Dogs Floor in Memorial Gym Will Be Analytics Helping Columbus North Baseball Produce at the Plate the All-Star Junior-Senior Exhibi- Tion Contests
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May 4 - June 7, 2015 Bull Dog Bulletin Volume 4, No. 10 May 4 - June 7, 2015 In this issue CN Spring Scoreboard ............... 2 CN Baseball ............................... 5 CN Athletic News ...................... 7 CN Softball ................................ 9 CN Boys Golf .......................... 11 CN Track & Field .................... 16 CN Girls Tennis ....................... 19 CN Athletic News .................... 23 CN Booster Club ..................... 25 CN Athletic Staff ..................... 27 DETAILS MATTER: Senior Evan Finke, hitting against Southport, has produced Quality At-Bats 73.02 percent of the time for the 17-1 Columbus North baseball team. DEBUT EVENT: The first basketball games on the new Quality At-Bats add up for ’Dogs floor in Memorial Gym will be Analytics helping Columbus North baseball produce at the plate the All-Star Junior-Senior exhibi- tion contests. Little things often add up to big things. In the case of the Columbus North baseball team, a concept called “Quality At- Bats” has been a point of emphasis for coach Ben McDaniel and his Bull Dogs. Columbus North to While such a philosophy may be self evident, McDaniel has a list of specific items again host All-Stars that comprise a Quality At-Bat. Players are tracked each time they make a plate appearance. To have a Quality At-Bat, a player must do one of the following: Memorial Gym at Columbus 1) Hit the ball hard. North again will host the Indiana 2) A walk. All-Stars for a pair of Junior- 3) Hit by pitch Senior exhibition games. 4) A base hit regardless of the situation. The games are set for June 10 5) Move a runner from first with no outs. and will feature Miss Basketball 6) Score a runner from third with less than two outs. Ali Patberg on the senior girls 7) A six-pitch at-bat not resulting in a strikeout. and Josh Speidel on the senior 8) A nine-pitch at-bat regardless of the outcome. boys. 9) Catcher’s interference. Tickets for the games are Thus, the traditional batting average may not tell a complete story. For example, $6 per person and will be senior Evan Finke is hitting .370 for the 17-1 Bull Dogs. That’s a good average, fourth- available at the door on the best on the team. But his Quality At-Bats are 73.02 percent, second best on the team. night of the games. Junior Collin Lollar is hitting a team-best .426. His QAB%, appropriately, is a The All-Stars open their week team-best 75.00. Junior Canaan Baum’s numbers are .279 and 72.86 – he must have hit with exhibitions June 8 in Rich- quite a few “at-’em” balls. Senior Devin Mann’s numbers are .347 and 71.21. mond. The seniors play in Lex- Three other players are in the 60s and four more are 50 percent or better. ington on June 12 and at Bankers Striving to push the opponent’s pitch count and working every nuance of every Life Fieldhouse on June 13. turn at the plate. Individually, they are little things. Together, they lead to big things. 2 Bull Dog Bulletin May 4 - June 7, 2015 Bull Dog SPRING scoreboard BASEBALL SOFTBALL When Opponent Results When Opponent Results April 4 at Franklin W, 2-0 (1-0) March 28 South Dearborn canceled April 4 at Franklin W, 14-6 (2-0) April 3 East Central canceled April 6 East Central W, 15-5 (3-0) April 4 Whiteland L, 4-3 (0-1) April 7 at Bedford N. Lawrence canceled April 4 Whiteland L, 11-7 (0-2) April 10 spt-McHenry (Ill.) L, 7-1 (3-1) April 9 at Shelbyville L, 10-5 (0-3) April 11 spt-Columbus (Ohio) Hartley W, 13-1 (4-1) April 14 Seymour L, 6-1 (0-4) April 11 spt-Lincoln Way North (Ill.) W, 4-2, 8 inn. (5-1) April 16 Franklin Central * L, 11-1 (0-5) April 14 Perry Meridian * W, 8-5 (6-1) April 18 bci-Brownstown Central L, 2-0 (0-6) April 16 Shelbyville W, 3-1 (7-1) April 18 bci-Brown County W, 5-1 (1-6) April 18 ce-Richmond W, 8-2 (8-1) April 21 Bloomington North L, 4-2 (1-7) April 18 ce-at Columbus East W, 4-1 (9-1) April 23 at Southport * L, 3-2 (1-8) April 21 Franklin Central * W, 10-1 (10-1) April 25 cgi-Greenwood canceled April 23 at Jennings County W, 2-1 (11-1) April 25 cgi-Roncalli canceled April 24 at Hauser W, 10-0 (12-1) April 25 cgi-at Center Grove canceled April 25 at Roncalli canceled April 28 Hauser L, 7-1 (1-9) April 28 Southport * W, 15-0 (13-1) April 30 at Perry Meridian * L, 9-4 (1-10) April 30 at Lawrence Central W, 9-2 (14-1) 5 p.m. May 4 at Edinburgh May 1 Seymour W, 9-1 (15-1) 5 p.m. May 6 at Columbus East May 2 Greensburg W, 10-0 (16-1) 5:30 p.m. May 7 Indian Creek May 2 Greensburg W, 4-3 (17-1) 10 a.m. May 9 vs. Jennings County at Center Grove 5 p.m. May 6 at Columbus East 12:30 p.m. May 9 vs. Plainfield at Center Grove 6 p.m. May 8 at Floyd Central 5:30 p.m. May 11 at Brownstown Central 11 a.m. May 9 Greenwood 6 p.m. May 12 at Bloomington South 6 p.m. May 13 at Bloomington South 5:30 p.m. May 13 at Greensburg 12:30 p.m. May 16 CI-Terre Haute South at Bloomington South Noon May 16 CI-Terre Haute South at Winslow Park 5:30 p.m. May 16 CI-TH North or Franklin Central (at BN or BS) 3 p.m. May 16 CI-PM or Blm. South at Winslow Park 5:30 p.m. May 19 Indianapolis Lutheran 5:30 p.m. May 19 Jennings County 8 p.m. May 22 mi-Crown Point 4:30 p.m. May 21 at Hauser 11 a.m. May 23 mi-at McCutcheon 6 p.m. May 25 BS Sectional, first round 5 p.m. May 23 mi-Plymouth 6 p.m. May 26 BS Sectional, semifinals 5:30 p.m. May 27 BN Sectional first round 7 p.m. May 28 BS Sectional, final 5:30 p.m. May 29 BN Sectional semifinals 7 p.m. June 2 Regional at TBA 3 p.m. June 1 BN Sectional final TBA June 6 Center Grove Semistate TBA June 6 Evansville Regional TBA June 6 Center Grove Semistate TBA June 13 Semistate at TBA 7:30 p.m. June 13 State Finals at Ben Davis 8 p.m. June 20 State Finals at Victory Field TRACK & FIELD (Boys and Girls) BOYS GOLF When Event Results (B / G) When Event Results March 7 HSR Qualifier (UIndy) 77, 1st of 17 / 43.6, 5th of 16 April 4 Seymour Invitational 324, 3rd of 10 March 11 HSR Qualifier (IU) NTS / NTS April 6 Brownstown Central W, 157-170 (1-0) March 21 HSR State Finals 5, T29th / 0, T41st April 11 Hall of Fame Invitational 326, 8th of 18 March 25 Whiteland W, 93-39 / W, 112-20 April 15 Providence/Jennings County 161, 2nd of 3 (2-1) April 7 at Bloomington South L, 75-58 / L, 70-62 April 16 Franklin Central W, 153-168 (3-1) April 11 Columbus North Invitational 150.5, 2nd of 7 / 144, 2nd of 6 April 18 Warsaw Invitational 329, 10th of 15 April 14 Seymour W, 110-22 / W, 94-38 April 25 Noblesville Invitational canceled April 17 Franklin Central Showcase C.Ballard 13th / S.Lax 10th April 29 Hauser W, 156-193 (4-1) April 18 Midwest Prep Invitational 4x400, SR / K.May, SR May 2 Rochester Invitational 325, 1st of 13 April 23 Columbus East W, 91-41 / W, 103-29 4 p.m. May 4 Bloomington North (Harrison Lake) April 25 Talon Relays canceled 4:30 p.m. May 6 at Franklin (Hillview) April 28 at Shelbyville, East Central 96, 1st of 3 / 83, 1st of 3 4 p.m. May 7 Columbus East (Otter Creek) May 1 Conference Indiana meet 116.83, 2nd / 102.5, 3rd 1 p.m. May 9 Spring Preview (Prairie View) 6 p.m. May 8 John Koontz Relays (Martinsville) 4 p.m. May 12 Bloomington South (Harrison Lake) 5 p.m. May 13 Franklin 4:30 p.m. May 13 Shelbyville/New Palestine (Bear Chase) 5:30 p.m. May 19 Girls Sectional at Franklin 8:30 a.m. May 16 Sollman Invitational (Trophy Club) 5:30 p.m. May 21 Boys Sectional at Columbus North 10 a.m. May 18 Conference Indiana (Harrison Lake) 6 p.m. May 26 Girls Regional at Shelbyville 4 p.m. May 26 Greensburg (Greensburg Country Club) 6 p.m. May 28 Boys Regional at Connersville 4 p.m. May 28 Columbus East (Harrison Lake) 4 p.m. June 5 Boys State Meet at Indiana University 1 p.m.. May 30 Providence Invitational (Champions Pointe) 4 p.m. June 6 Girls State Meet at Indiana University 8 a.m. June 3 Shelbyville Invitational (Bear Chase) 8:30 a.m. June 5 Greensburg Sectional (Greensburg C.C.) GIRLS TENNIS 8 a.m. June 11 Providence Regional (Champions Pointe) 2015 Schedule (see Page 19) June 16-17 IHSAA State Meet (Prairie View) May 4 - June 7, 2015 Bull Dog Bulletin 3 With over 25 years of experience as one of the Midwest’s leading health benefit plan administrators, SIHO is on the cutting edge of employee health benefits.