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Dustin is doing well. His heartbeat became very irregular halfway through the game. They ran an EKG and a few other tests at the hospital, but he seemed to be okay. Not sure whether or not this was heat induced, but I would imagine it was. I am sure he would appreciate everyone's concern. Nice game by Ryle today. They are a fundamentally sound ball club. I wish them the best of luck.

Who else is in their district?

Congratulations to VMA. They have been playing very solid ball the second half of the season. I wish them good luck.

Agreed. Both teams have coaches in the first year with the program. Highlands does have some good athletes. Hopefully both can get moving in the right direction.

WP - Spaw LP - Fath Good game played by both teams. Lloyd kicked the ball around a lot early. 3 run bomb by Highlands' Muench in the first.

Should be a good one.

How many years has Coach Finn coached?

Congratulations to a solid ballplayer and a good kid. I hope he goes far.

What is Houlehan's record?

Excellent post. Point taken. That being said, "cheap" to me would be your last couple sentences...but that's just me.

Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, then. For the record, Brossart did not try to rub the win in Lloyd's face. They just couldn't help but get base hits. They did not try to steal, or take extra bases. I am pretty sure they did everything but just not swing at all. I am simply of the opinion that it seemed a bit much to keep a clearly over-powering pitcher in a game where he was obviously not needed. As far as Lloyd is concerned, yes, they have been up and down a bunch this season...lately they've been more down than up. They are hopefully heading in the right direction. At present, they start three Freshman: behind the plate, at second, and in left. They are attempting to build something positive there. Look for them in the next few years to get it worked out.

In most cases, I would agree. However, if you were at this game as I was, you would have seen that it may have been a good move. Not only was Lloyd overmatched at the plate, they didn't help themselves in the field either. While that isn't really Brossart's problem, I think it would have been a class move to put in someone else. I'm not suggesting they allow Lloyd to try to get back into the game, but it was obvious that they weren't going to touch Mutsch. From a fan's perspective, it just seemed like they left the kid in just to get his no-hitter.

What does that have to do with leaving the pitcher in with a 22 run lead? I don't think I mentioned anything about them scoring, did I? Wait, let me check....nope, sure didn't.

I think it was pretty cool how BB left Mutsch in to get a no-hitter versus a clearly overmatched Lloyd team. I mean, why throw him on the side if he needs work? Let him finish a no-hitter with a 22 run lead!

Final WP - Drifmeyer LP - Tolson

"I vote we cut some slack to a high school kid who made a mistake." No kidding.

Congratulations to Coach Sanders and his team. He's got a solid, scrappy bunch of young kids down there.

Lloyd High School www.eteamz.com/lloydbaseball

He threw Monday against NCC.

Nailed it.

Lloyd - Ryan, complete game, 4 K's Conner - Hoskins, 6 K's Drifmeyer for Lloyd hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the sixth to put Lloyd up 3-1. They added another run after that. Conner put one on the board in the 7th.

Is Harkins Conner's number 1, I asume?

Holy crap.

What's happening at St. Henry today? Does anyone know if they're charging admission for these games? How much?

Does anyone know if Ryle and St. Henry will be playing this evening?