Yesterday was a big day for a pair of our seniors. They signed their Letter of Intent to continue their academic and baseball careers in college!
Rex Richter - Anderson University (
@AURavensBSB
)
Tristan Winterman - Midway University (
@MidwayUBaseball
)
We are sad to report the passing of Conner Baseball alumni Dallas Willoughby. Dallas was a dedicated supporter of the program over the past 17 years. We have truly lost our biggest fan. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Willoughby family. Rest In Peace, Dallas.
Conner Baseball family, we covet your prayers, good vibes, well-wishes, or whatever you do.
Andrew Minckley is currently in the ICU after a baseball injury. We donโt have much information right now. We just hope that his surgery is successful and he recovers.
Congratulations, Coach Arlo, on win
#300
! Thank you to all of the players and coaches who helped along the way and thank you to the alumni who came back to celebrate with Coach.
๐จDOG PILE ALERT๐จ
JV has won the 2022 Regional Championship 5-1 over Campbell County.
They got yet another CG. From Cory Henson today striking out 8. The defense got two great plays from Carson Wood and Owen Louden. The offense was led by Zander Allenโs 2-3 day.
Today, Conner is honoring Cody Hardin, the young man who stepped up and did the right thing. Cody, rather than being a bystander, protected a classmate in a potentially dangerous time. We are so proud of Cody and hope each of us can learn something from him!
#CougarPride
Dallas Willoughbyโs number 50 belongs to the ages. Our program honored Dallas by retiring his number before yesterdayโs games and will hang from the outfield fence looking over the Conner Baseball program. RIP Dallas
Weโd like to take a moment to congratulate our team and our six seniors on a terrific season. Picked outside the top 10 of the region to start the year and finished in the final 4 with a district championship.
Thank you to everyone that supported us through this crazy year!
Worst tweet of the year. Our season will come to a close at 26-13 with a 1-0 loss in the regional semi finals.
We are very proud of this group, but we say goodbye to 13 outstanding young men, 9 of which will play in college.
Thank you to everyone who supported us this year.
Last night, Coach Arlinghaus stepped down as the head coach of Conner baseball. Arlo has been at the helm for a program record 17 years and has a program record 327 wins. Iโm that team, we made 10 regional appearances with 4 district championships and 1 regional championship.
Committed!! Congratulations Riley Osterbur on committing to play baseball at Wright St. - Lake Campus. Lake Campus is getting a hard worker and a great teammate.
Andrew is headed home! Again, we canโt thank you all enough for praying for and supporting the Minckley family. They could very much feel the love from all over Northern Kentucky.
#Family
Hereโs an update on our work on the field. We are immensely thankful to Pallet Specs Plus, LLC for donating the sod for the field and Caretaker II Lawn Maintenance for donating their time, supplies, labor, tools and expertise. Thank you!
The entire Conner Cougar family would like to extend a big congratulations to
@jaylor35
. Thanks for 8 great years! Youโll always be our โJV Joeโ!
Last night, one of the best seasons in Conner history was cut far too short. As we look back, we hope everyone will celebrate all that was accomplished, not how it ended.
2022โs broken single season records:
Wins - 29
Team Hits - 337
Team 2B - 95
Team RBI - 227
Team Runs - 284
Very late last night, we welcomed a new member into the Cougar family. Congratulations Bethany and
@CoachSmiley29
on the arrival of their daughter!
@CougarsConner
keep your eye out for this one if sheโs got dadโs arm.
What an experience!
Final from GABP
Conner 7 - Campbell 3
Kaden Early blasted just the 2nd HS home run in GABP history, a no-doubter over the left field wall. With the win, the 2022 team also tied the school record for wins in a season. We end the regular season 27-6.
If you have not heard yet, Coach Hollis has been in the hospital since Thursday with heart issues. Chris has been a major part of this program and we ask that everyone please join us in showing he and his family how much they mean to us.
Final: Conner 6 - Cov Cath 2
Brody Mangold with a masterful allowing 2 runs on just 2 hits while striking out 9
Lohr: 2-4, 3B, R, 2 RBI
Henson: 2-3, R, RBI
Bucks: 1-3, R, RBI
We will be back at Thomas More Stadium for the semifinal matchup against Highlands at 5:30pm
Our thoughts and prayers go out to
@CamelsBaseball
and the Estenfelder family tonight as we have just heard of the passing of coach, Eric Estenfelder. Youโd be hard-pressed to find anyone who has more fun on a baseball field. Weโll greatly miss seeing Eric across the field.
Please keep freshman baseball coach Dan Carney in your thoughts and prayers this evening as he was in an accident coming home from practice. We will keep you updated as soon as we have more information.
We would like to congratulate junior,
@BrodyMangold16
. After allowing 1 unearned run today, he has officially etched his name in the Conner record books with 19.2 consecutive scoreless innings pitched. This is the most since Tom Birkleyโs 37 consecutive scoreless innings in 1975.
Congratulations to both of our newest commitments! Tyler will be playing at Westminster College and Landen will be playing at Hocking College. Both schools are getting outstanding kids with great upsides.
Congratulations, Gage! IUS is getting an outstanding athlete with a great feel for the game. We canโt wait to see what big things are coming this year and for the next four.
Conner Baseball 2024 Coaching Staff
Varsity
Head Coach - Mike Hart
Pitching - Chad Frommeyer
Hitting/Infield - Noah Welte
Hitting/Outfield - Drew Hart
Catching - Blake Hart
Driveline Consultant - Cameron Ross
JV
Head Coach - Patrick Dragan
Freshman
Head Coach - John Roberts
Always great to see the Willoughby family at the field. Today they were able to see Dallasโ jersey retirement sign as well as his commemorative jersey.
#Family
๐จ CHAMPIONS ๐จ
@ConnerFroshBall
finishes 23-3 with a 5-2 win over Simon Kenton!
Bushman took the win allowing 4 hits over 6 inn. striking out 7. Stephenson shut the door in the 7th for the save. The offense was led by a Louden 3B, a Wagner RBI 2B, and Arbaughโs 2-hit night.
Survive and Advance
FINAL: CHS 4 - NCC 3
Bucks gets the win with a 6H complete game. 2 big bunts from Scherff and Back and more great hitting from Crawford and Testerman.
Weโll meet Beechwood in the regional semis tomorrow at 1pm.
FINAL (8): Conner 5 - Boone 4
Mangold threw 5 inn. of 2 hit baseball. Hirschauer got the Win out of the pen and Bucks picked up his first career save. Testerman hit 2 triples. Kerns went 2-4 and broke the tie on a single in the 8th.
#RegionBound
To the group of 10 seniors we said goodbye to, thank you for all you have done. You have cemented your place in Conner history not only for your performance on the field, but also the way you supported your school and your community as well as the blue collar culture you built.
We have a final from GABP and a close to the 2023 regular season. Cougars take it 12-9 with 17 hits including 4 doubles and 3 triples. We finish the regular season with a record of 24-11 and will play Cooper in the 33rd district tournament tomorrow at 3pm at Boone.
#RollCougs
Thanks again to
@DustinCatron
who brought his dad (
@JakePalletSpecs
) with him to umpire today. Conner is one of the top programs in NKY because of alum like these two who are always willing to come back and help and remind our players that Conner Baseball is a 50 year old family.
Get the brooms out!
@ConnerHSsoccer
completed the sweep tonight. Conner is district champs in Menโs and Womenโs! Dang, itโs good to be a Cougar!
#RollCougs
This is VERY cool and totally worthy of a late night post! Cameron Ross (
@CRoss714
) and Ryan Ward (
@Rward00
) will live forever in the halls of Conner. Thank you Class of 2020!
Congrats to our two all-tournament selections. Brody and Oliver both threw CGs, combining to allow just 7 hits and 1 earned run in the tournament. Their 16 strikeouts in those two games helped us to break the school record for team strikeouts in a season.