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McFarland: Wrubleski set to play for Dawgs after outstanding rookie season at Chandler-Gilbert

“He’s had a rookie season to remember in college, but Jacob Wrubleski is happy to be coming home – if for nothing else but the cooking.

On the field, the Chandler-Gilbert Community College catcher hit .416 with eight home runs, 47 runs batted in and 38 runs scored in 42 games.

His performance has already begun garnering accolades as Wrubleski has been named an Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) First Team All-Region and First Team All-ACCAC, thanks to having the third-best batting average and fifth-best on-base percentage (.489).”

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McFarland: Wuschke seeks championship trifecta

“There aren’t many baseball players who have won a championship in the Canadian College Baseball Conference (CCBC), Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Regina’s Gavin Wuschke would love to add his name to that list as his Bellevue University Bruins enter the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) playoffs.

The freshman is coming off a regular season where he went 5-2 with a 5.46 earned-run average in 13 appearances, including nine starts.”

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McFarland: Resilient Beck exceling at UMary

“When a freshman college baseball player is sporting a .400 batting average heading into April, people are bound to take notice.

Carnduff’s Carter Beck managed to do exactly that in his first season with the University of Mary Marauders, quickly rising up the batting order in the process.

A Canadian College Player of the Week in mid-March after hitting four home runs and driving in eight runs in four games, the outfielder says confidence was key to his early success.

“Just trusting myself that I can hit good pitches, hitting fastballs early in the count and hitting breakers that I know are going to be in the zone and trying to stay away from chasing,” Beck told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories.”

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