BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[ShineTime]

This is very old news but apparently bloom wanted half of the money from whatever baseball function he and jirschele ran in Wausau even though he left the beginning of June and did nowhere near half of the work.  Worst part is bloom wiped out everything on the computer including important contact numbers for high school and college coaches meaning jirschele was stuck having to spend a ton of time getting that info.  Things did not end on good terms and I just assumed everyone knows this.

[cubs]

Now that we are nearly halfway through the WIAC schedule, what are people's thought on the "front-runners" for the WIAC Pitcher and Position Player of the Year?

Would seem to think La Crosse has a pretty good chance of pulling off the "double" (like Point did last year) with Caleb Boushley and Taylor Kohlwey putting up monster numbers so far this year. 

La Crosse's Justin Anderson would likely be in the mix as if Kohlwey starts to fall back to the pack and Whitewater's Lake Bachar will likely be in the running for the Pitcher award as well.

Who else deserves to be in the conversation?

[BigPoppa]

Worst part is bloom wiped out everything on the computer including important contact numbers for high school and college coaches meaning jirschele was stuck having to spend a ton of time getting that info.  Things did not end on good terms and I just assumed everyone knows this.

That is a  sticky situation, but those WERE Bloom's contacts. He was under no obligation to give them away (knowing he was still likely going to use those same contacts to grab recruits for WashU. He just eliminated  a competitor in the head-to-head recruiting process... this is a business. No different than a salesman taking his Roladex (remember those?) with him when he left to work for a competitor.

[badgerwarhawk]

Jirschele was an assistant at Point for four years.  Wouldn't he have become familiar with those contacts? 


The WARHAWKS split yesterday's double header with Platteville winning game one 8-3 before blowing a two run ninth inning lead and losing 4-3 in twelve innings in the second game. 

In the first game the WARHAWKS went ahead 2-0 with a pair of unearned runs in the their first at bat.  Trent Diekvoss's double in the fourth added a third run and the WARHAWKS added three more in the sixth on an error, Trent Borgardt's single and a base loaded walk making the score 6-0.  Platteville cut the deficit in half with three runs in the seventh on a single and a pair of extra base hits.  The WARHAWKS added a pair of runs in the eighth on an error and Cal Aldridge's RBI single. 

Hitting: Diekvoss: 2x5, 1 RS, 1 RBI, 2B; Borgardt: 2x4, 1 RS, 1 RBI; Aldridge: 1x3, 1 RBI, 2B; Helbing: 1x4, 1 RS, 1 RBI; A. Jones: 1x4, 2 RS; Kuczynski: 1 RS, 1 RBI.
Pitching: Bachar (W, 5-2): 7 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K; Gruetzmacher: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K; A. Jones: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.

Austin Jones hit solo home runs in the fourth and the sixth innings and Aaron Markley added an RBI double in the sixth staking the WARHAWKS to a 3-0 lead.  Platteville got a single run in the eighth and added two more in the ninth after two were out to tie the game 3-3.  Platteville stranded runners in scoring position in both the tenth and the eleventh before pushing the winning run across in the twelve when the lead off hitter doubled and a pair of singles followed.

Hitting: A. Jones: 2x5, 2 RS, 2 RBI, 2 HR; Markley: 2x3, 1 RBI, 2B; Aldridge: 2x6; Diekvoss: 1 RS.
Pitching: Nompleggi: 8 IP, 10 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K; Langlie: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K; Micheal Kaska (L, 0-1): 1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.

Austin Jones pitched a couple of innings this weekend for first time in over a year.  Jones missed last year and has been limited to playing outfield prior to this weekend.  It'll take some time before he's ready to join the rotation but if and when he does it will be a boost to the WARHAWKS pitching staff.  Even in relief he could help the team quite a bit closing this year.

[cubs]

Austin Jones pitched a couple of innings this weekend for first time in over a year.  Jones missed last year and has been limited to playing outfield prior to this weekend.  It'll take some time before he's ready to join the rotation but if and when he does it will be a boost to the WARHAWKS pitching staff.  Even in relief he could help the team quite a bit closing this year.

This is EXACTLY the role I would use him in!!!! 

I know it might be a little bit more difficult from a warm-up standpoint since he is typically in the game, but to have that guy you can go to to get the last 3-6 outs is so valuable.  Just look at what Sadowske did for La Crosse last season in that very same role!!!

[badgerwarhawk]

Now that we are nearly halfway through the WIAC schedule, what are people's thought on the "front-runners" for the WIAC Pitcher and Position Player of the Year?

Would seem to think La Crosse has a pretty good chance of pulling off the "double" (like Point did last year) with Caleb Boushley and Taylor Kohlwey putting up monster numbers so far this year. 

La Crosse's Justin Anderson would likely be in the mix as if Kohlwey starts to fall back to the pack and Whitewater's Lake Bachar will likely be in the running for the Pitcher award as well.

Who else deserves to be in the conversation?

As it stands today Kohlwey would seem to have a strangle hold on position player of the year.  He's hitting 50 points higher than Anderson, leading the league in hits, runs scored, doubles, triples, total bases, slugging %, on base % and he's 2nd in runs batted in and home runs.   He's fielding .949 which is good enough.  The only WARHAWK who may be in the discussion, assuming the rest of the year plays out like the it has so far, is Cal Aldridge.  Aldridge is solid fielder and hitting over .500 but 1) he's a freshman and 2) even I have to admit he isn't Taylor Kohlwey.  Buryznski is playing again but he's missed a bunch of games.  He's a legit candidate under normal circumstances but missing so many games may take him out of the discussion.  If so, too bad, he can play. 

Bachar and Boushey are probably the two finalists for the pitching award.  Right now I'm trying to figure out whether Ankur Shah is for real.  I have to admit I wasn't overly impressed last year but he's a better pitcher this year (at least so far).  He's worked his way into the starting rotation and his last two starts have been solid so he should be seeing more innings the rest of the season.  His numbers solid to date.  I'm interested in seeing how that plays out.   

[AppletonRocks]

Worst part is bloom wiped out everything on the computer including important contact numbers for high school and college coaches meaning jirschele was stuck having to spend a ton of time getting that info.  Things did not end on good terms and I just assumed everyone knows this.

That is a  sticky situation, but those WERE Bloom's contacts. He was under no obligation to give them away (knowing he was still likely going to use those same contacts to grab recruits for WashU. He just eliminated  a competitor in the head-to-head recruiting process... this is a business. No different than a salesman taking his Roladex (remember those?) with him when he left to work for a competitor.

Did he take a check while the list was built--if so, they belong to the UW-SP program as well.   

[ShineTime]

Let's just hope none of the freshman that are playing a ton transfer.  I think jirschele needs to be given at least three years before judgment can be made.  It's safe to say he got bloomed but in the end hopefully he gets the last laugh.  Lacrosse I believe is going to take the conference and may finish 3 games ahead of whitewater.  I don't see anyway that point takes even one against lacrosse

[tomt4525]

Let's just hope none of the freshman that are playing a ton transfer. I think jirschele needs to be given at least three years before judgment can be made.  It's safe to say he got bloomed but in the end hopefully he gets the last laugh.  Lacrosse I believe is going to take the conference and may finish 3 games ahead of whitewater.  I don't see anyway that point takes even one against lacrosse

Follow your own advice

[badgerwarhawk]

This is going to be fun.

[cubs]

This is going to be fun.

Don't forget your popcorn!!!!

[ShineTime]

What happened to some of the recruits that were supposed to be coming to point?  Wasn't there a pitcher from down by madison area that was rather dominating is he at point or did he quit?

[tomt4525]

What happened to some of the recruits that were supposed to be coming to point?  Wasn't there a pitcher from down by madison area that was rather dominating is he at point or did he quit?

If you're talking about Zach Miller from Greendale...which is a suburb of Milwaukee....he's still at Point and redshirting this season...So is 1st Team All State Sam Sabinash, also from Greendale.  Point has a ton of talent returning next season.  Erickson and Thomka looked awesome against a decent Stout team over the wkd.

[ShineTime]

That's certainly a positive I think losing watson is probably the thing that hurt point the most.  I was hoping he'd come in and do close to what mitch Beau did last year. Kowalke is solid but is probably a better number 2 or 3 guy.  Either way there will be a ton of guys gaining experience so hopefully this is just one bad year and be back in contention next year.

[cubs]

What happened to some of the recruits that were supposed to be coming to point?  Wasn't there a pitcher from down by madison area that was rather dominating is he at point or did he quit?

If you're talking about Zach Miller from Greendale...which is a suburb of Milwaukee....he's still at Point and redshirting this season...So is 1st Team All State Sam Sabinash, also from Greendale.  Point has a ton of talent returning next season.  Erickson and Thomka looked awesome against a decent Stout team over the wkd.

I thought they got rid of redshirting at the D3 level??