2009 recruits

I was not committed to another school before I decided to come to Heartland. I actually committed fairly early, I believe in September/October.

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Originally posted by J.Weaver #5:
I was not committed to another school before I decided to come to Heartland. I actually committed fairly early, I believe in September/October.

J. Weaver 5

Great meeting you this past week. Heartland CC has a boat load of talent.

You guys are all very professional and will do excellent + you could not ask for a better school/programm and coaching staff at Heartland.

Metz and his staff do a great job on and off the field.

Can't wait for the new stadium next year.

Say "HEY" to all the players for me, especially Iggy and Aggy. See you guys very soon.

Good luck.....

I want to second that Metz and his staff do a great job. I've know Coach Metzger for some time now and he and I have discussed baseball over the years. He's the kind of coach that I'd love to have my child play for.

2nd that !!

Congrats to Ryan Crowley (LHP Morton) committed to University of Missouri

Missouri loves those Illinois lefties, that's three years in a row they went after one. Zagone, McFarlan, Now Crowley.

Who knows if Crowley will see a day there...

Congrats Ryan!

congrats to ryan, i know he features the dirty split finger, but what is is velocity at now, when i last saw him he was consistantly at 85, and what else does he feature besides the split and fastball?

Ryan had days where he was at 85-86 one day and then there were days like down in cincy this past summer where he was topping out at 92. Ryan now has a pretty good slider that he has been working on. Still is working on a changeup.

Does he throw a hard splitter? or is it more of a forkball?

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Originally posted by Nails:
Missouri loves those Illinois lefties, that's three years in a row they went after one. Zagone, McFarlan, Now Crowley.

You'd be leaving out 2006 graduate (LHP) Nathan Culp who pitched for Edwardsville High and was taken in the 4th round of the draft.

thanks for filling me in, McFarlan was also a 4th rounder. thought i'd see some more committments by more players by this time.

My sources in Springfield tell me that Tanner Howell has committed to Wright State in Ohio.

Joel Greatting (Columbia HS INF-RHP) has made the 2nd committment to SIU-Edwardsville!

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Originally posted by Ben_Diggle:
My sources in Springfield tell me that Tanner Howell has committed to Wright State in Ohio.

Confirmed. Congradulations Tanner.

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Originally posted by fastball09:
Joel Greatting (Columbia HS INF-RHP) has made the 2nd committment to SIU-Edwardsville!

Who was the first?

Jake Naumann RHP/IF Naperville North HS, University of Evansville.

Justin Kopale SS St. Rita HS, Wright State University

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Originally posted by gitnby:

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Originally posted by fastball09:
Joel Greatting (Columbia HS INF-RHP) has made the 2nd committment to SIU-Edwardsville!

Who was the first?

The first was Brooks McDowell (Libertyville HS RHP).

Justin Ringo 1B/OF Amos Alonzo Stagg HS, Stanford University

Jordan Parr, 3B/SS, Illinois Valley Central HS to Illinois State.

Congratulations Justin! Jake Naumann Naperville North to Evansville. Congratulations Jake!

Thanks Jim. I'll pass your congrats on to Jake.

Give Sean our congratulations as well! It will be fun watching these guys over the next few years.

Tell the family "hello."

Ian Krol has verbally committed to play for Coach Andy Lopez at the University of Arizona

Tony Schaeffer (Carlyle) LHP/OF verbal to SIU-Edwardsville

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Originally posted by fastball09:

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Originally posted by gitnby:

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Originally posted by fastball09:
Joel Greatting (Columbia HS INF-RHP) has made the 2nd committment to SIU-Edwardsville!

Who was the first?

The first was Brooks McDowell (Libertyville HS RHP).

2009 OF/IF Bobby Schuch Brother Rice HS, Bradley University

Ian Gardeck (RHP) from Crystal Lake South H.S. has verbally committed to Dayton University. Congratulations to Ian and his family. I am very proud of his accomplishment and wish him the best of luck in his future.

We discussed on here about junior college and how they compared to Division one programs. Iowa Central junior college beat Iowa University in a scrimmage this past weekend. Junior colleges are alot stronger than most you think. Tons of talented players going there to save money, get drafted, etc etc.

Congratulations to Ian! That makes 4 D1 signings for the FVC 2009 class. Does anybody know of any others that are about to happen?

I meant verbal agreements, not signings obviously.

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Originally posted by Nails:
We discussed on here about junior college and how they compared to Division one programs. Iowa Central junior college beat Iowa University in a scrimmage this past weekend. Junior colleges are alot stronger than most you think. Tons of talented players going there to save money, get drafted, etc etc.

Actually, Iowa won the scrimmage...

Iowa vs. Iowa Central

Iowa won that game 9-6. Iowa played almost their entire roster, the box score is on the UI website. Iowa Central used 3 pitchers, UI used 10. Iowa Central used only 2 subs in the field. Looks like iowa Cent played to win and UI played it for what it was, an exhibition game. Let's not get too carried away with the JUCO love.

looking at how they use subs is not a way to tell who was playing to win and who wasn't. That's the one thing a D1 has over a juco, they have alot more depth. I'd say there's plenty of juco's that can compete with D1 teams, their top 12 guys are very comparable. You sure they only played one game? I know what's actually posted but just like everything they don't always post negative things. Just wondering.

Not saying juco's are better just saying they aren't greatly inferior like earlier mentioned on here. I know you guys have kids on Iowa so to even mention that they might lose to a juco or a juco played them tough your probably taking great offense to it. Just saying juco's can and are tough and not a step down like many believe.

Nails, None of it is a big deal in the fall (who wins or who loses a game). In the fall, it is just about everyone gaining more experience.

Troy Batron (Libertyville RHP) has committed to Eastern Illinois. Congrats Troy!!!!

Behind Stevenson I would say that Libertyville has the best 1-2 punch in Barton and McDowell in the NSC. The only problem is they need a 3rd pitcher to emerge to really boost them over the top to win conference.

GREAT! Another D1 pitcher in the NSC! Yikes! What's that make - 5? 6?

Lake:
Firth (Stevenson RHP) Clemson
Sorkin (Stevenson RHP) Illinois St.
Robin (Stevenson LHP) Ohio
Kennedy (Warren LHP) Jacksonville
Barton (Libertyville RHP) Eastern Illinois
McDowell (Libertyville RHP) SIU-Edwardsville

Prairie:
Lahrman (Wauconda RHP) Dayton

That is 7 pitchers from the NSC that have made verbals to D-1 teams. 5 out of 7 of those guys are on Libertyville or Stevenson. The NSC is one of the best conference in the state this year. You got Warren, Libertyville, and Stevenson all looking loaded. You also have a solid Lake Forest team and a always good Mundelien team. Zion isn't a gimme this year with two solid arms as well.

Dan Rowe committed to Eastern Illinois. This is a kid that didn't play his junior year because he was behind a senior. This is a kid that still found a way to get noticed, probably at summer state when PR was advancing. I think this is a good example of if your good they will find you.

I see a ton of kids that want to play Varsity as sophmore's and try to get the Varsity coach to guarantee their son plays Varsity and if he isn't going to they threaten to transfer. Hats off to this kid who waited his turn, learned from a senior who was good, and let his talent find him a spot to a good school. Congrats.

Nails, That is not entirely a true story. Dan started the season as the starting second baseman but lost his job to a sophomore, Ljungren. In my opinion, that makes this scholarship an even better example of perserverence.