Highest Heat || Will Rizzo ’21 Ignites Eagle Baseball into TAPPS Regional Playoff

Relentless right-hander Will Rizzo ‘21 (Texas A&M) reserved his best for his last start at Fr. Wilson Field - a tight-fisted one-hit complete game with eight strikeouts to thrust Eagle Baseball into the TAPPS 6A regional final. St. Thomas needed every last dramatic drop of Rizzo’s raucous dominance for a 2-1 verdict in the area [...]

Closing Time || Eagle Baseball Cashes District Championship

A line drive RBI single from center fielder Max Chung ‘21 (UT-Dallas) broke a 1-1 tie and keyed a four-run sixth inning to give St. Thomas a 5-1 decision over St. John XXIII at Fr. Wilson Field to clinch the outright district championship in the third season with head coach Adam Massiatte. Catcher Vincent Ori [...]

By |2021-04-26T15:43:21-05:00April 26th, 2021|Athletics, Baseball, Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Baseball Surges in District Race with Commanding Wins over St. John XXIII

Designated hitter Vincent Ori ‘21 drove in four runs while Will Rizzo ‘21 (Texas A&M) and Grant Stringer ‘21 combined to allow only one earned run as Eagle Baseball swept a two-game set with St. John XXIII, 5-1 and 10-2. The Eagles (14-7-1, 5-1) continued a torrid pace in winning five of six games, outscoring [...]

By |2021-06-14T19:16:35-05:00April 6th, 2021|Athletics, Baseball, Campus News|0 Comments

National Signing Day || Will Rizzo ’21 and Max Chung ’21 Charting New Courses

Even the chaos concocted by the coronavirus colliding with the circus-like aftermath of a surreal presidential ballot count could not slow tried and true Americana - November National Signing Day. The month’s first Wednesday routinely caps the latest coast-to-coast carnival of frenzied recruiting, COVID be damned. Will Rizzo ‘21 and Max Chung ‘21 paired for [...]

By |2020-11-12T14:00:00-06:00November 12th, 2020|Athletics, Baseball, Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

#TBT 2014 || Ben Condara ’14 Leads Destiny Darling Eagle Baseball to TAPPS State Title

This story was originally published in May 2014. It’s more than fitting, if not fateful, that Ben Condara `14 became the poster boy for the 23rd state baseball championship in the proud and prestigious history of the St. Thomas program. Condara will be remembered for his tenacity and perseverance, his calm and composure through adversity, [...]

By |2020-11-19T14:09:39-06:00January 23rd, 2020|Athletics, Baseball, Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

Former Astros Overall No. 1 Selection Appel Delivers Stirring Testimony to St. Thomas FCA

Mark Appel has long been accustomed to crowds brought about through his sublime athletic talents. A high school pitching sensation in Northern California. A record smashing All-American at Stanford University. The Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. The glory boy of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft. His celebrated meteoric rise was followed by a [...]

By |2019-12-16T11:44:42-06:00September 24th, 2019|Student Life, Campus News|0 Comments

Biggio ’13 Bash – Grand Homecoming After MLB Legacy Debut

The hard-charging hardballing Biggios - Cavan ‘13 and Conor ‘11, Craig, Patty and Quinn - were bonded again, swirling in a diamond daze far removed from when the two brothers tag-teamed at Fr. Wilson Field for Eagle state championships nearly a decade ago with their forever Astros icon dad as the bench boss. Then the [...]

By |2019-08-13T19:16:56-05:00June 19th, 2019|Athletics, Baseball, Alumni|0 Comments

Wolf ’19 Rocks – Signs with New York Mets after Highest-Ever Eagle MLB Selection

For weeks if not months, Josh Wolf ‘19 has been distinctly aware that one way or another, his near and far future was about to change in life-altering ways - a confluence of tantalizing talent, exhausting work and faraway dreams harbored by millions of boys through optimistic adolescence before hard realities arrive for most of [...]

By |2019-06-21T14:33:19-05:00June 19th, 2019|Athletics, Baseball, Campus News|0 Comments

Eagle Baseball Finishes TAPPS State Runner-Up in 9th Final Four in 10 Years

Brody Logsdon ‘19 (Sam Houston St.) and Will Rizzo ‘21 each drove in runs while Jack Schell ‘19 (Millsap College) reached base three times and scored twice but Eagle Baseball couldn’t rally from an early deficit in an 8-5 defeat to Argyle Liberty Christian School in the TAPPS Division-I state championship final in Crosby. Logsdon’s [...]

By |2019-05-21T12:08:13-05:00May 15th, 2019|Athletics, Baseball|0 Comments

Wolf ’19 Near Perfection in Six Inning No-Hitter to Open TAPPS State Playoffs

Josh Wolf '19 opened the TAPPS D-I state playoffs one walk away from a six-inning perfect game in a dominant 10-0 victory over Austin St. Dominic Savio at Fr. Wilson Field. Wolf (Texas A&M) was in absolute command striking out 11 and allowing no base runners after issuing a five-pitch walk to open the game. [...]

By |2019-05-06T18:13:29-05:00May 3rd, 2019|Athletics, Baseball|0 Comments
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