2008 BASEBALL RESULTS...

2008 Varsity Baseball Roster
2008 Junior Varsity Baseball Roster
2008 Freshman Baseball Roster

2008 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS!

2008 Baseball Awards
Spencer Rickert: SHS Varsity Yellow Jacket Award, 2nd Team All-GWOC, GWOC Scholar Athlete. Brad Yinger: SHS Varsity Highest Batting Average, 1st Team All-GWOC, 1st Team All Dayton Area, Participant in Mizuno All Ohio Series. Justin Stewart: SHS Varsity Coaches Award, 2nd Team All-GWOC. Chad Neikirk: SHS JV Coaches Award. Andrew Bonnoront: SHS FR Most Improved Award. Jack VanHorn: SHS FR Coaches Award. Joe Engle: 1st Team All-GWOC, 1st Team All Dayton Area. Victor Colon: GWOC Scholar Athlete. Nathan Strome: GWOC Scholar Athlete, Special Mention All-GWOC. Joseph Stutz: GWOC Scholar Athlete.

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May 24, 2008 - DISTRICT FINAL
Sidney 0 Lakota West 1
Sidney and Lakota West hooked up in a great ball game as pitching and defense dominated throughout. West scored the lone run of the game in the 1st inning on an RBI groundout to second base. The scored remained 1-0 despite Sidney getting runners in scoring position with 1 or less outs in 3 innings. The Jackets managed only 2 hits, but hung tough by picking off two West runners and throwing another out at the plate. Brad Yinger was the tough luck loser and was relieved by Joe Engle. The due scattered 5 hits and recorded 3 strikeouts. The loss ends Sidney’s season with a record of 17-12.

May 16, 2008 - DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Sidney 11 Troy 4
Sidney showed up ready to play and wiggled off the hook in the first inning en route to a decisive 11-4 victory over the Troy Trojans. Troy loaded the bases in the 1st with nobody out, but Nathan Strome struck out the next three to keep the Trojans off the board. Sidney answered with 3 of their own in the second and maintained the momentum the rest of the way. Nathan Strome and Joe Engle kept the Trojans off balance and Yusuke Tamura, Joe Engle and Dean Ratliff all drove in multiple runs. With the win, Sidney ups their record to 17-11 and earns a return trip to the District Tournament to take on the number one ranked team in the state Lakota West.

May 15, 2008 - SECTIONAL FINAL
Sidney 2 Wayne 1
The Yellow Jackets opened up tournament play vs the Wayne Warriors and avenged an early season embarrassment by posting a 2-1 win. Cory Echols pitched six strong innings and Joe Engle came on to record the save. The Jackets scored both runs in the 5th inning taking advantage of a Wayne error and excellent bunting by Justin Stewart. Sidney returns to action tomorrow in the Sectional Finals vs Troy. Sidney will be making its third consecutive trip to the finals and looks to repeat as sectional champs.

May 13, 2008
Sidney 13 Northmont 14
Sidney and Northmont hooked up last night in the league title game and both teams showed up ready to hit as the TBolts outslugged the Jackets 14-13 to earn the outright league title. It was a game for the ages as Northmont jumped out to 2-0 lead in the first only to see the lead change hands 6 times over the remaining innings. Despite a tight stike zone Sindey pitching allowed no walks and was supported by some excellent defensive plays by Cory Echols, Dean Ratliff, Yusuke Tamura and Nathan Strome. Offensively, every starter for both teams collected at least on hit or an RBI. The Jackets look to shake off the loss tonight as we host the Wayne Warriors in round 2 of tournament play.

May 12, 2008
Sidney 3 Butler 0
Brad Yinger tossed his second straight shutout as the Jackets positioned themselves for a one game showdown for the league title tonight at Northmont. Brad held the aviators to 5 hits while striking out 9 in a 3-0 victory. Spencer Rickert and Brad Yinger collected 2 hits a piece while the defense was sound playing an error free game. The win moves the Jackets to 6-2 in league play and marks the thrid straight year Sidney will play for the league title on the final day of the regular season.

May 10, 2008
Sidney 5 Bellbrook 7
Sidney picked up a game at the last minute and made the long trip to Bellbrook and came away with a disappointing 7-4 loss. The offense was spotty leaving numerous runners in scoring position and the defense was porous committing a season high 6 errors. Sidney returns to action Monday night as the Aviators come to town for key GWOC North tilt.

May 6, 2008
Sidney 6 Piqua 0
Sidney stayed alive in their chase for the league crown last night as Brad Yinger led the Jackets to a 6-0 win vs Piqua. Brad was excellent on the hill with 11 strikeouts and no walks. Meanwhile, Spencer Rickert and Yusuke Tamura recorded 2 hits and Joe Engle scored 2 runs. Sidney returns to action tonight as our 8 seniors will be honored prior to taking on the Butler Aviators.

May 5, 2008
Sidney 5 Troy 3
Sidney travelled to Troy and matched up with a good Troy team and used a big 1st inning to come home with a 5-2 victory. In the first John Lowe led off with a hit, Spencer Rickert walked and Brad Yinger hit a 3 run homer to stake the Jackets to a lead they would never relinquish. Nathan Strome pitched 5 strong innings allowing only one earned run and Joe Engle came on in the 6th to deal 2 scoreless innings while picking up the save. The win is the fourth in row for the Jackets and ups their league record to 5-2 with the Piqua Indians coming to town tonight for a 500 game.

May 1, 2008
Sidney 20 North 2
Sidney travelled to Sprignfield North to take on the 15-6 Panthers and brought a bunch of hot bats with them leading to a 20-2 win. The Jackets tallied 18 hits on the day with 9 of them going for extra bases. Brad Yinger doubled three times, Joe Engle Twice, Nathan Strome homered, Yusuke Tamure collected two hits and Joe Engle allowed only 5 hits and one earned run on the hill. Sidney returns to action tonight at home vs the Piqua Indians.

April 30, 2008
Sidney 18 Trotwood Madison 5
Sidney scored early and often vs the Trotwood Rams last night en route to posted a 18-5 victory. 12 different Jackets collected hits while Dan Neth continued his mastery over the Rams by toss 3 strong innings before turning it over to Victor Colon and Spencer Rickert who made their debuts on the mound. Sidney returns to action tonight at Springfield North.

April 29, 2008
Sidney 2 Northmont 15
Sidney and Northmont finished up a game delayed from Monday night and Northmont pulled away late to a 15-2 vicotry. The game re-started with the T-Bolts up 6-1 in the 4th and Cory Koester held them scoreless for 3 innings before the floog gates opened as the Bolts plated 9 in the 7th. Sidney managed only three hits on the night. The Jackets return to action tonight at Trotwood.

April 25, 2008
Sidney 10 Butler 8
Sidney went to Butler last night and spotted the Avaiators a 8-1 lead before charging back to take a 10-8 decision in 8 innings. Butler came out blasting away with 8 runs and 6 extra base hits int eh first 4 innings, but Joe Engle came on in relief and held Butler scoreless over the final 5 frames. Meanwhile the Jackets were stringing together quality at bats which led to 9 unanswered runs over the final 3 innings. Nathan Strome pulled the Jackets even in the 7th with a 2 run double and Brad Yinger put the finishing touches on with the game winning 2 run homer in the 8th. On the night, Brad Yinger, Joe Engle, Nic Waters and Cory Echols all tallied multiple hit games.

April 24, 2008
Sidney 6 Lima Senior 1
Sidney travelled to Lima Senior and cruised to 6-1 victory over the Spartans. Justin Stewart wen the distance on the hill and Brad Yinger tallied three hits on the afternoon. The Jackets return to GWOC North Play tonight for key matchup @ Vandalia.

April 23, 2008
Sidney 2 Troy 11
Sidney matched up with Troy in a big GWOC North matchup and lost in a blow out 11-2. Sidney pitching surrendered 3 HR's and 8 runs through the first three innings and could not recover. Nathan Strome entered the game with the Jackets down 8-2 and did a good job of stopping the bleeding, but the bats never woke up. The lone bright spot offensively was John Lowe who recorded two hits and his first Varsity Homer.

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April 21, 2008
Sidney 3 Piqua 1
Cory Echols pitched 6 innings of 3 hit, 8 strikeout baseball to pick up his third win of the season and the rest of the ball club did just enough offensively and defensively to pull off a 3-1 win at Piqua. No Jacket recorded multiple hits, but Joe Stutz recorded a trememdous catch in right field to retire the lead off batter in the 7th. Sidney returns to action Wednesday night at home vs the Troy Trojans.

April 19, 2008
Sidney 9 Wapakoneta 6
Sidney rebounded in game 2 for a 9-6 victory just as the rain arrived. The Jackets spotted Wapak a 6-1 lead before plaing 3 in the 5th and 5 in the 6th to pull off the comeback. Joe Engle, Cory Echols and John Lowe had multiple hit games and Justin Stewart, Nathan Strome and Brad Yinger combined to pitch a solid ball game.

April 19, 2008
Sidney 4 Wapakoneta 13
Pourous defense and some excellent hitting by Wapak led to 11-4 defeat for the Jackets. Sidney was led offensively by Brad Yiner with 2 Home Runs and 3 RBI, but the rest of the club could muster very little. Cory Koester took the loss on the hill.

April 18, 2008
Sidney 16 Trotwood 2
Sidney started out shaky in the first while commiting two errors alowing 2 unearned runs, but settled in to run rule the Trotwood Rams 16-2 in 4 innings. 11 Different Jackets registered a hit and Dan Neth allowed only 1 hit in 5 innings of work. Sidney improved to 6-6 with the win.

April 15, 2008
Sidney 4 Fairmont 3
Sidney and Fairmont hooked up in the annual one run game with the Jackets emerging with a 4-3 victory. Cory Echols pitched a solid 5 innings with Joe Engle coming on to pick up the win. Sidney pitching surrendered 7 hits nd 3 walks in the game, but made the pitcher they had to in working out of a bases loaded jam in the 5th. Spencer Rickert had two hits on the afternoon and drove in Nathan Strome for the winning run in teh 6th inning. The team is back in action tomorrow @ Beavercreek.

April 12, 2008
Sidney 9 Celina 4
On brutal day for Baseball the Jackets went to Celina and used 6 run 3rd inning to coast to a 9-4 win. Brad Yinger tallied 3 hits, Joe Engle Tripeled into a stiff breeze, Nathan Stome had 2 hits and 2 RBI and Nic Waters collected 3 hits. On the hill Nathan Strome pitched 6 solide innings allowing 0 walks and two runs.

April 12, 2008
Sidney 1 Celina 5
Game two proved to be a different affair as the Jackets could plate only one run while falling by a verdict of 5-1. Cory Koester and Joe Engle pitched well enough to win but some defensive lapses and a lack of timely hitting doomed the club. Sidney left the bases loaded in the 4th and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th. The Jackets look to rebound vs Miamisburg Monday evening at the High School.

April 10, 2008
Sidney 14 Fairborn 0
Sidney posted a huge first inning and put the Fairborn Skyhawks away early en route to 14-0 run rule victory. Cory Echols limited the Hawks to 5 hits and 0 walks in earning his first career shutout. Brad Yinger and Joe Engle both recored multiple hit games and Shane Delligatta plated four with grand slam in the first inning. From there good defense and solid hitting helped even the Jackets record at 3-3 with a trip to Farimont on tap for today.

April 9, 2008
Sidney 7 Shawnee 3
Sidney went to Lima Shawnee to take on the 6-0 Indians and came away with a nice win. Brad Yinger pitched a solid 5 inning allwoing only 1 earned run and Justin Stewart came in to finish out the game. Brad Yinger, Justin Stewart and Nathan Strome all collected two hits with Yinger homering and Strome collecting 3 RBI. Sidney looks to stay hot tonight at home vs Fairborn.

April 7, 2008
Sidney 2 Wayne 13
Wayne walked off the bus last night ready to hit and banged out 18 hits including 2 doubles and 4 home runs en route to a 13-2 victory. Sidney managed only 4 hits on the day with Brad Yinger and Nic Waters doubling. The Jackets lookg to rebound vs Lima Shawne on Wednesday night.

April 5, 2008
Sidney 5 Springboro 11
Sidney's woes continued in game two as Springboro jumped to a 7-1 lead after an inning. Once again sub par pitching and defense coupled with some outstanding hitting by Springboro put this one away early. Despite the poor first inning, the Jackets had a chance to make a game of it as we loaded the bases in the 2nd and 3rd innings but were not able to get the big hit. Justin Stewart came on in relief in the first inning and did a good job limiting the damage. Spencer Rickert, Brad Yinger and Dean Ratliff all tallied 2 or more hits to pace the offense while Dan Neth made some outstanding plays in right field to lead the defense. The Jackets look to rebound vs a strong Wayne team Monday night at the High School.

April 5, 2008
Sidney 2 Springboro 11
The Jackets showed up for huge DH and played poorly from start to finish. Things looked good in the first as Springboro pitching walked the first four batters of the game forcing in a run, but a strikeout and double play ended the inning without further damage. From there things went down hill as Jacket pitching could not find the strike zone and when we did the defense was porous behind them. Nathan Strome took the loss and will look to rebound against Wayne on Monday.

April 2, 2008
Sidney 11 Tecumseh 1
The Jackets opened up 2008 in fine fashion by sitting the Arrows down 1,2,3 in the first and then plating 5 runs of their own in bottom half of the inning. Nathan Strome provided the big hit with a towering 3 run homer to left center. 8 different Yellow Jackets tallied hits on the day with John Lowe, Brad Yinger and Dean Ratliff collecting two a piece. Cory Koester picked up the win in his varsity debut with two excellent innings on the hill. Sidney returns to action Friday night at North.

2007 BASEBALL RESULTS...

2007 Sectional Champions!
2007 GWOC North Champions!

2007 Baseball Awards
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May 19, 2007 - REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
Sidney 1 Elder 5
Sidney took on a strong Elder team in District final play and came up on the short end of a 5-1 game. Joe Engle absorbed his first loss of the season falling to 5-1, but Joe did play a big part in Sidney's only run as he doubled to lead off the 2nd inning and scored on an RBI single by Nathan Storme. The Jackets put numerous runners in scoring position but could not record the big hit. Sidney concludes the season with a 24-5 record and made thier first appearence in the District finals since 1993.

May 17, 2007
Sidney 12 Miamisburg 5
The Baseball Team put together a pretty good tune up victory over Miamisburg last night posting a 12-5 victory. Cory Echols picked up his second win of the season in relief while Brad Yinger and Jude DeLoye tallied back to back homers.

May 11, 2007 - SECTIONAL FINAL
Sidney 10 Beavercreek 0
Sidney captured its first sectional title in over a decade with 10-0 victory over Beavercreek. Joe Engle had a great day on the mound scattering 4 hits and striking out 4. Dean Ratliff, Spencer Rickert, Jude DeLoye and Brad Yinger all tallied multiple hit games. The Jackets played error free ball as Nic Waters made some excellent plays at short, while Spencer Rickert snared a couple of line drives and made some great picks at first base.

May 9, 2007 - SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT
Sidney 6 Piqua 1
The Baseball Team notched a quality victory in tournament play last night defeating the Piqua Indians 6-1 in Sectional tournament play. Brad Yinger pitched six strong innings allowing only 2 hits and one run setting up Jude DeLoye to come on an pitch a scoreless 7th en route to his 6th save of the season. Dean Ratliff got things going in the 1st as he drew a walk advanced to second on a wild pitch, moved to 3rd on bunt hit by Shane Delligatta and advanced home as the throw to first sailed wide of the bag. Joe Engle provided the big hit in a 3 run 3rd inning as he doubled off the wall in right center driving in Delligatt and Yinger. Engle later scored on a sharp single by Spencer Rickert. Spencer also provided some timely hitting as he doubled in Dan Neth who came on to pitch run for Nathan Stome in the 5th. The scoring was rounded out in the 6th as Xavier Foy led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch, was sacrificed to second and scored on a throwing error. Sidney Advances to the Sectional Finals for the second year in a row and awaits the winner of the Springfield North and Beavercreek game played tonight.

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May 7, 2007
Sidney 8 Celina 6
Sidney picked up their fourth win in a row with a 8-6 victory over Celina. Corey Echols battled through some early control problems to pitch 5 strong innings picking up his first varsity win. Joe Engle provided the offense with 2 homers and 3 RBI, while Xavier Foy recorded threee hits, Dean Ratliff had a double and single and Nathan Strome had two hits and 2 RBI. Sidney improves to 21-3 while waiting to see where they will face Piqua or Greenville in tournament action Wednesday at the high school.

May 4, 2007
Sidney 11 Northmont 1
Sidney took on a strong Northmont team at home Friday night and put together their best outing of the season besting the T-bolts 11-1. Joe Engle was the show pitching a complete game four hitter while hitting for the cycle and collecting 6 RBI. Joe got great support from our three seniors as Jamal Foster, James Colley and Jude DeLoye all registered hits on the night. The win improves Sidney's record to 19-3 and concludes a record setting league campaign with a 9-1 record and the outright GWOC North title.

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May 3, 2007
Sidney 16 Trotwood Madison 0
Sidney took on the Trotwood Rams and came away with a 16-0 victory sealing up the outright GWOC North Title. Dan Net pitched 5 strong innings allowing only 2 hits while striking out 5. Joe Engle, Jamal Foster, Brad Yinger, James Colley and Justin Stewart all tallied multi RBI games. The Jackets League record improves to 8-1 clinching the school's first league title in over 20 years. Northmont comes to town Friday at 5pm for Senior Night where Jude DeLoye, James Colley and Jamal Foster will be honored.

May 2, 2007
Sidney 5 Butler 6
Sidney missed an opportunity to clinch no worse than a share of the GWOC North last night while falling to Bulter 6-5. Nathan Strome was the tough luck loser surrendering 5 runs with only two being earned. Things looked bleak for the Jackets as they were down to their final out stil trailing 6-3, but a single by Shane Delliagatta, a single by Spencer Rickert, and a triple by Brad Yinger moved the Jackets to within one with the tieing run at thrid. Jude Deloye coaxed a walk putting the go ahead run in scoring position, but Sidney could do no more damage as the game ended on a strike out. The Jackets are off to Trotwood tomorrow night seeking to earn at least a share of the title.

May 1, 2007
Sidney 4 Wayne 9
Sidney outhit Wayne last night 11-10, but the Warriors tallied 4 home runs en route to a 9-5 win. Sidney's inability to work down in the strike zone led to 6 extra base hits while Sidney tallied only a doubel by Nathan Strome. Jude DeLoye, Nathan Strome and Xavier Foy all collected multiple hits on the day.

April 30, 2007
Sidney 10 Troy 4
Sidney got back on the winning track with a huge league victory over the Troy Trojans last night. Brad Yinger dominated on the hill and at the plate picking up the complete game victory and recording 4 hits including a triple and homer. Joe Engle continued his solid play at 3B with several good defensive plays and 2 hits. The Jackets will send Justin Stewart to the hill tomorrow facing a very good Wayne team. On a related note: Paul Miller's hustle chasing down Brad's home run ball moved him slighty ahead of Megan Moore in the race to see who will take home fan of the year award!

April 28, 2007
Sidney 4 Bellefontaine 12
Corey Echols made his Varsity debut on the hill Saturday morning and deserved a better fate. Corey threw the ball well, but a porous Sidney defense allowed 8 unearned runs on the day pavind the way for a 12-4 Chieftan victory. Joe Engle and Dan Neth continued their hot hitting with 2 hits a piece.

April 27, 2007
Sidney 6 Piqua 5
The Jackets continued to grind out some crucial GWOC wins and play their best when at the biggest points in the game. Joe Engle, Nathan Strome and Jude DeLoye teamed up to pitch Sidney to the win. Joe Engle homered in the second spotting the Jackets to a 1-0 lead, but Piqua answered with 2 in the second and 3 in the third leaving Sidney in a 5-1 hole. In Yellow Jacket form they chipped away at the lead with 2 in the 4th and moved ahead for good with 3 in the sixth. Cluthing a 6-5 lead, Jude DeLoye took over on the hill and picked up his second win of the season. Joe Engle tallied 4 hits on the night and Jude DeLoye hit his 6th homer of the season.

April 24, 2007
Sidney 7 Fort Loramie 3
The Jackets overcame numerous mental mistakes and a very good Ft. Loramie team to earn their 15th consecutive win. Sidney hurt themselves on the bases all night with missed signs, failures to learn from what happened to others and poor pre pitch mental preparation. Despite it all, Justin Stewart pitched 5 strong innings allowing 3 runs and turned it over to Jude DeLoye who supplied 3 scoreless innings or relief picking up his 2nd win of the season. One of the limited highlights of the night was supplied by Dean Ratliff who supplied the winning RBI in the top of the 8th inning.

April 23, 2007
Sidney 9 Northmont 1
Monday night proved to be a great day for the Jackets. Sidney collected a three game sweep over the Northmont TBolts with the Freshman and JV winning one run thrillers and the Varsity posting an impressive 9-1 decision. Brad Yinger was dominating on the hill working ahead in the count all night on his way to recording 5 K's, only 1 BB and a harmless run in the 7th after the game was well in hand. Jude Deloye and Joe Engle tallied multi hit games while Nathan Strome collected three hits and a clutch 2 out 2 RBI Double and Xavier Foy crushed a towering 3 run homer to cap off a 5 run 5th inning. Sidney moves to 14-0 on the year and 5-0 in GWOC Play. You can catch the Jackets in action tonight at Ft. Loramie as they take on the 12-3 Redskins.

April 21, 2007
Sidney 18 St. Marys Memorial 9
The Jacket offense came to life in a big way of game two vs St. Marys. Sidney pounded out 17 hits and 18 runs while rolling to a 18-9 victory. Dean Ratliff provided some excellent relief pitching allowing one earned run in 5.3 inning of work. Dan Neth, Shane Delligatta and Brad Yinger all collected three hits.

April 21, 2007
Sidney 6 St. Marys Memorial 1
Nathan Stome led the Jackets to a 6-1 win with a complete game 6 hit victory and 3 hits at the plate. Sidney scored single runs in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 2 in the 7th while surrending only a single run in the 1st. Joe Engle collected his 3rd homer of the season while James Colley doubled twice and singled once.

April 19, 2007
Sidney 12 Lima Senior 1
Justin Stewart provided the pitching and Brad Yinger and Shane Delligatta provided the offense as Sidney run ruled Lima Sr. 12-1 last night. Justin provided 5 innings of 1 hit baseball en route to his second complete game of the season while Brad Yinger homered twice and Shane Delligatta doubled twice. Dean Ratliff, Nic Waters, Joe Engle and Xavier Foy also chipped in a couple of hits and rbi on the night. Sidney improves to 10-0 with a huge game tonight @ home vs the 13 time defending league champion Butler Aviators.

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April 18, 2007
Sidney 7 Troy 6
It took a whole team effort for the Varsity Jackets to improve to 9-0 on the year. Sidney fell behind 5-0 after three innings, but chipped away and put a big inning together en route to a 7-6 victory. Joe Engle provided the offense in the 4th with a 2 run homer to right and warmed the bats for a big 5th innning. Three hits and three free passes paved the way for 4 run inning knoting the game at 6. Dean Ratliff scored the winning run after reaching on a error and scoring on an error. Jamal Foster worked two good innings earning the win and Jude DeLoye picked up his third save with two perfect innings to close out the win.

April 17, 2007
Sidney 14 Russia Local 4
The Varsity Jackets took on a gritty Russia team last night and emerged with a run rule victory. Nathan Strome kept the Raiders at bay with a variety off speed pitches and well placed fastaballs in route to his first victory of the season. Brad Yiner led the offensive charge by hitting for the cycle with 5 RBI. Jude Deloye chipped in 2 more homers, Xavier Foy had 2 hits with a homer and Shane Delligatta collected two hits on the day. Sidney returns to league play tomorrow at Troy with a 500 start.

April 16, 2007
Sidney 10 Piqua 6
Sidney showed some grit and defeated Piqua 10-6 on a day when they did not play their best. Joe Engle overcame a rough first inning and battled out his second win of the season with six strong innings of work. Jude DeLoye came on in the 7th to record his 2nd save while retiring all three batters he faced. The Jackets pounded out 13 hits with Brad Yinger and Jude DeLoye collecting three a piece. Spencer Rickert collected two RBI as did Dean Ratliff with a 2 out 2 RBI double. The win keeps the Jackets perfect on the season with a 7-0 record and more importantly 2-0 in GWOC North Play.

April 13, 2007
Sidney 20 Trotwood Madison 0
The Jackets improved to 6-0 with a 20-0 victory over Trotwood. Dan Neth picked up his first varsity win wth 3 strong innings before being relieved by Dean Ratliff and Jamal Foster. Brad Yinger led the offensive charge witha single, double, homerun and 7 RBI while Jamal Foster and Justin Stewart chipped in with 3 RBI a piece.

April 10, 2007
Sidney 1 North 0
Joe Engle led the Jackets to a 1-0 victory over a good Springfield North team last night. Joe went the distance picking up his first win of the season. He surrendered only 3 hits on the night while striking out 6. Sidney plated the only run of the night in the bottom of the first inning as Dean Ratliff made a great baserunning move scoring on a wild pitch that barely got away from the catcher. Sidney improves to 5-0 on the year and hosts Beavercreek this evening with Nathan Strome toeing the rubber in his second start of the season.

April 9, 2007
Sidney 4 Miamisburg 2
The Varsity Jackets uppped their record with a great road win of 3-0 Miamisburg. Brad Yinger picked up his second win of the season with 4+ innings of solid work and Joe Engle slammed the door in the 7th for his first save of the year. Jude DeLoye continued his hot start with 2 hits and an RBI. Spencer Rickert and Xavier Foy also recorded RBI singles.

March 30, 2007
Sidney 14 Tecumseh 0
Sidney upped it's record to 3-0 with a run rule victory @ Tecumseh Friday night. Justin Stewart had a memorable Varsity Debut on the hill collecting a complete game shutout victory. Justin surrendered 6 hits and 0 walks while striking out 3. Jude Deloye led the offensive onslaught with 2 HR, 1 triple and 6 RBI. Joe Engle also collected his first three hits of the season including a double and 2 run homer.

March 29, 2007
Sidney 2 Fairmont 1
The Varsity Jackets prevailed in another 1 run game last night besting Fairmont 2-1. Strong pitching and excellent baserunning proved to be the difference. Brad Yinger dominated on the hill for 5 innings striking out 10 while surrendering only 1 walk and 2 hits. Jude Deloye came on in the 6th and fanned 4 more while surrendering only 1 hit. Offense was at a premium as the Jackets only managed five hits on the day. Deloye collected 2 singles while excellent baserunning by Xavier Foy and Spencer Rickert enabled Brad Yinger and Corey Echols to collect an RBI a piece on two sacrifice flies.

March 27, 2007
Sidney 5 Lima Shawnee 4
The Varsity Baseball Team won a thriller over Lima Shawnee to open the season with a bang. Dean Ratliff started the game with a double and proceded to steal home steaking the Jackets to a 1-0 lead. Unfortunately the lead was short lived as Shawnee moved ahead 4-1 with 2 in the 3rd and 4th, but Nathan Stromed buckeled down to pitch a scoreless 5th before turning things over to Jude Deloye who pitched a scoreless 6th and 7th. Justin Stewart had a big day making several good defensive plays and driving in a couple of runs,Jude Deloyed homered, but Sidney still trailed 4-3 going into the bottom of seven. Spencer Rickert led off the inning by coaxing a walk, Jude Deloye did the same, Nathan Stome and Xavier Foy delivered seeing eye singles with Xav's driving in the tying run. Justin Stewart ended the game by drawing a walk to forcing in the winning run. The Jackets look to avenge a loss in last years sectional final as Springfield North comes to town for a 500 start tonight.

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2006 BASEBALL RESULTS...

- Results by Coach Hoying
- JV results by Brett Bickel

May 5, 2006
Sidney 17 Lehman 7
Sidney 11 Lehman 1
The Varsity Baseball team took on the Lehman Cavaliers in a Friday Night Doubleheadder and emerged victorious in both games. The Jackets won both games via the run rule with the scores being 17-7 and 11-1. Jude Deloye had a big day at the plate with three homeruns. Shane Delligatta picked up his first homer of his career and Dave Bajek and Brad Yinger contined their hot hitting with a couple doubles a piece. Andy Develvis provided the big hit with a 3 rbi double in game one.

May 3, 2006
Sidney 6 Greenville 13
The Jackets proved to be a resiliant bunch bouncing back from Monday's loss in fine fashion with a 13-6 victory over Greenville last night. Brad Yinger produced his best start of the year going a solid 5 innings with the ever reliable Joe Engle coming on in relief. Dean Ratliff showed some power and speed at the plate with a single, a double and a homer. Dave Bajek had 3 hits, Brad Yinger singled twice and doubled, and Jude Deloye interrupted some Tennis action with gargantuan home run that landed on court 3.

May 1, 2006
Sidney 2 Fairmont 3
The Jackets fell short last night in their bid to sew up a shared of the GWOC West crown last night vs Farimont by a score of 3-2. Jude Deloyed pitched well in the loss surrendering 6 hits and no walks, but the Jacket offense could never get rolling. Cameron Immel drove in the first Sidney run while Nathan Strome drove in the second. Shane Delligatta and Brad Yinger both singled and doubled.

April 28, 2006
Sidney 10 Piqua 8
The Jackets continued to find a way to win the big game Friday night by earning their 7th league victory of the season. Cameron Immel led the offense by going 3-3 with HR and 4 RBI in the 10-8 victory over Piqua. Joe Engle came on to relieve Brad Yinger on the hill and pick up the victory. Sidney banged out 14 hits in game one and more importantly set the stage for a league championship game.

April 27, 2006
Sidney 16 Trotwood 3
The Varsity Baseball club took care of business vs Trotwood last night winning via the run rule. The Jackets bats started slow as the score was tied a 3-3 through four innings. The bats awoke in the 5 and 6th plating 5 and 8 runs respectively leading to a 16-3 victory. Ben Gates went the distance on the mound surrending 6 hits and 2 earned runs en route to his first varsity win. It looks to be a great night for baseball this evening as the Jackets host the Piqua Indians. The first game starts at 5 with Senior Night Festivities between games.

April 26, 2006
Sidney 6 Springfield South 4
The baseball team picked up a nice win in league play behind some quality pitching from Jude Deloye and Joe Engle. The two teamed up to limit Sprinfield South to 4 runs while scattering 10 hits and one walk. Dave Bajek, Nathan Strome and Brad Yinger all produced rbi doubles providing the all the offense the Jackets would need in the 6-4 victory. The win ups the overall record to 10-8 while improving to 5-4 in league play. Another league game awaits the ball clud today at Trotwood as Ben Gates makes his 2006 debut on the mound.

April 24, 2006
Sidney 1 Wayne 11
The Varsity Baseball Team took on a powerful Wayne team last night and came up way short in an 11-1 defeat. A porous defense and pitching staff that worked behind in the count plagued the ball club all night. Dave Bajek provided the only offensive spark by connecting for 2 singles in the losing effort.

April 22, 2006
Sidney 9 Memorial 7

April 19, 2006
Sidney 7 Beavercreek 1
The Jackets took care of business on the road last night in GWOC play by downing Beavercreek 7-1. Brad Yinger hit his stride on the hill pitching 7 solid innings of 5 hit, 9 stirkeout baseball. The defense was solid behind him, while Ben Gates led the offensive charge with 4 hits, 2 rbi and 2 runs scored. Nathan Strome chipped in with 2 hits and couple rbi. The win evens the overall record at 7-7.

April 18, 2006
Sidney 10 Russia 0
The Yellowjackets defeated a solid Russia team last night via the run rule. Jude Deloye pitched a complete game shutout limiting the Raiders to only three hits on the night while running his record to 2-0. Dean Ratliff led the offensive charge with 3 hits, along with Nic Waters 3 hits and 3 RBI. The Jackets jumped out to a 6-0 lead after one inning and cruised to a 10-0 victory. Sidney returns to league action tonight vs the Beavercreek Beavers looking to stay above 500 in GWOC play and even the season record at 7-7. JV: Sidney 11 Russia 1. Cory Koester earned the win allowing one run on three hits. The Jackets got 15 hits and Travis Martin had a Single, Triple, and a Home run while driving in 4.

April 13, 2006
Sidney 4 Centerville 6
Sidney dropped a tough decision to Centerville on a wonderful afternoon for baseball. The Jackets staked themselves to a 1-0 lead thanks to the hitting and pitching of Brad Yinger as he homered in the second and pitched three shutout innings. Centerville came on strong from there plating 6 runs over the final 4 innings to earn a 6-4 victory. Jude Deloye and Dave Bajek collected two hits for the Jackets in a losing effort.

April 12, 2006
Sidney 0 Lima Shawnee 4
The Varsity Basball team wasted a strong pitching performance by Jamal Foster last night in falling 4-0 to Lima Shawnee. The Jackets managed only 2 hits on the evening, while Foster surrendered only 4 himself. A strong Centerville team comes to town tonight as the Jackets look to right the ship and keep themselves in contention for the GWOC.

April 11, 2006
Sidney 6 Troy 9
The Jackets dropped a key league matchup to Troy last night by the score of 9-6. Walks and errors plagued the Jacket effort in falling behing 3-1 at the end of one inning. Dave Bajek pitched well in relief giving the Jackets a change to compete, but the comeback fell short. Dave Bajek, Jude Deloye and Ben Gates all had two hits.

April 10, 2006
Sidney 12 Springfield North 5
The Jackets stayed hot last night banging out 17 hits on their way to a 12-5 victory over previously unbeaten Springfield North. Joe Engle went the distance on the mound walking 2 and giving up 3 earned runs. Sidney hit early and often as Ben Gate and Brad Yinger collected three hits on the day. Dave Bajek, Cameron Immel, and Dean Ratliff chiped in with two a piece. The win uped our GWOC record to 3-1 with the Troy Trojans coming to town tonight for a key league matchup. Brad Yinger will take the hill for Sidney looking to build on a strong performance in his last outing.

April 8, 2006
Sidney 16 Celina 6
Sidney 14 Celina 2
The Jackets continued their improved play while sweeping a double headder from Celina. Neither game went the full 7 innings as the Jacket won 16-6 in game one and 14-2 in game two. Nathon Strome picked up his first varsity win with a complete game in game one and Jude Deloye limited the Bulldogs to only 2 runs and 3 hits in game two. On the day, the Jackets pounded out 27 hits while commiting only 2 errors. JV: Sidney 12 Celina 2. Sidney 11 Celina 0.

April 5, 2006
Sidney 7 Butler 5
The Jackets continued there improved play winning a monster game at Vandalia last night. Sidney prevailed 7-5 in 9 innings. Brad Yinger pitched 7 solid innings, but stole the show when Dave Bajek came in to relieve. Brad made two spectacular plays at first base including snagging a game ending line drive with runners on base to assist Dave inpitching 2 hitless, scorless innings. Bajek, Shane Delligatta, Joe Engle also provided two out RBI's over the course of the victory. The Jackets improved their league record to 2-1.

April 4, 2006
Sidney 12 Xenia 6
Doyle, Engle Yinger all homered and drove in 3 runs.

April 1, 2006
Sidney 0 Springboro 17
Sidney 000, 00*,*, 0-2-0
Springboro 175, 4**, *, 17-10-0
The Jackets lost a 12-2 decision. The JV Jackets are 3-2 on the season.

April 1, 2006
Sidney 7 Springboro 11
Sidney 301, 030, 0, 7-11-1
Springboro 000, 623, *, 11-10-1
JV: Cory Echols continued his superlative pitching with 6 1/3 inning allowing 2 earned runs and scattering 7hits lowering his ERA to 1.14 .Victor Colon had three RBI and Sean Trabue and Spencer Rickert had two hits. Cory Koester got the save for Echols.

March 30, 2006
Sidney 1 Northmont 5
JV: Sidney 2 Northmont 7. Strong outing by Freshman Justin Stewart.

March 27, 2006
Sidney 4 Tecumseh 6
The Jackets dropped their season opener 6-4 to Tecumseh. The loss ends a string of 4 straight victories v the Arrows. Sidney missed numerous opportunites to score by stranding 13 runners on base. Adding further to the Jackets problems the defense was also porous commiting 3 errors leading to 3 unearned runs. Joe Engle was the tough luck loser on the hill going 6 strong innings yielding only 1 earned run. Dave Bajek tallied 3 hits, Jude Deloye, Shane Delligatta, and Dean Ratliff all hit safely twice with Rafliff driving in 2 as well