SHREVEPORT, La. – A day after finding out he was the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week, junior Chris Zapata of the Centenary Gents baseball team was selected for this week’s D3Baseball.com Team of the Week, released Tuesday, March 6, the fourth edition of the list in 2017. Despite being ranked #16 Perfect Game, the Gents are not yet in the top-25 in the D3Baseball.com poll. However, Centenary received 28 points in the poll to be the top “Also Receiving Votes” team in the SCAC. Trinity received 26 votes, while Texas Lutheran garnered three votes. Representing this week’s team as the catcher, Zapata is the third Maroon and White player this season and the fourth overall to receive this distinction (Junior Kaleb Kirk and
Wednesday, March 1, was the 3rd game of the Chino Hills Varsity Baseball season. In this game, versus West Covina, Jacob Hobson took the mound in search of increasing Chino Hills’ record to 2-1. Jacob Hobson was excellent in his pitching performance on Wednesday by going to four innings, allowing no runs, two hits, and striking out 3 hitters. All three of Hobson’s strikeouts were on curve balls and had West Covina’s hitters out in front all game. Jacob Hobson was so successful in his start due to his mixing of speeds between his fastball, curveball, and change-up. The offense for Chino Hills was phenomenal by racking up eight runs on ten hits to give Jacob Hobson the win. The offensive star of the game was Gavin Woodward who went 4-4 with a
A.J. Pierzynski starting at catcher, a leader in the clubhouse as well on the field, look to see Pierzynski and Tyler Flowers splitting time 50/50 behind the dish this season.
Freshman Braden Zarbnisky came of in relief of Ross. He pitched 3.1 innings, earning his third win of the season. The right-hander surrendered one run on one hit.
Koepp began the week collecting a key RBI is Calaveras’ come-from-behind victory over the Linden Lions. She also scored a run in the 10-7 win. Against Bret Harte, Koepp had a monster day at the plate, going 3 for 3 with a double, eight runs batted in and two runs scored. And against Argonaut, Koepp picked up another hit and stole a base.
ATHENS, Ohio -- Phillip Tomasulo may be leading the Great Lakes Collegiate League in stolen bases with 15, but he likes to take things slow. He is living in the moment without looking back or getting too far ahead.
SHREVEPORT, La. – For his play this past week in helping Centenary baseball win it’s first Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title, junior Chris Zapata has been named to the D3Baseball.com Team of the Week as a catcher for the second time this season.
Over the next few days we'll rate VandyMania's top five offensive and defensive players. Today we'll take a look at Pinson, Alabama native Zach Cunningham.
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In his platform season, Mr. Martinez continued to play as the right fielder for the Detroit Tigers outfield. He appeared in 158 games and led the team with 38 home runs which ranked 11th in the entire American League. In the 158 games played, which is a team high, Mr. Martinez also led the
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Coppet helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas to win back-to-back national championships in 2015. He finished his senior season with 43 tackles, and four interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown. It's also clear from his film that he is an extremely physical player. Whether it's in man coverage at the line of scrimmage where he lays out receivers,
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