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April 5, 2010
We had the pleasure of enjoying some absolutely gorgeous weather as the curtain went up for spring sports for 2010.
Let's take a look at some of the baseball tournament results from the early going.
Tony Perkins (Francis Howell-baseball coach) has put together an absolutely terrific tourney in the Midwest Classic. He has expanded the Midwest Classic to 16 teams. While most are St. Louis area teams, there are teams from Chicago area, Sioux Falls SD, Ray-Pec in this years event. Each team plays two games in pool play, then is seeded for the Championship or Consolation bracket. This year Vianney breezed to the title. The closest game for the Golden Griffins was the first round game as they rallied from an 8-2 deficit to win 15-13 over Ray-Pec. A similar story played out in the semifinals when O'Gorman (Sioux Falls, SD) plated 8 runs in the top of the first but couldn't stop the red-hot Vianney bats as Dalton Hewitt led the way with a HR, two doubles, 5 RBI's in the 21-11 Vianney victory. Using the strong hurling of Brian Schwabe, Vianney shut out Summit (4-2)10-0 for the tournament crown. Vianney is averaging 12.4 runs per game in their first 10 games as they've gone 9-1.
In the Troy Tournament a week earlier, Mike Hunt's Eureka team took home the first place hardware with a 5-1 win over a talented Ft Zumwalt South team. Aaron Vogt banged out 3 hits and Brett Vanover had two hits with 3 ribbies as Eureka pounded out 12 hits. Speaking of pounding the ball, Eureka outslugged CBC 20-11 in the semifinal game in a game that saw 8 (yes..eight) home runs by the two teams! Can you imagine hitting 5 home runs and losing ...ah, the beauty of high school baseball.
In the Buffalo Tournament Championship game, Clinton knocked of Springfield Catholic 5-4 as Clinton capitalized on the five defensive errors by the Fighting Irish.
Forsythe won the "Right off the Bat" Tournament with a convincing 12-1 win over Crane (4-3) . Forsythe is off to a sizzling start and is now 7-1 on the young year.
NEWCOMER of the WEEK... The tradition rich Oran (2-0)baseball program opened its arms to greet the terrific pitching performance of Freshman Kody Moore. Coming in after the starter had arm problems after just 2 innings, Moore surrendered only 3 hits, struck out 7 in the last 5 innings as his teammates rallied for a big 6 run 5th inning to grab a 7-3 win over Leopold. Moore retired the first 7 batters that he faced as his pitching turned the momentum completely around. Coach Mitch Wood, a frequent visitor to the STATE baseball Final Four, was very pleased with the outing.
STRONG PITCHING PERFORMANCES.... Mark Ryan (Carthage) went the distance as the Tigers tumbled the talented Webb City Cardinal team 6-4 in the opening round of the Branson/Republic Leadoff Tournament. Ryan gave up only two hits but struggled with control as he walked 13. Ryan worked into and out of trouble as the Cardinals left the bases loaded in two innings and left two men on base on three other innings !
Riley Veith (Purdy) shut out Diamond 4-0 on a sharp, complete game two-hitter. Veith struck out eight batters as Purdy raised won their second straight game after losing the first three games.
In the Chaffee 5-3 win over Kelly, Andrew Dooley pitched the complete game win. Dooley allowed no earned runs and struck out eight batters. Dooley also banged out two hits to help himself to the win.
WILDEST GAME OF THE WEEK................ The wind played all kinds of havoc with the defense of both teams, there were 30 hits, 13 errors (many attributable to wind) and the losing team batted all the way around its lineup in each of the first three innings ! Fredericktown outlasted Saxony Lutheran 19-17 in a score more suited for fall sports than spring. Spencer Sander had six RBI's in this game to raise his early season total to 14. Do you have a candidate for the wildest game of the week for the week of April 5-10, shoot me an email with some info at bryan@prepcasts.com
Best RALLY OF THE WEEK.... Trailing 8-5, Rolla went double figures (10 runs) in the bottom of the 6th inning to snatch a 15-8 win over St. Clair. Blayne Shockley went 2 for 3 while Jacob Zelasko was 2 for 4 in the Rolla win. If you have any BIG RALLIES this week...let me know at bryan@prepcasts.com
TEAMS OFF TO HOT STARTS...
Involved in two early season powerful tournaments , GAC South contenders Francis Howell (6-3) and Ft Zumwalt South (7-2) have already made an early impression. Brett Graves has been a two-way contributor for the Vikings. He's hitting .424 and 2-0 on the bump with a sharp 1.91 ERA. Meanwhile the Bulldogs, whose only losses have been to Eureka (6-0) and Vianney (9-1) are enjoying the sizzling start of Fred Ford at the plate. Ford is hitting .560, with a slugging average of 1.44 and has six home runs.
Kickapoo is 6-3 with some early impressive wins and narrow losses. Many teams use their #3-4 starters in these hectic tournaments. Coming to post-season time, the #1-2 hurlers will carry the load.
Oakville's record is unblemished at 7-0. The Tigers won the Lindbergh-Mehlville Tournament. After falling behind 11-0 to Northwest(4-3), the Tigers won a thrilling 15-12 win in the tournament. This week, the Oakville- Lafayette game may be heard on www.prepcasts.com. Check it out on Wednesday !!
Strafford, generally a strong program, is sitting at 5-2 which includes a 10-3 win over Stoutland-seemingly always a state-level power.
Ft Zumwalt North (5-0) is often overshadowed by the larger schools in the district but currently is atop the GAC North Conference with a perfect record. The Panthers pitching staff has only permitted four runs in the five Panther wins !!
We've mentioned them a couple times but we don't want to miss the Eureka Wildcats at 6-0. The Troy Championship is a wonderful feather in Mike Hunt's baseball cap. Eureka already owns wins over Ft Z South (7-2) and CBC (8-2).
In Jefferson County, Crystal City is holding a 5-0 record in the early going but have a long way to go.
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