Spiritwear Now Available

HUDSON- Players, families, and fans have until October 13 to order spiritwear via BSN.

No purchases from this order are mandatory. Do keep in mind that players are asked to wear baseball pants and school colors while practicing.

The deadline to order is midnight, Sunday, October 13. There are no refunds or exchanges.

Go to BSNTeamSports.com and use Access Code: dice4QK.

Click here to see the available items [PDF].

2nd Annual Golf Outing scheduled

HUDSON- The Second Annual Hudson Baseball Alumni Golf Outing is set for Friday, August 9 at Ellsworth Meadows Golf Club.

The event aims to provide an opportunity to get together with everyone associated with the program: alumni, coaches, and friends. Everyone is welcome to participate.

The four-person scramble will begin with a 1:00pm shotgun start. Registration starts at noon.

The $80 (per person) fee will cover: a round of golf, use of the range to warm up, pre-round box lunch with beverage, a postgame dinner (hot dogs, hamburger, corn, coleslaw, chips, cookie), a raffle entry, a gift, and participation in various skill games. A cash bar will be available.

Checks must be received with entry form before August 2, 2013. Make checks payable to: Hudson Diamond Club, c/o Tom Long, 724 Elmwood Point, Aurora, OH 44202

Click here for the registration form [PDF].

Blue Devils torch Explorers playoff run

HUDSON- Ohio State-bound Kyle Michalik baffled the Hudson hitters all day, ending just a deflection-off-his-own-glove away from a no-hitter in the District Finals.

The Blue Devils opened their scoring on a leadoff triple to start the second inning, followed by an RBI single. Brunswick got another run on a suicide squeeze, but the damage was limited by Kevin Zullo's heads-up throw to Kennedy that caught a Devil runner rounding third too aggressively and ended the inning.

The Explorers made some uncharacteristic miscues in the field to give away the third run. Miscommunication in the outfield allowed Michalik to go from being an out to a runner in scoring position. An errant throw on a knubber back to the mound allowed Michalik to come around to score.

Jono Chafe pitched in relief of starter Nanak Saran and held the Blue Devils scoreless for the rest of the game. Joey Cahil mustered the Explorers' lone hit of the game on a hot shot back to the mound, deflected by Michalik in to no-man's land behind the mound.

Congratulations to the entire team for a great season that featured 24 wins, a 11-game winning streak to start the season, an eight-game win streak at the end of the season, and NOC Valley Division Championship, and a trip to the District Finals. Thank you to the fans that came out all season long. Good luck to the seniors: Alex Agra, Alex Albright, Jono Chafe, Tim Kennedy, Brian Malerick, Ross McLelland, Mitch Schoenman, Brian Snyder, Brian Suydam, and Alex Tench. Thank you for all of the hard work and dedication you have put into this program. You will be missed.

Varsity buzzes past Hornets in District Semis

HUDSON- The Explorers advanced to the district finals with Friday's 3-2 win over Highland.

Largely a pitcher's duel, Kevin Zullo did his job of surpressing the aggressive Hornet bats. Zullo (7-0) went the distance, did not surrender any walks, and all of the runs scored by Highland were unearned.

Hudson set the tone with one out in the first inning with a hustle-double from Tim Kennedy, followed by a Jono Chafe single to score Kennedy.

The Explorers added another in the third on a Kennedy single and a Joey Cahill sacrifice fly.

Highland tied the ballgame in the top half of the fourth, scoring two runs on two Hudson errors. The resilient Blue and White answered promptly with an Alex Tench single. Sam Gundling pinch ran for Tench, stole second, moved to third on Brian Snyder's groundball to the right side, and scored on an Alex Agra suicide-squeeze-turned-base-hit.

Both teams put many runners in scoring position, but both pitchers worked hard to strand the majority of them.

Hudson faces Brunswick in the District Finals on Saturday at 2:00pm. Hudson beat Brunsiwck, 9-4, in their lone meeting on April 3 in Brunswick.

Sectional Semifinals Postponed

HUDSON- The storm that rolled through Northeast Ohio forced the postponement of both sectional semifinal games planned for Thursday at The Ballpark. The games have been pushed to Friday and moved up a couple of hours.

Twinsburg will take on Brunswick at 2:00pm and the Hudson-Highland game will follow around 5:00pm. The delay also moves the sectional finals to Saturday at 2:00pm.

NOC Awards Announced

NOC Pitcher of the Year

Kevin Zullo

NOC Player of the Year

Jono Chafe

All-NOC

Joey Cahill
Nanak Saran
Tim Kennedy
Mitch Schoenman
Brian Malerick

NOC Honorable Mention

Alex Agra
Brian Snyder

All-Ohio Mizuno All-Star

Jono Chafe

JV beats Brecksville

Varsity falls at Mentor

Varsity rally stuns Stow in Sectionals

HUDSON- The addage "throw out the record books when Hudson and Stow play" held true again on Friday night.

The 15-11 Bulldogs came to The Ballpark with winning on their mind and grabbed a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Hudson got one back in the fourth, but Stow led 3-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, where things would get interesting.

After two quick outs, Joey Cahill strode to the plate and promptly sent the first offering from the Stow starter careening off the top of the right field fence onto Stow Road. Nanak Saran followed with a single to left and scored to tie the game on Alex Agra's triple to the right field corner. Alex Tench got plunked and was replaced by pinchrunner, Ross McLelland, setting up a first-and-third situation and forcing Stow to put in a left-handed reliever. McLelland and Agra perfectly executed a double-steal, with Agra scoring the go-ahead run.

Brian Malerick relieved starter Kevin Zullo in the top half of the seventh and got the save, culminating with a diving Braden Wright catch to end the game. Hudson will face Highland in the District Semifinals next Thursday at 7:00pm.

Varsity zaps Arcs

SOUTH EUCLID- Hudson scored two runs in three separate innings for a 6-0 win against Brush. Jono Chafe improves to 6-0 while Explorers improve to 22-4. The Explorers were in involved in a rare triple play -- unfortunately while on offense. In the second inning, Joey Cahill led off the inning with a walk and Nanak Saran executed a perfect bunt to reach first on a hit. With runners stealing, Tim Kennedy launched a screamer into left where Brush's leftfielder made a spectacular catch then threw into to infield to get the 7-6-4-3 triple play!

Varsity eclipses Elyria

HUDSON- Hudson christened the new scoreboard with six runs and honored the outgoing seniors with a 6-3 win over visiting Elyria. The Explorers made sure crooked numbers worked on the scoreboard donated by Mrs. Bourgeois by plating five runs in the bottom half of the third inning. The entire roster contributed to the win.

JV shellacs Shaker

Freshmen win in clash with Bucks

Varsity scorches the Demons

PARMA HEIGHTS- Hudson picked up their twentieth win of the season over Westlake in the Third Annual Cure Tay-Sachs Classic played at Tri-C West. Joey Cahill ripped a two-out triple in the first and added a leadoff double in fifth and came around to score both times on base. Tim Kennedy had run-scoring double in the second and flashed the leather at the hot corner, recording eight assists and putouts (combined). Jared Hoffman (2-0) gave up just one run, on two hits, over five innings, earning him the Fireball Player of the Game. Hudson Senior Night will be Tuesday May 14th against Elyria. The regular season begins to wind up next week with NOC crossover games against Elyria (Tuesday, home, Senior Night) and Brush (Wednesday, away) before the playoffs begin for Hudson on Friday (home, vs. Stow or Valley Forge).

JV taken down in NOC Tournament Semis

Freshmen split with Canfield

Varsity clubs CF

Varsity outlasts Mayfield

MAYFIELD- Hudson improves to 18-4 overall and 8-1 in NOC play with their win in Mayfield Wednesday night. Down 5-3 in sixth inning, the Explorers added one with Dan Joseph getting plunked and eventually scoring on Tim Kennedy's sacrifice fly. In the seventh, Jono Chafe reached base thanks to a Wildcat error to lead off, followed by a Nanak Saran single. Chafe scored on another Mayfield flub to tie game at five. Hudson's winning run reached base in the top half of the ninth on another Mayfield miscue, this time in the form of Mitch Schoenman. Braden Wright's triple drove in Schoenman for what would be the game winning run.

Donations received

AKRON- Meri Skiera, Volunteer/Media Coordinator of Ronald McDonald House of Akron, sent over some photos of a "wonderful donation that the Hudson High School baseball team delivered to our House this weekend." She added, "Lyn Schoenman made this happen and it will be a great help to our House and the families we serve!"

Thank you to all the players and parents that contributed to this effort!


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Varsity win clinches NOC Valley Division title

Varsity splits double-dip with Knights

Freshmen loot two wins from Perry

JV takes two, moves on JV Tourny semis

Varsity roughs up Raiders

Bulldogs get best of Freshmen

Varsity evens out series with Bulldogs

Stow stuns Varsity

Varsity hops back on the Win Bus

Varsity falls flat against Tallmadge

Varsity walks off with win over CF

HUDSON- Jono Chafe pitched three scoreless innings as Hudson came from behind to score two in the bottom of the seventh to remain undefeated in Northeastern Ohio Conference Valley Division play.

JV sends Boardman off with bang

Cancer Classic a success!

HUDSON- As of this morning, we have raised $1,479 so we would love to make one last push to see if we could meet our $2,500 goal. The web site to go to make a donation is www.pcrf-kids.org/HHSCancerClassic With a donation of $31, a child going through treatment will receive one of the NVRQT balls for Jon Lester's Never Quit Foundation. This foundation works under the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and we thought this was a good way of showing our support since this was organized by our baseball team.

The local Ronald McDonald House had given us a wish list of items they were in need of and thanks to all the baseball families we were able to get some of all the items they had listed. Instead of the normal raffle these items were raffled and given to the Ronald McDonald House in the winner's name.

Varsity splits at Cancer Classic

HUDSON- In their first game of the day, the Varsity offense scored six runs on just two hits and the defense made four errors. However, the Varsity was able to snatch victory from Chardon's jaws of defeat on a wild play in the bottom of the seventh. With the game tied at five, Braden Wright on second, and Alex Agra on first, the Chardon pitcher threw behind Agra to pick him off. Agra got in a rundown which allowed Wright to score from second to end the game. Chris Seibert picked up the win in relief and the squad notched their eleventh win to start this season.

In the second game, Canfield's lefty starter kept the Explorer batters off-balance all day. Hudson's throwers did not help things, walking six and surrendering a homerun.

Varsity pops past Polar Bears

The Cancer Awarness Classic approaches!

HUDSON- Once again, the Tallmadge and Hudson baseball programs are hosting the Cancer Awarness Classic weekend on April 19 and 20, 2013. Twelve teams will play ten games at The Ballpark in Hudson as well as Kent State's Schoonover Stadium.

All proceeds will benefit the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation and the goal for the weekend is $2,500. Donations can be made ahead of the weekend by going to:
www.pcrf-kids.org/HHSCancerClassic.

More details about the weekend, including participating teams, schedules, and maps can be found on the Cancer Awareness Classic page.

Varsity sweeps Solon

HUDSON- Jono Chafe had a no-hitter through 7 1/3 innings before it was broken up. Chafe finished the evening with a one-hit, complete game shutout as the Varsity Explorers cruised to a 8-0 win over Solon and their ninth straight win to start the season.

Varsity crushes Comets

SOLON- Hudson improved to 8-0 (3-0 NOC) via a 10-1 drubbing of Solon on Tuesday. Ross McLelland (Fireball POG) crushed the team's first homerun in the first inning, while Nanak Saran and Joey Cahill chipped in with doubles. Tim Kennedy was active on the basepaths, stealing six bases on the day. From the mound, Saran struck out eigh over five, quality innings to notch his second win.