Ben Ferland scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Spaulding the extra-innings win over visiting Rutland. Jordan Godfrey earned the win for the Crimson Tide (1-0), striking out one in one inning of work after Josh Kennison pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits. Bobby Austin paced the offense with two RBIs and Ferland scored two runs. Andy Cassarino and Andy Kenash each went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs for Rutland (1-1). Article by Burlington Free Press
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By Free Press Staff SWANTON — After relinquishing an eight-run lead, Missisquoi seized the season-opening, 11-10 win over Colchester on Matthew Minkler’s run-scoring single in the bottom of the seventh inning in high school baseball action Monday. David Laroche paced MVU with three singles and two RBIs and Taylor Marquis had two hits. Minkler was also the winning pitcher, striking out two in two innings of work. For Colchester, Brandon Arel had two RBIs on a single and Derek Sanderon singled, drove in a run and scored two runs. Pat McHugh took the loss in relief. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20140414/SPORTS05/304140040/1002/RSS03?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Two years removed from the pinnacle of Division II baseball, Vergennes Union High School won’t field a varsity team this spring.
The graduation of eight starters from last year’s 11-7 squad, and the program’s unexpected loss of all three returning seniors, left the Commodores with just 10 players. “Numbers are very, very low for one reason or another,” Vergennes coach George Ringer said. “We had no seniors on the team and were more freshman and sophomores than anything. “The league we play in, we had a JV team. To the kids’ credit they wanted to play varsity but it just didn’t seem like the right thing to do to get back to where we were.” If the school had opted to take the current players as a varsity team in the Metro Division, it would have been the third year in a row the school — which also fields track, golf and lacrosse teams — didn’t have a JV unit. “From what I hear it’s probably the worst of the trough right now and we’re headed back uphill next year,” said Ringer, who has been the Vergennes coach for 16 seasons. “But I think it’s going to take two or three years to get back to where we have a JV and varsity.” “We’re not the only school hurting in the JV department,” he said. “Baseball’s a little bit in the down swing it seems.” Another school, Division IV’s Arlington, axed its varsity baseball and softball teams for the spring season, according to the Bennington Banner. Like Vergennes, Arlington’s baseball team was senior-heavy in 2013 but the Eagles didn’t have enough players this time around to field a JV squad. The track and golf programs, meanwhile, have seen an increase in participation, the Banner reported. Low participation numbers in Montpelier have also hit the boys lacrosse team, which is one of the older programs in the state. With safety in mind, the school decided to cancel or forfeit games in busy weeks this year, athletic director Matt Link wrote in an email. Article by: Austin Danforth St. Michael’s former head baseball coach Matt Rodovick has stepped down from the position after being at the helm for just six games. According to the college’s press release, the reason for his stepping down is due to personal reasons. Rodovick could not be reached for comment. For the Purple Knights’ loss to Southern New Hampshire University on March 27 assistant coaches Austin Ziskie, ’12, and Len Whitehouse were co-head coaching. Three baseball players, who asked to not be named, told The Defender that the new head coach is Scott Strong, former assistant baseball coach for Southern New Hampshire University. Josh Kessler, director of athletic communications, declined to confirm Strong’s appointment.Check The Defender website to find out the latest on the Purple Knights baseball team. By Cameron Miller Sports Editor MONTPELIER — The Montpelier High School boys’ baseball team had a home scrimmage scheduled for next week and the girls’ tennis team had a home match scheduled for Monday, but both are being pushed back because spring hasn’t really sprung yet in Vermont. As of Friday, the pitcher’s mound wasn’t even visible on the baseball diamond and the snow was piled high on the courts. Veteran baseball coach J.B. McCarthy said he doesn’t expect the fields to be ready before the end of the month, but tennis coach Wendy Watson is hopeful they’ll be able to play on the courts by mid-week. “Spring sports are tough,” McCarthy said. “You’ve got to wait for the weather and then you play the season in a month.” Schools across Vermont are accustomed to the need to let winter loosen its grip before they can get outside, be it to play baseball, softball, tennis, track, lacrosse or golf. But after a string of mild winters that saw many teams practicing outside in March, this season’s late spring is a reminder that weather rules. McCarthy said that growing up in Montpelier he rarely got onto the fields until the middle of April. “The last few years, though, we’ve been outside on March 25 on a dry field, and that’s what these guys are used to,” McCarthy said of his players, who have been practicing in the school’s gymnasium after school — then turning the gym over to the tennis team. Bob Johnson of the Vermont Principals’ Association, which oversees high school sports in the state, said schools are accustomed to changing the dates for games and matches scheduled for early April, but this year is especially bad. “Last year by the middle of March we had teams out on the fields the earliest they had ever been,” Johnson said. “The flip side is, though, the season went great and then we got to the first week in June and then we had a flood for about the next two weeks.” McCarthy said his baseball players can throw and hit inside, although they can’t shag fly balls and taking ground balls is a bit unrealistic. “After a while they get to be experts because the balls take a nice bounce on the floor here,” he said. On Friday — three days before Wendy Watson’s tennis team was to host its first match — none of the courts could be seen beneath the snow. But with warm weather forecast she’s hopeful they will be ready for Wednesday. Senior baseball player Zach Morrill said indoor practices are more difficult because it’s easy to lose the ball in the lights, but he was more interested in getting ready to play than complain about the weather. “It’s just getting used to the different players,” he said of the spring training. “A lot of our seniors graduated last year, it’s just getting used to the new team chemistry.” |
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