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Mens College World

Series experiments

with instant replayUmpires at the 2012

Mens College WorldSeries will be able to useinstant replay to reviewspecied calls under anexperimental rule de-veloped by the NCAA

Baseball Rules Commit-tee.

The Division I Base- ball Commiee re-viewed and supportedthe experimental rule atits annual meeting July25-27 in Indianapolis.

The rule still must beapproved by the NCAAPlaying Rules OversightPanel (as must all play-ing rules proposals) be-fore being implement-ed. The panel meets via

conference call on Aug.11.

The Baseball RulesCommiee had origi-nally proposed usinginstant replay on anexperimental basis atthe regionals and superregionals in addition tothe College World Se-ries, but the DivisionI Baseball Commieenarrowed its use to theCWS since its possiblethat not all regional

and super regional siteswould oer the same lo-gistical consistency thatTD Ameritrade Park inOmaha aords.

The list of reviewableplays will be limited to:

Deciding if an ap-parent home run is fairor foul.

Deciding whether abaed ball le the play-ing eld for a home runor a ground-rule dou-

ble. Spectator-inter-

ference plays (only onplays involving homerun balls).

This has been oneof the issues that wewant to be cautiouswith and move some-what slowly, said Je

Hurd, the chair of theBaseball Rules Com-miee and senior as-sociate commissionerof the Western AthleticConference. The tech-nology is there. We are

not doing due diligenceto the sport if we dontuse it. At the same time,there is a ne line as tohow far you go with it.Thats the reason for itslimited use.

Division I BaseballCommiee chair TimWeiser, deputy com-missioner of the Big12 Conference, said itmakes sense to take ad-vantage of a facility thatis logistically friendly

to review plays.We have 17 cam-

era locations availableto us, Weiser said. Ifwe are really driven bygeing the call right,and we have a work-ing model that MajorLeague Baseball uses,it was an easy decisionto take advantage of thetechnology.

The instant-replayprocess will operateunder the fundamen-

tal assumption that theruling on the eld iscorrect. The only waya call can be changedis if there is indisput-able video evidence toremove all doubt thata ruling was incorrect.Otherwise, the originalcall will stand.

Any instant-replayreview would have tooccur before the nextpitch or play. If it occursaer a game-endingplay, it must be calledfor before all umpiresleave the eld of play.

There would not bea formal coaches chal-lenge opportunityin the instant-replay

Before the AmericanLegion Post Six baseballseason started, the teamhad big goals. The up-graded season schedulewas built to prepare theteam for the long haul ofthe state tournament.

Post Six nished theseason with a 23-14 re-cord, which was a recordwith which manager DonAndrews feels comfort-able.

If we had went 32 and5, that would have meantthat we havent beenplaying good enoughcompetition, Andrewssaid. If we would haveplayed .500 ball or below,were not playing well.Somewhere in between iswhere I would have likedto be, and we were. Withupgrading our schedulethis year, I thought 23-14ended up being a preygood record.

The team did accom-plish a rarity this yearwhen it comes to defeat-ing a team.

We went 6 and 0against Cass County,which is a feat in itself,he said. If you play ateam six times, there is a

prey good chance thatyoull get beat at least

once no maer how goodor how bad they are. To

beat them six times, I feltreally good about that.

However, Post Sixcould not complete itsultimate goal of geingpast Terre Haute Post 346and reaching the statechampionship. Post Sixlost to Terre Haute 14-4and 8-1 at the LafayeeRegional. Terre Hauteis the defending statechampion.

Terre Haute provedthat they are the best, hesaid.

Andrews said he isproud of the leadershipon the team.

Of the 18 players, wehad 10 players who wereplaying with us in theirlast season, he said. Ofthose 10 players, at leastseven are commied toplay in college baseball.Those 10 players wereour leaders. We had great

leadership out of them.They are just a goodgroup of kids and a greatgroup to be around.

The 10 players, whonished their nal yearwith the team, are MaAdams, Shane Arnold,Bryan Beachy, Drew

Brantley, Jerry Flick,Cody Jansen, Nick Lor-

enc, Spencer McQueary,Daniel Salinas and JakeYager.

Andrews said therewill be a strong core re-maining for next yearfrom the current teamwith eight players whocould return. The possi-

ble returning players are:Cameron Clark, Kyle En-nis, Jake Florek, AndrewMonroe, Clay ONeal,Damon Reel, Allen Stoutand A.J. Vazquez.

He said he was im-pressed with each mem-

ber of the team.Throughout the team

there were many stand-outs and surprises dur-ing the season. One suchplayer was Brantley, whomay have done some-thing that had not beenaccomplished before inPost Six history.

Drew Brantley hadan outstanding season,he said. We played 37

games, and he had a37-game hiing streak,which is just phenomenalat this level. To get a hitevery game is almost im-possible.

Brantley nished theseason with a team-lead-ing 66 hits and also had

12 stolen bases, which ledthe team. He will be play-

ing baseball for Ander-son University next year.

Damon Reel was alsoimpressive as he had a

baing average of .408He was a co-team leaderin RBIs with 42 and wassecond in hits with 60.He will join Brantley atAnderson University.

Clay ONeal also im-pressed Andrews withhis baing average of.400. He will be playing

baseball for the Univer-

sity of Evansville.Bryan Beachy is a

player Andrews called astudent of the game.He said Beachy remind-ed him of pitching greatGreg Maddux with theway he pitched.

Hes a nesse pitch-er, he said. Hes a realstudent of the game. Wehad him in the two holefor us because of his abil-ity to get on base what-ever it took. Hes just a

very, very smart baseballplayer.Beachy nished the

year with a 2.60 ERA in43 innings pitched. Hewill be playing baseballfor Indiana Wesleyan

Post Six to build on great season

BIG SWING Post Sixs Cody Jansen knocks the ball into play against Cass County in the sectional round.Jansen led the Sixers in home runs and was tied or the RBI lead or the season.

Perspective Photo / Peter Adelsen

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

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Legion Golf Course could equalize Liberty Cup

Chippendale pro thinks layout could spell end for country club dominance

The Kokomo CountryClub has had a strangle-hold on the Liberty Cupchampionship since theevents inception.

Now in its fourthyear, the Liberty Cup,sponsored by Liberty

Financial, could have anew champion becauseof the style of the courseat the American Legion

Golf Course. The eventis slated for Sept. 16.

The Legion prob-ably sets up more equalfor everybody, Iwould say, said Jim Humphrey,the PGA profes-sional at Chip-pendale GolfCourse. It maynot be as hard

of a golf courseto play. Its right there infront of you. If your teamscores well that day, you

are going to play well. Ifyour team just goes outthere and has a bad day,you are going to have

a bad dayat the Le-gion.

H u m -phrey saidthis may be the yearthat the

K o k o m oCountry Club could bedefeated.

I think this is go-

ing to be the tell-taleon whether if anybodycan beat the KokomoCountry Club with theirdominance on the bet-ter players, Humphreysaid.

Golfers from Wild-cat Creek Golf course,American Legion GolfCourse and Hum-phreys Chippendale

Golf Course hope thatthis could be their year.Im hoping that this

by Peter AdelsenSports Writer

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LEGION - C2

ITS A TRAP Danny Gross hits a shot out o a sandtrap during the Liberty Cup held at the KokomoCountry Club. Perspective Photo / File


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rocess. Coaches al-eady have the abilityo request a conference

among umpires underhe Geing the Callight provisions in Ap-endix E of the NCAA

aseball Rules Book.The umpire crew chief

determines whether tose instant replay.If instant replay is

sed, the calling umpireand the crew chief andother members of thecrew, as deemed neces-sary, would go to the

designated video-replayarea to review all rel-evant video coverage. Atleast one umpire wouldremain on the eld.

During a video review,the defensive team play-ers would be required tomaintain their positionson the eld and would

be allowed to practice

throw if desired. Baser-unners and the on-deckhier would remain attheir positions. All play-ers and coaches wouldhave to remain in thedugout. Any defensiveor oensive conferenceswould be charged asduring any other part of

the game.While there

is no timelimit fort h ev i d -e or e -

view,

l e n g t h yr e v i e w s(more than two orthree minutes) are dis-couraged and would

be considered possibleevidence that there is noindisputable video evi-

dence to change a call.The crew chief may

confer and dis-cuss the re-

plays duringthe reviewwith otherm e m b e r sof the um-p i r i n g

crew, but

the ultimatenal decision

is with the crewchief. This nal de-

cision may not be con-tested by either coach.

If a reversal resultsin the need to decidethe placement of bas-erunners, the crew chief

would use his best judg-ment to determine theirlocations as if the callhad been made correctly.Again, coaches cannotquestion these decisions.

If a call is changed, thecrew chief would notify

both head coaches andthe ocial scorer of theruling.

During the 2011 MensCollege World Series,there were a few playswhere the commiee be-lieves the umpires couldhave been aided in get-ting the call right, includ-ing a possible home runthat ended up being adouble.

We were kickingaround this idea beforethat incident of the playin Omaha, Weiser said.It kind of reinforced the

benet that video replaycan provide.

Hurd added: Omahais ideal because the newstadium was built to

be fan friendly, medi

friendly, umpire friendlyand team friendly. ESPNhas cameras to cover allthe angles, and you havea room available whereinstant replay reviewscan be done. We can takeadvantage of that.

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NCAA right idea with replay

Still, much more can be done

The NCAA has takena page from the MajorLeague Baseball play-book with idea of imple-menting instant replay.

The NCAA plans tobegin the use of instantreplay to review speciccalls, but it will only belimited to the 2012 Mens

College World Series.The only reviewableplays will be deciding ifan apparent home runis fair or foul, decidingwhether a baed ball lethe playing eld for ahome run or ground-ruledouble and spectator-in-terference plays, but onlyinvolving home run balls.

This is a start. I agreewith this being only im-

plemented for the WorldSeries games. Its alwaysgood to know who thereal winner is in the end.

Major League Base-ball has the same instantreplay rules, but the re-plays are available allseason long.

There has been talkabout expanding baseball

instant replay. I can seesome expansion, but thegame is already a slow-paced game. I would bein favor of only a fewtweaks.

Aer what happenedin the 19-inning Pis-

burgh Pirates/AtlantaBraves game on July 26,there is a strong case forsome expansion to in-stant replay. The Bravesdefeated the Pirates thatnight, or morning, when

Julio Lugo scored fromthird base on a groundball. Pirates catcher MikeMcKenry applied a tag,

but the umpire called therunner safe. This all hap-pened around 2 a.m. atTurner Field.

If there is going to be an expansion, MLBand the NCAA, oncethey get used to replay,should look at using re-

play for scoring aemptsat home plate, and onlyat home plate. I believethat the umpires shouldhave control on who issafe or out on rst, sec-ond or third base. But,when it comes to scoring,these plays should havea chance to be reviewed.If a home run can be re-

viewed, why not have abang-bang play of a baserunner aempting tocome home be reviewed?

I could go the way ofthe National FootballLeague when it comesto reviews. Each man-ager could have a certainamount of ags, cardsor whatever signal torequest for a review. Af-ter that agreed amountis used, that manageror coach can no longer

request a review. Thiscould be a total numberfor the season, or that se-ries, or just that game.

The umpires shouldhave the majority of con-trol in a baseball game.What would be bad ifevery play would be re-viewed. Hopefully it willnever come to that. No-

body is perfect, but anexpansion is necessary.

STATE CHAMPS The UCT Baseball 10U All-Star team celebrates as the 10UTown and Country Baseball Junior Division State Champions. The team won Dis-trict and Semi-State. First row (let to right), Gavin Wallace, Levi Hrabos, JustinHurlock, Garrett Melton, Gavin Eaker and Matthew Arcari. Second row, ElijahMoon, Jaden Armfeld, Cy Willis, Logan Bowser, Ryan Deis and Trevor Kessler.Top row, coaches Rich Arcari, Stacy Hrabos, Jeremy Moon and Gerald Armfeld.

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Community Fall League Howard County Thunder tryouts

KHS all-sports passes

Taylor fall practice dates

Friday Night Couples

Chippendale Swingers League

Monday Night Ladies Golf

Mr. Slam Dunk & Mr. 3 Point

Central Indiana SportsCorporation (formerlyCentral Indiana Kings), Ko-komo Kings and Kingsway

Sports Academy is pleasedto announce CommunityFall League for baseball andsoball.

The league is open to allyouth of Howard and sur-rounding counties. Teamswill be formed along schooland league lines as muchas possible. Friend or team-mate requests will be hon-ored.

The proposed age divi-sions are: T-ball/ Coachpitch (5-7); baseball or so-ball (8-12); middle school

baseball or soball (13-15);and high school baseballand soball (15 and up).

Players may move up

where appropriate. Gameswill be primarily on theweekends with some week-days when appropriate.Games will start Aug. 27with teams organizing inlate August. It will be aseven to eight week seasonwith as a many games aspossible.

Fees are $75. The fee cov-ers team t-shirt, insurance,use of indoor and outdoorpractice facilities, umpiresand all eld costs. Therewill be no gate.

The league will be run by Sean Laird and a staof collaborating organiza-tions. Sean is a past gradu-

ate of KHS and South Ala- bama where he excelledin the baseball programs.He has a Bachelors degreein Health Education. Thisleague will be a preparationto a winter developmentprogram and 2012 leaguesand events.

Register at KingswayAcademy, 3116 West Bou-levard, Mon-Thurs 48 pm,Sat. and Sun. aernoon.Questions or information,please call 236-1006 or [email protected].

The Howard CountyThunder fastpitch soballorganization will be con-ducting tryouts at Dar-

rough Chapel Park at thetimes below for the ageslisted. The organizationsintention is to have a teamat each age group listedproviding we have thenumbers to eld all of theteams. Howard CountyThunder is organized bylocal high school coaches

to provide aordable play-ing opportunities to com-pete at a high level. Playersshould arrive at least 30

minutes prior to the listedtryout times to register andwarm up. Age is as of Dec.31 at midnight of this year.Any questions may be di-rected to Jim Clouse @ 765-437-8904.

10 and under 8/10@ 6p.m. and 8/13@ 9 a.m.

11 year olds 8/10@

6:30 p.m. and 8/13@ 10:30a.m.

12-year-olds 8/10@6:30 p.m. and 8/13@ 10:30

a.m.13-year-olds 8/13@ 2

p.m. and 8/17@ 6 p.m.14-year-olds 8/13@ 2



p.m. and 8/20@ 6 p.m.

Kokomo High SchoolAthletic Department willsell All-Sports Tickets inthe Athletic Office Mondaythrough Friday 7:30 a.m. to3:00 p.m. Ticket applica-tions are available onlineat the athletics website --www.kokomohighschool-sports.com -- then click theBulletin Board icon. Ap-plications may be mailed

in or turned in to the of-fice. Adult tickets are $75each. Student tickets areon sale for $25 throughAug. 19 and then $45 afterthat. The All-Sport Ticketis admission to all homeathletic events excludingtournaments.

The athletic office is alsooffering two types of pre-sale tickets this year:

Football Sept. 10, Ko-komo vs. HuntingtonNorth at Lucas Oil Sta-dium at 2 p.m. Presale ad-mission is $10 each or $13at the door.

Boys Basketball Dec.30, City Securities Hallof Fame Classic at NewCastle Fieldhouse at 1 p.m.Admission is $10 each.

On July 29, area golferscompeted at ChippendaleGolf Courses Friday NightCouples. First place grosswent to Greg and Lynn

Harbaugh with Clarenceand Maggie Pridemorewith 33. Second placegross went to Bill Deaf-enbaugh and Barb Roundwith Larry and Bev Cablewith 34. Third place grosswent to Al and Bey Un-derly with Jerry and Con-nie Basham with 35. First

place net went to Dannyand Marcia Mulle withRob and Reba Hale with33. Second place net wentto Tom J. and Marge Hayes

with Ron and Bonnie Har-ris with 33. Third place netwent to Hank and MaryPowell with Bill and DanaOsburn with 33. Greg Har-

baugh was closest to thepin.

On June 22, many golf-ers participated in the Fri-day Night Couples event at

Chippendale Golf Course.First gross went to NoelHarvath and Kaylee King-seed with Gene and MartyObermeyer. Second gross

went to Randy and SandySmith with Dale and SueHight. First net went toCharlie Beswick and Ma-linda Grant with Bill andDana Osburn. Second netwent to Gene and MartyObermeyer with Chris and

Julie Rossi. Julie Rossi wasclosest to the pin.

Area golfers participatedin the Chippendale Swing-

ers Golf League on July 26.For A-Flight, Gay Hooverwon low gross with 45, andMarge Hayes won low netwith 35. For B-Flight, KayMickelson won low grosswith 46, and Bev Cablewon low net with 34. For C-Flight, Connie Basham wonlow gross with 48, and Shir-ley Miller and Judie McCoytied for low net with 34. ForD-Flight, Dorothy Wagonerwon low gross with 55, and

MaryAnne Mensing wonlow net with 43. The gim-

mick was for most bogies,which was won by Bev Ca-

ble and Sally Masariu withseven. Judie McCoy andKay Mickelson each had thefewest pus with 14.

On July 12, area golf-ers participated in the ninehole-2 best ball tourna-ment at Chippendale GolfCourse. Placing rst witha score of 51 was the teamof Maggie Pridemore, Ja-net Hawn, Shirley Miller

and No. 1 Blind. Placingsecond with a score of 56

was the team of Bev Bern-hardt, Joyce Pennyco, JanVostatek and No. 2 Blind.Placing third with a scoreof 58 was the team of JanieYun, Bev Cable, BonnieHarris and Jeanie Leyda.Winning the closest putfor hole No. 3 was CarolynHayes and closest put onhole No. 5 was Gay Hoover.Winning the longest pufor hole No. 5 was Bev Ber-nhardt.

On July 11, many areawomen participated inAmerican Legion Mon-day Night Ladies Golf.For A Flight, Jan Turnerwon gross with 41, and

Lea Street had a net of32. For B Flight, Lori Kel-lar had a gross of 49, andKelly Paul had a net of 38.For C Flight, Brenda Hem-

bree and Deb Pitcher tied

for gross with 61, and JeanHitchcock had the net with41. The gimmick of mostpars was won by Jan Turn-er with four.

* Football -- Grades 5, 6,7, 8 August 8-12 from 3-5p.m. at the eld house.

* Volleyball -- 6, 7, 8

Aug. 9, 11 and 16 from 1-3p.m. in the Middle SchoolGym.

* Cross Country Co-

ed -- 6, 7, 8 can pick uppractice times on Aug. 10 atregistration from 9 a.m. to7 p.m. in the middle school.

The Mr. Slam Dunk &Mr. 3 Point will be Sat-urday, Aug. 20. There isa $50 entry fee, and theevent is open to anyoneat any age. There will

be more than $1,000 incash prizes and more.For more information, goto: www.facebook.com/mr.slamdunk.com or call765-865-5412 or 765-252-

6726. Voter registrationwill be available. A por-tion of the proceeds goesto benet the United Wayfor back-to-school sup-plies.

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