Catching up with the Cavaliers

I'm starting to realize how difficult it will be to follow individual performances of junior college players relying primarily on the internet. Most Jayhawk Conference teams don't post stats or box scores on team web sites, and the local newspapers that cover the teams usually publish weekly, not daily.

So today I ventured into an unfamiliar part of the JCCC website and was happy to discover some baseball press releases.

From the 2/25 doubleheader sweep of Rockhurst JV:

...Sophomore Dan Heflin, one of the team’s top hitters last season, walked. Both runners advanced on a passed ball. Sophomore Tommy Mangino drove in Burgess with a fielder’s choice, and Heflin advanced to third, and later scored...

....Freshman right-hander Peter Davenport was solid in his collegiate debut, working four innings without allowing a hit. He only struggled slightly in his fourth inning. Davenport walked the first two batters, then hit the third to load the bases. Rockhurst got on the board with a sacrifice fly to left field, but that was all they could manage. Davenport got another fly out and and a ground out to second base to end the inning...

...[Truman] Marek went 2-for-2 with two steals and an run batted in.

The road trip to Texas didn't go as planned, the Cavaliers did travel to Midland, Texas; only to have all six scheduled games rained out. Resulting in this great quote from JCCC head coach Kent Shelley in yesterday's press release.

"Well, it was a bonding experience I guess," Shelley said. "One of our Iowa players got see his first cactus, so I guess that was a highlight."