Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Hawks win 3 games in 2024
Dawson Schiphoff (third from left) compiled a 3-18 overall record in his first year as H-M-S's head baseball coach.
To say the 2024 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn baseball team was young would be an understatement. Nearly half of the 16 athletes who played at the varsity level were either freshmen or eighth graders.
Under first-year head coach Dawson Schiphoff, H-M-S finished the season with an overall record of 3-18. The victories came against GT/RA (4-3), George-Little Rock (3-2) and Trinity Christian (9-6).
Two seniors complete their high school careers. Jacob Cates, who has signed to play baseball at Grandview University, was a four-year starter at H-M-S. The other senior, Aidan Espeland, was a varsity player for the first time.
The following are the individual and team statistics for the 2024 season. (Source: Bound.)
• Hitting
Hits: Blake Meendering 16, Jacob Cates 14, Grant Kunzman, Jack Mastbergen and Lawton Schiphoff 12, Ricky Smith 9, Aiden Bush and Brody Meendering 8, Hunter Daggett 6, Aidan Espeland 3, Dominic Tripp 2, Caden Douma 1.
Doubles: Mastbergen 7, Cates 4, Blake Meendering 3, Daggett, Brody Meendering and Schiphoff 2, Smith 1.
Home Runs: Cates 1.
Runs Scored: Cates and Mastbergen 11, Kunzman and Blake Meendering 6, Brody Meendering and Smith 5, Espeland 4, Bush, Schiphoff and Riley Wiersma 2, Daggett, Tripp and Talan Zearing 1.
Runs Batted In: Cates 11, Daggett 8, Mastbergen 6, Blake Meendering and Smith 5, Schiphoff 4, Kunzman and Tripp 3, Brody Meendering 2, Espeland and Zearing 1.
Sacrifice Flies: Cates 2.
Walks: Mastbergen 8, Kunzman 6, Daggett, Blake Meendering and Smith 5, Bush, Cates and Brody Meendering 4, Espeland and Tripp 3, Schiphoff and Zearing 2, Douma and Wiersma 1.
Hit by Pitch: Mastbergen 5, Cates 3, Kunzman and Smith 2, Daggett, Espeland and Brody Meendering 1.
Stolen Bases: Espeland and Blake Meendering 6, Bush 4, Mastbergen 3, Cates and Kunzman 2, Daggett, Brody Meendering and Wiersma 1.
Batting Average: Douma .500, Schiphoff .308, Cates .298, Blake Meendering .296, Brody Meendering .286, Kunzman .279, Bush .250, Mastbergen .240, Smith .196, Daggett .182, Espeland .143 and Tripp .111.
• Pitching
Bush: 4 games pitched, 2 started, 0-0 record, 2.2 innings, 21 opponent at-bats, .381 batting average against, 8 hits, 11 runs, 8 earned runs, 9 walks, 2 hit batters, 1 strikeout, 21.00 earned run average, 6.38 walks/hits per inning.
Cates: 6 GP, 3 GS, 1-2 record, 1 save, 26.0 inn., 118 OAB, .186 BAA, 22 H, 19 R, 14 ER, 11 BB, 5 HB, 57 K, 3.77 ERA, 1.27 WHIP.
Daggett: 7 GP, 3 GS, 0-3 record, 10.1 inn., 102 OAB, .196 BAA, 20 H, 33 R, 15 ER, 23 BB, 1 HB, 10 K, 10.16 ERA, 4.16 WHIP.
Douma: 4 GP, 2 GS, 1-1 record, 13.2 inn., 81 OAB, .259 BAA, 21 H, 27 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 3 HB, 12 K, 8.20 ERA, 2.34 WHIP.
Kunzman: 5 GP, 3 GS, 0-3 record, 12.1 inn., 87 OAB, .345 BAA, 30 H, 33 R, 16 ER, 9 BB, 3 HB, 4 K, 9.08 ERA, 3.16 WHIP.
Mastbergen: 8 GP, 4 GS, 1-3 record, 23.0 inn., 135 OAB, .230 BAA, 31 H, 38 R, 23 ER, 15 BB, 10 HB, 40 K, 7.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP.
Mykle Meyers: 1 GP, 0-0 record, 1.1 inn., 9 OAB, .111 BAA, 1 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 HB, 2 K, 10.50 ERA, 0.75 WHIP.
Schiphoff: 3 GP, 1 GS, 0-1 record, 4.1 inn., 34 OAB, .265 BAA, 9 H, 14 R, 12 ER, 10 BB, 1 HB, 2 K, 19.38 ERA, 4.39 WHIP.
Smith: 1 GP, 0-0 record, 0.1 inn., 7 OAB, .429 BAA, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 84.00 ERA, 18.00 WHIP.
Tripp: 7 GP, 3 GS, 0-2 record, 12.1 inn., 91 OAB, .308 BAA, 28 H, 40 R, 30 ER, 19 BB, 5 HB, 10 K, 17.03 ERA, 3.81 WHIP.
Wiersma: 1 GP, 0-0 record, 1.1 inn., 7 OAB, .000 BAA, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 HB, 1 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP.
Zearing: 2 GP, 0-0 record, 2.2 inn., 21 OAB, .333 BAA, 7 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 5 BB, 1 HB, 23.62 ERA, 4.50 WHIP.
(Note: Pitching records are incomplete.)
• Team totals
Batting: 431 at-bats, 57 runs, 103 hits, 81 singles, 21 doubles, 1 home run, 49 runs batted in, 2 sacrifice flies, 53 walks, 15 hit by pitch, 11 reached on errors, 140 strikeouts, .239 average, .341 on-base percentage, .295 slugging percentage.
Base running: 26 steals, 37 attempts, 127 total bases.
Fielding: 105 assists, 335 putouts, 67 errors, 507 total chances, .868 fielding percentage, 8 thrown out stealing, 95 stolen base attempts.
Pitching: 110.1 innings, 713 OAB, .252 BAA, 180 hits, 232 runs, 149 earned runs, 116 walks, 33 hit batters, 139 strikeouts, 9.45 ERA, 2.68 WHIP.
