BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[REDMENFAN]

WLCAlum: I'm not saying it won't be a good game, I was just stating that because then those who tune in would get to see one of Carthage's top pitchers, as well as all their starters (Augie will most likely play several back-ups like he has always done in non-conference games)

[BigPoppa]

WLCAlum: I'm not saying it won't be a good game, I was just stating that because then those who tune in would get to see one of Carthage's top pitchers, as well as all their starters (Augie will most likely play several back-ups like he has always done in non-conference games)

I am not sure that this will be a typical non-conference game for Carthage. They are going to be a bubble-team at best for the NCAA bid and they are currently behind Concordia in the Central Region rankings... Augie may turn the dogs loose in this one.

[WLCALUM83]

REDMAN FAN:  Need to clarify 2 things.

--1  My intent was to speak up in defense of Concordia-Chicago--after all, the telecast will give the first-year NAthCon some positive PR--given the Cougars' good overall record.

--2  The dogfight I referred to was to get into NAthCon's conference tournament. (Just so no one's confused by that part of my earlier post.

Didn't mean to make you think I was arguing with you.

(BTW, do you happen to remember the Carthage/Alma playoff football game a few years back? Little did anyone know at the time that John Weiser was covering a game with a future Gagliardi Award winner--Alma's Josh Brehm. Brehm won the award a couple of seasons later. If memory serves correctly that was the year that Carthage made that deep playoff run with Dante Washington & Co.)

[REDMENFAN]

WLCAlum, I in no way was trying to argue either. BP makes a good point about Carthage's situation though and now that I think about it I agree that both teams will most likely play their top guys, except for their top 3 pitchers.  Also, I absolutely remember the Carthage/Alma playoff game.  Carthage was down the whole game til the end when they came away with a 37-34 victory (i believe that was the score). Carthage lost in the elight 8 to mount union. Game was tied with a few minutes left in the 3rd quarter, Washington fumbled for his first time all season at midfield, and Mount went on to score 3 unanswered touchdowns.

[BigPoppa]

NCAA Regional Rankings are out:

Central
1. Luther 20-4 23-6
2. Wartburg 21-5 24-8
3. Illinois Wesleyan 22-5 25-9
4. Washington U. 27-7 28-9
5. Augustana 21-9 26-10
6. Edgewood 18-8 22-9

It is painful to not see Carthage and their 20-8 in-region record not in this list. Hopefully things will change this week if Carthage can stay hot and steal a Pool C bid in the event they do not win the CCIW tourney.

[Pat Coleman]

BP thanks for the info. I wish they were filming a conference game, but I'll take it!

I wish they were taping it, or DVRing it. Film is such an outdated technology and I don't think the picture is that good either.

[Titan Q]

IWU defeated D1 Illinois State tonight 3-2.  ISU threw their ace...IWU threw their #4, freshman Alex Tosi.  An impressive win for Dennis Martel and the Titans.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2007/05/03/sports/doc463aa712361dc777643084.txt

[REDMENFAN]

As much as this pains me, congrats to IWU for winning and a good showing for the CCIW

[football2007]

My son will be attending Carthage in the fall for football, has always played baseball so i am interested in catching a game if possible.  Can someone tell me if Carthage makes it out of the tournament and into regionals where would they play.

[BigPoppa]

My son will be attending Carthage in the fall for football, has always played baseball so i am interested in catching a game if possible.  Can someone tell me if Carthage makes it out of the tournament and into regionals where would they play.

It could be anywhere in the Midwest... most likely at Illinois Welseyan as they may have the inside track on hosting the regional(other sites have included St. Louis, Kenosha, Chicago suburbs and even Mississippi).

[REDMENFAN]

Ah, Mississippi. What was the reward for being ranked second in the country for much of the year...go on a bus and play in a six team regional 1,000 miles away!

[BigPoppa]

Ah, Mississippi. What was the reward for being ranked second in the country for much of the year...go on a bus and play in a six team regional 1,000 miles away!

A slight oversight in the NCAA system...

[REDMENFAN]

BP, how's your team doing? I'm a first year teacher and in my first year of coaching. Team isn't doing so hot right now, but we're extremely young and the future looks very bright. We start 5 freshman and 2 sophomores on varsity!

[WLCALUM83]

Just another note to add on the Concordia-Chicago/Carthage 5/08 game. Concordia/Chicago clinched a berth in the NAthCon conference tournament today--so both teams are at least conference-playoff bound.

Anything to whet the appetite a bit more. What the heck? 

[BigPoppa]

BP, how's your team doing? I'm a first year teacher and in my first year of coaching. Team isn't doing so hot right now, but we're extremely young and the future looks very bright. We start 5 freshman and 2 sophomores on varsity!

We are very young... I will have all but one player back next year. We are getting pounded this year, but we are at least competitive in most of the league games.