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Eastern High School Baseball - Eagles - Louisville, KY
2009 Eastern Eagles (34-6)
Eastern Eagles Baseball Information
Baseball Information *Congratulations to senior pitcher Kyle Cornett for committing to Murray State University. He will sign his national letter of intent on the first day of the early signing period, Wednesday November 11, at Eastern at 1:30 in student services. **Varsity, JV and Freshmen schedules are now posted on the website under the handouts section.** Weights/Conditioning Schedule *Players will workout at Powerhouse Gym on Shelbyville Road starting on Monday, November 9 and will workout there on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Players will be finished at 5:00 each day.
Monday, November 9 - Weights/Conditioning
Monday, November 16 - Weights/Conditioning
Monday, November 23 - Weights/Conditioning
Monday, November 30 - Weights/Conditioning
Monday, December 7 - Weights/Conditioning
Monday, December 14 - Weights/Conditioning *Players will workout on their own over Christmas Break from December 21 through January 4. Players need to have a completed KHSAA Physical Form and also a JCPS Parent Permsision and Addendum form filled out in order to participate. The Parent/Permission form needs to be notarized. Forms are located under the handouts section on the website. Tryouts will begin on February 15, 2010. *********************************************************************************************** *2010 Schedule Information is now listed below on the website.* ************************************************************************************************ **Fundraising Information**
Poinsettia Fundraiser: The Eastern Baseball team will be selling poinsettias for $15 / ea. Available colors are red, white, pink and marble. Each one will have 5 - 6 blooms and comes in a 6" pot wrapped in foil. Plants are approximately 18" tall including the pot. All orders are due by Nov. 20th. Delivery will be Dec. 2nd. For more information, contact Laura Davis at daviskrjr@aol.com.
**We are continuing to sell commemorative bricks and magazines/entertainment books. Information on each is below.
Go to www.gafundraising.com and enter code # 646281. Players/parents can give their family/friends this information and go on line and place orders for magazines or other products. This is great for out of town family and friends and it will be shipped directly to the customers home.
**Commemorative Bricks**
We are now selling commemorative bricks like the ones we currently have on our backstop and the new ones will go on the back retaining wall behind home plate. Individual bricks are $65 each and businesses are $85 each. Go to the handouts section on the website to print out a flyer and mail it in with your payment to purchase or sell a brick or give form and payment to Coach Morris or Tim Cornett. We have decided to sell the bricks through the middle of February and have them engraved in March 2010 before the season starts. **2010 Schedule Highlights** The entire schedule for the Varsity/JV/F teams are posted under the handouts section. Here's a summary of some of the games for the 2010 season:
March 13 - PRP - Home at 11:00 - Scrimmage **2010 Spring Break Information** The Varsity team (approximately 13-15 players) will be going to Amelia Island, FL (Fernandina High School) and play in the 26th Annual Diamond Classic and we will play other games in the Jacksonville, FL area during the week. We encourage all parents to make the trip and drive the players as we will not take a bus in order to save money on the trip since there is small number of players going this year. We will stay at the Amelia South Condominiums and more information can be found at www.ameliasouth.com. Parents can contact Kathy at 904-261-7991 and get a 20% discount on their rooms for the week. Once we get there, players will stay with each other in their rooms and will ride to the games with parents. Here's the tentative schedule:
Saturday, April 3 - Leave early for Amelia Island, FL (About 12 hours) and we will have a player/parent meeting that night. Friday, April 9 - Tournament Varsity game (TBA)
Saturday, April 10 - Tournament Varsity game (TBA) The JV and Freshmen teams will play in the PRP Spring Break Tournament. The tournament will have 4 games per team during the week. Both teams will also play the Saturday beginning spring break before the tournament starts. ********************************************************************************************* Post Season Honors and Awards Ben Lady : 7th Region Player of the Year, All Region Team (Season), All District Team (Season), All District Team (Tournament), Senior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game, 1st Team All State Tyler Dunaway : All Region Team (Season), All District Team (Season), Senior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game, 2nd Team All State
Kyle Cornett : All Region Team (Season), All Region Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), All District Team (Tournament), Junior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game, 1st Team All State
Justin McCarty : All Region Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game
Jimmy Conway : All District Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game, Junior State East/West All Star Game
Chris Toombs : All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game
Spencer Drake : All District Team (Season)
David Johns : All District Team (Tournament) *Congratulations to David Slovak for signing a free agent contract with the Washington Nationals. David graduated from Eastern in 2004 and just finished his college career at the University of Delaware. He still holds the all time state record for lowest ERA in a career. Here's a link to the article: http://www.udel.edu/sportsinfo/baseball/base08-slovakpro.html
Eastern Eagles former players currently playing college or pro baseball
Major League Baseball *Todd Wellemeyer - 1997 graduate. Currently playing for the St. Louis Cardinals and won 13 games last season. Drafted in the 4th round by the Chicago Cubs out of Bellarmine University in 2000. Professional Baseball *David Slovak - 2004 graduate. Currently playing A ball for the Toronto Blue Jays. Signed free agent contract with the Washington Nationals out of the University of Delaware in 2008. *Brian Halford - 2002 graduate. Currently playing in the independent Northern League. Signed free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals out of the University of Louisville in 2006. Division I *Ben Lady - 2009 graduate. Currently playing at Murray State University. *Kiley Jones - 2008 graduate. Currently playing at the University of Cincinnati. *Blake Drake - 2007 graduate. Currently playing at Indiana State University *Jason Chowning - 2006 graduate. Currently playing at the University of Oklahoma. Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 43rd round in 2007 out of Texarkana Junior College (TX). *Wes Cunningham - 2006 graduate. Currently playing at Murray State University. Division II *Lucas Harry - 2008 graduate. Currently playing at Carson Newman (TN). *Bryan Baldini - 2006 graduate. Currently playing at Northern Kentucky University. *Kevin Jordan - 2006 graduate. Currently playing at Northern Kentucky University. *Anton Garcia - 2006 graduate. Currently playing at Bellarmine University. NAIA *Justin McCarty - 2009 graduate. Currently playing at Bryan College (TN). *Chris Toombs - 2009 graduate. Currently playing at Indiana University Southeast. *Eric Johnson - 2008 graduate. Currently playing at Spalding University (KY). *Shawn Frederick - 2008 graduate. Currently playing at Spalding University (KY). Junior College *Tyler Dunaway - 2009 graduate. Currently playing at Wabash Valley Junior College (IL).
Eastern Baseball Records & History
**The records and history for Eastern baseball have now been updated through the 2009 season and are posted under the handouts section.**
2009 Eastern Eagles (34 wins -6 losses)
The 2009 Eastern Eagles baseball team finished the year with the second highest win total in school history with 34 victories and with its highest ranking ever, #2, in the state in the last regular season coaches poll. The Eagles also won the 28th district tournament for the fourth time in the last five years and put together a school record winning streak of 16 games during the season. Eastern has won 30 or more games for five consecutive years. The Eagles had impressive wins during the season and went undefeated in the regular season against other 7th region opponents. Eastern beat the following ranked teams during the year: #3 PRP 4-1, #5 Male 3-2, #8 Trinity 4-1, #8 St. X 7-5, #14 Western Hills 3-1, #17 Dunbar 10-0, #20 Manual 2-0, #21 Madison Central 10-4, #22 Ballard 8-7, #25 Christian County 3-2. Head Coach John Morris finished his 8th season as head coach of the Eagles and has an overall record of 244-65 for a winning percentage of .790. After a loss to start the season to 6th region champion Bullitt East, Eastern won 10 of its next 11 games, including wins over Arnold, FL and Escambia, FL on spring break. Eastern won many other games over quality opponents during the year such as Butler, DeSales, North Bullitt, Somerset, Mercer County, Christian Academy, Woodford County, Campbellsville and Taylor County. Eastern beat KCD in the district tournament 16-2 and run ruled J’town 11-1 to claim the 28th District Championship. Eastern then opened the regional tournament with an 11-1 win over Fern Creek before losing 5-4 in the regional semi-finals to Ballard in a last inning heartbreaker. Eastern’s pitching staff again led the way in ’09. Chris Toombs posted 10 wins, Ben Lady eight wins, Tyler Dunaway six wins, Spencer Drake five wins and Kyle Cornett two wins. Lady and Drake led the team in ERA at 1.13 and 1.18, respectively while Drake threw a no-hitter against East Jessamine. Dunaway had wins over PRP, Trinity and Manual, Cornett over Male and Ballard, Toombs over St. X and Christian County and Lady over Western Hills, Dunbar and DeSales. Kyle Cornett led the Eagles at the plate by posting a school record .532 batting average and .653 on base percentage. He led the team in hits (58), singles (42), doubles (16) and walks (28). Jimmy Conway was second in average at .414 with Ben Lady at .393. Justin McCarty hit .383 and led the team in home runs with eight and RBI’s with 43 while Spencer Drake was second with 31 RBI. Lady was also named the player of the year in the 7th region.Eastern is sending the following players to college to continue their playing careers. Ben Lady (Murray State University), Tyler Dunaway (Wabash Valley JC) and Justin McCarty (Bryan College, TN).
Highest Batting Average : .364
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