Former BC baseball player and current winter pitching instructor Trevor Rosenthal was the opening day starter for the St. Louis Cardinals minor league club in the Quad Cities. Trevor made all of us at BC proud by striking out 11 in four innings. Great job Trevor. Don’t forget to leave us tickets at the gate [...]
Below is a picture of the 14U boys that made it out on a recent shopping spree searching for gifts for a local family that they have adopted for the holidays.
Their adopted family included a single mother with 3 kids under the age of four. The boys spent time finding toys and clothes that our [...]
Building Champions Take Ban Johnson Title
By CHARLES REDFIELD
Building Champions really busted out in the fourth inning Friday against the BJ Raiders. They broke a tie with eight runs and won their first Ban Johnson League championship, 12-4 at the Mid-America Sports Complex in Shawnee.
The Building Champions Baseball Academy based in Overland Park captured the title [...]
Below is a fantastic article recently published in the New York Post regarding BC’s own Bubba Starling.
I have seen the future star of American sports and his name is Bubba.
By: David Butler
Bubba Starling to be exact. Well his given name is Derek, but Bubba was what his aunt decided to call him because he [...]
The Building Champions Ban Johnson team is up 2 games to 0 in Ban Johnson Championship series!
On Thursday night, in game 2 of the Ban Johnson championship series, the BC Ban Johnson team won 3-0 versus the BJ Raiders. That gives them a 2-0 series lead in the best-of-5 series. Ryan Johnson, who has primarily [...]
We are proud to recognize several BC Players that have been selected to the Ban Johnson 2010 All-Star Team. Congrats to these players, coach Brad Willis and the entire team on another fantastic season.
From left to right…Matt Garcia-3B-Pittsburg State University, Adam Giacalone-1B-Neosho County Community College, Devin O’Rourke-OF-St Louis University, Sean McHugh-C-Purdue University, Brad Willis-Manager, Ryan Hafner-P-Missouri State University, Kyle Seithel-P-Crowder Community [...]
Decisions, decisions
By Stephen Bubalo, the Journal Staff
Ryan Hafner didn’t know when it would happen and he didn’t know who would call his name, but he did know that June 8 was going to be a big day in his life.
But the Lee’s Summit West High School standout pitcher wasn’t sitting around the television all day [...]
Blue Valley Pitcher Stanek Stands Above The Best
Source: The Kansas City Star
Ryne Stanek allowed fewer base runners than innings pitched.
He set a Blue Valley record for the best single-season ERA.
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He was the driving force on the mound behind the Tigers’ run to the Kansas 6A state title, tossing two shutouts in the postseason.
And, oh yeah, [...]
Star’s 2010 All-Metro Baseball Team
Source: The Kansas City Star
FIRST TEAM
Ryne Stanek, Blue Valley, senior. The ace for the Kansas 6A state champions, Stanek went 5-1 with a 0.72 ERA, striking out 71 and allowing only 20 hits in 48 1/3 innings. Selected first-team All-East Kansas League and first-team all-state, Stanek tossed two shutouts for the [...]
The 13U Building Champions won another tourney over the weekend. They played great all weekend and went 4-0 to win the TPX Classic at Frank White Sports Complex.
