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🚨Uncommitted 2025 3B/1B🚨
Macay (Mac) Wagner
Big bat with power potential. Gonna be a big part of our program and someone you want to follow!
@FlatgroundBats
We are extremely proud to announce the Varsity roster for the 2024 season! The work has only just begun but this group is more than ready to
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It’s always an exciting time as guys make their commitments to colleges they want to attend. Congrats to
@owen_zaskowski
and
@ConnorNGoodwin
as they made their commitment to
@WLC_Base
and
@edgewoodeagles
baseball! We are so excited for your future!
Huge shoutout to SR Jackson Etzel for his outing today!
The
@MSOE_Baseball
commit was dominant in his first start of the season.
6 IP | 3 H | 0 ER | 2 BB | 8 K | W
Owls pitching staff has been lights out to start!
26 IP | 14 H | 3 ER | 11 BB | 32 K |
0.81 ERA | .146 BAA
Well it was a thriller today, but we found a way to come out on top. Won 8-6 against Port Washington.
@jack_olin85
with a grand slam,
@Montag_727
with the W on his birthday, and
@logan_mantz
with the 3 inning save. Nice job fellas!
Today was an exciting day as
@cade_neuber
had his signing to play baseball
@SMUBaseball
. We are excited to watch him play this spring before he heads off to play for the Cardinals. Congrats Cade!
@SlingerOwlsAD
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Well it was a huge win today against West Bend West in a classic game.
@Hruzwagner
pitched a complete game shutout in the 1-0 win.
@ZBraunschweig
led the offense with a solo home run in the 2nd inning. We move to 6-3 overall, 4-3 in the
@NorthShoreConf
This group of young men(missing a few) dedicated their month of July to getting better and building the program. They practiced, scrimmaged and played 2 Varsity games. The competition and relationships they built will last beyond baseball. Thank you seniors!
#owlsbaseball
We are honored to announce that our next home game on Tuesday, May 7th will be a Gerlach Strong game.
Donations will be optional at the field, everything given will go to the Gerlach family.
Oh and Jack himself will be throwing out the first pitch!!!!!
#GerlachStrong
Your Owls take the win in the season opener! Raine Fredericks was absolutely dominant in his start on the mound.
6 IP | 3 H | 2 ER | 2 BB | 10 K
Owls were running all over the place with 7 SB’s on the night.
It’s always exciting to have former teammates square off at the next level. Former outfielder
@ConnorNGoodwin
and Edgewood faced
@AlecStrupp
and Aurora yesterday. We are proud and excited to see both guys playing college baseball!
Big time shoutout to yesterday’s player of the game, Raine Fredericks.
Raine had a no hitter going through 5 Innings. He finished with a final line of:
6 IP | 3 H | 2 ER | 2 BB | 10 K | W
Hell of a way to start your Senior season!
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Fun time to be a Slinger Owl!
@OwlsFB
wins their playoff game and moves on to level 2.
@SlingerSET
wins a regional championship, and Slinger cross country is off to state! Keep up the great work!
#GoOwls
Well it was worth the wait! A nice 11-6 win over Oshkosh West. Drew Fehrman gets the win on the mound.
@cade_neuber
went 4-4 with a HR to lead the offense. It was great to play again and with fans to watch! Back at it Thursday at home against Homestead!
Owls put up an offense explosion as well as some incredible pitching performances to shutout Grafton. We improve to (2-0) on the young season!
Kaleb Burkel - 3 for 3 | 2B | 3B | SB
Jackson Naber - 4 IP | 3 H | 0 ER | 1 K
Great news! We are excited to announce we will retain Coach Alex Burkel. Coach Burkel went (38-9-1) in his 2 seasons as the JV1 Head Coach and will now be strictly working with Varsity as an assistant coach. Winners Win.
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Congratulations to
@wagnermac1
on being listed as the
#15
prospect in Wisconsin! Your hard work is paying off (but it’s not done yet)
Still uncommitted 👀
@FlatgroundBats
Let’s shoutout some of our top performers! First up is Chase Leverance.
Conference Ranks:
• 1st in AB’s (63)
• 1st in R (20)
• 2nd in H (24) and 3B (3)
• 5th in SB (12)
• 6th in TB (35)
• 7th in 2B (5)
• 8th in AVG (.381)
• 8th in SLG (.556)
• 9th in OPS (.1.016)
Shining the light on our baseball guys tonight. Feels weird to not be out there this spring. We will be back soon and stronger then ever! ⚾️🦉
#GoOwls
@SlingerOwlsAD
A huge Thank You to Jazak Finish Carpentry for the work on the new indoor mounds! We will have 4 new mounds to use with our guys during open gyms and indoor practices. They look amazing!
It's finally here! Gameday for our kids. First pitch of the season is tonight at 5:00! We are hosting
@OWbaseball
in a non-conference tilt. Come out and watch some quality baseball!
#GoOwls
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@SlingerOwlsAD
The Mac attack is still gettin it done at the plate this fall! Rips a solid base hit down the line to advance the runner 1st to 3rd.
Uncommitted 2025 3B/1B
Macay Wagner
@FlatgroundBats
I'm excited to announce my commitment to Madison College where I'll be continuing my athletic and academic career I want to say thank you to my mom and dad for supporting me through my baseball career I also want to say thank you to my family and friends that supported me
Massive day for the community as we honor Jack Gerlach and his recovery from a car accident that left him in a coma for a few months. Donations will be accepted at the gate and all proceeds will go to the Gerlach family! Jack will also be throwing the first pitch! Be there!
Regional Semi-Final tonight at the Nest!
Owls host West Bend West for the first round of playoffs, first pitch at 5pm! Come show support for the Birds!
BREAKING:
Blake Johnson (SR) and Chase Leverance (JR) have been selected as 1st Team All Conference members!
Blake - 21 H | 9 2B | 14 RBI | 1.171 OPS
Chase - 24 H | 3 3B | 12 SB | 1.016 OPS
Congratulations to these two! The Slinger community is beyond proud of you!
2nd Team All-Conference
OF- Jack Murray
P- Teddy Haugen
Honorable Mention All-Conference
C- Carson Rosine
Utility- Andrew Jacklin
Congrats guys on all your hard work!
Season, Conference and Home Opener all wrapped up into one! Come on out to the Owls Nest as we start up against Port Washington today at 4:45pm!
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The boys pick up a 3-1 win in 8 innings over
@PWHSWIBaseball
.
@Johnson_Tyler11
pitched into the 7th inning and
@TenniesCarter
picked up the win on the mound. Carter had the game winning hit. Mac Wagner had an insurance RBI to help seal the win.
@andrewjacklin8
had the 3rd rbi.
I am so proud to say that we won today 4-3 in 8 innings. We get to play another baseball game together.
@Hruzwagner
competed for 5.1 innings.
@logan_mantz
finished it off on the mound.
@trevorulesich
had the big hit to walk it off. Off to Arrowhead Thursday!
#GoOwls
Owls late offense seals the deal! We move to (3-0) on the young season! Great start from Tyler Loesche, then Izak Zimdars comes in and earned a 2 inning Save!
Loesche - 5 IP | 1 H | 0 ER | 3 BB | 9 K
Zimdars - 2 IP | 2 H | 0 ER | 1 BB | 2 K
Baumhardt - 1 for 4 | HR | 2 RBI
Seeding meeting just about done. We are the 8 seed and will be hosting Monona Grove in the opening round. We will be playing at 5 pm on Tuesday, May 29.
In case you missed it…
Will Baumhardt made it OFFICIAL! He’ll be continuing his baseball and academic career at McHenry County College in Illinois!
Congratulations to Will, his family and MCC! The Scots are getting an elite competitor and a great kid added to their program!
Well, we finished off a 3-0 week with wins against KML, Columbus, and West Bend East. We have finished the regular season at 12-10! It was a wonderful parents night last night as we got an 11-2 win over West Bend East.
Introducing your Varsity team captains for the 2024 season!
Raine Fredericks (SR)
Blake Johnson (SR)
Macay Wagner (JR)
Voted by their teammates these three have shown what it means to
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Had a nice doubleheader sweep of Wisconsin Lutheran today. Won game 1 in thrilling fashion, 4-3 in 8 innings and the bats came alive for a nice 21-4 win in game 2.
@HunterDurbin10
and Alec Strupp with hits today.
Well today was an unfortunate ending to our season. Our guys battled to a tough 5-2 loss against a quality
@DiamondWarhawks
baseball team. We were tied 2-2 heading to the 5th before they hit a go-ahead 2 run homerun. While it was a tough loss, it was a strong finish to our season
We completed a sweep of Grafton tonight by winning both games today. We won game 1 8-5 and game 2, 11-7. We had great pitching performances by
@logan_mantz
@jack_olin85
@Montag_727
and Nolan Fehrman.
A dream come true!
Im beyond excited to announce that I have accepted the Head Baseball Coach position at Slinger High School! I cannot thank
@SlingerOwlsAD
enough for giving me this opportunity. Let’s bring something special to
@SlingerBaseball
Time to get to work 🦉
Excited for the effort and energy the guys brought to day 2 of practice. Saw a lot of good things happening. Tomorrow is one day closer to our home opener, April 2 against Sheboygan North.
#GoOwls
Yesterday did not go the way we would have liked, but that’s baseball sometimes. We lost a heartbreaker 5-4 to a quality Sheboygan North team. We finished the year 14-11. I am so proud of our guys and the effort they gave all year. This was a team with a great group of young men.
Baseball is right around the corner so let’s highlight our seniors!
Up first is
#4
Blake Johnson!
After graduating Blake plans to go into the trades.
His favorite baseball memory is hitting a home run against Whitefish Bay as well as run ruling them in 2023.
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In case you missed it, we were given the 6th seed in our section this week. We will host North Shore opponent West Bend West in the Regional Semi-Final next Tuesday at 5pm!
Still undefeated at The Nest! Owls sweep the season series against a scrappy Grafton team! We improve to (8-5) overall and (6-4) in conference play.
Raine Fredericks was locked in from the first pitch!
6.1 IP | 5 H | 1 R | 0 ER | 0 BB | 6 K
What a huge pickup for the Raiders! Massive congratulations to our guy Jackson! Can’t wait to follow you as you dominate the NACC!
@SlingerOwlsAD
@mro_shs
@PBRWisconsin
I’m excited to announce my commitment to MSOE! I want to thank my family and coaches who helped me throughout the years and made this possible. Go Raiders!
@MSOE_Baseball
@sanfillipo
Today is the day! We start our playoffs tonight as we host
@shebnhs
baseball. Game time is 5 pm. Concessions will be open, weather will be great! Come out and support your Owls!
#GoOwls
Big win today at home against Catholic Memorial 5-1. It’s was a great all around game with quality pitching by Alex Strupp and Logan Mantz. The defense was solid all around. Mantz got the daze in relief as well as a home run and 2 doubles.
Congrats to our 16u
@Post483Baseball
team as they won the Beaver Dam regional! They beat Beaver Dam 4-2 in the championship today. This group stick it out and played great baseball at the right time. This was a total team effort!
The weather looks great, and we are fired up for our conference home opener against
@PortWbaseball
. Looking to get back in the W column. First pitch is slated for 4:30. Come support your Owls baseball team!
#GoOwls
We played another quality game today and won 7-5. We beat a quality West Bend East team today. We improved to 11-4 on the year and 8-4 in the
@NorthShoreConf
.
@logan_mantz
and
@jack_olin85
led the offense with 2 hits apiece and RBI’s.
@logan_mantz
got the save while
WI:
@Logan_Mantz
(Slinger) has had a busy and productive summer, capped by a great performance at last Sunday's Senior Games. He's one of the state's top uncommitted INF prospects as a result.
Check out his Senior Spotlight:
Back at it today at The Nest! A talented Neenah squad comes out for our first Non Conference matchup of the season. It’s also youth day! We look forward to all our future Owls being at the field today!
First pitch at 1:00pm
Excited to see a great group of guys in the weight room today! Had 18-20 guys working out with their classmates and other athletes. Looking forward to seeing those guys getting after it again tomorrow!
BREAKING:
3 Owls receive Honorable Mention awards! Raine Fredericks (SR), Michael Thiede (JR) and Macay Wagner (JR) round out our All Conference award winners! Congratulations boys!
Raine - 27.1 IP | 3.32 ERA | (3-1)
Michael - 20 H | 5 2B | 15 RBI
Mac - 16 H | 8 2B | 14 RBI
It’s an exciting time as we start the playoffs. We have earned the
#2
seed in our sectional. We will play the winner of Neenah/Sheboygan North on Thursday at home. It will also be the final home game of the year. This is such an exciting and fun group to be around!
#GoOwls
Aaaaaaaaaaaand exhale. Owls walk it off in the bottom of the 7th after giving away the lead in the top half. We improve to (6-3) overall and (4-3) in NSC play. Big time showdown with our rival Hartford tomorrow night!
You would never guess this kid is a freshman when you first meet him.
Physically and mentally far above his age. Going to be a household name across the state soon.
𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗿 🔍
We highlighted players who earned consideration on the first edition of our '27 rankings; notes and video on a number of those names, within. ⬇️
𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 🔗:
Got a nice 12-2 win on the road yesterday at Mayville. Alec Strupp got the win with 5 quality innings. He was backed up with a big day from
@sabin_derek
who had 3 hits, 2 HR's and 4 RBI's.
@BeckerLathen
had 2 hits as well.
Excited to officially announce I will be furthering my studies and my baseball career at Aurora University. Special thanks to my friends, family, teammates & coaches for all the love and support. Looking forward to the next chapter as a Spartan. ⚾️🔵⚪️
Excited to start our season today as Varsity and JV head to Oconomowoc for a 4:30 start. This is a strong group that is ready to do big things this spring. JV2 is at home today at 4:30. Come out and watch some baseball!
#GoOwls
Today is finally the day. We host our playoff game tonight at 5pm against Monona Grove. Come out and support this team for the final home game of the year!
#GoOwls
As we finished our last regular season practice tonight and get ready for the playoffs, I am so excited for our guys. We finished above .500, we are hosting a playoff game for the first in 5 years, and growing as team.