Congratulations to
@TySnep
for accepting a coaching position with the Boston Red Sox organization! Tyler will coach with their High A affiliate, Greenville (SC) Drive. Best of luck in the coaching profession!
#AlwaysABear
#4
Bears beat
#1
Jacobs 4-0 and win the Regional Championship! J.D. Carpenter threw a 4 hit complete game shoutout for the win. Collin Callahan (2 hits, hr, and 3 RBI) and Sam Holt (2 hits, 3b, and RBI) led the way offensively.
#RegionalChamps
Bears win 1-0 in 9 innings @ Libertyville! Lucas Foley went 7.2 innings, striking out 13 and only walking 1. Evan Chung picked up the win going 1.1 innings. Jonathan Fleaka picked up the only RBI of the game with a clutch oppo hit.
#ExtrasWin
#RoadWarriors
BEARS WIN! Piggott tosses a gem and DeLuga steals home in the Bottom of the 12th to snap Warren’s 20+ game win streak (respect). Piggott with 3 hits & Chialdikas/Pfeifer with two a piece. Bears move to 16-8 overall and 8-4 in the NSC.
#LZBaseball
Piggott W, 5 IP, 0 R, 3 K
Bears win in 9 innings 3-2 over Palatine!
Lucas Foley picked up the win going 8 innings with 11 K and 0 BB.
Evan Chung earned the save with a clean 9th.
At the plate, Jonathan Fleaka tallied 3 hits, including the game winner in the 9th.
Next up, Barrington.
#RegionalChamp
Bears win the opener 8-2.
Lucas Foley picked up the win, going 5 innings striking out 10 and walking 0.
Offensively:
Cash Kaczmarcek 3 hits
Jonathan Fleaka 2 hits and 1 RBI
Ryan Kondrad 2 hits and 4 RBI
Anonymous player quote when casting his vote for captain, “Noah DeLuga, he is a perfect example of what Lake Zurich baseball is all about. He pushes himself, and his teammates, to get better and he is a true leader.”
#Captain
#FourYearVarsityStarter
#Classof2020
@GopherBaseball
Bears win 5-3 and improve to 1-1. Evan Chung got the win and Riley Pollard picked up the save. Evan Kemper and Jonathan Fleaka collected multiple hits.
BEARS WIN! DeLuga tosses 5 shutout innings and strikes out 12 of the 15 outs. Moses paces the offense with a single, walk and he also got plunked 3 times.
DeLuga 5 IP, 0 R, 12 K
Gallus 2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
Holtz 3-4, 2B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 R
Snep 2-4, BB
Moses 1-1, BB, 3 HBP
BEARS WIN! Schwartz tosses a gem and Green closes it out. Chialdikas with a huge bases clearing double as well. Holtz and Piggott with their first Varsity hits!
DeLuga 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 SB
Mangano 2-4, RBI
Moses 1-2, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, SB
Schwartz W, 5 IP, 2 ER, 2 K
Bears (7-3, 3-0) take down Huntley on the road 12-11!
AJ Foley comes in and gets the win. Lucas Foley closes it out for the save.
Riley O’Donnell 3-4, 2RBI
Ryan Kondrad 3-4, RBI
Lucas Foley 2-4, RBI
Jonathan Fleaka 2-4, RBI
Bears will travel to Warren on Monday.
@PBRIllinois
Congrats to Noah DeLuga on his commitment to the University of Minnesota - the reigning Big Ten Conference & Tournament Champs!
#LZBaseball
➡️GopherBaseball
#SkiUMah
@GopherBaseball
BEARS WIN! Schwartz comes up huge in relief and picks up the Vulture Win! DeLuga shuts it down and gets the save. A lot of clutch hits and Pfeifer jacks his 6th home run of the year! We play Lake Forest for the Regional Championship on Saturday!
#LZBaseball
We’d like to take time to honor our seniors daily with a survey they completed reflecting on their time in the LZ Baseball program and where they will be headed/what their educational focus will be in. Thank you for your dedication to being a Bear! 🐻⚾️
#Classof2020
Tyler Snep wins Conference Slugger of the Month! In April, he played in 14 games with the following stat line:
.405 AVG, .500 OBP, 17 Hits, 4 HR, 3 2B, 8 BB, HBP, 16 RBI, 8 R 🔥🔥🔥
BEARS WIN! Piggott tosses a complete game on 88 pitches! Stellar defensive play all around led by Chialdikas.
Piggott W, 7 IP, 2 ER, 5 K
DeLuga 1-2, BB, R, SB
Mangano 1-3, RBI
Holtz 1-3, SB
Gallus 1-3, R
LePage 1-3
Bears incredible 2019 Regular Season is complete!
🔹21-9 overall record
🔹10-4 in the NSC
🔹6 seed in the Sectional
🔹NSC Player of the Year
◾️ Snep
🔹4 All Conference Players
◾️Snep, DeLuga, Mangano, Green
🔹2 All Conference Honorable Mention
◾️Pfeifer, Piggott
Bears (5-3, 2-0) beat ZB 10-0 in 5.
Lucas Foley threw a no-hitter, striking out 14 and walking none!
Ryan Kondrad went 3-3, hitting his first HR of the season and 3 RBI.
Jonathan Fleaka went 2-3, hitting his 2nd HR of the season and 3 RBI.
LZ travels to ZB tomorrow.
#NSC
Bears (3-0) win 13-1!
Lucas Foley picks up the win. 8k’s 0bb while also going 2-2 (2b) & 3 RBI.
AJ Foley 2-2 (2b) & 3 RBI
Jonathan Fleaka (3b) 2 RBI
Jackson Piggott 2 RBI
BEARS WIN! Final 9-8 in extra innings. Snep homers TWICE - once in the 7th and once in the 8th. Pfeifer hits his second bomb as well. Callahan tosses his first Varsity innings and Moses comes in and earns the Vulture Win on the mound!
Bears play an error-free series and sweep Lake Forest with a 3-0 win! Evan Chung pitches a complete game striking out 5 and walking none. Logan Griglione added 2 more hits to an already hot series at the plate.
#ConferenceSweep
#BearDown
BEARS WIN! Final score: 15-1. DeLuga with another great start on the mound (4 IP, 9 K) and Ethan Grinnip comes in and shuts the door with 3 strikeouts! Multi-hit games from Piggott, Chialdikas, Gallus and DeLuga was on base all 4 times.
#LZBaseball
Bears (9-4, 3-1) battle through a snow delay to win 3-2 vs Schaumburg!
Zac Parson comes in for 3 innings to get the win.
The Foley brothers combined for 4 hits, with Lucas getting 2 big 2 out RBI.
Bears travel to Libertyville on Monday.
Bears fall in the Sectionals 7-4 to finish the season 18-9. Noah Short (2-4 HR), JD Carpenter (2-3 2b), and Brian Karstens (2-3) led the way offensively. Thank you seniors!
#RegionalChamps
#WeAreLZ
BEARS WIN! Tyler Snep hits a walk off home run - his third home run of the series! Jake Green tosses 5 shut out innings and Gallus shuts it down for the Vulture Win!
Green ND, 5 IP, 0 R, 6 K
Gallus W, 2 IP, 2 ER, 2 K
Snep 1-2, HR, 2 BB, RBI, R
Piggott 1-2, 2B, BB, 2 RBI
Bears (4-2, 1-0) beat Stevenson 3-2!
Lucas Foley goes the distance striking out 7.
George DiCanio went yard while adding another hit.
Mathew Mosquera also had 2 hits and an RBI.
Bears will travel to Stevenson tomorrow to finish the series.
BEARS WIN! Final score: LZ 7, Stevenson 0. DeLuga tosses a complete game shutout on the mound! Bats were red hot - scored 5 innings in a row. Bears are now 4-1 in conference!
DeLuga W, 7 IP, 0 R, 8 K
Snep 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Pfeifer 2-4, 2 2B, RBI, 2 R
Chialdikas 2-3, HBP, RBI, R
Bears (3-3) comeback to beat Willowbrook 6-5!
Colin Chung came in to pick up his first varsity win.
Luke Bajerski 4-4
Ryan Kondrad 3-4, RBI
Jonathan Fleaka 1-3, 3b, 3 RBI
Bears split the double header behind a complete game from James Piggott on the mound and a Jack Pfeifer bomb over the left field fence! It took until Game 4, but Jack Moses finally made an out. Fantastic spring trip!
#LZBaseball
Honored to celebrate Coach Koukal’s wedding yesterday! From being great friends in high school to coaching LZ Baseball and Football for the past few years, couldn’t be happier for him. Also, what a Power Move getting married in the same day as
#TheRoyalWedding
😂
Bears (2-0) win 4-0 vs Barrington!
Will Crawford pitches a complete game shutout with 5k’s.
Offensively:
Ryan Kondrad 3-4 (2b) 2 RBI
Lucas Foley 2-4
Cash Kaczmarek 2 RBI
BEARS WIN! LZ 12, Mundelein 2 in 6 innings. Snep homers twice, Mangano homers, and DeLuga earns the W on the mound.
DeLuga W, 5 IP, 2 ER, 8 K
Pfeifer 1 IP, 0 R
Snep 2-2, 2 HR, 2 BB, 3 RBI, 2 R
Gallus 3-4, 2 2B, 3 RBI, R
Mangano 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
LePage 1-2, 2 BB, RBI, R
BEARS WIN! Orgeron earns the W while Grinnip/O’Malley close it down. Mangano with a huge day at the plate (4 hits) and a couple of the best defensive plays of the year! Chiladikas crushes 3 doubles and Pfeifer jacks his 5th Home Run of the year. Feldman smokes a base hit as well!
BEARS WIN! Mangano hits a Walk Off Home Run in the bottom of the 9th!
#HomeRunTrain
🚂🚨
#ChooChoo
...oh and by the way that’s 9 more shutout innings by the Bear Pitching Staff - Cornelius and DeLuga were DEALING 🔥🔥🔥.
#LZBaseball
Win Streak: 7
Conference: 6-0
Overall: 7-2