BB: AMCC: Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

[jhcrb]

Crystal is going somewhere-but I heard he is not staying at FSU-probably in the AMCC. Unless the young pitchers do well for FSU, I agree that the hitting will be down from last year. They will challenge for the AMCC top spots but after this season, that remains to be seen after Sidorowicz and the other asst. coach leaves.

[hank stein]

I did hear that Frostburg got beat bad and they could be in trouble this spring. I will tell  ya that the recruited freshman class will have to produce (they will have to mature quick). The soph and jr.'s are the potential weak link. The seniors have good leadership.

It was my understanding that one of the freshman pitches may be hurt, and potentially out for the season, and one of the freshman outfielders had some kind of finger injury so he missed a good part of fall practice, but he is expected to be ok I believe.

Whether the players will respond to their new coach will have to be seen.

I think Frostburg's work in the off-season will determine its success in the spring. IT'S A LONG SEASON.

[hank stein]

William Shields-Frostburg's assistant coach resigned. Apparently some of the players never new about if until they saw it on Frostburg's website. Things just keep on getting better over there. WHY would you not tell your players before it is released to the public.

[hank stein]

Can anyone clarify Coach William Shields status with Frostburg. I am hearing conflicting data.  Has he resigned or is he just coaching a summer league? Hopefully he is staying and my information is wrong. I have heard that he is doing a good job with the new coaching transition.

[rjburke]

Frostburg's schedule is up:
No Florida trip, no nationally ranked opponents, only two regionally ranked and one regional playoff opponent. Probably will get in 30 of 39 scheduled because of weather.
Definitely a downgrade from past two years.

[hank stein]

Didn't Frostburg go overseas a few years ago?

[KiX]

Crystal is not staying in conference. I hear he may be going to Salisbury. Frostburg is having serious issues with games and players. I heard some players were in some off campus trouble. The returning seniors also said they would rather be sponsored by under armour or nike rather than spending the money on 10 extra games. I can't believe they have 40 games now and about 30 will be played. The new president and athletic director over there are tearing that baseball program apart.

[hank stein]

Frostburg: WOO. I did not hear about the off campus trouble-what is that all about.

I did hear that one of the freshman catchers Frostburg recruited is not returning and one of their freshman pitcher recruits may be ineligible due to grades. That means at least 2 of their top 5 recruits probably will not be on the field in the spring.

I also heard that other schools are shaking out their freshman also. That first quarter is tough!

I have watched Frostburg close, if Frostburg can develop and keep their freshman, they will be major contenders.

[hank stein]

Now that we are almost ready to crank up the season, any last minute news. I did hear that some top teams in the conference may have been hit with player eligibility issues (grades, etc...)

[hut1]

Bradford staying under the radar where Butler likes it
great soph class
nice pitching staff
Do Not discount this team

[hank stein]

With the season well under way, who are the top seniors, suniors, soph's and freshman sop far?

[Hawk]

Any thoughts or opinions on the upcoming AMCC season?  I'm not familiar with the conference and would be interested for some info on what to look for this upcoming season.

[rodcarew]

Hawk
    Welcome to the AMCC. My son plays for LaRoche, but I wanted to give you a neutral opinion of the Conference based on last years All-Conference teams as well as what I saw last year.
    Top Teams: PSU Behrend, Frostburg St., LaRoche, Pitt Bradford, and Pitt Greensburg
    Top Pitchers: Behrend- D. Koerbel (Returning Player and Pitcher of the Year)
                         A. Chrobak, B. Cain
                         Frostburg St-G. Wolfe,F. Forshay,T.Conner
                         LaRoche- P. Avolio, A. Cirocco
                         Pitt Bradford- B. McCracken
                         Pitt Greensburg- M. Zukowski
                         PS Altoona- P. Keith
                         Mt. Aloysius- D. Hutzell-Ellis( If he's still there, may have graduated)
   Top Position Players:
                         Behrend- D. Dubensky,J. Fyffe,J. Gray,G. Lang
                         Frostburg St- J. Clark, J. Kroboth
                         LaRoche- J. Alessio, K. Borman, G. Nahay,D. Bosco,C. Kirkwood
                         Pitt Bradford- J. Bifano, M. Seech
                         Pitt Greensburg- C. Hoffner, M. Stanziano, S. Molyneaux
                         PS Altoona- G. Luzier, RJ Barnard
                         Hilbert- M. Schoepflin
                         Mt Aloysius- D. Clark, B. Nolan
                         Medaille- B. Lumadue
                         Franciscan- New to the Conference this year
I hope that's a pretty fair assessment! Lots of good players, lots of good games, hope you enjoy everything about it! I'm sure I missed some great players, hopefully somebody can add some players to watch!
                         

[Hawk]

RC,
     
     Thanks alot for the info, I really appreciate it!  I'm really looking forward to the spring and seeing some good competition.  Good luck to your son and to all the teams this season!  I'll be following the action and checking in here for any insight. 

                                                         Thanks again,
                         
                                                                       Hawk

[hank stein]

Ha gang:

It's almost show time.

Hawk,  good luck to your son. It's a great day when you can watch your son play a little ball.

Behrend may be the team to beat, with Frostburg in 2nd. Frostburg has a very young team with a lot of potential.  If Frostburg's sophmores and juniors come to play, Behrend will be in for a battle.