Archer’s Baseball team wins 18 – 3 during October 11th exhibition match
BY: OLIVER PULCHER
Staff Writer
The metallic clang of the bat rang out as it connected with the ball. The yells of the parents cheering for their respective children accompanied the yelling of coaches and players. The adrenaline pumped as the batter dropped his bat and sprinted toward first base, desperately trying not to get caught. All of this is a familiar occurrence at all baseball games, especially at Meramec’s own Archer baseball games.
On October 11th, 2018, the St. Louis Community College Archers faced off against the Saint Charles Community College Cougars. The hard-fought game ended with the Archers claiming victory 18-3 over the Cougars.
The Archer’s coach is Scott Goodrich. Nick Dabeer is the Archer’s second baseman, and McGuire Dean is the Archer’s first baseman.
“We have a good group of guys returning who all make good contributions and who have gelled well,” said Goodrich.
Coach Goodrich also shared the team’s goals for the year. “To compete for the regional title, which currently consists of 9 good teams. And overall, to continue to improve on our goals and to get better over the rest of the season,” he said.
To prepare for the Archer’s next match, the team will look at previous strengths and weaknesses, continue to work on their already good pitching and continue to work on their abilities defensively, said Goodrich.
“There is a lot of the history with the program, with a lot of former players from STLCC having gone professional and with a lot of longtime coaches getting their starts here. As well as the fact that despite what most people might think, this division of play offers a good level of competition which builds strong future players,” said the coach.
Archer’s second baseman Nick Dabeer said that his personal goal, while he is on the baseball team, is, “To have a good year and to help the team.”
While McGuire Dean, first baseman, said his goal was, “To win games and play well enough to move onto a team at a four-year university.”
Dean said he feels the team gets along better than last year’s team. Dabeer said that the team is still working on chemistry, but seems to be getting well so far.
“All the players are good in at least one aspect,” said Dabeer.
And winning is a team goal.
“We are finding ways to win games outside of just playing our best. We are making a lot of progress, but we need to keep working throughout the year,” Dean said.
