2008 NWC predictions

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#21 B-Ball4life

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Posted 28 January 2008 - 10:23 PM

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Seems to me I heard the same talk on here last year from the Paulding faithful....... "great acme run" " return a ton of talent" "poised to make a run at the title" "great leadership" "valueable experience"........... Don't get me wrong, I think the Panthers could be a very good team this year but their traditionally slow start always kills them. If the Panthers get rolling early in the conference preseason they have a shot. If however they start as slow as normal a 4th or 5th place league finish is in their future. The leagueis wide open this year with five teams having a legitimate shot at the crown a three others with an outside chance. The conference champ could have 2 league losses this year and I would not be surprised in the least to see a tie for the crown.

I agree with you on this one with Paulding having slow starts but when they said this last year in having a great summer and contending for the NWC what happened to them? they didnt play LCC until late in the year and if i recall right before sectionals.... Thunderbirds won that one 13-0 in five inn. Kottenbrock threw a one hitter and Saine had two doubles off the fence and there both back this year with a strong team. Like everyone says pitching wins championships Im going with LCC for the title this year because Snider a solid #2 and some younger kids can step up with relief. With 9 or 10 seniors this year I dont think they can be beat in the confrence this year

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Posted 28 January 2008 - 10:27 PM

As far as I think Paulding another so so season finishing right in the middle of the confrence....
LCC is the team to beat in my mind anyone think different?

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Posted 28 January 2008 - 10:46 PM

QUOTE(B-Ball4life @ Jan 28 2008, 10:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I agree with you on this one with Paulding having slow starts but when they said this last year in having a great summer and contending for the NWC what happened to them? they didnt play LCC until late in the year and if i recall right before sectionals.... Thunderbirds won that one 13-0 in five inn. Kottenbrock threw a one hitter and Saine had two doubles off the fence and there both back this year with a strong team. Like everyone says pitching wins championships Im going with LCC for the title this year because Snider a solid #2 and some younger kids can step up with relief. With 9 or 10 seniors this year I dont think they can be beat in the confrence this year

I agree with you on LCC being the one to beat, thats why i picked them first. Having kottenbrock able to pitch most of there tough conference games will make it tough for them to lose.

What i disagree with is your info on the paulding , lcc game last year. It was after sectionals, and paulding ended up using there number 1 pithcher on saturday, along with there number 2. So neither one was able to go that monday. There number three had arm trouble, so they had to start a sophmore, that had hardly pitched on the varsity. To make things worse riley there number 1 and starting center feilder was benched for the game, and only pinch hit late when the game was out of hand.

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#24 B-Ball4life

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Posted 29 January 2008 - 08:16 PM

That is my bad on that one you are right I forgot LCC had a bye so they didnt play until that friday night

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#25 PHS9610

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Posted 29 January 2008 - 08:54 PM

Its all good b-ball 4 life.

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#26 Mr. Bulldog

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Posted 31 January 2008 - 09:32 PM

Bogart is only a Junior this year....being looked at by a couple schools.. Grove should be pretty solid this year...just gotta play consistent and i see them contending for the crown this year

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#27 B-Ball4life

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Posted 02 February 2008 - 10:41 AM

Who is this Bogart kid and how many players return from last year?

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 09:49 AM

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Predicted order of finish for the N.W.C. in 2008:

1. Paulding Gained valuable experience from summer programs. Competes strong with W.B.L.schools. Will play anyone.
2. Crestview Always a solid program. Briggs Orsbon great athlete. Team always solid defensively, very well coached on all levels.
3. Ada Vermillion: Very good hitter. Overlooked because of Dysert, better hitter. Embarrassed outside N.W.C.
4. L.C.C. Kottenbrock, Snyder decent pitchers. Saine, best left handed hitter in league. Shaky defense as a team. Hurting behind the plate.
5. Delphos Jeff. Coach puts in the effort. Battles other sports for player's committment. Will have a couple good pitchers. Growing program.
6. Col. Grove Beautiful facility. Solid young players. Energetic young coach.
7. Allen East Started summer program. Nowhere to play because of new school. One of the best hitters and catchers in the area. No one else.
8. Spencerville Marginal at best. Not a lot of talent. Look for walks, don't swing the bat. Although beat L.C.C. in summer ball.
9. Bluffton Lost Wiebentholer on the mound. Not much else. Need to create interest and build.
10, Lincolnview Lost diamond and best hitter. Coming off marginal season. 07 decent J.V. squad.

Give Allen East al little credit. Saying they have no one other than a catcher is completly idiotic. If this were the case then how can you put them at 7th in the league. You cant win any games with one player. They have a good core of players away from the Allen East catcher. The Allen East catcher has no speed and is injury prone.

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#29 rimrocker

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Posted 08 February 2008 - 04:48 PM

This year is a race between crestview,lcc, and ada in that order. delphos jeffeson is the dark horse candidate. Paulding will be a team capable of some big upsets but not consistent enough. There could be co-champions this year. LCC has a pitching staff that should keep them in every game. Ada has some great offensive firepower but like Crestview defense will play a huge role. Crestview has some great athletes and hitters and if they gel as a team defensively, they could get a piece of the crown.

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Posted 11 February 2008 - 12:23 AM

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Give Allen East al little credit. Saying they have no one other than a catcher is completly idiotic. If this were the case then how can you put them at 7th in the league. You cant win any games with one player. They have a good core of players away from the Allen East catcher. The Allen East catcher has no speed and is injury prone.

The KID you speak of has a name his name is Curt Yetman. I remember at he beginning of the year he was injury prone because he broke his ankle in winter work outs and still caught even when it wasnt fully healed. has guts if you ask me. catchers get beat up more than anyone and any catcher who does as well as he does with a broken ankle in cold ohio spring weather is gutsy if you ask me. give him some credit and quit putting him down for goodness sake. the ankle injury may be a reason for slowness. I saw him run at a Bowling Green prospect camp and he ran a fast 60 time for catchers. 7.7 or 7.6 is what I had on my watch.

I doubt however he can carry his team and the core of allen east you speak of isnt very strong. none of the kids work in the off season at baseball or any sport its obvious in their showings in all sports football basketball baseball and even golf. i doubt they can over come many. they might beat bluffton and lincolnview they lost to spencerville last year by a pretty good margin i think and spencerville is down right now. I think allen east wont have a good showing in the NWC for a few years. Maybe 3 or 4. Who knows, maybe the new coach will continue to turn things around ive heard he has done great things for the sport out at Allen East.

It will be close between Paulding (who was a suprise to me a) they were pretty tough last year, Crestview and LCC MAYBE. LCC lost some kids but still have a very solid core of guys who are seniors and juniors and TJ simms looked very good this summer at times. should be a good player coming up these next few years.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 10:07 AM

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The KID you speak of has a name his name is Curt Yetman. I remember at he beginning of the year he was injury prone because he broke his ankle in winter work outs and still caught even when it wasnt fully healed. has guts if you ask me. catchers get beat up more than anyone and any catcher who does as well as he does with a broken ankle in cold ohio spring weather is gutsy if you ask me. give him some credit and quit putting him down for goodness sake. the ankle injury may be a reason for slowness. I saw him run at a Bowling Green prospect camp and he ran a fast 60 time for catchers. 7.7 or 7.6 is what I had on my watch.

I doubt however he can carry his team and the core of allen east you speak of isnt very strong. none of the kids work in the off season at baseball or any sport its obvious in their showings in all sports football basketball baseball and even golf. i doubt they can over come many. they might beat bluffton and lincolnview they lost to spencerville last year by a pretty good margin i think and spencerville is down right now. I think allen east wont have a good showing in the NWC for a few years. Maybe 3 or 4. Who knows, maybe the new coach will continue to turn things around ive heard he has done great things for the sport out at Allen East.

It will be close between Paulding (who was a suprise to me a) they were pretty tough last year, Crestview and LCC MAYBE. LCC lost some kids but still have a very solid core of guys who are seniors and juniors and TJ simms looked very good this summer at times. should be a good player coming up these next few years.

I have a close inside source that tells me that a group of kids have been working out very hard over the last couple months and are very dedicated to baseball. You have no idea about anything that goes down here. Its obvious when you make uninformed statements like, "none of the kids work in the off season at baseball or any sport its obvious in their showings in all sports football basketball baseball and even golf."

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 12:38 PM

I personally know that some of the ae kids who arent in basketball this winter were participating in some good workouts which is good for them because its obvious that they may not have the most talented team but if they play hard and play together i think they should be a decent team this year.

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 12:39 PM

I personally know that some of the ae kids who arent in basketball this winter were participating in some good workouts which is good for them because its obvious that they may not have the most talented team but if they play hard and play together i think they should be a decent team this year.

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QUOTE(B-Ball4life @ Jan 29 2008, 12:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I agree with you on this one with Paulding having slow starts but when they said this last year in having a great summer and contending for the NWC what happened to them? they didnt play LCC until late in the year and if i recall right before sectionals.... Thunderbirds won that one 13-0 in five inn. Kottenbrock threw a one hitter and Saine had two doubles off the fence and there both back this year with a strong team. Like everyone says pitching wins championships Im going with LCC for the title this year because Snider a solid #2 and some younger kids can step up with relief. With 9 or 10 seniors this year I dont think they can be beat in the confrence this year

LCC has nine returning seniors, including the best pitcher in the league, after winning the league last year. While there are some other good players and teams in the league, LCC has to be the favorite going in.

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 09:07 AM

Grove returns everyone except JJ Harris(3rd base), Mike Schroeder(outfielder), Derek Neu(1st base), and Zach Gerdeman(outfielder).....the return....(Varsity)
Senior- Adam Osterhage
Juniors- Nate Bogart, David Creamer, Garret Wolfe, Brett Reed, Nate Schroeder
Sophomores- Jesse Maag, Brandon Hovest, and Kyle Stechshulte
they look to have a pretty solid team...i think Jake Miller might get some varsity time this year as a freshmen. I'll enjoy watching them play this year....they should be able to make a good conference and tourney run...

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Posted 21 February 2008 - 06:36 PM

How does Grove's pitching look? Who is the ace? What about the offense?

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 11:33 PM

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I can attest to that....was on the wrong end of few lopsided games back in the day...but then again..we sucked bad back then....LOL

I remember getting run ruled (+ 10) by Paulding. Had some guy who tossed about 90mph. Yes, we sucked !

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Posted 24 February 2008 - 03:16 AM

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I remember getting run ruled (+ 10) by Paulding. Had some guy who tossed about 90mph. Yes, we sucked !

Oh the good old days , where have they gone.

Just wondering what year you played, trying to figure out what pitcher your talking about. Its been a while since we had a flame thrower around here.

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Posted 24 February 2008 - 06:40 AM

QUOTE(PHS9610 @ Feb 24 2008, 03:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Oh the good old days , where have they gone.

Just wondering what year you played, trying to figure out what pitcher your talking about. Its been a while since we had a flame thrower around here.

Not sure about the pitcher throwback is referring to but I remember your catcher, Caserta(sp?) was beast then

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Posted 24 February 2008 - 08:49 AM

PHS9610...Jim Caserta, quite the player. Good fullback too, as I remember. I believe the game I mentioned was in 1974. No hitter in 5 innings by the guy. We went down 27-0. It was so bad I probably shouldn;t try to remember. I was glad that I hit the ball, of course didn't fall. He was one of the two hardest throwers I saw in High School. Might have a good curve. He had a lot of K's.

Adog.....did you throw a few in your day ?

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