It's never too early to talk baseball, so we thought we would give you a look at what head coach Brad Ganor has worked up for his Wildcats this spring.
There are plenty of attractive dates, including an early season overnight trip to Chillicothe and Dublin (that's Ohio, not Ireland).
On April 16, the Wildcats will travel to Westlake for an under-the-lights rematch of last season's Division I Regional semifinal, won by the Demons. Classic Park will be the site of the first of the annual two-game series between the Wildcats and rival St. Edward, with the date slated for April 24, and Classic Park will host the prestigious Ohio Jesuit Tournament on May 4 and 5. Saint Ignatius will be returning to Progessive Field this spring for a game on April 26. The time and the opponent are to be determined.
The weekend of May 10-11 is one to mark on the calendar, as Saint Ignatius and Lakewood will meet in tradition-rich Lakewood Stadium on that Friday night at 7 and on Saturday the 11th, it's the second regular-season encounter with St. Edward at Baldwin Wallace. The first pitch from B-W will be 4 p.m. These two games drew exceptional crowds last season on what was a beautiful May weekend. We'll keep our fingers crossed that Mother Nature is kind two years in a row.
Lakewood Stadium created a true baseball atmosphere last year, with pre-game introductions of each player and coach and some lively music between innings. And the same can be said for B-W, which also hosted the second regular-season meeting between the 'Cats and the Eagles last spring. That day included freshman and junior varsity games between Saint Ignatius and St. Edward, which only added to what was a competitive, but well-played and good-natured late morning and afternoon, complete with a picnic.
Rounding third and heading home. Here is the 2013 schedule
Saint Ignatius Varsity Baseball
2013 Schedule
Date Opponent Location Time
4/1, 4:30 pm @Boardman Boardman HS
4/3, 4:30 pm @Amherst Amherst HS
4/5, 1 pm vs. Bishop Watterson Chillicothe
4/5, 5 pm vs. Grove City Chillicothe
4/6,11 am @Dublin Jerome Jerome HS
4/6, 1:30 pm @Dublin Jerome Jerome HS
4/9, 4:30 pm @Jackson Massillon Jackson HS
4/10, 4:30 pm Nordonia Classic Park
4/11, 4:30 pm @Hoban Archbishop Hoban HS
4/13, 11 am @Canfield Bob Cene Park
4/15, 4:30 pm @SVSM Patterson Park
4/16, 7 pm @Westlake Westlake HS
4/18, 4:30 pm Twinsburg Baldwin Wallace
4/20, 11 am @Mansfield Madison HS
4/20, 1:30 pm vs. Midview Madison HS
4/23, 4:30 pm vs. Willoughby South Classic Park
4/24, 4:30 pm vs. St. Edward Classic Park
4/26, TBA vs. TBD Progressive Field
4/27, 10 am @Strongsville Strongsville HS
4/27, 12:30 pm vs. Avon Strongsville HS
5/1, 4:30 pm Kenston Classic Park
5/4, 10 am OJT Walsh Jesuit Classic Park
5/4, 5 pm OJT vs. St. Xavier Classic Park
5/5, TBA OJT vs. St. John's Jesuit Classic Park
5/8, 4:30 pm @NDCL Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin HS
5/9, 4:30 pm @Cuyahoga Falls Water Works Park
5/10, 7 pm @Lakewood Lakewood Stadium
5/11, 4 pm St. Edward Baldwin Wallace
5/13, 5 pm Tallmadge Baldwin Wallace
5/17, 5 pm @Canton Central Catholic Central Catholic HS
5/20, 4:30 pm @Brunswick Brunswick HS
5/15-5/16, TBA Sectional TBD
5/22-5/23, TBA District TBD
5/30-5/31, TBA Regional TBD
6/7-6/8 State Semis & Finals Huntington Park