Rice 19, Mount Abraham 3: Half of Tim Shea's four hits were doubles, helping visiting Rice run past Mount Abraham.
Champlain Valley 7, Middlebury 1: Rayne Supple homered in a two-hit day and drove in two runs to lead Champlain Valley to a road win over Middlebury.
Joey Robertson allowed one hit over six innings with six strikeouts and Essex blanked Missisquoi 5-0 in a high school baseball game Tuesday.
Burlington 7, Milton 3: Shane Bergeron's based loaded single capped a five-run second inning as host Burlington defeated Milton on Tuesday.
5/22/2014 2014 Vermont Baseball Coaches Association Junior Showcase - Friday, June 20th, 2014Read NowThe third annual Vermont Baseball Coaches Association Junior Showcase will be held on Friday, June 20, 2014 at Castleton State College's Spartan Field in Castleton, Vermont. Vermont high school baseball student-athletes who are in the 11th grade in 2013-14 will have the opportunity to display their skills and participate in a controlled game for New England and Northeast region collegiate baseball coaches. The showcase will be administered by VBCA member coaches. On-field check-in for the student-athletes begins at 11:30 a.m. with the first showcase workouts beginning at noon. Rain date for the event is Monday, June 23. The cost per student-athlete is $25, payable to the VBCA. Student-athletes can contact their coach for registration forms and more information. A PDF version of the registration form is attached. Other questions can be sent to Bruce Bosley, VBCA executive director, at [email protected] or [email protected]. The deadline for registration is June 13, 2013. The first annual VBCA Underclass Showcase was held at Castleton State College's Spartan Field on June 15, 2012. Just under 50 underclass student-athletes showcased their skills in front of coaches from 12 collegiate baseball programs. Close to 90 former Vermont high school players were represented on 2014 NCAA Division I, II and III baseball rosters. Several earned all-conference honors or participated on teams that advanced to the NCAA Baseball Championship.
5/19/2014 Close to 90 Former Vermont High School Baseball players On 2014 NCAA Rosters - VBCARead NowMay 16, 2014
For at least the third straight season, close to 90 former Vermont high school baseball players were student-athletes and coaches on NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III collegiate baseball rosters for the 2014 campaign. The list includes nine Vermonters with NCAA Division I programs. In all divisions, several student-athletes played on teams that earned spots in the NCAA Baseball Championship tournaments (the 2014 D-I field will be announced on May 26) and several others earned all-conference honors. A complete honor roll will be posted on www.vermontbaseball.org later this spring. The list was compiled by the Vermont Baseball Coaches Association and includes several former Vermont products who are collegiate coaches with four serving as head coaches. The student-athletes and coaches come from over 40 different Vermont high school programs representing all four VPA divisions and come from all over the Green Mountain State. If you know of any others on NCAA rosters, please e-mail Bruce Bosley, executive director of the VBCA, at [email protected] or [email protected]. NCAA Division I: Clemson: Mike Triller, So., OF, Rutland; Fairfield: George Molner, So., RHP, Twin Valley (hometown: Wilmington); Hartford, Ryan Carter, Sr., RHP, Proctor; UMass: Dylan Begin, Sr., OF, Essex; Adam Picard, Jr., OF, Essex; Aaron Plunkett, Sr., LHP, Essex; NJIT: Nick Swim, So., IF, BFA St. Albans; Siena: Ed Lewicki, Jr., RHP, Burr and Burton (Arlington); South Dakota St.: Cody Sharrow, So., 3B, Mt. Mansfield (Jericho). +team reached NCAA tournament (D-I field announced May 26) NCAA Division II: Saint Michael's: Nick Barton, Sr., OF, Colchester; Nicky Elderton, Jr., OF, Rice Memorial (Shelburne); George Buteau, Jr., 1B, Burlington (South Burlington); Byron Brocar, So., RHP, Oxbow (Bradford); Curt Echo, So., RHP, Champlain Valley (Shelburne); Southern New Hampshire+: Sam Fuller, Jr., RHP, Spaulding (Barre). +team reached NCAA tournament NCAA Division III: Becker: Travis Giard, Fr., 2B, Milton; Bowdoin, Andrew Cawley, Fr, IF, Thetford Academy (Corinth). Castleton State+: Allan White, Sr., OF, Mill River (Rutland); Matt Ravey, Jr, RHP, Colchester; Nate Swahn, Jr., C, Rutland; Tyler Hoare, Jr., SS, Harwood Union (Waterbury); Tyler Lord, Jr., OF, South Burlington; Ethan Hanson, So., RHP, South Burlington; Conner Johnson, So., RHP, Fair Haven; Connor Kelley, So., LHP, Middlebury; Sam Spencer, So., RHP, Mt. Mansfield (West Bolton); Dylan Watts, Fr., IF, Spaulding; Josh Rylant, Fr., IF/OF, Colchester (Burlington); Michael LaBeau, Fr., RHP, Bellows Falls; Luke Salerno, Fr., RHP, Essex; Steve Jurkiewicz, Fr., LHP, Essex; Devin Hayes, Fr., RHP, Vergennes; Zach LaPerle, Fr., IF, Randolph; Zach Bahan, Fr., 3B, Mt. Anthony (Shaftsbury); Ryan Crowley, So., C, Colchester; Soren Pelz-Walsh, Fr., SS, Brattleboro (Dummerston); Colby-Sawyer: Alex Drost, Sr., C/RHP, Windsor (Brownsville); Kyle Greenwood, Sr., OF, Lyndon Institute (Lyndonville); Chris LeBlanc, Sr., C, Missisquoi Union (Swanton), Justin Devoid, Fr, 1B/RHP, Hartford (Quechee); Endicott+: Zac Poland, Jr., LHP; Rice Memorial (Essex); Taylor English, Sr., 1B, Spaulding (Barre); Fisher College (Mass.): Scott Bigelow, Jr., RHP, Spaulding (Randolph); Gettysburg: Brett Harrington, Jr., RHP, Mt. Anthony (No. Bennington); Hamilton: David Rose, So., C/3B, Burlington; Husson: Darik Messier, So., 1B Lake Region (North Troy), Nate Stewart, Fr., C, North Country (Newport); Keene State: Kevin Guild, So., RHP, Essex Lyndon State: Sam Matthews, Sr., RHP/IF, St. Johnsbury; Tyler Pelletier, Jr., SS, BFA-St. Albans; Kyle Whitworth, Sr., C, Brattleboro Union Mike Cartularo, Jr., IF/OF, Lyndon Institute (Lyndonville); Brandon Flood, Jr., RHP, Blue Mountain (So. Ryegate); Ian Murdock, Jr., 1B, Twin Valley (Wilmington) Ian Sackett, Jr., OF, Danville; Garrett Dodge, Jr., P, Lyndon Institute (Lyndonville); Zach Hatin, So., P, Burlington; Shane LaCroix, So., OF, St. Johnsbury, Devon Rollins, So., OF, Winooski; Chris Sevigney, Fr., 3B, Blue Mountain (So. Ryegate); UMass Dartmouth: Reese Tanguay, So., IF, Essex (Essex Junction); Sean Callahan, Fr., RHP, Colchester McDaniel (Md.): Calvin Benevento, Jr., LHP, Champlain Valley (Williston) Middlebury: Mark Dickerson, Jr., RHP, Mt. Abraham (Bristol); Sawyer Olson, So., P, Brattleboro (Guilford); Calvin McEathron So., P Union-32 (E. Montpelier); Charlie Boardman, Fr., C, Rice Memorial (Burlington), Jake Stalcup, Fr., RHP, Burr & Burton (Manchester); Norwich: Devin Cilley, Jr., IF/RHP, South Royalton (Tunbridge); Billy Whaley, So., RHP/1B, Northfield; Jeremy Quelch, Fr., 2B, Northfield; Kyle Lamorey, Fr., SS, Northfield; Kyle Farquharson, Fr., RHP, Blue Mountain (So. Ryegate); Plattsburgh State: Matt Meunier, Sr., OF, BFA-St. Albans (Swanton); Rivier: Eddie Soucie, So., RHP, Blue Mountain (So. Ryegate); U. Rochester: Will Conroy, Fr., OF, Rice Memorial (Burlington); Roger Williams: Frank Puleo, Fr., 1B, Essex; Salve Regina: Matt Marchica, So., LHP, Bellows Falls (Westminster); St. Lawrence: Ben Jenkins, Sr., RHP, So. Burlington; Frank Grady, So., RHP, Burlington; Thomas (Me.): Tom Blake, Jr., RHP, North Country (Coventry); Casey Covey, So., C, Middlebury; Western New England: Nick Salerno, Jr., RHP, Essex (Essex Junction) W. Virginia Wesleyan: Brett Hakey, So., P, BFA Fairfax +team reached NCAA tournament NCAA Coaches: Clemson: Jack Leggett, head coach, South Burlington; Fairfield: Bill Currier, head coach, Essex; Maine: Jason Spaulding, asst. coach, Missisquoi Valley; MIT+: Andy Barlow, head coach, Burlington; Middlebury: Mike Phelps, asst. coach, Middlebury Union; Plattsburgh St.: Kris Cauchon, asst. coach, Colchester; Saint Michael's: A.J. Dusablon, asst. coach, Burlington; Southern New Hampshire+: Zach Labarron, asst. coach; Mt. Anthony +team reached NCAA tournament (D-I field will be announced May 26) ST. ALBANS – An AP Calculus and Physics student near the top of his class, BFA-St. Albans senior Ryan Connor has thrived figuring out sweeping lines and parabolas. The southpaw's curveball and approach to pitching prove as much. "It's no coincidence that he's a 4.0 student and that smart on the baseball field," BFA coach Geoff Murray said. "It carries over." "Because he pays attention to detail, in the classroom and in his life, that carries over into baseball," Murray said. "He does not miss a thing on the field. He knows exactly what's going on, from their batting order to every pitch he's thrown batters. He's just a real intelligent kid and a real intelligent pitcher." And what that combination routinely produces was central to the Bobwhites' unbeaten first half of the season — five of their eight consecutive wins started with Connor on the mound. The outings included routs, shutouts and nailbiters, but the circumstances didn't change how the BFA (9-1) ace employed his four-pitch arsenal. "I try to not let the score dictate how I'm going to go out and throw," Connor said. "I just kept trying to go out and throw my hardest, most accurate, limit free bases and things like that." By attacking the strike zone and picking his spots, Connor — with an earned run average below 1.00 heading into Thursday's game against Middlebury — has served up performances such as his complete-game two-hitter against Burlington that required a mere 80 pitches. It's also kept his team afloat in games such as a see-saw 7-6 victory over North Country in 11 innings earlier this month. Connor stretched his 120-pitch limit over 8 2/3 innings, striking out 15 and allowing just four hits before stepping down with a no-decision. "There's, I think, a certain positivity that he exudes and the nice thing about Ryan is that he does not get rattled," Murray said. "He is one of the most composed players that we've had. If they hit him or he makes a mistake, it's really hard to tell when he's pitching if we're winning or losing. "I think that composure rubs off on everybody." His penchant for first-pitch strikes — whether they are fastballs, changeups, curves or knuckleballs — gives opponents fits. "He uses his curveball to set up his fastball, actually. He uses more first-pitch curveballs than anyone I've seen all year," said BHS coach Marcel Girouard, whose team got one runner as far as third base in its 7-0 loss. "He's sort of like Roy Halladay. He could strike out 14 or 15 a game if he wanted to, but he wants to go all seven every game so he uses his defense," Girouard said. "It's amazing how much confidence a pitcher has when he has a good defense behind him." Connor, also emerging as a force at the plate after a dedicated winter of practice in the batting cage, has thrown crucial innings for the Bobwhites for three varsity seasons. His relief efforts in the 2012 final against Champlain Valley helped keep the game close. His near-shutout gem against the Redhawks in last year's quarterfinals ended up a 1-0 loss "I kind of think it's fun," Connor said. "Over my career here, just growing up, that's when I think I come into my element a little, when it's tough situations." Article by Austin Danforth - Burlington Free Press North Country 12, Missisquoi 9: Host North Country scored 10 runs on nine hits in the bottom of the sixth to erase a six-run deficit and beat Missisquoi.
Missisquoi 7, North Country 1: Completing a game suspended earlier in the season, Missiquoi held off North Country behind two hits and six innings of one-run ball from Elijah Eaton.
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