High School Scores

Maine South 7
Glenbrook North 6

Friday Result:

Young - 9
Kenwood - 8

Dae Bowden HR, 4 RBI
Troy White 3 for 4

Saturday Result:

Young - 12
Harlan - 2

Joe Frahm - Winning Pitcher
Julian Kenner - HR
Jack Cinoman - HR, Double 5 RBI

Young - Record 16-4

2bagger, what is your issue with they and tj hitting again? this is twice you mentioned it in the last two posts, if no one listened to you the first time, what makes you think they listen a second?

I've always thought 2bagger has had some very good insight into the local scene. I'd bet he has spent a lot more time around some of these players than the HS Coaches have.

Perhaps the kid's HS Coach didn't realize he was a very good hitter. Those things happen, especially to pitchers. I know a pitcher who was hitting the living daylights out of the ball, but his HS Coach decided he couldn't hit, having never seen him in the batter's box. And that team couldn't hit.

Maybe PR needs his bat after all.

I guess my point is I think tj should be hitting and I am glad that he is. Is that a problem for some reason? I was stating my opinion if that is okay.

It is always ok to state your opinion, so state it. In my opinion you have yet to do that
example one
"I guess pr is glad they figured out that tj can hit"
example Two
"Good thing they decided tj could hit again"

This is not opinion, it's sarcasm. It wasnh't until I called you out that you stated your opinion.

Fastball, I am not questioning his insight. I am sure there was pretty good reason why TJ didn't hit earlier in the season.

I will state this I have never seen a coach write out a line-up that he didn't think will give his team the best chance of winning. Something to think about.

I am glad you figured it out playball. Once again I was stating that I think tj can and should hit. If it came out sarcastic it was probably meant for roy since he has ripped a program on this site. Honestly though I thought most people would understand that when I write tj can hit they would figure out what I was saying. I am sure you are absolutley correct that a coach always makes out a line-up that he thinks can give his team the best chance of winning and I might add that there are never any outside influences in any program. That being said it appears that their current line-up at pr is doing fine. Once again so there is no misunderstanding this is just my opninion.

Again more sarcasm, well done, love the shots.

Sorry should have left the last line out

Hmmm...

Playball2....I sometimes think you make the mistake of thinking all coaches work and think as you would or do. I really doubt you would ever put a lineup out there that didn't give you the best chance to win, sooner or later. After watching for many years, it is clear that not all coaches either are able to or can do so.

Coaches are people too, and that means for better and for worse.

I know you are close to The PR Coach, but 2bagger makes good points and although I didn't see the sarcasm, it is an art!

Since all you guys are caught up in talking about the PR Wolves, I will too. The Ridge is 7-0 since the line-up change and have a new 2B, soph Chad Ljunggren. He plays good D and can stick it. He was 3-4 with 2 RBI's today and had the game tying 2 RBI single vs. Whitney Young on Thursday. I think he's 6-11 so far in his three varsity games. The other two 2B on PR were not getting the job done. Since this position was a little bit of a concern for the Wolves, they had to do something about it. And I think they are ok with their lineup situation for the rest of the season.

If someone wants to inject a little sarcasm to make their point ...so what ? Playball --you should let people speak their mind without trying to make them feel like they have broken some kind of golden rule . High school baseball coaches are human just like the rest of us . Im sure we all respect the job that the coaches have in front of them , but should be able to comment freely without being put down.

2bagger hadn't seen how TJ struggled in practice or in his early at bats in the season. The only wrong assumption may have been thinking the coaches didn't know TJ could hit. Of course they knew.

Haskins may not have seen TJ hit before...but Royer knew firsthand what damage TJ could do from coaching with the Hurricanes last summer. But you play games and practice in the present. TJ has really worked hard at getting his swing back on track. He along with his teamates have had a resurgence of late. But that is only the last 10 days. Still many games left.

But 2bagger has the right to his opinion...even if sarcastic. Not offended...just amused.

you should let people speak their mind without trying to make them feel like they have broken some kind of golden rule...

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but should be able to comment freely without being put down.

Sulltiger, you may want to read my response again, I simply stated and proved that there was no opinion posted. No put down present, just fact. I am not indifferent to opinion on any topic. Secondly, I am not responsible for how a poster feels who uses sarcasm to disguise an opinion. As far as a golden I believe that the use of sarcasm toward a coach or coaching staff (they, as it was stated) is flat out disrespectful. It's just my opinion.

Fastball, I am close with the PR coach and I am familiar with why TJ was not in the line-up early in the season.

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Highland Park over Maine West in a tightly contested game. Garrett Gordon went the distance for HP. HP was down 1-0 until the top of the 6th when Jon Menke tied the game with his base hit, before HP scored 3 in the top of the 7th to seal the victory.

This topic was intended for High School scores and was created because of expenses issues. Lets respect the site and argue on another post and leave this one for HS scores and the other one for College scores.

Congratulations to Matt Salemi from Richmond-Burton. He threw a perfect game against us last night and struck out 13. He controlled the count all day and only fell behind 3 of 21 batters.

That Salemi kid is awesome. Has a high motor and had plenty more in the tank when the game ended. I think UIC may never see him depending on where that kid is drafted.

Prairie Ridge 2
Huntley 0

Pitchers duo....Heesch was spot on today. Prokuski had it going all game as well. Game 2 today. Swank and Funke

Geneva 6
Batavia 4

Guerin 5
Maine South 3

What has happened to the Dons? Is the ESCC still that strong?

DGN over willowbrook today 14-7

The real story today was sean flanagan, with about 10 MLB scouts behind home plate, he was throwing gas. he touched 93 and 95.
one bright spot for Willowbrook was Chris Savas' home run off flanagan.

Prairie Ridge 12
Grayslake Central 0

Martini 5 innings....had his fastball going pretty good. Sam Zagone 2 innings very strong. Everyone hit.

Bradley-Bourbonnais 8

LWE 4

Taft- 5
Clemente- 4

Highlnd Park over Maine West 8-4. HP improves to 14-5/ 8-2 as Jon Menke goes 7 innings, giving up 5 hits. Menke also helped his cause with a 3 run homer, the team's 16th, by 8 different players.

Maine South 12
Niles West 3

The Hawks bomb %%$$&^^% en route to the victory. Ron Muck was the victor for Maine.

Edited by CoachB25 - No need to put a player's name here. I don't appreciate it. That is not the intent of this site and violates the board policy. Please don't do that.

Jacksonville 12
Chatham 4

W - Chaser Todd, CG, 4-1. 4-5, 2HR's
A.J. Barnes - HR

quote:

Originally posted by ballyall:
Maine South 12
Niles West 3

The Hawks bomb %%*)*%% en route to the victory. Ron Muck was the victor for Maine.

Shouldn't that be:

Maine South Bombs Niles West 12-3. Ron Muck got the victory for Maine.

Edited to remove a player's name. See previous quoted post for more.

Cowboyfan

Chaser plays the game the way its supossed to be played. Good to see him doing well.

Geneva 7
Batavia 6

Do you know who pitched for Batavia?

Krolokowski pitched for Batavia.

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Originally posted by Roy Hobbs fan:
Prairie Ridge 12
Grayslake Central 0

Martini 5 innings....had his fastball going pretty good. Sam Zagone 2 innings very strong. Everyone hit.

Hobbs you crack me up. Not to discount the talent on PR but lets be fair. GLN is not quite the talent that PR is, in fact your division in the FVC is not that strong. Actually PR has has had problems with the other division. So lets see where you end up in a few weeks.

Good luck

HHHMMMM

Where in my post did I ever say anything about the talent we play in our division Marco? GL Central is who we played in case you want to pay closer attention. Just reporting scores. So chill man !

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Originally posted by Roy Hobbs fan:
HHHMMMM

Where in my post did I ever say anything about the talent we play in our division Marco? GL Central is who we played in case you want to pay closer attention. Just reporting scores. So chill man !

I noticed you never report who PR lost to.
Have fun

PR is the best team in the FVC, mostly due to their pitching depth. There are better or equal hitting teams in the conference.

Tonight in Chillicothe, IVC beats Driscoll 10-4. Sophomore Cody Kentzel gets the win for the Grey Ghosts. Sophomore Derek Sprout goes 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Josh Parr goes 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Billy Seiler goes yard.

For Driscoll, Anthony Campanella got the loss, but was 3-for-3 at the plate.

Good game tonight and if the weather holds, should be some very good games at Bartonville tomorrow in the Statewide Showdown.