2006 Recap

                                Varsity Results

Date Time Opponent Location Score W/L
  Mon, Apr 3 4:14 PM vs. East Ainsworth Field 11-0 W
  Wed, Apr 5 4:15 PM @ Central Ainsworth Field ppd  
  Fri, Apr 7 4:15 PM @ McDowell McDowell HS ppd  
  Sat, Apr 8 10:30 AM @ Central Ainsworth Field ppd  
  Mon, Apr 10 3:00 PM @ Hickory Hickory HS 3-1 W
  Tue, Apr 11 4:15 PM @ McDowell McDowell HS 11-4 W
  Wed, Apr 12 4:15 PM vs. Slippery Rock Ainsworth Field 12-6 W
  Thu, Apr 13 4:14 PM vs. Harborcreek Ainsworth Field 5-3 W
  Tue, Apr 18 1:00 PM vs. Williamsville N Petersburg, FL 8-5 W
 Wed, Apr 19 2:30 PM vs. ND Cath Latin Bradenton, FL 6-3 L
   Fri, Apr 21 10:00 AM vs. Williamsville E Petersburg, FL 12-2 W
  Tue, Apr 25 4:15 PM vs. Central Ainsworth Field ppd  
  Wed, Apr 26 4:30 PM @ Oil City Oil City HS 4-2 W
  Fri, Apr 28 6:45 PM @ Strong Vincent Ainsworth Field 11-0 W
  Mon, May 1 4:30 PM @ Meadville Meadville HS 14-4 W
  Fri, May 5 7:00 PM vs. McDowell Jerry Uht Park 7-0 L
   Sat, May 6 2:30 PM @ Central Ainsworth Field 16-6 W
  Mon, May 8 6:45 PM @ Central Ainsworth Field 11-5 W
  Wed, May 10 4:30 PM @ Franklin Franklin HS 14-6 W
  Fri, May 12 6:45 PM vs. Fort LeBoeuf Ainsworth Field 9-3 W
  Tue, May 16 7:00 PM @ McDowell Jerry Uht Park 12-7 L
  Thu, May 18 4:15 PM vs. Central Ainsworth Field 16-15 L

                                                   Junior Varsity Results

Date Time Opponent Location Score W/L
  Mon, Apr 3 6:45 PM vs. East Ainsworth ppd  
  Wed, Apr 5 4:00 PM vs. Central Brabender ppd  
  Fri, Apr 7 4:00 PM @ McDowell Walnut Creek ppd  
  Mon, Apr 10 5:00 PM @ Hickory Hickory HS 4-2 W
  Tue, Apr 11 4:00 PM @ McDowell Walnut Creek 3-2 L
  Tue, Apr 18 4:00 PM vs. Corry Brabender 6-4 W
  Fri, Apr 21 4:00 PM vs. Harborcreek Gate of Heaven 10-0 W
  Mon, Apr 24 4:00 PM vs. Central Ainsworth ppd  
  Wed, Apr 26 4:00 PM vs. Oil City Gate of Heaven 13-5 W
  Fri, Apr 28 4:00 PM vs. Strong Vincent Brabender 14-6 W
 Sun, Apr 30 12:00 PM @ Canisius Canisius HS 14-4 W
 Sun, Apr 30   @ Canisius Canisius HS 7-1 W
  Mon, May 1 4:30 PM @ Meadville Meadville HS 17-2 W
 Thu, May 4 4:00 PM vs. Central Brabender 11-9 L
  Fri, May 5 4:00 PM vs. McDowell Jerry Uht Park 12-6 L
  Sat, May 6 10:00 PM @ Central Ainsworth 10-2 W
  Sat, May 6 12:00 PM @ Central Brabender 8-2 W
 Wed, May 10 4:00 PM vs. Franklin Gate of Heaven 11-2 W
  Fri, May 12 4:00 PM vs. Fort LeBoeuf Gate of Heaven 10-0 W
  Tue, May 16 4:00 PM @ McDowell Jerry Uht Park 6-5

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Lawrence and Scarpitti sign with colleges.

Alan Lawrence and Justin Scarpitti will continue playing baseball by signing letters of intent to their perspective colleges. Lawrence(Sr./P) signed with Wallace St., a junior college in Alabama. Justin(Sr./1B)  signed with Thiel College in Greenville PA. Lawrence led the Prep pitching staff with 57 innings pitched and 68 strikeouts. Scarpitti batted .403 and had 21 RBI and 17 runs.  

"Alan will provide Wallace St. with a strong base for pitching and a willingness to excel as a collegiate pitcher. Alan did  an excellent job at Prep, and we were fortunate to have had such a great player."

     Al Lawrence had 68 strikeouts in 58 innings.                     Justin Scarpitti hit .403 with 21 RBI

"Justin's ability to hit for power and to all fields will make for a great future at Thiel. Justin had an excellent year swinging the bat and picking it at first. His passion for the game will be missed at Prep."

 

                              June 13th, 2006 - Ramblers lose tough one in the Western finals

 The Cathedral Prep's baseball season has come to an end with a 9-7 loss to Manheim township. In the first inning, Manheim scored two on a two run single by Brenie Zaritzky. Prep answered back by putting six on the board. Started off by a walk by Jake Perez, then followed by a single by Ryan Tann. Perez and Tann moved to second and third from a single by Shane Braendel. Justin Scarpitti scored Perez on a fielder's choice. Matt Stephany singled home Tann and Braendel to make it 3-2. Mike Schupp then got on from an infield hit. An error by the shortstop from Matt Lewis' bat scored Stephany. Matt Lindenberger then doubled to right center to score both Schupp and Lewis. Manheim battled in the second and ended up scoring four more to make it tied at 6. Manheim added one more in the fourth and two more in the seventh to make the score 9-6. Prep scored one more in the seventh, but came up a little short. Ryan Tann lead the Ramblers with two hits, Matt Stephany and Matt Lindenberger each had two RBI.

Coach D's Remarks: I am very proud of what this 06 Rambler team has accomplished. We made some good noise in the playoffs. These guys need to realize that we made it to the final four in the state in AAAA baseball, that means that we are one of the four top teams in the state of Pennsylvania. These guys will remember the run that we put together and how much fun we had doing it.

Ryan Tann, Matt Stephany, and Matt Lindenberger paced the Ramblers with a combined four hits and four RBI


                                            June 5th, 2006 - Prep wins 1st round playoff game 3-2.

Prep got off to an early lead in the third with a hit by pitch by Jake Perez, then Perez moved to second off of a Ryan Tann single. Shane Braendel then singled home Perez to jump out 1-0. The Ramblers scored again in the fourth from a single by Mike Schupp, then scored on a Matt Lewis double. They got one more with a two out single by Shane Pacileo, then Justin Scarpitti reached base on an error. A walk by Matt Stephany, loaded the bases. Mike Schupp then scored Pacileo on an infield single. Alan Lawrence went the distance for Prep, striking out 6 and giving up 8 hits. The Ramblers play again on Thursday at a site and time to be determined.

 Coach D's Remarks: "Alan had command of all his pitches today. He did an excellent job keeping hitters off balanced. We came up with some big hits and scoring those 3 runs in three consecutive innings really put the pressure on Norwin. We have to keep our focus high because it will not get any easier from here."

 

               Mike Schupp, Matt Lewis, and Shane Braendel each had RBI vs Norwin Monday afternoon.
                            Alan Lawrence won his 5th game of the year striking out 6 and walking 2.
                      
                     May 25th, 2006 - Ramblers win third straight District 10 Title
 
Prep jumped out on a two run lead in the first inning with a base hit by Jake Perez, then followed up with a
Ryan Tann single. Perez then scored on a wild pitch, and Ryan Tann scored on a Justin Scarpitti single. Prep
got two more in the 6th with Mike Schupp and pinch runner Bryan Colish scoring on an error and a wild pitch.
Alan Lawrence went the distance and earned his fourth victory of the season by allowing only  5 hits and 
walking 3.  Prep will start their inter-district play on June 5th at a site to be determined.
 
Coach D's Remarks: "I am very proud of what these guys have accomplished thus far. We maintained our
focus during our preparation for this game and we put the ball in play and put some pressure on McDowell.
Alan did a very good job of spotting his fastball and our defense played tremendously. Getting that third
District 10 Title in a row really puts in perspective what kind of program we have at Prep from our
Freshmen, JV and Varsity levels."
Alan Lawrence went 7 innings striking
 out three while surrendering only
 five hits.
                              
May 22nd, 2006 - Seniors play final regular season game
 
Cathedral Prep seniors, Jake Perez, Alan Lawrence, Justin Scarpitti, Shane Pacileo, Matt Stephany, Eric Panko  
 and Marty Lindenberger played their final regular season game against Central Monday afternoon. The Ramblers ended up
losing the game 16-15. Prep plays McDowell Thursday night at 6:00pm at Jerry Uht Park for the District 10 AAAA
Championship.
 
Coach D's Remarks: "I am honored to have coached such a great group of student-athletes. I have not only gotten to
know these guys as ball players, but as fine gentlemen as well. This close knit group will do whatever it takes to win
the District 10 again. I am proud of Jake, Alan, Shane, Justin, Matt, Marty and Eric and what they and their families
have given back to the program and look forward to see these guys be successful in the near future."
 
 
Marty Lindenberger Receives Scholarship

Marty Lindenberger, a senior at Cathedral Preparatory School and member of the Varsity Baseball team was recently awarded the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship.  This scholarship was started by Chick Evans, an amateur golfer who dedicated all his winnings towards a scholarship fund for caddies.  It is awarded by the Western Golf Association, and is the largest privately funded scholarship in the United States.  The scholarship is given out to over 200 students nationwide, and covers full tuition and room and board at participating universities.  Marty will be attending Penn State University main campus for the 06-07 school year and will be majoring in engineering.

 
                                         
                                             May 16th, 2006 - Prep loses third of the season.
 
Prep struggled in the bottom of the sixth inning giving up 8 runs on only two hits against McDowell, losing 12-7.
Matt Stephany had four hits and 4 RBI. Ryan Tann and Justin Scarpitti also added two hits a piece. Jake Perez added
a two run home run in the 4th inning.
 
Coach D's Remarks: "When you walk those many guys and the defense played a little too loose, then that's what's
going to happen to us. We did a nice job of putting the ball in play."
                        Matt Stephany and Jake Perez combined for 6 RBI against McDowell

                                             May 12th, 2006 - Prep wins 15th of the season.

Matt Passauer picked up his fifth win of the season beating Ft. LeBeouf  Friday night at Ainsworth Field 9-3.
The Ramblers scored 6 in the bottom of the  third off of  5 walks and one hit by pitch. Jake Perez had two hits in the third and 2 RBI.  Prep scored three more in the fourth off of Matt Lindenberger’s 2 RBI double.

Coach D’s Remarks: I was very happy with Passauer’s performance against the Bisons. We did a very well job of laying off pitches in the third to get us baserunners. Tomorrow’s game is what we’ve been waiting for this season. Winning Region 6 is one of our goals this season.”
 

                            Juniors Matt Lewis and Ryan Tann get into defensive position against Leboeuf.
 
        Matt Lindenberger had three RBI in Prep's victory over the Bisons. Mike Schupp is hitting .422 with 13 stolen bases

                                       May 10th, 2006 - Ramblers beat Franklin 14-6

Prep got off to a slow start yesterday in Franklin after being down 6-1 after the second inning.
Then the Ramblers got on a roll scoring the next 13 runs in the ball game. Leading the attack was
Shane Pacileo who recorded 4 hits, including a double and a 3 RBI triple in the fourth. Shane ended
up with 5 RBI and scored 4 times. Also helping the Ramblers put 14 on the board were Matt Stephany,
who had two hits, and two RBI. Justin Scarpitti added to hits and an RBI. James Orloff picked up his third
victory of the season, pitching three scoreless innings. 
 

Coach D's Remarks: "We did a very good job coming from behind. Orloff and Passauer weathered the
storm early. I am proud of these guys not getting too down on each other and putting the ball in play and making things happen.
  Justin Scarpitti and Shane Pacileo combined for 6 hits and 6 RBI in the Ramblers 14th win of the season

 
Matt Stephany signs with Christian Brothers University
 
Sr(OF/DH) Matt Stephany signed with D-II Christian Brothers University located in Memphis, TN. "Matt has a very attitude and work ethic that will allow him to excel for Coach Goodwin at Christian Brothers. Matt has a very strong arm and good speed
 that will benefit him in any position in the outfield."

 

May 6th, 2006 - "Prep slugs out 21 hits against Central."
 

Prep improved to 12-2 beating Central 16-6 Saturday afternoon at Ainsworth field. The Ramblers were led by Jake Perez' 5 hits and 2 RBI. Mike Schupp added 3 hits and 3 RBI. Other multi hit Ramblers included Justin Scarpitt, who hit his second HR of the season, Ryan Tann, and Matt Lindenberger. Matt Passauer picked up the victory, striking out 8 and walking 2. Prep plays Central again on Monday 4:15 at Ainsworth.
 
"Coach D's Remarks:"It was good to so these guys bounce back after the loss. This was an important win because it was a region win. We have to keep it going on Monday."
 

Catcher Matt Lindenberger and Justin Scarpitti combined for 4 hits, 4 RBI, and 6 runs in the 16-6 win of Central. Lindenberger had two doubles, and Scarpitti had a basehit and a HR.

May 2nd, 2006 - "Ramblers rout Corry 14-4"

 
Prep won its 11th game of the season by ten running Corry in 5 innings. James Orloff picked up his second win of the season, by allowing 6 hits and 4 runs, while striking out 6. Prep was led offensively by Shane Pacileo's  3 hits and 5 RBI. Multi-hit players also included Jake Perez, Ryan Tann, Shane Braendel, Justin Scarpitti, and Matt Stephany."
Coach D's Recap: "James pitched very well today by getting ahead of the hitters and hitting his location. Offensively we did a tremendous job of getting the barrel on the baseball. We need to stay focused for Friday's Region game."
 
 
                 James Orloff wins 2nd game  

May 1st, 2006 - "Prep beats Meadville 15-1 in six innings."

 
The Prep baseball team scored 12 in the top of the 6th inning yesterday to pound the Bulldogs 15-1. The Ramblers were lead by Shane Braendel's 4 hits included a two run double in the 4th and a grand slam homerun in the 6th inning. Justin Scarpitti added two hits, and Ryan Tann had 2 RBI. Jake Perez walked and scored 4 times. Alan Lawrence picked up his third victory of the season, striking out 6 and allowing 3 hits. Conor Connell came in relief striking out one and allowing one hit in 3 innings.
Coach D's Recap "We got strong pitching performances out of Alan and Conor, they spotted their pitches very effectively. We were patient at the plate, and when you get guys in scoring position, then good things will happen. Shane Braendel show evidence of that today."
Shane Braendel went 4 for 5 with 6 RBI in Monday's victory of Meadville Justin Scarpitti added 2 hits and an RBI yesterday.
He is hitting .483 this year

 

April 28th, 2006 - "Ramblers breeze by Strong Vincent 11-0 in 6 innings."

 
The Prep baseball team improved to 9-1 downing the SV Friday afternoon. Prep got going in the third with a leadoff base hit by Mike Schupp. Shupp then stole second and eventually scored on a wild pitch. Jake Perez walked, then Ryan Tann singled, followed by a Shane Braendel walk, ended up loading the bases. Shane Pacileo then drove in two runs roping a two run double down the left field line. Prep scored two more in the fourth, and 5 more in the sixth, making it 11-0. Matt Pasauer won his third game of the season, striking out 7 and surrendering just three hits. The Ramblers are back in action Monday at Meadville 4:30, then back at Ainsworth against Corry on Tuesday at 4:15.
                                  Shane Pacileo                              Matt Passauer

April 26th, 2006 - "Ramblers beat Oil City 4-2"

The Prep baseball team won their 8th game, downing the Oilers 4-2 yesterday at Oil City.

In the first, Ryan Tann walked then stole second. He scored on a base hit by Shane Pacileo. The Ramblers scored again in the 4th lead by a Justin Scarpitti walked, he moved to 2nd on a passed ball, then scored by Matt Lewis’ double. Prep scored one more in the 5th and the 6th to get their total to 4.Ryan Tann, Matt lewis, and Jake Perez each had two hits for the Ramblers.  Alan Lawrence picked up his second victory going the distance striking out 12.

Coach D’s Remarks: “We had to move the baseball around today to get some guys in scoring position. Alan pitched a great game. I am very happy with this win.”

 

April 11th, 2006 - "Prep blasts McDowell 11-4"

Prep scored 8 runs in the second inning on route to their third victory  in a row. Justin Scarpitti started the 2nd with a double to right center, after a walk by Matt Stephany and Lewis, Prep scored their first run by an infield base hit by Mike Schupp, Jake Perez then singled in two, followed by a squeeze by Ryan Tann. Back to back singles by Shane Braendel and Shane Pacileo led to two more runs. Scarpitti walked, then Stephany blasts a two run double off the right center fence, allowed the ramblers to increase the their lead to 8-0.
 
Braendel added fuel to the fire by slamming his first homerun of the season in the 4th inning,  that brought the score to 9-0. Alan Lawrence cruised on the mound, allowing 2 hits in six innings, picking up his first win of the season.
 
Coach D's Recap: We were able to capitalize on some of McDowell's mistakes in the second inning. Our hitters were very patient during that time as well. It was nice to see many timely hits when so many runners on base during that inning. Lawrence did a very good job today being that he hasn't pitched in a game for a week. It felt good to get that first one against McDowell.

 

 

 

 

 






Alan Lawrence struck out seven and walked two in Tuesday Win against McDowell

April 3rd, 2006 - "Ramblers Roll Past East 11-0"

Conner Connell pitched a 3 hitter Monday afternoon at Ainsworth Field as the Ramblers win their season opener. Jake Perez and Ryan Tann led Prep with two hits and both scoring twice. Connell struck out 5 and didn't allow a walk in 5 innings. Alan Lawrence finished the 6th inning with two strike outs. The Ramblers play again this Wednesday against Central at 4:15 at Ainsworth Field.

Coach Dombkowski's Recap: "Connor did a very good job locating all of his pitches.  Matt Lindenberger called an excellent game, keeping hitters off balanced the whole game. I was very pleased with the way the defense played, and with the conditions as they were, our hitters did a good job moving the baseball." 

 


2006 Ramblers Looking for D-10 3-Peat


Two Ramblers sign with colleges

(Sr/Of) Jake Perez
signed with St. Rose College.
A D-II nationally recognized program located in Albany, NY. 
“Jake has been a proven leader over the past two seasons at Varsity, and will continue to have success playing collegiate baseball for Coach Bellizi at St. Rose” remarked Coach Dombkowski.

  

(Sr/P Eric Panko
signed with D-I Canisius College(Buffalo, NY)  to pitch for second year head coach Mike McRae. “Eric has a great attitude and excellent instincts as a pitcher. Pitching at the D-I level demands work ethic and command of pitches, which Eric displays every time he takes the mound,” commented Coach D.

The Ramblers celebrate after a home run by Todd Eckroat. Prep beat McDowell 10-0 to win their second straight District 10 Championship. The Ramblers look to Three-peat as District 10 Champions in 2006. This feat hasn’t been accomplished since the Ramblers did it in the 1989-1991 baseball seasons.