The Bath Fighting Bees look to start their State Tournament run today with a win against Saranac. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Bath High School, but due to poor field conditions, the game will be played at Saranac at 5:00pm.
If the Bees emerge victorious, they will face Lansing Catholic on Saturday at 10:00am at Bath High School. Laingsburg will then face Perry at approximately 12:00noon, and the winners will play for the District championship at approximately 2:00pm.
Go Bees!!!
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Rain Rain Go Away!
The bad news is that the Diamond Classic game VS Holt has been canceled again for tonight. The good news is that it has been rescheduled for Friday, May 27th at 7:30pm at Cooley Law School Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts!
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Diamond Classic Postponed...
Bath's Diamond Classic game scheduled for tonight vs Holt has been postponed due to weather and will be played tomorrow, May 26th at 7:30pm at Municipal Field.
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Diamond Classic Tonight!!!
Bath Varsity Baseball will face off with Holt tonight in the Diamond Classic at Municipal Field in Frandor at 7:30pm. Come out and cheer us on!! Here is an extended schedule for the tournament that was in the paper this week.
50th Diamond classic
Wednesday at Kircher/Municipal Park
East Lansing vs. Portland St. Patrick, 5:30 p.m.
Bath vs. Holt, 7:30 p.m.
Friday at Cooley Law School Stadium
Grand Ledge vs. Williamston, 5:30 p.m.
Owosso vs. DeWitt winner 7:30 p.m.
June 6 at Cooley Law School Stadium
Grand Ledge/Williamston winner vs. East Lansing/St. Patrick winner, 5:30 p.m.
Owosso/DeWitt winner vs. Bath/Holt winner, 7:30 p.m.
June 8 at Cooley Law School Stadium
Final, 7 p.m.
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50th Diamond classic
Wednesday at Kircher/Municipal Park
East Lansing vs. Portland St. Patrick, 5:30 p.m.
Bath vs. Holt, 7:30 p.m.
Friday at Cooley Law School Stadium
Grand Ledge vs. Williamston, 5:30 p.m.
Owosso vs. DeWitt winner 7:30 p.m.
June 6 at Cooley Law School Stadium
Grand Ledge/Williamston winner vs. East Lansing/St. Patrick winner, 5:30 p.m.
Owosso/DeWitt winner vs. Bath/Holt winner, 7:30 p.m.
June 8 at Cooley Law School Stadium
Final, 7 p.m.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
CMAC Dominance!!!
It was a beautiful day for baseball at Central Michigan University on Saturday and a beautiful outcome as well as the Fighting Bees of Bath defeated Fowler in the semi-finals and then battled Portland St. Pats for a nine inning 3-2 win and a back-to-back CMAC Tournament Championship!!!
Brodie Megill (7-0) pitched a gem in semi-final game against Fowler, giving up only one hit, walking two and striking out 14, while going the distance for the seven inning shutout win 2-0.
Scoring for the Bees kicked off in the second inning as Brandon Wahrer hit a lead-off single and stole second. Brodie Megill then stepped to the plate with one out and got a base hit RBI between third and short to score Wahrer. The second and final run of the game was scored in the 5th when Ryan Orr singled, stole second and made it to third on Brenden Plemmons' sacrifice bunt. Nick Stiles then took advantage of the runner in scoring position and scored Orr on a sacrifice fly to center field.
Nick Stiles and Brandon Wahrer led the Bees offensively going 1-2 at the plate while Brenden Plemmons, Brodie Megill and Mike Mills were all 1-3.
The championship game against Portand St. Pats featured Nick Stiles (8-1) on the mound who went the distance in the nine inning 3-2 win, giving up three hits, walking three and striking out 19.
Scoring started in the bottom of the third for the Bees when Grant Svendsen reached on an error and stole second. Mike Mills and Ryan Orr both bunted down third baseline and reached on consecutive errors to load the bases. Brenden Plemmons then hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Grant Svendsen to take the 1-0 lead.
Nick Stiles was perfect through 4 innings, but the Shamrocks answered in the top of the fifth with two outs, reaching first on an error, then stealing second base and scoring on an RBI single up the middle making the score 1-1 after five.
The score stayed knotted at 1-1 until the 8th when the Shamrocks started the top of the inning with two straight walks and two straight strikeouts. But with two outs and two strikes, managed to get a base hit just out of the reach of diving Ryan Orr to score the go ahead run before the half inning ended.
The Bees answered back in the bottom of the 8th to keep the game going when Nick Stiles hit a lead off single, stole second and then advanced to third on Austin Townsend's sacrifice bunt. Brandon Wahrer then hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Stiles and tie the game 2-2.
In the top of the ninth, Nick Stiles got two quick strikeouts, but the Shamrocks mustered one more base hit before flying out to second basemen Ryan Orr and leaving the door open for a Bees win in the bottom of the ninth.
And the Fighting Bees did just that as Grant Svendsen lead off with a clutch basehit, stole second and then moved to third on Mike Mills infield single. With runners at first and third with no outs, Ryan Orr wasted no time and got a bunt down on the first pitch to score Svendsen on the squeeze.
The Bees were lead offensively by Nick Stiles and Mike Mills who both were 2-4 at the plate, while Scotty Kirkpatrick was 1-3 and Ryan Orr and Grant Svendsen were both 1-4.
The Bees next action is 7:30pm on Wednesday, May 25th, at Municipal Field VS the Holt Rams in the Diamond Classic Tournament. Come on out and cheer on your league champion Bees!!!
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Friday, May 20, 2011
Three Tournaments Scheduled
The Fighting Bees finished their regular season at Pewamo-Westphalia and came away with a split and a 17-1 league record solidifying their sole possession of 1st place and 2011 league champions. The 17-1 league record is the best in Bath history and ties for the best in league history.
The sluggers now look to keep their winning ways going as they move on to three different tournaments. Following is a run down of the tournaments and the games that are scheduled thus far. You can also view games as they are scheduled on the schedule page of this website.
The CMAC League Tournament: As league champions, the Bees were awarded with a bye this week as was second place Portland St. Pats. The play-in games were played on Wednesday with Fowler defeating Laingsburg and P-W defeating Dansville. Play continues at Central Michigan University on Saturday, May 21st at 10:00am as the Bees will take on the Fowler Eagles. P-W will face Portland St. Pats at noon and the winners will face off for the tournament championship at approximately 2:00pm.
The Diamond Classic: The Bees were invited to play in the prestigious Diamond Classic Tournament for the third time in school history. They will face off with the Holt Rams on Wednesday, May 25th at 7:30pm at Municipal Field in Lansing.
MHSAA Districts: State Tournament play will kick off with Bath hosting districts this year. Bath will take on Saranac in the pre-district game on Tuesday, May 31st. Play will then continue on Saturday, June 4th as the winner of the Bath/Saranac game will take on Lansing Catholic at 10:00am. Laingsburg will face Perry at noon and the winners will compete for the District title at 2:00pm.
Good Luck Boys!!!
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The sluggers now look to keep their winning ways going as they move on to three different tournaments. Following is a run down of the tournaments and the games that are scheduled thus far. You can also view games as they are scheduled on the schedule page of this website.
The CMAC League Tournament: As league champions, the Bees were awarded with a bye this week as was second place Portland St. Pats. The play-in games were played on Wednesday with Fowler defeating Laingsburg and P-W defeating Dansville. Play continues at Central Michigan University on Saturday, May 21st at 10:00am as the Bees will take on the Fowler Eagles. P-W will face Portland St. Pats at noon and the winners will face off for the tournament championship at approximately 2:00pm.
The Diamond Classic: The Bees were invited to play in the prestigious Diamond Classic Tournament for the third time in school history. They will face off with the Holt Rams on Wednesday, May 25th at 7:30pm at Municipal Field in Lansing.
MHSAA Districts: State Tournament play will kick off with Bath hosting districts this year. Bath will take on Saranac in the pre-district game on Tuesday, May 31st. Play will then continue on Saturday, June 4th as the winner of the Bath/Saranac game will take on Lansing Catholic at 10:00am. Laingsburg will face Perry at noon and the winners will compete for the District title at 2:00pm.
Good Luck Boys!!!
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Friday, May 13, 2011
CMAC Champions!!!
The Fighting Bees battled a good Fowler team, and some rough weather, coming out with two more victories to stay unbeaten in league play and clinch an outright league championship!
Brodie Megill took the mound in game one and lasted 6 innings, giving up only three hits, striking out 8 in route to a 9-3 win. Ryan Orr closed out the 7th inning to seal the deal. Leading the Bees on offense were Brandon Wahrer going 2/3 with an RBI and a double, Grand Svendsen going 2/4 with an RBI and a double and both Brenden Plemmons and Brodie Megill going 2/4 with an RBI.
Game two featured Nick Stiles on the mound who went 6 innings, striking out 16, giving up 2 hits and walking only one for the 5-1 win. Leading the way on offense were Brenden Plemmons going 2/3, Brodie Megill and Scotty Kirkpatrick both going 1/2, and Grant Svendsen, Ryan Orr, Nick Stiles and Austin Townsend all going 1/3.
The Bees are now 26-1 overall and 16-0 in the CMAC and will travel to Webberville for a tournament on Saturday facing Plymouth Christian at 11:00am.
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Brodie Megill took the mound in game one and lasted 6 innings, giving up only three hits, striking out 8 in route to a 9-3 win. Ryan Orr closed out the 7th inning to seal the deal. Leading the Bees on offense were Brandon Wahrer going 2/3 with an RBI and a double, Grand Svendsen going 2/4 with an RBI and a double and both Brenden Plemmons and Brodie Megill going 2/4 with an RBI.
Game two featured Nick Stiles on the mound who went 6 innings, striking out 16, giving up 2 hits and walking only one for the 5-1 win. Leading the way on offense were Brenden Plemmons going 2/3, Brodie Megill and Scotty Kirkpatrick both going 1/2, and Grant Svendsen, Ryan Orr, Nick Stiles and Austin Townsend all going 1/3.
The Bees are now 26-1 overall and 16-0 in the CMAC and will travel to Webberville for a tournament on Saturday facing Plymouth Christian at 11:00am.
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Pep Rally Week 14
Bath Baseball recieved some more good press in the Week 14 Pep Rally video from the Lansing State Journal.
You can check it out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/videonetwork/938740662001/Prep-Rally-Week-14.
The Bees travel to Fowler tonight! Hope to see you there.
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You can check it out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/videonetwork/938740662001/Prep-Rally-Week-14.
The Bees travel to Fowler tonight! Hope to see you there.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wolfpack Sweep!
The Bath Fighting Bees extended it's undefeated league record to 14-0 as they swept the Laingsburg Wolfpack. Brenden Plemmons took the mound in game one and went the distance throwing a 1 hit shutout, 4-0, striking out 4 and walking 3. Nick Stiles was 2 for 4 at the plate with two doubles and Brandon Wahrer was 1 for 2.
Game two was a 5-0 shutout with Nick Stiles extending his strikeout record with 12 K's, giving up 4 hits in 6 innings. Brodie Megill closed it out in the 7th to hold the Wolfpack scoreless. The offense was led by Austin Townsend who went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and 2 rbi's, Brenden Plemmons was 2 for 3 and Brandon Wahrer and Grant Svendsen both went 1 for 3.
The Bees are now 21-1 overall and 14-0 in the league needing only one more league win to clinch.
Look for more Fighting Bees action on Thursday as they travel to Fowler for a double header starting at 4:00pm. Hope to see you there.
Mike, our thoughts and prayers go out to you!
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Game two was a 5-0 shutout with Nick Stiles extending his strikeout record with 12 K's, giving up 4 hits in 6 innings. Brodie Megill closed it out in the 7th to hold the Wolfpack scoreless. The offense was led by Austin Townsend who went 2 for 3 with a double, a triple and 2 rbi's, Brenden Plemmons was 2 for 3 and Brandon Wahrer and Grant Svendsen both went 1 for 3.
The Bees are now 21-1 overall and 14-0 in the league needing only one more league win to clinch.
Look for more Fighting Bees action on Thursday as they travel to Fowler for a double header starting at 4:00pm. Hope to see you there.
Mike, our thoughts and prayers go out to you!
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Whitmore Lake Tournament
Bath's winning streak ended on saturday with a 6-3 loss to Milan. The pitching staff had to go to emergency bullpen help when the scheduled starter was unable to go. Ryan Orr took the ball on 1 day rest and pitched 3 strong innings, followed by Scotty Kirkpatrick, and Grant Svendsen. A late offensive rally was cut short, ending the Bees perfect season. Orr & Kirkpatrick lead the way offensively with 2 hits each.
Bath quickly returned to its winning ways with a 10-1 victory over Whitmore Lake in saturdays consolation game. Austin Townsend pitched a complete game for his first victory. Austin struck out 9 and walked only 1 in his stellar performance. Brandon Wahrer lead the way offensively going 2 for 3 and stealing 5 bases. The Bees are now 19-1.
The team gets back to league action when they host Laingsburg on Monday 5/9 at 4:00.
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Bath quickly returned to its winning ways with a 10-1 victory over Whitmore Lake in saturdays consolation game. Austin Townsend pitched a complete game for his first victory. Austin struck out 9 and walked only 1 in his stellar performance. Brandon Wahrer lead the way offensively going 2 for 3 and stealing 5 bases. The Bees are now 19-1.
The team gets back to league action when they host Laingsburg on Monday 5/9 at 4:00.
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Two More Wins & Weekend Tourney
The Bees improved their record to 18-0 overall and 12-0 in the CMAC last night against Carson City. Brenden Plemmons (5-0) got the 3-0 win in game one with a one hit, 8 strikeout, shutout performance against a very good Mike Grimwood who struck out 11 Bees. Game two featured Ryan Orr (4-0) on the mound who also pitched a one hitter to get the win as the Fighting Bee's bats came alive and shortened the game in a 10-0 mercy.
The Bees will travel to Whitmore Lake on Saturday for a tournament. Game one will be against a tough division two team in Milan at 10:00am. Game 2 will be at 12:45pm regardless of a win or loss in game one and will be against either Whitmore Lake or Allen Park Inner City Baptist depending on outcomes.
Hope to see you there!!
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The Bees will travel to Whitmore Lake on Saturday for a tournament. Game one will be against a tough division two team in Milan at 10:00am. Game 2 will be at 12:45pm regardless of a win or loss in game one and will be against either Whitmore Lake or Allen Park Inner City Baptist depending on outcomes.
Hope to see you there!!
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
Media Week
Bath Varsity Baseball is starting to receive some attention in the media. Nick Stiles was selected as Athlete of the Week by WLNS Channel 6. You can view that here: http://tinyurl.com/3s5n6h8.
WILX Channel 10 was also at a recent practice and aired a feature on the news Tuesday night (also on FOX 47). I can't seem to find that video online. I'll post it if I do.
The Lansing State Journal selected Brodie Megill as their athlete of the week. Check it out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110505/SPORTS02/105050334/High-school-athletes-week.
Bath was also mentioned in the Lansing State Journal Prep Rally. Check that out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110504/SPORTS02/305040008/Prep-Rally-Week-13. Translate Drew Plemmons to Brenden Plemmons. ;-)
And lastly, Bath Baseball made the Lansing State Journal Mid-Michigan Power Poll: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110505/SPORTS/105050328/High-school-power-poll.
There is a lot of work left to do and the team is keeping a workman's like attitude, but it is nice to get some recognition for all their hard work. Congratulations guys!
WILX Channel 10 was also at a recent practice and aired a feature on the news Tuesday night (also on FOX 47). I can't seem to find that video online. I'll post it if I do.
The Lansing State Journal selected Brodie Megill as their athlete of the week. Check it out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110505/SPORTS02/105050334/High-school-athletes-week.
Bath was also mentioned in the Lansing State Journal Prep Rally. Check that out here: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110504/SPORTS02/305040008/Prep-Rally-Week-13. Translate Drew Plemmons to Brenden Plemmons. ;-)
And lastly, Bath Baseball made the Lansing State Journal Mid-Michigan Power Poll: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20110505/SPORTS/105050328/High-school-power-poll.
There is a lot of work left to do and the team is keeping a workman's like attitude, but it is nice to get some recognition for all their hard work. Congratulations guys!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
A great start to the 2011 season!!
Bath Varsity baseball has gotten off to it's best start in school history! The team is now 16-0 (10-0 in league play) after sweeping Dansville last night and are hopeful for a bid in the Diamond Classic. Nick Stiles broke the career strikeout record with 341 on his way to the win in game one 6-1. Brodie Megill pitched a 2-hit shutout in the second game 5-0.
I finally got some time to get the website updated. Sorry for the delay. I have a couple roster pages to still finish, but basically everything is up to date and will stay that way.
Still to come are new pictures compliments of Marc Wahrer at MW Action Sports photography.
If you have pictures that you would like to have added to the site, please drop off a cd/dvd to me and I will be glad to post them here.
Check back for detailed game summaries and other updates as the season rolls on!
Grant, blow that horn!!!
I finally got some time to get the website updated. Sorry for the delay. I have a couple roster pages to still finish, but basically everything is up to date and will stay that way.
Still to come are new pictures compliments of Marc Wahrer at MW Action Sports photography.
If you have pictures that you would like to have added to the site, please drop off a cd/dvd to me and I will be glad to post them here.
Check back for detailed game summaries and other updates as the season rolls on!
Grant, blow that horn!!!
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