Head Baseball Coach at Crystal Lake South HS, 2017 Class 4A State Champions, 2022, 2026 Class 3A State Finalist- 4th place
Crystal Lake, IL
Joined November 2014
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🔥 2026 State Convention 🔥
💥 Event Schedule 💥
Our ‘Spring Training’ registration discounts end in one week. Register now before it is too late.
You will not want to miss this lineup of speakers! You will not find topics and content like this anywhere else!
#IHSBCA2026
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Novel idea… Spend less pitch equity for outs, win more games.
Teams that THROW LESS PITCHES to acquire outs and strikeouts & have ⬆️ defensive efficiency win more games.
Leveraging communication is a tool to win in the margins take W’s!!!
@d1baseball
Really proud of our efforts in the weight room this fall. Here are some highlights from the Gators in action the past several months. #mudita
Another beautiful night for baseball. Had a great time with our campers! Hope to see you all at a future camp! Thank you to our coaches & players for putting together a fantastic camp.
Fall World Series Winners & of course the infamous Halloween Costume Game!
Team @TannerMaurer17 71
Team @justin59564447 59
Team @nickstowasser15 48
Day 2 of our Fall Youth Camp was fantastic. Perfect weather! Infielders worked on quick hands, catchers focus was throwing to bases, tons of swings in the cages, & 9-hole Tic-Tac-Toe games for pitchers!
After Game 2 of Fall World Series, here are our current standings. Game 2 was our Pink Out Theme!
Team @TannerMaurer17 55
Team @justin59564447 37
Team @nickstowasser15 34
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NLCS MVP Jake Bauers shares how letting go of results helped him find a different level of freedom as a competitor.
"I think what changed for me this year was I stopped caring about results. I started caring about competing. I started caring about being in the moment and getting out of my own way."
Sometimes, the biggest obstacle to performing at your best isn't a lack of preparation or ability.
It's the pressure you place on yourself to produce a particular outcome.
You become so concerned with what you want to happen that you lose touch with what the moment actually requires.
Any performer can unlock a new level when they learn how to be fully invested in the competition without becoming imprisoned by the outcome.
🎥: Fox Sports
After Game 1 of Fall World Series, here are our current standings. Coach forgot to take a photo of Jersey Day. 🤦♂️ We had some good ones.
Team @TannerMaurer17 27
Team @justin59564447 22
Team @nickstowasser15 13
We resume next week. Monday Pink Out game & Wednesday Halloween Costumes.
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BUNTING MANIPULATES PITCHER APPROACH AND SETS THE TABLE FOR FUTURE MOMENTS
With 2 outs and no body on in the 3rd inning, losing 4-0, @Brewers Manager Pat Murphy told #9 hitter David Hamilton to lay down a bunt in a seemingly unimportant at bat.
Why?
Because Murphy knew Hamilton was known for bunting and they could set the table for a future at bat and big moment later in the game where he’d get a pitch to hit.
And that’s exactly what happened.
Hamilton bunted.
Hamilton got out.
But in the 5th, in Hamilton’s next at bat, he got a pitch in the heart of the plate and singled scoring a run and bringing the Brewers within 1.
And in the 9th, Hamilton did it again, homering on a get me over slider and extending the Brewers lead to 6-4.
You bunt to create future moments, and the Brewers did just that.
#BuntLife
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"They may have a bunch of Hall of Famers, but we got a bunch of gamers, and the gamers won this week" -Pat Murphy after sweeping the Dodgers
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🔥 2026 IHSBCA State Convention 🔥
Do not miss @CoachYourKids of @Dbacks on Saturday morning, December 5.
"RUNNING FOR RUNS: Appreciating the Game’s Most Unappreciated Skill"
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OF Nick Stowasser (Crystal Lake South, 2027) commits to Parkland CC.
Stowasser was a standout at the #ILStateGames, currently ranked No. 73 in the state.
#ILStateGamesCommit
(@nickstowasser15 | @CLSBaseball | @Cobra_Baseball)
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🌟Illinois State Games 🌟
OF Nick Stowasser (Crystal Lake South, 2027)
◾️94.7 mph max EV
#ILStateGames | @nickstowasser15
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Congratulations Nick! Parkland is getting a heckuva ball player and even better person. Looking forward to your senior season!
Great turnout at our Youth Fall Camp! Looking forward to 2 more weeks of camps! Thanks to our coaches & varsity players for putting together some great drills & games for this afternoon’s camp!
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We have a Mental Performance Training meeting open for all athletes tomorrow Monday October 5th at 730am. Process of playing one play at a time session 2!
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Hitterish look at So. INF Yandel Ramirez (@McCoBaseball), sending this one back up the middle for a base hit.
Batted .327 with a .496 OBP last season.
#RegionIVJUCO | @PB_JUCO