Ryan Brookman @RyanBrookman

I'LL SEE YOU AT THE NEXT GAME, LOYAL READERS! 7-31-26 After serving sports editor for the Monroe County Herald (2020-2026) and the Hillsboro Sentry-Enterprise (2021-2026) it's time for a change, new challenges and a bunch of new anxieties. #gx3mediastats #wnaawards #newspaper

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AAA State Tournament Result: G4: Tomah 6, Marshfield 4

7-28-26 Tomah's Jackson Steffel set the tone with a leadoff double against Marshfield in Tuesday's AAA state tournament game. Tomah went on to win 6-4. #tomahpost201 #wislbb Nate Beier/ gx3media.smugmug.com 2026

@outsiders_ball @Twins @Brewers This is an accurate statement.

Feels like just yesterday I was begging people to recruit him and no one wanted in…..

MLB Draft @MLBDraft

4 weeks ago

With the 20th pick in the 2026 Draft, the @RedSox select @DiamondHeels shortstop Jake Schaffner, No. 75 on the Top 250 Draft prospects list. Watch live: atmlb.com/44oMmNG

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Another great tournament this weekend hosted by @prepbaseball We took 2nd going 5-1 @outsiders_ball. I had a tournament to remember this weekend Batting: 12/20 .600 1 HR 7 RBI's Pitching: 9.2 IP 39 BF 7 H 0 ER 11 SO 2 BB Can't wait for next weekend in New Lenox. @PerfectGameUSA

More loud contact off the bat of SS/RHP Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) today, including a home run to left field. @PB_Uncommitted Currently ranked No. 104 in WI #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting

a month ago

INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) continues to swing a hot bat, adding a double to deep center field. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

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INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) continues to swing a hot bat, adding a double to deep center field. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting

a month ago

INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) notches his third hit of the day, this time an RBI triple. Finished the day 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, 3 R. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

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INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) ambushes the first pitch for a single. Lean, athletic 5-foot-11, 169-pound frame; smooth defensive actions at shortstop. Currently ranked No. 104 in WI. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) notches his third hit of the day, this time an RBI triple. Finished the day 3-for-4, 3B, RBI, 3 R. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

Prep Baseball Scouting @pbtscouting

a month ago

INF Nathan Hendricks (Tomah, 2027) ambushes the first pitch for a single. Lean, athletic 5-foot-11, 169-pound frame; smooth defensive actions at shortstop. Currently ranked No. 104 in WI. #WisconsinOpen | @PrepBaseballWI

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The #MNTwins are pumping the brakes on LHP Connor Prielipp. After a career-high 10-strikeout performance vs. #Rockies, the Twins are skipping Prielipp's turn in the rotation. He has had four 90+ pitch outings in his last five starts. He has previously undergone both Tommy John surgery (2021) and a UCL repair with an internal brace (2023). Given his injury history and a possible (but unconfirmed) cap on Prielipp's 2026 innings, this appears to be a precautionary move rather than a cause for concern. #MNTwins | #MLB

Sophomore Spring Season (MIF/RHP) .324 AVG .425 OBP .822 OPS 22 Hits 5 Doubles 10 RBIs 16 Runs 11 SB .969 FPCT 28 IP 4 wins 2.02 ERA 1.55 WHIP @prepbaseball @prepbaseballWI @ProspectID_

Today so far… @PrepBaseballWI @PB_Uncommitted @PBTourney #kingoftherock #prepbaseballwi #Prepbaseballtournaments #TeagStephenson #2028grad #homerun

Things I wish I would have known as a player: How hard it is on the coach to sit a player who hustles consistently & works hard in practice. (Sometimes the player ahead of them on the depth chart gives the same great effort/attitude and just has higher execution/skills.)

@Quinn_Gerke2, 6'3" G from Tomah had himself a weekend! Playing against top level competition he shot the rock as he always does...and then some! Defended and rebounded his position at a high level on top of great offense! Shooter, scorer, great teammate!

MVC Conference Pitcher of The Year 1st Team All Conference WBCA All Star Game Participant Regular Season: •1.42 Era •39.1 Innings •70 Strikeouts •.170 BAA •4-2 •No Hitter

PSA for high school baseball players: you can be a good baseball player and a good human at the same time.

First win feeling!

I wasn't planning on saying anything publicly about last night's game. But when a parent from Concordia walks up after the forfeit and calls one of my 16-year-old players "cheap," I feel the need to respond. First, to that parent: if you had a problem with the outcome, you should have been brave enough to bring it up with me instead of a teenager. Now, let me paint the picture for why I brought up the situation during the game, because I'm particularly sensitive to this topic. When I was 17, I pitched in every game of the 1999 5A KS State Tournament. The only reason I came out of the championship game was that I ran out of innings. That was the only rule back then. Throughout my high school career I regularly pitched twice in the same doubleheader and always at least twice a week. I don't put any blame on anybody. I wanted to do it. We just didn't understand back then, what happens to a young arm when velocity starts climbing into the upper 80s and 90s. When I was 19 years old, as a freshman, in my very first college appearance at Fort Hays State, on my 16th pitch, my elbow dislocated, tearing both my Ulnar Collateral Ligament and Radial Collateral Ligament. Tommy John Surgery followed. I pitched three more years at Fort Hays, but I never threw as hard again, and never without constant, sometimes agonizing, pain. To this day, when I throw batting practice my hand swells and goes numb the rest of the night. I drive home from practice and can't use my right arm to steer. I sleep with my arm elevated or my hand swells up like a ballon by morning. That is what these rules are trying to prevent. Last night's game ended because Concordia used a pitcher who had thrown 78 pitches on Friday. Under KSHSAA rules, that requires four days of rest. Yesterday was three. It is not a gray area. It is not a judgment call. The rule exists, we are all forced to follow the same limits, it was violated, and the penalty is a forfeit. (And in my opinion, pitching a very talented pitcher like that after just 50 pitches on 3 days rest is irresponsible). No, we did not want to win that way. We were winning at the time and we were going to win anyway. We had our two best arms left and they were out of arms. That's how this works at the 4A level. You run out of experienced arms and the flood gates open. Which brings me to something I find genuinely troubling in my first year as a head coach, after two years as Wamego's pitching coach: the clear majority of programs push pitch counts to their absolute limit. Pull a guy at 75 pitches, bring him back on the minimum rest to throw 105 more. Repeat. At velocities that are sky-rocketing. We have 16-year-olds throwing 90 mph, and the current pitch count limits are not even close to restrictive enough. We are trading young athletes' futures for wins. It's being done openly and very proudly. I'm sure my opinions will be laughed at or disagreed with by most, but I could not care less. When you have to go to inexperienced pitchers, walks stack up, scoreboards get ugly. The team loses confidence and things spiral. It's a gut punch that feels like it's never going to stop... and when you look at the board there's still just one out. But that's what we signed up for. To coach young kids. To develop players. To give young kids opportunities. Build depth the right way. Not to exploit the talent that showed up. It's not always pretty but it's better than winning at the cost of kid's futures. And yes, there's an ABSOLUTE systemic cost too. Last year we had two pitchers who deserved All-State consideration, but because we don't run them on short rest, their accumulated stats don't compete (IP and Ks). The sport media doesn't pay attention because there are jaw-dropping, accumulated stats all over the place that make for better headlines. When all-league and all-state accolades are built on accumulation, programs who are cautious about arms get penalized. That system needs to change (but it won't). There's a lot of nuance, but if a pitcher throws more than 50 pitches they should get at least 5 days off and coaches should be allowed to work with pitchers in the offseason so that there are more developed arms ready for the season. There are all kinds of flaws in this system. We will keep doing this the right way. It costs us wins and it's not fun sometimes, but I have a permanent reminder of what happens when you don't.

Baseball no-hitters thru the first 2 days: - Kyler Bleck, Gavin Wiese, & Quinn Crawford in Xavier's 10-0 win over Green Bay East - Colton Koss & Jacob Thesing in Melrose-Mindoro's 6-0 win over Eleva-Strum - Breckin Sheldon & Quinn Gerke in Tomah's 13-1 win over Black River Falls - Connor Meverden, Oliver Fraaza, & Carson Meronk in Wittenberg-Birnamwood's 9-0 win over Wautoma