Anoka Ramsey Baseball

Spring roster (to come)

ty — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:44:14 +0000

The official spring baseball roster will be listed before Feb. 26, 2010.

Bat ruling: NCAA makes clarification

ty — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:44:20 +0000

The National Junior College Athletic Association announced that it will adopt the recent NCAA ruling prohibiting bats with composite barrels in the sport of baseball effective immediately.The national office has received many calls regarding the bat ban and would like to clear up some misconceptions.

The NCAA Baseball Playing Rules has adopted an indefinite ban on compositione bats. This ban on composition is limited only to COMPOSITE BARRELS. Therefore only ALUMINUM BARRELS are legal for competition. Popular two-piece bats that have a composite handle and an aluminum barrel are also legal. The key rule to remember is that composite barrels are illegal.

NJCAA Regions and or Conferences that select to use wood bats for competition can use wood composite bats like the Baum Bat.

The NCAA has yet to produce a ‘certified bat list’ for the 2010 season. However, equipment retailer Baseball Express has produced a very good list of legal and illegal bats that they currently have in stock.

Please note that this list in NOT a comprehensive list. The NJCAA is referring these lists to you as a reference for the time being. Once the NCAA releases its list the NJCAA national office will forward it to the membership.

Initial full-team try-out, evaluation session set for Monday, Aug. 31

ty — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:53:37 +0000

The first full-team work- and try-out evaluation session is schedule Monday, Aug. 31, 2:15 at Wintercrest West. Non-pitchers and catchers must have all paperwork completed and turned in prior to this portion of the fall baseball season. Cuts may be made after this session.

Pre-fall mandatory meeting: Aug. 19

ty — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:25:40 +0000

A mandatory pre-fall semester baseball meeting is scheduled Wednesday, Aug. 19, 9 a.m. in the Anoka Ramsey (Coon Rapids campus) gym area in the lower level.

Players who intend to try out for the 2010 baseball team during the fall semester season must attend and present paperwork of completed physical examinations.

Returning sophomore Anoka Ramsey players who had physical exams last spring, must notify coach Tom Yelle prior to this meeting. The meeting, during which the fall try out schedule and scrimmage sessions will be revealed as well as opportunities for a spring trip, is expected to last no longer than 60 minutes.

If all paperwork is completed at this meeting, the fall semester season will begin as scheduled Monday, Aug. 24, 2:30 p.m. at Anoka Ramsey’s home field, Wintercrest Park, in Coon Rapids…

PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS: FYI

ty — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:12:15 +0000

Prospective student-athletes planning who desire to become part of the Anoka Ramsey baseball team for the first time this coming school year should begin taking the first steps.

•One, complete registration for fall semester.

•Two, have completed a physical examination prior to Aug. 24 or have had a physical from the previous spring that is still in good standing (college athletics physicals are good for a 12-month period). Paperwork must be presented at the August meeting, date and time to be determined later this summer. Players without an up-to-date physical will not be allowed to participate during the fall try-out session/season. A physical from this summer will be good through next spring’s regular season.

•Three, if a transfer student, make sure all transcripts are in order and submitted to the Anoka Ramsey records office.

•Four, make sure you are in contact with head coach Tom Yelle either via e-mail or phone. Coach Yelle may be reached:

612 387 8085 or ty@abcsportsweek.com

The fall semester schedule — dates and times — of baseball workout and try-out sessions will be finalized before Aug. 10. Tentatively, sessions will take place 2:30-5 p.m. each school day from the week preceding Labor Day Weekend and through the third week of September, weather permitting. Some weekend dates may be added this year as well.

Southern Divison schedule set

ty — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:04:36 +0000

The Southern Division schedule, of which Anoka Ramsey will take part in 2010, has been released. Anoka Ramsey’s doubleheaders and those non-Southern Division doubleheaders include:

Saturday, March 27 @SCTC round robin, TBD (non division)

Sunday, March 28 @SCTC round robin, TBD (non division)

Friday, April 2 @Riverland for cross over play, TBD

Saturday, April 3 @ Riverland for cross over play, TBD

Sunday, April 11 vs. Hibbing @WCW, 1 p.m. (non division)

Saturday, April 17 vs. Riverland @WCW, 1 p.m.

Sunday, April 18 vs. Minnesota West @WCW, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 21 @ Rochester CTC, 1 p.m.

Saturday, April 24 @Itasca (G. Rpds), 4 p.m. (non division)

Sunday, April 25 @Dakota County TC, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, April 27 vs. Rochester CTC @WCW, 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 1 @Mn West (Worthington), 1 p.m.

Sunday, May 2 @Riverland (Austin), 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 8 vs. Dakota County TC @WCW, 1 p.m.

The 2010 schedule is in the works

ty — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:31:05 +0000

Though its 2010 spring schedule will not take formal shape until the Southern Division doubleheader dates are put into place, Anoka Ramsey is already set for a weekend round-robin series of games with Itasca, St. Cloud Technical College and a team to be named later March 27-28 in St. Cloud. In addition, the team will travel to Grand Rapids for an April 25 (tentative date) doubleheader with Itasca Community College and will either host Hibbing Community College or play in Hibbing on a date to be determined later.

Next season (2010) AR will play in the division of the MCAC champion

ty — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:48:38 +0000

Anoka Ramsey has been moved from the Central Division to the Southern Division of the MCAC next baseball season. The move becomes official later this spring.

The Southern Division now includes the newest MCAC champion, Riverland College of Austin. Riverland defeated MSCTC-Fergus Falls 6-2 May 2 in the championship game of annual conference tournament in St. Cloud.

The 2010 Southern Division will feature: Anoka Ramsey, Dakota County Technical College, Minnesota West (Worthington), Riverland College and Rochester Community and Technical College.

The Central Division, meantime, will feature Central Lakes College, MSCTC-Fergus Falls, Northland Community College (Thief River Falls), Ridgewater College and St. Cloud Technical College, while the Northern Division will consist of Hibbing Community College, Itasca Community College, Mesabi Range College, Rainy River Community College and Vermilion…

Three gained post-season honors

ty — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:39:05 +0000

Freshmen Casey Vankrevelen (Andover), Benny Nergard (Fridley) and Andy Evans (Coon Rapids) were all recipients of post-season awards in the MCAC.

Vankrevelen, who played center field and served as the team’s short relief ace and lead-off batter in the line up, led the team in doubles with 10, drove in 15 runs and had 2 homers. Vankrevelen, who finished with a .372 batting average (35 hits in 94 at bats), was named both all-Central Division and all-MCAC.

Nergard, who played outfield, third base and first base during the season, was named all-Central Division and all-MCAC after establishing a new single-season Anoka Ramsey record for batting average — .514 (37 hits in 72 at bats). Nergard was just nine off the single-season record for most hits in one season (46 by Pete Schallenberger, in 2004), but is within 43 of Schallenberger’s all-time, two-year hit total record of 80.

Evans, who was the team’s first baseman and went by the moniker “Big Dog,” was named all-Central Division for his season’s performance at the plate. Evans led the team in home runs (3), RBI (25) sacrifices (5) and finished with a .403 average (29 hits in 72 at bats). His final week of the regular season efforts (14 RBI and a batting average in excess of .700) earned him the MCAC ‘Player of the Week’ award…

The hits were there, but not the wins as AR’s season ended in the MCAC

ty — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:10:37 +0000

Anoka Ramsey’s 2009 season ended May 1 with back-to-back losses in the MCAC (conference) tournament in St. Cloud. Anoka Ramsey collected a total of 21 hits in its two games, but it fell 18-9 to Itasca and 5-4 to Northland as it was eliminated.

In the game with Itasca, Casey Vankrevelen (freshman, Andover) led the charge with three hits, including a triple, as Anoka Ramsey jumped out to a 7-4 lead in the second inning. But the team’s momentum slowed while Itasca kept going, taking a 14-7 lead into the fourth. In the end, Anoka Ramsey was out-hit just 12 to 11 in the game, but Itasca took advantage of eight walks and two more hit batters to make its number [of hits] count more.

In the game with Northland, Zach Schroeder (freshman, Concordia Academy) and Benny Nergard (freshman, Fridley) had three hits each. But this game ended in heart break when Anoka Ramsey pitcher Brett Boxwell (freshman, Coon Rapids), who seemed to be on his way to a 4-3 victory gave up a solo home run, then a triple in the last of the sixth. Vankrevelen came on in relief and was out of the jam, but a missed throw at the plate for what would have been a sure third out allowed Northland to score the game-winning run…