BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BigPoppa]

The original Bad News Bear swung the lumber... only the best for Kelly Leek.

One of things I find interesting is that Leek was able to drive a motorcycle to his Little League games while smoking(as a 12 year old!)... I may have to give a slight nod to Hobbes for taking better care of his body during the season.

[augie_superfan]

Augustana starts their season in about 8.5 hours versus Hanover College.  For Augie's frist trip down south, they play, Hanover, Alma (2), Dubuque (2), and Clarke...not the toughest spring trip but the usual for Augie.  I'll try to get the updates from the guys whenever I can get ahold of them. 

In 2 more weeks, Augie returns to Florida and plays Greenville (2), St. Joe's (don't know fro where, maybe Maine), and Stevens Point.

Good luck Augie!!!

[augiefan]

Augie plays the mighty Golden Eagles of St.Joseph's College in Suffolk, NY.

[REDMENFAN]

Two separate spring trips?? Wow, fundraising must have went well for them this year!

[augiefan]

Augie beat Hanover 6-3 to open their season yesterday. Kevin Kuntz was the winning pitcher going 6 innings.

[BigPoppa]

Augie beat Hanover 6-3 to open their season yesterday. Kevin Kuntz was the winning pitcher going 6 innings.

Very nice... the CCIW is off to a 1-0 start... the more wins in the CCIW, the better when it comes to Pool C bids later in the year. I hope everyone has a great spring trip and pushes the CCIW to the top of the list.

[augie_superfan]

Two separate spring trips?? Wow, fundraising must have went well for them this year!

We have taken 2 separate spring trips the past 3 years...our early spring break always causes us to miss out on some good teams that have breaks later on.  We always fly down the second time on a thursday and play Friday, Saturday and Sunday and then fly back.  We had to pay some extra money and usually took part in some fundraising events throughout the year to make money.  My junior year we actually got to fly down both times which was nice to avoid that 24 hour bus ride down there.

[REDMENFAN]

I forgot that Augustana has the tri-mesters, so their breaks are at different times. Hey, if you can afford to go down south twice, why not? Good for the players and I'm sure the coaches have a good time as well after the games

[bataviapete]

I've also heard that Augie's travel expenses other than FLA are low.  They only have one non conference road game (Loras).  Most schools are willing to travel to play at a nice field like Augie has.  Also, it looks like only one overnight road conference trip. 

[zorbadagreek]

Whatever happened to Brian Mosher of carthage?? Is he still coaching??

[superstar]

congrats to kevin kuntz on the win.  representing streator, il. 

[BigPoppa]

Whatever happened to Brian Mosher of carthage?? Is he still coaching??

Mosher left Carthage and currently resides in the Atlanta area.

[REDMENFAN]

Mosher "Moe" was let go and Cory Everts took his place last year. I don't know exactly what happened with the situation, i heard a few different stories. Cory Everts was a former All American Pitcher at Carthage, and really knows a lot about the game from a pitching perspective. He ran a training facility in appleton for a few years, and I know trained several pro athletes, so he is also in charge of the off-season and in season workouts for the redmen.

[augie_superfan]

Augie lost on Monday 10-6 to Alma (MI).  Augie pounded out 15 hits but the pitching was not very good and they defense gave up 3 unearned runs.  Brandon Engle took the loss.  One encouraging note was the good relief pitching by Kevin Fogelsong (2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K).  He sat out the entire year last year with a torn labrum so hopefully this is a good sign of a return to health and strentgh in the throwing shoulder. 

Augie really should've beaten this Alma team but they will get another shot tomorrow. 

[BigPoppa]

Is Augustana now at 1-1 on the season?