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It is official. I was fortunate enough to be with family, former little league coaches, high school coaches and friends that were at the Laumann house last night for the signing. Seem to be real happy with signing bonus and College Scholarship Plan that was negotiated into contract. It's off to Orlando Wide World of Sports where the Braves Gulf Coast League and Spring Training facility is located. Good Luck to Jackson and congrats to him for his hard work.

Heard a radio interview with Jackson tonight and then confirmed he is signing with the Braves next Wednesday. Congrats and good luck to Jackson. A long road ahead for a 17 year old, but a great opportunity to learn to play the game the professional way at a young age.

I beleive half the roster has to be from a 300 mile radius and the other half national. In a 1 game situation, as baseball goes, anything can happen. When it gets into tournament play or a longer series it would a whole different game. Also, Midland uses only wood bats while their opponents use aluminum if they want.

Was told at a summer league game a couple of nights ago that Jackson Laumann and Jake Cain were voted CO-9th region players of the year.

Clyde, sounds like you are the one that is the closest to being right. I've seen all of these guys and Justin Carzoli from Boone is as good or better defensively than all of them.

Pretty sure all the 1's would agree that they don't want to have to face Conner in first round.

Laumann is 6-0 with an era of 2.52, Teegarden 4-2 with era of 3.72, Stanley coming off what I heard was a great game against NCC, a 7 inning shutout, and Shwartz has been solid all year. Coach Huff has tough decisions to make depending on draw. Dixie, NCC, and Cov Cath will have tough decisions on when to use Sexton, Cain, and whoever CC thinks their number one is depending on their draw. If they hold them till Wednesday then they won't have for final. Should be interesting.

No. You have proven my point for me. You split with NCC. I think that is .500. And if you think Holmes and Lloyd are quality opponents you need to get out of Ft. Mitchell a little more often.

I still haven't got home yet from the Conner game, which mysteriously did not get any posts from the mighty TIGERS. But I did see the Villa and Bellevue posts. You people are a joke! please pay attention. I said you'll be judged rest of year by the opponents that are at least .500 and that makes it 1 and 1. Which is what you are a 500 team. Maybe you can get that scheduled season opener with Heritage reinstated.

One of the better posts I've seen. I've been told most of these kids are good friends and often play on the same teams in the summer or in showcases and allstar games.

Yep. Now they have split with them.

I guess we'll see in the last 3 weeks when they play Cov Cath, Boone, NCC, Ryle. And not judge them by Dayton, Holmes, Bellevue, Villa Madonna, St. Henry, WV, and Newport.

Pretty typical of Beechwood to try and find an excuse. Maybe if they scheduled and played teams that they were not going to beat by double digits everyday they would be prepared to compete in close games against good teams.

Great post Cooperstown. Right on on all of your points. Beechwood being ranked in this pool is an absolute joke. It is at times hard for some of these teams up here with their lack of depth to beat some other teams because they can't use top pitchers to save or win games in order to have for seeding in district games. Talked to someone from Boone and they couldn't use Teegarden or Laumann to hold leads in two of their games because they needed them for seeding games. I saw where Louisville St. X came up here and played Cincinnati St. X and they used their ace to pitch against them. That is a real advantage in High School baseball as most teams don't go more than 2 deep with quality pitching.

Who is Gohs?

Oh. I thought I read on here that it was already decided. My bad!

If that's where your vote goes then you have obviously seen Boone play a few games this year. How many games have you seen Ryle play? How many times have you seen Cain from NCC pitch? Some of these teams have only played about 10 out of 30 or 40 games and we are giving out votes for POY. And it has already been decided.

Have I missed something. Did they already give the award out? Not sure how anyone knows who is going to get it. Don't even know who votes for or picks it.

I would say Boone is hitting on all cylinders right now. Teegarden last two starts have been 13 innings with no walks no runs and 18 punch outs. Laumann has 4 home runs and 11 RBI in the last 6 games including 2 HR vs Harrison County.

There are several reasons for that. Depends on the style of gun and the brand. There are also different settings for the guns. Some organizations use a reading that is maximum speed, while others use an average speed from release to receipt of the ball. The angle the scout is sitting at can also make readings vary a few miles an hour. if you are higher or lower in the stands or at a particular angle it makes a difference. There is a RA reading and a Jugs reading and they will vary anywhere from 3-7 mph. most teams are now using a Stalker which has the variable settings.

He was 87-89 in the first two innings. 85-86 in the fifth and final inning.

I think I read where the post said it was tough for all the players. Didn't interpret that as a bad excuse. Just my opinion!

14 to 0 is more than a struggle. Especially when HC threw some of their key pitchers throughout the game.

Not sure if HC played Monday but BC had them down 14-0 before they threw a pitcher who doesnt even pitch. Final 14-2. Boone's two starters haven't given up a run and Laumann hasn't pitched or played yet. I have been reading all winter and early spring that HC was one of the favorites to win up here. Do they have a bunch of injuries or suspensions or were they just over-rated.

Please. There is noone in the state of Kentucky that is throwing like that. Chandler Sheppard has the best arm and I know he is not throwing like that right now. Only Alex Meyer from UK is throwing 95 and he is going to be a first round pick. Whoever had that gun for the hs kid that was throwing 95 needs to get it calibrated for the new season.