BB: SLIAC: St Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[theoneandonly]

Just took a second look at Websters roster. Does anyone know what happened to
Victor Valdez? He hit 16 bombs last year for webster but I didnt think he was a senior.. Maybe im wrong.. either way does anyone know?

According to Webster's site, Valdez was a senior in 2010.  

I guess i did not realize that.. thanks for the info! That is another huge loss for webster.

Yes, those are some big numbers to offset -- .385, 16 HR, 70 RBIs, .770 SLG.

Speaking of big numbers to offset, what happened to Joe Biagini? He hit .367-13-62 in '09 and .295-7-42 in '10. He is not on the roster for Webster either.

AHH good call panther... that is who i was looking for but i could not remember the guys name.... ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUY?

and panther, whats your take on greenville this year?

[#1PantherFan]

Webster is definitely still the team to beat again despite the losses to graduation (7 AC players). They still return one 1st team AC (Stevenson), three 2nd team AC (Mueller, Genna, Schaefer) and one HM (Shelton). Spalding will finish in the top four but will be ineligible for the post season tournament. I believe Greenville will be able to get back to the tournament despite the fact that we'll return  just two AC players (2nd team - Hobar & HM -Trager). We not only lost AC players Neece, Leefers, & Hobbie to graduation but also 1st teamer Kye Winter (.310; 6-1 on the mound) who decided to go to school closer to home at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. We still return along with Hobar (.327) & Trager (.368), regulars David Massengill (.366; 5-4 on the mound), Cole Lawson (.280), Adam Wallace (.242), and Daniel Covert (.269; 3-0 on the mound). An impressive group of freshman will make some impact. I think the sleeper team, picked by the coaches to finish 6th will be Principia. I believe they'll make it to the tournament for the first time in many years.   

[theoneandonly]

Panther, I tend to agree with you on prin. They have gradually improved every year and seem to have a pretty solid pitching staff this season. They have started out 3-0.. Even though those games were against Rust (2 games) and St Louis Christian (1 game). Greg Ball had a solid start in his first game going 6 inning giving up only 4 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 6. and Nathan Gotch has started 2-0 with 13k's in only 7.2 innings pitched. They are playing ozark christian next so I expect them to come out of that with another 2 wins.

[#1PantherFan]

Greenville's Double-Header Against Illinois Wesleyan Cancelled

GREENVILLE, Ill. - Due to adverse weather and field conditions Greenville College's double-header scheduled for Saturday afternoon against Illinois Wesleyan has been cancelled.  It will not be rescheduled.  Greenville will resume play Monday, March 14 against Edgewood, as they travel to Winter Haven, Florida for their week long spring break road trip.

[#1PantherFan]

Greenville's Double-Header Against Illinois Wesleyan Cancelled

GREENVILLE, Ill. - Due to adverse weather and field conditions Greenville College's double-header scheduled for Saturday afternoon against Illinois Wesleyan has been cancelled.  It will not be rescheduled.  Greenville will resume play Monday, March 14 against Edgewood, as they travel to Winter Haven, Florida for their week long spring break road trip.

Well, the doubleheader has been rescheduled for today in Greenville starting at 1:00.

[#1PantherFan]

IWU wins Game 1 by the score of 9-1.

[#1PantherFan]

IWU wins Game 1 by the score of 9-1.

IWU wins Game 2 3-0.

[#1PantherFan]

Will Savage (Webster '10) has signed with the Joliet Slammers in the independent Frontier League, and Stefan Neece (Greenville '10) has signed with the Las Cruces Vaqueros in the independent Pecos League. Congrats to both!!

[theoneandonly]

Will Savage (Webster '10) has signed with the Joliet Slammers in the independent Frontier League, and Stefan Neece (Greenville '10) has signed with the Las Cruces Vaqueros in the independent Pecos League. Congrats to both!!

That is suprising about Neece. I dont doubt the talent one bit, the guy is a pure hitter. However, and this could just be hear say, but, I heard the only reason Neece went to Greenville was because it was close to home.. now hes across the country. REGARDLESS, congrats to both of these guys, definatly deserving.

[theoneandonly]

directly from d3baseball.com

Blue Jays earn 1000th win



Westminster (Mo.) won the 1000th game in the 116-year history of the baseball program and Coach Scott Pritchard recorded his 300th win as a head coach with a 9-8 victory over Grinnell Sunday in Fulton, Missouri. The Blue Jays now stand 1,000-935-9 all-time.

Pritchard joined the Westminster athletic department staff as the head baseball coach in 1999 after serving as head coach at Wisconsin-Stevens Point for three years. Pritchard guided the Blue Jays to back-to-back SLIAC titles and NCAA Division III national tournament appearances in his first two seasons, earning SLIAC Coach of the Year twice. He is now 209-199 over the past 11 seasons at Westminster and he stands 300-232 in his 14-year head coaching career. This season will be the last for Pritchard as he announced earlier that this will be his last season in a Westminister uniform.

Westminister started playing baseball in 1872. The Blue Jays won eight Missouri College Athletic Union titles (1912, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1960, 1961) and two SLIAC titles (2000, 2001).

[#1PantherFan]

Will Savage (Webster '10) has signed with the Joliet Slammers in the independent Frontier League, and Stefan Neece (Greenville '10) has signed with the Las Cruces Vaqueros in the independent Pecos League. Congrats to both!!

That is suprising about Neece. I dont doubt the talent one bit, the guy is a pure hitter. However, and this could just be hear say, but, I heard the only reason Neece went to Greenville was because it was close to home.. now hes across the country. REGARDLESS, congrats to both of these guys, definatly deserving.

Stefan played in the California Winter League the last couple of months in order to hopefully get noticed. It worked!

[Pat Coleman]

theoneandonly {remainder removed}

BigToughGuy: Tone it down, check the Terms of Service over what's considered appropriate posting. This is your official warning.

[BigToughGuy]

I'm sorry.  Why is my karma -47?

[CCIWFAN6]

Will Savage (Webster '10) has signed with the Joliet Slammers in the independent Frontier League, and Stefan Neece (Greenville '10) has signed with the Las Cruces Vaqueros in the independent Pecos League. Congrats to both!!

That is suprising about Neece. I dont doubt the talent one bit, the guy is a pure hitter. However, and this could just be hear say, but, I heard the only reason Neece went to Greenville was because it was close to home.. now hes across the country. REGARDLESS, congrats to both of these guys, definatly deserving.

Stefan played in the California Winter League the last couple of months in order to hopefully get noticed. It worked!

Is he from this area?

[Ralph Turner]

I'm sorry.  Why is my karma -47?

Whoever posted the comments on the several boards (if it was not you) was "smitten" by the readers who did not like the "trash-talking" posts.

When you get to about 200 posts, you will earn the ability to applaud or smite a poster for the post that they made.  A poster can smite one person one time in a 24-hour period.

It looks like a bunch of people on the various boards really did not like those posts!