We lost a beloved coach today in Dwight Singer. “Pops” was a great man, very loyal to me, and loved the boys he coached. We will miss him dearly but his spirit will live on thru the lives he touched. Pops had a servant’s heart and he made a difference in my life! RIP my friend!
We miss having Coach Singer in the clubhouse but he’s with us in spirit! The boys write “Pops” on their spikes and wrists every day we go out to compete! He still makes sure we have gum and he is, and always has been, a valuable asset to our program! Much ❤️!!
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Per the IHSAA today, spring sports are tentatively set to begin May 1st. Practice requirements reduced from 10 to 5. Post season tournaments are planned. Stay positive everyone! Be patient, get your work in, and control what you can control! When it’s your time, be ready!
Congratulations to Conner Linn on signing his National Letter of Intent today to attend the University of Cincinnati. The Senior LHP is 14-4 in his career with 128 Ks in 88 IP and a 1.11 ERA.
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Great win
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Western Boone 26. Proud of the way the program, kids, & community handled tragedy this week. Our guys were WARRIORS today in the heat!
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balled out & rang the victory bell w/ Tony Buckley, Trevor’s dad.
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2020 team, I am proud of you. You have worked hard in workouts, the weight room, & other sports. We were ready to win championships & I appreciate your commitment to the program. Seniors, you’re awesome young men & I can’t wait to see your future success. Love you guys!
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Rallying around teammate Matt McCauley tonight. Peace be with you in the loss of your step father, Steve. I’m proud that you stuck by your mother’s side and showed strength for her. Your Western and Bulls teammates love and you. Rest, reflect, and we’ll see you on the field soon!
Congrats to Sophomore Mitchell Dean for earning 1st Team All Hoosier Conference. The 6’7” Louisville commit was 5-2, had 0.83ERA, K’d 96 and walked 12 in 59IP. He also led us in R (25), RBIs (23), and HRs (3).
We are excited to have Brent Owens on our staff! Brent played collegiately at IWU and Anderson. He was Head Coach at Taylor HS for 8 yrs, winning 2 Sectional and 2 Conference titles, along w/ a Regional Championship. He owns a winning % of .610 and valuable experience! Welcome BO
Congratulations to Mitchell Dean for being selected to the 2023 Indiana North All-Star Team as a 1B/P. Mitchell is the 19th North All-Star in school history. The All-Star games will be held June 24-25 at Loeb Stadium in Lafayette. Well deserved honor!
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I was proud to see so many student-athletes pay respect to Pop’s today. As they heard, he was a man who served his family, church, community organizations & politics, and Western athletics. I hope the youth in attendance will follow Pop’s example & serve others with his passion!
Honoring the loss of Owen Valley Head Coach, Ryan Wilcoxen. Our lights are on and representative of the life he is passing on as an organ donor. Prayers to his family, players, and community. God Bless.
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Congrats to 2020 C/OF Donavan Shepherd on his commitment to Marian University! As a Junior, Donavan earned All-Conference honors and led the team with a .439 batting average. Great kid and works hard everyday!
Congratulations to Christian Pownall for being selected to the 2023 Indiana North All-Star Team as a P. Christian is the 20th North All-Star in school history. The All-Star games will be held June 24-25 at Loeb Stadium in Lafayette. Congrats Crash!
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2023 Mr. Baseball & All-State Candidate at 1B & P. Mitchell was named an Indiana All-Star & will attend Louisville. For his career, he averaged 12.6K, 3.6H, 2BB, & less than an ER per 7IP. He also had more RBIs (103) than hits (97). Outstanding career!
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Proud of these guys! We had 40 practices and 70 weight sessions before our season started...that’s a testament to their work ethic. This season has been rewarding but not over yet. We face SB St Joe on Saturday. Back to work tomorrow!
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We are saddened to hear the diagnosis for Coach “Pops” Singer. Baseball patrons, alumni, and community, please come alongside Pops in thought and prayer. He will be helping coach again this spring...make sure you tell him thank you for his commitment to you, your sons, & Western!
Excited to announce that on May 13th, we will host Lafayette Jeff in baseball at Purdue University. The game will be a 6pm start at Alexander Field. Thank you to
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for getting this set up for us!
Proud of our guys and our buy inthis season: accountability, believe in us, commit to our team, & be disciplined. Won 6-1 in Sectional Championship game. We are now 27-2. Great performance by Mitchell Dean CG, 4H, 12K, 1B/2B/HR. Great contributions across the board!
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Congrats to both Mitchell Dean and Christian Pownall for moving into the Top 10 players for the class of 2023 in Indiana. They are also rated as the
#1
and
#2
LHPs. Good work and keep grinding fellas!
Howard County Champs! Defeated Taylor 9-0. Parker Dean threw 5 2/3 strong allowing 1 hit K’ing 8. Braeden Bryant threw well to close it out & hit well with 1B/3B and 2 RBIs. Collin Rassel 3-3, straight 🔥! 5-0 this week, 5 games in 5 days. Good work fellas!
Bring your goggles and swim trunks tomorrow as we condition in our outdoor pool! To promote competition, we’ll finish with a bass fishing contest in RF on Lake Western!!
I want to give a special shout out to my family! Amanda keep us functioning during baseball season and she’s my rock! My kids sacrifice time with me so that I can coach other people’s kids and they support me. It’s also fun to have Cal in our practices, it’s like he’s on the team
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1A Rossville 5-0 on the road. Parker Dean threw a no-hitter (7IP, 5K, 2BB) & helped his cause w/ 1B and Sac Fly. Braeden Bryant had 2-1Bs, Garrett Lupoi 2B, Alex Watkins 3B, & Mitchell Knepley had RBI 1B. We move to 15-5 on the season.
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Thank you to my family for supporting me and allowing me to invest in other kids as that pulls me away from them. I love my family and the sacrifices they make for my career! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
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Western 1 Kokomo 0 at Kokomo Municipal Stadium. 2020 UC commit Conner Linn 2 hit shutout, 16 Ks on 98 pitches. Well pitched game by both teams. Great win! We are now 11-3 and are on the road at University tomorrow at 5:30pm.
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Unfortunately we came up short 2-1 in 8 innings vs Frankfort. Frustrating outcome and hollow feeling. Proud of our 8 seniors. 71 wins last 3 years, conference & sectional titles, & outstanding young men. Many individual accolades as well. They will be missed!
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Congratulations to Junior Parker Dean for being selected 1st Team All Hoosier Conference. The Purdue commit was 5-1 on the mound, K’d 43 in 34.2 IP and has a 1.82ERA. Parker also had 7 2Bs and 13 RBIs.
Congrats to Western Baseball Junior LHP Conner Linn on his verbal commitment to play baseball at the University of Cincinnati. Well deserved! Keep grinding!!
This bus is rocking! Big win 5-1 at Kokomo tonight. Mitchell Dean 6 2/3IP, 1R, 6K, 0BB. Riley Western 4-5 at the plate. More stats to come. Proud of our guys, the buy in, improving the little things, taking things from practice to games. Stay focused, stay hungry, 1 day at a time
Good workout tonight! Kace Howard and Parker Dean both posted 91.1 mph exit velo. Matt McCauley at 90.9. Good bullpen sessions, fielding work, and swings in our drills. Below 2022 Purdue commit, Parker Dean, getting swings in.
I’m proud to announce that Collin Rassel, Kace Howard, and Evan Japundza have all earned IHSBCA Academic All-State. Great job, fellas! Overall, we have had 12 players earn this honor in school history, 10 in the last 4 years!
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Good luck today to Parker Dean as he starts Game 2 of the North/South All Star Series. We are proud of him! And shoutout to Coach Owens for representing our program as well!
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Congratulations to Pat Mills and Brayden Clark on their commitments to play baseball in college. Mills will be attending Olney Central and Clark will be attending Trine.
We would like to give a shout out to Cayden McClure for receiving an IHSAA Exemplary Behavior report from an IHSAA umpire who recognized him for outstanding sportsmanship in one of our games. Great job Cayden!
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Congrats to Senior Mitchell Dean for being the Varsity Player of the Week. Mitchell had 5 hits, scored 5 R, had 2 RBIs, stole 3 bases, and threw a no-hitter with 12Ks.
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We defeated Tipton tonight, 14-2 in 5. Conner Linn w/ the win, Jeremiah Hayes with 2 good innings in relief. Parker Shelton 3-4 2RBIs; Kitchel Gifford, Collin Rassel, and Donovan Shepherd all collect 2 hits. Drew Duncan with a 2B. All 9 spots in lineup scored! 2-0, at Tipton tmrw
Congratulations to Jr Donavan Shepherd for earning All-Conference Honorable Mention and being selected as the Best Hitter by his teammates. Donavan led the team with a .439 average.
Here’s a look back at a good week to start the season! New coats, a visit from Pops, post game dinner at McDonald’s, and 5 wins in 5 days! Off day today and we’ll be back at it tomorrow!
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Congratulations to Senior SS Braeden Bryant for earning IHSBCA Academic All-State. He is the 13th player in our program’s history to receive this honor!
Class of 2022 Overall Rankings were released yesterday.
Indiana is well represented with 1️⃣3️⃣ in the top 500.
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Western 10 Mac-Q 0...Gavin White 1 hit shutout, 11Ks 1BB. Kitchel Gifford 1B/3B 3RBIs, Kace Howard 2-1Bs 2RBIs, Donavan Shepherd 2-1Bs. We play Monday in Championship vs NW/BC at 7pm.
Beat Tipton 12-0. Mitchell Dean w/ win (5IP, H, 10K, 1BB). Parker Dean 3-3 (3R, RBI), Garrett Lupoi 2-2 (3RBI), Cayden McClure 2-4 (2B, 2RBI), Bret Echelbarger RBI-2B. Back at it tomorrow at home vs Tipton in conference play.
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Congratulations to 1B Pat Mills and P Ashton Guyer for being selected to the Indiana North All-Star Team. They are the 14th & 15th players in school history to make the North squad. They’ll play at Four Winds Stadium in South Bend July 21-22.
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Congratulations to Riley Western (2B) for being named to the IHSBCA North All-Star team. Riley is the 17th player in school history to receive the honor. He will represent our school June 25-27 at the All-Star Series at the University of Evansville.
Shoutout to
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for getting his 1st college start tonight and his 1st college hit. G ended up 2-5 with a 3B & RBI in helping
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pick up a 12-7 win. Congrats!
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Disappointing loss today to SB St Joe to finish our season. I’m very proud of our guys and the time that they committed to the program this year. We’ll miss our 8 Seniors, great young men! Good luck to our guys in summer ball and we’ll be back at it again in August!
#KeepGrinding
Athletes w/ the wrong mentality blame others, complain, & defend their negative actions. Athletes w/ the right mentality respect their team, are grateful for opportunities, & accountable for their actions. How do your teammates/coaches view you?
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#LifeLesson
Outstanding TEAM effort tonight defeating the 4A
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Kokomo Wildkats 5-0. Pat Mills throwing his 1st innings of the season with the win (5IP, 2H, 5Ks). Clark big 2 RBI 1B to get us on the board. Mills 2-1B, Sanders & Shelton 2Bs, Carter 1B/2B, and 2 shutout innings.
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Great bounce back 12-1 win tonight at Heights. W- Gavin White (6IP, 6K, 0ER), Drew Duncan 2-2Bs/1B 5RBIs, Conner Linn 2-2Bs 2RBIs, Parker Shelton 1B/2B RBI, & Rylie Western had 1B/HR 2RBIs. 15 hits total. No errors on D and OF locked it down!
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6’7” 198 LHP Mitchell Dean on the mound tonight. The 2023 Louisville commit was 84.6-87.1 tonight in his 1st live session. Slider was tight with back foot action 73.4-75.4. A lot of positives to build on!
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Proud of these guys! Mitchell is starting at 1B tomorrow and Christian is closing as the North tries to win the series. Game time 11am at Loeb Stadium.
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I’m also proud of some of their teammates showing up!
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Per the NFHS, next season players can wear jewelry & pitchers can use the hybrid. Finally! Now, if Indiana baseball could apply eye black like Indiana softball. Same school=same rules. Girls wear crosses in state finals & we are threatened w/ ejections!
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Coach Owens challenged the guys to add to the Western Baseball legacy Wednesday night, tonight we got the job done! Can’t wait for the 23 to go on the Championship banner! For now, Tate’s
#23
will have to do!
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Congrats to Junior C Alex Watkins for earning 1st Team All Hoosier Conference honors. A-Wat hit .329 w/ 5 2Bs, 3 3Bs, and 21 RBIs while fielding 1.000.