HLGU Alumni Baseball Game October 8

Hello Hannibal-LaGrange Baseball Alum!

The Hannibal-LaGrange College baseball team will be holding its annual alumni game on October 8, 2011 at Nichols Field on the HLGU campus. The field will be open for batting practice at 9:00 AM and the game will start at 10:00. The day will consist of batting practice, and a nine inning game. We will provide your lunch following the game and encourage you to stick around and catch up with OLD friends.

Your participation is what will make this day a success. Our hope is to have enough alumni play so they can be divided into two teams of 10-12 players apiece. If we do not have a sufficient number of alumni, current players will fill in. Our current list of alumni is limited and sometimes it is hard to locate individuals who have moved, so please help us by spreading the word!

We are excited about the upcoming 2011 Trojan Baseball season. We hope that you can come share this excitement with us as well as revisiting your college home. We will ask that each participant make a minimum donation of $25 which will cover lunch and an alumni game T-shirt while helping support your program. If you are planning on attending please send me an email: cbiggs@hlg.edu. Be sure to indicate your t-shirt size so we can have them ready on that day. Registration money may be paid the day of the game.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Clay Biggs

Head Baseball Coach

Hannibal-LaGrange University

Trojans Off to 3-3 Start

After sweeping Central Methodist University last weekend, the Trojans dropped 3 of 4 games this weekend to Mid-Continent University to even up their record at 3-3. The Trojans will take their .500 record to central Florida next week to compete in the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational. HLG will play 10 games in 6 days against 6 different opponents while enjoying the ideal baseball weather.

To follow the Trojans this season, become a fan at GameChanger. Follow the link and search for Hannibal (administrator Darren Funk). You can also keep up with the Trojans on Twitter. Official season stats are also available at the NAIA website.

We will do our best to post weekly recaps here on the blog as well.

God bless!

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Spring Break Update

The Trojans will head to Florida next week to play 10 games in 6 days. The schedule below is the most updated information we have regarding times and locations for games. A full schedule and more information can be found at the RussMatt website.

Thursday March 3

10:00 AM @ Lake Myrtle #2 vs. Bethel (IN)

3:00 PM @ Lake Myrtle #2 vs. William Penn (IA)

Friday March 4
11:00 AM @ Lake Myrtle #1 vs. Morningside (IA) - 2 Games

Saturday March 5

9:00 AM @ Chain of Lakes #4 vs. Notre Dame (OH)

1:00 PM @ Chain of Lakes #3 vs. William Penn (IA)

Sunday March 6

OFF DAY

Monday March 7

10:00 AM @ Frank Tack (Clearwater, FL) vs. Valley Forge (PA) - 2 Games

Tuesday March 8

9:00 AM @ Lake Myrtle #3 vs. Point Park (PA) - 2 Games

VENUES

Chain of Lakes Park

500 Cletus Allen Dr.

Winter Haven, FL 33880

Lake Myrtle Park

905 Lake Myrtle Park Rd.

Auburndale, FL 33823

Frank Tack Fields

1967 N. Hercules Ave.

Clearwater, FL 33763

Game Changer

We have signed up to use a mobile phone app called GameChanger. It will allow us to give in-game updates more easily. Check it out and become at fan of Trojan Baseball with GameChanger!

God bless!

Hannibal-LaGrange University

We are now Hannibal-LaGrange University! Read the statement from Dr. Burt here. HLGU Baseball is ready to move into the future.

2010 Trojan World Series Game 3 Recap

BB Drops D to Push Blues Past Reds in Game 3

- Hannibal, MO

An unlikely hero emerged Tuesday afternoon in the tenth inning of an edge of your seat thriller that took two days to complete. Twenty-four hours earlier, Brandon Bennett left Nichols Field feeling like a goat after getting doubled off second on a one out, bases loaded line drive to the outfield. The Ao Kamio blast looked like a game winner off the bat until a cat like Ian Hatton dove to corral it and doubled off Bennett at second, ending the game for the day. Fast forward a day and two innings later...Bennett stepped to the plate with two men on and one out and drove a first pitch fastball to the base of the wall in the right center gap plating the tying and winning run. The former goat was mobbed at the plate after striding into third with a stand-up triple.

The Blues now lead the best of five series 2-1, taking the Reds to the brink of elimination. Part of the Blues success has been Josh Pierce. The lead-off man has reached base safely seven out of eight times in the series. The Blues will need him to stay hot if they are to take a highly contested game 4.

- Trojan beat writer, Clay Biggs