Year: 2007

Anderson and Morrill – Day 1 with Team Canada.

Hey coach its Lionel and Dale. Well today we had a practice at one, but mother nature said ball was to be cancelled today..it rained on and off all day. So we hit indoors and worked out a bit. Oh and the facilities are SWEET. Well we just hung out after,and we have to be at the park around 8 for the game…so thats about what happened in day one.

Prairie Baseball Academy vs VBA

Date: October 21, 2007

Location: Lloyd Nolan Yard

Time: 12:00 pm (Double Header)

Final Score: Game 1: 6-4 win, Game 2: 17-5 loss

Overall Record: 11 – 13 – 1

WP: Game 1: Kyle Muzechka

LP: Game 2: Jamin Heller

Save: Game 1: Tanner Craswell

Game Highlights:

Sunday started off just how we left off on Saturday.  On the mound Kyle Muzechka gave us 3 solid innings to earn the victory.  Kyle allowed 4 hits, 3 earned runs with 2 K’s and 1 BB.  Tyler Vavra threw outstanding in relief going 3 innings allowing 1 hit, no runs, with 4 K’s and 2 BB’s.  Tanner Craswell earned the save going 1 inning allowing 1 hit with 2 BB’s but, induced a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.  Offensively, we were led by Lionel Morrill who was 2 for 4 with an RBI triple, 2 runs scored and a SB.  Cooper, Nelubowich, and Anderson all added one hit a piece.

Game 2 on Sunday did not start out the way we wanted it to .  We found ourselves down 6-0 after the 1st inning.  Jamin Heller got the start on the mound going 1 inning, allowing 4 hits, 4 earned runs.  Cole Stober went 2 2/3 innings allowing 7 hits, 6 earned runs, with 3 K’s and 2 BB’s.  Tyson Denham also threw 1/3 of an inning allowing 2 hits, 3 earned runs, and 3 BB’s.  Offensively, we only managed 1 hit – Brandon Petite who ended the game 1 for 2 with a double and 2 RBI’s.  

Overall, it was a very successful weekend against very good college competition – 2-1-1 was our record.   

Prairie Baseball Academy vs VBA

Date: October 20, 2007

Location: Lloyd Nolan Yard

Time: 12:00 pm (Double Header)

Final Score: Game 1: 3-3 tie (11 innings), Game 2: 4-2 win

Overall Record: 10-12-1

WP: NA – Game 1, Game 2 – Brandon Petite

LP: N/A

Save: N/A

Game Highlights:

Game 1 was a great game on all ends.  The final score ended up 3-3 after 11 innings and it was called to make sure we played the second game.  Austin Cooper started on the mound and went 7 strong innings, allowing 6 hits, 2 earned runs, with 3 BB’s and 2K’s.  Dale Anderson threw 2 good innings allowing 1 hit with 1 BB and 3 K’s.  Tyson Denham through the final 2 innings allowing 1 hit with 2 K’s and 1 BB.  Tanner Craswell led the charge offensively going 2-4 with an RBI and 2 SB’s.  Anderson, Northcott, and Morrill all added 1 hit a piece.

Game 2 saw another really good baseball game.  Brandon Petite went the distance on the mound going 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, with 4 K’s and only allowed 1 earned run.  Offensively, we were led by Adam Nelubowich who was 1 for 3 with an RBI and a triple.  Dale Anderson also finsihed off a solid day going 2 for 3 with an RBI and a SB.

U of C vs VBA

Date: October 14, 2007

Location: Jets Stadium

Time: 3:00 pm

Final Score: Jets 9 – U of C 7

Overall Record: 9 – 12

WP: Jamin Heller

LP: Ryan Stickel

Save: N/A

Game Highlights:

WOW! What a game.  The Jets found themselves down by a score of 7-3 after 2 innings.  Cole Stober started on the mound going 3 1/3 innings allowing 7 runs but, only 1 was earned for the no decision.  Jamin Heller pitched outstanding in relief going 3 2/3 innings allowing 1 hit, 0 runs, with 2 K’s and 1 BB to earn the victory.

Offensively, we were led by Adam Nelubowich who was 3 for 4 with a double and 2 runs scored.  Tanner Craswell was 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI.  Mark Clauson stole the spot light again going 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s and 3 runs scored.   Bilodeau, Inch, Petite, Northcott, and Amendt all ended the day with 1 hit and Amendt led the 7th inning off with a double to score the winning run.

St. FX vs VBA

Date: October 14, 2007

Location: Jets Stadium

Time: 10:00 am

Final Score: Jets 5 – St. Fx 2

Overall Record: 8-12

WP: Kyle Muzechka

LP: Thomas Grimm

Save: Tyler Vavra

Game Highlights:

Kyle Muzechka gave us a good start on the mound going 4 innings allowing no runs with 4 K’s and 4 BB’s.  Tyler Vavra earned the save going 3 innings allowing 1 earned run while striking out 8 but, allowing 6 BB’s. 

Offensively, we were led by Mark Clauson who went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored.  Tanner Craswell was 2 for 4 with 3 RBI’s with a HR.  Northcott, Amendt and Ford all had 1 hit as well. 

St. FX vs VBA

Date: October 13, 2007

Location: Jets Stadium

Time: 1:30 pm

Final Score: Jets 4 – St. FX – 3

Overall Record: 7-12

WP: Tanner Craswell

LP: Tayler Burns

Save: N/A

Game Highlights:

The Jets were up 3-0 and St. FX battled back to tie the game at 3 in the 7th inning.  Brandon Petite started on the mound and did very well going 6 innings allowing 4 hits, 2 runs, with 8 K’s and 3 BB’s for the no decision.  Tanner Craswell got the win with 1 inning of relief.

Offensively, we were led by Chad Northcott who was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 2B’s.  Mark Clauson hit a game winning 2B in the bottom of the 7th to win the ball game and Tanner Craswell hit a solo HR.

VAB vs U of C

Date: October 13, 2007

Location: Jets Stadium

Time: 11:00 am

Final Score: U of C 11 – Jets 7

Overall Record: 6-12

WP: Shawn Hetherington

LP: Austin Cooper

Save: N/A

Game Highlights:

The Jets fell behind early as we were down 6-0 after 2 innings.  Austin Cooper got the start on the mound and settled in after the 1st inning and ended up going 6 innings allowing 9 hits 4 earned runs while striking out 4 and walking only 1. Tyson Denham threw the final inning.

Offensively, we battled back and Josh Stephenson led the attack going 3 for 3 with 3 RBI’s and 1 run scored.  Adam Nelubowich was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI.  Northcott, Amendt, Craswell, and Bilodeau all ended the game with 1 hit each.