asdf Spring 2010 Volume 1, Issue 2 Milwaukie High School 11300 SE 23rd Ave Milwaukie, OR 97222 (503)353-5830 In This Issue: Game Reports Waffle Feed Wrap Up Summer Baseball Information Third Quarter Grades The following students earned the highest GPA s for the 3 rd grading quarter: Seniors Roberto Penuelas: 3.60 Jordan Walker: 3.57 Juniors Andrew Marquez: 3.5 Zac Calwhite: 3.43 Aaron White: 3.14 From the Head Coach Sophomores Jared Rodriquez: 4.0 Ryan Bergio: 3.88 Nelson Wadman: 3.75 Freshmen Jordan Huntley: 4.0 Steven Yerman: 4.0 Jory Lueck: 3.75 Congratulations to these players on their outstanding performance in the classroom. Overall, 26 of 50 baseball players earned a 3.0 or better. That is 52% of the baseball program, which represents an 11% decrease over the number of 3.0 or better gpa s after quarter 2. With practices and games underway, it is difficult but very important to keep up on school! If you have are having any academic difficulties, you should check in with a coach immediately. CRITICAL DATES Pictures: 4/20/10 Spring Sports Dessert 5/24/10 Start of OIBA Season:: 5/28/10 Start of Jr. State Season: 5/28/10: With the clinics, fund raisers and meetings behind us, we have gotten to the work of actually teaching baseball! As critical as all the other work is, the best part of high school athletics (assuming you can t play anymore), is teaching and seeing athletes grow and develop not just as baseball players, but as people. Our team is young this year, as we will carry only 4 seniors on the varsity squad. We will start two sophomores and have a freshman fill an important role in our pitching rotation. We have seen some mistakes early in this season that are indicative of a young team, but we also have seen a tremendous amount of potential in this group. In addition, we have seen competitive play from our lower level teams, especially considering that some players who would typically be on those teams are up with the varsity. It will take some time for everyone to adjust to baseball at the varsity level, but I have no doubt that they will. Once we are able to play with confidence in all phases of the game, we are going to be a very good baseball team. Getting us to that point as soon as possible is the number one priority of the coaching staff. In short the future is bright, and we are trying to get there as soon as possible! Daniel Lee Head Coach
Page 2 of 5 Waffle Feed a HUGE Success On March 13, the Mustang baseball program held it s inaugural waffle feed at Sweet Tomatoes in Clackamas. As any of you who attended knows, it exceeded even our most optimistic expectations and was a HUGE success. We would like to offer our thanks to the following groups: 1. Baseball players for selling tickets and representing the program in such a classy way during the event. 2. Albertsons, Starbucks, and McDonalds for donating to the event. 3. All of our customers and supports for buying tickets and, in many cases, waiting patiently while we tried to keep up with the rush. 4. Most importantly to Matt Entrikin and his staff at Sweet Tomatoes. Without Matt and his crew this event would not have been possible and it is impossible to overstate the value of his contribution to our baseball program. If you can, please visit Sweet Tomatoes at 13011 SE 84 th Ave in Clackamas Game Reports OUR SPONSORS Clackamas Sweet Tomatoes Marketplace McDonalds Lil Cooperstown Oregon City Oak Grove Starbucks King Rd. Safeway Marketplace Albertson s Doug Naef Insurance Econolodge Walgreens Flying Pie Pizza Andrew Marquez had an RBI single and pitched 4 innings, giving up only 5 hits in a 4-2 loss to Glencoe. Ryan Harp and Keynan Middleton homered in a 17-4 win over Madison. Zach Enriquez, Zac Calwhite, Jordan Walker, and Eric Purcell all had multiple hits in the win. Eric Purcell had 2 hits and the game-winner sac fly in the 7 th and Andrew Marquez didn t give up an earned run in 6 innings pitched in a 5-4 win over Silverton. Jordan Entrikin reached base all four times, Eric Purcell had two hits and Keynan Middleton had 2 RBI in a 9-4 loss to Wilsonville. Keynan Middleton had 3 hits, including 2 doubles and 4 RBI in 18-9 loss to Sponsorship Opportunities Gresham. The overall preseason record for the Mustangs was 2-4. League play opens with a series against Lake Oswego the week of march 29. We have several spaces available for advertising on the outfield fence, media guide, website and this newsletter. If you are interested in advertising in any of these ways, please contact Coach Marchant as soon as possible. Outfield signs are $200, plus the cost of producing the sign (one time cost). Advertising on the website, in the media guide or newsletter depend on the size of the advertisement, but start as low as $25 per season.
Page 3 of 5 Contact Information Coaching Staff Coach Lee: leed@nclack.k12.or.us Coach Siel: sield@nclack.k12.or.us Coach Marchant: marchantp@nclack.k12.or.us MHS Staff Main Office: (503) 353-5830 Summer Baseball While summer baseball is not a requirement to participate in the spring season, there is no realistic way for our program to meet our goals without 100% participation in the summer. We plan on running two summer teams this year. The OIBA team will be comprised primarily of this years varsity team and the Jr State team will be comprised primarily of current freshmen. The current JV team will be split among the 2 teams based on ability, age and the need of various position players. Some things to keep in mind about summer baseball: Summer baseball is inexpensive. While there is a pay-to-play fee, it will be no more than $75 per player. Summer baseball is flexible. We understand that families have vacations, jobs and other sports in the summer that will make them unavailable some of the time. All we ask is that players communicate clearly and as early as possible whenever they will not be at a game. Summer baseball is a lighter commitment. We do not practice during the summer except for pregame. We have scheduled many double headers to that that the total commitment for OIBA amounts to only 13 days! Summer baseball wlll make you a better ballplayer and improve our team for next year. Most importantly, summer baseball is FUN! If you have any questions regarding the summer program, please contact a coach as soon as possible. The OIBA schedule is attached to the bottom of the newsletter. The Jr. State schedule is not yet complete, but will be similar in terms of the number of play dates and start times. Athletic Office: (503) 353-5840 Athletic Director: huyetts@nclack.k12.or.us Other Contacts MBA Bob Calwhite: bcalwhite@aol.com MJBA Tim Salyers: timcoaching@yahoo.com Facility Update Practice Schedule Official We have high made school many practices begin significant on Monday, improvements February 22. in the Below equipment is a general and outline facilities of our of the practice baseball schedule. program. Practice We have times been and locations able to repair are subject a pitching to change, machine, based so that on the we now weather. have 2 usable Assuming machines. the weather We have is also nice, been all practices able will to build be held a storage at the Lake Rd. field. cabinet Indoor at Lake practices Rd., will be held which in the is far MHS more gyms. Practice convenient plans than will be storing posted outside supplies room at the 108 MHS each day, so campus athletes and can have see when also repaired the center field batting cage. There remains a number of projects that need to be completed. Among these are the construction of a visitor s bullpen on the freshmen field, repair of the centerfield hitting cage, repair of the riding lawnmower. Ongoing projects that need continual attention include the care of the infield on both fields, maintenance of the bleachers and other spectator areas, weeding and maintenance of the grounds outside the field and care of outbuildings including storage, restrooms, and clubhouse. If you, or someone you know, are willing and able to assist with any of these projects, please contact a member of the coaching staff. In addition to these projects, the baseball program is looking for 2 push mower with grass baggers that are in decent condition. If or someone you know would like to donate a mower that is no longer being used, please let us know. We will arrange for pick up and provide a donation letter for tax purposes.
Page 4 of 5 Final Thoughts: Want to Play College Baseball? The NCAA allows each division 1college baseball program 11.78 scholarships and each division 2 program is allowed 9. NAIA colleges can offer a maximum of 12 scholarships. Not all college athletic scholarships are full ride like, for example, basketball. Most are equivalency sports like baseball. This basically means that a coach can divide his 12 scholarships between a larger number of players. This could mean 25 partial instead of 12 full ride scholarships. If you are a top player then a full ride baseball scholarship is always a possibility. Below are the athletic measurables and characteristics needed to play at each level of competition. These numbers were put together from general feedback by college coaches. While there certainly are exceptions to the given parameters, these numbers will give you a better idea as to where you stand and what you need to work on. For the most part, college coaches are looking for pitchers, catchers, shortstops, and centerfielders. Many college coaches will only recruit these four positions and move them to other positions once they arrive on campus. It is very important for high school baseball players to be aware of this fact. Division 1 Baseball: RHP: 88-90+ MPH consistently with over LHP: 86-87+ MPH consistently with Catcher: 1.9 Pop Time or below; superior leadership skills & ability to call games 1B/3B: Tremendous size and power potential (8 + HR in HS) SS/2B: 6.8 60 yrd or below; 85+ MPH from INF to 1B, 1.35-1.40 turn time CF: 6.7 60 yrd or below; 87+ MPH from OF Division II Baseball: RHP: 85+ MPH consistently with LHP: 83+ MPH consistently with Catcher: 2.0 Pop Time or Below; superior leadership skills & ability to call games 1B/3B: Tremendous Power Potential Division III Baseball: Division III baseball/softball are highly competitive, despite the fact that they do not offer athletic scholarships. Some DIII programs are playing on a DII level, and professional players have been drafted from DIII schools. Due to the discrepancies between DIII schools, it is important that you research each program that you are interested in order to get a better idea as to what type of player they are looking for. NAIA Baseball: Like DIII schools, the discrepancies are far too wide to find any similarities in characteristics. Be sure to fully research each individual program to get a better idea as to what type of player they are looking for. Junior College Baseball: Junior Colleges have 3 divisions for the purpose of separating stronger JC programs from the weaker ones. While there may be somewhat of a drop off in talent between Division III Junior Colleges and Division 1 and Division II Junior Colleges, there is little difference between a DI and DII Junior College. Many Junior College players lack the 'polish' to be considered D1 players coming out of high school, but they already possess the necessary physical tools to be successful at the D1 level.
Page 5 of 5 Milwaukie OIBA 2010 Day Date Opponent Site Time Fri 5/28 Wilson MHS 6:00 Sat 6/5 Sherwood (2)* Sherwood 12:00/2:00 DAVID DOUGLAS TOURNAMENT Thur 6/10 TBA David Douglas TBA OR (not both Thurs and Fri) Fri 6/11 TBA David Douglas TBA Sat 6/12 TBA David Douglas TBA Sun 6/13 TBA David Douglas TBA Tues 6/15 Sandy (2) * Sandy 5:00/7:00 Fri 6/18 David Douglas MHS 6:00 Fri 6/25 Forest Grove (2)* Forest Grove 5:00/7:00 Thur 7/1 Gladstone Gladstone 7:00 Mon 7/5 Southridge (2)* MHS 4:00/6:00 Thur 7/8 Sunset (2)* Sunset 6:00 /8:00 Mon 7/12 Hillsoboro (2)* Hare Field 5:00/7:00 Wed 7/14 Lake Oswego (2)* Lake Oswego 5:00/7:00 Mon 7/19 League Make Up Day If Necessary TBA Fri 7/23 Best 2 of 3 Playoff Series Begins TBA Tues 7/27 State Tournament Begins TBA (2) indicates a double header * indicates a league game For home games: we will meet at MHS one hour prior to start time For away games: we will meet at MHS one hour plus travel time before start time