LOOKING BACK, WHAT DID ALL THREE ONE, TWO, THREE. WE’RE CALLING THAT THE BLITZ 5 BASEBALL DUGOUT CAM AT THE DIVISION ONE STATE FINALS MOLAR WITH THAT SIMPLE MESSAGE AS THEY TOOK THE FIELD THIS MORNING. EIGHT STATE TITLES IN CRUSADER HISTORY. BUT IT’S BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE THE LAST CHAMPS WERE CROWNED TRYING TO CHANGE THAT THIS MORNING FOR ALL THE MARBLES. MUELLER’S 13TH TRIP TO STATE FACING OLENTANGY ORANGE IN AKRON, THE CRUSADERS LED 2 TO 1 IN THE FOURTH WHEN TOBY HUBER LED OFF WITH A DOUBLE AND HE STOLE THIRD AND THEN TROTTED RIGHT ON IN. WITH THIS PLAY. BURDETTE RIPPED TO LEFT FIELD. SENIOR CONNOR CHRISTENSEN FOLLOWED THIS UP WITH AN RBI SINGLE TO RIGHT, GIVING MULLER THE 4 TO 1 LEAD AND BIG MO. THEY GET SOME NEW HARDWARE WITH THAT SCORE, BUT NOT BEFORE A BIG DOG PILE UP TO LET THIS ONE PLAY OUT. WE LOVE TO SEE. MOHLER THEY ARE YOUR STATE CHAMPS. FOUR, TWO, ONE. THE FINAL. I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL, YOU KNOW HAVING ALL THE BOYS RIGHT I MEAN I LOVE MY TEAMMATES, MAN I LOVE THIS TEAM. I’M PRETTY SURE WE JUST BROKE OUR SCHOOL RECORD FOR STOLEN BASES. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, I MEAN IT WAS OUR GAME PLAN, BUT LIKE, THAT’S ALWAYS OUR GAME PLAN. IT’S OBVIOUSLY VERY EXCITING. BUT THIS WAS EXPECTED FROM US. AND SO IT’S JUST IT’S JUST REALLY RELIEVING TO KNOW THAT THAT WE FINALLY DID IT. THAT I
Moeller captures ninth baseball state title
Updated: 8:14 AM EDT Jun 11, 2023
For the ninth time in program history, the Men of Moeller are kings of the diamond.The Crusaders won their ninth baseball state championship in 13 tries Saturday, taking down Olentangy Orange, 4-1, from Canal Park in Akron."I don't really know what to feel, having all the boys run at me," Zion Theophilus, sophomore pitcher, said. "I love my teammates and I love this team.""I'm pretty sure we just broke our school record for stolen bases," senior Toby Hueber added. "It was our game plan, but that's always our game plan."Nathan Manley, Moeller senior catcher, continued the excitement, saying "It's always exciting, but this was expected from us and so it's just really relieving to know that we finally did it."In hoisting the trophy, Moeller caps their year winning 31 games, losing just three times on the season, two of which came during an early April tournament in Las Vegas against Canada's Vauxhall Academy and Colorado's Regis Jesuit.Elder handed Big Moe their third loss, on April 24.Moeller went a perfect 17-0 at home this spring and is currently riding a 16-game winning streak into the championship game. In the playoffs, Big Moe allowed one or fewer run in five of their seven games, including both games played at Canal Park.
For the ninth time in program history, the Men of Moeller are kings of the diamond.
The Crusaders won their ninth baseball state championship in 13 tries Saturday, taking down Olentangy Orange, 4-1, from Canal Park in Akron.
"I don't really know what to feel, having all the boys run at me," Zion Theophilus, sophomore pitcher, said. "I love my teammates and I love this team."
"I'm pretty sure we just broke our school record for stolen bases," senior Toby Hueber added. "It was our game plan, but that's always our game plan."
Nathan Manley, Moeller senior catcher, continued the excitement, saying "It's always exciting, but this was expected from us and so it's just really relieving to know that we finally did it."
In hoisting the trophy, Moeller caps their year winning 31 games, losing just three times on the season, two of which came during an early April tournament in Las Vegas against Canada's Vauxhall Academy and Colorado's Regis Jesuit.
Elder handed Big Moe their third loss, on April 24.
Moeller went a perfect 17-0 at home this spring and is currently riding a 16-game winning streak into the championship game.
In the playoffs, Big Moe allowed one or fewer run in five of their seven games, including both games played at Canal Park.
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