Baseball/Softball

2013 Week 6 PAL Baseball Action

By Lamont Neal on Monday, June 17th, 2013

Week 6 of PAL baseball action is as follows:

Coaches Pitch Standings
WON LOST
FARM BUREAU INS... Read More...

2013 PAL Baseball Week 5

By Lamont Neal on Monday, June 10th, 2013

PAL baseball has completed week 5 of baseball action. The results are below:

Coaches Pitch WON LOST

FARM BUREAU INS.  10 1
CRAIG MARTZ   9 2
HORACE MANN   8 2
METRO KIWANIS   8 2
FREDERICK'S PHOTOGRAPHY  8 3
ANDREWS 2   3 2
BIPPUS BANK   6 5
REMAX    4 7
FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 680  3 7
OPTIMIST   2 8
DIRT TRUCKING   2 9
ANDREWS 1   0 4
BAILEY LOVE   0 11


SCORES

REMAX 0   ANDREWS 2 7 (FORFEIT)
CRAIG MARTZ 17   DIRT TRUCKING 3
FARM BUREAU 20   FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 680 5
HORACE MANN 11   BAILEY LOVE 1
METRO KIWANIS 17  OPTIMIST 3
BIPPUS BANK 3   FREDERICK'S PHOTOGHAPHY 21
REMAX 5   BIPPUS BANK 22
METRO KIWANIS 15  DIRT TRUCKING 6
HORACE MANN 18   FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 680 7
FARM BUREAU 22   FREDERICK'S PHOTOGRAPHY 4
BAILEY LOVE 3   CRAIG MARTZ 13

Little League   WON LOST

S & S KELLER CONSTRUCTION 8 2
BUILDERS MART   8 3
BEACON CREDIT UNION  6 4
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC  5 6
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2013 PAL Baseball Week 4

By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, June 4th, 2013

A fourth week of baseball action is on the books at the PAL. Results are as follows:

Coache's Pitch

WON LOST
FARM BUREAU INS... Read More...

Vikings fall to Spartans in Final

By Lamont Neal on Thursday, May 30th, 2013

On a night when the Vikings bats were quiet they still had a shot at winning but came up just short. The Vikings Connor West was on the mound battling the Spartans Joe Ault. West would allow 2 runs on 5 hits in 4.2 innings with 6 strike outs. Ault would pick up the win on a complete game only giving up 2 hits to Drew Schnitz and 2 runs while striking out 5... Read More...

Vikings take Regional Title

By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

The 24-2 Vikings hosted the 25-6 Carroll chargers in the 4A regional at Huntington North. Whenever the Vikings Erin Rethlake is on the mound you like the Vikings chances but this year the Vikings bats have been as dangerous as Rethlakes arm.

Katy Guebard was on the mound for Carroll and she was spinning a gem... Read More...

Vikings advance to Sectional final

By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

The Vikings baseball team resumed their sectional semi-final game on Tuesday night picking up in the second inning tied 0-0 with Southside. The Vikings Quinton Smith kept the Archers shut down as the Vikings struggled to score but when they broke through they got it rolling. The Vikings put 5 runs on the board in the bottom of the 4th and put the game away with seven more in the bottom of the 5th ending the game by the 10 run rule... Read More...

2013 PAL Standings Week 3

By Lamont Neal on Monday, May 27th, 2013

After 3 weeks of baseball action the standings are as follows:

Coaches Pitch

WON LOST
FARM BUREAU INS... Read More...

PAL Week 2 2013 Baseball Results

By Lamont Neal on Sunday, May 19th, 2013

Results are in for week 2 of baseball action at the PAL.

COACHES PITCH STANDINGS


                                                  WON LOST GM... Read More...

2013 PAL Standings Week 1

By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

The first week of baseball action is on the books at the PAL. The standings are as follows:

Coaches Pitch Standings:
CRAIG MARTZ
HORACE MANN APTS.
FARM BUREAU INS.
FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 680
FREDERICK'S PHOTOGRAPHY
METRO KIWANIS
REMAX
BIPPUS BANK
DIRT TRUCKING
ANDREWS 1
ANDREWS 2
BAILEY LOVE
OPTIMIST

Games Scores:
CRAIG MARTZ 20 ANDREWS 2 0
FARM BUREAU INS... Read More...

Christner and Lanphier are golden glover

By Joanne Green on Monday, May 6th, 2013

The Crossroads League has announced its baseball postseason awards for the 2013 spring season and among the list of Gold Glove honorees were seniors Adam Christner and Josh Lanphier.

Earning this honor for the third consecutive year, Christner (Topeka, Ind.) has not only established himself as one of the league’s best centerfielders, but will also go down in the HU history books as one of the finest athletes to play at that spot for the Foresters... Read More...

MVNU Chases HU Out of Tourney

By Joanne Green on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

After knocking off 6th-seeded HU in 14 innings in the opening round of the Crossroads League tournament on Wednesday, 3rd-seeded Mount Vernon Nazarene University only needed nine innings to eliminate Coach Frame’s squad, 6-3, from the tourney and bring the Foresters’ season to an end.

It was a battle of the wills for pitchers Cody Walters and Ben Hoar as both hurlers kept anyone from touching home through the first five innings... Read More...

Crowe to wear forester green and white

By Joanne Green on Friday, May 3rd, 2013

Huntington University men’s basketball head coach Ty Platt has added another standout to one of the strongest recruiting classes in Forester history with the signing of Shakamak High School senior Brodie Crowe.

After averaging 23.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.0 assists per outing during his senior season, the 6-2 guard wrapped up his outstanding prep career with over 1,000 career points and a plethora of awards and honors... Read More...

Foresters advance to day two

By Joanne Green on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

With only a twenty minutes break after their 14-inning loss to Mount Vernon, the 6th-seedd HU baseball team bounced back to overpower 7th-seeded Bethel College 7-2 at Indiana Wesleyan’s Wildcat Field Wednesday afternoon in second round action of the Crossroads League tournament.

Adam Christner set the tone when he crushed one over the left-center fence in the top of the first to give his team an early 1-0 lead that would never really be challenged... Read More...

MVNU outlasts HU in Opening Round

By Joanne Green on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

It was a two-for-one deal at the Crossroads League Baseball Tournament for the Mount Vernon and Huntington fans as Wednesday’s opening round between these two teams took seven extra innings, another entire game, to decide the outcome with 3rd-seeded MVNU outlasting 6th-seeded HU 6-2.

Mount Vernon’s Jake Dickerson brought an end to the marathon with a grand slam over the left field fence in the top of the 14th to give his team a four-run cushion that they were able to ride out for the win... Read More...

HU sweeps IWU

By Joanne Green on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

With Monday’s series sweep over the Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan University, the Forester softball team (20-16, 10-8) clinched the No. 3 seed in the Crossroads League tournament slated to start on Wednesday.

It was a must-win situation for HU in order to steal the 3rd spot as they were two games back from Saint Francis and one game behind both IWU and Grace... Read More...