Back Row (Left to Right): Assistant Coach Ray Gorle, Assistant Coach Bruce Scandling, Ryan Gorle, Isaac Cadiente, Bryan Hamey, Bud Baun, Zach Mixson, Evan Scandling, Zach Kohan, Assistant Coach Bryson Buck, Sam Muse, Matt Greely, Joe Ayers, Pat Kohan, Head Coach Jim Ayers, and Assistant Coach Frank Barthel. Front Row: CJ Keys, Chris Dillon, Erik Scholl, Nick Wolf, Sergio Magallanes, Tres Saldivar, and Chad DuBois.
The Bears made it back-to-back state championship titles by defeating Bartlett in the State Championship game 7-3 in a come from behind victory.
Led by the all-senior infield of Evan Scandling, Nick Wolf, Zach Kohan, and Joe Ayers, the Bears stormed through southeast play, only dropping one game all season. This infield was considered by some as the best high school infield ever assembled in Alaska.
They entered the state tournament by knocking off Lathrop 7-0, behind a five-hit, 11 strikeout shutout performance from Zach Kohan. The Bears followed with a 7-3 comeback victory over Bartlett, to give them the state title. Junior submarine pitcher, Matt Greely fired five plus shutout innings of relief, fanning seven Bartlett batters, to record the win. The Bears trailed 3-0 in the
early innings but were able to rally behind Baun and Scandling, who each drove in two runs. CJ Keys provided a spark out of the nine slot, adding three hits and three runs scored for the Bears.
Ayers, Baun, Kohan, and Evan Scandling were all named to the All-State Tournamnet team.
Led by the all-senior infield of Evan Scandling, Nick Wolf, Zach Kohan, and Joe Ayers, the Bears stormed through southeast play, only dropping one game all season. This infield was considered by some as the best high school infield ever assembled in Alaska.
They entered the state tournament by knocking off Lathrop 7-0, behind a five-hit, 11 strikeout shutout performance from Zach Kohan. The Bears followed with a 7-3 comeback victory over Bartlett, to give them the state title. Junior submarine pitcher, Matt Greely fired five plus shutout innings of relief, fanning seven Bartlett batters, to record the win. The Bears trailed 3-0 in the
early innings but were able to rally behind Baun and Scandling, who each drove in two runs. CJ Keys provided a spark out of the nine slot, adding three hits and three runs scored for the Bears.
Ayers, Baun, Kohan, and Evan Scandling were all named to the All-State Tournamnet team.
Seniors: Top row, (Left to Right): Bryan Hamey, Joe Ayers, Zach Kohan and Evan Scandling.
Bottom row: Chad Dubois, Isaac Cadiente and Nick Wolf. Not pictured Bud Baun.
2003 Schedule
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The Bears batted .385 as a team during the regular season with 16 home runs and 142 runs scored (8.9 runs per game). Bud Baun batted .477 with 4 home runs; Zack Kohan hit .444 and also had 4 home runs; Evan Scandling hit .442 with 2 home runs; Joe Ayers hit .420 with 2 home runs; and Nick Wolf hit .402 and also had 2 home runs.
The Bears pitching staff posted a 2.72 ERA. Kohan posted a 5-0 record with a 0.56 ERA and 32 strikeouts in 25 innings pitched, and Matt Greely also went 5-0, while posting a 2.37 ERA and 27 Ks in 27 innings of work. |
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Roster:
Joe Ayers (SS) Bud Baun (C/OF/P) Issac Cadiente (C) Chris Dillon (C) Chad DuBois (OF/P) Ryan Gorle (OF) Matt Greely (P) Bryan Hamey (P) CJ Keys (OF/IF) Pat Kohan (3B/P) Zack Kohan (3B/P) Sergio Magallanes (OF/P) Zack Mixson (P/1B) Tres Saldivar (IF) Evan Scandling (1B/P Erik Scholl (IF) Nick Wolf (2B/P)  Shortstop Joe Ayers fields a grounder from a Sitka batter.
 Evan Scandling catches a pop fly against Sitka
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 Zach Kohan is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run homer against Ketchikan.
 Second baseman Nick Wolf fields a grounder off the bat of a Sitka player.
 Evan Scandling and Zach Kohan congratulate Bud Baun on scoring a run in the fifth inning of the title game.
 Starting Pitcher Zach Kohan delivers a pitch during a game against Sitka.
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. Players practice their autographs at the State Tournament
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 Evan Scandling looks in for the sign against Ketchikan.
 Second Baseman Nick Wolf, tags out a Bartlett base runner during the state championship game.
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C. J. Keys dives into the Crimson Bears' celebration pile-up after their state championship clinching win over Bartlett.
 The team celebrates it’s 7-3 victory over Bartlett in the state championship
game.
Team and Individual Statistics
NOTE: Individual batting statistics listed below are based on players with at least 35 at bats AB. The 2007 SE Regional Championship and State Champion Crimson Bears' Baseball season records are: Batting Average = H / AB (H=Hits) / (divided by) (AB= At Bats) TEAM Batting Average = 156/405= .385 Leaders: Bud Baun .477 Zack Kohan .444 Evan Scandling .442 Joe Ayers .420 Nick Wolf .409 The better hitters have batting average of .300 or higher. However some hitters may hit lower than .300 but hit more timely hits than hitters with higher batting averages, for example hit when runners are on base or in scoring position or hit to keep a rally going. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Base % = (H+BB+HP) / (AB+BB+HP+SF) (BB=Base on Balls) (HP=Hit by a pitch) (SF= Sacrifice Fly Out). TEAM On Base % = 156+68+8 / 405+68+8+2 = .480 Leaders : Bud Baun .582 Evan Scandling .576 Nick Wolf .571 Joe Ayers .555 Zack Kohan .497 (The career highest OB% belongs to Ted Williams at .482). -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Slugging % =(1B+2x2B+3x3B+4xHR) / AB (1B=singles) (2B=doubles) (3B=triples) (HR=Home Runs). TEAM Slugging % = 100+74+12+60 / 405= .607 Leaders: Zack Kohan .956 Bud Baun .795 Evan Scandling .721 (At the major league level the slugging % is in the .500 to .700 range. The career highest Slugging % is held by Babe Ruth at .690). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Rate = (AB minus K) / AB (K=Strike Outs) TEAM Contact Rate =405-40 / 405= .901 Leaders: Evan Scandling .953 Joe Ayers .920 Zack Kohan .911 Bud Baun .909 (The major league contact rate level is at 80%. However batters who are hitting .300 or better are in the 90% range) (source: Ron Shandler USA Today 4/17/2008). ============================================ NOTE: all the individual pitching stats listed below are based on pitchers who pitched at least 16 innings . Pitching Statistics: Won-Lost ERA WHIP Ratio K/BB Opp. BA Pitches per inning TEAM 15-1 2.70 1.233 2.37 .189 15 Zack Kohan 5-0 0.56 .8800 3.2 .135 14 Matt Greely 5-0 2.33 1.037 3.4 .183 14.5 Zack Mixson 2-0 2.19 1.125 9. .087 14.5 ERA=(ER x 7) / IP (Earned Runs x 7 innings (in high school baseball) divided ( / ) by innings pitched. A good ERA is 4.00 and under. WHIP= ( BB + H) / IP WHIP is another way to measure the effectiveness of a pitcher. Two pitchers could have identical ERAs but one of those pitchers could have a lower WHIP incating that he is a more effective pitcher. For example, Pitcher A could give up no runs 1 hit and issue 2 walks. His ERa is 0.00 and his WHIP is ( 2BB + 1hit / 6 innings pitched)= .600. Pitcher B also did not give up any runs but allowed 7 hits and issued 3 walks. Pitcher B's ERA is 0.00 but his WHIP is (3 + 7 / 6)=1.66. A good WHIP is around 1.000, below that is excellant. A poor WHIP is 1.750 or higher. In our example Pitcher B is allowing nearly 2 runners per inning.Runners on base usually means runs scored K / BB= Strikeouts / Base on Balls Opp. BA= Opponent's Batting Average |