By: Decarus Wright
Subheading: OHS varsity baseball Coach Jeffrey Fraker speaks on his team this season and the rise of champions.
Trying to climb to the top, the Cardinals baseball squad has made this season one filled with improvement and taking the right steps towards a championship. This year the Cardinals have a record of four wins with four games left on their schedule. Their head baseball Coach, Jeffrey Fraker says “That is a big improvement. We have been involved in a lot more games and we have had an opportunity to win them. We have a great chance to win all 4 of those games so, 8 wins will be a bigger improvement.” With a potentially four more opportunities to win and notch up eight wins, the Mighty Cardinals a climbing upward and improving with each game. The best game Fraker says the team played was an away game against Campbell when they pulled off a 7-0 victory. “We had great pitching and great hitting. Everything was perfect.” It was the first time the Cardinals beat Campbell as an away team in seven years! Another great game was a game early in the season against East Jackson County. The Cardinals scored clutch runs and played great defense to win the game in the 7th inning. It was their first win of the year and a proud victory! The team’s success is credited with the entire team and its three top players: OJ Gibson, amazing 400. Rabbus has one homerun along with Middleton. Gibson is leading the team with 19 RBI’s. They are being scouted by colleges such as: Reinhardt college College, Andrew College, and a few other schools. Fans, community members and OHS couldn’t be even prouder of our boys! Much of the Cardinals improvement has been due to hard work in practice. The baseball team’s practices during the season are an hour and a half every day. Off-season practice is two and a half hours a day. In practice, the players use batting tees with big blocks of wood. “When players hit, it gives them a horrible swing, but it improves their power,” adds Fraker. The high school baseball season is a grind. The cardinals play 3 games every week. Their games are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, that’s why having practice, is important. One piece that Fraker feels his team needs to win a state championship is pitching. Pitching has been the Cardinals Achilles heel this season. “We have a junior, two sophomores, and a freshman that pitch for us right now. They are getting better day by day.” One player that he feels is raising his game is senior, Demetrius Campbell, he hits well and plays good defense. Freshmen Martin Logan and Jeff Peterson, are tackling each practice with passion. “They just hit the weight room and get stronger,” states Fraker. As the last four games are bringing the season to an end, with hopes of wins for each game the Cardinals keep the eyes on the prize and their bating pointed at the fence. amazing 400. Rabbus has one homerun along with Middleton. Gibson is leading the team with 19 RBI’s (runs batted in) and Rabbus is in first or second place in all of the team’s categories. “These guys work hard. In the offseason, they do anything to get the job done. To add to that, all three are being scouted by colleges such as: Reinhardt college College, Andrew College, and a few other schools. Fans, community members and OHS couldn’t be even prouder of our boys! Much of the Cardinals improvement has been due to hard work in practice. The baseball team’s practices during the season are an hour and a half every day. Off-season practice is two and a half hours a day. In practice, the players use batting tees with big blocks of wood. “When players hit, it gives them a horrible swing, but it improves their power,” adds Fraker. The high school baseball season is a grind. The cardinals play 3 games every week. Their games are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, that’s why having practice, is important. One piece that Fraker feels his team needs to win a state championship is pitching. Pitching has been the Cardinals Achilles heel this season. “We have a junior, two sophomores, and a freshman that pitch for us right now. They are getting better day by day.” One player that he feels is raising his game is senior, Demetrius Campbell, he hits well and plays good defense. Freshmen Martin Logan and Jeff Peterson, are tackling each practice with passion. “They just hit the weight room and get stronger,” states Fraker. As the last four games are bringing the season to an end, with hopes of wins for each game the Cardinals keep the eyes on the prize and their bating pointed at the fence. all three are being scouted by colleges such as: Reinhardt college College, Andrew College, and a few other schools. Fans, community members and OHS couldn’t be even prouder of our boys! Much of the Cardinals improvement has been due to hard work in practice. The baseball team’s practices during the season are an hour and a half every day. Off-season practice is two and a half hours a day. In practice, the players use batting tees with big blocks of wood. “When players hit, it gives them a horrible swing, but it improves their power,” adds Fraker. The high school baseball season is a grind. The cardinals play 3 games every week. Their games are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, that’s why having practice, is important. One piece that Fraker feels his team needs to win a state championship is pitching. Pitching has been the Cardinals Achilles heel this season. “We have a junior, two sophomores, and a freshman that pitch for us right now. They are getting better day by day.” One player that he feels is raising his game is senior, Demetrius Campbell, he hits well and plays good defense. Freshmen Martin Logan and Jeff Peterson, are tackling each practice with passion. “They just hit the weight room and get stronger,” states Fraker. As the last four games are bringing the season to an end, with hopes of wins for each game the Cardinals keep the eyes on the prize and their bating pointed at the fence.
Volume 4, Issue 1
