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Nolan Holtz, a Senior Slippery Rock HS baseball player, records a base hit in his final high school at bat & receives much deserving “Standing O” @ Kirkwood Field!
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Breaking News:
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Legendary Head Baseball Coach Mike “Bubba” Kirkwood Retires..
After 30 years of leading the Lancers, Head Coach Mike “Bubba” Kirkwood has decided to walk away from the dynasty that he has built from the ground up.
#ForeverGrateful
For the first time since 2003 the NHS ⚾️program will be w/out Coach Bub or Coach Q. Bub, Q, & their staff’s run together since 2004 👀 like this:
254-63 Record
4 WPIAL🥇
2 PIAA🥇
2 WPIAL🥈
8 WPIAL Semis
8 PIAA Playoffs
10 Section 🏆
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Mike “Bubba” Kirkwood is entering his 30th year of coaching high school baseball & his 25th at the helm of the Neshannock Lancers.
The Bubba-File:
360 Wins
162 Losses
12 Section Titles
5 WPIAL🥇
2 PIAA🥇
2 WPIAL🥈
1 PIAA 🥈
1 ⚾️ Field
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Sr. Captain JA Quahliero, who injured his knee opening night has been an absolute grinder for the NHS.
A recent MRI revealed that JA has a torn ACL Meniscus & Grd1 MCL. He has opted to hold off on surgery until after the season. JA is currently batting .368 w/ 8RBIs.
#TilTheEnd
Reflection 2022:
-Unranked in all Pre-season polls
- #7 Seed in WPIAL Playoffs
-20 Wins (7th time in program history)
-WPIAL Runner-Up
-Western Final “W”(4-0 in Western Finals as a program)
-PIAA Runner-Up
-Won 17 out of last 21 games
-And a lot of NEXT MAN UPs!
#GRINDERS
A very emotional day for the NHS ⚾️ Family. We would like to thank Phillip “Boomer” Macri for meeting w/ our 10 Seniors via Zoom. Phil delivered a tremendous message to our guys about adversity & how to respond when it strikes. Who better to relay that message?
#TrueInspiration
Lancer Nation, JR Dante DeCristoforo!
At the age of 10, what was thought to be just a stomach flu, Dante actually suffered multiple severe, unidentified, uncontrollable strokes which left permanent damage & impairments. We are blessed to have this guy in our dugout!
#HesBack
The NHS ⚾️ Family would like to thank @FrankDe3118 for his preeminent commitment to our program for the past 7 years.
Unfortunately, Coach D. had to recently relocate due to a job opportunity.
Thank you & we wish you the best coach!
On this day in 2015, Frankie Fraschetti & the Lancers upset perennial power house Neumann-Goretti 9-0 to claim the program’s 2nd PIAA🥇It’s time for the Canes & Cats to bring the ultimate prize back to the County!
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A special thanks to Neshannock ⚾️’s advance scout @WDemase for his time, effort, & detailed reports throughout the 2019 season. Coach Walt, was a decisive part of the Lancers success this spring.
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It’s been a long time coming! A special thanks to the Neshannock Township Board of Supervisors (Lesley Bucci, Joe Gierloch, & Steve Demofonte) as well as PennDOT for making it happen. The🥇⚾️🥎signs were created by David Ferry (New Age Graphics)
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