Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 9:08 pm
by Peter Adelsen
Coming in to the game, the Kokomo Wildkats and Northwestern Tigers had a combined record of 16-1, but it was only the Wildkats who showed its dominance in the 12-2 win in six innings Wednesday at Highland Park.
Kokomo senior Colton Summers began the game with a six-pitch first inning as Northwestern's hitters (junior Derek Mumaw, senior Luke Miller,junior Austin Henderson) went down in order.
The Kats struck first as senior Nolan Sanburn got an RBI single to send senior Casey Shipley, who earlier stole a base, home for a run to go up 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning.
Tigers junior Bryan Beachy got a two-RBI double in the top of the second inning sending senior Danny Turner and junior Abe Ridlen home to give Northwestern a one-run lead at 2-1, but that would end up being the total run total for the Tigers.
In the bottom of the second, the Kats tacked on two more runs from its seven and eight hitters in the line-up, senior Devin Schacht and senior Nick Franklin.
"You are going to win baseball games when the bottom of the order is going to hit," Kokomo coach Steve Edwards said. "I told the kids if we can get the top of the order producing consistently and the bottom of the order keeps hitting like they are we're going to be a really, really good ball club."
The Tigers had only three at the plate in the top of the third and sixth innings and produced only three hits from the third inning forward.
"(Colton Summers) did a nice job mixing it up and getting a lot of ground balls and we were behind the count," Northwestern coach Ryan Berryman said. "Sixteen of the hits we gave up, 14 pitches were up in the zone and well over half of those we were behind in the count, so good teams will turn it on you and that's what we try to do to other teams and tonight Kokomo came after us and we gave them lots of opportunities."
Summers only allowed six hits, but he did have a rough stretch in the fourth inning when senior Danny Turner got a base hit followed by hitting the next two batters, Ridlen and junior Jake Yager, to load the bases for Northwestern, but he was off the hook when junior Matt Adams grounded out to end the inning.
Beachy, Northwestern's ace pitcher, was only able to go 2 2/3 innings in the loss and allowing 5 runs off of 8 hits.
Kokomo (9-1) next plays at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Warsaw in a double-header game. Northwestern (8-1) next plays at home at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the 3-Way Invite against North Miami and Clinton Central.
Scores by inning:
1 2 3 4 5 6 Runs Hits Errors
Northwestern 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
Kokomo 1 2 4 0 1 4 12 17 0
Hitting statistics:
Northwestern-
6- Mumaw 0/3
8. Miller 1/3
>3. Richards 0/0
22. Henderson 0/3
17. Turner 2/3 (R)
12. Ridlen 2/3 (HBP, R)
4. Beachy 1/3 (2B, 2 RBI)
23. Gibson 0/2
>19. Christensen 0/1
10. Yager 0/1 (HBP)
>1. Galloway 0/0
5. Adams 0/2
Kokomo-
5. Shipley 1/3 (2R, SB)
3. Kuhns 3/4 (HR, 4 RBI)
6. Weir 2/3 (BB)
>2. Frey, pinch runner for Weir (R)
25. Sanburn 2/4 (2B, RBI, R)
19. Green 1/3 (2B, 2 RBI, BB)
17. Reynolds 1/4 (RBI)
>9. Wray, pinch runner for Reynolds (R)
22. Schacht 3/4 (2R)
24. Franklin 4/4 (2 RBI, 2R)
1. Sawyer 0/3 (R)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Solid pitching aids Comets in win over Guerin Catholic
Posted: Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:18 pm | Updated: 12:07 am, Fri Apr 23, 2010.
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Posted on April 22, 2010
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by Peter Adelsen
GREENTOWN - The Eastern Comets hitting and pitching came out big in its win over Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles 5-2 on Thursday.
Eastern sophomore Bryce Rainey pitched five innings in the win. He struck out six batters, allowed five hits and walked one batter.
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Eastern senior Michael Moreno got the Comets on the board with a homerun off of Golden Eagles sophmore pitcher Colin Shanteau to go up 1-0.
"With the homerun in the first inning, that kind of set the tone on that pitcher can be hit," Eastern coach Steve Swinson said.
The Comets added another run in the third inning when senior Tyler Harnish singled to send senior Brandon Hainlen home. Hainlen earlier reached on a single.
The Eastern defense stepped up in the fourth inning as they forced a double play off of junior Phil Pecaroro's ground ball. Sophomore Adam Hufford, the next batter, flied out to right field to end the inning.
In the fifth inning, Guerin Catholic posed its greatest threat to the Comets. Rainey walked senior Aaron Beaver, senior Tim McHugh reached on an error and sophomore Adam Neidlinger reached first base to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Rainey calmed down and struck out the next two Golden Eagles batters, junior Tony Zunica and junior Matt Pletzke, to end the inning and the threat.
In the bottom half of the fifth inning, the Comets got more breathing room as senior Lee Beachy RBI singled to send Moreno home, who earlier got a base hit, to increase the Comet lead to 3-0.
The Comets added two more runs in the sixth inning with RBIs from Hainlen and Harnish sending home senior Ian Beachy and Hainlen, respectively, to go up 5-0.
In the top of the seventh, Guerin Catholic made another attempt at threatening the Comets. Golden Eagles Neidlinger scored from third base on sophomore relief pitcher Kile Nolder's wild pitch and later junior Tony Zunica singled to bring home senior Tim McHugh, but this threat was over when Nolder struck out Pletzke. Guerin Catholic scored two runs, but it was not enough as the Comets won 5-2.
"I can't say enough about our pitching," Swinson said. "Our pitching has been just outstanding all week long and again tonight with Bryce Rainey starting throwing 5 innings and Kile Nolder throwing the last two, just tremendous."
Eastern (6-2) next plays at home against Tri-Central at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Guerin Catholic (5-6) next plays at the Heritage Christian Invite on Saturday.
Scores by inning:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Guerin Catholic 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
Eastern 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5 12 1
Hitting statistics:
Guerin Catholic-
9. McHugh 0/4 (R)
3. Neidlinger 4/4 (R)
23. Zunica 2/4 (RBI)
>10. Haas 0/0
22. Pletzke 0/4
7. Shanteau 0/1 (HBP)
>17. Fettig 0/0 (BB)
12. Pecaroro 0/3
21. Hufford 1/3
45. Beaver 0/1 (BB)
>5. Highsmith 0/1
2. Kennedy 1/3
Eastern-
7. Hainlen 3/4 (RBI, 2R)
21. Horner 0/3 (BB)
17. Moreno 2/3 (HR, R, BB)
16. Harnish 2/4 (2B, 2 RBI)
24. Nolder 1/3
>2. Myers 0/1
19. Keith 0/3
6. Lee Beachy 1/3 (RBI)
5. Ian Beachy 3/3 (R, SB)
13. Courter 0/3
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Posted on April 22, 2010
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by Peter Adelsen
GREENTOWN - The Eastern Comets hitting and pitching came out big in its win over Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles 5-2 on Thursday.
Eastern sophomore Bryce Rainey pitched five innings in the win. He struck out six batters, allowed five hits and walked one batter.
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, Eastern senior Michael Moreno got the Comets on the board with a homerun off of Golden Eagles sophmore pitcher Colin Shanteau to go up 1-0.
"With the homerun in the first inning, that kind of set the tone on that pitcher can be hit," Eastern coach Steve Swinson said.
The Comets added another run in the third inning when senior Tyler Harnish singled to send senior Brandon Hainlen home. Hainlen earlier reached on a single.
The Eastern defense stepped up in the fourth inning as they forced a double play off of junior Phil Pecaroro's ground ball. Sophomore Adam Hufford, the next batter, flied out to right field to end the inning.
In the fifth inning, Guerin Catholic posed its greatest threat to the Comets. Rainey walked senior Aaron Beaver, senior Tim McHugh reached on an error and sophomore Adam Neidlinger reached first base to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Rainey calmed down and struck out the next two Golden Eagles batters, junior Tony Zunica and junior Matt Pletzke, to end the inning and the threat.
In the bottom half of the fifth inning, the Comets got more breathing room as senior Lee Beachy RBI singled to send Moreno home, who earlier got a base hit, to increase the Comet lead to 3-0.
The Comets added two more runs in the sixth inning with RBIs from Hainlen and Harnish sending home senior Ian Beachy and Hainlen, respectively, to go up 5-0.
In the top of the seventh, Guerin Catholic made another attempt at threatening the Comets. Golden Eagles Neidlinger scored from third base on sophomore relief pitcher Kile Nolder's wild pitch and later junior Tony Zunica singled to bring home senior Tim McHugh, but this threat was over when Nolder struck out Pletzke. Guerin Catholic scored two runs, but it was not enough as the Comets won 5-2.
"I can't say enough about our pitching," Swinson said. "Our pitching has been just outstanding all week long and again tonight with Bryce Rainey starting throwing 5 innings and Kile Nolder throwing the last two, just tremendous."
Eastern (6-2) next plays at home against Tri-Central at 5 p.m. on Saturday. Guerin Catholic (5-6) next plays at the Heritage Christian Invite on Saturday.
Scores by inning:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Guerin Catholic 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 0
Eastern 1 0 1 0 1 2 X 5 12 1
Hitting statistics:
Guerin Catholic-
9. McHugh 0/4 (R)
3. Neidlinger 4/4 (R)
23. Zunica 2/4 (RBI)
>10. Haas 0/0
22. Pletzke 0/4
7. Shanteau 0/1 (HBP)
>17. Fettig 0/0 (BB)
12. Pecaroro 0/3
21. Hufford 1/3
45. Beaver 0/1 (BB)
>5. Highsmith 0/1
2. Kennedy 1/3
Eastern-
7. Hainlen 3/4 (RBI, 2R)
21. Horner 0/3 (BB)
17. Moreno 2/3 (HR, R, BB)
16. Harnish 2/4 (2B, 2 RBI)
24. Nolder 1/3
>2. Myers 0/1
19. Keith 0/3
6. Lee Beachy 1/3 (RBI)
5. Ian Beachy 3/3 (R, SB)
13. Courter 0/3
Panthers trounce Braves in shut-out
Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:55 pm | Updated: 10:42 pm, Mon Apr 26, 2010.
by Peter Adelsen
RUSSIAVILLE- The Western Panthers could do no wrong against MIC conference rival Maconquah Braves on Tuesday winning 16-0 in 5 innings.
The Panthers took quick work on Braves' pitcher senior Mark Beebe in his first start of the season. In the first inning, Beebe fell behind the Western hitters as he threw 50 pitches on the way to the Panthers sending 11 hitters to the plate and scoring 7 runs on 4 hits. After Beebe walked juniors Damon Reel and Connor Love, senior Mike Jakubowicz began the scoring with his RBI single as Reel scored in the first inning and it was all Western from that point on.
The Braves got its first hit of the game from senior Michael Brooks in the second inning, but finished with a total of three hits in the game with back-to-back hits from seniors Jordan Calendine and Caleb Green in the fourth inning.
The Panthers had solid play from its hitters and pitchers throughout the game. Western starting pitcher sophomore Adam Bolen got the win allowing one hit through three innings and struck out five batters. Western's relief pitchers only allowed two hits over the remaining two innings. Western finished with 16 runs on 16 hits. Jakubowicz smashed a three-run home run in the fourth inning and junior Clay O'Neal followed him with a deep shot of his own to increase Western's lead to 16-0.
Every Western player had some part in the scoring in the evening. The Panthers were led by senior Matt Reida, Love, Jakubowicz and sophomore Adam Bolen who each had multiple hits.
"We just wanted to come out and be the aggressor and we're hitting the ball really well," Western coach Ty Calloway said. "We're a little concerned with the number of innings pitched this week, so those five-innings games help with arms. Everybody who played today, played well. This team is just going to get better and better."
Maconaquah fell behind early and was never in the game from that point on.
"Our biggest problem is that we fell behind at the plate and on the pitching mound," Maconaquah coach Dustin Hays said. "When you do that against Western they are going to hit the ball. That was one of the biggest problems falling behind to a good hitting team and once they got on base they took advantage of what we gave them."
Western (4-1) travels to Twin Lakes Wednesday for a 5 p.m. start and Maconaquah (1-3) travels to Northfield on Thursday with the first pitch at 5 p.m.
Scores by inning:
1 2 3 4 5 Runs Hits
Maconaquah 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Western 7 0 2 7 X 16 16
Hitting statistics:
Maconquah-
20- Frantz 0/2, BB
1- Shaffer 0/2
16- Calendine 1/2
7- Green 1/2
25- Allen 0/2
3- Brooks 1/1, BB
27- Comp 0/2
2- Wolf 0/1
6- Murphy 0/1
28- Beebe 0/1
11- Ellers 0/1
Western-
11- Reida 2/4 (2-2B, 3RBI, R)
8- Reel 1/3 (1B, R, BB)
4- Love 2/2 (2-1B, RBI, SB, BB)
7- Ennis 1/1 (1B, RBI, R)
15- Jakubowicz 3/4 (2-1B, HR, 3RBI, 2R)
19- O'Neal 1/3 (HR, 2R, BB)
16- Bolen 3/3 (2B, 2-1B, 3RBI, 2R)
12- Platt 0/1 (R, BB)
20- Bugher 1/2 (1B, R)
10- Kuntz 1/2 (1B, RBI, R)
5- LaFollette 1/1 (2B, RBI, R, BB)
3- Pingleton 0/1 (RBI)
by Peter Adelsen
RUSSIAVILLE- The Western Panthers could do no wrong against MIC conference rival Maconquah Braves on Tuesday winning 16-0 in 5 innings.
The Panthers took quick work on Braves' pitcher senior Mark Beebe in his first start of the season. In the first inning, Beebe fell behind the Western hitters as he threw 50 pitches on the way to the Panthers sending 11 hitters to the plate and scoring 7 runs on 4 hits. After Beebe walked juniors Damon Reel and Connor Love, senior Mike Jakubowicz began the scoring with his RBI single as Reel scored in the first inning and it was all Western from that point on.
The Braves got its first hit of the game from senior Michael Brooks in the second inning, but finished with a total of three hits in the game with back-to-back hits from seniors Jordan Calendine and Caleb Green in the fourth inning.
The Panthers had solid play from its hitters and pitchers throughout the game. Western starting pitcher sophomore Adam Bolen got the win allowing one hit through three innings and struck out five batters. Western's relief pitchers only allowed two hits over the remaining two innings. Western finished with 16 runs on 16 hits. Jakubowicz smashed a three-run home run in the fourth inning and junior Clay O'Neal followed him with a deep shot of his own to increase Western's lead to 16-0.
Every Western player had some part in the scoring in the evening. The Panthers were led by senior Matt Reida, Love, Jakubowicz and sophomore Adam Bolen who each had multiple hits.
"We just wanted to come out and be the aggressor and we're hitting the ball really well," Western coach Ty Calloway said. "We're a little concerned with the number of innings pitched this week, so those five-innings games help with arms. Everybody who played today, played well. This team is just going to get better and better."
Maconaquah fell behind early and was never in the game from that point on.
"Our biggest problem is that we fell behind at the plate and on the pitching mound," Maconaquah coach Dustin Hays said. "When you do that against Western they are going to hit the ball. That was one of the biggest problems falling behind to a good hitting team and once they got on base they took advantage of what we gave them."
Western (4-1) travels to Twin Lakes Wednesday for a 5 p.m. start and Maconaquah (1-3) travels to Northfield on Thursday with the first pitch at 5 p.m.
Scores by inning:
1 2 3 4 5 Runs Hits
Maconaquah 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Western 7 0 2 7 X 16 16
Hitting statistics:
Maconquah-
20- Frantz 0/2, BB
1- Shaffer 0/2
16- Calendine 1/2
7- Green 1/2
25- Allen 0/2
3- Brooks 1/1, BB
27- Comp 0/2
2- Wolf 0/1
6- Murphy 0/1
28- Beebe 0/1
11- Ellers 0/1
Western-
11- Reida 2/4 (2-2B, 3RBI, R)
8- Reel 1/3 (1B, R, BB)
4- Love 2/2 (2-1B, RBI, SB, BB)
7- Ennis 1/1 (1B, RBI, R)
15- Jakubowicz 3/4 (2-1B, HR, 3RBI, 2R)
19- O'Neal 1/3 (HR, 2R, BB)
16- Bolen 3/3 (2B, 2-1B, 3RBI, 2R)
12- Platt 0/1 (R, BB)
20- Bugher 1/2 (1B, R)
10- Kuntz 1/2 (1B, RBI, R)
5- LaFollette 1/1 (2B, RBI, R, BB)
3- Pingleton 0/1 (RBI)
Kats jump on Panthers in first inning on way to rivalry win
Posted: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:42 pm | Updated: 10:41 pm, Mon Apr 26, 2010.
by Peter Adelsen
RUSSIAVILLE - Coming off of an 11-1 pounding from Lafayette Jeff Tuesday, the Kokomo Wildkats bounced back with consistent hitting and excellent pitching in its win over the Western Panthers 7-3 on Wednesday.
Kokomo jumped on the Panthers in the first inning scoring three runs off of Western senior pitcher Bryson Platt. Kokomo scored on back-to-back RBI hits from seniors T.J. Weir and Nolan Sanburn. Weir drove in senior Casey Shipley and Sanburn hit a two-run blast passed the center field fence to drive in Weir and himself.
Western got back a run in the bottom of the first inning with a home run to deep left field from junior Connor Love.
From that point on, it was consistency. Kokomo had it at the plate as a team and on the mound with Weir. Weir pitched a complete game in allowing three runs on seven hits.
With a 3-2 lead in the third inning, Kokomo senior Michael Reynolds hit a two-run homer to give the Kats some more breathing room.
The Panthers responded with an RBI double from junior Connor Love to bring in junior Damon Reel in the fifth inning, but that was the last Western would score in the loss to Kokomo.
"It was a big win," Kokomo coach Steve Edwards said. "Playing in a rivalry game against Western is always competitive for us and to come out and jump on them early with that three-run home run that was big."
Edwards said after the first inning start, the biggest hit in the game was Reynold's home run in the third inning.
"Ultimately when we jump out on top of teams, we're going to have a lot more confidence," he said. "I think we showed it."
Western coach Ty Calloway said the difference in the game was consistency on the mound and hitting at the plate.
"We didn't pitch that poorly, but their batting was a little more consistent at the plate than our guys up through the line-up," he said. "(Kokomo) could put one to two, two to three hits together. We would only get one (hit) here and one there and they had less strike-outs than we did."
Kokomo (4-1) next takes the field at 6 p.m. Friday against the Frankfort Hot Dogs. Western (3-1) next takes the diamond at 5 p.m. Tuesday at home against Mid-Indiana Conference rival Maconaquah Braves.
Tigers have components for success in 2010
Posted: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:37 pm
by Peter Adelsen
The 2010 Northwestern Tigers (17-8, 5-2 MIC in 2009) come into this baseball season wanting to play good baseball and would like to contend for the conference and sectional championships.
Coming into the season, the Tigers did not have any set objectives in mind. They just wanted to play good baseball.
"We really didn't have any goals coming into the season," Northwestern coach Ryan Berryman said. "We just wanted to play well and put together a good team. We have a lot of guys returning, so I feel we have a lot of key components to have a lot of success."
So far this season, the Tigers have put together a strong team with a record of 8-1 as of April 21.
Northwestern returns seven seniors to this year's line-up. They are Eric Osentoski, Toby Richards, Luke Miller, Cal Cossell, Danny Turner, Ray Schaaf and Trevor Gibson.
Around the infield, Berryman said his key returners are Miller and junior Austin Henderson.
"Luke has done a lot of key stuff for us for the four years," he said. "Austin has been a good power hitter for us. We're looking for them to continue to be hot."
As for the whole team at hitting, Berryman is optimistic this year.
"Up and down the order, I think we have enough to score runs and move the ball," he said.
As for pitching, the Tigers can go 10 or 11 deep on the mound. This year's pitching ace is junior Bryan Beachy.
"(Bryan) does a nice job mixing it up and keeping the ball down," he said. "He gives us an opportunity to win every night he gets out there."
A leader coming out of the bullpen is senior Trevor Gibson, who can also start for the Tigers.
For a look down the road this season, Berryman thinks he has a championship caliber team.
"I would like to think that we contend for MIC and sectional championships," he said. "We just got to continue to play good ball."
by Peter Adelsen
The 2010 Northwestern Tigers (17-8, 5-2 MIC in 2009) come into this baseball season wanting to play good baseball and would like to contend for the conference and sectional championships.
Coming into the season, the Tigers did not have any set objectives in mind. They just wanted to play good baseball.
"We really didn't have any goals coming into the season," Northwestern coach Ryan Berryman said. "We just wanted to play well and put together a good team. We have a lot of guys returning, so I feel we have a lot of key components to have a lot of success."
So far this season, the Tigers have put together a strong team with a record of 8-1 as of April 21.
Northwestern returns seven seniors to this year's line-up. They are Eric Osentoski, Toby Richards, Luke Miller, Cal Cossell, Danny Turner, Ray Schaaf and Trevor Gibson.
Around the infield, Berryman said his key returners are Miller and junior Austin Henderson.
"Luke has done a lot of key stuff for us for the four years," he said. "Austin has been a good power hitter for us. We're looking for them to continue to be hot."
As for the whole team at hitting, Berryman is optimistic this year.
"Up and down the order, I think we have enough to score runs and move the ball," he said.
As for pitching, the Tigers can go 10 or 11 deep on the mound. This year's pitching ace is junior Bryan Beachy.
"(Bryan) does a nice job mixing it up and keeping the ball down," he said. "He gives us an opportunity to win every night he gets out there."
A leader coming out of the bullpen is senior Trevor Gibson, who can also start for the Tigers.
For a look down the road this season, Berryman thinks he has a championship caliber team.
"I would like to think that we contend for MIC and sectional championships," he said. "We just got to continue to play good ball."
Titans banking on experience
Posted: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:06 am
by Peter Adelsen
The Taylor Titans (13-11, 2-5 MIC in 2009) look to be competitive in the 2010 season.
The Titans are returning seven starters and look to use that experience to its advantage.
"We have high expectations for ourselves," Taylor coach Jeremy Luna said. "We return an extremely solid core of guys."
Luna also said that he hopes that having four seniors and eight juniors brings the needed experience and no nerves out on the ball field.
Within the experience, Taylor returns two stand-out returnees, who are all-conference seniors Seth Vautaw and Dalton Tinsley. Last season, Vautaw had a .420 batting average and Tinsley had a .470 batting average.
"You throw those two guys into the mix, who are two of the top hitters in the county, we feel real confident," Luna said. "We feel like our expectations are extremely high and we'll see what happens when we go out and play the games."
Luna admits that it will be tough knocking down the perennial top teams of Western, Northwestern and 2A state runner-up Lewis Cass within the conference.
"Us, Eastern, Maconaquah, Peru, we're always trying to fight for the scraps," he said. "I think some of us are ready to step up and take on that three-headed monster up at the top. The best part about baseball is that you've got to go out and play the games."
In Taylor's opening game on March 29, Titans' junior Tyler Simmons threw a four-inning no hitter with 11 strike outs in the 3-1 win against Frankton.
by Peter Adelsen
The Taylor Titans (13-11, 2-5 MIC in 2009) look to be competitive in the 2010 season.
The Titans are returning seven starters and look to use that experience to its advantage.
"We have high expectations for ourselves," Taylor coach Jeremy Luna said. "We return an extremely solid core of guys."
Luna also said that he hopes that having four seniors and eight juniors brings the needed experience and no nerves out on the ball field.
Within the experience, Taylor returns two stand-out returnees, who are all-conference seniors Seth Vautaw and Dalton Tinsley. Last season, Vautaw had a .420 batting average and Tinsley had a .470 batting average.
"You throw those two guys into the mix, who are two of the top hitters in the county, we feel real confident," Luna said. "We feel like our expectations are extremely high and we'll see what happens when we go out and play the games."
Luna admits that it will be tough knocking down the perennial top teams of Western, Northwestern and 2A state runner-up Lewis Cass within the conference.
"Us, Eastern, Maconaquah, Peru, we're always trying to fight for the scraps," he said. "I think some of us are ready to step up and take on that three-headed monster up at the top. The best part about baseball is that you've got to go out and play the games."
In Taylor's opening game on March 29, Titans' junior Tyler Simmons threw a four-inning no hitter with 11 strike outs in the 3-1 win against Frankton.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Western looks to defend conference title, move further in tourney
Posted: Saturday, April 17, 2010 8:59 am
by Peter Adelsen
The 2010 Western Panthers baseball team (18-7, 6-1 MIC in 2009) looks to become more mature this season in its defense of the Mid-Indiana Conference championship.
"We had two out of three things going for us last year," Western coach Ty Calloway said. "Those things were our consistency game in and game out and defense. It was our pitching that we were a little thin at. We were just inexperienced."
In looking toward this season that is under way, Calloway says the pitching has improved.
"I think our pitching staff is going to be a lot deeper than it was last year," he said. "It's got to be. That's what kept us out of the state tournament last year."
In the 2009 season, the Panthers were defeated by Benton Central in the final game of the sectional.
As for this year, Western has a solid line-up that also includes two sophomores and two freshman. Standouts include senior short stop Matt Reida, who has started every game since he was a freshman. Other stand-outs are seniors Bryson Platt, who was 4-0 last year pitching with an ERA under 3 last season, and center fielder Mike Jakobowicz, who is expected to drive in many RBIs this season, Calloway said.
"We don't have any real serious holes in our line-up," he said. "There are no easy outs anywhere in our line-up."
He said he is hopeful to see senior Drew Brantley back on the diamond this year. Brantley nearly died after he collapsed on Feb. 17 and now wears an automated external defibrillator, or AED.
"We are optimistic to get Drew back," he said. "He's a good little hitter."
The Panthers would like to take it a bit further in tournament than last year, Calloway said.
"We want to win the conference as our first objective, then we want to advance as far as we can in the state tournament."
by Peter Adelsen
The 2010 Western Panthers baseball team (18-7, 6-1 MIC in 2009) looks to become more mature this season in its defense of the Mid-Indiana Conference championship.
"We had two out of three things going for us last year," Western coach Ty Calloway said. "Those things were our consistency game in and game out and defense. It was our pitching that we were a little thin at. We were just inexperienced."
In looking toward this season that is under way, Calloway says the pitching has improved.
"I think our pitching staff is going to be a lot deeper than it was last year," he said. "It's got to be. That's what kept us out of the state tournament last year."
In the 2009 season, the Panthers were defeated by Benton Central in the final game of the sectional.
As for this year, Western has a solid line-up that also includes two sophomores and two freshman. Standouts include senior short stop Matt Reida, who has started every game since he was a freshman. Other stand-outs are seniors Bryson Platt, who was 4-0 last year pitching with an ERA under 3 last season, and center fielder Mike Jakobowicz, who is expected to drive in many RBIs this season, Calloway said.
"We don't have any real serious holes in our line-up," he said. "There are no easy outs anywhere in our line-up."
He said he is hopeful to see senior Drew Brantley back on the diamond this year. Brantley nearly died after he collapsed on Feb. 17 and now wears an automated external defibrillator, or AED.
"We are optimistic to get Drew back," he said. "He's a good little hitter."
The Panthers would like to take it a bit further in tournament than last year, Calloway said.
"We want to win the conference as our first objective, then we want to advance as far as we can in the state tournament."
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