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Trojans excited to open Spring Season
Head Baseball Coach Scott Douglas is fired up heading into his twelfth season at TSJC. With over 600 games behind him his energy and excitement were still very evident as he prepared the team for their season opening games in Arizona this weekend. “We've been preparing and talking about this day, and all the ones that will come with a new season for quite some time now, since mid-August to be exact,” said Douglas. “Our guys are excited to get this started against a good Eastern Arizona team.”
Douglas’ experienced, hard hitting Trojan team takes the field intent on putting together another winning season, it would be TSJC’s seventh straight. They also hope to claim one of the four playoff spots for the fifth straight year. To do this the Trojans will have to battle in the always competitive Region IX playing region opponents McCook, Western Nebraska, Northeastern, Otero and Lamar six times each.
The Trojans will be led by sophomores Hans Ask, Chayse Marion, Brandon Vaughn and Bryer Mueller who were all All-Region IX selections during their freshmen seasons. Also hitting the field with plenty of experience will be sophomores Pearce Richardson, Zach Chavez, Taylor Maples, Taylor Dudley, Obed Quezada, Dakota Barr and Austin Rochford. 18 freshmen will also be looking to establish their places on the 2012 Trojan team.
For now all of the team’s focus will be on this weekend’s non-region match up in Arizona. “The first series is always exciting for players, especially the freshman,” commented Douglas. “Lots of firsts will happen on this trip; first long road trip, first game, first hit, all that good stuff. First win would be a good one to mix in as well.”
“I’m glad the time is here, we put in lots of work through the fall and off-season to get to this point. Brandon (Assistant Coach Brandon Stone) did a solid job with our guys in the weight room and many have gotten a lot stronger. The only set back was the injury to Nick Gomez (out for the season with an injury). We'll miss Nick but he is already recovering and will be back stronger next season. We won't make excuses, it's never good to lose a top arm but it is an opportunity for someone to grab those innings and experience. I felt bad for Nick, he worked hard this fall and it was paying off for him. Stuff happens in this game all the time, no sense feeling sorry for yourself, no one else will be. Excuses for stuff happening around you has never been the ‘Trojan’ way of doing things and it won't be this time either.”
TSJC will start the season with seven straight on the road against Eastern Arizona and NMMI. They will open at home against CSU-Fort Collins on February 18-19 for a pair of doubleheaders. Region IX play begins on March 10 with a doubleheader against McCook.
Coach Douglas isn’t making any predictions on the outcome for the season but he did have this prediction for the opening weekend, “I predict we will be either 3-0, 2-1, 1-2, or 0-3 on this trip...I’ll keep you posted!”
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