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Baseball continues streak
April 4, 2008
Luke Wempe
Crusader staff
The Seward County Community College Saints have taken over first
place in the Jayhawk West Conference after winning 11 straight
games.
After starting the season 8-10, the Saints have gone 14-2 and
have swept series against perennial conference powerhouses Butler
Community College and Barton County Community College. The Saints
are currently ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA poll.
Sophomore Michael Drzazga talked about being ranked. “We
don’t care about national rankings right now,” Drzazga
said.
“All that is on our mind is first, win the conference championship;
second, win the region and go to the World Series. As far as
rankings go, it doesn’t matter because rankings don’t
win championships.”
The Saints are 13-3 in conference play and have a 22-12 overall
record.
“It just feels like we are playing like we should,”
Drzazga said, “but we still haven’t played as good
as what we can play.”
The Saints have been led on the mound by sophomores Tomas Cruz,
Jordan McClintick and Christian Kowalchuk.
In conference play, Cruz has gone 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA striking
out 30 and only walking two, and has thrown three complete games.
McClintick has recorded a 4-0 record with 1 save and 0.00 ERA
out of the bullpen. Kowalchuk is 4-0 with a 5.40 ERA with 21
strikeouts.
Offensively freshman Mikel Huston has led the Saints. Since
Huston replaced injured Keegan Morrow, he is hitting .667 with
11 RBI and has recorded three stolen bases.
In the four game sweep over Barton County, sophomore infielder
Erik Hansen went 6 for 15 with four runs scored, eight RBI and
two homeruns.
Fellow sophomore, catcher David Masters went 8 for 15 with three
runs scored and five RBI and a homerun.
Seward County head baseball coach Galen McSpadden is just four
wins shy of reaching 900 career victories.
McSpadden’s current overall record is 896 wins and 487
losses.
After reaching the 900 career win plateau, McSpadden would join
Allen County Community College head coach Val McLean as the
only coaches in Region VI history to college more than 900 career
wins.
Next up, the Saints have a 4-game series this weekend at Dodge
City Community College.
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