As a senior in 1976, he was voted to the All-South Jersey baseball team as a catcher. He would then go on to attend Princeton University where he continued his baseball career. The induction, sponsored by the Haddonfield Alumni Society, will take place at the Tavistock Country Club beginning at 7pm.
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