JUCO

---

Quick start fuels Spartanburg’s victory over Cowley County

Not many baseball teams allow their pitchers to hit, let alone bat leadoff. Marty Gantt, though, does both for Spartanburg Methodist (S.C.) College. Gantt struck out seven batters in five innings Tuesday, allowed six runs, three earned, to ...

---

Scouts see JUCO as hotbed for talent

Have you ever wondered who those mysterious men are behind home plate at the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series? Well, those are scouts who are here to watch the players in action. Thee scouts come from everywhere and from different ...

---

Spartanburg’s Gantt never backs down from life, baseball challenges

Marty Gantt was running out to his spot in right field Sunday night for pregame warm-ups when a gust of wind caught his cap and blew it off his head. “My hat is way too big for me and every time I run it comes off,” the ...

---

Western Nevada wins to send Shelton home

A balk turned the tide Tuesday for Western Nevada College in the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series. The Wildcats led Shelton State 3-2 in the eighth inning and had Daniel Zylstra on first after a walk. Eric Maupin flied out to right ...

---

JUCO’s Dare to Dream station allows kids to throw baseballs like the pros

Even the youngest baseball player can feel just like San Francisco Giant’s pitcher Tim Lincecum when throwing at the Dare to Dream station. The blow-up station, part of Mizuno’s exhibit under the third-base grandstands at this ...

---

JUCO 2009: Notes May 27, 2009

JUCO Scholarships awarded Tuesday • Alpine Bank of Grand Junction President Norm Franke handed out checks Tuesday night to four high school baseball players, and he’ll get the other one to a college player when he returns from ...

---

JUCO: 2009 At a glance May 27, 2009

JUCO World Series At Suplizio Field Saturday’s Games Game 1: Howard College 4, Western Nevada 3 (11 innings) Game 2: Shelton State 16, Iowa Western 6 Game 3: Cowley County CC 11, Seminole State 8 Game 4: Santa Fe 17, Middle Georgia ...

---

Cowan matches Collier’s quality start for San Jacinto

One would have thought the San Jacinto (Texas) College-North could have hardly gotten a better pitching performance than the one the Gators got Sunday from Tommy Collier in their first game of the Alpine Bank Junior College World ...

---

Peña’s big hit lifts Wildcats to win

Jerome Peña wasn’t a solo act Monday at the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series. The Western Nevada College catcher had the crucial hit in the Wildcats’ 11-6 victory over Middle Georgia — a two-run triple in the ...

---

Santa Fe survives Cowley’s comeback attempt to move on

Santa Fe (Fla.) College got lead with its offense, and held onto a win with its defense. The Saints held a comfortable 10-2 lead over Cowley County (Kan.) Community College after the third inning of Game 9 at the Alpine Bank Junior College ...

---

---