BASEBALL BEGINNINGS

The crack of the baseball bat fills the air while spectators are watching the path of the ball in anticipation. As the ball soars over the fence, the crowd rushes to stand up and celebrate a home run. The baseball season here began on April 3 when they played against Roncalli. Having an end goal in mind at the beginning of the season gives the players something to work toward. Individual players are working toward setting and achieving goals to have a successful season as a team.

accomplishment for Long.

“Being named AllConference was also good because I’ve been wanting to be named All-Conference for a long time because I’ve been honorable mention for the past

senior John Merrit

North baseball players describe how they feel about the upcoming season

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a specific goal he wishes to achieve.

“I have a personal goal of pitching 35 or more innings and posting a sub-3.5 ERA [earned run average],” Osbourne said. “I have been and will continue to keep practicing hard and perfecting some things as the season goes on.” many games as possible and grow until the playoffs, then go as far as we can,” McLean said.

Even though each player may set their own goals, baseball relies on every player working together and having a strong team environment.

In order to get there, senior Kyler Hashman has been reflecting on this season.

“It has been a rough start, but the past few games we’ve seen what it looks like when we play lazy versus when we play as a team and give it our best effort,” Hashman said.

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Junior pitcher Blake Osbourne has his eyes set on

Junior Zach McLean describes the goals that the team has set for this season.

“Our team goal is to win as

“I think as the season goes on we will keep learning as a team and that will help win more games and show what CN Baseball is capable of this year.”