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Sirmons excels at difficult position
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Written by La'Nia Latimer, The Eagle Staff Reporter
Chelsey Sirmons is a strong hitter and catcher for the Obama Eagles baseball team. His season is going good so far; he can always get better and take down top teams. By that Chelsey means the competitive teams like Brashear, Allderdice, and Carrick.
His primary position is catcher. If he had the opportunity to play another position it would be 3rd base or shortstop because it’s a lot more fun than sitting in one spot.
He feels that the most difficult thing about high school baseball is that the season is too short. He plays for Brighton Heights and the season is 2-3 months long.
“More communication, following directions and hustling,” said Chelsey when I asked him what the team needs to improve on. He feels that they’ll go pretty far and that there is a lot of young talent on the team.
Chelsey plans on playing in college and would like to go to Syracuse or somewhere north.
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Baseball team beats Perry, prepares for “big week”
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Following his team’s 10-7 win over Perry on Thursday, Coach Kocur couldn’t think about anything other than the week ahead. “We have 4 games in five days. It’s a big week and one that I think we are ready for.”
At rainy, windy Brighton Heights Park, the Eagles scored early and often, breezing to a 10-3 lead before the last inning, when the Commodores scored 4 runs to make it a 10-7 final.
Joel Akrie, Shawn Langer and Horace Pope provided the offensive fireworks for the team to support the fine pitching of Mike Noftz, who raised his record to 2 and 0. Cassel West earned the save by retiring the only batter he faced.
“Our starters played very well,” Kocur said. “But all of our players need more game experience. This is a very good group of players.”
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