Grateful for the opportunity to work with this group of young men this season. I am very proud of EACH of you. Grateful to work with a great group of coaches. Thank you to everyone for your support this season. Congrats to the team on accomplishing many goals together.
Fantastic team effort! Congrats to the players on accomplishing one of your goals. Thank you to everyone for your support at the regional this past week. I saw many former players, coaches, & parents. Thanks to our coaches, players, Mr. Bott & Mike with getting the field ready!
So proud of this group! What a great win vs. an outstanding St. Viator team. Fun to watch the growth of the team & players. Thanks for everyone’s support this week!
#RightNow
This has to be a
@CLSouthHS
first.
@NateFreeze14
& Brady Drexler started in the varsity baseball and
@CLS_Football
games in the same evening! A night I’m sure they won’t forget.
Saddened by Jim Beck’s passing. I will always cherish the conversations we had over the years about baseball. I learned a lot of coaching & life lessons through Jim. I always admired his enthusiasm for
@CLSouthHS
& dedication towards the program. He will be greatly missed.
Thank you to all the fans, alumni, parents, faculty, and administration that came out to support our team this year. Your support for the players means so much. The guys had a terrific season, I am very proud of their accomplishments.
#CLSEngaged
Team 45, thank you. It was a honor to coach you & work with you all season. We had a lot of fun together. Seniors thank you so much for your leadership, effort, and continuing to raise the bar. I am very proud of all of you.
#compete
Very grateful for these 11 seniors. Thank you for the time, effort, and commitment you have put in to our program. I am proud of you all & know you will do great things in the future. Thank you to your parents as well for their support to
@CLSBaseball
The support from
@CLSouthHS
Crystal Lake community & FVC was awesome & special. Thank you for being there to support our team! Very grateful for everyone that came to
@WintrustField
to cheer us on.
A beautiful morning for practice before we head down to Joliet! Thank you
@Coach_Ahsmann
for stopping by practice today to talk with the team. We appreciate you taking the time this morning to inspire our guys!
#RightNow
So proud of this group today and how you played as a team! They competed against an outstanding St. Viator team. Thank you to
@CLsouthathletic
for hosting. Thank you to our parents & fans for packing the ballpark. Lastly, thank you to our coaches for preparing the guys all week!
Congratulations to
@JacobBimbi
on being named to the Illinois All-State Baseball team. Quite the honor, so proud of you Jake, you had a tremendous junior year. Keep working hard!
@IHSBCA1
#GIDT
#TheStandardIsBest
What a fun day working the
@BaseballInCL
youth clinics today. Thank you to our players for working and giving back to our local baseball community. I am proud of how they worked with 100+ kids today. Good luck to the youth teams on their upcoming seasons.
#RightNow
Very grateful for a wonderful 2017! Thank you to everyone for your support and dedication to make 2017 a memorable year for my family & I. Happy New Year and best wishes for 2018!
Really excited about the progress on our backstop. The netting looks sharp. Impressed on the quality work. Now lets get some warm weather so the ground can thaw out😀.
#thankful
2019 Spring Trip van themes on our way to Marion, IL. Really like our new buses, thank you
@CHSD155
This year’s themes: World Baseball Classic & Team Facial Hair. We made it here safely & ready to go!
#GIDT
#TheStandardIsBest
Always a great way to start out the day at Tony’s Cafe, but even better when
@CLSouthHS
alum
@GardeckIan55
spends time talking baseball & answering questions with some current players. Thanks Ian for giving back & joining us.
#CLSEngaged
#GIDT
Lots of smiles at practice today! Great to have this national champ and MVP by the field today.
@BrianF23
thank you for stopping by to talk with the team. It was great to watch you hit on the field again. Come back any time!
Although we have played our last game this summer, I can’t express enough how proud I am of you guys. More work to put in the off-season, but very excited about our progress.
#CI
#thestandardisbest
Thank you seniors for your commitment and dedication to our program. I always enjoyed working with you each day. I wish you the best in your futures and I know there are many lessons from baseball that you will be able to use later in your lives.
Big shout out to grounds custodian Mike Hansen. He is doing a terrific job in his new role
@CLSouthHS
Our athletic fields are looking great. Really appreciate his work on the weeds on the warning track. Thank you Mike!
@CLsouthathletic
Day 4 in Myrtle Beach: Gators had the early game and win in walk-off fashion thanks to a 2-R single by Rhys Rankin, who also got the win in the 8th. Gators battled all game. Wonderful trip!
#SpringBreak
#compete
#Team45
Thank you
@IHSBCA1
for a great clinic & for honoring
@CLSouthHS
this past weekend. The award is all possible because of a terrific group of young men, outstanding mentors over the years, a dedicated coaching staff, & of course my family for support.
Class 4A Northwestern Medicine Field Baseball Supersectional: McHenry 2, York 1, final 11 inn. Unbelievable! Ricky Powell drills this 2-RBI double for the win.
What a neat experience
@JacobBimbi
had today
@Cubs
Wrigley Field Showcase today. Really proud of you Jake, looking forward to working with you for your senior season.
#TheStandardIsBest
So CL South’s
@GardeckIan55
is on a rehab stint with the Rays’ rookie team in the GCL and C-G coach Ryan Passaglia told
@QuinnPriester
to get a pic.
Reppin’ the FVC.
Dave Payton
@PytSports
did it again! The backstop padding looks terrific. If you are looking for equipment, dugout accessories, benches, helmet racks, etc. I would highly recommend PYT Sports.
Thank you to the players and coaches that volunteered their time this morning to work the CLB Youth clinics. We had a blast and look forward to helping out again next weekend.
@BaseballInCL
#TheStandardisBest
2018 Spring Trip van themes on our way to Marion, IL. Pirates of the Caribbean, California Dreaming, Happy Holidays, & Survivor. Made it here safely & ready to go!
#CLSEngaged
#BurnYourShips
Very proud of how we competed on the field this past week. Also, impressed with our actions/manners off the field on the trip. Enjoyed our time
@SIMiners
Rent One Park Classic. Thanks to the parents/families that came to support us.
#GIDT
Thank you Mr. Gorken, Mr. Frisch, & Mr. Bimbi for installing the padding on the wings of the backstop this afternoon. It looks great, really appreciate your work. Another great
@PytSports
product completes this project!
#GIDT
Congratulations to Joshua Freeze for receiving the 2018 Justin Schroeder Memorial Scholarship. Joshua is an exemplary student-athlete, so happy and proud of him.
Really enjoyed working CLB baseball clinics this weekend. Our guys did an outstanding job instructing, leading, & providing a positive experience to over 100 baseball players. I am really proud of the impact you made this weekend!
#TheStandardIsBest
#GIDT
Thanks
@PytSports
for the replica of what our wall padding will look like this spring. Wes created a replica
@CLSouthHS
stadium. Looking forward to getting the real padding in soon. More pictures to come in the spring!
Congrats
@joeywalsh0
on his commitment to play baseball and continue his education
@HarperCollege
this fall. Thank you to all his teammates for coming out this morning to support him. Great group of guys, really proud of all of you.
Big thank you to Wes for helping us out this past week. I appreciate the guys embracing him and helping him learn more about the game. I know he had a blast!
Congrats
@daytonmurph
on an incredible career at CLS…the achievements & records that you set in your 4 years. Also, congrats on being named All-State by both
@IHSBCA1
&
@PrepBaseballIL
in both 2023-24. Thank you
@CaliburnBats
for making the bat to commemorate Dayton’s career!
While coaching my son in Rockford this weekend I ran into this
@CLSouthHS
alum playing for
@RockfordRivets
It was great to see
@BrianF23
rip two base hits in todays game! Keep working hard Brian, hope to catch another game before the end of summer!
Day 3 in Myrtle Beach: did some team building & worked on the mental game. The bats were on fire in the reserve game & we won varsity game against a very tough
@MHSwildcatbsb
team 5-0, great pitching from
@RyanSkwarek1
Finished with dinner in Little River
#SpringBreak
#compete
Congratulations to
@RyanSkwarek1
on being selected to the
@IHSBCA1
All-State 3A Baseball Team. Special young man, hard worker, and competitor. Excited to see what you do next Ryan!
@CLsouthathletic
CLS 18, Elgin 0 (5 INN).
@GCsports
tweets/updates will be up for following games. Nice team win, thanks to everyone for helping get field ready for today. Gators head down to Marion, IL for our annual spring trip on Monday. Looking forward to growing as a team.
#GIDT
Thank you to our seniors and their parents and families for their contributions and support of CLS Baseball. Had a great time with our senior day traditions today, thank you to everyone for making it great!
Putting some finishing touches on the field today. Looks terrific! Hoping for one more 50 degree day to install the rest of the padding on the backstop.
#thankful