Author: Greg Farries

Jets fall season ends positive with PBA weekend and the 2nd Annual Marathon Game.

The VAB had an up and down fall as far as wins and losses is concerned. The most important part of “up and down” is that the “up” portion came at the end of the fall. After struggling through the middle portion of the schedule the Jets finished with a record of 5-2-1 against primarily junior college competition. This was a great sign as the players began to make considerable adjustments mentally and physically which should only improve over the winter months. Overall, the Jets ended the fall campaign with a 12-13-1 record against teams from Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alberta and SK. Although, the 2007 club is much younger than the previous season it shows to be just as promising.

The fall season ended with the 2nd annual 100 inning Marathon game. The day entailed great weather, lots of fun on the field with family and friends as well as rebuilding the bullpens and catching areas. As of November 11th over $13,000.00 has been raised with all dollars raised going directly back to the student-athletes. Thank you to everyone that has supported the Academy to date and especially the businesses and individuals that support our athletes through pledges for the Marathon Game. See you in the spring.

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.