Texarkana, TX – April 5, 2018 – The Texarkana Twins are excited to announce the return of three players from last year’s playoff roster. Cale Ridling, Logan Ammons, and Gage Wall all return to help build on last year’s success. In addition to three returners, the Twins have also added a couple Texarkana locals in Colby Adkins and Austin Cree. These players will help form a nucleus of talent that wants to see a Texas Collegiate League championship brought to Texarkana in the 2018 season.

Austin Cree is returning to Texarkana, where he starred on the Trinity Christian High School baseball team. Cree, a junior right-handed pitcher at Central Baptist College, will be playing his first season with the Twins. The Twins are excited to welcome back another hometown player for their upcoming season. Colby Adkins, the former standout from Texas High School, will also be joining the Twins this upcoming season. Adkins, the freshman is currently playing at Seminole State College in Seminole, Oklahoma.

Cale Ridling, another former Texarkana resident (Genoa Central High School), returns to the Twins for the 2018 season. Ridling appeared in 43 games last season for the Twins, while generating 11 extra base hits including three home runs and 18 RBI’s. Ridling looks to make an impact this spring for the East Central University baseball program.  

Gage Wall returns to the mound for the Twins after a successful season that saw the Hutchinson Junior College product strike out 25 batters over 36 innings in 20 appearances.  Also returning is Logan Ammons, a pitcher for Stephen F. Austin University. Ammons posted a 5.68 ERA while striking out 11 in 12.2 innings of work for the Twins last summer. 

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