Area baseball comes to a head with district action and regional matchups on the horizon...and has anyone appreciated enough 1) how tough it is to win 20 games, and 2) quality players overshadowed by how tough it is to play prep baseball at a high level in Ohio?
Versailles couldn't have started worse, or finished better...Tigers get a miraculous relief performance from Ian Bergman (above), overcome a 5-run first inning deficit, and benefited from some old Bill Sturwold synergy to beat Carlisle in the Division V District Semi-Final, 12-5.
"One can almost mark the date when it began," a historian once claimed. The slow but constant disregard for the darkest hours of our history, because it just doesn’t fit today's lost appreciation for sacrifice.
As impressive as the Buckeyes' improvement was - to have come so far in just one year - the Big Ten baseball tournament paints a fine example of how the new neighborhood of the Big Ten lives in comparison to the old neighborhood we used to know.
If you've relied on the spring spawn season for ultimate panfish success in the past, this spring's horrific rains and high water may make you alter plans for some of the best fishing of the year.