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[CKUM]

Crestview made it in for the first time in a long time. How do the other teams stack up against them? The Knights are slated to face Russia on Thursday. Does anyone know anything about them. I have looked up their schedule and seen they have beat teams like Minster, but lost to teams like Marion Local and St. Henry. The Knights pitching has been great. Zollers and Balliet only gave up one run in Districts. Does Russia have the same? How is Fort Loramie, and I think the other team is Cincinnati Seven Hills? Any insight would be helpful. I am curious as to what the Knight's chances are for moving on.

[Captain_Brinn]

Crestview has not been to regionals since 2001, which is 9 years. It's not like its an eternity.

Crestview will have their hands full against Russia and Ft Loramie usually is a machine in baseball.

[Bigdogg79]

Ft Loramie will be the favored. They are very solid from top to bottom and have two very good pitchers.

Edited by Bigdogg79, 24 May 2010 - 02:28 PM.

[thecallmetater]

have to agree with bigdogg here. Loramie favorited (if thats a word) to win this one , but I would say that this regional can go anyway possible. The Russia vs. Crestview game should be good with both teams being very similar, and if I'm not mistaken I believe Seven Hills is ranked towards the top of D4 baseball polls. I can see this one also going either way if Loramie is not on top of their game, but if I was a betting man I believe it should be a Loramie vs, Russia final with Loramie advancing because of their pitching and defense. Not to mention they are not too bad at the plate with 8 of their 9 batters batting above .300 with the 9th batting .280

[Captain_Brinn]

In the final poll it was:
#4 Cincy Seven Hills
#9 Ft Loramie
Convoy Crestview was in the others section with some votes
Russia was unranked

[Yellow_Jacket06]

State poll is a joke. (No surprise)

Fort Loramie is certainly Top 5 and maybe even Top 3.

[dakota.north]

Rankings mean nothing, absolutly nothing. wasnt Minster suppose to sweep the Coldwater district?? i also looked russia, loramie's, and seven hills sectional and district ares just aweful. maybe one other team besides those three have winning records. but loramie has always been a powerhouse. shood be a good one at wittenberg univ. and also miller city #5, beat by st. johns

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Rankings mean nothing, absolutly nothing. wasnt Minster suppose to sweep the Coldwater district?? i also looked russia, loramie's, and seven hills sectional and district ares just aweful. maybe one other team besides those three have winning records. but loramie has always been a powerhouse. shood be a good one at wittenberg univ. and also miller city #5, beat by st. johns

Any team that makes it this far is legit. Regardless how tough their sectional/district is.

[thecallmetater]

Agreed Yellow Jacket...Baseball is a game of inches, and if your not on the winning side of inches anyone can beat anyone. For a team to make it out of any district or sectional reguardless the talent level I believe to be a top team in the state. And also the state rankings are a complete and udder joke. Its hard to rank baseball teams until the season is over and the state champion trophy has been given out. Hopefully the rain holds off tonight at Whitt and we can see a couple of GOOD baseball games!!!

[Voice Of Reason]

Who's on the hill Friday in the Regional Finals for Loramie and Russia?

Voice planning to make the trip for this one.

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Who's on the hill Friday in the Regional Finals for Loramie and Russia?

Voice planning to make the trip for this one.

Not sure...

Justin Hoying pitched a complete game for Loramie and Jacob Hoying pitched 5.2 innings for Russia.

So I doubt either Ace will be throwing. Looks like a matchup of #2 Pitchers.

[82bucks82]

Not sure...

Justin Hoying pitched a complete game for Loramie and Jacob Hoying pitched 5.2 innings for Russia.

So I doubt either Ace will be throwing. Looks like a matchup of #2 Pitchers.

For Loramie I would think Schieltz or Plattner, but Eilerman may be an option too...they are so deep with pitching.

Russia also has several options...Goubeaux could go, but that leaves them vulnerable at the Catcher's position..
Wilson could go, but Coach Shoffner tends to get agrevated quickly when he is not on.
I also recall the first game of the year when the Bensman kid threw very well in bad conditions against Loramie and only lost 3-1.

In the end, I expect Loramie to win...not a blow out, but maybe by 4 or 5 runs

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Justin Hoying is on the mound again for Fort Loramie. He is allowed to pitch a max of 3 Innings by rule.

Tyler Goubeaux will throw for Russia.

[kg10]

Justin Hoying is on the mound again for Fort Loramie. He is allowed to pitch a max of 3 Innings by rule.

Tyler Goubeaux will throw for Russia.

Unless your name is Ken Bergman and your coach is Bill Sturwold. Then you can pitch 11 innings.

Edited by kg10, 28 May 2010 - 04:37 PM.

[Yellow_Jacket06]

Fort Loramie 9
Russia 4

Justin Hoying pitched 3.2 Innings. He had actually only pitched 6 Innings yesterday, I forgot that Eilerman closed the game.

Edited by Yellow_Jacket06, 28 May 2010 - 06:25 PM.

[Voice Of Reason]

Voice showed up for this one. Should have known better than to make the hour and a half drive, in a battle of what appeared to be even talent (or maybe even better talent on the losing team), Sturworld was the difference. Far outclassed our buddy Big Daddy, not even close. Fundamentals, preparation, approach, and situation coaching. Like men against boys. Shame.

Congratulations and good luck to the Redskins, they play the game the way it's supposed to be played.

The Voice has spoken

[tribeguy13]

Voice showed up for this one. Should have known better than to make the hour and a half drive, in a battle of what appeared to be even talent (or maybe even better talent on the losing team), Sturworld was the difference. Far outclassed our buddy Big Daddy, not even close. Fundamentals, preparation, approach, and situation coaching. Like men against boys. Shame.

Congratulations and good luck to the Redskins, they play the game the way it's supposed to be played.

The Voice has spoken

Can't say I agree with more talent for Russia. They are very talented, but Loramie was better in every aspect of the game, those that you mentioned, and talent. But coaching definitely was an advantage. The difference was in the way the boys handled themselves from the start... Russia played not to lose, Loramie played to win.

Good luck at State Redskins. Bring it home.

[cbus25]

I think if you were at that game yesterday and knew anything about high school baseball there is no way anyone could say it all came down to the mighty coach sturwold out coaching coach shoffner. coach sturwold is one of the best coaches in the area but the difference in the game was a team that has been there before vs a team that has never been in a game that big against there rival. put yellow jerseys on ft loramie and that is a completely different game. Very small amount of errors and great at bats by the raiders throughout the tournament, but in this game it seemed like each kid wanted to make the BIG play in the first 4 innings not just make the plays that it takes to win the game.

5 errors, 4 hit batters, and 5 walks. that was the story of the game, not someone being outcoached. Either way it was a great ride for the Raiders. Congrats to both teams.

[Voice Of Reason]

I think if you were at that game yesterday and knew anything about high school baseball there is no way anyone could say it all came down to the mighty coach sturwold out coaching coach shoffner. coach sturwold is one of the best coaches in the area but the difference in the game was a team that has been there before vs a team that has never been in a game that big against there rival. put yellow jerseys on ft loramie and that is a completely different game. Very small amount of errors and great at bats by the raiders throughout the tournament, but in this game it seemed like each kid wanted to make the BIG play in the first 4 innings not just make the plays that it takes to win the game.

5 errors, 4 hit batters, and 5 walks. that was the story of the game, not someone being outcoached. Either way it was a great ride for the Raiders. Congrats to both teams.

Nice post Coach Shoffner with your new login.

The Voice has spoken

[Stitch]

I agree with you Cbus about Voice and Tribeguy's overblowing the coaching advantage. Sturwold and Shoffner are both very good coaches and the thing Coach Sturwold had that Coach Shoffner did not was a lineup full of kids who have been there before. The player's experience played as much a role in this as anything else did.

And Voice and Tribeguy also know how close of a game this really could have been since they were at the game. In the bottom of the 5th when Russia scored 3 runs to make it a 6-3 game, they remember how the third out of that inning was made - a towering flyball to left field that left fielder Jake Bowles made a great play on. He sprinted with his back to the ball turned and caught it on the warning track in front of a 340 foot fence. That ball would have been out at Loramie, Russia, or Wayne High School and we are then looking at a 6-6 ball game with a total momentum shift. Nathan Wilson from Russia hit another long flyout earlier in the game that maybe would have been out at other fields. So this game was a lot closer than the score indicated.

Don't get me wrong - I am VERY pleased that Loramie won and I do think we have a great coach. But Shoffner and the Russia kids deserve a little more credit than what's been dished out on the thread.

Congrats Bigdaddy and good luck this summer at St. Marys.