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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Baseball Field Enhancements Many in 2010
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The Diamond Club has provided many very nice enhancements to the baseball field this spring and summer. Enhancements include bleachers, a flag, netting to knock down more foul balls, and most recently - resurfacing of the batting cages that includes a large area for tee and toss hitting. The Diamond Club will continue to provide additional enhancements this fall that will include a sprinkler system to manually water the infield dirt. Future enhancements also include additional storage and a scoreboard.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Summer Fun Program in Full Swing
The Summer Fun Program is in progress with 120 kids participating this summer. Thanks to John Hakes for providing a brief video set to music for the Grades 1-5 program. Click on the picture below to link to the video.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
2nd Annual Alumni Game Held
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The "Old Guys" prevailed 3-1 today in the 2nd Annual Alumni Game. The 9 inning game was crisply played in just a little over 2 hours. Thanks to the Diamond Club, and in particular Randy Reichert and Bob Harris, for providing a post-game cookout for the players.
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
MVHS 2007 Grad Seth Rosin Drafted in 4th Round
Mounds View High School 2007 Grad Seth Rosin was a 4th round pick today by the San Francisco Giants. Rosin just returned with the Gophers where they competed in the final game of the NCAA Regional against Cal State - Fullerton. For more information, see the link below:
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Season-End Banquet Pictures
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Tri-City Legion Baseball Spaghetti Dinner is June 2
The annual Tri-City Legion's Summer baseball Season Kickoff Spaghetti Dinner is set for Wednesday, June 2, 5:00PM - 8:00PM at the Legion. For mre information, see the link below.
2010 Tri-City Legion Spaghetti Dinner
MVHS Baseball Alumni Game Scheduled for June 13
The 2nd annual alumni game will be played on June 13th at MVHS.
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Prediction of Contending Teams
- Conference: 2009 State Tournament Runner-Up Stillwater and Cretin-Derham Hall are preseason conference favorites. Likely good balance throughout the rest of the conference. New school
- Section 4AAA: Cretin-Derham Hall, Mahtomedi,
Season Outlook
Sixteen players graduated in 2009; many of whom contributed significant playing time, including Lions All-Star and All-State HM player Ian Goldsmith, All-State HM players Jesse Nickols and Andy Osborne, and All-Conference player David Freed.
With the 2009 graduation of so many players, we're looking forward to a great deal of competition for varsity playing time this spring.
Key Players Returning include (alphabetical order):
- Tony Gazich: Captain, Senior, 1B/P, clutch hits for Mustangs in 2009, expected to be a major contributor on the mound as well as in the field in 2010.
- Nate Iliff: Senior, P, 14 IP in 2009 - the most of any returning pitcher.
- Kyle Mauricio: Senior, C, .310 BA and 10 SB's in 2009. Played in 16 of the 22 games in 2009.
- Jay Porten: Captain, Senior, SS/P, Played great defense in 2009 at SS - didn't commit first error until midway through the 2009 season. Started 21 of the 22 games in 2009.
- Billy Turner: Captain, Senior, P/1B, injured in 2009, hard throwing RH Pitcher, expected to contribute on the mound and at the plate.
On the mound, we return only 22 innings of varsity pitching experience, so we need some pitchers to emerge to give us the consistent pitching needed to give the Mustangs a chance to win. There are some sophomore pitchers that could compete for varsity time as well.
We expect to be competitive in what appears to again be a very balanced Suburban East Conference in 2010, and we want to play our best baseball at the end of the season.
We expect to see a number of different players earn some varsity playing time early in the season as they compete for playing time in the second half of the season and on into the Section playoffs.
Feature Story Possibilities
- Many baseball players compete in multiple high school sports at Mounds View High School; 34 of the 46 (74%) returning players are high school multi-sport athletes; including all 3 captains for 2010. We encourage multi-sport athletes - they learn to compete in other sports, many skills are transferable, they learn to play different roles on those other teams, and they experience different teammates.
Brian Deschneau is joining the MVHS baseball coaching staff this spring. Brian also coaches football and girls hockey at MVHS. Brian previously coached softball at MVHS and youth baseball in the community as well. He grew up in
Jon Walsh is taking a summer off from coaching this summer; he has coached with the VFW team the past 3 years, and for many summers prior to that as well. Paul Nienaber, MVHS supervisory employee, will assist Coach Downey with the VFW team this summer. Paul helped out last spring occasionally during the high school season as his schedule allowed, and he will do the same again this spring during the high school season as well. Paul played baseball at
In addition to Paul Nienaber, others planning to help out this spring with the high school season as their schedules allow include: Billy Gazich, Rich Opitz and Andy Peters. All have helped out in past years as well.
Dan Gladden Remarks at Dinner Event
College Baseball in the Metrodome
For anyone interested in watching college baseball, the Minnesota Gophers will be offering free ticket vouchers for the DQ Classic games on March 5-7. Most all of the upper midwest DI, DII and DIII colleges play games in February/March in the Metrodome as well. Several Mustangs alums play baseball at local colleges - see MVHS College Players. Consult the team website of a school you may be interested in seeing for their game schedule, or visit the Metrodome's Event Calendar: Metrodome Calendar.
Captains Practices for all students 9-12 begin on Tuesday, January 5, 8:30PM - 10:00PM at MVHS (both gyms).
They are scheduled for every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30PM - 10:00PM through Thursday, March 11.
Captains Practices will also be provided during Spring Break; dates and times to be determined.
These are unstructured opportunities for players to hit and throw as they see fit.
High School coaches are not involved. The Diamond Club will provide parent supervision for all sessions.
Any Mounds View student interested in information about off-season
conditioning opportunities for baseball, there is an optional meeting
immediately after school on Tuesday, December 8; 2:10PM - 2:40PM;
in the Forum at MVHS.
Baseball coaches will not be involved in organizing or conducting
offseason conditioning workouts. This meeting will provide some
workout options for students to consider. Baseball players that play a
winter sport, focus on the winter sport!
A copy of the talking points that will be covered in the meeting:
Offseason Conditioning Meeting Summary - 2010
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sophomore Coaches Hired
With former MVHS coach Brian Sprout being hired as the Head Coach for East Ridge High School, Sophomore Coach Jon Walsh moving to the Varsity/JV team, and Sophomore Assistant Coach Tyler Murchie moving to Illionois, the opportunity to hire new sophomore team coaches was created. We're excited to welcome Kyle Foster and Micheal Poncelet as the Sophomore coaches for 2010. Foster pitched in the Red Sox organization and currently pitches for the St. Paul Saints. Poncelet was a 3-sport high school athlete, currently is an MVHS Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, and teaches at MVHS. For additional background information on Kyle and Micheal, go to the Coaching Staff Page: MVHS Baseball Coaches
Monday, October 12, 2009
Dan Gladden to speak at annual Diamond Club Dinner
Dan Gladden will be the featured speaker at this winter's Diamond Club fundraising dinner and silent auction. The date for this year's event is Sunday, January 31. This will be the 4th annual event, and the Diamond Club expects this year's event to be entertaining and successful as always.
2010 Diamond Club Fundraising Dinner - Flyer
2010 Diamond Club Fundraising Dinner - Reservation Form
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
National Honor Society Induction
Mounds View High School recently inducted new members into the National Honor Society (NHS). NHS members must maintain a 10.75 GPA (12 point scale) and exhibit Leadership, Service and Character.
Junior baseball players inducted: Nik Anderson, Brett Becker, Eli Bucsko, Jayson Hoyme, Matthew Kruger, and Rushi Patel.
Congratulations!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
2010 Winter Training for MVHS Players
Facilitated by Diamond Club President Mark Anderson, Acceleration North, in conjunction with former Minnesota High School and College Division I Baseball Coach Kevin Johnston, is offering an off-season baseball training program spcifically for MVHS players beginning in January. Click on the link below for more information.
Winter Training For MVHS Players at Acceleration North
Monday, September 21, 2009
Friends of Mustangs Baseball Patio Completed
The Diamond Club completed construction of the Friends of Mustangs Baseball Patio this past Saturday at the MVHS Baseball Field.
Thanks to the following people for committing significant time over the past 2 weekends to complete the project: Mark Anderson, Scott Courtright, Gordie Eicher, Bob Freed, Ken Hanzalik, Bob Harris, Jeff Hershey, Jim Hoyme, Mark Downey, Steve Kruger, Ken Porten, Randy Reichert, Rawn Roman, Dave Stacy, and Dion Wikstrom.
Special thanks to Randy Reichert for his leadership in pulling this fundraiser together, and to Dion Wikstrom for leading the actual construction effort and contributing all his equipment to complete the project.
The District will be installing a flag pole, and the Diamond Club will be purchasing some picnic tables for the patio as well.
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