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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

MALIBU, Calif. – Pepperdine head baseball coach Steve Rodriguez Friday announced the addition of Joe Wilkins to the Waves’ coaching staff. As the team’s volunteer assistant coach, Wilkins responsibilities will include training the catchers, helping to develop the offense and coaching first base.

"Joe is going to be a great addition to this ball club," Rodriguez said. "He’s comes to us highly recommended by a number of head coaches, many of whom have cited his tireless work ethic as one of his many strong points. He’s also played for a great championship-caliber program at Ohio State. We’re really looking forward to working with him on a daily basis. "

Wilkins move to Pepperdine marks his West Coast coaching debut. He spent this past season volunteering at Wake Forest where he tutored 2009 Cape Cod All-Star catcher Mike Murray. 

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Tags: ACC, Coaching Changes, Pepperdine, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

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The Portland Pilots enter the 2010 campaign off the heels of a very disappointing 2009 season that saw the team finish with a 25-26 overall record and 7-14 record in West Coast Conference play.  Head coach Chris Sperry will be seeking his first winning season in his career at Portland.

The Pilots begin the season with a four game home series against Seattle February 26-28 followed by a mid-week home game against Division III power George Fox on March 2.  Portland then hits the road for a three game set at Arkansas State on March 6-8, a mid-week game at Memphis on March 8, and a tournament at Oregon State March 12-14.

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Tags: 2010 Schedules, Portland, West Coast Conference

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The official website for the Santa Clara Broncos recently sat down with junior to be RHP Joe Supple who recently tossed a no-hitter in the Cal-Ripken League. He is playing this summer for the Rockville Express as he leads the team with a 2.84 ERA.

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Tags: Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate League, Santa Clara, West Coast Conference

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FROM CCBL RELEASE

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK:

Kyle Blair, Brewster RHP

Brewster’s Kyle Blair (San Diego) has earned this week’s Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week Award. In his only start of the week, the righty put on a commanding performance in a 10-2 victory over Bourne, giving up only two unearned runs in a nine inning complete game. Blair fanned 12 Braves over the course of the game, while scattering only 4 hits.

Blair is a sophomore at University of San Diego. He led the Toreros in earned run average in 2009, at 3.13, and also led the team with a .225 batting average against. Blair began to turn heads his freshman year, posting an 8-4 record and earning All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team honors. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Cape Cod League, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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UPDATE AT 3:45 PM on July 17th
According to multiple sources, Virginia Tech’s Peter Hughes was offered the Washington Huskies job today but turned down the offer to stay with the Hokie program. Hughes just finished his third season with the Virginia Tech program where he went 32-21 in 2009. It was good enough for a 11th place finish in the ACC. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Coaching Changes, Pac 10, University of San Diego, Virginia Tech, Washington, West Coast Conference

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Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for July 12th.

Cotuit’s Chad Bell (Walters State CC/Tennessee) pitched a nine inning no-hitter against Chatham as the Kettleers picked up a 8-2 victory. Box Score

Brewster defeated Bourne 10-2 behind a complete game shutout from University of San Diego’s Kyle Blair. Box Score Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Boston College, Bryant, Cape Cod League, Independents, Northeast Conference, Pac 10, SEC, Tennessee, UConn, University of San Diego, Washington State, West Coast Conference

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The Washington Athletic Department announced on June 22nd that head coach Ken Knutson will no longer serve as the head baseball coach. As of right now, the Huskies have not been able to settle on a coach with several high profile head coaches and assistants pulling out of the running. The two most recent guys to pull out are Pepperdine’s Steve Rodriguez and LSU assistant coach David Grewe. The name everyone keeps bringing up is Nino Giarranto from San Francisco. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, CBB Column, Coaching Changes, Gonzaga, Hawaii, LSU, Pac 10, Pepperdine, San Francisco, SEC, WAC, Washington, West Coast Conference

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FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Rob Segedin (Tulane) went 2-3 with two doubles and three RBI and the Blue Team defeated the Red Team for the seventh consecutive time by a score of 5-1 in the final intrasquad game at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Alabama, Arizona State, Baylor, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Clemson, Conference USA, Florida State, Gonzaga, Kansas, Ohio State, Pac 10, SEC, Southland Conference, Tulane, UT-Arlington, West Coast Conference, West Virginia

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Here is your Cape Cod Baseball League Recap for June 20th.

Orleans defeated Brewster 8-2 with the key hit being a Matt Koch (Loyola Marymount) pinch hit sixth inning grand slam. Box Score

Chatham defeated Harwich 4-3 in eleven innings. Mike Murray (Wake Forest) went 3-5 with 2 RBI including the game winning RBI in the bottom of the eleventh to lead the Anglers to the victory. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Big 12, Cape Cod League, Conference USA, East Carolina, Loyola-Marymount, Missouri, Wake Forest, West Coast Conference

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FROM TEAM USA RELEASE
(CARY, N.C.) – Casey McGrew (Wright State) drove a double down the left field line and Gerrit Cole (UCLA) stuck out eight as the Blue Team defeated the Red Team, 5-2, at the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate) Trials, Friday, at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.

For the first three innings of the intrasquad game, the pitching ruled. Starting pitchers Cody Martin (Gonzaga) of the Red Team and Gerrit Cole of the Blue Team held their respective opponents off the board for the first three as they combined for only one hit. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Team USA, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Clemson, Conference USA, Gonzaga, Hawaii, Horizon League, Kansas, Louisville, Miami (FL), Pac 10, Rice, SEC, Tennessee, Texas Tech, UCLA, WAC, West Coast Conference, West Virginia, Wright State

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Here are the highlights from the Cape Cod Baseball League for June 18th. I will try to do one of these for the rest of the season.

Mike Dennhardt (Boston College) threw a one-hitter for eight innings as Chatham defeated Bourne 2-0. Box Score

Hyannis hammered Falmouth 13-5. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, Boston College, Cape Cod League, Duke, Georgia Tech, SEC, Tennessee, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

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Recapping the action from the Fullerton Regional at Goodwin Field on Sunday.

Utah- 9, Gonzaga- 7

Led by a 5-for-5 performance by freshman Tyler Yagi, the Utah baseball team defeated Gonzaga in an elimination game of the NCAA Regional on Sunday afternoon, 9-7.

With the win, Utah turns around to play Cal State Fullerton in the regional title game tonight beginning at 6:10 p.m. (PT, 7:10 MT). The Utes would have to beat the Titans twice to win the regional.

Yagi, who tied his career-high for hits, led a Utes offense that has scored 20 runs and banged out 33 hits in their two elimination games since an opening night loss to Cal State Fullerton on Friday.

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Tags: 2009 Fullerton Regional, 2009 NCAA Tourney, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, Gonzaga, Mountain West, Utah, West Coast Conference