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05-25-2012, 07:21 AM
Any chance the Holy Cross baseball team had of gaining some confidence in hopes of staying in its 35th District championship game with Covington Catholic was quickly dashed by some of its own undoing, and by the Colonels taking advantage of every opportunity they had.
CovCath, the No. 1-ranked team in the final Enquirer Northern Kentucky coachesâ poll, scored five runs in the first two innings, four of which were unearned, and two more in the third without a hit, and went on to beat No. 2 Holy Cross, 11-3, at Beechwood High School.
It marked the fourth time in as many games this season that CovCath (33-5) beat Holy Cross (25-11), and it has now won those four games by a combined score of 32-9.
Both teams advance to next weekâs Ninth Region Tournament that begins on Monday at Florence Freedom Stadium. The draw for the regional tournament will be held at noon on Saturday at St. Henry High School with the four district winners facing the four district losers in first-round games.
CovCath scored three runs in the first off Holy Cross senior starter Joe Woeste, none of which were earned.
âIn tournaments in general with high school kids itâs huge to get that lead early, because then they get confident,â said veteran CovCath coach Bill Krumpelbeck. âThe years weâve lost itâs always been the situation where we got behind early by a run or two. They get tight, because theyâre high school kids. You canât set up a game plan trying to score, but we were trying to get that first run across and it was nice to get a few more.â
The Colonels got two more runs in the second when Michael Best drew a walk then scored when Jake Lankheit drilled a triple into the gap in right-center. Lankheit scored when junior shortstop Connor Calleryâs relay throw went out of play.
After Holy Cross scored a run in the top of third on Blake Tiberiâs long two-out double to the corner in right, CovCath scored twice more in the bottom of the third.
Woeste walked the first two batters to start the third and was relieved by Tiberi. After senior left fielder Charlie Mader sacrificed the runners to second and third, senior first baseman Eric Schneider was called on to squeeze, and he placed a perfect bunt up the first base line. The bunt not only scored the first run, but Schreiver, who was running on the pitch from second, came all the way around to score, too.
Holy Cross did have a chance at a big inning in the bottom of the fifth, when it trailed 9-1. After the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters, junior Michael Hewitt and Sam Mershon, both singled, Callery singled to load the bases. Senior Nick Pangallo then singled off the wall in left to score one run and leave the bases still loaded.
With Tiberi, a University of Louisville recruit who is hitting almost .540 on the season, at the plate, Krumpelbeck came out to talk to pitcher Ben Maile. The talk worked as Maile induced Tiberi to hit into a double play and then got cleanup batter Kyle Fuller to pop out to second to end the threat.
âHe was getting a little frustrated and was kind of laying them in there to the bottom of the order and I told him to just pitch his game and he did,â said Krumpelbeck. âHe settled down. He had good stuff. It was just a matter of getting his head straight. Itâs a real tough situation to bring a pitcher in cold to face (Tiberi).âhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...305240130/
CovCath, the No. 1-ranked team in the final Enquirer Northern Kentucky coachesâ poll, scored five runs in the first two innings, four of which were unearned, and two more in the third without a hit, and went on to beat No. 2 Holy Cross, 11-3, at Beechwood High School.
It marked the fourth time in as many games this season that CovCath (33-5) beat Holy Cross (25-11), and it has now won those four games by a combined score of 32-9.
Both teams advance to next weekâs Ninth Region Tournament that begins on Monday at Florence Freedom Stadium. The draw for the regional tournament will be held at noon on Saturday at St. Henry High School with the four district winners facing the four district losers in first-round games.
CovCath scored three runs in the first off Holy Cross senior starter Joe Woeste, none of which were earned.
âIn tournaments in general with high school kids itâs huge to get that lead early, because then they get confident,â said veteran CovCath coach Bill Krumpelbeck. âThe years weâve lost itâs always been the situation where we got behind early by a run or two. They get tight, because theyâre high school kids. You canât set up a game plan trying to score, but we were trying to get that first run across and it was nice to get a few more.â
The Colonels got two more runs in the second when Michael Best drew a walk then scored when Jake Lankheit drilled a triple into the gap in right-center. Lankheit scored when junior shortstop Connor Calleryâs relay throw went out of play.
After Holy Cross scored a run in the top of third on Blake Tiberiâs long two-out double to the corner in right, CovCath scored twice more in the bottom of the third.
Woeste walked the first two batters to start the third and was relieved by Tiberi. After senior left fielder Charlie Mader sacrificed the runners to second and third, senior first baseman Eric Schneider was called on to squeeze, and he placed a perfect bunt up the first base line. The bunt not only scored the first run, but Schreiver, who was running on the pitch from second, came all the way around to score, too.
Holy Cross did have a chance at a big inning in the bottom of the fifth, when it trailed 9-1. After the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters, junior Michael Hewitt and Sam Mershon, both singled, Callery singled to load the bases. Senior Nick Pangallo then singled off the wall in left to score one run and leave the bases still loaded.
With Tiberi, a University of Louisville recruit who is hitting almost .540 on the season, at the plate, Krumpelbeck came out to talk to pitcher Ben Maile. The talk worked as Maile induced Tiberi to hit into a double play and then got cleanup batter Kyle Fuller to pop out to second to end the threat.
âHe was getting a little frustrated and was kind of laying them in there to the bottom of the order and I told him to just pitch his game and he did,â said Krumpelbeck. âHe settled down. He had good stuff. It was just a matter of getting his head straight. Itâs a real tough situation to bring a pitcher in cold to face (Tiberi).âhttp://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...305240130/
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05-25-2012, 07:21 AM
05-25-2012, 04:17 PM
COVINGTON CATHOLIC 11, HOLY CROSS 3 – Senior first baseman Eric Schneider drove in four runs in the 35th District final at Highland Hills Park.
Schneider knocked in two runs with a third-inning suicide squeeze, and he singled home two more in the sixth.
Colonels sophomore right fielder Brad Schreiver belted a two-RBI single in the first inning, and he added a run-scoring base hit in the fourth.
Senior catcher Jake Lankheit tripled home a run in the second inning and scored on an errant throw to extend CovCath’s lead to five.
Senior left-hander Ben Maile tossed six strong innings for the Colonels to earn his ninth win.
CovCath won its second straight district championship and its fifth in the last six years.
Schneider and Schreiver were named to the all-tournament team, and the Maile earned most valuable player honors.
HOLY CROSS 000-030-0—3 6 1
vs. COVCATH 322-202-X—11 11 0
WP: Maile (9-0). LP: Woeste. HITTING LEADERS: CC—Lankheit 2-3, 3B; Maile 2-3, 2 2B; Schreiver 2-2, 3 RBI; Schneider 4 RBI. HC—Tiberi 2B. RECORDS: CovCath 33-5, Holy Cross 25-11.
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Schneider knocked in two runs with a third-inning suicide squeeze, and he singled home two more in the sixth.
Colonels sophomore right fielder Brad Schreiver belted a two-RBI single in the first inning, and he added a run-scoring base hit in the fourth.
Senior catcher Jake Lankheit tripled home a run in the second inning and scored on an errant throw to extend CovCath’s lead to five.
Senior left-hander Ben Maile tossed six strong innings for the Colonels to earn his ninth win.
CovCath won its second straight district championship and its fifth in the last six years.
Schneider and Schreiver were named to the all-tournament team, and the Maile earned most valuable player honors.
HOLY CROSS 000-030-0—3 6 1
vs. COVCATH 322-202-X—11 11 0
WP: Maile (9-0). LP: Woeste. HITTING LEADERS: CC—Lankheit 2-3, 3B; Maile 2-3, 2 2B; Schreiver 2-2, 3 RBI; Schneider 4 RBI. HC—Tiberi 2B. RECORDS: CovCath 33-5, Holy Cross 25-11.
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05-25-2012, 04:18 PM
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