We can't thank @AWHS_Baseball enough for their generous donation to @BerlinBearsAD to help with the reconstruction of our athletic facilities due to the damage caused by storms earlier this month. First class program, school and community. Best of luck this year!
2025 seasonoff to a great start! Thank you to everyone who has helped with the new facility! Most importantly all past players who laid the foundation to make this a reality! #feedtheroot
Big congrats to our four Seniors for signing today to be college student athletes next year. So proud of them. Big things ahead for this group. @Todd_spinner@BerlinBearsAD#feedtheroot
Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated World Down Syndrome Day with us! It was a blast to have you guys join us. Hope to see you this season! #clawsup@BerlinBearsAD@Todd_spinner
CONGRATULATION TO OUR 2021 CENTRAL DISTRICT
2ND TEAM- PARKER MCDANIELS
HONORABLE MENTION- MATTHEW BARRECA, MITCH HERBST, RYAN HORSTMAN, JAKE KINKEAD, DANIEL GLADDEN
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT 2021
JAKE KINKEAD (FIVER)
PARENTS: Jenny and Nick SISTER: Gracie
FAVORITE BASEBALL MEMORY: Bus rides home after wins.
ADVICE: If you don't know, ask questions
FUTURE PLANS: Attend Wilmington College (play baseball/Exercise Science)
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Senior spotlight
Jacob Lewis
Family: Parents Rick and Laura, Brother Jason
Favorite Bear moment: Hitting first HR in program history.
Advice: Enjoy every moment, you never know when it will be your last game.
Plans: Ball St for football and majoring in business and finance.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Quintin Applegate #20
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Catching
Most Admired Person: My Father
Favorite Player: Pete Rose
Most Memorable Moment: Jake Kinkead’s walk off hit in playoffs Junior year
After Grad Plans: Attending Wittenberg University to play baseball
Senior Spotlight 2021
Ryan Horstman
PARENTS: Melinda and Marc SISTER: Grace BROTHER: Lance
FAVORITE MEMORY: Being in the dugout with all of my teammates
ADVICE: Take care of the hard work, it will take care of you.
PLANS: Bryant and Stratton(baseball/engineering)
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2021 ALL OCC
1ST TEAM- MITCH HERBST, RYAN HORSTMAN
2ND TEAM- DANIEL GLADDEN, MATTEW BARRECA
SPECIAL MENTION- JAKE KINKEAD
HONORABLE MENTION- PARKER MCDANIELS, JACOB MOELLER
SCHOLAR ATHLETE- SAM REITZ
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Matt Barreca #13
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Winning, coming up clutch
Most Admired Person: Parents
Favorite Player: Derek Jeter
Most Memorable Moment: Bud rides home with Mitch
After Grad Plans: Attending St Xavier University to play baseball
Congrats to Matt Barreca on his signing yesterday with St Xavier, Chicago IL. More proud of him wanting to wait to celebrate with his teammates signing in the spring! #family
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT 2021 @Todd_spinner@BerlinBearsAD
Sam Reitz
Parents: Rhonda and Eric, Brothers: Adam and Jacob
Favorite Baseball Memory: Playing with Senior class since second grade
Advice: Enjoy every moment on the field and have fun
Plans for next year: OSU (Health Science)
Sectional Final Win 1-0 over @Kwolvesbaseball. Great baseball game. Much respect to the Kilbourne program. Herbst and Gladden with the combined two-hitter. District Semi Final next Tuesday. Home vs @PickNorth 5:00 PM
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Jake Brewster #24
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Hitting & being with teammates
Most Admired Person: Stacey Brewster
Favorite Player: Aaron Judge
Most Memorable Moment: The bus with my teammates
After Grad Plans: Attending Chatham University to play baseball
Congratulations to our 16U @obhsbaseball Columbus Sharks on winning the @BuckeyeElite Gold Bracket! These young men are at football, baseball or both workouts every morning. Hard work produces results. Keep grinding and getting better! @coachweaver22@BerlinBearsAD
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Daniel Gladden #33
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Spending time with teammates
Most Admired Person: My dad
Favorite Player: Joey Votto
Most Memorable Moment: Jake Kinkead’s walk off
After Grad Plans: Attending Wittenberg University to play baseball
Regular season complete tonight with a 3-2 win over Delaware Hayes. Currently 14-12 and 8-6 in the OCC. We are very proud of our young men and the way they competed. Time to press reset and focus back on going 1-0. #selfless#relentless#feedtheroot@Todd_spinner@BerlinBearsAD
5 years ago today, @Todd_spinner threw the official first pitch!
Here's how far we've come since then!
Thank you to this amazing community for your support, donations and countless hours building this field for our past, present and current Bears 🐻⚾️
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In addition to celebrating these graduates today and their success in the classroom, let’s take a minute to celebrate the following players for their success on the field:
First team
Kyle Haag
Parker McDaniels
Nate Hurley
Senior Spotlight 2021
Jacob Moeller
PARENTS: Paula and Greg BROTHERS: Justin, Josh, Jeremy, Jared
MEMORY: Competition with the boys during practice
ADVICE: Be confident in yourself, trust what you are able to do
PLANS: Walsh University (Football, Business)
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Mac Moore #17
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Being with the team everyday
Most Admired Person: Parents
Favorite Player: Bryce Harper
Most Memorable Moment: Sam Reitz’s strikeout to beat Olentangy
After Grad Plans: Attending Earlham College to play baseball
Senior recognition:
Zach Martin
Family: Parents Elsa and Chris
Brothers Nate and Nick
Bear moment: Wally walk-off vs Delaware and chasing him around the field.
Advice: Make the most of HS, goes too fast
Future: Defiance College, majoring in Marketing and playing baseball.
We are so thankful for the continued hard work by so many people involved with our program and our wonderful community sponsors like @OaklandNursery that help with our projects to provide our players with a first class facility! @BerlinBearsAD@Todd_spinner
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT ⚾️
Lukas Hoffmann #16
Enjoyable Baseball Moment: Hanging with teammates
Most Admired Person: My father
Favorite Player: Roberto Clemente
Most Memorable Moment: Going to Destin, FL for spring break
After Grad Plans: Attending OSU Marion for Welding Engineering
Tonight we will be honoring our 9 seniors before the game! Senior festivities to begin at 4:30. Quintin, Matt, Jake B., Daniel, Lukas, Carson, Jake M., Mac and Caleb, thank you laying the foundation of our program. #clawsup
Senior Spotlight week 2
Senior: Chris Nash
Family: Parents Julie and Wayne Brother Ben
BEAR memory: First win in program history vs. Bexley
Advice: Nothing comes easy. You have to work for everything.
Future: Attending Adrian College and playing baseball.
Senior Spotlight
Cameron Voinovich
Family: Parents Amy and Mike, Sister Madison, Brother Tyler
Bear Memory: First program win vs Bexley
Advice: Never take playing for granted, you never know when your last game will be
Future: Attend OSU majoring in Middle Childhood Education.