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Press Releases
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| Jul. 02 | Midwest Conference History Book To Be Released In September | MWC | |
| George Drake, a former Midwest Conference student-athlete and 1956 Grinnell College graduate, has culminated a project he calls “a labor of love” with the completion of the 100-page soft cover book No Ordinary Conference, an introspective history of the Midwest Conference. The Midwest Conference office is making the book available to [ more ] | |||
| May. 13 | Midwest Conference Announces All-Conference Teams/Award Winners | MWC | |
| Midwest Conference All-Conference Teams/Award Winners (5-13-08) RIPON, WIS. -- St. Norbert became the first squad since Ripon in 2006 to sweep the annual Midwest Conference North Division awards. Junior shortstop Adam Frost repeated as the North Division Player of the Year, as did Green Knight head coach Tom Winske with [ more ] |
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| May. 11 | Knox Completes Unprecedented Sweep To Win Midwest Conference Title | MWC | |
| The South Division squads appeared to be an afterthought entering the 2008 Midwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament on May 9 and 10. Monmouth came into the tourney having lost nine of 13, while host Knox did not reach double-digit overall victories until it earned the hosting rights with a pair of [ more ] | |||
| May. 04 | MWC South Splits Set Up Single-Elimination Playoff On Sunday | MWC | |
| A four-team, three-game, single-elimination tournament will be needed to decide the two MWC South qualifiers and the host of the 2008 Midwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament. The three games will be played on Sunday, May 4 in Monmouth and Galesburg, Illinois. Grinnell travels to Monmouth at 11 a.m. and Knox hosts [ more ] | |||
| May. 02 | Entire MWC South Division Enters Final Saturday Tied | MWC | |
| The picture for the 2008 Midwest Conference Baseball Championship Tournament could become clearer on Saturday and then again, things may just stay the same. All four South teams: Grinnell, Illinois College, Knox and Monmouth enter the weekend with identical 5-5 conference records. The South regular-season conference finales are set for Saturday, when [ more ] |
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| Apr. 28 | Midwest Conference Baseball Performers Of The Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Jared Yost - St. Norbert College - Sophomore OF - De Pere, Wis./De Pere Yost extended his season hitting streak to 16 games by hitting safely in all six of the Green Knights’ games last week. The sophomore outfielder hit .391 (9-23) with 11 runs scored and five stolen bases during the week. [ more ] |
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| Apr. 21 | Midwest Conference Baseball Performers Of The Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Nick Beaman - Ripon College - Freshman 3B - Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North Beaman helped lead Ripon to a 6-0 record last week, including a four-game sweep over MWC North foe Carroll. The freshman continued to swing a hot bat at the plate, as he hit .565 (13-23) with 13 RBI, 18 runs scored [ more ] |
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| Apr. 15 | Midwest Conference Baseball Performers Of The Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Robert Rashid - Lawrence University - Freshman OF - Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township Rashid helped break open the game during the Vikings’ 7-3 non-conference victory at home over Lakeland on Tuesday. Lawrence did not manage a hit in the first three innings against the Muskies, but a seven-run fourth frame was highlighted by [ more ] |
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| Apr. 07 | Midwest Conference Baseball Performers Of The Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Nick Beaman - Ripon College - Freshman 3B - Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North Beaman paced the Ripon offense during a four-game sweep over Lawrence last week. The freshman third basemen hit a pair of home runs at home during Thursday’s 8-0 series-opening win and came back to hit another homer in the nightcap as [ more ] |
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| Mar. 31 | Midwest Conference Baseball Performers Of The Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Clint Wherley - Illinois College - Junior DH - Beardstown Ill/Beardstown Wherley hit .421 (8-19) last week to help the Blueboys post a 5-1 mark, including a 2-0 start in conference action. The junior designated hitter was responsible for the game one win over Knox, as he clubbed a two-run walkoff home run [ more ] |
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| Mar. 24 | Midwest Conference Performers of the Week | MWC | |
| PERFORMER Jason Infusino - Carroll College - Senior OF - Niles, Ill./Notre Dame Infusino played a major role in helping the Pioneers end their spring break trip in Ft. Myers, Florida on a three-game winning streak. Infusino was 8-of-13 from the plate in the three games, driving in seven runs and scoring eight times. [ more ] |
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| Feb. 20 | St. Norbert, Illinois College Favored To Win Midwest Conference Divisions In '08 | MWC | |
| RIPON, WIS. -- St. Norbert took three of four games from Ripon during the 2007 regular-season to claim top honors in the Midwest Conference’s North Division, but the Red Hawks rebounded to beat the Green Knights twice in the league’s championship tourney. The second loss came in the finals, as Ripon [ more ] | |||
| May. 16 | Ripon’s Baitinger Fires No-Hitter In 4-1 Win Over St. Olaf | MWC | Game Notes |
| Ripon senior Jordan Baitinger made history on the mound Wednesday (May 16) evening at Witter Field in Wisconsin Rapids, as the Red Hawks defeated St. Olaf 4-1 behind a complete-game no-hit effort from Baitinger. The lefty struck out five and walked two en route to joining Rowan’s Norm Charlesworth as the [ more ] | |||
| May. 13 | Ripon Wins Fourth Consecutive Midwest Conference Baseball Crown | MWC | |
| Ripon scored five runs in the final two innings to rally and defeat St. Norbert 6-5, winning the 2007 Midwest Conference Baseball Championship on the Green Knights’ home field in De Pere, Wis., on Saturday, May 12. The title marked the Red Hawks’ fourth consecutive league crown and the team also [ more ] | |||