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I cant see Seimer being in the batting order at all, his glove is phenomenal, but I'm not sure the bat is there yet. I think Nutini will be in the lead off spot, and someone else,probably another junior, besides Seimer will be batting towards the bottom of the lineup somewhere.

Brossart from Cov Cath, he really teaches these boys a lot and they have had great seasons under him!

Dylan Cottingham may be behind the plate on the varsity level every now and then to give Maile's knees a break, but he will surely be DH'd for, because honestly....the bat just isn't there yet. Other then him I can't see a sophomores even sniffing varsity time for The Colonels. The Junior class at Cov Cath is extremely talented, but often get overshadowed by the players in the grade in front of them, and with good reason. There are too many good juniors (Warning, Seimer, Martin, Schlagbaum, Stayton) to give any sophmore a legitimate chance at playing time.

102 - 0 Elder takes this one!

Next years starting QB is most likely not Troy Timmerman. It will probably be Brayden Erpenbeck. He has been Quarterbacking the JV squad this year, and has looked extremely impressive. He plays a little bit of linebacker on the varsity level as well. He has great size, about 6'3 210, and good mobility, he had over 100 yards and two scores against Beechwood in the JV game.....on just three carries. He also has a pretty solid arm and seems to be a good leader, he should be starting over Matt Young this year, in my opinion.

In the midst of a disappointing varsity season, the JV Colonels seem to be a bright spot. They have one every game but their first, a close loss to LaSalle, and seem to be dominating Northern Kentucky teams, is the program heading in the right direction the next two years?

Word on the street is that the Cov Cath boys have a big surprise up there sleeve for this game. ( the student section that is) And I for one cant wait to see what they bring to the table!

Ryle's defense will not be able to stop the Breds. Ill take NCC by a least 17.

He weighs more in the 215 area, He is an outstanding athlete. He plays Friday nights at linebacker, and Saturday mornings at QB with the JV team. And this morning he scored on about a 7 yard QB sneak in overtime to give the JV Colonels the win.

One of the biggest factors in this game was the fact that CovCath was in better shape than NewCath. I know a lot of the Breds played both ways but VanSant, Frisch, and Connaughton played both ways as well and continued to make plays when they were tired. Overall this was a great game for both teams. CovCath finally played at the level they are capable and NewCath learned what they can do well and need to improve on. In my perfect world both teams would finish 14 and 1.

Replacing Siemer with LaFever would still be perfect to me because I still believe even though LaFever might be a better hitter, he is not great by any means and even if his job was to bunt, it was still a sacrafice. LaFever struggles to hit the ball as does Siemer but Siemer to me is just a much more solid choice!

LaFever is head and shoulders above Seimer in the batters box.

LaFever is head and shoulders above Seimer in the batters box

He was on the sidelines with his leg in a boot. What did he do?

TOG, I really support your idea to put Siemer at 2nd and maybe play LaFever in the outfield or maybe have him just DH so he can bunt when the time is needed. I think overall Siemer would work out better for the colonels and make the team deeper with LaFever coming off of the bench when needed

TOG you do realize your basically saying Siemer will take a returning starters spot. Or are you saying Siemer will be a spot starter?

When Isler Pitches, Krumme will likely play 1st base, and he will not be swinging the bat, and when Nutini pitches, the outfielder playing to cover his spot may also be DH'd for.

Hense the name of the thread... Clyde:laugh: haha.

At either position, He most likely wasn't going to start, but he would have got some valuable varsity action, best of luck to Leo with his surgery and rehab.

IMO... Nothing will change. Except when Krumme or Gerwe pitch... Brett Stayton will hit.

See, this does not make much sense to me. If this premiers the top 38 players in the nation, what about the young men who are at the Area Code Games in California. This is said to be the best showcase in the nation, and also on a side note, last year Tim Beckham (#1 pick in this years MLB draft) was at the Area Code Games, so obviously he could not be playing in the Afflac game. Just a though.

Though all of that makes sense, I don't see why they would make all of those changes. I believe they will stick with what they used last year. They had good success with what they had, and all of those players are year older and more experienced, and should be a lot hungrier after not capturing the region that belonged to them last year, I think it would be easier for them to make one change, and that is someone to DH if they even decide to use one, then it is for them to change the defensive alignment that much.

LaFever is also the better hitter.

Seimer has the speed to play outfield, but im not sure he has the arm. Though its true his glove is spectacular, the current second basemen is perhaps the second or third fastest player in the lineup behind Van Sant and Nutini. I cant see him replacing a returning starter in his senior year, but Seimer figures to be a very nice second basemen in 2010.

It is true that Seimer is absolutely unbeleivable with is glove, he will need to work extremely hard to his hitting skills to a varsity level, him batting in the lineup may not be very likely, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him play defense for The Colonels.