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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Cavaliers improve to 2-0 on the Fall
Pitching, defense and timely hitting led the Cavs to an 8-2 victory over JC Fall Select at the Baseball Complex Tuesday night.
Pitchers Gage Daniels, Tony Schulte, Brad Alberts and John Lenherr combined gave up two runs and six hits while striking out 14.
The game was a fairly close 2-1 through three and a half innings before the Cavs offense woke up.
The Cavs loaded the bases with no one out when Sam Stucky drew a walk. Following Stucky’s walk Brad Alberts cleared the bases with a double.
“He was struggling to throw stikes,” Alberts said. “I had a three-to-one count and I was just looking to jump on something and it was there.”
After the damage was done the Cavs led 6-1 and never looked back.
David Drahozal hit an inside the park home run to center field to make the score 7-2 Cavs.
Zach Smith picked up the eighth and final run in the seventh with a single, a stolen base and scored as Tanner Funk got caught up in a run down between first and second base.
The Cavaliers coasted to the victory from there.
Eric Horner, assistant coach likes what he has seen from the Cavs so far this fall.
“We’ve got a young club and we’re learning every day. It’s good to get out and play,” he said.
Horner said Fall baseball games allow the college to see some of the young high school stars in the area.
“It also allows our freshman to get out and kind of learn the game outside of practice and not play and beat ourselves up,” he said. “We’ve got to get our guys out there and see what they can do.”
Alberts said he feels the team isn’t playing up to their potential.
“Some of the little things we didn’t execute but as a whole we played well,” he said.
Nate Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with two runs scored said the hitting isn’t quite up to par yet.
“Our defense looks pretty good but we’ve got a lot of work to do on the hitting,” he said.
John Lenherr, who struck out the side in the ninth after going 2-for-3 said the team played a lot better than the first game against the Expos.
“We are getting better but we’ve still got a ton of work to do,” he said. “We just need to come out and work hard every day and continue to get better.”
The Cavs next play a doubleheader on the road at North Central Missouri Community College in St. Joseph, Mo. on Sept. 6.
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Pitchers Gage Daniels, Tony Schulte, Brad Alberts and John Lenherr combined gave up two runs and six hits while striking out 14.
The game was a fairly close 2-1 through three and a half innings before the Cavs offense woke up.
The Cavs loaded the bases with no one out when Sam Stucky drew a walk. Following Stucky’s walk Brad Alberts cleared the bases with a double.
“He was struggling to throw stikes,” Alberts said. “I had a three-to-one count and I was just looking to jump on something and it was there.”
After the damage was done the Cavs led 6-1 and never looked back.
David Drahozal hit an inside the park home run to center field to make the score 7-2 Cavs.
Zach Smith picked up the eighth and final run in the seventh with a single, a stolen base and scored as Tanner Funk got caught up in a run down between first and second base.
The Cavaliers coasted to the victory from there.
Eric Horner, assistant coach likes what he has seen from the Cavs so far this fall.
“We’ve got a young club and we’re learning every day. It’s good to get out and play,” he said.
Horner said Fall baseball games allow the college to see some of the young high school stars in the area.
“It also allows our freshman to get out and kind of learn the game outside of practice and not play and beat ourselves up,” he said. “We’ve got to get our guys out there and see what they can do.”
Alberts said he feels the team isn’t playing up to their potential.
“Some of the little things we didn’t execute but as a whole we played well,” he said.
Nate Thomas, who went 2-for-3 with two runs scored said the hitting isn’t quite up to par yet.
“Our defense looks pretty good but we’ve got a lot of work to do on the hitting,” he said.
John Lenherr, who struck out the side in the ninth after going 2-for-3 said the team played a lot better than the first game against the Expos.
“We are getting better but we’ve still got a ton of work to do,” he said. “We just need to come out and work hard every day and continue to get better.”
The Cavs next play a doubleheader on the road at North Central Missouri Community College in St. Joseph, Mo. on Sept. 6.
Send me your comments at cfletch5@jccc.edu
Monday, August 25, 2008
Link To Oath Of Employment Ceremony
http://www.vidiLife.com/video_play_1224034_Oath_Of_Employment_Ceremony.htm?tc=1124565
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
JCCC volleyball team opens season ranked sixth in NJCAA
Story by Tyler Cundith
Pulled from www.jccc.edu
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- The Johnson County Community College volleyball team has been picked No. 6 in the NJCAA preseason volleyball for the 2008 season.
This is the third straight season the Cavaliers have been a top 10 pick to open a campaign. JCCC was ranked third in 2006 and second in 2007. JCCC finished ninth at the national tournament in 2006, and were runner-up last year. JCCC won the national championship in 2005.
The Cavaliers also open the campaign under the direction of a new coach, Jennifer Ei. She takes over after serving five years as Jill Stinson’s top assistant. Stinson stepped down after serving 11 years as JCCC’s volleyball coach.
This season, 10 ranked teams appear on JCCC’s schedule, including Iowa Western, ranked fourth in Division I volleyball, and Florida Community College-Jacksonville, ranked 25th in D-I.
JCCC will face eight ranked teams in Division II and will tested immediately in their first four matches, all against ranked teams. JCCC opens its season with No. 25 Longview Community College, Aug. 22, at JCCC.
The Cavaliers follow with No. 2 ranked and conference rival Cowley College later that evening, then face No. No. 4 Des Moines Area Community College and No. 5 Parkland College on Aug. 23.
Also ranked in Division II are No. 11 Marshalltown Community College (Oct. 4), No. 12 Central (Neb.) Community College (Sept. 20), No 14 Lincoln Land Community College (Sept. 19) and No. 19 Butler Community College (Oct. 27).
Additionally, Neosho County Community College, JCCC’s last conference mach of the season on Oct. 22, received votes and could be a contender in the race this season.
“Our schedule this year is similar to our schedules in the past,” Ei said. “We opened last year with nine ranked opponents to start the season. We are excited about the challenges this schedule presents, and it will benefit us when postseason arrives. We will have already have played big matches against tournament caliber competition.”
JCCC returns three players from last year’s squad, including 2007 All-American hitter Sydney Pemberton of Prairie Village, Kan. Other key returnees are hitter Ivy Morrison of Topeka, Kan., and defensive specialist Taylor Pruitt of Wichita, Kan.
JCCC’s newcomers consist of sophomore libero Caitlin Schaffstall (Blue Valley West), defensive specialist Susan Shaw (Blue Valley North), middle hitter Katie O’Conner (Bishop Miege), right-side hitter Beth Bruemmer (Lohman, Mo.), outside hitter Emily Forbes (Carbondale, Kan.), outside hitter Torey Lyman (Hutchinson, Kan.) outsider hitter Jordan Lockwood (Silver Lake, Kan.) and setter Codi Lawrence (Shawnee Mission West).
Schaffstall returns to the area after playing her freshman year at the University of Evansville.
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Pulled from www.jccc.edu
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- The Johnson County Community College volleyball team has been picked No. 6 in the NJCAA preseason volleyball for the 2008 season.
This is the third straight season the Cavaliers have been a top 10 pick to open a campaign. JCCC was ranked third in 2006 and second in 2007. JCCC finished ninth at the national tournament in 2006, and were runner-up last year. JCCC won the national championship in 2005.
The Cavaliers also open the campaign under the direction of a new coach, Jennifer Ei. She takes over after serving five years as Jill Stinson’s top assistant. Stinson stepped down after serving 11 years as JCCC’s volleyball coach.
This season, 10 ranked teams appear on JCCC’s schedule, including Iowa Western, ranked fourth in Division I volleyball, and Florida Community College-Jacksonville, ranked 25th in D-I.
JCCC will face eight ranked teams in Division II and will tested immediately in their first four matches, all against ranked teams. JCCC opens its season with No. 25 Longview Community College, Aug. 22, at JCCC.
The Cavaliers follow with No. 2 ranked and conference rival Cowley College later that evening, then face No. No. 4 Des Moines Area Community College and No. 5 Parkland College on Aug. 23.
Also ranked in Division II are No. 11 Marshalltown Community College (Oct. 4), No. 12 Central (Neb.) Community College (Sept. 20), No 14 Lincoln Land Community College (Sept. 19) and No. 19 Butler Community College (Oct. 27).
Additionally, Neosho County Community College, JCCC’s last conference mach of the season on Oct. 22, received votes and could be a contender in the race this season.
“Our schedule this year is similar to our schedules in the past,” Ei said. “We opened last year with nine ranked opponents to start the season. We are excited about the challenges this schedule presents, and it will benefit us when postseason arrives. We will have already have played big matches against tournament caliber competition.”
JCCC returns three players from last year’s squad, including 2007 All-American hitter Sydney Pemberton of Prairie Village, Kan. Other key returnees are hitter Ivy Morrison of Topeka, Kan., and defensive specialist Taylor Pruitt of Wichita, Kan.
JCCC’s newcomers consist of sophomore libero Caitlin Schaffstall (Blue Valley West), defensive specialist Susan Shaw (Blue Valley North), middle hitter Katie O’Conner (Bishop Miege), right-side hitter Beth Bruemmer (Lohman, Mo.), outside hitter Emily Forbes (Carbondale, Kan.), outside hitter Torey Lyman (Hutchinson, Kan.) outsider hitter Jordan Lockwood (Silver Lake, Kan.) and setter Codi Lawrence (Shawnee Mission West).
Schaffstall returns to the area after playing her freshman year at the University of Evansville.
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