Colts make early MWL splash.Byline: Steve Mims The Register-Guard Thurston sent the first shock of the baseball season through the Midwestern League. The youthful Colts stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. three-time defending league champion Churchill by scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning to beat the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. 9-5 during the opening week of the season. Grant Willis had a two-run home run and Tyler Bradley had a two-run double as the Colts rallied from a 5-3 deficit in their final at-bat. That was the highlight of the early season for the Colts, who sandwiched losses to Willamette and North Eugene around the victory over Churchill. Mike Michel, who coached Thurston in 2004 and 2005 before returning this year when Chris Vermeer left to coach South Eugene, knew his young team would experience some highs and lows. The Colts have seven sophomores on the roster, and many of them are starters. "It is a work in progress because these kids have not seen a lot of varsity pitching so they have to get used to the speed and placement," Michel said. "The potential is there, but I'm not sure how fast we will get there or what kind of learning curve we have. If it is fast, we will do well early in the season, but if it is slower then the back half of our schedule will be better." Speedy sophomore outfielder Danny Urness earned honorable mention all-Midwestern League honors last season and is getting back to full strength after suffering a broken foot during a football game against North Eugene. He hits at the top of the order. Left-handed hitting shortstop Kyle Hoover, catcher Skip Spencer, and outfielder Brooks Chapman are all sophomores who follow Urness in the lineup. Infielders Dylan Hesse and Chris Reed Chris Reed (Japanese: クリス・リード) (born July 7, 1989) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his sister Cathy Reed. are also members of the sophomore class. "The sophomore class is the core of our varsity team In the United States and Canada and UK, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, or high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of ," Michel said. "They have been successful in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. They beat people up in Babe Ruth, and now there are older kids better than them so they have to play to that level. Can they do that consistently? It takes a different mental maturity to get to that point. If they do it, then talent-wise we can play with the rest of the league." Willis, one of five seniors on the roster, is one of the team's top starting pitchers, and he hits fifth in the order. Outfielders Andrew Harris This article is about the English cricketer. For other uses, see Andrew Harris (disambiguation). Andrew James Harris (born June 26, 1973 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire), commonly known as AJ Harris, is an English cricketer. and Chris Cassell are the other experienced seniors on the roster who helped Thurston finish 6-10 in league last year. Junior second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Colin Schauermann returns in the infield. Willis and Chapman are the top starting pitchers along with Harris and Hesse. Springfield, which is trying to bounce back from a 1-15 finish last year, matched its victory total from 2006 with a 10-5 victory over Marshfield in its second league game of the year. Springfield has a mix of veterans and newcomers. Senior outfielder Spenser Lind is one of the top defensive players in the state after winning a Gold Glove award during each of the past two seasons. He was an honorable mention all-league performer last season. Senior Dane Houser earned second-team honors as a utility player last season. He is a starting pitcher and an outfielder. Senior Jay Scott is a third-year starter at shortstop who earned honorable mention all-league honors last season. Sophomore second baseman Zady Navarro and sophomore third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Mike Travess have rotated at the top of the batting order Noun 1. batting order - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" lineup, card this season followed by Scott and Hauser. Junior catcher Devin Bodeen hits in the clean-up spot followed by Lind, and junior first baseman Joey Palermo-Silence is another veteran in the infield. Hauser is the No. 1 starter on the mound, and Bodeen is also a starting pitcher. Sophomore Brad Gregory can start or come out of the bullpen. THURSTON ROSTER Tyler Bradley, soph., C; Jordan Branham, jr., P/INF; Chris Cassell, sr., OF; Marvin Chapman, soph., P/OF P/OF Pinhole Occulter Facility ; Steven Frambes, sr., P/OF/INF; Andrew Harris, sr., P/OF; Dylan Hesse, soph., P/INF; Kyle Hoover, soph., INF INF interferon. ; Barrett Prock, sr., INF; Chris Reed, soph., P/INF; Colin Schauermann, jr., INF; Timothy Spencer, soph., C/OF; Daniel Urness, soph., P/OF; Grant Willis, sr., P/INF. Coach: Mike Michel. SPRINGFIELD ROSTER Jay Scott, sr., SS; Dane Houser, UT, sr.; Spenser Lind, sr., OF; Joey Palermo-Silence, jr., 1B; Devin Bodeen, P/C, jr.; Quinton Smith Quinton Bernard Smith (born January 14, 1984 in Tyler, Texas) is an American football running back who is currently a practice squad player for the New York Giants of the National Football League. , OF, jr.; Mike Travess, soph., INF; Zady Navarro, soph., INF; Brad Gregory, P/1B, soph.; Matt Fritz, OF, soph.; John Dougherty John Dougherty (February 25, 1857 - August 1, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Iatan, Missouri, Dougherty moved with his parents the same year to Liberty, Missouri. He attended the public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo,. He studied law. , C, soph. Coach: Jim Rise. |
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