Midweek Wrap
Baseball
Ryan Church—
Earlier this month Mets manager Jerry Manuel talked about using Churchie in a right field platoon because he had been out so long after his two concussions. That talk evaporated Tuesday night when the Mets visited Philadelphia in a critical make-or-break two-game series.
"I think he's at the point now where he has to be one of those four or five guys who's in there every day," Manuel said about Church according to MLB.com
The others are obviously shortstop Jose Reyes, third baseman David Wright, centerfielder Carlos Beltran and first baseman Carlos Delgado.
"If you're one of those guys," Manuel said, "you have to play every day."
Church went 0-for-6 on Tuesday as the Mets fell in extra innings but he went 1-for-2 with two bases on balls on Wednesday as the Mets knotted the series. Since his return August 22 Church has been 6-for-20, exactly at .300. His average for the season is .307.
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Danny Duffy
Duffy missed a turn on the mound as the Royals seek to limit the number of innings the 19-year-old pitches. He has already thrown 81 innings, the most in his life. He is expected to come off the 7-day disabled list to start Friday at Beloit. His next turn would then be the Midwest League playoff opener on Wednesday in Burlington, Iowa.
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Chris White
White went 0-for-3 Wednesday night for the West Michigan Whitecaps but his batting average is a solid .313 after 19 games in the Midwest League.
Football
Boo Jackson
With Ohio University football opening Saturday at Wyoming Boo is still listed on the OU depth charts behind starter Theo Scott at quarterback. Scott played part of last season at OU while Boo was still at El Camino JC but Jackson’s numbers in the team’s spring scrimmage and both summer scrimmages have been as good or better.
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Cabrillo High football
New coach CRAIG KNOWLES expressed optimism on Lompoc Locker Room, the TV Show this week. Big DAVID KULP is moving from tackle to center where he will open holes for MATT ROTONDI and PAT COOK says the coach.
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Lompoc High football –
Coach ROBIN LUKEN could not hide his glee when he appeared on TV. He has 42 players, more than normal, and stronger. He is carrying seven sophomores, way more than normal, and he insists they earned their way.
Stronger? Luken says he spent $1500 of his own money for weight equipment. Not the usual barbells and weight benches, but kettle bells and sleds and kegs. Imagine “World’s Strongest Man” competition taking place on the LHS practice field only the participants here are not named Hans or Nels and they don’t come from Iceland or Norway.
“We always had weight training but it would take two years for the players to learn the right techniques. With these things you simply carry them as far as you can with everybody watching you.” Luken said
According to the coach Vanderbilt University uses the same type of training and that it can result in 40% increases in strength training. “Forty percent,” he exclaimed. “If I could get 20% I was happy.”
Luken reviewed his entire roster and found a good word for every player. He finished with senior tight end and linebacker NICK BRUNDY (pictured above) . “Brundy is Atlas,” Luken declared.
Junior quarterback RICHIE HIRZEL will miss the opening game (against Nipomo September 5) due to arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder, but Luken hopes to have him back by the time league play begins on October 10. In the meantime the signal-caller will be sophomore RYAN BOWER, who impressed as a freshman.
The opener, and all the Brave games, will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 23 and right here on lompoclockerroom.com via streaming audio.
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Lydell Sargeant
Penn State football opens Saturday with a cupcake in Coastal Carolina. The Nittany Lions have lost three defensive linemen to suspensions or injury but the defensive backfield will have three seniors, including Sargeant at cornerback
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Vai Taua
Nevada football will open against Grambling in Reno with VAI TAUA listed second on the depth chart at running back behind veteran Luke Lippincott. Lippincott was the starter last year but after his graduation ’09 and ’10 the job looks to be Vai’s.
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