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June 10, 2008
South Ripley High School Indiana
2008 Indiana Baseball nominee BJ Sieverding lead the South
Ripley Raiders to a win over Eastern Greene in the 1st round
of the 2A Semi State with a 7 inning shutout. BJ currently
has 29 consecutive shutout innings through the Sectional,
Regional, and Semi State while amassing over 140 strikeouts
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June 6, 2008
South
Ripley High School Indiana
The South
Ripley Raiders clinched their second Regional Championship
in three years as they defeated Heritage Christian 4-0. BJ
Sieverding, a 2008 Mr. Baseball nominee, pitched a 1 hit
shutout striking out 10. South Ripley’s Russ Steinhauer
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June 3,
2008
South
Ripley High School Indiana
The South Ripley Raiders clinched their 3rd
straight Sectional title with a 4-0 win over Lawrenceburg.
2008 Mr. Baseball nominee BJ Sieverding pitched the win in a
7 inning shutout. BJ pitched in all three sectional games
recording 3 wins. BJ’s season record is now 10-1 with a
strikeout total over 120. |
Attica High School Indiana
Colt Stephenson, a
junior outfielder and Hoosier Diamond 2nd Team
All-State selection, went 2 for 3 with a walk in a 12-3
victory over Clinton Prairie. Attica’s Seth Rooze had 2
hits and 4 rbi in the victory that put The Red Ramblers at
17-10. |
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May 19, 2008
South Ripley High School
Indiana
BJ Sieverding pitched a 7
inning complete game over Rising Sun. The victory puts
Sieverding 6-1 for the season and a strikeout total over 80.
Valparaiso High School
Indiana
Junior second baseman Tom
Wilk’s eight inning single scored Tyler Bolla in a 1-0
victory over Whiting in a Greater South Shore Conference
game. Valpo’s Tyler Nader (5-2) and Whiting’s Mike
Rokicki each tossed four-hitters. |
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May 15, 2008
South Ripley High
School Indiana
Senior pitcher, and 2008 Indiana Mr.
Baseball nominee, B.J. Sieverding pitched a no-hitter in a
game versus Switzerland County. B.J. recorded 16 strikeouts
in the game.
Huntington North High
School Indiana
Ethan Tribolet, a senior pitcher, threw a
one-hitter in a 2-0 victory over conference rival Kokomo.
Tribolet had 9 strikeouts and 3 walks. Huntington North is
11-0 in conference play and 18-3 overall. |
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May 13, 2008
Attica
High School Indiana
Willie Hurst went 4 for 7 with to rbi
and Colton Stephenson went 5 for 7 with 3 rbi in a double
header against Riverton Parke. Attica won the first game
8-4 and the second game 8-3. Attica is now 10-1 in the
Wabash River Conference and 15-8 overall.
Hammond Clark High School Indiana
Senior pitcher Trent Howard pitched a 7
inning perfect game on May 5th against Gavit.
Howard recorded 14 strikeouts in the 5-0 victory.
Charlestown High School Indiana
Matt Wyatt, a junior outfielder for
Charlestown hit 2 first inning homeruns in a 20-3 victory at
West Washington. Matt’s first homerun was a 2-run shot with
no outs and his second homerun was a 3-run shot with 2
outs. Matt finished the game going 3 for 4 with 8 rbi. |
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May 12, 2008
Wawasee High School Indiana
Jake Goldberg threw a no-hitter against Northwood. Goldberg
had 17 strikeouts and walked 4.
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May 8, 2008
Charlestown
High School Indiana
Matt Wyatt, a junior outfielder for Charlestown
High School, hit 2 first-inning homeruns in a 20-3
victory over West Washington on May 6. His first
homerun was a two-run shot with no outs and his
second homerun was a three-run shot with 2 outs.
He finished the game 3-4 with 8 RBI's.
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May 7,
2008
Attica High School Indiana
In a 16-0 victory over Turkey Run, Colt
Stephenson and Caleb Tillotson each had 3 hits and drove in
three runs. Justin Capps had a 2-run homerun. Chase Roderick
had 1 homerun. Attica is now 7-1 in Wabash River Conference
competition.
Evansville Reitz High
School Indiana
In a 2-1 victory Evansville Reitz left
handed pitcher Jeff Burkett pitched a 4-hitter against
conference rival Evansville Memorial. Jeff struck out 7
batters and walked 1. Burkett is now 3-0 on the mound with a
1.98 ERA. |
May 1, 2008
South Ripley High School Indiana
2008 Indiana Mr. Baseball nominee B.J.
Sieverding pitched a one-hit shut out and set a new school
record with 19 strikeouts in a 1-0 victory over Madison.
Attica High School Indiana
Colt Stephenson went 2 for 4 with a
homerun and 2 rbi in a 11-4 win over Bismarck-Henning
Illinois. Stephenson also went 3 for 3 with 4 rbi, and a
game ending homerun during game 1 of a double header against
North Vermillion. In game 2 Stephenson posted 3 rbi’s on 2
hits. Attica’s Rooze drove in four runs which included a
two-run homerun. |
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April 28,
2008
The Indiana Coaches
of Girls Association Top 10 with first place votes in
parenthesis, rating points and records as of April 25:
CLASS 4A
1.)Center Grove (4) 115 15-1
2.)McCutcheon (3) 112 18-2
3.)Avon 89 11-4
4.)Hamilton SE 87 14-2
5.)Martinsville 84 13-1
6.)Mishawaka (1) 83 15-1
7.)Carmel 81 14-3
8.)Franklin Central 63 14-3
9.)Castle 54 14-3
10.)Pendleton Heights 36 14-5
Honorable Mention: Lake Central 34, Penn 34, Huntington
North 32, East Central 16, Lowell 10, Anderson Highland 6,
New Castle 5, Chesterton 4, Elkhart Memorial 4, Northridge
4, Floyd Central 3, FW Snider 2, Portage 2.
CLASS 3A
1.)Edgewood (3) 137 14-1
2.)New Palestine (3) 128 13-3
3.)Heritage Hills (1) 122 12-3
4.)Mishawaka Marian (2) 117 15-2
5.)Boonville 89 13-5
tie, Jasper 89 14-4
7.)Mississinewa (1) 86 11-2
8.)Blackford 80 10-4
9.)Crawfordsville 70 13-1
tie, North Harrison 70 13-2
Honorable Mention: Corydon Central 54, Griffith 32,
Shelbyville 22, Benton Central 17, Greensburg 17, Pike
Central 11, Twin Lakes 9, Andrean 8, Columbia City 7,
Evansville Memorial 7, Roncalli 7, Brebeuf 6, Gibson
Southern 6, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 5, Princeton 4.
CLASS 2A
1.)Indpls Scecina 6) 132 13-3
2.)Hanover Central (2) 127 12-2
3.)Jimtown 101 13-2
4.)Eastern (Greentown) (1) 93 10-2
5.)Wheeler 91 10-5
6.)Union County 65 14-2
tie, Winamac 65 13-2
8.)South Adams 60 9-3
9.)Forest Park 59 12-6
10.)Boone Grove 55 10-3
Honorable Mention: Eastern (Pekin) 50, Madison-Grant 49,
Frankton 46, Delphi 26, Fairfield 25, FW Luers 10,
Alexandria 6, Hebron 4, Cass 4, Bluffton 3, Garrett 3,
Indian Creek 3, Woodlan 2, Wapahani 1.
CLASS 1A
1.)Indpls Lutheran 6) 118 11-1
2.)Whiting (2) 112 15-0
3.)Tecumseh 106 14-3
4.)Frontier 93 12-1
5.)Lakewood Park Christian 89 13-2
6.)North Daviess 72 10-2
7.)North Central (Farmersburg) 70 9-3
8.)Clay City 45 9-2
9.)Henryville 43 11-4
10.)South Central (LaPorte) 42 7-6
Honorable Mention: Laf. Central Catholic 38, Lanesville 36,
Wes-Del 18, Jac-Cen-Del 16, Loogootee 13, NE Dubois 13,
Triton 13, Springs Valley 11, Westville 10, Pioneer 6,
Southern Wells 2, Shakamak 1. |
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Corydon Central High School Indiana
In a 14-1 victory over Silver Creek senior
catcher Nolan Brightman hit a grand slam walk off home run
for Corydon Central. Senior pitcher Jeremy Smith threw no
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April 12, 2008
Southern Indiana is loaded with talent this spring
in the 2008 and 2009 classes and has several top
notch programs that will challenge for state
titles at 2A, 3A, and 4A in baseball.
In 4A, Castle and Evansville North appear to be
set for solid seasons. Evansville North's squad
returns starters Dave Johnson (P, 1B), Zach
Wilkinson (C), Reese Rounder (IF), Kraig Petty (P,DH,
OF), Houston Dillman (OF), Tyler Pike (IF), and
Justin Horstman. That gives them 7 solid
returning veteran players from a team that
finished in the middle of the pack in the rugged
SIAC last spring. Castle returns starters Tyler
Boink (P), Robbie Ort (IF), Graham Saiko (IF,OF),
Adam Culliver (P) from a team that lost to
eventual 4A State Champions Indianapolis Cathedral
in the semi-state championship game. Evansville
Harrison and Evansville Central won't be slouches
either with Harrison being led by 4 year varsity
outfielder Jordan Chavis, Devin Anderson(P,3B),and
2009 grads Austin Cope (P,SS), Daniel Kissel
(1B,P). Central returns Drew Barrett, who has two
brothers that have already played at the next
level. Drew looks to be headed that same
direction as a pitcher/infielder. The Bears also
feature Sr. pitcher, Brandon Flora, a 6'2"" lefty
that has come into his own in the past 12 months,
and will get help from returning starters Kyle
Mangold, Josh Chamberlain, and Kent Crick.
In 3A, Evansville Memorial and Mt. Vernon
should be the top of the group since last year's
state runner-up Mater Dei moves down to 2A this
spring. Memorial boasts 3 Sr. pitchers all with
significant varsity success- left Dean Stuckey,
and righthanders Kendall Wahl and Nathan Sansing,
plus Jr. Tyler Holt to back them up on the mound.
Adam Mayer (SS), Cord Morales (C), and Nathan
Hillenbrand also return with varsity success from
2007's spring to give them hopes for a solid
2008. Mt. Vernon has two of the better
righthanded arms on the mound in Seniors Hensley
(90+) and David (90+), plus returning Stemple
brothers (Chris and Eric), catcher Jared Conville,
and Jordan Hamblin that all made significant
contributions on the varsity team that at one time
was ranked 6th in 3A last year. Jasper will be
led by Jr. SS Ian Boone, who will play with the
Indiana Bulls this summer and they will be a tough
out come tournament time too for sure.
In 2A, three teams stand out, led by defending
state champion South Spencer and their lefthanded
superman and IU early signee, Blake Monar, who
will likely be a fairly high draft come June.
Problem with them is that they graduated much of
the rest of their championship team, but their
experienced head coach Brian Kuester will likely
make them into a serious contender come June.
Right on their heels and maybe even alongside or
ahead of them would be the aforementioned Mater
Dei group that surprised lots of people by making
it all the way to last year's 3A title game
against Norwell and Jarrod Parker, who was the 9th
overall player chosen in last year's draft. Mater
Dei steps down to 2A this spring and returns 6 of
their 10 starters from that team; however, the
three of the players not returning are the three
senior pitchers that carryied them on their run.
MD's returners are Jake Weinzapfel (IF), Hank
LaRue (IF,P), Joe Major (C,P), Alex Weinzapfel
(CF), Reid Grossman (P,DH, 1B), and Corey Lipking
(P,DH,1B). North Posey is the third 2A team that
looks solid this spring with 9 seniors on their
squad to bolster their chances. Braxton Williams
leads that group
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Attica's Colt Stephenson threw a one
hitter April 7th 2008 against Turkey Run
to secure the win. Stephenson threw 14
strike outs in 5 innings and went 2-3
with 5 RBIs. Score Attica 15-Turkey Run
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The best kept secret in southern Indiana
may just be at little known Corydon
Central. In 5 games Senior catcher Nolan
Brightman is hitting .688 with 3
doubles, a triple, a homerun, 7 rbi and
7 stolen bases. Corydon is 4-1 with wins
over Henryville, Perry Central and
Charlestown
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April 8, 2008
*Lookout for
Lake
Central. The Indians, ranked No. 7 in this week’s 4A coaches
association’s poll, may be even better than that. Returning
all its position players from last year, Lake Central got
hitting and pitching in a 10-0 win over
Highland. Steve Traficante hit a three-run homer in the first and a
two-run homer in the third to lead the hitting and Kyle
Scheffel, in his first varsity start, allowed just one hit
and stuck out four in five innings. That was
Lake Central’s third
straight win of the season. The Indians also have defeated
Hammond Morton 2-0, Munster 7-1, Griffith 10-3 and LaPorte
13-2.
*Justin Reese hit a two-out double in the bottom of the sixth
to give Tipton a 5-3 win over
Hamilton
Heights.
*New coach Brian James got his first victory when sophomore
Derek McNew tossed a five-hit shutout as
Clarksville
defeated Borden 4-0. McNew, who didn’t walk a batter, fanned
two.
*Erik Leibenggod hit a two-out single in the seventh to drive
home the winning run as
Hanover
defeated Lowell 4-3 in the RailCats Baseball Challenge at
the U.S. Steel Yard in Gary. After losing the lead in
relief, Leibenggod came back to pick up the hurling victory.
*New
Goshen
coach Hal Farmwald got his first victory behind the pitching
of junior Spencer Oversen in a 4-0 decision over Fairfield.
Oversen had a no-hitter until the seventh, when
Fairfield
collected two hits. Oversen then fanned the next three
batters.
*North Putnam, ranked No. 3 in the 2A poll this week, got
pitching and hitting in a 15-0 win over
Turkey run.
Tyler Watson fanned five batters and allowed just one hit in
four innings and at the plate J.T. Francies, Kyle Rooker and
Brock Jones each hit a home run.
*Andrew Spleth hit a two-run homer in the first and Lawrence
North went on to an 8-3 victory over Greenfield-Central.
*Rockville
won the Banks of the Wabash Tourney with a 10-4 victory over
Turkey Run in the championship game and in the consolation
game North Vermillion defeated Riverton Parke5-3. Junior
Steve Ball led Rockville’s attack, going 3-for-4 at the
plate with a home run and two RBI and on the mound allowing
Turkey Run just one run and two hits in four innings.
*Braton Williams hit a home run and had two hits as North
Posey knocked off
Edgewood 8-2. North Posey is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A this week.
*In an outstanding high school baseball game in the Joe Heath
Classic in
Lafayette,
LaPorte’s Neil Hackett outpitched Noblesville’s Derek Asuras
as the Slicers defeated the Millers 2-0. Hackett allowed
just one hit and fanned 10 batters. Asuras, a freshman,
allowed just one hit until LaPorte collected a single and
two doubles in the sixth to win the game. In Noblesville’s
opening 6-1 win over Terre Haute North, another freshman
did well for the Millers. Ryan Byrne gave up just five hits
and struck out five. The two freshmen took charge as
Noblesville played without injured veteran pitchers Brian
Cooley and Jake Wood.
*In another great game at the
Lafayette
tourney, Lafayette Jeff’s Andrew Riley allowed just four
hits and fanned eight as his team edged LaPorte 2-1. Kevin
Upp, the sophomore son of head coach Scott Upp, fanned eight
and allowed just four hits while hurling for LaPorte.
*Michael Carroll had a two-run single in the fifth to break a
2-2 tie as Penn moved to 4-0 on the year with a 4-2 win over
Andrean. Brian Lares got the win, throwing a five-hitter.
Andrean’s Adam Norton allowed just six hits. Currently, Penn
is No. 6 in the Class 4A poll.
*Reagan Eakins, who had a perfect game through four, allowed
just two hits and fanned four in 5.2 innings as
Seymour
rolled over Henryville 12-3. The Owls collected 13 hits in
the game.
*West Lafayette
scored six runs in the fourth and 11 in the fifth to roll
over Frankfort 19-1. Matt Lancaster led the way with three
hits.
*Fort Wayne Dwenger got its season off to a winning start
with a 15-4 win over
New Haven.
Merchant had two doubles, Tippmann a triple and a homer and
Seculoff a home run for the winners.
*Sophomore Tyler Roush went 3-for-3 and drove home three runs
and Thad Harter hit a home run as Southern Wells defeated
Wes-Del 6-2.
*Logansport
batters pounded out 15 hits as the Berries defeated
Lafayette Jeff 14-6 in the Joe Heath Classic in Lafayette.
Matt McKay went 3-for-5, drove home three runs and hit two
doubles and a triple and Sam Starbuck clubbed a home run.
*Greensburg,
ranked No. 5 in 3A, and Milan battled to a 1-1 tie. Junior
Chris Walker pitched all seven innings for Milan, allowing
only five hits and registering a career high 13 strikeouts.
Chris Blankman started for Greensburg and went six innings,
striking ot 12 and give up just two hits.
*The Chesterton baseball team is off to a flying start,
including beating Harrison 11-6 and Noblesville 5-1 in the
first two games of the Joe Heath Classic in
Lafayette.
Against Harrison, Frank Raudry was 2-for-3 with a double,
two runs scored and two RBIs. In a 5-1 victory over
Noblesville, Steve Janes pitched two innings and Glenn
Peterson went five, combing for a two-hitter against the
Millers. At the plate, John Thanos went 3-for-3. Raudry, a
Hammond Morton transfer, hit a pair of homers as Chesterton
opened its season with a 6-0 victory over Bishop Noll. Janes
hurled a one-hitter and struck out five in five innings.
*Pat Asdell and Dylan Brammer combined for a three-hitter as
New Prairie edged Mishawaka Marian 2-1, scoring the winning
run in the bottom of the seventh.
*Plymouth
got a home run from Ryan Welch and doubles from Chris Spoor,
Cody Bucher and Kyle Thoden while pounding out a dozen hits
in a 10-0 victory over Argos.
*Junior pitcher Jared Earle fanned 13 batters and allowed
just one hit in the final six innings as
South
Montgomery came from behind to win a 5-4, eight-inning
battle over
North Montgomery
*Daniel Bollenbacher and Travis Hunt combined to allow just
one run and five hits as
South Adams edged
New Haven
2-1.Bollenbacher fanned 10 batters in 4.2 innings.
*Chris Hueni tossed a four-hitter and struck out 12 as
Bremen
defeated Plymouth 4-2.
*Brown
County
opened its season by sweeping Columbus East in a
double-header. In the first game, a 12-4 win, Tanner
Freshour fanned 12 batters in six innings. Chas Harper hit a
triple. In the second game, Pete Stuart fanned 10 and threw
a complete game in an 8-1 victory.
*Glenn and
Rochester
split a double-header. Glenn won the opener 6-3 when Brody
Solmos fired a four-hitter. Rochester captured the nightcap
7-5. Brent Easterday had a double for the winners.
*Decatur
got home runs from Curtis Northrup, Joe Robinson and Nolan
Polomcak in a 20-4 victory over Coloma (Michigan). Robinson
also hit a double, went 3-for-5 and drove home five runs.
*Brett Keeler hit a walk-off bases-loaded homer to bring
Munster a 9-6 victory over Portage. In a 9-8 Munster win
over Portage, Keeler had five RBI. Munster currently is
ranked No. 8 in the Class 4A coaches poll.
*Zch Tanner pitched one-hit ball through five innings and
also hit a two-run triple to lead
Yorktown to a 7-3 win over Rushville.
*Wapahani, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A, defeated Muncie Burris
6-3, 10-0. In the first game, Coty Gadbury hit two doubles
for the Raiders. In the second game, Brandon Estep was the
winning pitcher and also had a double and three RBI.
*Justin O’Connor hit two home runs, collected five hits and
drove in four runs as Cowan swept Tri in a double-header
*Michael Jobe threw a complete, one-hit game and struck out
10 and Phil Powell slammed a home run as
Jay County
edged Mississinewa 3-2.
*Cody Walters pitched five innings of one-hit ball and fanned
11 and also collected three hits as Class 2A No. 4 Daleville
licked
Union City
8-3.
*Frontier coach Ryan Long won his 200th game as
his team defeated Rossville 12-1. Frontier is ranked No. 2
in Class 1A.
*Jordan Hines hit a home run to lead
Michigan
City to an 8-5 victory over South Bend Clay. Cody Schell
started the game with a home run for Clay.
*In his first varsity start, Mike Hernandez fanned eight
hitters while leading
Crown Point
to a 9-2 win over Munster. Crown Point is ranked No. 4 and
Munster No. 8 in Class 4A.
*Tippecanoe
Valley scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh, but
Elkhart Central held on for a 7-6 victory. Keith Koser had
two doubles for Valley. In the second game, a 7-2 Valley
victory, Koser slammed a home run
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April 2, 2008
*A couple of early-season
upsets have popped. Fishers, in its second year of varsity
baseball, defeated Class 4A, No. 2 ranked Kokomo in a wild
16-13 game. Matt Hitt and Brody Kalbaugh each went 3-for-4
for the Tigers, who trailed 12-7 to start the bottom of the
sixth. Kokomo ace Bryce Robinson did not pitch but at the
plate he hit a home run, double and single and drove home
two runs. In another upset, Class 3A No. 1 Crawfordsville
was beaten 15-10 by Zionsville, whose first year coach Adam
Metzler got the victory. Crawfordsville coach John Froedge
was searching for his 500th career win. Keith
Rogers hit for the cycle to lead Zionsville
*Shane Prance fanned eight
batters and tossed a two-hitter as Portage defeated Elkhart
Memorial 7-1. Luke Manoski led the offense with three hits
and two RBIs.
*Class 4A, No. 1 ranked
Noblesville opened its season with a 12-2 win over Lebanon.
Mitch Miller went 3-for-3 and drove in two runs for the
Millers.
*Class 2A No. 2 ranked Boone
Grove got a three-run homer from Josh Cobb in a 6-2 victory
over Marquette, which is ranked No. 3 in the 1A poll.
*Coach Jeremy Luna got a
victory in his debut as Taylor rallied for three runs in the
seventh to beat Frankton 4-3.
*Bloomfield got just three
hits but defeated Northeast Dubois 3-1 in eight innings.
Cody Pearson hurled seven innings hurled seven innings for
the victory.
*Carmel opened its
Metropolitan Conference season with an 8-2 win over Warren
Central. Drew Kirages and Greg Vogt combined for a
two-hitter.
*Jeff Wallen went 3-for-4
and drove home five runs and Ryan Younggreen fanned 10
batters in six innings as South Central defeated River
Forest 7-5.
*In Hammond Morton’s 4-3 win
over East Central, Joe Edmonds hit a triple and Miguel
Covarrubis slammed a homer for the winners and Jose Rivera
hit two doubles for East Central.
*Brad Rist tossed a
no-hitter and struck out nine as Northwestern defeated
Tipton 7-0.
*Jordan Chambers’ three-run
double led Washington Township to an 8-0 victory over Lake
Station. Josh Biggs tossed four innings of no-hit baseball
and fanned 10 Lake Station hitters.
*Tony Hull had three hits
and drove home two runs and Billy Ray had three RBIs as
Huntington North defeated Fort Wayne Snider 8-4.
*Kyle Lidster threw three
no-hit innings in relief as Griffith edged Merrillville 2-1.
Starter Tim Cooper allowed three hits and struck out six in
four innings. Patrick Newracj hurled for Merrillville and
also at the plate was 2-for-2.
*Linton-Stockton rallied
from a 3-1 deficit in the third and defeated South Knox 9-6.
*After Monrovia lost 11-1 to
Speedway in a West Central Conference game, Monrovia came
back to post a 14-10 victory as Jimmy Collings drove home
six runs with a pair of bases-loaded doubles. New coach
Barry Neuman got his first victory.
*New Michigan City coach
David Ortiz got his first win as his team defeated South Ben
Adams 4-3 Nick Barnes hurled six innings and Brandon
Pawloski fanned two in relief in the seventh.
*There is plenty of coaching
experience in the Terre Haute area. Northview’s Gary Witham
is in his 31st year, West Vigo’s Steve DeGroote
his 16th season, Terre Haute North’s Shawn Turner
his 11th year and Terre Haute South’s Kyle
Kraemer his 14th season.
*Greg Oppel, who was a star
baseball player at the school, is in his first-year as the
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March 28, 2008
Jarrod Parker, who last season was named Indiana's 2007
Mr. Baseball by Hoosier Diamond, may be back in Indiana
playing baseball this summer. Parker led his Norwell High
School team to the 2007 state championship.
In an article written by Steve Gilbert on the
MLB.com web-site, it was
reported that Parker, now a member of the Arizona
Diamondbacks organization, may be assigned this summer to
Class A South Bend, just a few miles north of Parker's
hometown. It is expected that the Diamondbacks will limit
Parker to 115-125 innings this summer.
"For a kid right out of high school, he wasn't
overmatched by anything here (spring training)," said
Diamondbacks manager Bob Melvin. "I told him he should take
a lot of confidence out the experience," Melvin was quoted
in Gilbert's story.
*Brownsburg's 2005 Hoosier Diamond Mr. Baseball,
Lance Lynn, is 4-0 for nationally-ranked University of
Mississippi. 2007 All-Star Drew Storen is 1-1 with 2 saves
for Stanford University. Ball State freshman T.J. Baumet is
hitting at a .341 clip and Sean Gaston is hitting .312 at
Notre Dame. How about those Bulldogs!
*Zack Osman, a first-team all-state
outfielder from Marquette Catholic, won the leadoff position
in University of Chicago's batting lineup and his first
collegiate at bat will be in Japan in front of 25,000 fans.
He is a freshman at Chicago.
*After 13 games, Matt Dodaro, a junior
from Lake Central High School, is hitting .311 for the
Wabash College team. He has four doubles and has driven home
six runs. Joey Niezer, a junior from Oldenburg Acadmey, has
a 2.11 ERA and has fanned 22 batters in 21 innings.
*Andrew Bilse, a sophomore from Munster,
after 15 games, is hitting .333 for Rose-Hulman, He has four
doubles and two homers and has scored 16 runs. Gabe Focke, a
senior from East Central, has a .333 average.
*The leading hitter, after eight games,
for Hanover is a freshman from Southridge, Andy Holzbog, He
has a .500 batting average and has belted out 12 total
bases. New Albany sophomore Nik Kahl is hitting .389 and has
driven home eight runs.
*Leading Goshen College in hitting, after 13games, is
Kraig Miller, a sophomore from Belmont. He is batting 370,
has hit four homers and has driven home 19 runs. Sean
Doering, a freshman from Concord, is batting .344. Miller
also owns a 1.93 ERA on the mound.
*Brady Shoemaker, a junior from Northview, is
supporting a .358 batting average while leading Indiana
State after 14 games. He has six doubles and has driven in
17 runs. Chris Schmidt, a senior from Jasper, is slugging
away at a .344 clip with four doubles and a pair of triples
and 13 RBIs.
*Kory Benbow, a sophomore who played his
high school baseball at Cowan, is the second-leading hitter
on Ball State's team with a .348 batting average and six
doubles, two homers and 12 RBIs. On the mound, Eric VanMatre,
a senior from Wapahani, has a 0.82 ERA in 11 innings and
Aaron Hammons, a junior from Greenfield-Central, has a 2.08
ERA in 8.2 innings.
*Andy Smith, a junior from Evansville North, is the
leading hitter, after 12 games, for the University of
Evansville with a 368 average.
*Josh Gerald, a senior from Frankfort, after 10 games is
leading Marian College at the plate with a .280 average. He
has nine RBIs. Tony Goodpaster, a sophomore form Avon, is
batting .250 with 10 RBIs. On the mound, Steve Swain, a
senior from Tri-West, has a 2.25 ERA in 16 innings and
Goodpaster, who is 2-0, has a 1.29 ERA in seven innings.
*Josh Phegley, a sophomore from Terre
Haute North, is the leading hitter, after 14 games, for
Indiana University. He is batting .426 wiih five doubles and
14 RBIs
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