Got to a chance to recognize
@loffswc1
tonight for the
@IAHSBCA
award he received for Northwest Assistant District Coach of the Year! Such an incredible asset to our program and truly cares about helping kids get better as athletes and people! Congrats, Loffs!
As an former alum & now teacher/coach/parent, last night was another example of how special of a place we have at SBL! Students, admin, teachers, coaches, fans/community members are ALL IN on striving to be the best at whatever we do! Proud of this school/community!
#warriors
Behind every win has been great players who I love spending my summers with, but most importantly my family who gives up so much for me to be able to coach for
@SBL_Baseball
! Thanks so much players, Makenna, Parker, and Cyndi!
Wanna know what it looks like to be a great teammate? Coach Loffswold over at field an hour before practice spraying off bleachers so they are nice and clean for district games this weekend! This guy does SO MUCH for our
@SBL_Baseball
program! U rock Loffs!
What does my awesome wife plan for our last free weekend before baseball officially starts Monday? A road trip to Indianola to watch
@SBL_Baseball
alum play for
@BVU_Baseball
! What an unbelievable baseball family I have!
#baseballinourblood
Random thought this AM: We have great students/athletes at SBL who care about learning/getting better each day. They are respectful to one another, work incredibly hard in the classroom and in all their activities! Makes it fun to be a part of!
#warriorpower
Ran into these two at the ball park this afternoon! Big Cody pitched 4 innings of no hit ball helping
@CliffBaseball
win Game 1, while Deric ripped a double and turned a sweet double play to help
@ICCCBaseball
win Game 2! Loved watching our guys compete!
#sblalum
Want to thank all our players and coaches who make coaching so much fun
@SBL_Baseball
! Extremely humbled to earn this recognition from fellow
@IAHSBCA
coaches! Excited to get to work on our 2020 goals!!
#ChampionshipReps
#WINONE
Thanks to all former & current players, coaches, & baseball families for making
@SBL_Baseball
the program it is today. None of the wins or awesome memories are possible without you all! Ready for
#202
on Saturday!
This is what HS sports in Iowa is supposed to be! I truly appreciate the commitment this young man has made to his baseball teammates/coaches, school, & community. Playing HS baseball can be done and still prep for other sports. We need these guys for our baseball teams!
Coach Loffswold nominated AGAIN for NW District Assistant Coach of the Year! A very deserving nominee who has meant so much to the success of our baseball program for so many years! Congrats on the nomination,
@loffswc1
! Winners announced in January at
@IAHSBCA
banquet!
The
@iahsbca
voting ballot for coaches, umpires and fields of the year is now available on the web site
Please take the time to submit your votes before the holiday rush and help recognize those fellow coaches & umpires that you feel deserve to be honored
Warriors split today in Fort Dodge at
@ICCCBaseball
brand new beautiful facility! Lost 5-2 to a solid
@Carlisle_BSBL
squad, but bounced back to beat a good Harlan team13-5. Overall 14-5, 10-4 MRAC record. Back to work next week!
I retweet a lot of these amazing HS baseball facilities from across the country. Many might think this is not a reality for a HS program in the Midwest. That narrative is simply untrue. Brandon Valley has a state of the art facility the community can be proud of!
Week 2 update: Varsity squad ends the week winning 6 games in 3 days to run our overall record to 7-0 (4-0 MRAC). JV team split on the week, including a sweep over Heelan on Wednesday. 9th grade team picked up two sweeps! Good week, but got to get ready to compete again!
A little mound work today! Feels good to be out on the field getting things done. Doing a little bit each day to get ready for the season! Let's have a great week Warriors!!!
Warriors pick up first win of the season with a 3-2 victory in 8 innings over a real solid St. Albert's team. Proud of our competitiveness and poise for an early season game! Enjoy Memorial Day weekend, back at it next week!
@sblpride
Great celebrating two unbelievable mentors and coworkers who have become great friends! Congrats Coach Admire and Coach Burkhart on their retirement from teaching!
More details will be coming on what our baseball season will look like soon! Excited to get an opportunity to work with our awesome staff and players this summer! Let's Go!!!!!!
Big S/O to our grounds director, Spetlar Tonga for his work cleaning up our area in front of the mound. Was a muddy mess every morning & didn’t look very sharp, he cleaned it up nice! Sod will take hold just in time for Fall Baseball! A lot of special people help our program!
How about the War Eagle? 2 teams to state semifinals this summer! Might be biased as a former War Eagle conference member, I'd argue over the last 30 years this has been the top 1A/2A baseball conference in the state! Congrats
@RSMBaseball
&
@BaseballUnity
on great seasons!
Scott is a rare four sport-athlete who competes all year long for our school! Our coaching staff is excited to watch him finish out his HS career with us this summer on the ball field before heading up to compete at Dordt! Congrats, Scott!
Congrats to Cody and his family! He has worked incredibly hard and we are excited for his upcoming senior season with us before he moves on to
@CliffBaseball
Proud of these SBL HS Fellowship of Christian Athletes members who served breakfast this morning to the entire student body and faculty in our Feeding 500 Homecoming Breakfast! A special thanks to Friendship and Sunnybrook churches for their Casey's breakfast pizza donations!
Congrats to our JV players & coaches on their successful day on the ball field! 2023 MRAC JV tournament champions! We are excited about the future of our program and the entire league! Lots of high level ball on display all day! Enjoy the weekend Warriors!
Happy Father’s Day to all our past, present, & future SBL Baseball dads & other father figures! A special shout out to our stat guy, who has helped his son the last eight seasons with bookkeeping & entering stats! Love ya, Pops!
This is getting insane! How would anyone who supports HS Baseball in Iowa actually vote to cut the number of games played? How do our kids/teams get better? Why are non baseball people trying to make decisions on what’s best for the game?
@IHSAA
@IAHSBCA
this can’t be real
Proud of this girl and her team on winning their basketball tournament this weekend! It's a blast to watch her compete. Never thought being a
#GirlDad
would be see much fun!
Junior Stats ⚾️ Class 3A Hitting:
130 at bats
.354 batting average
.433 OBP
16/17 stolen bases
29 RBIs
2 HR
20 Strike outs
15 Walks
1st Team All Conference (MRAC)
2nd Team All district
@iahsbb
@iabaseball1
@SBL_Baseball
Warriors cap off an impressive week with a 7-4 win in Storm Lake tonight! Very proud of all our players who contributed to the teams' success this week! Weekend off before we get back after it Monday!
State Champs! Congrats to
@SBLTrack_XC
on a historic day at the
@IHSAA
State Track Meet! Sgt. Bluff-Luton School District and community are proud of you!
#warriorpower
I understand but still disappointed we will miss out on so many opportunities to finish off the 2019-20 school year. Closure each year is needed, and we will lose that chance this spring. Feel especially bad for our Class of 2020 seniors. They've done so much for our school!
Easiest vote on the ballot! Congrats to Coach Loffswold
@loffswc1
for being nominated (again) for West District (all classes) Assistant Coach of the year! He does so much for our program and deserves it! Winners will be announced at the
@IAHSBCA
banquet on January 18th!
Garrett Finley of Central DeWitt was selected as the captain of the Class 3A all-state baseball team, as chosen by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association.
All-state honors went to 39 players on three teams in 3A. The complete 3A teams are posted.
3 in a row for the Warriors! Last night we tied the game up three separate times and picked up the 8-5 win over
@AlgonaBaseball
. Today in Glenwood the Warriors defeated
@ADM_Baseball
4-1 &
@northpolkcomets
5-2! Back at home on Tuesday with a DH against
@CBTJBaseball
Going through our individual records ,
@spencerkleene
broke our single season RBI record this summer. His 60 broke a 19 year old record held by Warrior great Robby Lessard! Congrats to Spencer and his teammates for being on base for him to drive them in!
A little press box work being completed this week! Hoping to make this building a little more safe for media, our stat guy, & announcer up top! Having a dry floor on the storage room every day after a rain will be nice as well!
Made it to our hotel and got cleaned up for dinner! Got serenaded by Brody in the lobby, then after eating at Jimmy Jack's, we headed over to check out Duane Banks Field! Exciting first day of our trip!
Had a great time relief pitching today! So many great moments with past, present, & future baseball connections! Special thanks to those who donated to support the
@MiracleLeagueSC
At times the last 4-years of college basketball brought pain, setbacks, frustration, multiple surgeries, & rehab.
That adversity has taught perseverance, humility, servant leadership, & resolve.
Proud of your journey
@chriskroll12
Warriors are heading east for a non-conference game with
@WDHawksBaseball
tonight at 6pm! Tomorrow morning will will play
@WahlertBaseball
at 11am! Great opportunity for our squad to take on two great programs from Eastern Iowa!
#roadtrip
Well... we may have a little work to do to get the field ready for tomorrow's DH's with
@Heelan_Baseball
! Hoping for 9th DH starting at noon, and Varsity starting at 5:30!
#nomorerain
Week 3 Update: Varsity team splits two
@MissouriRivConf
DH's before dropping two close games to a solid
@SCEastBaseball
team. Today we lost to Carlisle but bounced back to beat Knoxville 11-0. Took in an
@IowaCubs
game and this kid got a foul ball! Been a busy week!
Great group of hard working kids! For a few, track is all they do. But for most, they are also helping our other sports compete at VERY high levels! Way to break through and get that team state title for SBL! Let's keep getting more!
Great season for
@MOCFV_Baseball
that came to an end tonight against a tough opponent! Love how competitive our 3A Substate was & will be over the next few years with so many teams with so much young talent! Congrats Coach Wede, coaching staff & players on a great state run!
Tough loss last night to a solid
@Heelan_Baseball
team. Good luck to them next week. Proud of the young men we have on our team. Played hard & w/ class! We appreciate all the support from the SBL community last night & all season. Thanks to our 2 seniors, Cody & Tyler!
Congrats
@SBLhoops
on a return trip to State next week! Scratched and clawed through most of the game, and had some amazing plays down the stretch! Good luck next week!!
#warriorpower
Merry Christmas from the Warrior Baseball Program! 2020 was a crazy year, but we were so blessed to finish the year playing down at Principal Park! Enjoy some time relaxing and safely spending time with family! Excited for the opportunity to develop with our 2021 teams!
Congrats to
@SBLhoops
on their first round victory at state today! Played hard defensively and made plays when they needed to! On to Thursday, keep it going!
#warriorpower
All this is reasonable and logical. Great ideas that can be implemented. I can speak for myself and my staff that we will do whatever we can to take care of our players, fans, umpires, etc. Hundreds of other coaches across the state are ready to do the same. Please consoder!!
As
@IAGovernor
considers clearing way for *possibility of summer high school sports, one COVID-19 front lines ER doctor, who is also a varsity softball coach, sends
@IHSAA
and
@IGHSAU
his Should and Could recommendations.
It’s one man’s opinion, and he is in favor of games.
Congrats to Carter, Tylar, & Easton for their recognition on the 3A NW
@IAHSBCA
All District teams! Great players who gave everything they had to our program and will be extremely missed!
Congratulations to this group of
@SBL_Baseball
players for winning the Total Baseball Development Fall League Championship yesterday! The team went undefeated throughout the season & continued to find ways to get better this fall! Proud of all our fall ball players & coaches!
Fired up with our player’s effort & attitude after our first week of practices! Many busy multi-sport kids being proactive to ensure they are getting work in where they can! Wet dugout/field conditions forced us to adjust Fri/Sat, but players still got after it! On to week 2!
Great day yesterday on our way to Iowa City! Started off w/ an awesome breakfast at Hawks Coffee Shop hosted by our parents, followed up by an amazing community send off! After a quick lunch, we headed to
@BaseballSEP
for practice at their facility! Thanks for the hospitality!
Funds for these jerseys (and all school sport uniforms for that matter) come from fundraiser money collected by the players! Thanks to all who donate to our program so we can see our players have quality uniforms!
Let’s go!!!!! Big wins for
@SBL_GBB
&
@SBLhoops
tonight! Two awesome games and both teams are showing they are going to be a team to watch come tourney time! Great night to be a Warrior!
#warriorpower
@IHSAA
@IGHSAU
So HS track needs an extra week of practice, but HS baseball is cut a week of official practice time and must try and play it's first week of competition the week of state track, while baseball players are still competing in soccer, tennis, and golf for their schools? 🤔🤔🤔
@SBL_Baseball
@NWC_Baseball
Senior season:
Avg: .460
Hits: 63 (1st in state, school record)
Doubles: 15
Triples: 5
HR: 6
RBI: 36
Runs: 64 (2nd in state, tie school record)
Walks: 31
OPS: .564
SLG: 0.774
SB: 25
1st Team All Conference
1st Team All District
State Semifinalist
What I LOVE most about this article? Multi-sport kid! Any of our other programs would take a hit if she decided to "specialize.". She competes year round for our school! Congrats also to Deric for honorable mention. Another multi-sport kid!!!
He's had an unconventional college career, but
@Dan11Wright
will play his final season with the
#Hawkeyes
.
From Wisconsin QB to Houston Cougar, Dan's unique college path will reach its conclusion at Duane Banks Field.
Congrats CB! This kid has dedicated himself to getting better & has filled some very important roles for our team over the last few years! Excited to have him in our lineup again this summer!
I am excited to announce my commitment to Dakota Wesleyan University to continue my academic and baseball career. Thank you to my family, coaches, and teammates for getting me to where I am today. Go Tigers! 🔵⚪️
Warriors drop two games yesterday to a very solid
@SCEastBaseball
team. Special congrats to Coach Miller of East for earning his first career varsity head coaching wins! Many more to come!
@SBL_Baseball
Varsity squad back in action tomorrow night against
@CBTJBaseball
in CB!
A HUGE thank you to our community for supporting our baseball program again this year with our annual fundraiser! We've never sold more discount cards than we did this year! Proceeds will help support our players with hat/ uniform costs, bats, & other essential equipment!
Great day of baseball for
@SBL_Baseball
! 9th team started off the day w/ a sweep, followed by the JV team coming up just short in the last inning! Our varsity team got into the win column w/ great victory 9-5 over a great
@sa_falcons
team! A couple days off then back to work!
Want to send out a special congratulations to the Class of 2020 on your graduation this weekend! What a crazy ending to your HS careers, but thank you for all you've done for our school. A special congratulations to our 11 senior baseball players! What a fun crew to be around!