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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Nick Barkve Receives Recognition
Mounds View senior Nick Barkve was named Athlete of the Week by Maplewood Toyota for his contributions to the team.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Brandon Hershey Receives Recognition
Mounds View junior Brandon Hershey was recently named Athlete of the Week by Maplewood Toyota, and WCCO Radio / Mainstreet Bank for his contributions to the team.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Academic Excellence Awards Program Held
Mounds View High School held its annual Academic Excelence Awards Program on April 17th. Baseball players recognized were Jeff Anderson, Josh Balzer, David Bothwell, David Freed, Tony Gazich, Ian Goldsmith, Jayson Hoyme, Matt Kruger, Rushi Patel, Nick Peterson. Congrats!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Star Tribune Article - Q & A with Dan Reichert
Mustangs Baseball is featured in the North Metro High School Sports Section of the Star Tribune through a Q & A with Senior Captain Dan Reichert:
Friday, March 28, 2008
Teams Finalized
Teams have been established to start the season. We have a Varsity/JV team of 35 players. Some will likely play exclusively in JV games, and some exclusively in Varsity games. Others may jump back and forth as opportunity arises. All are eligible to play in a varsity game as the opportunity is available and earned. The sophomore team will start with 12 players, and is expected to grow to 15 with the addition of 3 freshmen shortly. The Freshman team starts with 18, and will be reduced to 15 shortly.
Uniforms will be provided on Monday.
Varsity/JV: 2:15PM - Back Gym
Sophomore and Freshman: 3:30PM - Back Gym
In addition to the uniforms that are provided, players may purchase a baseball cap (new cap this year), mock-turtleneck, and green socks. If a player has a mock turtleneck or socks from a previous year that can be worn, they do NOT need to purchase new items. Cash or a check to "MVHS Baseball" are both fine. These items are sold at cost, and will be sold on Monday. The cost for the items:
Baseball Cap: $14
Mock-T: $12
Socks: $ 4
Coach Downey
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Juniors and Seniors Travel to Florida
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Thirty-one juniors and seniors began the baseball season in Orlando, Florida this past week. In addition to 3 scrimmages and daily practices, the players took advantage of their passes to visit the multiple theme parks at Disney World. Coach Downey said, "They had a great time. Years from now when they look back on their overall high school experience, I'm sure this trip will be among their many great memories."
Thursday, March 13, 2008
2008 Summer Baseball Opportunities
The Tri-City Legion will sponsor 2 Legion teams this summer for students in the Mounds View and Irondale school boundary area. This is a change from 1 Legion team that Tri-City has sponsored in the past. This provides the opportunity for 15-18 more kids to play Legion baseball in the summer. Registration information is currently available.
The Legion will NOT sponsor additional teams as they have in the past; these are being sponsored by SAYB. SAYB will support VFW (16 year-olds), Senior Babe Ruth (17-18), and other teams for 16-18 year-old students. SAYB will post information on these programs on their website shortly.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
2008 Season Preview
The season preview provided to the local newspapers is below
Outloook
Eight players who all contributed significant playing time graduated from the 2007 team, including All-Conference players Erik Anderson, Brian Marshik, Brandon Porten and Seth Rosin.
Seniors Andy Kurkowski (DH) and Dan Reichert (1B) return as All-Conference Honorable Mention players from last season.
Infielder Nick Barkve and outfielders David Bothwell (senior), Ian Goldsmith (junior) and David Freed (junior) also return. Senior pitchers Andy Gallagher, Matt Harris, Paul Myers and Phil Wessberg all contributed for the Mustangs last spring and look to again in 2008. Junior David Freed also looks to pitch for the Mustangs this season.
With the graduation of 8 players from 2007, we expect strong competition among several seniors, juniors and possibly sophomores for varsity playing time.
Strengths: Good team speed.
After Cretin-Derham Hall, the Suburban East Conference looks to be quite balanced - we expect to be very competitive in every game. Non-conference foes include our cross-town rivals and friends Irondale and Totino-Grace - many of our players have grown up playing with players on those 2 teams.
Feature Story Possibilities
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Many baseball players compete in multiple high school sports at Mounds View High School; 37 of the 50 returning players are high school multi-sport athletes; 14 of those 37 compete in 3 high school sports. 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.
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Mounds View High School will begin construction of a new on-campus baseball field this spring. It will be ready for play in the spring of 2009. Mounds View currently plays varsity and JV games at Kohler Park in Vadnais Heights. McCullough Park in Shoreview will continue to be used for Sophomore and Freshman games.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
2008 Summer Fun At The Park
The Summer Fun program that was popular last summer will be offered again this summer at MVHS. The program will continue to provide the unstructured baseball activity as last summer, and also be expanded to include:
- A Structured pitching program on Tuesdays each week
- A program for younger kids (Grades 1 - 5)
Sunday, March 2, 2008
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The final of three grocery bagging fundraising events sponsored by the Diamond Club was completed on Saturday at the Cub Foods in White Bear Lake. Many thanks to John Evangelist and the other parents that supervised this event! Pictures are available at the following link:
Cub Foods Fundraiser - March 1, 2008
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