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- 0:05Speaker 1: Saint Bede hires former IVCC coach Jason Good as baseball coach.
- 0:10Speaker 1: Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by
- 0:13Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Saint Bede
- 0:18Speaker 1: has hired former IVCC baseball coach Jason Good to take
- 0:22Speaker 1: over its program after the retirement of coach Bill Booker.
- 0:26Speaker 1: Good was the Eagles head coach from twenty thirteen to
- 0:29Speaker 1: twenty three. I am truly honored to have been selected
- 0:32Speaker 1: to lead a program with such history and tradition, Good
- 0:35Speaker 1: said in a release issued by Saint Bede. I am
- 0:38Speaker 1: looking forward to the opportunity. I am happy that two
- 0:41Speaker 1: talented local coaches are expected to join the staff, Matt
- 0:44Speaker 1: Mezzl and Christian Perry. We will work diligently with our
- 0:48Speaker 1: players to practice and play with energy and excitement. We
- 0:51Speaker 1: are all very proud and excited to be joining the
- 0:54Speaker 1: Saint Bede family and can't wait to get started. Good,
- 0:58Speaker 1: a Peru resident who is in a assistant State's attorney
- 1:01Speaker 1: in LaSalle County, succeeds Booker, who led the Bruins for
- 1:04Speaker 1: eleven seasons. Booker was two hundred one, one hundred and
- 1:08Speaker 1: thirty with four regional titles and a Class to A
- 1:11Speaker 1: fourth place trophy in twenty fifteen. He finished his career
- 1:14Speaker 1: five hundred seventy six three hundred ninety six five and
- 1:17Speaker 1: thirty one seasons as a head coach between Lasalpreu and
- 1:20Speaker 1: Saint Bede before booker John Bellino led the Bruins to
- 1:24Speaker 1: a six hundred twenty five three hundred forty six to
- 1:27Speaker 1: three record, twelve regional titles, two sectional titles, two Class
- 1:31Speaker 1: A State tournament appearances, and the nineteen eighty eight Class
- 1:35Speaker 1: A State championship in thirty four seasons. Saint Bete Academy
- 1:40Speaker 1: was blessed to have had our two previous head coaches
- 1:43Speaker 1: serve and lead the baseball program for a combined forty
- 1:46Speaker 1: six years, the Saint Bete administration said in the release.
- 1:49Speaker 1: With that longevity and standard for on field success, we
- 1:53Speaker 1: knew our position would attract several interested and qualified applicants.
- 1:58Speaker 1: We are excited to have a coach with college experience
- 2:01Speaker 1: join our athletic department, and we look forward to working
- 2:05Speaker 1: with Coach Good and his staff