Borrowing from PTI, 5 Good Minutes with Brescia University right fielder, Grant Huebner !

Grant Huebner entered the game against West Virginia Tech University on Friday afternoon in his terms, ” riding the struggle Bus. “

Occupying the number nine spot on the lineup card of Skipper, Casey Hamilton and playing right field, Huebner (Heep-ner) had himself a day.

In the bottom of the second inning Huebner laced a RBI single and would come around to score the teams fourth run.

In the bottom of the 3rd he started the decisive rally with two outs and nobody on by launching a double. Grant would come around to score again.

Bottom of the 4th, it was a 2-run Bomb💣 that started to put the game out of reach.

Grant did realize that he was a Triple away from hitting for the cycle and the game had not reached the Midway point.

Leading off the top of the sixth it was a single, stolen base and yes for the fourth straight time, a run scored. The top of the sixth got away from us as the Bearcats plated 12 runs and Huebner returned to the plate in the same inning. This time it was a walk and a run 🏃‍♂️ scored.

At bat number six took place in the seventh inning which turned out to be the last one due to the run rule. Yet another single and run scored. The game ended 29 – 14 on a day where the wind played havoc with every ball hit into the air. If the Golden Bears had rallied again in the bottom of the seventh, Huebner would have batted fourth in the eighth.

From the struggle Bus 🚌 to the Penthouse, at least for the day. All under the watchful eye of Big Brother, Gavin. Gavin played for the Bearcats and now is part of the coaching staff.

Final stat line –

On base percentage – 1000%

5 for 5 with a walk 🚶‍♂️

6 runs scored, 1 stolen base and 3 RBI

This is Max Johnson, their leadoff hitter and center fielder. Johnson must have been highly motivated by Huebner on Friday afternoon because he put on a show across the Saturday doubleheader.

Johnson entered the box 📦 20 times across the three games and scored 10 runs, including the game winner in a heartbreaking 9-8 contest that ended the weekend.

Hamilton comes from Baseball ⚾️ royalty as the Son of a High School baseball coach with over 1,000 wins in the Ashland, Kentucky area. Solid individual who represents our game well

Good Luck the rest of the way fellas…

Sunday March 15th and the Morning 🌄 Brew includes leaving West Virginia, celebrating with Dakota Walls, invites to the Women’s tournament and quality time with Vickey Ritchie !

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Two races 🏁 this Spring and both ended in Top 3 finishes !!!

Later today we look to find out two things – which three teams are being sent to Duke University for the NCAA and did Alyssa Ervin and Furman University do enough to earn an invite to the smaller of the Dances 💃. They will play on Thursday if they make the guest list!

We have played five games across three days this week and divided time in between Charleston and Beckley but now its time for our Golden Bears 🐻 to hit the road. First stop ✋ on the drive back will be at Hillsville Elementary School to work with Vickey Ritchie and our Special Olympics Basketball program.

I haven’t heard anything officially but maybe Callie Harris will lace up her sneakers one more time and play in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ✝️ Basketball All – Star game here in the near future.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Matthew 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Game #2 on the Day actually left me speechless after the roller-coaster 🎢 ride ended on a bizarre double play. #Proud2BaGoldenBear

Down 3 and coming to bat for the final time in the 7 inning nightcap, our never say die Golden Bears 🐻 rallied to tie the game at 8 – 8 and force extra innings for the second time on the day.

Both defenses stiffened in the eighth inning before the Bearcats plated to go ahead run in the top of the ninth. Once again, down to our final at bat, we loaded the bases with nobody out ! Brescia kept the score at 9-8 by recording the first out of the inning on a force out at home.

Carson Crigger came to the plate for the sixth time in the contest and everyone who had been watching baseball ⚾️ for just over eight hours knew that a base hit would earn the home team a much needed split of the River States Conference league game.

Crigger turned on a pitch and sent a line shot down the third place line. The pitch was headed down the left field line and I was ready to start my game winning call!! Houston Flynn was playing the Hot Corner all weekend for Brescia and he made a nice attempt to snag the ball.

In one blink of the eye, Flynn found the ball in his glove and the glove on top of the bag for a game ending double play. Eighteen years together and close to 100 years combined around the game, I am not sure that one play will stand out more than this one.

In the opener, we entered the bottom of the ninth trailing 13 – 8. No problem, Tyler Mackey delivered a pinch hit two run single to make it 13 – 13 before Brescia recorded the 27th out. In this one what followed was one scoreless inning before the Bearcats plated one in the top of the 11th.

First Pitch took place at 12 :03 and the last pitch, incredibly hard hit last pitch took place at 8:13. 490 minutes of Baseball ⚾️ that included 44 runs 🏃‍♂️ and was an eyelash from being 46 runs.

The scorebook will show that we ended the day 0-2 and those are the facts. But our Student Athletes went hard for all 490 minutes and their announcer left it all on the field as well. As tough for it was for me to witness the ending from the Press Box, Skipper had to absorb it from five feet away.

The upside is that we will live to fight another day….