Press Sports Editor sports@presspublications.com In its final season in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference, Clay is looking for a three-peat. As with any team in baseball, it starts with the pitchers.
Northwood baseball is currently a work in progress under coach Clay Rolf, a former Eastwood multi-sport standout and NCAA Division I football player at Bowling Green State University.
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Experienced hitters Noel, Rable, Knisely to lead Rangers Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:50pm
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Northwood pitcher Sean Kovacs. (Press photo by Harold Hamilton/www.HEHphotos.smugmug.com)
Two years ago, Northwood baseball went 10-10 and 3-5 in the league. In 2021, first-year coach Clay Rolf has six returning lettermen. That includes five seniors pitcher/outfielder Cameron Noel, first baseman/outfielder A.J. Rable, pitcher/third baseman Nolan Knisely, catcher/infielder Jonah Robles and pitcher/outfielder Espen Singlar. The Rangers opened the season 3-5, including 1-0 in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference. Rolf says Noel, Rable and Knisley are expected to be his hitting leaders. Two years ago, as a sophomore, Knisely batted .364 (20 for 55) with 10 runs, 19 RBIs, three stolen bases and a .470 on-base percentage.
Cardinals, Rangers seek to finish in upper division Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:52pm
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J. Patrick Eaken
Lourdes University-bound Cardinal Stritch senior Michael McGee at the plate. (Press photo by Doug Karns/www.DougKarns.smugmug.com)
For Cardinal Stritch baseball coach Mike McGee, the past year has been one challenge after another. Not only did he have to deal with no 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic, he was fighting cancer, too. Now, there is light at the end of the tunnel for McGee, and he credits his baseball players for staying by his side. “My team rallied around me on my darkest days. This team means the world to me,” McGee said.