The Adena Warriors will be participating in the Mannino's Grand Slam USA Winter Hitting/Pitching league starting January 12, 2019. This is a great opportunity for our Winter Warriors to get live reps prior to going into the spring season. Here's more information about the league:
The Live Pitching/ Hitting League provides the pitcher, catcher and batter with a live-game situation without the mess of the whole team Each week teams compete in a seven inning game (or hour and 30 minute time limit) with an umpire. Pitchers will be on pitch counts early and will be monitored closely. The first two weeks pitchers will only be able to throw fastballs and change-ups. A game will consist of 28 batters faced so we encourage each team to have a minimum of three pitchers per game.
Four players bat every inning and points are awarded for each position: catcher, pitcher and batter. For example, line-drives hit into designated area of the net, strike outs, walks, passed balls and dropped third strikes. At the end of the lasting inning, the team with the most points wins.
The Live Pitching/ Hitting League creates a situation where a player can practice under “Semi-pressure” situations. Seven at-bats per game against a live pitcher and umpire….What’s more important than that?
Each team should consist of 4-6 players that must include 3 pitchers and a catcher. Only four players will hit per inning.
All games are played at Mannino's Grand Slam USA located at 6635 Dublin Center Dr. Dublin OH 43017
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Date | Time | Cage | Opponent | Result |
Jan 12 | 2:15 pm | 7 | Ben Logan HS 2 | Players there by 1:45 pm |
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The Adena Warriors varsity baseball team is excited to participate in the 6th Annual First National Bank of Waverly First Pitch Classic (FPC) in 2019! This will be a great opportunity for the Warriors to play some top notch teams that we'd not typically have the opportunity to play. In 2019 the Warriors are scheduled to take on two D1 programs during the FPC:
Wednesday March 27 at 7 pm against the Lebanon Warriors (battle of the Warriors?)
Friday March 29 at 6:30 against the Pickerington Central Tigers
This a great way for us to kick off the first week of the season and we'd love to have as many of our Adena Warrior fans as possible come out and support YOUR 2019 Adena Warriors Baseball Team! Please note that all games in the FPC are played at the VA Memorial Stadium and there is a daily admission charge of $5 for adults and $4 for students. If you are interested in seeing the entire week's schedule:
2019 First National Bank Baseball Classic
VA Memorial Stadium, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
Saturday, March 23
10:00 – Westfall vs Buckeye Valley
12:45 - Zane Trace vs Canal Winchester
3:30 – Gallia Academy vs Maysville
6:00 - Wheelersburg vs Hilliard Darby
8:15 - Unioto vs Chillicothe
Monday, March 25
4:30 - Southeastern vs North Adams
7:00 – Piketon vs Lucasville Valley
Tuesday, March 26
4:30 – Huntington vs Waverly
7:00 – Circleville vs Minford
Wednesday, March 27
4:30 – Miami Trace vs Portsmouth
7:00 – Adena vs Lebanon
Thursday, March 28
6:30 - Paint Valley vs Portsmouth Clay
Friday, March 29
6:30 - Adena vs Pickerington Central
Saturday, March 30
10:00 – Hillsboro vs Heath
12:45 – Zane Trace vs Athens
3:30 - Wheelersburg vs Fort Loramie
6:00 – Circleville vs Washington CH
J# | CLASS | PLAYER NAME | B/T | Ht/Wt | POSITIONS | ||
Adena Warriors Baseball - 1988 State Runner Up
Recap video of the State Runner-up, 1988 Adena Warriors Baseball team's run through the OHSAA (Ohio High School Athletic Association) baseball tournament, including footage of the state semi-final game held at Cooper Stadium, the old home of the Columbus Clippers.
J# | CLASS | PLAYER NAME | B/T | Ht/Wt | POSITIONS | ||
J# | CLASS | PLAYER NAME | B/T | Ht/Wt | POSITIONS | ||
32 | 32 | 2017 | Garrett Cornell | R/R | 5'11/220 | DH/1B | ||
14 | 14 | 2017 | Jake Dawson | R/R | 6'1/180 | RHP/RF | ||
33 | 33 | 2017 | Bowen Dratwa | R/R | 6'/230 | 1B/C/DH | ||
24 | 24 | 2017 | Gunnar Free | R/R | 5'10/170 | RHP/INF | ||
2 | 2 | 2017 | Hayden Henness | L/L | 5'6/150 | LHP/CF | ||
4 | 4 | 2017 | Hunter May | R/R | 6'0/190 | RHP/UTIL | ||
15 | 42 | 2017 | Josh Morgan | R/R | 6'0/175 | RHP/UTIL | ||
3 | 3 | 2017 | Jeff Postage | L/L | 5'10/140 | LHP/UTIL | ||
8 | 8 | 2017 | Trey Postage | R/R | 5'10/145 | INF/RHP | ||
12 | 12 | 2017 | Russell Throckmorton | R/R | 6'0/170 | C/UTIL | ||
5 | 5 | 2018 | JD Blevins | L/L | 6'3/180 | LHP/OF/1B | ||
10 | 10 | 2018 | Ethan Cunningham | R/R | 6'0/175 | UTIL/RHP | ||
6 | 1 | 2019 | Caleb Fogelsong | R/R | C | |||
18 | 18 | 2019 | Ethan Kunkel | R/R | 6'2/170 | RHP/UTIL | ||
PRE-SEASON |
DAY | DATE | BUS | GAME | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Mon | 2/19/18 | Coaching Begins | |||||
Sat | 3/24/18 | 12 pm | Season Opener | Midland Field |
MARCH |
DAY | DATE | BUS | GAME | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Sat | 3/24/18 | 9:15 am | 12 pm | Cincinnati Batavia | Midland Field | ||
Sat | 3/24/18 | Cincinnati Batavia | Midland Field | ||||
3/26/18 | 3/31/17 | Block for First Pitch Classic | |||||
APRIL |
DAY | DATE | BUS | GAME | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Sun | 4/1/18 | Easter Sunday | |||||
Mon | 4/2/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Wed | 4/4/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Fri | 4/6/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Sat | 4/7/18 | @Minford DH | |||||
Mon | 4/9/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Wed | 4/11/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Fri | 4/13/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Mon | 4/16/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Wed | 4/18/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Fri | 4/20/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Mon | 4/23/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Wed | 4/25/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Fri | 4/27/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
Sat | 4/28/18 | Adena Prom - No Games | |||||
Mon | 4/30/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD |
MAY |
DAY | DATE | BUS | GAME | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Wed | 5/2/18 | 5 pm | SVC League Play TBD | ||||
J# | CLASS | PLAYER NAME | B/T | Ht/Wt | POSITIONS | ||
32 | 32 | 2017 | Garrett Cornell | R/R | 5'11/220 | DH/1B | ||
14 | 14 | 2017 | Jake Dawson | R/R | 6'1/180 | RHP/RF | ||
33 | 33 | 2017 | Bowen Dratwa | R/R | 6'/230 | 1B/C/DH | ||
24 | 24 | 2017 | Gunnar Free | R/R | 5'10/170 | RHP/INF | ||
2 | 2 | 2017 | Hayden Henness | L/L | 5'6/150 | LHP/CF | ||
4 | 4 | 2017 | Hunter May | R/R | 6'0/190 | RHP/UTIL | ||
15 | 42 | 2017 | Josh Morgan | R/R | 6'0/175 | RHP/UTIL | ||
3 | 3 | 2017 | Jeff Postage | L/L | 5'10/140 | LHP/UTIL | ||
8 | 8 | 2017 | Trey Postage | R/R | 5'10/145 | INF/RHP | ||
12 | 12 | 2017 | Russell Throckmorton | R/R | 6'0/170 | C/UTIL | ||
5 | 5 | 2018 | JD Blevins | L/L | 6'3/180 | LHP/OF/1B | ||
10 | 10 | 2018 | Ethan Cunningham | R/R | 6'0/175 | UTIL/RHP | ||
6 | 1 | 2019 | Caleb Fogelsong | R/R | C | |||
18 | 18 | 2019 | Ethan Kunkel | R/R | 6'2/170 | RHP/UTIL | ||
PRE-SEASON |
DAY | DATE | GAME TIME | BUS | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Wed | Mar 15 | 4:45 pm | ----- | Miami Trace (S) | Home | Postponed | ----- |
Thu | Mar 16 | 4:45 pm | @Chillicothe (S) | Chillicothe HS | Postponed | ----- | |
Sat | Mar 18 | 12 pm | ----- | Athens (S) | Home | ----- | ----- |
Mon | Mar 20 | 5 pm | ----- | Circleville (S) | Home | Cancelled | ----- |
Thu | Mar 23 | 5 pm | ----- | @Chillicothe (S) | Chillicothe HS | ----- | ----- |
Fri | Mar 24 | 5 pm | 3:45pm | @Miami Trace | Away | ----- | ----- |
MARCH |
DAY | DATE | GAME TIME | BUS | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Sat | Mar 25 | 12 pm | 9:30 am | Cincinnati Batavia | Midland Field | L 4 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
Sat | Mar 25 | DH | Cincinnati Batavia | Midland Field | L 12 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | |
Mon | Mar 27 | 5 pm | 3:30 pm | @Grove City Christian HS | Grove City Christian HS | Cancelled | ----- |
Wed | Mar 29 | 6:30 pm | 5:15 pm | First Pitch Classic - Amanda Clearcreek | VA Memorial Stadium | W 3 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 |
Fri | Mar 31 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Unioto Postponed to 4/6/17 | Unioto HS | ----- | ----- |
APRIL |
DAY | DATE | GAME TIME | BUS | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Sat | Apr 1 | 3 pm | 1:45 pm | First Pitch Classic - Wheelersburg | VA Memorial Stadium | L 3 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
Mon | Apr 3 | 5 pm | 3:15 pm | @Westfall | Westfall HS | L 4 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 4 |
Wed | Apr 5 | 5 pm | ----- | Zane Trace | Home | L 7 - 6 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 5 |
Thu | Apr 6 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Unioto Postponed to 4/11/17 | Unioto HS | ----- | ------ |
Fri | Apr 7 | 5 pm | ----- | Huntington | Home | W 5 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 5 |
Mon | Apr 10 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Paint Valley | Paint Valley HS | W 10 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 5 |
Tue | Apr 11 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Unioto Postponed to 4/13/17 | Unioto HS | ||
Wed | Apr 12 | 5 pm | 3:15 pm | @Piketon | Piketon HS | W 7 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 5 |
Thu | Apr 13 | 5:30 pm | ----- | Waverly Postponed TBD | Home | ||
Thu | Apr 13 | 5:00 pm | 3:45 pm | @Unioto Completed 4/19/17 | Unioto HS | W 1 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 5 - 5 |
Mon | Apr 17 | 5 pm | ----- | Southeastern | Home | L 1 - 0 | 4 - 3 | 5 - 6 |
Wed | Apr 19 | 5 pm | ----- | Unioto | Home | W 6 - 5 | 5 - 3 | 6 - 6 |
Thu | Apr 20 | 5 pm | 3:15 pm | @Logan Game Suspended until 5/4/17 | Logan HS | ||
Fri | Apr 21 | 5 pm | ----- | Westfall | Home | W 7 - 5 | 6 - 3 | 7 - 6 |
Sat | Apr 22 | 12 pm | 10:30 am | Hillsboro | Shaffer Park | L 7 -5 | 6 - 3 | 7 - 7 |
Sat | Apr 22 | DH | Hillsboro | Shaffer Park | L 10 - 5 | 6 - 3 | 7 - 8 | |
Mon | Apr 24 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Zane Trace | Zane Trace HS | W 9 - 4 | 7 - 3 | 8 - 8 |
Wed | Apr 26 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Huntington | Huntington HS | W 18 - 2 | 8 - 3 | 9 - 8 |
Fri | Apr 28 | 5 pm | ----- | Paint Valley | Home | W 6 - 5 | 9 - 3 | 10 - 8 |
Sat | Apr 29 | ----- | Adena Prom - No Games |
MAY |
DAY | DATE | GAME TIME | BUS | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Mon | May 1 | 5 pm | ----- | Piketon moved to 5/4 | Home | ||
Tue | May 2 | 7:30 pm | @Waverly | VA Memorial | L 4 - 3 | 9 - 3 | 10 - 9 | |
Wed | May 3 | 5 pm | 3:45 pm | @Southeastern | Southeastern HS | L 2 - 1 | 9 - 4 | 10 - 10 |
Thu | May 4 | 5 pm | ----- | Logan CANCELLED | Home | ||
Thu | May 4 | 5 pm | Piketon | Home | W 9 - 6 | 10 - 4 | 11 - 10 | |
Sat | May 6 | 1 pm | 11:15 am | @Logan Elm CANCELLED | Logan Elm HS | ||
Sat | May 6 | DH | @Logan Elm CANCELLED | Logan Elm HS | |||
Mon | May 8 | 5 pm | @Washington CH | Washington HS | L 12 - 11 (10 inn) | 10 - 4 | 11 - 11 | |
May 6 | May 13 | OHSAA Sectional Tournament | TBD | ||||
Wed | May 10 | 5 pm | West Union | Home | W 3 - 0 | 10 - 4 | 12 - 12 | |
Sat | May 13 | 5 pm | Piketon | Home | W 10 - 3 | 10 - 4 | 13 - 12 | |
May 15 | May 20 | OHSAA District Tournament | VA Memorial Stadium | ||||
Thu | May 18 | 7:00 pm | Chesapeake | VA Memorial Stadium | W 7 - 0 | 10 - 4 | 14 - 12 | |
Sat | May 20 | 1:30 pm | Wheelersburg | VA Memorial Stadium | L 3 - 0 | 10 - 4 | 14 - 13 | |
May 24 | May 27 | OHSAA Regional Tournament | |||||
JUNE |
DAY | DATE | GAME TIME | BUS | OPPONENT | SITE | RESULT | RECORD |
Jun 1 | Jun 3 | OHSAA State Tournament | Huntington Park, Columbus OH | ||||
Courtesy of Chillicothe Gazette Staff 7:13 p.m. EDT May 14, 2016
FRANKFORT - Weather played a factor in the start time of the game, but it played no factor in the outcome.
Adena started off sluggish, but quickly shook it off and exploded for seven runs in the third inning on the way to a 12-1 victory in five innings over the North Adams Devils in a Division III Sectional Final on Saturday afternoon.
“It was a sloppy day as far as the weather goes,” Adena coach Tom Barr said. “Our guys put in about two hours’ worth of work before we even started to get ready for the game, but I thought they were able to refocus and play very well. J.D (Blevins) did a good job; Gunnar Free was huge for us. The guys that we expect to step up for us stepped up and our seniors wanted this win since it’s the last time playing at home, and they took care of business.”
J.D. Blevins was masterful on the mound, throwing the complete game, giving up just four hits, walking one batter and sitting down 10 Devil batters. Although he was just 0 for 1 at the dish, he did reach base twice and scored on each trip.
“He was really good on the mound,” Barr said. “We’ve continued to harp on J.D. all season about pitching more efficient and throwing more strikes. We feel like our defense is very solid and we continue to work on getting his pitch count lower. He’s gotten better all year long. He came out and didn’t start the way we wanted him to, but he withstood the weather, rebounded and got more efficient as the game went along.”
The Warriors struck first in the opening inning. Leadoff hitter Collin Cory drew a walk, which was follow by Gunnar Free hitting a single, advancing Cory to third base. Jonathan Thomas hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Cory and giving Adena (18-7) a 1-0 lead.
Following a base hit by Cole Meade, the next three batters for North Adams struck out, but not before Meade scored the only Devil run of the day on a passed ball to tie the score at 1.
For that point on, it was all Adena.
North Adams committed two critical fielding errors, allowing Adena to put runners on base and in position to make the Devils pay. After Hayden Henness was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Cory stepped to the plate and ripped a 2-run double to regain the lead for Adena at 3-1. The next Warrior batter laid down a bunt and a bad throw to the catcher resulted in two more runners crossing the plate before a ground ball ended the inning.
“We haven’t bunted a lot this year,” Barr said. “We’ve worked on it since January and although we’re starting to bunt a little more, I was a little frustrated that we didn’t get a couple more bunts down that we wanted to, but we were very efficient with our small ball game and that’s something we’ll continue to work on.”
After North Adams left a runner on base to end the top half of the third, Adena put the game on ice. Following back-to-back walks by Jake Dawson and Blevins, Tommy Preston launched a double down the left field line, scoring Dawson and extending the lead to 6-1. Another fielding error by the Devils resulted in two more Adena runners crossing home plate, making the score 8-1.
Despite a pitching change, Adena refused to let off the gas. Thomas belted a double to right center field, scoring Bo Dratwa and Henness and pushing the score to 10-1. An RBI groundout by Braden Wilburn made the score 11-1, and while Dawson was caught in a rundown, Thomas crossed the plate, rounding out what would be the final score.
Free led the Warriors, going 3 for 3 at the plate with three singles, a run scored and an RBI. Cory went 1 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, Thomas was 1 for 3 with two RBIs and a run scored while Preston also went 1 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Adena marches ahead to district tournament action Wednesday at VA Memorial Stadium, where they’ll square up with the winner between Southeastern and Crooksville.
“We want to win every day,” Barr said. “As long as we take care of business, we’re in good shape. We know a lot about Southeastern, they’ve played us twice and they’re tough. I don’t know anything about Crooksville at this point, but regardless of who we play if we go out and play our game, things will work out for us. It’s good to be a sectional championship, great positive for our seniors and our club, but we’re ready to keep going.”