Two-time defending state champion
Poquoson (Va.), ranked No. 14 in the
MaxPreps Xcellent 25 National Baseball Rankings, is off to a 2-0 start with wins win over Lafayette and Grafton.
In its 15-6 win over Lafayette, the Islanders jumped out to a 9-0 lead by the end of the second inning thanks to four errors and five walks given up by Lafayette. Senior
Austin Davis pitched the first three innings to pick up the win.
Senior shortstop
Tee McConnell and
Dylan Hill each went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Islanders to an 11-7 win over Grafton. Southpaw
Matt Jensen scattered five hits, giving up just one earned run over 4-1/3 innings to pick up the victory.
"We're a work in progress and today was the first step in that work," Poquoson coach Ken Bennett told the Daily Press. "We're going to come with a lot of guys who pitch two or three innings each."
CALVERT HALL LACROSSE REMAINS PERFECTUnbeaten
Calvert Hall (Baltimore) scored its third straight victory with a 17-4 win over Hill School (Pa.) on Saturday.
Sophomore
Stephen Kelly went 12-for-12 on faceoffs and chipped in with a goal to pace a well-balanced scoring attack that saw six Cardinals score at least two goals each.
Kelton Black had a hat trick and
Patrick Kelly scored twice and tallied five assists.
THE BUZZWhen
St. Andrew's (Middletown, Del.) takes the field Friday in its baseball opener against St. Thomas More, it will mark the beginning of Bob Colburn's 50th season at the helm of the Cardinals program. To put it in perspective, his first year managing in 1960 was the same year John F. Kennedy was elected president.
"I really enjoy working with young people and the game of baseball affords so many opportunities to teach life values," Colburn, who missed the 1973 season while on sabbatical, said in an e-mail. "Things such as: learning to cope with a teammate's mistake which could affect your personal stats, learning to make a commitment to a group of teammates, learning to deal with mistakes and failure such as striking out in a key situation, and learning to sacrifice yourself for the good of the team like advancing a runner with a bunt.
"The main thing that keeps me going is working with players and seeing them grow."
Jon Buzby is the sports columnist for the Newark Post, a freelance writer, and on the broadcast team for the 1290AM The Ticket High School Football and Basketball Games of the Week. You can reach him at jonbuzby@hotmail.com.
