St. Marys Legion Post 323

St. Marys Outslugs Fairborn

Three-run homers from Mickie Grothause and Greg Stoll highlighted the Post 323 offense as St. Marys outslugged Fairborn 15-10 Tuesday night at K.C. Geiger Park.


Fairborn 10

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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HIMSWORTH ss/p........... 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 3 0
JOHNSON c................ 4 1 1 2 2 2 8 2 0
MILLER 2b/ss............. 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 3
ROBINSON p/3b............ 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2
JESSE 1b................. 5 1 2 0 0 1 9 0 2
SCHMITT 3b/2b............ 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MARLETT rf............... 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
SCHOOL p/rf............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CLEMENTS lf.............. 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
COMER cf................. 3 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 0
Totals................... 38 10 12 7 7 5 24 9 10

St. Marys 15 (6-8)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf.............. 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Spearman ss......... 5 3 3 2 0 1 3 3 0
Mickie Grothause c....... 4 2 1 3 1 2 6 1 0
Alex Lochard 1b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nathan Wilson 1b........ 2 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0
Nick Coberly p.......... 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Ray 3b/1b........... 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3
Greg Stoll cf............ 5 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1
Colin Paynter dh/p....... 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
Cale Tabler rf........... 3 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0
Tyler Bruns p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals................... 37 15 12 12 7 10 27 17 6


Fairborn IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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ROBINSON............ 3.0 4 5 2 3 4 13 17 79
HIMSWORTH........... 3.0 5 7 1 3 4 15 18 70
SCHOOL.............. 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 12
SCHMITT............. 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 7 7 22

St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Tyler Bruns......... 5.1 9 9 6 5 2 26 33 112
Colin Paynter....... 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 9
Nick Coberly........ 3.0 3 0 0 1 3 10 11 48

St. Marys Legion Post 323 Schedule/Results

Monday - 06/07 A Troy Legion - L 6-5 (0-1)
Wednesday - 06/16 A Miami Valley Wolverines - L 3-1, L 5-3 (0-3)
Thursday - 06/17 A Fairborn Legion - - L 4-2 (0-4)
Friday - 06/18 H Lima Legion - W 4-0 (1-4) (1-0 District 2)
Saturday - 06/19 A Findlay Legion - L 11-4, W 8-3 (2-5)
Monday - 06/21 A Springfield Bulldogs - W 10-6, W 6-2 (4-5)
Thursday - 06/24 H Pemberville Legion - W 6-3 (5-5)
Saturday - 06/26 H Lima Buckeyes - L 3-0, L 14-3 (5-7)
Sunday - 06/27 A Pemberville Legion - L 13-8 (5-8)
Tuesday - 06/29 H Fairborn Legion - W 15-10 (6-8)
Wednesday - 06/30 A Van Wert Legion - W 7-4 (7-8) (2-0 District 2)
Saturday - 07/03 A Lima Buckeyes - L 20-14 (7-9)
Monday - 07/05 A Marysville Legion - L 8-7 (7-10)
Wednesday - 07/07 A Lima Legion - W 8-6 (8-10) (3-0 District 2)

Sunday 07/11 - Saturday 07/17 - District #2 Tournament @ Lima

Sunday 07/25 - Friday 07/30 - State Tournament @ Lancaster

Edited by Yellow_Jacket06, 08 July 2010 - 11:14 PM.

Post 323 Holds On for 7-4 Win at Van Wert

St. Marys led 7-0 heading to the bottom of the eighth, only to see Van Wert bring the potential tying run to the plate in both the eighth and ninth before winning 7-4 Wednesday night at Smiley Park.


St. Marys 7 (7-8,2-0 Dist. 2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf.............. 5 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Spearman ss......... 5 0 3 1 0 2 1 2 2
Mickie Grothause c....... 3 0 0 0 2 1 15 0 1
Alex Lochard dh/p........ 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Nick Coberly p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Stoll cf............ 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Bill Ray 3b.............. 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Colin Paynter rf......... 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 5 1 3 1 0 1 2 3 1
Dustin Gerlach 1b........ 4 2 1 1 0 2 4 0 1
Jake Lawler p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 7 13 6 5 10 27 6 13

Van Wert 4 (2-14,0-2 Dist. 2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Grant Ripley cf.......... 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
Justin Riley ss/p........ 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 3 0
Joey Overmeyer lf........ 5 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 2
Caleb Girod 1b/rf........ 4 0 1 1 1 2 7 0 2
Tyler Putman 2b/ss....... 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 0
Jared Bourelle 3b........ 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Charlie Miller p/1b...... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
Chad Schumann c.......... 4 2 3 0 0 1 11 2 0
Jacob Wortman rf......... 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
Dustin Hitzeman 2b...... 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 33 4 8 3 7 15 27 10 9


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jake Lawler......... 7.1 4 3 3 5 11 24 29 -
Alex Lochard........ 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 -
Nick Coberly........ 1.1 2 1 0 1 4 6 7 -

Van Wert IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Charlie Miller...... 7.0 8 6 6 4 7 27 35 -
Justin Riley........ 2.0 5 1 1 1 3 11 12 -

St. Marys Outslugged by Lima Buckeyes

Post 323 hit four home runs in the game, including two from Mickie Grothause, but it wasn't enough as the Lima Buckeyes won 20-14 Saturday afternoon in Kalida.


St. Marys 14 (7-9)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf/p............ 5 4 3 2 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Spearman ss/p....... 4 2 2 1 2 0 3 3 0
Mickie Grothause 3b...... 6 2 3 7 0 3 1 1 0
Alex Lochard dh/p........ 6 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 3
Greg Stoll cf............ 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0
Kaleb Coil 2b/ss......... 5 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 0
Cale Tabler rf........... 6 1 3 0 0 3 6 0 5
Wil Fridley c............ 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3
Colin Beer 2b/lf........ 3 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Dustin Gerlach 1b........ 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 1 2
Colin Paynter p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 47 14 17 13 7 16 24 9 13

Lima Buckeyes 20 (10-3)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Matt Rader cf............ 6 2 4 0 0 0 4 0 4
Ross Guisinger lf........ 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Matt Hampshire 1b/dh..... 4 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 2
Nate Fitch rf............ 6 4 2 3 0 1 2 0 1
Cory Stephens ss......... 5 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 0
Matt McKinney 3b/1b...... 6 2 5 5 0 0 2 0 0
Tyler Bly c.............. 5 3 2 3 1 0 14 1 2
Tony Rader dh/3b......... 4 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 1
Paul Schulze 2b.......... 6 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
Brian Lybarger p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Chris Boyd p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Cory Herr p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 47 20 23 19 6 4 27 4 11


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Colin Paynter....... 2.2 7 6 5 2 1 13 17 -
Alex Lochard........ 1.1 2 3 2 1 1 7 8 -
Dave Spearman....... 2.1 9 8 6 1 1 17 18 -
Jon Lowe............ 1.2 5 3 3 2 1 10 12 -

Lima Buckeyes IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Brian Lybarger...... 4.1 6 4 4 2 7 19 21 -
Chris Boyd.......... 2.2 7 6 3 2 5 17 19 -
Cory Herr........... 2.0 4 4 4 3 4 11 14 -

Post 323 Drops 8-7 Decision at Marysville

St. Marys held a two-run or bigger lead three different times, but it wasn't enough as Marysville rallied for an 8-7 win Monday night at Marysville.


St. Marys 7 (7-10)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf.............. 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
Dave Spearman ss......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
Mickie Grothause c....... 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
Alex Lochard 1b.......... 4 2 1 0 1 0 8 0 0
Greg Stoll cf............ 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Bill Ray 3b.............. 4 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0
Colin Paynter rf......... 4 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 2
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0
Cale Tabler dh........... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Jake Lawler p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Nick Coberly p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 34 7 7 6 5 2 24 9 10

Marysville 8

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Sean Fleming cf.......... 3 3 3 1 2 0 7 0 0
Cameron Chambers rf...... 2 1 2 2 1 0 3 1 0
Kyle Nelson 3b/1b........ 5 1 2 3 0 0 4 2 2
Vince Graber dh.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Clifton c......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 3
Troy Gase c............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Corey Gould 2b........... 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0
Kurtis Watkins 2b....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zach LaRoche lf.......... 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Steele 1b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 2
Nate Hodnichak ph/3b.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Tyler Graber ss.......... 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1
Matt Brown p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Anderson Hasting p...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 33 8 12 7 4 5 27 13 9


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jake Lawler......... 6.0 11 7 7 4 2 27 33 -
Nick Coberly........ 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 6 8 -

Marysville IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Matt Brown.......... 4.2 6 7 6 3 1 20 27 -
Anderson Hasting.... 4.1 1 0 0 2 1 14 17 -

St. Marys Wins District Two Regular-Season Title with 8-6 win at Lima

Post 323 jumped out to a 5-0 lead and held on down the stretch for an 8-6 win at Lima Wednesday night at Simmons Field, clinching the District Two regular-season title.


St. Marys 8 (8-10,3-0 Dist. 2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf.............. 5 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0
Dave Spearman ss......... 4 2 3 0 1 0 0 3 0
Mickie Grothause c....... 2 0 0 0 2 2 9 0 0
Alex Lochard 1b.......... 5 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 2
Greg Stoll cf............ 3 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 0
Bill Ray 3b.............. 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Colin Paynter rf......... 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Tyler Bruns dh........... 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Dustin Gerlach p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Nick Coberly p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 36 8 12 6 4 5 27 9 8

Lima 6 (18-6,1-2 Dist. 2)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Garrett Black ss......... 2 2 1 0 3 1 2 4 0
Luke Morgan cf........... 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0
Mike Snider rf........... 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Bogan c............. 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 3
Tyler Gallant lf......... 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
Mac Hampshire dh......... 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Tyler Deitering 2b/p..... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 2
Keaton Sullivan 3b....... 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0
Nathan Heffner 1b........ 4 0 1 1 0 0 14 2 1
Virgil Ellett p/2b....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Totals................... 32 6 6 4 7 9 27 19 7


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Dustin Gerlach...... 7.2 3 5 3 6 8 25 32 -
Nick Coberly........ 1.1 3 1 1 1 1 7 8 -

Lima IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Virgil Ellett....... 6.0 10 8 3 2 3 29 33 -
Tyler Deitering..... 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 7 10 -

District Two Tournament Schedule

Saturday, July 10th - #2 Lima 5 vs. #3 Van Wert 0 - 1:00 PM
Sunday, July 11th - #1 St. Marys 5 vs. #2 Lima 10 - 1:00 PM
Tuesday, July 13th - #1 St. Marys vs. #3 Van Wert (Forfeit)

Wednesday, July 14th - #2 Lima vs. #1 St. Marys - 7:00 PM

Thursday, July 15th - GAME 5 (IF NECESSARY) - 7:00 PM

Edited by Yellow_Jacket06, 13 July 2010 - 11:29 PM.

Post 323 Falls to Lima in Winner's Bracket Final

Lima broke open a 2-1 lead with eight runs over the fifth through seventh innings and went on to a 10-5 win over St. Marys in the District Two winner's bracket final Sunday afternoon at Simmons Field.


St. Marys 5 (8-11)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf/p............ 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Dave Spearman ss......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1
Alex Lochard 1b.......... 4 0 2 1 1 0 9 1 1
Bill Ray 3b.............. 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2
Greg Stoll cf............ 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3
Mickie Grothause c....... 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 2 0
Colin Paynter rf......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 2 0
Tyler Bruns dh/p......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cale Tabler ph/lf....... 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Lawler p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Totals................... 33 5 7 4 7 2 24 15 8

Lima 10 (20-6)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Garrett Black ss......... 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 5 0
Luke Morgan cf........... 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0
Tyler Deitering 2b....... 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 3 0
Cory Rieman ph/2b....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Tyler Gallant lf/p....... 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1
Mike Snider c............ 5 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0
Mac Hampshire 1b......... 2 1 0 0 1 0 11 0 1
Austin Anderson 1b...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Bogan dh............ 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3
Jeremy Chandler lf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keaton Sullivan 3b....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
Virgil Ellett ph/3b..... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Aaron Patterson rf....... 4 2 2 0 0 0 5 0 0
Nathan Heffner p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 34 10 15 8 4 4 27 14 7


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jake Lawler......... 4.2 8 4 4 3 2 18 23 -
Tyler Bruns......... 2.1 7 6 6 1 1 13 15 -
Jon Lowe............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 -

Lima IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Nathan Heffner...... 8.0 5 2 2 5 2 27 32 -
Tyler Gallant....... 1.0 2 3 2 2 0 6 8 -

Van Wert forfeits due to only having 8 players. St. Marys moves on to face Lima in a must win game.

Edited by Yellow_Jacket06, 13 July 2010 - 11:28 PM.

District 2 is a joke now days.

Sad is that baseball is down. District 2 used to have Lima, Bellefontaine, Van Wert, St. Marys, Celina, and Sidney in league play.

Van Wert, Celina, Bellefontaine, and Sidney have all dropped baseball.

Sidney hopefully will bring back their program...but that is not a sure thing.
I doubt Celina and Bellefontaine will ever bring it back.

Van Wert...over there I hear that Acme baseball comes first. The post shows up with only 8 players...why even come when you can't start a game unless you have 9 on the field.

Sad way to run a tournament...I hear rumblings that District 2 and District 3 may combine next year...who knows...Legion baseball is going to have to open up the way they do things or they are going to lose the program state wide...they already do not play state at Ohio University anymore...it will be interesting to see how it does being played in Lancaster this year.

correction...Van Wert did not drop baseball...mistake on my part!

Voice is told St Marys won't have a team much longer either if Shoffner remains the coach.

The Voice has spoken

Lima Ends Post 323's Season 6-3

St. Marys broke out to an early 3-0 lead, only to see Lima score the final six runs of the game as Post 96 advanced to the state tournament with a 6-3 win Wednesday night at Simmons Field. Jon Lowe of St. Marys was named the regular-season MVP while Lima's Mike Snider was selected as the tournament MVP.


St. Marys 3 (9-12)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jon Lowe lf.............. 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
Dave Spearman ss......... 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 5 1
Alex Lochard 1b.......... 2 0 1 2 2 0 7 0 0
Bill Ray 3b.............. 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Greg Stoll cf............ 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
Mickie Grothause c....... 3 0 1 0 1 0 4 1 1
Colin Paynter rf......... 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
Kaleb Coil 2b............ 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 0
Tyler Bruns dh........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Dustin Gerlach p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nick Coberly p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 3 8 3 6 5 24 10 8

Lima 6 (21-6)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Garrett Black ss......... 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 4 1
Luke Morgan cf........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0 2
Tyler Deitering 2b....... 4 0 0 0 1 3 4 6 1
Mac Hampshire rf......... 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0
Mike Snider c............ 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0
Mike Bogan dh............ 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
Justin Krebs 1b.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 1
Keaton Sullivan 3b....... 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1
Aaron Patterson lf....... 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Tyler Gallant p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virgil Ellett p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 6 7 5 6 5 27 11 9


St. Marys IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Dustin Gerlach...... 4.1 4 6 3 6 4 17 25 -
Nick Coberly........ 3.2 3 0 0 0 1 14 14 -

Lima IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Tyler Gallant....... 7.0 7 3 3 5 4 25 31 -
Virgil Ellett....... 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 6 7 -

More ignorance from the self-proclaimed Voice.

Sad...Shoffner is a good coach and a player's coach at that...
Same story is coming out of Van Wert...and believe it or not Lima.

Players play...whiners quit. If you know of a team where the coach is 100% liked by every player on the team...and the parents...let me know...I would like to see that!!! LOL

In today's world the coaches have more frustrations than they did 20 years ago. Parents complaining, players complaining, field work, practice schedules, game schedules, media attention...in most instances NO PAY for the coach. He is doing it because he loves coaching and being around the game of baseball.

Real players will play for that coach...whiners whine...and then quit.

Voice what is the reasoning on Shoffner not being back next season? I always thought he was a pretty good guy and a very good coach.

If you only knew what the ones on the inside know... but not to be discussed on this type of forum.

The Voice has spoken

wow, who are you to rip on coach shoffner? i had him as a coach when i played for sidney legion years ago and he was one of the best coaches i have ever had! he taught me not only fundamentals but how to love and play the game the right way. he coaches legion ball voluntarilly!! u try running a team knowing you are not getting paid, and the only reason you are doing so is because you love the game! no one has any right to rip on a man teaching kids how to play baseball and to love the game.... baseball is a dying sport around the area and he is one of the few who lives for baseball 24/7

Billy is a great coach and a great guy...he, like almost every other coach I know, is probably tough to play for some times...but that is athletics and life.

Baseball is a dying sport in this area, both high school and summer...mainly because of basketball and football..there are many kids that used to play summer ball (acme or legion) all the time and were also stars in the other two (Todd Boeckman comes to mind), many of the coaches don't like to share anymore in the summer...hopefully this trend turns around soon!!!