Senior year sports are always hard on the student athlete. With the final minute of a game, swing of the club, or last inning out on the field, the seniors all know that the end of thier high school sports career has come to a close.
The boys varsity baseball team is experiencing something different. Not just then end of the high school sports careers, but the end of long time teammates.
Seniors Ryan Miner, Brian O’Connor, Jon Murray, Brian Bjerke, Tyler Haggerson, and Kevin Crimmons all have known each other a long time.
“We’ve been playing with each other since we were 10, eight years is a long time to play with somebody, it’s very sad for me to know that after this we won’t be teammates anymore,” said senior Ryan Miner.
All of them agreed when they were reminded of the old days of travel teams and the past four years at Seaholm that it has been fun.
“ I’ve known these guys for a long time, we go way back, I get asked who do I think is the best on the team, I don’t think about it individually, I think that we are good as a team, not just one,” said senior Brian Bjerke.
After this season they all will be going their separate ways. Haggerson getting a scholarship to Hillsdale for baseball, Bjerke to Michigan State, Murray going to Denison, and Miner going to Wooster for a football scholarship. The team wants to win at least districts to end on a high note.
“These guys are really nice and good team players, they are essential to our team,” said junior Eric Sherman.
Varsity baseball though hasn’t started the season like they had planned. With a quick three wins, they then lost bad ends of a double header against Troy.
“I’m happy about our teams enthusiasm even though we lost, and I’m happy about being 3-0 in our division, that’s big,” added Miner.
There are many chances to catch Senior and the rest of the Varsity squad in action at home on April 25 against Southfield Lathrup, or when they face cross town rival, Birmingham Groves on May 6.
“If Murray, Bjerke, Miner, and Haggerson stay healthy, I am very confident that we are capable to go far this season,” said Sherman. The season ends at the Marysville Tournament, May 23, where the tightly bonded seniors take to the friendly confines one last time.
