All players who ordered in the cookie tray fundraiser for Christmas should pick them up between 11:00am and 11:30am tomorrow morning, Saturday December 20. The address to pick them up is 78 Saddle Lane, Palmer Township, Easton Pa.

This is the home of Lori Briskie. It is located in the Chrin Development above the Palmer Mall.

If you have any issue with being able to pick up at that time please email Coach LaDuca at laducac@eastonsd.org sometime today or early tomorrow morning and leave me a phone number to contact you and we will make other arrangements to help you.

Click here for directions

Today's after school workout with St. Luke's Sports Performance is cancelled due to the EASD closing all after school activities due to inclement weather.

We will workout tomorrow Wed. Dec. 3 and Friday Dec. 5 immediately after school both days.

Easton Baseball Players - Please spread the word regarding our xmas tree sales!

We are open on Sunday from 9:15am to approxiamately 6:30pm and this week from 4:30pm-8:00pm each night.

I will place a schedule for the week on www.roverbaseball.com in the next day or so. In the meantime players should come out for some time on Sunday and Monday to help with sales.

Please help us with an hour or two of your time. Peak times needed are anytime between 11:00am - 5:00pm Sunday and Monday 5-6pm and 7-8 pm.

This fundraiser is for the team and for you! Your coaches are committed to being there daily - are you committed to helping the program and your team?

Easton Baseball is offering a Cookie Sale Fundraiser for the Christmas holiday period.

Players who sell the Cookie Trays will be given a portion of the sales for baseball related expenses such as St. Luke's workout payments, spikes, practice gear, etc. Players will be given these sheets at workouts too but you may print out and share with others who are playing other sports or friends and relatives as well.

Please see the attached order forms for details on price and types of cookies and fundraising opportunities. All orders must be given to Coach LaDuca by December 13, 2014. Delivery is December 20 at EAHS.

Any questions should be directed to Coach LaDuca at laducac@eastonsd.org

Click here to download the Cookie Fundraiser Product Details
Click here to download the Cookie Fundraiser Order Form

The first workout with Trainer Steve Hultgren from St. Luke's Sports and Human Performance team at EAHS will take place tomorrow after school at 2:45.

Players should change and then report to the auxiliary gym area for agilities which will be followed by weight room training. REMINDER - the paperwork Steve gave us at testing last week should be returned in order to participate. The financial part of the form does not have a spot for us to indicate our special price.

Our price will be $60 for one month of workouts - 8 workouts per payment period….We do not want players to NOT participate due to financial difficulty…..come to the workout with the required paperwork regardless and please see our coaching staff if this pertains to you - we will speak to the staff at St. Luke's in order to look for a more amicable solution should you find yourself in this position. The St. Luke's group is a professional training group and with this financial commitment you are also a member of their 3 gym facilities with the closest being at the Anderson Campus near Rt 33.

Workouts this week will be Monday and Wednesday with St. Luke's at EAHS from 2:45-4:00pm and Friday with the EAHS coaching staff at EAHS from 2:30-3:30.

There is also a Diamond Club Meeting Tuesday evening at 7pm in room C111 at the school. All parents are invited to attend!

After speaking with the representative from St. Luke's Sports and Human Performance Unit - the Baseball Combine Testing for EAHS Baseball Players will be held on Tuesday - November 11, 2014 from 5:30-7:00pm at their facility in Allentown - address is below: About a 23 mile ride - Rt 22 to Rt 309 South - see Google maps:

St. Luke’s Fitness & Sports Performance Center

St. Luke’s West End Medical Center 501 Cetronia Road Allentown, PA 18104

All players who attended our meeting should attend and others who would like to come may as well. Please click on the links below to see brochure given to you at the meeting and all athletes should complete the registration and waiver, participant readiness questionnaire and billing authorization forms and bring them to the testing. Parents may but do not need to attend.

We will meet between 4:30 and 4:45 at EAHS in the baseball parking lot. For those that may need a ride we can car pool there. Speak to your teammates and organize car pool rides. This will be the only session that we need to travel to the facility. All other workouts will be held at Easton on Mondays and Wednesdays after school.

Remember - if we are to be the best we can be - a commitment to each other and the program is imperative. This Testing is to find out your current baseline abilities so that you can improve upon them as the program moves forward. It is absolutely important for you to attend this testing to make the performance program worthwhile. If for any reason you are not able to attend - you must notify Coach LaDuca. It is your responsibility to communicate with the staff for all workouts.

The representative stated that if you are not sure of being part of the workout program to come and do the testing anyway so you can get the idea of how the facility is organized to help you and what the overall program's goal is. Remember - joining this program allows you the use of the St. Luke's three gym facilities at any time also.

The price for the program is listed as $60 a month but we are working with them to lower this price per player. We are considering small simple fundraisers to help with this cost for each player in coming weeks. We will let you know the cost once we receive feedback expected Monday or Tuesday this week. Remember this is a professional trainer who is coming to EAHS to train us twice per week.

If you would like to pay the $60 up from on Tuesday - the check would go to "St. Luke's Sports and Human Performance" and you will be credited with that amount for future workouts at the agreed upon rate.

Please check back to the site in case any adjustments to the schedule, price, or info. changes in the next few days.

Click here to download the SLUHN Sports Performance Training For Baseball Description
Click here to download the St. Luke’s Easton High School Baseball Program details

The next Easton Baseball Diamond Club meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 18th at 7pm in Room C111.

Today's game with Phillipsburg is postponed until Monday at 4 pm at Easton due to wet field conditions.

Wednesday's freshmen/JV game with Bethlehem Catholic has been postponed to make way for the Varsity Fall Championship game at Easton on Wed. 10/15/14 at 4pm against Phillipsburg.

The Freshmen/JV game will be played at some point and we are working on a makeup date possibly Thursday or early next week.

Inclement weather is looming the next few days also so this may create additional postponements and changes in the schedule.

All players should check email, text messages from coaches, and here at www.roverbaseball.com for the most up to date schedule.

Semi Final Playoff Fall Game: Varsity

Thursday Oct. 9, 2014, 4pm - Whitehall @ Easton
Phillipsburg @ Freedom (other Semi)

If Easton wins they will advance to the Championship game next Monday or Tuesday.

JV/Freshmen Schedule

Wednesday Oct. 8, 2014, 4:15pm - at Northampton (Moore Twp. Rec Center) 650 English Rd.
Wednesday Oct. 15, 2014, 4pm - Bethlehem Catholic

Varsity game with Stroudsburg for today was postponed to accommodate a schedule change for a XC meet being brought to Easton due to the ongoing issues with the manhunt in the East Stroudsburg area for the state Police killer that is surrounded currently. The Rovers XC team was to travel there today but the meet has been switched to here. Since the course entails the outskirts of the baseball field we can not play our game. We will reschedule the game. I will send an email about practice and or a possible makeup game for Thursday soon. Please check here or your email for updates daily. Expect to practice Thursday if we don't play Thursday.

JV Fall Ball - Northampton's game has been postponed from Thursday and will be played sometime next week or the following week. Currently the next scheduled game will be Monday Sept. 29 at Freedom at 4pm. Players should transport to Freedom on their own and arrive no later than 3:30.

You will be coached by Coaches Kanusky and Sheridan. You will also play Nazareth at home on Wednesday Oct. 1 at 4pm. While Coach Bisco the other coaches will coach your games. A practice may be held this week because of the cancellation. If so you will be sent a text message this evening.

Grades 11-12 Fall Baseball Participants should report to a practice immediately after school on Tuesday August 26 at 2:45 on the main baseball field at EAHS.

Grade 8-9-10 Participants will be notified of practices very soon for your schedule and should watch this website for those times. Schedule looks to begin first week of September for these grades.

1. Practice will be held and schedule information will be given out.
2. First game is Thursday - August 28, 2014 at EAHS at 4pm against Bethlehem Catholic.
3. The schedule consists of 10 games with games being played primarily Tuesday and Thursdays after school with an occasional Wednesday game during the month of September.
4. Playoffs will also be held at the conclusion of the league in a single elimination format for all teams who choose to enter.
5. Players are required to pay $115 per player to cover the costs of baseballs, insurance, umpires, field usage fees, league fees, and shirts for each player as the league is not funded by the school. Please make checks payable to "Easton Baseball". Grade 8-9-10 fees will be $60 per player for the above particulars....schedule will be 6-8 games total and will not include playoffs.
6. All players will participate and no tryouts will occur.

Questions or concerns should be directed to laducac@eastonsd.org

EAHS Fall Baseball Sign Ups will be coming soon for boys in grades 8-12......as soon as the league gets us the information - we will post it here on the site......please check back frequently to see when it is posted.

Hoping to have info. by August 1 or very soon thereafter.

The Easton Baseball Year End Picnic will be held on Tuesday, June 10th at 6:00 in the senior café.

The hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, pretzels, and water will be provided by the booster club.

The following should be brought by each team:

Freshman - Soda
JV - Salads (potato, macaroni, pasta, tossed)
Varsity - Dessert.

Please contact Maria LaValva at (610) 442-7176 with how many people will be attending and what you will be bringing so there isn't an overlap of foods as well enough food for those attending.

This date was chosen based on Legion & Jr Legion game schedules. If you have any questions let us know.

Todays Varsity game at Pleasant Valley and the Freshman game at home against Phillipsburg have been postponed due to rain.

Both games will be made up tomorrow.

The Freshmen team will square off at noon against Phillipsburg, followed by the Varsity game against Pleasant Valley.

Pleasant Valley will be the home team.

By Stephen Miller, Of The Morning Call

A sixth-inning rally left Freedom three outs away from keeping control of the Lehigh Valley Conference East Division baseball race.

A couple of comebackers contributed to a collapse that allowed Easton to stay in the hunt for a division title.

Three throwing errors by Freedom pitchers fueled a five-run seventh for the Red Rovers. Eleven players batted before the inning ended as Easton rallied for a 7-3 win at Coca-Cola Park.

While Easton (11-6 overall, 8-5 LVC) and Freedom (9-6, 7-4) are still in contention for the East Division title, Liberty controls the race. The Hurricanes used a complete-game seven-hitter from Matt Leon to win the nightcap at Coca-Cola Park, downing Bethlehem Catholic 6-1. Liberty (11-5, 8-4) can clinch the East by beating Northampton and Freedom next week, the last of the regular season.

While Easton will need help to reach the LVC playoffs, it wrapped up a memorable week Friday. The Red Rovers spent two days in Cooperstown, N.Y., making a visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday after beating Nazareth in an LVC game Tuesday that put them in the District 11 Class 4A playoffs.

Friday's trip to the home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs worked out just as well for Easton. Matt Semanick pitched the bottom of the seventh to lock down the win for the Red Rovers, retiring Dan Corvino (2-for-4, one RBI) on a bases-loaded pop-up to end the game.

Semanick also had three hits, scored twice and drove in a run.

"It was an excellent experience," Semanick said. "There's nothing like it out there. I had my whole team behind me, so I knew that there was nothing to worry about. I just had to throw strikes, and the rest of it did itself."

Freedom's problems throwing to the bases Friday burned it. A Corvino sacrifice fly, a Nick Mazzella RBI triple and a TJ Czerwinski RBI double in the bottom of the sixth gave the Patriots a 3-2 lead heading to the seventh.

Mazzella then started the seventh by hopping off the mound to his right to snag a comebacker from Erik Oakley. Mazzella had time to settle before throwing the ball, but he rushed his toss to first and wound up with an error.

The inning grew worse for Freedom. Easton left fielder Brad Wilkins tied the game with an opposite-field RBI single, ending Mazzella's outing.

Zak Gagnon entered and walked Jake Lisinicchia to force in the go-ahead run after Freedom opted to intentionally walk Luis Hernandez to load the bases. Gagnon later committed two throwing errors as Easton scored five runs in the inning with just two hits.

Freedom finished the afternoon with six errors, five of which came on throws.

"We've been up and down," Freedom coach Nick D'Amico said of his team's fielding. "It depends on which day we're out there. When it goes bad for us, it goes bad."

Easton, meanwhile, committed only one error Friday. It also received 52/3 solid innings from starter Matt Fitch (seven hits, three runs, one walk, five strikeouts).

Adam Martino was originally slated to go for the Red Rovers, but Fitch responded when given the ball for a second time this week. He struggled over two innings Monday against Northampton, a 10-1 loss for Easton.

"That's one of the marks of this team. All year long, for the most part, they've been a character group that has come through in most situations," Easton coach Carm LaDuca said. "We couldn't be more happy for them."

In the second game, Leon again showed why Liberty has trusted him in big spots. A single by Chris Figler (2-for-4) and a double by Pat Mergel (2-for-4) gave Bethlehem Catholic (7-8, 4-6) runners at second and third with no outs in the first.

Leon left them there with two strikeouts and a groundout. He allowed just an unearned run in the second inning and struck out eight, retiring 11 of 12 batters in one stretch.

Liberty managed just five hits but took advantage of five walks by Figler. Tom Epsaro put the game out of reach in the seventh, smacking a two-run double. He finished with three RBIs.

As the night ended, Liberty exited Allentown in a familiar spot. Coach Andy Pitsilos has guided the Hurricanes to the East crown every year since the LVC went to a three-division format starting with the 2009 season.

"We'll attribute tonight to good pitching on their end," Pitsilos said. "We didn't hit the ball the way we can hit the ball. That will come next week.

"If we hit the ball well, I'm confident in our chances."

Courtesy of The Morning Call

By Brian Fortner | The Express-Times

Adam Martino was able to pitch with a lead tonight. A luxury no Easton Area High School pitcher had been granted in recent years against Phillipsburg.

Martino pitched five innings, giving up two earned runs to lead the visiting Red Rovers to a 15-6 independent baseball victory over P'burg under the lights at Hackett Park.

"It's a nice feeling as a senior be able to win," Martino said. "We haven't beaten (Phillipsburg) in a few years, so it's nice to get a win this year."

The Red Rovers (7-3) pounded out 15 hits and batted around in the first and seventh innings to post their most impressive offensive performance this season.

"We made sure the bats were hot tonight," senior center fielder/pitcher Matt Semanick said. "We knew the past three years it hasn't gone our way and we wanted to right that wrong today."

Semanick went 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs and an RBI and pitched the final two scoreless innings to close out the victory and earn the Rovers most valuable player award.

Lou Fasano was named P'burg outstanding player of the game.

Fasano came off the bench to go 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.

Phillipsburg came into the game winners of three straight and four of the last five meetings with the rival Rovers.

In all three of those wins, P'burg jumped to early first-inning leads.

The script was flipped tonight.

Easton pounced on the 'Liners for seven runs -- five of those unearned -- in the top of the first inning to spot Martino huge lead before the senior right-hander ever threw a pitch.

"It seems like the case in this series is the team that goes out to the early lead, normally goes on to win the game," Easton head coach Carm LaDuca said. "Tonight we were fortunate enough to capitalize on some (P'burg) mistakes and get out with a win."

P'burg starter Tyler Plesnarski lasted just two-thirds of an inning as Easton sent 11 batters to the plate in the inning.

Semanick led off with a single and scored after back-to-back P'burg errors set the tone early.

Jake Lisinicchia drove in a pair with a lined single to left and came around to score when the 'Liners botched a rundown following Erik Oakley's single to right field three batters later.

P'burg (1-9) battled back with four runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it interesting at 9-5, getting a two-run double from Fasano.

Unfortunately, the Rovers weren't about to let P'burg make it four wins in a row in the series.

Lisinicchia made it 10-5 Easton, doubling home Luis Hernandez in the top of the sixth.

Oakley, John Spadoni and Casey Brown all drove in runs in a five-run seventh as the Rovers blew the game open.

Oakley had three hits and Hernandez, Lisinicchai and Sean McKee all had two hits for Easton.

"It's been the story all year," Phillipsburg coach Dave Hinkle said. "We're not making the plays defensively and we get ourselves in a hole. The kids fight, but sometimes you just can't come back. Tonight we couldn't come back."

Chris Trent had a pair of bunt singles for P'burg.

Article courtesy of The Express-Times

Todays Varsity and JV games against Allen have been postponed due to rain.

No make-up date has been announced at this time.

The Coaching Staff wishes to thank all who took part in the annual Purse Bingo at Easton High yesterday and made it a great success. The support of the program is so appreciated and a big thank you to the parent organizers who helped put it all together over several months of hard work. Phyllis Naiden and Lori Briskie guided a group of parents and supporters to make this a superb day!

Thank you to the folks who helped secure donations from businesses, the people who donated and sponsored a purse, the people who worked on Tricky Tray items, food concessions, and many other valuable pieces of work that went towards a successful event.

Sincerely - Thank you !
Coaches and Players of Easton Baseball

Due to heavy rains the past 3 days that have cause poor playing conditions on the fields, todays Varsity and JV games against Liberty have been potponed.

Both games have been resceduled for tomorrow, April 1st at the same fields and start time.

All JV and Varsity players will practice right after school on Wednesday and Freshmen and 8th grade players will practice from 4:30-6pm.

All Freshmen and 8th grade baseball candidates for tryouts should report to EAHS gym lobby for their first practice on Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 6:45pm. Practice will be held until 9:00pm.

Grade 10 players will be off on Thursday and should report back on Friday at 5:15 for practice.

All 11th-12th grade players should report every day.

Coaching Staff

Baseball Workouts

Monday Feb. 24 - All Senior / Junior Pitchers and All Catchers will meet at 2:30pm after school to do their routine in the aux gym and then meet Coach Hess in the pitch room for bullpens asap. All position players and pitchers, etc grades 9-12 will report for intramural hitting in aux gym/ defense in main gym and weight training at 3:30-5:00pm We can not start until 3:30pm due to Teacher after school meetings for the other coaches.

Tuesday Feb. 25 - No workouts

Wednesday Feb. 26 - 2:30pm Pitchers Long Toss/ Catch and Weight Training - all players grades 9-12.

Wednesday Feb. 26 - 5-7pm in aux gym at EAHS - 8th graders only - Hitting

Thursday Feb. 27 - No workouts - Spring Sports Parent Meeting at 6pm

Friday Feb. 28 - 2:30pm Pitchers / Catchers Bullpens and Hitting and Defense in Both gyms for grades 9-12 all players.

First day of PIAA Practice and real tryouts will be held March 3, 2014. With an expected indoor schedule it is very important that you look here to www.roverbaseball.com for the days and times you will need to be at practice. This schedule will be posted next weekend!

Grades 9-12 - Monday at 5-7pm in aux gym for hitters and pitchers and catchers bullpens

Grades 9-12 - Wednesday - Pitchers long toss if possible weather wise or gym catch and weight training

Grades 9-12 - Friday - 2:30-4:30 Pitchers and Catcher Bullpens/ Hitters in aux gym

Grade 8 only - Wednesday at 5-7 pm in auxilary gym at EAHS for hitting in batting cages

Monday Jan. 27 - 5-7pm ( All players Aux Gym - Hitting / Pitching / and Weight Training )
Tuesday - None
Wednesday Jan. 29 - 2:40pm (Hitting Aux Gym - Pitchers / Weight Training)
Thursday - None
Friday - Jan. 31 - 2:40pm - Pitchers - Catchers - and All players Weight Training

Hello everyone - Jarrett Lee recently moved here this past fall from New Jersey and is currently an EAHS student and he played on one of our Fall baseball teams and is currently working out with us. His mother still resides in New Jersey and recently she lost her home in a fire. Jarrett is doing fine and all of his family members are safe but lost many of their personal belongings. Below is an address for anyone who might be interested in helping out this family in their time of need. Thank You.

Click here to support Jarrett's Family

Monday January 20th - No workouts scheduled MLK Holiday

Tuesday January 21st - Pitchers/Catchers report at 4:15pm for Pitching workouts and flat grounds - all pitchers/catchers/ position players hit at 5pm in aux gym

Wednesday January 22nd - Pitchers and Catchers 2:40 Pitchers workout and Long toss - Position players weight training 2:40

Thursday January 23rd - No workouts scheduled

Friday January 24th - 2:40 All players - Pitchers /Catchers Flat grounds and workout - Hitting 3pm in aux gym all players

Intramurals will begin Monday January 13, 2014 from 5-7 pm in the auxiliary gym and pitching room areas. Report to Aux. gym.

Monday - January 13 will begin our winter workouts for our upcoming season.

All Pitchers and Catchers are expected to be there to begin our pre-season throwing program. All position players are also expected to be there as well. We will be hitting in the aux. gym. A full overview of what will be expected and a schedule for futre dates next week and weeks to follow will be given. Please communicate with the coaching staff if there are any issues! It is time to commit yourself to being the best player that you can be!

Pitchers and Catchers will begin bullpens on Mondays and Fridays and all are expected to be there to begin our winter program. Your commitment to our program needs to begin now so that we can have a successful season in 2014.

Times and exact specifics of what will be required will be posted here this coming week.

Hitting dates will also be posted in accordance with the schedule board near the trainers room and gym availability weekly. We will try to hit twice per week again based on availability of auxiliary gym space.

Please commit to being the best player possible by attending these workouts. Consider Easton Baseball as a priority. It will take all of us working hard to create a winning atmosphere in 2014! Please communicate with the coaching staff about any questions you may have.