Friday, April 17, 2015

Baseball Update

Varsity games on as scheduled.  Today at WRA 5pm.  Saturday at Hawken (DH) at 2pm.  Players need to arrive at Hawken by 12:45pm ( No Bus ).

JV: games have been canceled for today and Saturday.  Team will practice Friday after school.

Freshman:  game vs Beachwood still questionable.  At this time were waiting for a final decision on our field.  Players will be notified after school  - if canceled they will practice.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Baseball Update: Tuesday April 14

Varsity game canceled at NDCL.  Re-scheduled for tomorrow at NDCL 5pm.  Team will practice at school today.

JV game will be played today AT NDCL 5pm. 

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Friday Schedule:

Freshman and JV Off.

Varsity will practice at Noon-2pm ( school/turf ).

* JV players welcome to attend

Saturday: Freshman Game Canceled

The freshman game has been canceled due to poor field conditions ... the team will practice on Monday after school.

Friday Games canceled vs Orange

Both the JV & Varsity games on Friday have been canceled.  No make-up date yet.

The Varsity team will practice on Friday from Noon-2pm at school.  If its not raining we will practice on the turf.  If raining, we will stay in the gym.

JV players are welcome to attend practice with the Varsity if you can make it to school.

Meet Coach Lynch

Michael Lynch
Grade School: Holy Redeemer
High School: Lake Catholic
College: University of Rio Grande
Favorite MLB Team: Cleveland Indians
Favorite MLB Player: Jose Altuve

Coach Lynch joins are staff after a very successful college playing career.  He will assist our freshman team and also work with all of our middle infielders.  After college he played  in the Frontier Professional Independent League for the Schaumberg Boomers.  He has coached various age levels in local travel leagues.

Meet Coach Kovar

Ryan Kovar
Grade School: Washington Park Community School
High School: Benedictine Class of 2010
College: Cleveland State University
Favorite MLB Team:  Cleveland Indians
Favorite MLB Player:  Yadi Molina

Coach Kovar joins the Bengals staff this spring after finishing a successful college playing career at Lourdes University.  He will mainly work with our catchers .  On game day he will rotate between all three teams.  This spring he will graduate from Cleveland State University and will continue playing baseball this summer in a local adult league. 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Game Canceled vs CCC

Both the JV & Varsity games vs Cleveland Central Catholic have been canceled due to weather on Wednesday April 8th.  No make-up date has been agreed upon yet. 

The Varsity team will practice tomorrow at Triple Play.  We have the facility from 9:30am-11am.  JV players are welcome to attend if they can make it.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Saturday Game Update .....

The Varsity game on Saturday has been changed.  We will now play Holy Name at 10am.  All players need to be at Nobby's Ballpark by 8:15 - we will take BP at 8:30.

Bengals win season opener !

The 2015 season opened yesterday and the Bengals swept Trinity.  The Varsity opened with a 4-2 victory.  The JV team won 13-5.

Senior Collin Pecoraro pitched 6 innings for the win.  He struck out 12 batters, didn't walk a batter and scattered 7 hits while only giving up 2 runs.  He also added an RBI single.  Senior Mark Flachbart pitched the 7th inning for the save.  Pecoraro earlier in the day announced that he will continue his education and baseball career at Heidelberg.

Freshman Levi Pokersnik had two hits, scored two runs and stole a base.  Freshman Jordan Barnett added a hit, scored two runs, stole a base and had an RBI.  Sophomore Marlin Moore added a double, sacrifice fly, stole a base and had an RBI.
Next Up:  the Bengals play East Cleveland Shaw at Nobby's Ballpark on Saturday. First pitch @ 11am.