Abe Phillips has been inactive in his later years after being deeply involved as a coach and in administration in the youth sports community for many years. Phillips was the President of the Springhill-Forest Hill Youth Football Association, which eventually became the Youth Football Program at Municipal Park.He is the co-founder and first president of the Mobile Youth Football Conference (MYFC).Phillips served as the President of the South Alabama Dixie Youth (13-14 year olds) Baseball Program on the University of South Alabama Campus.The league was played on an intramural field next to the former Jaguar Field, where the USA baseball team built its National reputation under legendary coach Eddie Stanky.Today, the Mitchell Center sits on top of the grounds where the fields laid until the late the early eighties.Phillips was the President of Springhill Little League at Municipal Park before the switch was made to Dixie Youth.As a coach, Phillips has memories of mentoring young athletes in football and baseball at Municipal Park.He was on the coaching staff of Bobby Jackson and Will McRaney, which won the midget division Inaugural MYFC Youth Bowl Championship at Trimmier Park in 1972. Phillips admits that he loved every minute that he spent for the sake of all the athletes that he was part of as they grew up in youth sports.
Baseball
The Westside Park 10-year old all-star baseball team won the 2009 Tournament of State Champions in Huntingdon, W. V. Westside posted a10-2 record in the summer tournaments.In a game against Georgia, Kyle Chandler blasted a two-run walkoff homer in the sixth inning to give Westside to a 5-4 win.Trailing 3-1 in the third, Brooks Carlson belted a 3-run homer to give Westside the lead.Grayson Williams struck out four in the final two innings to pick up the win.
The Matthews Park 10-Under all-stars won the district and state baseball tournaments and qualified to compete in the 2009 Southeast Regionals in Arlington, VA.
The 11-Under Alabama Bombers won the USSSA State Baseball Championship in Alabaster, AL and competed in the Elite 32 World series in Orlando, FL.
Softball
The Mobile Thrillers-Williams (95) 14-U girls completed the summer season winning the championship in a five-day USFA Southern Nationals fast-pitch softball tournament in Gulfport, MS. The Thrillers never gave up and battled back out of the loser’s bracket to defeat a team in the championship game that they had lost to earlier in the competition. The tournament included teams from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
Municipal Raiders Coaching Staff with Coach Eddie Stevenson of Vigor and Eddie Guth of St. Luke's and their coaching staffs.
Amanda Warner practices Ballet while attending Dunbar Performing Arts Magnet School
The Westside Park 14-year old Dixie Boys all-stars won the District 7 baseball championship and advanced to the state tournament.
Westside 14-year old team
Bud Baskin's Mets....7 year old Champs from Satsuma
Bud Baskin’s Mets finished first in its division with a 13-4 record in the Cal Ripken 7-8 year old Rookie division at Lions Park in Satsuma, and came from behind to win three of those games.The Mets displayed exciting power hitting by clobbering 15 homeruns. Hunter Milam led the team with 6 homers followed by Laiten Hoven with 5 round trippers. Marcus Bryant clubbed 3 dingers and Jarrell Robinson slugged a four bagger.
