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November & December meetings for all Baseball Candidates.... The 11/15 meeting is for all non winter sport athletes who are candidates for the Spring. The meeting involves the Conditioning program which begins Wednesday 11/17. The December 6th Meeting is Candidate Information Meeting for all candidates Grades 9-12. It will be held in it`s traditional location , the West HS auditorium at 6:30 pm . The meeting will last 30 minutes. For more information players can contact Coach Carrese @ carrjame@shenet.org. The College baseball tradition at Shenendehowa rolls on for 2011 !! Dave Goerold `07 RHP Clarkson Crockett Pack `07 2B Plattsburg {Captain} Morgan Smith `07 RHP Binghamton Jeff Carter `08 RHP Oneonta Jon Shippee `08 RHP Monmouth Brady Farkas `08 RHP Oswego Bryan Marotta `09 C Oneonta Chris Nyman `09 LHP Oswego Scott Buniak `10 OF Oswego Brandon Galluppi `10 C RPI Andrew Kalish `10 Inf RPI Dan Lenney `10 OF Clarkson David Wixted `10 OF Clarkson 13 active players representing the 75 total players who have graduated from Shenendehowa Baseball and moved onto the College ranks. Coming soon will be the new face of our Alumni Page featuring links to all 75 players and their respective college baseball websites including our 13 active players. This will allow our readers to get to the college baseball website and check stats, player profiles, game schedules and more.... Class of 2010 lands in College Baseball Five players from the League Champion and # 1 seed Plainsmen have succesfully landed on their respective College baseball team`s roster this fall. Scott Buniak CF for Oswego ST. Brandon Galluppi C for RPI Andrew Kalish 3B/2B for RPI Dan Lenney OF for Clarkson David Wixted OF for Clarkson. All respective college coaches report anticipated playing time and the opportunity for all of them to start this Spring 2011 season. Look for more updates on the Fab Five soon !!! Cogswell verbally commits to Virginia... has verbally commited to the University of Virginia in the ACC. This marks the first Shenendehowa player to scholarship in the ACC in the 56 year history of the Plainsmen Baseball Program. Cogswell who plays for the vaunted South Troy Dodger organization in the summer, was offered numerous scholarship from Top 40 baseball America schools like Rutgers, St. John`s,Wake Forest, Richmond to name a few. Coach Brian O`Connor has selected a Top 200 National player from the Baseball America and Perfect Game ratings and evaluation service. Cogswell will major in business and pursue his outside interest of a pilot`s liscense while playing scholarship baseball at UVA. Cogswell is the highest profile baseball player to come thru the Shenendehowa program since the likes of Murphy Smith `06/Binghamton/Oakland A`s and Dan Peltier `86/Notre Dame/Texas Rangers & SF Giants. Congratulations Branden and your parents Carole & Rich Cogswell. Job well done !!! Nine Shenendehowa Players selected to Suburban Council All-Star team for the 201 Honorable Mention: Dan Lenney/2B/Clarkson 2nd team: Andrew Kalish/3B/RPI David Wixted/1B/Clarkson John Prendergast/RHP/`11 Matt Dempsey/LHP/`11 Brandon Galluppi/C/RPI 1st team: Brandon Cogswell/SS/`11 Scott Buniak/OF/`11 John Craig/DH/`11 Both Cogswell and Buniak were unaminous 12 vote selections by the League`s Coaches. this marks the second year in the row that Branden Cogswell has been voted in a unaminous selection and the third straight year he has been named to the team !! Congratulations to the Plainsmen !! Shen has two players selected to Empire State games Adirondack Team....... Congrats to the Halfmoon Mariners !!! 7/10: Murphy Smith now pitching in Class A kane County.... To date he has pitched in 6 games and is off to a great start. He has a 3-0 record with a 5.45 era and 33K in 31 IP. 4-11-10 Smith `06 wins first Class A Advanced game... You can go to the MLB link on our site and click on Oakland A`s. Click "Roster" and look for the Stockton Ports on the right side of the page. Great job Murph. I can just see that beautiful 12-6 curveball over for "Strike One " !!! Murphy Smith `06 / Oakland A`s promoted..... Smith pitched in Vancouver for a short stint in Rookie Ball and then was promoted to the Midwest league`s Kane County Class A league. He had a great 1st season with the club. Post Spring Traing `10 in AZ he was promoted to Advanced A with the Stockton Rivercats. Good Luck Murphy Smith `06 !!! Plainsmen travel to Maryland for the 14th year in a row... The Plainsmen have been using Arundel HS and Joe Canon Stadium as one of their "Spring Training " sites since `97. Shenendehowa Baseball to New Jersey {2010 March}... The weather held up and the Coaching staff had an opportunity to evaluate the lineup as the Shenendehowa team moves closer to their 4/5 opener with Division rival Shaker HS. Coach Carrese attends the ABCA National Convention/Clinic in Dallas , TX January The opportunity to hear and see Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan was a real treat. His perspective on the game is unique. He is a great story teller !! NYSBCA kicks off their 1st Annual Convention in Albany....... The Registration for the 125 coaches in attendance was under the direction of Coaches Greg Christodulu-Keith Lansley and Steve Decker. Members of the 2010 Varsity Baseball team handled the registration duties under our coaches direction. Head Coach James E.Carrese is the VP for the newly formed NYSBCA and was reponsible for the Clinic/Convention planning along with President and Founder Mike Marra/Monticello HS. Dan Peltier selected to the Shenendehowa Athletic Hall of Fame.... Peltier , who still has many offensive records at Notre Dame was one of the most feard hitters and certainly one of the top baseball prospects ever produced in the Capital District. He was drafted 65th in the 3rd round by the Texas Rangers /MLB in the 1989 draft.peltier went on to have the longest career in the MLB of any CD player to date. He spent six seasons with the Rangers, one season in the Independent League post MLB strike year, and then finished his career with the SF Giants. More to come on our first Hall of Famer..... Carrese & Christodulu selected to speak at National Convention.... Coach Christodulu`s Power Point presentation on "Shenendehowa`s Hitting Program" was so well received at the convention that numerous requests came in thru e-mail and phone to get copies of the Power Point. Coach Carrese`s presentation on "How to Build a High School Baseball Program" was well received and both coaches were approached to speak at other state`s Baseball Coaches Association Clinics for 2010. Murphy Smith goes in the 13th Round of MLB draft today !!! In High School Smith was a 1st Team All-State Pitcher in 2006 along with All League and Capital District 1st team Times Union media selection. Shenendehowa is Suburban Council Champion again..... The Shenendehowa Plainsmen finished 18-6 with a 12-4 League record. Mondo is an All-American... Earlier this season Mondo was named Liberty League Pitcher of the Year with an 11-2 record and a 2.91 ERA. Bill Norris `87 inducted into the Eckerd College Hall of Fame..... Norris was drafted in the 16th round by the Boston Red Sox and was the Pawsox {Triple A} Comeback Player of the Year in 1993. Kalish leads in many ways.... Congratulations to our Third Baseman !! Mondo & Goerold top Liberty league Pitchers for `09... Mondo was named the Pitcher of the year in `09. RPI is seeded first in the NCAA Regionals. Goerold was the # 2 Pitcher in the Liberty League leading the Clarkson team with a record of 4-2. Murphy Smith wins two America East Pitcher of the Week awards... Shen `06 Standout receives 1st America East Player of the Week award...... You can go to this link to read more about Murphy Smith and his brother Morgan Smith`07 and BU Baseball. www.bubearcats.com Additionally, Trevor Smith, standout senior pitcher at Northeastern University, coming off major surgery, this past offseason, got his first start this weekend for NEU baseball. www.gonu.com/baseball Coach Carrese is a featured speaker at National Convention..... The ABCA is a 10,000 member Coaches Association, the largest coaches association in the world. Coach Carrese`s Power Point presentation was on "How to Build a High School Program". The Power Point and attached notes can be found on our Download Menu. Coach is the Region I represenative to the ABCA HS All-American Committee and was named the ABCA Region I Large school Coach of the Year in 2005. Coaching Staff attends Baseball Clinic..... 2009 Class of Alumni playing Collegiate Baseball... Mental Game: January`s Word of the Month: Confidence "I`m going to sit on this guy`s fastball and go right with it". The confident hitter has that mental approach as he goes thru his mental checklist in his "On Deck behavior" routine. The average HS player lets the mental imagery of failure set in when he allows the the thought" this guy is throwing seeds", I have no shot" !!! Confident players know they may fail because baseball is a game of "Overcoming Adversity". They are realistic. They also never consent to failure. They believe they can succeed and when they fail their approach is "next pitch" or "next at bat" !! Fear is a great motivator !! Confident players take the fear of a challenging situation in a game {2 out basehit mentality} and learn to cope with it successfully. Dorfman writes" The great ones can control their fear, rather than to be controlled by it-they use the energy from the situation to create a positive energy. Confidence is Positive energy!! Fear derives from uncertainity. To eliminate fear the player must practice difficult situations in the game. Runner on 2B and 0 outs. Move the runner to third any way you can !! Bunt to the right side, drive the middle away fastball to the right side, deep fly ball to right field.....anyway you can!! More to come on....Confidence...... Former Shen baseball standouts on the College baseball Field....... Downey had a great year in 2007 as the the Big East Champion`s Setup man. Recently chosen captain for the 2008 season. You can read more on "Captain Downey" in our Recent News archive below or go to Rutgers.edu for the full Rutgers Baseball story!!! 2-Trevor Smith/2004: Senior Red Shirt RHP at Northeastern University. "Smitty" has had two stellar seasons with NEU. In 2006 and 2007 Smith was the #4 and # 2 starter respectively. Surgery ended his 2007 campaign before he was to become the first Shenendehowa pitcher to sign a contract with the Cape Cod league {Falmouth team} in our program`s history!!!{Blake Hanan/2000/ss @ Siena College/Free agent with Baltimore Orioles played in the Cape league in the early part of the decade!!} Smitty`s rehab is going well and he has begun throwing in preparation for the 2008 season!!!Go to neu.edu or click Skiliton`s links on our website and go College baseball-Division I. 3-Scott Rader/2004:Redshirt Sophmore @ Briarcliffe College. Scholarship out of HS to Hofstra University. Transfered to Briarcliffe in 2006. Led the team in a number of offensive categories as their everyday catcher. Hit .389 with a .694 slugging percentage. 4-Dan Feenan/2005: Saw 30 + games action as a Freshman and started at 2B/3B at one of the top D-III programs in the country. Followed Shen legend "The camel" Joe Ihnatolya {who set records at RPI} and is teammates with top Shen performer Andrew Mondo who followed Dan to RPI in 2006. 5-Matt Frey/2005: A HS All-State performer for the Plainsmen, Matt Frey has continued his slugging on scholarship at St.Rose D-II. A all conference performer for the past two seasons, Frey is setting records on the diamond for Coach O`Connor. 6-Murphy Smith/2006:Binghamton University /D-I. A HS All-State Pitcher in 2006 with All-Area media team selections, Team MVP and All-Suburban Council Team in both his Junior and Senior seasons at Shenendehowa. "Scmidt" as he is affectionally called{Coach Cafarelli "original" was one of the top five pitchers recruited out of NYS in 2006.Murphy was given the first NYSBCA{New York State Baseball Coaches Association} Section Two "Player of the Year"Award in 2006. After considering numerous D-I offers Murphy settled on high end academic/baseball at the MAAC school. In 2007 "Scmidt" made 14 appearances and started one game as Frosh !! He pitched 33 innings, faced 131 batters{led the bullpen} and struck out 22. This past summer Murph was named to the All-Star team for Kutztown Rockies in the Atlantic Coast League. The summer of 2008 will find Murphy Smith pitching in one of the top five Summer Collegiate leagues in the country: The Costal Plains League in North Carolina. Way to go "Schimdt".!! 7-Ryan Gauck {2006}/1B/DH Marist College/D-I. Ryan started off at Marist where he left off at Shenendehowa......tearing the cover off the baseball.Starting 36/53 games played and playing in 44/53 games as a true Freshman in the MAAC is a incredible accomplishment !! Hitting .283 with 23 rbi`s and 7 doubles Ryan saw action as a DH and a s a 1B/OF in the tough MAAC conference. Ryan is one of the few D-I players out of this program and any HS program for that matter to be an impact player on the field as a "true freshman". Congratulations to the big "Gawk" as the PA "announcers often said in HS career !!!! That`s Seven of the Thirteen Plainsmen currently playing College Baseball !! More to come on : Al Williams/Siena D-I Andrew Mondo/RPI D-III Steve Gauck/Oneonta State D-III Dave Goerold/Clarkson D-III Crockett Pack/Plattsburgh State D-III Morgan Smith/Binghamton University D-I For more information and to find the College Baseball websites you can go to Skilton`s Links on this site and click on "College Baseball" and look for these players under what "Division " level of baseball they play. Then search for their official websites of the teams they play for. Downey named Captain @ Rutgers University Downey , a red shirt senior was the Scarlet Knights "setup man" in their record setting Big East Championship run[42-21/20-7} and subsequent Big East Tournament championship. Rutgers went on to lose in the NCAA regionals to eventual College World Series champion Oregon State. Downey pitching in critical games in the month of May, stabilizing the Rutgers bullpen with his 4.67 era, 52 Ip with 38 K and only 20 BB were critical in the push to win the Big East championship!! Downey led the Scarlet Knights in appearances with 25. Downey has two seasons of eligibility remaining and has established himself as a potential draft matieral in the upcoming MLB draft in June of 2008! The Shenendehowa baseball program and coaching staff applaud this appointment to Captain of the Rutger`s baseball team. The Rutger`s Baseball program under the direction of legendary Coach Fred Hill has recruited two of the finest players in recent Shenendehowa baseball history . Jason Downey {2004} and Craig Brenhiser{1994}. Congratulations Captain Downey !!! Think the Game........... Wooden stated: "Don`t try to be better than someone,but try to be the best you can be". Forty three days till practice begins !! Right now we suggest that you take "inventory" of your "effort level" since our Pre-season program began, and make a sincere effort to increase your committment to yourself and your teammates. Baseball is a "I" game wrapped in the word "We". If "I" work at getting to the best level of fitness and "baseball shape" "I" can, then "We" as a team play better "Together". !!! Mental Game Information.......... Interested in information regarding the "Mental game" of baseball?? You can look to these sites and books as a start to becoming the best player you can possibly be!! 1- www.diamondbooks.com All books by H.A. Dorfman are outstanding!! >The Mental game of Baseball > The Mental ABC`s of Pitching >The Mental Keys to Hitting 2-College Bound:The Official Guide to College Baseball Recruiting[Lauenstien} @ www.athletesadvisor.com @www.frozenropes.com 3-www.winningstate.com More information to come......... Congratulations to Morgan Smith...... Morgan served as our #3 pitcher in his first year as a varsity pitcher, and helped his team achieve the 11th Division title in 16 seasons and earn a spot in the Class AA Section Two Finals. Bronder excels for Cubs....... Pitching for the Class A {long season} Daytona Cubs, Bronder has 58.2 inning pitched out of the bullpen with a W_L record of 4-2. You can click on our MLB link and read up on Steve Bronder and his great success this summer. Go Jaspers!! Go Plainsmen...Go Cubs!!!!! Section Two Championship Game.......... Shenendehowa {18-4} (12-2} AT Colonie{19-3} (11-3) pits the Suburban Council`s best two teams in 2006. Starting Pitchers Murphy Smith(12-1){`05 &`06} and Hunter Moffat are both Division I scholarship pitchers in the America East Conference beginning next fall. (Binghamton and Albany}. The winner will host Section Three`s Liverpool Hs who defeated Utica Proctor today 4-1 at Lion`s Bank Stadium{home of the Toronto Blue Jays Triple A franchise }. Liverpool pitched sophmore righty Bill Schult who weaved a 7 hit one run affair. Liverpool had one big inning with their # 9 hitter driving in two runs in a 3 run outburst. The regional game will be played at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam at 7:00pm on Monday 6/5. Shenendehowa Itinerary for Pregame __________________________________ 5:30 pm : Report for Pregame 6:30pm: Depart for "The Joe" 7:00pm: Arrival @"The Joe" & Pregame 7:40pm: Pregame Fungo 8:00pm: Class AA Championship Game Class AA Postseason..... The Plainsmen will send Murphy Smith (11-1) a senior RHP who will pitch on scholarship at Division I Binghamton University in the fall. The Plainsmen are led offensively by centerfielder Al Williams(Division I /Northeastern), 1st baseman Ryan Gauck(Division I/Marist), and 4 year starter and Rightfielder Greg Blass(SCC). Shenedehowa`s postseason record since 1991 is 15-11 with two Section Two championships(`94 & `96) and were the 2005 Section Two Finalist. The Plainsmen lost the NYS semifinal game to North Rockland and returned just two years later and lost the State Championship game, in a rain delayed two day event to Vestal HS{Binghamton area} The winner of Saturday`s contest will play the winner of 5 seed(SC) Niskayuna HS and Queensbury(Foothills champion and Suburban Council # 1 seed}on Wednesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy, NY. CLASS OF `06 SIGNINGS Coach Carrese and his staff are proud to announce the recent"verbal committments" by two players from our senior class. Marist College and Coach Dennis Healy have announced the recent signing of Ryan Gauck, senior first baseman at Shenendehowa HS. Coach Healy states in his SID announcement: "We saw Ryan at the Empire State Games and really thought he would be a super offensive college player. He will be special, not only because he can hit, but he also shows great strike zone awareness which will lead to a high on-base percentage in college. Ryan`s high school coach Jim Carrese has done an outstanding job of getting his players prepared for the jump to Division I baseball and Ryan is no exception to that." For more information on Ryan Gauck`s signing and Marist baseball you go to www. Marist.edu Binghamton University Coach Tim Sinicki recently announced the signing of Murphy Smith, senior right handed pitcher from Shenendehowa HS. SID John Hartrick states: Murphy Smith: Six-foot-two right-handed pitcher from Shenendehowa HS in Clifton Park...went 6-0 with a 1.30 earned run average last spring...allowed 33 hits in 44.1 innings...named most outstandin pitcher and team MVP...all Suburban Council...starting pitcher for Adirondack region Empire State Games team...played last summer for the Clifton Park Yankees. ABCA REGION ONE COACH OF THE YEAR THE COACHING STAFF BELIEVES THIS AWARD IS A REFLECTION UPON THE PLAYER`S,FAMILES AND COMMUNITY BASEBALL GROUPS, WHO BY WORKING TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH SHENEDEHOWA BASEBALL AND THE TOWN PROGRAMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, AS ONE OF THE FINEST BASEBALL PROGRAMS IN THE NORTHEAST. COACH CARRESE WILL TRAVEL TO CHICAGO,ILL. FROM JANUARY 5-8 TO ATTEND THE ABCA CONVENTION AND RECEIVE THE PROGRAM`S AWARD AT THE ABCA HALL OF FAME/COACH OF THE YEAR BANQUET HELD AT THE HYATT REGENCY IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO. DIRECTIONS TO AMSTERDAM`S SHUTTLEWORTH P TAKE THE THRUWAY TO EXIT 27{AMSTERDAM} PAY TOLL TAKE A RIGHT ONTO RT.30 NORTH INTO AMSTERDAM. CLIMB THE HILL. BEAR LEFT AT THE TOP OF THE HILL,STAYING ON RT.30N. STAY ON RT 30 FOR A FEW MILES{GO PAST McDONALD`S,A HOSPITAL, AND PRICE CHOPPER. TURN RIGHT ONTO MIAMI AVENUE{JUST PAST WAL-MART}. GO TO THE END OF MIAMI AVENUE. TURN LEFT ONTO MIDLINE ROAD. MAKE YOU FIRST RIGHT ONTO HARROWER LANE AND GO TO BOTTOM OF THE HILL. TAKE A RIGHT ONTO PIONEER STREET. TAKE YOUR FIRST LEFT AND CROSS BRIDGE INTO SHUTTLEWORTH PARK. PLAINSMEN IN THE PRO`S Rob Hosgood{Class of 2000@ Shen and Central Conn/24th round draft pick in 2004} is currently playing for the Asheville Tourists{Colorado Rockie Long season A affiliate in the "Sally League". For updates, stats and recent news go to www.minorleaguebaseball.com and find "Asheville Tourists". Steve Bronder{Class of 2002/Manhattan} is currently pitching for the Arizona League Cubs, the Rookie Ball club for the Chicago Cubs. Again you can find information at minorleaguebaseball.com Adam Kroft{Class of 2000/Albany State/30th round draft pick of the San Diego Padres in 2004} is pitching in the Frontier League/Independent Baseball League, and you can track his progress @www.frontierleague.com Blake Hanan{Class of 2000/Siena College} "asked" for his release from the Baltimore Orioles organization in June 2005. His plans are undecided at this point. Shen Baseball Web Site "On the Move" MAY 27TH,,SHEN BASEBALL IN FINALS!!! For now, please browse around and let us know how you like the site and if you find any bugs. Site Launch slated for Tuesday, April 19th. |
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