OnFocus Season Preview: Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School Red Raiders Baseball
Coaching staff: Head Varsity – Justin Pyan, Varsity Asst. – Kevin Jastromski, JV Coach – Ryan Rodriguez, JV2 Coaches – Kaleb Ellis and Adam Bechard
Key returners: Brett Simonsen, Landyn Freeman, Gage Honeyager, Ethan Dillingham, Jordan Szelagowski, Jarrett Szelagowski, Silas Cronkrite, Matthew Vollert
Key newcomers: Eli Graf, Justin Tibbetts, Landon Jones, Josh Bush, Francis Cronkrite, Caden Schalinske, Owehn Hahn, Brett Fox
Conference outlook: The Wisconsin Valley Conference always has good competition from top to bottom Each conference game will bring new challenges. The Red Raiders look to compete for one of the top spots in the conference.
Keys to your success this season: To succeed this season we need to work and compete everyday in practice to get better. If our pitching staff throws strikes, and we are able to limit strikeouts when hitting, our team will win games this spring
Coach’s comments: anything else you’d like to share? We have a great group of dedicated hard working kids, led by our seniors. I am excited to see what they can accomplish this season and to get the season rolling.
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David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
