| 2010 Mulvane High School Baseball |
Posted On
2/9/2010
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| On Thursday, February 18th, there will be the Spring Sports meeting (7:00pm) at Mulvane High School. The baseball meeting will be located in the commons. All baseball parents are encouraged to attend the meeting. Player policies, team expectations and other information will be covered by the coaching staff.
Tryouts/Practice will begin on March 1st at Carver Field (weather permitting). Tryouts begin promptly at 3:30pm. If you have further questions before the meeting, feel free to contact me at bminks@usd263.k12.ks.us. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
11/10/2009
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| Carver Field Update:
As progress continues at the field, I would like to extend a special thanks to all of the individuals and families that have contributed to the project to date:
Galen Gerlach- Dirtwork, Infield Dirt, Equipment Usage, Labor
Knute Strunk- Sign Donations and Revenue Questing
Ron and Jeff Ellis- Block Dugouts and Labor
Coach Dieker, Nelson and Myears- Labor and Metal Shop Contributions
Thrash Family- Shovels, Brooms and other Field Equipment
Kasey McDowell- 4-Wheeler Donation
Mike Parton & Family- Sign Sponsorship and Dugout Roof Construction Assistance
Gary McGuire- Sign Sponsorship
Carson Bank- Sign Sponsorship
Stroot Locker- Sign Sponsorship
Gary Martinez- Sign Sponsorship
Iverson Westfall- Sign Sponsorship
Wildcat Hardware- Sign Sponsorship
Mulvane Learning Center- Sign Sponsorship
Batman Automotive- Sign Sponsorship
We continue to wait information back from the two grants we applied for to help bring restoration to the fence and scoreboard. More information should be available in January concerning these potential funds.
In the upcoming months we will be completing the dugouts with new roofs, benches and storage compartments for bats and helmets. The new infield dirt will be in-place for the winter months and the dugouts are planed to be painted with “MULVANE” and “WILDCATS” added to the back of the dugouts. In the spring, we will be adding the turf to the on-deck circles and coaching boxes and begin construction on the bullpen areas.
Continued Needs:
On each of the dugouts, we have planned for two 8’ x 12’ storage units on the ends for baseball and field equipment storage. The dugouts are being built leaving a 6’ opening for a garage door on each side. Anyone knowing information on or has a good connection to the garage doors would be greatly appreciated.
Again, I can’t express enough gratitude for all of the help and donations the baseball community of Mulvane has donated. Through all of our efforts, we will accomplish restoring the 1956 Carver Facility into a beautiful complex for future generations to enjoy the game of baseball. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
9/2/2009
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The Carver Field revitalization project is well underway. I’ve posted pictures of the progress to date under the photo gallery. We have had several patrons donate an immense amount of time and resources to the project and we thank them for their efforts!
Upcoming renovations include new dugouts, new infield dirt, on-deck circles, and coaching boxes. We are currently applying for two grants to possibly fund a new outfield fence (which is in desperate need of a facelift).
To help fund some of the smaller projects, we are selling outfield fence signs as advertising. We have 10 signs sold so far and we are hopeful for continual support of the signs. Three years of advertising is $300 with five years for $500. The signs are a 4’x4’ home plate and those pictures are coming to the website!
Calling all help! We have some needs to the project that I would like to ask anyone to help with. As where the signs will help fund the construction expenses of the smaller projects, we are in desperate need of tools and equipment to help upkeep and maintain the field during season. One of the biggest needs is something to drag the field with. If anyone has an old three or four-wheeler that is sitting around collecting dust, we’d love to take it off your hands to drag the infield. Listed below are additional equipment needs:
· Rakes (not leaf rakes)
· Shoves (flat and round nose)
· Push Brooms (used for dugout cleanout and infield grass edge)
· Field Rakes (large baseball rakes)
· String (marking baseline)
· New pitching rubber
· New home plate
· Base anchors
· White spray paint
As where we can fund some of these expenses through the sign advertising, we will run short on being able to purchase these needs. Please, if you or you know of anyone that can help, we would greatly appreciate it! If you have any questions concerning the project or how to help, please contact any of the coaching staff.
Again, thank you for the support to the program as we look to bring another quality field to the community of Mulvane!
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| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
6/11/2009
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| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
6/5/2009
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| I would like to start a college tracker for Mulvane Baseball (similar to the one on the Mulvane Football Site). If you know any Mulvane Alumni that played College Baseball, please send me their information (grad year, college(s), etc...). Any college pictures would be nice too if available. Thanks! |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
6/1/2009
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Two announcements:
First, Congratulations to Brenton Higgins for being selected to the All-Metro team at Shortstop.
Second, All uniforms need to be washed and turned into the HS office by June 5th.
Great season to all of the players, parents and supporters of MHS Baseball. Great job! |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/28/2009
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| There will be a "send off" for the baseball team at the High School on Friday morning. Be there at 10:15 AM if you wish to join in sending the boys off to State. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
5/28/2009
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Congratulations to the following players for their awards they received at the All-League meeting:
Brenton Higgins: 1st Team Pitcher, 1st Team SS, League MVP
Tyler Springer: 1st Team 2nd base
Justin Parton: 1st Team OF, 2nd Team Pitcher
Gus Strunk: HM Pitcher, 2nd Team 3rd base
Brandon Christian: HM 1st Base
Kyle Ericson: HM DH
Corbin McGuire: 2nd Team OF
Brian Minks: Coach of the Year |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/20/2009
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| Congrats to the 2009 Mulvane baseball team and coaches for winning the Regional Championship!!! The last Regional's won by Mulvane was 10 years ago in 1999.
Please check the front page of the website for a link to Regional Championship Photo Album. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
5/14/2009
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I have posted the 2009 Regionals bracket at the bottom of the schedule page.
Also, mulvanebaseball.com passed 30,000 hits this week. Thank you for your continued support of Wildcat Baseball !! |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
5/13/2009
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The Andover Varsity game has been rescheduled for Thursday, May 14th @ 1:30pm. The early game time is to accommodate the graduation bachelorette that evening.
The JV game versus Augusta remains scheduled. The boys will play @ Augusta that evening. If any changes occur, we will update the site. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/12/2009
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| All baseball games vs. Andover have been canceled. A reschedule date will hopefully be announced soon. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/12/2009
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Parents and Players:
Gary and Kim McGuire have prepared sandwiches for all of the players, managers and coaches for between games. A special thanks to their contribution and continued support of the MHS baseball program. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/8/2009
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| We just recieved word at 1:35 p.m. on Friday that Augusta is cancelling the JV Baseball baseball game scheduled for Saturday May 9th at noon. There may be a possible make up game scheduled for Thursday May 14th but we will let you know for sure at a later date. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/6/2009
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| NO JV Baseball tonight (5/6/09) vs. Andale. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/6/2009
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| GAMES TODAY UPDATE:
Today (5/6/09), Varsity baseball will play Andale at 5:00pm at the Sports Complex. JV baseball will travel to Andale to play at 5:00pm, bus leaves at 3:00pm.
The El Dorado game is pending on a schedule change for Monday 5/11/09. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/1/2009
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| To All:
A once dream of the coaching staff has developed into a mounting ambition to revitalize the Carver baseball field and make it the returning home of MHS Baseball. We currently commit to having Varsity and JV games at home with Wellington, El Dorado and Circle. Unfortunately, Carver is not at playing condition and we have yet to host a game at the field.
We would like to make this revitalization a MHS baseball/community-led
project. We have begun tentative phasing options to bring the Carver field back to pristine condition and allow for various fund raising opportunities to help fund the project over a three year period. Our hope is to be able to host home games during the upcoming seasons on both fields (Complex and Carver).
We ask that anyone that would like to contribute to this project to please
contact myself. We would like to have a planning meeting to outline
possible options for the field and the phasing of projects and funds needed to implement the program. Again, the more community input and involvement we have, the better!
We look forward to hearing from all! |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/30/2009
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| The Augusta ball games have been rescheduled for May 9th. Varsity will be at home with game times starting at 10:00am. JV will travel to Augusta for their 12:00pm game. Bus will depart @ 10:00am. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/30/2009
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| All games scheduled for April 30th have been postponed due to rain. A reschedule date will be announced at a later time. The Varsity game for Friday against El Dorado will be moved to Tuesday May 5th, IF it is rained out. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/27/2009
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| Both Varsity and JV games have been cancelled today due to the weather conditions. A reschedule date will be announced at a later time. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/20/2009
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| The JV baseball game versus Kingman has been canceled due to a lack of players by Kingman. There will be no reschedule date for this game. The Varsity game will be played at 4:00pm at the Mulvane Sports Complex. Tonight the Booster Club will hold their annual Tailgate Party during the home baseball and softball games. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/17/2009
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| The away JV game time for Monday vs. Kingman has been changed to 3:30pm. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/13/2009
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| Both the Varsity and JV games scheduled on Monday, April 13th against Andover have been postponed due to weather. A reschedule date will be announced at a later time. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/2/2009
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| The JV game vs. Rose Hill has been postponed due to inclement weather. A reschedule date will be announced at a later time. The Varsity game is on schedule and will be played this evening. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
3/21/2009
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| I uploaded a new 2009 Desktop Wallpaper on the front page of this site. Click the image to view the larger image. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
3/20/2009
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Please remember to bring your Jerseys on Saturday for Individual pictures for the website.
Thanks, |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
3/12/2009
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| We would like to wish everyone a safe Spring Break and remember as players the team, school and community you represent while on break.
We will have practice over break on Thursday & Friday (3:30-5:30pm) and Saturday (10:30am-2:30pm). On Saturday, we will have our Homerun Derby from 11:00am-Noon and will have an Alumni Scrimmage from 12:30-2:30pm.
Mr. Strunk has arranged to barbeque on Saturday in an effort to help raise money for the program. From the Wildcat community we extend thanks to all that help make Saturday an on-going tradition. Also, a special thanks to Mike Mackay and Kim Sutphin for helping umpire the event. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
3/7/2009
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Parents:
The players now have their uniforms for the season. The pants have been a concern with some players receiving pants that are too long in length. The pant style is a pro-boot cut style which is made to wear long. If the pants are excessive in length, please feel free to hem them temporarily for the season. Also make sure any sewing that is done to the uniform can me removed at year's end. Thank you! |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
3/2/2009
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| I have posted "Printer Friendly" Schedules to the Varsity and JV shedule pages. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
2/5/2009
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ATTENTION PLAYERS:
There will be a players meeting on February 12th during advisory. This meeting is mandatory for all individuals interested in participating during the 2009 season.
PARENTS:
The spring sports meeting will be held on February 19th at MHS. The meeting will begin at 7:00pm. We would encourage all parents to attend. Team rules, expectations, costs and season schedule will be topics of discussion. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
12/31/2008
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| I was sent an old photo of a Mulvane Baseball team we are guessing from the early 1940's (or earlier). This 8x10 photo is being sold on ebay. Check out the front page of the baseball website for more information. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
10/7/2008
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A couple updates:
1. I've added a Player Records page (Link is under the Statistics/Awards section on the menu)
2. I've added in an Alumni Player search on the Alumni page. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
6/30/2008
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| All of the pitching/hitting sessions for the remainder of the summer have been cancelled due to the gymnasiums being re-painted and the floors refinished. Any player needing specific skill development, please contact Coach Minks for individual sessions. Have a great summer! |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
6/23/2008
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| The pitching/hitting practice for this evening has been canceled due to scheduling conflicts. We will resume next Monday, June 30th. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
6/2/2008
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| The summer pitching/hitting nights will resume on Monday, June 16th at 7pm in the High School big gymnasium. The gym will NOT be open on June 9th. All players currently in the program as well as incoming Freshmen or 8th graders are welcome to participate. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/22/2008
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| Congratulations to the following players and their All-League awards they have received for the 2008 season:
Brenton Higgins- 1st Team Pitcher
Tyler Springer- 1st Team 2nd Base
Brandon Christian- 1st Team 1st Base
Paul Myers- 2nd Team Pitcher
Quinton Smith- Honorable Mention Pitcher
Devin Morton- Honorable Mention Utility
Great job gentlemen! |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/12/2008
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I would like to thank all of the players, parents and community members that have helped make for another great year of Mulvane High School Baseball. It is truly a blessing to have the opportunity to coach these young men throughout their high school careers and for all of the seniors, your efforts and talents will be missed. We as a coaching staff look forward to next season and encourage any underclassman to stay active in the game.
A special thanks goes to Charlie Morgan for helping with the book every year and to Kasey McDowell for all of his efforts in maintaining this great baseball website. One final thanks goes to Coach Sparks for his commitment and dedication to the program over the past three years. Kevin will be continuing his educational journey at Cessna Elementary next year and we offer him the best of luck!
Thank you again for all that everyone does to make Mulvane a special place to teach, coach and mentor these young men. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/7/2008
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Regional Schedule:
We have drawn the 5-seed in Regionals. Our first game will be played on Monday, May 12th at 2:00 pm in El Dorado against El Dorado. All games will be played at McDonald Park. A victory will move us to game two, which will be played on Wednesday at 2:00 pm versus the winner of Andover Central vs. Circle. |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
5/06/08
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| The players award ceremony will be Friday evening at 5:30 at Talliano's in Derby. Players will be paid for by the coaching staff. Parents are welcome to come and share this evening with your son(s) however will need to pay for their own food purchase. |
| Coach Myears |
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Posted On
4/12/2008
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The Wichita Eagle released its coach's poll today and has ranked Mulvane #2 in 4A baseball. Congratulations to the players and program for such recognition.
http://www.kansas.com/266/story/370527.html |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
3/24/2007
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| A special thanks to all alumni and current MHS players that participated in today's game. The alumni extended their winning streak to 4 years. Also, thanks to Mike Mackay and Kim Sutphin for umpiring the game.
Game one is Thursday March 29th @ El Dorado. Check the schedule located on this page to determine game time and field location.
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| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
02/24/2007
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There are few, if any, sports in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm, and team play.
"Author Unknown" |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
6/2/2006
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| For any kids that are looking to play ball after High School, I put together a page that has college contact information for most colleges in Kansas. Click here to view this page. The link is also located in the "Links" section of the menu bar. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
4/21/2006
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| I am pleased to announce that mulvanebaseball.com had its 10,000th hit this morning. Thanks for supporting this site and Mulvane HS Baseball. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
2/15/2006
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I have launched the Mulvane Baseball Alumni Page. Click here to view. You can click on each picture and stats to view a larger image. You can also submit your own photos to be displayed on the corresponding year by clicking here.
I am also considering to have information displayed on any players that went on to play college or Pro baseball. If you played college or pro baseball, please send me an e-mail telling me where you played, what year, what position, etc... |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
1/18/2005
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| "There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens."
Tommy Lasorda |
| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
8/15/2005
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| I am pleased to announce that the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League (AVCTL) now is part of a website (www.highschoolsports.net) that you can get schedules for all sporting events. Click HERE to jump to that site. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
5/14/2004
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For all who are interested, I have added an extra category for all batting stats, Slugging Percentage.
Slugging percentage is calculated using the following formula:
[Singles + (2 * doubles) + (3 * triples) + (4 * Home Runs)] / At Bats
Other Calculated Fields:
On Base Percentage is calculated by the following formula:
(Hits + Walks + Hit By Pitch + Base On Error) / Plate Appearences
Batting Average is calculated by the following formula:
Hits / At Bats
Keep in mind that Plate Appearences is different form At Bats. At Bats does not include walks or hit by pitch. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
5/6/2004
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| I have added more content to the game summary pages. You can now view the game summary pages by clicking on the game score in the Schedule/Results pages. The game summary pages show the starters of the game, the box score, the batting stats of all players who played that game, and the pitching stats for the pitchers of that game. I am also adding a link to game-by-game stats on the varsity and jv stats pages. |
| Kasey McDowell |
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Posted On
4/25/2004
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I am just going to play the way I want to play. I am not going to be afraid to lose. If I start worrying about losing, I will
never win.
Andre Agassi
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| Coach Minks |
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Posted On
4/02/2004
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It has come to my attention that some people are not seeing the navigation menu that is on the left side of the page. This is a Macromedia Flash Movie, therefore you need Macromedia Flash Player to view it. Most people using IE should already have this installed. If you need to install the player, go to http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer then click "Install Now".
If you are unable to get the flashplayer, you can use the "Sitemap" to view all the contents of this site.
PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT!!! |
| Kasey McDowell |
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