Official Account of Gators Baseball/Fastpitch Academy located in Missouri/Illinois. College Prep ➡️ @gbadevelopment, Partnered Program ➡️ @spectsnational
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Congrats Coach Funkhouser on your induction into the National HS Coaches Hall of Fame‼️
He becomes the 60th member inducted since ‘07
7️⃣4️⃣8️⃣ wins in 24 seasons at Edwardsville HS
👉 3x Class 4A State Champs
👉 2x runner up finishes
👉 803 career wins in HS
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⭐️Class of 2025⭐️
Congratulations to all of our @GbaDevelopment 2025s that are moving on to continue their academic and athletic careers. Thank you for your trust in our program and staff over the years. We can’t wait to see what the future has in store for you all!
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Some BIG names coming off the board for @GbaDevelopment these last couple months. 😳
Congratulations to our GBA guys and their families!
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Special moment yesterday as Sr. @joechiarodo drives in his brother Fr. @NickChiarodo to score the lone run of the game in Nick’s 1st varsity start 👏
After the spring, Joe will be moving on to the Univ. of Alabama while Nick will continue his development in @GbaDevelopment 🤝
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We are excited to announce the addition of Nick Beckmann to our GBA Development Staff.
Coach Beckmann brings over a ton of coaching experience to an already loaded staff. Welcome aboard @CoachBeckmann!
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Congrats to 17U 60/90 players John Stallcup and Preston Salazar on their commitment to SIUE where they’ll join their teammate Tyler Bastunas. These 3 are arguable the 3 hardest workers in… instagram.com/p/BlzCJ9bjach/…
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We are excited to announce that our Illinois Gators branch will be one of the few tenants in this new incredible facility!
‼️MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT‼️
We are excited to announce that the SportsBarn is officially opening a new location in Wood River, IL.
Targeted Grand Opening: Fall 2023
See thread⬇️
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In an 8-8 tied ballgame and 2 outs, Stone Marion hits an absolute missile over the CF wall for a walk-off grand slam!!!
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ALL-STATE HONORS‼️
Congrats to our @gbadevelopment guys on receiving All-State. Fun to watch and see the impact they made leading to their high school’s success. Well deserved!
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Congratulations to 3 of our @GbaDevelopment 2025s for being named to the Perfect Game National Showcase roster 👊 Well deserved guys!
“The Perfect Game National Showcase has become the most prestigious showcase event in all of amateur baseball.”
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Ran into some friends at the @ABCA1945 in Dallas on day 1
Highly recommend heading over to BOOTH 1716 and talk shop with @premierpitching
#ABCA2024 #DominateTheZone
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Couple of @GbaDevelopment 2026s getting the job done! Congrats @ChaseMilburn41 & @t_eberlin 👏
Eberlin 7IP CG 1-hit Shutout with 12K
Milburn 7IP CG Shutout in 69 pitches
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Unfortunately the guys couldn’t scratch off another run but what a battle by our @GbaDevelopment 17U Navy
Great pitching, great defense. Back at it tomorrow 👊
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2021 Konner Hutchings (@SEMObaseball) flashing the leather for @gatorsba with a smooth behind the back feed to 2nd base for a force out. @CreeksideBase @MW_Premier #Super17
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GBA is very excited to announce the addition of Cody Fick onto its Next Level Placement and Player Development team.
Cody comes to GBA from the University of Evansville where he served… instagram.com/p/Bl6o4dNDlKf/…
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🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
We are excited to announce that Chris Dameron has been hired as our Gators Youth Director!
Tryouts are right around the corner, see below for links..
Missouri Gators- shorturl.at/hHIUV
Illinois Gators - shorturl.at/LPYZ4
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As college seasons get underway, we want to wish our former @GbaDevelopment players the best of luck. Enjoyed catching up with most of you over the winter and looking forward to getting out to watch you play.
#GBADevelopment | #CollegeBaseball
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Cool to see two schools in our area leading the country in commitments. 14 of the 26 players in the @GbaDevelopment program 👊
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We are all really excited to use our Blast sensors to improve training by evaluating each player’s plane, connection, and rotation scores.
From there, we are able to relay which drills each player can turn their focus towards.
#BlastBaseball #PlayerDevelopment #GrowthMindset
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🚨Special Announcement🚨
Gators Baseball Academy is excited to announce the expansion of our @gbadevelopment program to 14U in the 2022-2023 season
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🚨Special Announcement🚨
Gators Baseball Academy is excited to announce the expansion of our @GbaDevelopment program to 12U & 13U in the 2024-2025 season
More info available at gatorsbaseballacademy.com
Additional Information Coming Soon‼️
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☀️Summer Highlights☀️
Sweet Sixteen Finish (7-1) @ WWBA in Atlanta
➡️ GBA 16U Lord
➡️ Highest finish in program history, losing to eventual WWBA Runner-Up
➡️ Pitching: 49IP tallying 62K with only 12BB; finishing with a 1.55ERA
@gbadevelopment 👊
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Sundays are looking a little different in Illinois 🔥
📸 GBA 14U-17U Program
Excited for what the future has in store for SportsBarn East 🤝
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Please join us in welcoming Edwardsville High School Head Coach Tim Funkhouser and EHS pitching coach Mike Sabatino to our staff with the Gators Baseball Academy. Tim will be our "Director of Training and… instagram.com/p/Bytq7P7D6gT/…
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the DeLunas family, those closest to him, and the @premierpitching family.
Seeing the amount of lives Brian impacted is something special. Baseball community lost a good one today..
Our family lost a one of a kind human being today. It’s impossible to describe how much Brian meant to all of us. He will be missed more than words can describe.
Our thoughts & prayers go out to Brian’s family & all of the countless people that he impacted throughout his life.
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And that’s a wrap on the off-season for @GbaDevelopment 👊
➡️ Sunday Training - 16 Weeks
➡️ HitLab - 16 Weeks
➡️ Defensive Academies - 16 Weeks
➡️ Lifts - 5 Months, 3x Week
➡️ Speed & Agility - 8 Weeks
➡️ GBA Practice - 8 Weeks
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Another @GbaDevelopment 2025 arm off the board 👊 congrats to Connor and his family
I am very excited to announce my commitment to further my academic and athletic career at the University of Cincinnati. I would like to thank my family, coaches, and everybody who has supported me along the way. #gobearcats @othsbaseball @GbaDevelopment @GoBearcatsBASE
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We’re really excited to join such a great group! All of our players win by bringing these organizations together. Can’t wait to get started...Let’s go!
Clubs joining MPB. DM us about becoming a member. MPB welcomes @gatorsba @CreeksideBase @PBRTournaments MWPremierBaseball.com
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Nice work here by our @GbaDevelopment 17U Orange!
Congratulations to @gatorsba on their 2022 17u WWBA Midwest Elite Championship! A very talented squad, who went 7-0 this weekend. Good luck to GBA-St.Louis 17u the rest of summer! 📈🏆 @PGMidwestBB @PG_Illinois #17uMWElite
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Big congrats to two of our original Gator players, Jake Hansen and Tyler Bastunas. These guys are two of the original Gators From when we started everything back… instagram.com/gatorsbaseball…
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☀️14U WWBA Highlights
GBA 14U DePew
➡️ ELITE 8 Finish (7-2); highest in GBA program history
➡️ 2nd year in a row a GBA team has made the sweet 16 or higher
➡️ Scored 50 runs while allowing only 36 in 9 games
@gbadevelopment 👊
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Congrats to one of the OG’s (Original Gator) Tyler Bastunas on his commitment to SIUE to play baseball and further his academic career!
From the first time I saw Tyler playing T-ball, to… instagram.com/p/Bll8dH5jP3g/…
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Gators bus is all wrapped up! A huge thank you to Creative Graphic Solution for finishing it up… instagram.com/p/Bfzgc6mjGxN/
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Always great seeing our @GbaDevelopment players getting after it at @P3_StL 🤙🏼
#DevelopmentFirst #OctoberIsForTheWeightroom
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Very proud of this group of young men. 16U Gators Black is bringing home the hardware back to… instagram.com/p/BVyDHF0D2H4/
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Big congrats to 2021 Gators 60/90-Granite City High player Mason Roehr on his commitment to continue his academic and baseball career at Missouri State University!! Proud of you Mason.… instagram.com/p/BnAJl-Gje58/…
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Fun day at the Busch Stadium for our Gators Day and GBA 15U game. Thank you to all that came out to support!
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A huge thanks to @CreeksideBase @MW_Premier for hosting a great event with top notch facilities & competition. 14’s fell a little short to @GRBRays 9-8 in the semis but those are the games that make us better. Good luck to our 15U GBA team back up there this weekend!
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Gators are heading to @ABCA1945 tomorrow. Can’t wait to soak up tons of knowledge and meet some great coaches!
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Gators Baseball Academy & @gbadevelopment are excited to announce the addition of Scott Seipp to our 14U staff‼️
+ Varsity Asst. O’Fallon Township HS for 28+ years
+ 4-year player at Southern Illinois Carbondale
Welcome Coach Seipp & his family to #GatorsNation!
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Chase Hoeber (2019 Wentzville Liberty/16U Gators Black) threw a scoreless inning in today's scrimmage vs Holt.
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Big congrats to 2019 grad Chase Hoeber and his family on his commitment to continue his academic and athletic career at Parkland College. Chase is one of the original Gators and has been… instagram.com/p/BpA_uAshzo2/…
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⭐️ RISING STAR WINNER⭐️
Congratulations @charlie_wortham on winning the STL Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame Rising Star Award!
Charlie is currently finishing up his senior year at DeSmet hitting .347 with 9 doubles, a triple, and 3 home runs. 💣
Next Stop ➡️ Mississippi St
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2019 Tyler Bastunas (uncommitted) getting some late night hacks with the skilz weighted bats in the 60/90 Hit Lab with coach Bunselmeyer.
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What a great weekend in Phoenix at our first Wilson Premier Classic. Our 21’s were eliminated tonight losing 3-2 to Canes National in extra innings. This gritty group went toe to toe with the big boys and gave them… instagram.com/p/B2vWKcVjz_y/…
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Hutch showing it off this weekend at the PBR Futures Games!
60 Time- 6.99
INF Velo- 88mph
Exit Velo- 95mph
Home to 1st- 4.50
#GrindMode #Hard90s #DevelopmentFirst
Team Missouri wins game one 11-4 with 10 hits, Konnor Hutchings 2021 and Dylan Hufft 2021 finish with multi hit games, Jack Matousek 2021 and Ben Walsh 2021 each had an extra base hit. #PBRFutureGames2019
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Good luck to all the high school coaches this season. Hopefully all the hard work our players put in this off season will show on the field!
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Big win for GBA Fick 16U today! Jack Weber with an efficient outing on the bump and the offense coming alive!!
Good stuff fellas! #GatorsBaseballAcademy #GBA
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Congrats @jackweber29! Proud of you kid!
Excited to announce that I have committed to St. Louis University to further my academic and baseball career. Pumped to be a Billiken!! @SLUBaseball @CCP_Baseball @GbaDevelopment @P3_StL @PBRMissouri @Schierholz_26
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Congratulations to Lucas and his family!
Another @GbaDevelopment 2025 off the board 👊
COMMITTED‼️ #HTTO
I am very blessed to announce my commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Illinois. Big thank you to God, my family, friends, and coaches who have made this dream come true!
#illini
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Big congrats to the Missouri Gator's first ever college commit, 2019 Hunter Gray, who has… instagram.com/p/BZRx1mej2L8/
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Good luck this week to all of our high school guys in the Gators and @GbaDevelopment program. Wishing you all a fun and healthy spring! Look forward to going out and watching some games 👊
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Excited to see this kid compete at the next level. Parkland got a great kid and big time competitor. Congrats Sam!
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Attack Each Rep 💪🔒
Only 3 weeks left of @GbaDevelopment 14U-17U Off-Season.
Those that have been consistent week in, week out at…
➡️ Midweek Practices
➡️ Sunday Training
➡️ Defense Academies
➡️ & the Weight Room
…will separate themselves from the pack. Trust The Process!
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Congrats Mason! Excited for you to be our first MSU Bears commit!!
Excited to Say I’ve Committed to @MSUBearBaseball @gatorsba @JDePew33 @SethVonBehren @PBRIllinois @mattlawdog @GCbaseball15 #GoBears #MSUBears #BearsBaseball #GCStrong #GBA #GatorsBaseballAcademy #TrustTheProcess
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Congrats to 2019 Gators 60/90 player Robby Taul on his recent commitment to John A. Logan College. Robby is a senior at Alton High School and came to the Gators after playing with the… instagram.com/p/Bp29ssqhPiN/…
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🔥87-89mph! 😳
@GrantRichars touching 89mph this past weekend in Indy. Slider continues to produce swing and misses.
@Bullpenevents @PBR_Moulder @PBRMissouri @PBR_Uncommitted @FlatgroundApp
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What a great site to see! @ CarShield Field instagram.com/p/B_74ecfj9Bm/…
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2019 Preston Salazar 6'3" 170 lbs (Kirkwood HS/Gators Black) sitting 85-86 last night. Also features one of the top hammers in the state!
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Congrats to Gators player Jake Hansen for being named the 2018 Suburban Yellow Conference Co-Player of the year! He led Marquette to the quarterfinals where they lost to DeSmet in penalty kicks. stltoday.com/sports/high-sch…
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@GbaDevelopment 2023 @ZMueth at the PG All American Games in San Diego 🔥
‘23 Zander Mueth (IL) with a loud look here today. Opened at 92-94/95, easy life & arm speed and gets hard bite to the slider @ 80 (~2400 spin). #UnderclassAA @PG_Illinois
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Huge thanks to @PBR_Moulder & @DeegsBaseball for coming out to run the Rising Stars ID Showcase
Great opportunity for our @GbaDevelopment 14U & 13U/14U Gators players to experience a showcase environment and start their PBR profiles 👊
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Good luck to 16U GBA-Fick as they kick of the Wilson Premier East Championships tomorrow vs Elite Squad National. Represent fellas and good luck! instagram.com/p/BzR1uHMjYgx/…
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How cool is this!! My good friend and business partner, Joe Lopez, was honored this weekend at his Alma mater UNC Charlotte. instagram.com/gatorsbaseball…
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ALL-AMERICANS‼️
Congratulations to former @gbadevelopment players. All had their a unique path to get to where they are today. What they all have in common is the adversity. Their ability to overcome and just work is what has led to their success! Looking forward to 2025👊
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Any high school players looking to get some work in, come on up to the SportsBarn in Wentzville from 12-3pm today!
(Bring your own baseballs and equipment)
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Excited to announce our partnership with @virtualcombine. This is going to be a game changer when it comes to storing data and video; along with providing a platform for colleges to view our GBA guys’ profiles. 🔥
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2017 Missouri Gators Black Tournament Schedule
Can't wait to see how we stack up against the top teams in the country!
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Let’s go!! Congrats @GbaDevelopment 15U Hovey!!
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What a great young man and heck of an athlete!
. @Stang_Soccer's @Marquette_Hoops' & @MustangDugout's Jake Hansen honored by @STLhssports as this year's Marquette Post-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete....
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Proud of this kid. Always at the facility getting his individual work in and assisting in our youth club training. Great player and even better person! @konnerhutch17
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@GbaDevelopment with the #1 seed 🔥
17u MW Fall Championship Top 10
@prepbaseball
1 @gatorsba
2 @GRBRays
3 @CangelosiSparks
4 @TWolvesScout
5 @BCbaseballtoday
6 @USElitebase
7 @Prospects_NE
8 @MASH_BASEBALL
9 @29ersbaseball
10 @MNIcemen
7-10 seeds tonight @ GP
📅bit.ly/3BViYy6
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2019 Webster Groves HS/Missouri Gators 60/90 player John Stallcup (uncommitted) guns down a few… instagram.com/p/BhU--ECjIwL/
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GBA High School Practice this morning at SIUE! Getting some game like reps. Lots of hustle and fundamentals this fall!
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15U Black finishes 4-2-1 including 11-2 win over pool winner in PG WWBA. Just miss bracket play. Great week boys!!
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Congrats to Freshman Just Dietiker on picking up his first collegiate hit in his first start this weekend for Truman State! Keep working kid! instagram.com/p/B8wDZssJg7G/…
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2019 Missouri gators 60/90 players Preston Salazar and John Stallcup both played great tonight.… instagram.com/p/BiGQteUjeya/
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2021 group advances to the round of 8 with a 4-2 win vs Wilson Scout Team. Stetson Marion k’d 9 in his 6 1/3 innings of work and Cameron Hailstone came in and got the save. They now advance to take on Canes… instagram.com/p/B2uioP2pMGA/…
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Great first night of Infield School at the SportsBarn in Wentzville 🔥
Love seeing current and former @GbaDevelopment players teaching the next generation 🤝
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Love this pic! Gators Blue and Gators Orange met in the championship today at Lindenwood! #missourigatorfamily
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Remember to do your @jaegersports band routine tomorrow before throwing snowballs. #ArmCare #TrustTheProcess
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Let’s go boys!!
16U DePew moves to 2-1 in Atlanta #WWBA
🚨Combined No-No🚨
@_Tylerpowell23 4IP 4K
@eli_skidmore 2IP 3K
🎥 @jacksonv_39 💣 to deep left center
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Very proud to say that I've had the opportunity to coach these three young men since 9U.… instagram.com/p/BXcuDqQDXrs/
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Big congrats to Jack Schmitt on his NLI signing to play baseball and continue his education at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. Jack is a high academic kid that has a ton of athletic ability will definitely… instagram.com/p/Bxggw2KjjHm/…
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Gators 16u Black win 2-0 vs Hunter Pence Baseball Academy 2019 RHP Chase Hoeber complete game 2 hitter 80-82 T83 76 pitches 53 strikes
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2019 Jake Hansen (uncommitted) hits a base clearing go ahead triple in the bottom of the 6th to… instagram.com/p/BZcYPOpDkZQ/
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We are lucky to have @TimFunkhouser1 play a part in our organization. One of most knowledgeable coaches around and great person for our players and coaches to learn from.
Thanks to @CoachB_ABCA for having me on the podcast! So proud to be apart of @ABCA1945 ! @EvilleTigerBB
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John Stallcup (2019 Gators Black/Webster Groves HS) finishes off a complete game 2-hitter vs Mehlville today. Also reached base 4 times.
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Merry Christmas from our Gators family to yours!! instagram.com/p/B6gAJX4pLVq/…
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