The Bears entered the Southeast Tournament as the top seed, knocking off Wrangell 9-0 in the opening round game behind four shutout innings and a home run from senior Pedro Mojica, to help the Bears advance to the second round.
JDHS was then routed by Sitka 19-9, in six innings, in a game where the Wolves took full advantage of 13 Crimson Bear errors. The Bears state tournament hopes looked bleak as they faced two consecutive must-win games in order to clinch a berth.
The Bears topped Ketchikan 9-4 to stay afloat in the southeast conference and keep their state title hopes alive. JDHS received four strong innings from sophomore Joe Kohan. Nano Jacobsen, Mojica, and Ward each knocked in two runs in the win to force a win and move on, lose and go home matchup with Sitka.
The Bears led 5-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, as starter Andrew Hall had limited the Wolves to just one hit. Hall began the seventh by giving up a single and issuing a walk, and his pitch count hovered near 100 pitches, and was relieved by Clae Baker. With runners on first and third, After Baker recorded the first out, a Crimson Bear error on what appeared to be a routine double play ball loaded the bases. Sitka cut the Bears’ lead to 5-3 with a towering two-run double that was then misplayed in the outfield. Wolves shortstop, E.B. Crow then made his mark on the inaugural tournament by sending Baker's offering into the trees in straight-away center field for a three-run walk off home run to complete the Wolves’ five run comeback and give Sitka a 6-5 win, ending the Bears’ season. The 2006 seniors were Andrew Hall, Clae Baker, Ryan Beason and Nathan Jacobsen.
Pedro Mojica receives congratulations after hitting a home run against Wrangell.
Derek Listberger awaits the pitch.
Pat Kohan sets to make the throw to first
Andrew Hall takes a hack.
The Bears batted .322 as a team with 14 home runs during the season. Nano Jacobsen led the team in batting average, hitting .438, Pat Kohan slugged 4 home runs to lead the team, Pedro Mojica paced the Bears with 23 runs batted in, while batting .339, and Derek Listberger topped the team in stolen bases with 16, while hitting .375.
The Crimson Bears pitching staff posted a 2.41 team ERA , allowing 85 runs in 22 games (3.9 runs per game). Mojica went 3-0 with a 0.96 ERA in 14 2/3 innings pitched. Joe Kohan went 4-2 with a 2.37 ERA and 33 Ks in 23 2/3 innings of work, and Sean Lindsay posted a 3-0 record with a 3.40 ERA, while fanning 23 battersin 20 2/3 innings pitched.
Nano Jacobsen is congratulated by teammates after scoring
Joe Kohan fires a pitch against Petersburg.
Sean Lindsay follows through on his pitch against Ketchikan.
Teammates congratulate Shawn Ibesate after hitting a two-run homer against Ketchikan.
Clae Baker follows through on a pitch.
Ryan Beason lets loose with a pitch.
Andrew Hall looks in for the sign.
Joe Kohan fires to the plate against Sitka.
Roster: Clae Baker (P/OF) Sean Bavard (Inf/P) Ryan Beason (P/DH) Andrew Hall (P/1B) Shawn Ibesate (2B) Nano Jacobsen (C) Joe Kohan (SS/P) Pat Kohan (3B/P) Sean Lindsey (P/1B) Derek Listberger (OF/2B) Corey Mahar (C) Pedro Mojica (P/OF) Dakota Smith (OF) Gary Stephens (3B/P) Buzz Ward (OF/P)
Coaches: Jim Ayers (Head Coach) Bill McCauly (Assistant Coach) Ray Gorle (Assistant Coach) Frank Barthel (Assistant Coach)
Team and Individual Statistics
NOTE: Individual batting statistics listed below are based on players with at least 33 at bats (AB)
The 2006 Crimson Bears' Baseball season records are:
Batting Average = H / AB (H=Hits) / (divided by) (AB= At Bats)
TEAM Batting Average = 195 / 582 = .335
Leaders: Nano Jacobsen .438 Joe Kohan .424
Three other Crimson Bears hit over .300
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 (a runner on 2nd or 3rd) or hit to keep a rally going.
Leaders: Buzz Ward 1.000 Joe Kohan .985 Pat Kohan .957 Pedro Mojica . 919
(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 20 innings.
Pitching Statistics: Won-Lost ERA WHIP Ratio K/BB Opp.BA Pitches per Inning
TEAM 17-5 2.41 1.471 1.3 .170 19
Leaders: Joe Kohan 4-2 2.37 1.059 5 .188 16 Sean Lindsey 3-0 3.40 1.117 1.4 .136 18 Clae Baker 3-2 3.50 1.636 1.4 .235 19 Ryan Beason 2-0 3.89 1.333 2.3 .224 19 Ryan Beason appeared in 9 games as a relief pitcher and pitched 18 innings. Pedro Mojica Although Pedro pitched 14.6 innings his record was 3-0 with an ERA of 0.96 and a WHIP of 1.164.
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 leads to runs scored.