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Where are they playing baseball now?
Published on Wed, Mar 26, 2008 by Gazette StaffRead More Sports
These two Wolves are Red Devils.
Caleb Grubb and Chad Wagner play baseball for Lower Columbia Community College, a school boasting nine Northwest Athletic Association of Community College championships dating back to 2005. In 2007, the Red Devils qualified for the NWAACC playoffs and completed the season 24-1 in conference play, 36-7 overall.
Before arm problems derailed his spring, Wagner, a sophomore, was throttling opponents with a 1.75 earned-run-average in 56 2/3 innings pitched with 29 strikeouts. Coaches say his arm is healthy and his fastball is reaching 89 miles per hour. As a senior in high school, Wagner was named all-league pitcher with a 5-2 record, 1.79 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 39 innings. He graduated in 2006.
Lower Columbia coaches report Wagner has signed on to play at Hawaii-Pacific in 2009.
Also a 2006 Sequim High grad, Grubb is a freshman on this Red Devils team. He was named to all-league teams as a junior and senior, hitting .610 with two home runs, 19 runs batted in, 36 runs scored and eight steals in his final season as a Wolf.
From Sequim to Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Jacob Berdine now throws for the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks, an NAIA school, in North Dakota.
Now a collegiate junior, Berdine pitched for Big Bend in 2006 and 2007. As a sophomore, he was 1-0 with a 6.54 earned-run-average, 10 strikeouts and just six walks in 31 2/3 innings. As a freshman, he pitched in 13 innings, posting a 1-0 record and 4.85 ERA.
Berdine is majoring in pre-law and minoring in computer science.
Berdine, a 2005 SHS graduate, pitched for the Wolves and the Wilder club team.
Caleb Grubb and Chad Wagner play baseball for Lower Columbia Community College, a school boasting nine Northwest Athletic Association of Community College championships dating back to 2005. In 2007, the Red Devils qualified for the NWAACC playoffs and completed the season 24-1 in conference play, 36-7 overall.
Before arm problems derailed his spring, Wagner, a sophomore, was throttling opponents with a 1.75 earned-run-average in 56 2/3 innings pitched with 29 strikeouts. Coaches say his arm is healthy and his fastball is reaching 89 miles per hour. As a senior in high school, Wagner was named all-league pitcher with a 5-2 record, 1.79 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 39 innings. He graduated in 2006.
Lower Columbia coaches report Wagner has signed on to play at Hawaii-Pacific in 2009.
Also a 2006 Sequim High grad, Grubb is a freshman on this Red Devils team. He was named to all-league teams as a junior and senior, hitting .610 with two home runs, 19 runs batted in, 36 runs scored and eight steals in his final season as a Wolf.
From Sequim to Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Jacob Berdine now throws for the Dickinson State University Blue Hawks, an NAIA school, in North Dakota.
Now a collegiate junior, Berdine pitched for Big Bend in 2006 and 2007. As a sophomore, he was 1-0 with a 6.54 earned-run-average, 10 strikeouts and just six walks in 31 2/3 innings. As a freshman, he pitched in 13 innings, posting a 1-0 record and 4.85 ERA.
Berdine is majoring in pre-law and minoring in computer science.
Berdine, a 2005 SHS graduate, pitched for the Wolves and the Wilder club team.
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