3 hours and 28 minutes of baseball ⚾️ ends with the final score being Midway 12, Golden Bears 🐻 6
Starting Game 2 here in a few minutes.
Roughly 4:20
Let’s get this Party 🥳 started ! Closing in on the Senior Day ceremony (11:30)…
Tag: West Virginia Tech
Mother 👩 Nature has a sense of humor as our (WVU-T ) Friday and Saturday senior day weekend just became a Thursday and Friday one.
Best laid plans……
Just received a phone call from Lawrence Nesselrodt, who informed me that the Saturday forecast for Beckley is not our friend.
Normally, the change of a day here or there is nothing but a thing. The difference here is this is the BIGGEST thing we do all year. How many puzzle pieces can be safely moved in order to maintain 🙏 the level of excellence we are seeking.
JV Softball results just came in, so let’s see 👀 what we can do there….
The weekend ahead for our Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball ⚾️ program marks the end of year 18 !Senior Day celebration set for Saturday afternoon in Beckley…
The Schedule :
Midway University will come to town hungry as the four through eight spots are within two games of each other, and only six teams advance to the post-season tournament in Chillicothe, Ohio.
WVU-T plays for a chance to finish up the regular season with a winning record at home.
The two days will focus on the five young men who will be playing their final series in Golden Bear 🐻 uniforms, and they have represented the program well !
Today’s Baseball ⚾️ Dads 👨 are trying to stay warn! Welcome 🙏 to West Virginia Tech Baseball ⚾️
Dr Gary Templeton is watching 👀his Son Gabe at the plate.
The first pitch temp was 51° but the wind chill was much less. Add in the solid drizzle.
The other two Dads are here to watch Maddex Sims (#5) and Cole Brown (#3).
Baseball ⚾️ is a unique game, and the ties are truly special.
Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd…
Fun story to tell later about the Templeton connection.
More to follow !!!
We hang a four spot in the top of the seventh, now lead 6-3. Need 9 more outs.
4:50 pm – headed to the bottom of the 8th, still cold 🥶, but still leading, 6-3!
5:10 – leading now 6-4, heading to the ninth
Next Stop ✋️ Laurel Fork !!!!
Saturday morning 🌄 fellowship at the Team Hotel 🏨 as we adjust to the rain falling here in Columbus, Indiana. Game time now pushed from noon until 2pm.
The new breakdown :
2:00 pm Game Time
1:55pm Plate Meeting
1:30pm IU Columbus Senior Ceremony
1:15pm Tech I/O
12:30pm Field Arrival
12:05pm Departure (could change)
12:00pm Load Vans
6:00am-10:00am Breakfast
The first thing to adjust to here is that the team has a six hour trip back home following the game. Fortunately,our student athletes can use Sunday as a bounce back day before returning to class on Monday morning.
The integrity of the game is what today is about. The six postseason spots have been decided in the River States Conference for the season, and both West Virginia Tech and IU – Columbus are on the outside looking in. The game today will have zero effect on the postseason, so it would be easy enough to just load up and head back to Beckley.
Integrity is a BIG part of what we do here at WVU-T, so we will do everything possible to get the game played and then head back to Beckley, then for me on to Laurel Fork.
Speaking 🔊 of 🏡, Casey Burcham and Vickey Ritchie are set to have BIG days, and we are hoping 🙏 for the best possible results for both.
Rain 🌧, Rain 🌧, go away, we have a baseball ⚾️ game to play !
The road less traveled ! 