BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Dagger]

I think this is one of the most intriguing pre-seasons for the WIAC!  There's a lot of parity in the league this year, and although I feel the three top dogs will remain the same for a while to come yet, their order will certainly rotate from year to year.  The fourth spot is the real exciting part this year...I feel lax, platteville and superior all have a an equal shot at grabbing that last spot.  All of those teams are very different in their strengths and style of play, but they are all very capable of winning some close games.  Going to be very interesting to see how things pan out this year for those three.  There has been a pretty good mix over the past few seasons with teams grabbing that fourth playoff spot in the tourny which is nice to see, and good for the conference also.  superior will now take stouts spot as a contender for that 4th seed as I don't figure stout to compete well in conference this year...could be wrong though, don't know much about them actually but they have seen a significant decline in talent over the past three or four seasons.  Anyone know anything on recruits that they have brought in, or how they are looking this year?

[badgerwarhawk]

WHITEWATER has posted it's 2009 roster.  In addition to the graduating seniors neither Greg nor Tom Donovan, Jordan Stine, Brett Adamson, Joe Munn, Bryant Ganser, Steve Hedgepath and Kevin Harves are on it.

New faces include pitchers Kyle Lee (Beaver Dam), Eric Schmitz (Fond du Lac) and Tony Wong (Appleton North); infielders Adam Francor (Wausaukee), Travis Wessles (Tomah) and Ryan Leavitt (Merrill) and catchers Rob Coe (Appleton North) and Brandon Egnarski (Watertown).

http://www.uwwsports.com/roster.asp?path=baseball

The WARHAWKS open play Thursday vs. St Marys (Mn) in the Metrodome.

[Barber Greene]

WHITEWATER has posted it's 2009 roster.  In addition to the graduating seniors neither Greg nor Tom Donovan, Jordan Stine, Brett Adamson, Joe Munn, Bryant Ganser, Steve Hedgepath and Kevin Harves are on it.

New faces include pitchers Kyle Lee (Beaver Dam), Eric Schmitz (Fond du Lac) and Tony Wong (Appleton North); infielders Adam Francor (Wausaukee), Travis Wessles (Tomah) and Ryan Leavitt (Merrill) and catchers Rob Coe (Appleton North) and Brandon Egnarski (Watertown).

http://www.uwwsports.com/roster.asp?path=baseball

The WARHAWKS open play Thursday vs. St Marys (Mn) in the Metrodome.

No Stine or Munn is disturbing...that is 2/3 of the starting outfield from a year ago

[Barber Greene]

Rob Coe appears to be Doug's brother and a transfer from Point....I hope the talent transfers from Doug to Rob!

Tony Wong returns to the Warhawks after not playing in 2008

[badgerwarhawk]

Adamson will be missed in the outfield as well. 

Thanks, I was wondering about Rob Coe. 

[cubs]

I thought Wong had played with the Warhawks in the past....  Interesting to see he is also listed as an OF, as he had solely pitched in the past.

[OshDude]

I would like to amend my predictions. Point's looking very good to me right now. The Whitewater roster gets a wow from me.

Good info to start the year. We got the heads-up on the Donovans and Stine. Don't recall reading anything about Joe Munn not playing. Sorry if I missed it.

Tried to get an idea of the Whitewater transfers, but I got minimal info on most. And that info was sometimes shady, such as CJ Herrforth's stats in Johnson County CC's media guide saying he had a 3.36 ERA after giving up 8 ER in 16.2 IP.

[Dagger]

Even knowing of some of their losses earlier in the year, I'm still in shock after seeing that roster.  It's hard to be too critical before any of them get a chance to prove themselves over the course of the season, but they really took a hit this year!  This is why I had thought WW would finish 3rd this year....

[poly god]

Here's Points' roster. This is not from their website. It has not been posted yet.
Fritz-ss/Spash So.
Nix-P/Osseo Sr.
Saeger-ss/Watertown Fr.
Krueger-3b/Portage Jr.
Cummings-2b/Prentice Sr.
Mielke-2b/Waunakee Fr.
Kakwitch-3b/ West Depere Fr.
Richter-1b/of/ Rosholt Jr.
Bloom-c/ Tomah Sr.
Iverson-2b/ Eau Claire North Fr.
Ullman-of/ Freedom Fr.
Van Beck-p/ Hartland Arrowhead Fr.
Koback-of/p Spash Fr.
Povlick-p/ Greendale Jr.
Schoch-of/1b Chippewa Falls McDonell Central Fr.
Thomas-p/3b Oshkosh West So.
Delorit-p/ Southern Door So.
Kramsky-c/ Glendale Nicolet So.
Surman-of/Kimberly So.
Lorenz-p/Pembine Jr.
Kouba-p/Denmark So.
Spurney-of/ Manitowoc Lincoln Jr.
Zielke-p/ Watertown Sr.
Hemstead-p/ Deforest Sr.
Archambeau-of/p Watertown Jr.
Williams-p/Baraboo So.
Barry-p/Wilmot Sr.
Rennicke-c/Mequon Homestead So.
Mittelstaedt-p/ Oshkosh North Fr.
Considine-c/Portage So.

[OshDude]

Superior's roster is also up.
Link to Point's.

[ShineTime]

Did Blizel, Hoerter, and Engelbert not make the team?  I thought Point was really counting on these guys to step in and contribute this year.  Wasn't Blizel the state legion player of the year this past summer?  What's up with so many catchers on the roster?  I think the only thing holding Point back this year is their problem making a decision behind the plate.  To me it's an easy answer, Consadine.  Use Bloom as a DH if anything he's not going to throw many people out.

[OshDude]

Did Blizel, Hoerter, and Engelbert not make the team?  I thought Point was really counting on these guys to step in and contribute this year.  Wasn't Blizel the state legion player of the year this past summer?  What's up with so many catchers on the roster?  I think the only thing holding Point back this year is their problem making a decision behind the plate.  To me it's an easy answer, Consadine.  Use Bloom as a DH if anything he's not going to throw many people out.

I had no idea Mittelstaedt was a catcher. I've seen him pitch, DH and play 1B. Learn something everyday. I'm also curious to read the answer of your first question.

[poly god]

From what I know Engelbert and Blizel quit. Mittelstaedt is a pitcher. It must have been a Typo?

[cubs]

What about 1B Ethan Bestul from Little Chute?  I know he was listed on the Pointer press release regarding the 2008-09 recruits, but he is also not listed on the roster.

[poly god]

I do not know about Bestul or Hoerter. I do know that they only had to make one cut this spring and that was Riegel the left hander from Hortonville. He looked good in the fall. I was surprised by that. I think they clocked him in the mid to upper 80's. Darn good for a lefty. Maybe control was an issue?