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Record Newspapers baseball previews for the 2026 season · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Record Newspapers baseball previews for the twenty twenty six season
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  Speaker 1: written by Joshua Oltt. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six baseball season starts this week. Here are previews
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  Speaker 1: of teams from around the Record Newspapers coverage area coach
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  Speaker 1: Josh Cooper. Last year's record twelve twenty one overall ten two,
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  Speaker 1: tied for first Little Ten Conference, lost to Ottawa Marquette
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  Speaker 1: in regional final. Top returning players Easton McBroom so p IF,
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  Speaker 1: David Ulrich Junior PC of Toby Stephen sr IF, Kiptin
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  Speaker 1: Bluer Junior of p Jacob Sailor sr IF of Top
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  Speaker 1: new players Colin Shields so p ifed Jimmy cath so
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  Speaker 1: cp ive Worth noting McBroom, coming off a sensational freshman season,
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  Speaker 1: leads five key players back from a conference co champion.
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  Speaker 1: McGroom posted a seven to one record with a point
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  Speaker 1: five to four to five ERA and seventy four strikeouts
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  Speaker 1: over fifty one. Fitthen inings his only loss to eventual
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  Speaker 1: state champion Ottawa Marquette in the regional final, and he
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  Speaker 1: also hit three thirty with twenty two RBIs. Ulrich hit
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  Speaker 1: three oh nine with nineteen RBIs while pitching thirty eight
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  Speaker 1: thirty innings with forty strikeouts. Illinois College Commits Stephen batted
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  Speaker 1: twenty eighty one with a four to forty four on
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  Speaker 1: base percentage thirty one run scored. Bluer hit three hundred
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  Speaker 1: with a four to fifty seven OBP, scored thirty runs
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  Speaker 1: and stole twenty two bases while also striking out forty
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  Speaker 1: two and thirty six thirty runs innings. With strong leadership
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  Speaker 1: guiding the culture, this group has the potential to compete
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  Speaker 1: for another conference title and make a strong postseason run, Cooper,
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  Speaker 1: said coach Joe Durante. Last year's record twenty one to
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  Speaker 1: fifteen overall five to ten south West Prairie West lost
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  Speaker 1: two playfield in regional final. Top returning players Aidan Jaquez
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  Speaker 1: sr P, andrews Wemke sr P, an Nolan Hutchings sr P, TJ.
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  Speaker 1: Harrazen sr OF. Top new players Drew Kleinins Junior, C.
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  Speaker 1: Graham Schwab junior of Camlogmani Junior IF, Lou Hernandez Junior IF,
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  Speaker 1: C Brady Dunnett Junior IF, Jax Baker junior, P A
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  Speaker 1: Jing Nisner junior, P, Jack Spinker junior IF, Caleb Miller junior, P,
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  Speaker 1: Dylan Dukes junior of, Tevin Camacho junior IF Worth noting
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  Speaker 1: the Panthers have an inexperienced group even with their returning seniors.
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  Speaker 1: Harazen is committed to Cornell University in Wisconsin, and Jakas
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  Speaker 1: and Zwemke to the University of Missouri Saint Louis. We
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  Speaker 1: should progress and improve by the end of the season,
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  Speaker 1: Jironte said. Conference play is always a challenge, but we
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  Speaker 1: will compete. Coach Brian Schaefer. Last year's record seventeen twenty
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  Speaker 1: overall seven eight fourth in the Southwest Prairie West, lost
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  Speaker 1: to Lockport in regional final. Top returning players Dominic Battista's
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  Speaker 1: sr OF Jackson Tucker Junior SS, Devin Wheaton, sr M I,
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  Speaker 1: Nico Vallacci, sr OF, Joe Grimm, s r C. Nick Brennan, Sir, P,
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  Speaker 1: Noah dist sr p U T kateen Breger, sr p
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  Speaker 1: U T Jacks Wellahan sr IF, Austin Aguilera SR one Billion, P,
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Lopez, sr IF, Tyler Crosley, Sarah pet Andrew Schmidt Sr.
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  Speaker 1: Pate top new players Chase Laffin Junior C three B,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Shay Junior PUT, Josh Wesby Junior P one B,
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  Speaker 1: Brayden Kurr Junior PUT, Aden Fowler of Uriel Manjarez Junior
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  Speaker 1: Worth noting Oklahoma State commit Tucker, one of the state's
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  Speaker 1: top prospects in the class of twenty twenty seven, leads
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  Speaker 1: six returning starters, five of them position players. Tucker batted
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  Speaker 1: twenty three to twenty as a sophomore with a one
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  Speaker 1: point zero four to two ops and six doubles, five triples,
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  Speaker 1: four homers, thirty one RBIs, and twenty eight runs scored
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  Speaker 1: with seventeen stolen bases. Batista, committed to UIC, batted two
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  Speaker 1: seventy nine with a point seventy nine nine ops, twenty
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  Speaker 1: seven runs scored, and eleven RBIs. Wheaton batted three point
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  Speaker 1: fifty with an eight forty nine ops, five doubles, eleven
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  Speaker 1: RBIs and nineteen run scored. Grim, Aguilera, and Crosley have
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  Speaker 1: all committed to Wallbonsi and Brennan to Benedictine. I truly
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  Speaker 1: believe we can compete for a top spot in the conference,
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  Speaker 1: but it comes down to pitching and not leaving runs
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  Speaker 1: on the field, which we had a tendency to do
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  Speaker 1: last year, Schaefer said coach Ryan Malkowski. Last year's record
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  Speaker 1: thirteen eight one, lost to Yorkville Christian in Regional semi final.
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  Speaker 1: Returning starters Matthew Bush Sr. Of P, Landon Malkowski Sr.
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  Speaker 1: Of Christian, Molder Sr. Three billion, P, James Jefferson Sr.
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  Speaker 1: CP Griffin Glenneser of P. Joey Abeles Ser two billion,
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  Speaker 1: Oliver Malkowski Junior one billion of P kru Stoddacker Junior
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  Speaker 1: one billion of P. Colin Moulder Junior SSP. Remaining players
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  Speaker 1: Nate Moross Sr. Tae John Harris Sr, Aiden Carlson Sr.
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  Speaker 1: Mason Carlso, So, Jack Noon and So Drew Williams. Farr
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  Speaker 1: Worth noting the Falcons return all their starters from last
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  Speaker 1: year and will test themselves with the schedule that includes
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  Speaker 1: Class two A and three A schools. Wisconsin Lutheran commit
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  Speaker 1: Bush batted twenty three eighty eight with four homers and
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  Speaker 1: twenty three RBIs last year and all of it. Nazarene
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  Speaker 1: commit Malkowski batted twenty four to two with four homers
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  Speaker 1: and twenty RBIs. Quincy commit Molder bad In three forty
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  Speaker 1: nine and Wilboncie commit Jefferson three twenty one. Glennon Abeles
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  Speaker 1: are also committed to wail Bonsie. We are very excited
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  Speaker 1: about this season, coach Malkowski said. We have a great
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  Speaker 1: schedule which should leave us battle tested by the time.
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  Speaker 1: Regional start coach Tyler Mulligan. Last year's record eleven twenty
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  Speaker 1: two overall, four ten sixth in Kishwaukee River Conference. Top
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  Speaker 1: returning players Brandon Ramos Sr. Of Quinson Santoria Junior P IF,
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  Speaker 1: Nathan tunt So Piave Justin Bishop Junior IF, P Braylan
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  Speaker 1: Schmidt Junior IF. Top new player Sean Garton so see,
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  Speaker 1: Julian Gates so one billion, Aiden Shamandel junior of Worth.
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  Speaker 1: Noting Mulligan takes over as head coach, she said he
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  Speaker 1: has a young starting lineup that is hungry and ready
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  Speaker 1: to work, despite the transfer of two time All stater
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  Speaker 1: Jason Phillips. Santoria batted two ninety nine with eight extra
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  Speaker 1: base hits, twenty four RBIs and fifteen runs. Last year,
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  Speaker 1: Ramos batted two sixty six with nine runs scored, and
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  Speaker 1: eleven RBIs. Those are the two most experienced bats. Santos, Tunt, Schmidt,
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  Speaker 1: and Ramos all logged varsity innings on the mound last
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  Speaker 1: year as well and accounted for a combined seven wins.
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  Speaker 1: Coach Jason van Pelt last year's record eighteen seventeen overall,
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  Speaker 1: twelve to two, second Kishwaukee River Conference. Top returning players
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  Speaker 1: Braden Beringer SRPIF, Nick mckellech SRPIF, Jeffrey Ashley SRC, Griffin Semlock,
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  Speaker 1: SRP of, Nolanoris, SRP of Birdie Couls sr PIF, Chase
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  Speaker 1: Clark Junior, PF, Cash White junior, PF, Anthony Waye junior PF,
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  Speaker 1: Clayton Anderson junior PF, r Lowbud junior PF Whale, and
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  Speaker 1: Michael Junior. Though worth noting, the Indians return all but
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  Speaker 1: two players from last year's team, leading the Way as
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty five record Newspapers Player of the Year Barringer,
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  Speaker 1: who posted a six to one record with a two
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  Speaker 1: point one ERA and sixty two strikeouts in batted point
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  Speaker 1: four to ten with a point y to twenty on
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  Speaker 1: base percentage with nine doubles, three triples, two homers and
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  Speaker 1: forty RBIs Maje Lec three ozh seven with a four
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  Speaker 1: to fifty seven on base percentage and two doubles, two
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  Speaker 1: triples and thirty nine runs scored on the mound, a
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  Speaker 1: six to two record with a three point five to
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  Speaker 1: two ERA and sixty strikeouts, and Ashley four hundred with
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  Speaker 1: a point five to nine to two on base percentage
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  Speaker 1: with four doubles and three triples, scoring fifty seven runs
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  Speaker 1: are also returning first team All Conference selections. The Indians
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  Speaker 1: also anticipate the return of Clark, who started as a
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  Speaker 1: freshman two years ago but was limited last year due
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  Speaker 1: to injury. All of our players saw a good time
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  Speaker 1: last year and looked to compete and contribute on the
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  Speaker 1: field this season, Van Pelt, said coach Tom Servan. Last
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  Speaker 1: year's record sixteen to seventeen to one overall nine to six,
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  Speaker 1: third in Southwest Prairie West. Top returning players Jalen Valise
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  Speaker 1: sr IF, Colarenson sr OF, Bryce backsa So Frieder Fisher
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  Speaker 1: sr P, Justin Geeze sr IF, Comden Mule SRF P,
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  Speaker 1: Frankie pavliksar if P, Gabe Sanders sr P. Top new
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  Speaker 1: players Gavin Geegan junior of Jackson Dickerbacker, junior p Owen Middleton,
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  Speaker 1: junior of Robbie Mueller, junior IF Gavin Shmizou so Pete Worth,
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  Speaker 1: noting the Foxes returned nine starters in a senior heavy group.
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  Speaker 1: Lewis commit VLEs missed the last third of the season
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  Speaker 1: with a knee injury, but batted three to twenty eight
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  Speaker 1: in twenty games with a point nine to eighty four ops,
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  Speaker 1: five doubles, three triples, ten RBI's sixteen run scored in
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  Speaker 1: seventeen stolen bases. Aurora commit Arnsen hit twenty eighty seven
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  Speaker 1: with a four to thirty four on base percentage and
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  Speaker 1: point nine to sixteen ops with eight doubles, three homers,
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  Speaker 1: twenty five run scored in twenty RBIs. Kishwaukee commit geeze
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  Speaker 1: At batted three eighty six with IT nine oh eight ops,
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  Speaker 1: with four doubles, one triple, thirteen RBIs and twenty six
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  Speaker 1: run score. Ten players are committed to play collegiately. If
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  Speaker 1: we stay healthy, we should be able to compete with
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  Speaker 1: just about anyone. Servant said, we are very senior heavy,
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  Speaker 1: with good young talent to add to the mix. Coach
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  Speaker 1: Sean Biederman last year's record sixteen to twelve overall lost
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  Speaker 1: in regional final. Key players Austin Vuktevin Sr. Of Pete,
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  Speaker 1: Tyler Gleeson Sr. Of Max Devorrek sr P, Casey Pieterman Sr.
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  Speaker 1: Of Phoenix, Oliver Junior p IF Isaac McCoy Junior IF,
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  Speaker 1: Hayden Garrity Junior IF, Logan Stuck Junior of Pete, Caleb
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  Speaker 1: Fulkerson Junior C Worth Noting last year's sixteen wins were
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  Speaker 1: the most for the program since it started in twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one, and Beiederman has high hopes for this spring.
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  Speaker 1: We return a strong core of players, Pieterman said, teams
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  Speaker 1: should contend for a strong postseason. Strong pitching and defense
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  Speaker 1: should set the tone.