Bengals 10-8 ... JV Team Continues to Roll!

The Varsity Baseball Team has improved its record to 10-8.  The team won 3 games last week.  On Friday night the Bengals traveled to Louisville and defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 8-7.  On Saturday they finished the week with a (DH) sweep over the Rhodes Rams (18-2 & 9-2).  Today's game vs St. Ed's has been canceled.  No make-up date has been set.

This coming Saturday (May 1) the Bengals will play in the Nobby Lewandowski Invitational hosted by CWRU.  Four games will be played at Nobby's Ballpark starting at 9am.  This line-up includes: Walsh Jesuit vs. Easltalke North (9am), Walsh Jesuit vs. Twinsburg (11:30am), Mentor vs. Brecksville (2:30pm) and Benedictine vs. Tallmadge (5pm).  Admission for the games will be $5.  All proceeds benefit the CWRU Baseball program.  The parking garage on 118th Street will be open ($6).

The JV Baseball Team is on a roll !  The team is currently 12-1 and has won 11 games in a row.  The freshman team is on a two game winning streak and has a record of 4-5.

Bengals End Skid ... use Longball vs Cleveland Hts.

What a great day to play baseball in Cleveland, Ohio this past Saturday afternoon..  The temperatures reached the high 30's; we played in wind, rain , and eventually snow showers.  The pitching staff and defense limited Cleveland Hts. to just four total runs on the day.  John Hromulak pitched 5 2/3 innings before PJ Spicuzza recorded the final four outs of the game for his first Varsity pitching victory.  Tim Szalay, Jake Marinelli and Ryan Kovar all hit home runs in the 5-2 Game #1 victory.

Game # 2 was much of the same.  Joe Bova pitched a complete game 3-hitter with the help of a home-run by Tim Szalay and some solid defense.  Final score 4-2.

The Varsity Team { 7-7 } plays Gilmour Academy, St. Thomas Aquinas and Rhodes this week.  The JV Team continues to roll with a 11-1 record, our Freshman team is 2-5 on the season.

Bengals Win Four in a Row!

The Varsity Baseball team has improved its record to 5-3.  This past week the offense took over as it scored 59 runs while winning its last 4 games.  The winning streak started on Wednesday with a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over University School.  Senior outfielder Taylor Branisel led the way with 2 hits, including a game winning RBI triple. Senior catcher  Ryan Kovar threw 2 runners out late in the game to help preserve the win. Soph. Anthony Korinek pitched 2 scoreless innings for his first Varsity win. 

On Friday the Bengals traveled to North Ridgeville for a 11-1 win. Branisel once again led the way with 3 hits, junior 3B/CA Jake Marinelli added 2 hits.  Junior  Zach Walker pitched 4 innings for the win. 

On Saturday the offense reminded us all of the 1995 Indians; the Bengals swept Orange 24-4 & 17-3.  Tim Szalay had a huge day; the junior shortstop went 6-8, scored 6 runs and had 8 RBI.  Junior P/OF/1B Jordan Durham recorded his first Varsity pitching victory in game #1.  Korinek pitched & won game # 2 with another solid performance.

After 2 weeks the offense leads the way for the Bengals.  Jake Marinelli (.551), Taylor Branisel and John Hromulak follow hitting (.500), Ryan Kovar (.400), Zach Walker (.387) and Tim Szalay (.354).

The Junior Varsity team is currently 5-1 and the Freshman team is 2-3.

Season Opener Post-poned

The Varsity & JV games at Gilmour Academy have been canceled today because of wet field conditions.  We are looking for a date to re-schedule ...

 

Next Game:  Wednesday @ Euclid { JV & V }.

 

Saturday:  Just a reminder we are playing a split {DH} @ Nobby's Ballpark.  See schedule below:

 

10am:  Rocky River vs Benedicitne

12:30pm Rocky River vs Mayfield

3:00pm Mayfield vs Benedicitne

Basketball Team wins Regional: Next stop Columbus!

Congrats to the basketball team on their win over SVSM (64-61) in the Regional Final. They will play in Columbus this week and play for a State Championship.  Tickets will be on sale at school Tuesday and Wednesday.  The tickets will be available in the business office from 7:30am-3:15pm and from 3:30pm-7:30pm in the athletic office.  All tickets are $8.

Game time on Thursday for the the State Semi-Final game is 5:15pm.  We play Dayton Dunbar. With a win on Thursday the team will advance to the State Final on Saturday at 2pm.

Mandatory Players and Parents Meeting

Tuesday March 16, 2010
6:30pm
School Cafeteria
* OHSAA update and rules for participation
* meet w/the entire baseball staff and discuss the 2010 season
* players will have "team uniform package" information on 3/12/10
* Game caps and t-shirts will be available for purchase at the meeting

Youth Camp a Hit !

This past Sunday 55 5th-8th grade boys attended the 11th Annual Bengal Baseball Camp. The Bengal coaching staff along with returning varsity players worked with the players for more then 3 hours teaching the game of baseball.  The camp focused on basic fundamentals of pitching, catching, base running, outfield play along with hitting and fielding drills.