by Coach Joel Mishler
2011 was a season of ups and downs, and then more schedule big school Valparaiso High School and then
ups, as we ended up winning the sectional and losing NorthWood one more time, and that is ten games
in eleven innings to the eventual state runners-up in outside of conference that are going to be challenges
the regional. Going into the season, we had high hopes no matter what kind of team we have at Westview! As
for the year, even though we had only one senior on always, our conference games were always tough games
the squad. We had a good group of juniors returning to win as once again Fairfield, Churubusco, Fremont,
that had a lot of varsity experience from a year ago and and Angola had exceptional teams this year while the
we knew we had five freshmen coming in that could rest of the conference teams battled very well against
help us at the varsity level. Our lone senior had a good us as well. We battled Central Noble into extra innings
July 2011
Westview Baseball 2011 Season Recap
Sectional Champs! (Back row - left to right): Assistant coach Jason Rahn, Tarrin Beachy, Judah Zickafoos, Mike Hicks, Adrian
Brandenberger, Assistant coach Steve Christner, and Assistant coach Jerry Christner. Second row: Head coach Joel Mishler, Jared Berkey,
Jomar Weaver, Luke Miller Kohle Christner, Darren Stillson, and Assistant coach Keith Roth. Front: Assistant coach Rick Yoder, Brant
Yoder, Austin Schlabach, Zac Mishler, Hunter Christner, and Damon Miller.
Photo by Sonda Yoder
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junior year on the mound and was projected to be our
clean-up hitter, so when all things were considered, we
thought we had a chance for a winning season, and
possibly some post-season success.
In my estimation, we have one of the tougher 2A
schedules in the state when one considers our nonconference schedule. Our first 8 games were with 3A
sectional winner NorthWood, Conference champion
Jimtown who ended with 18 wins on the season,
Rockford H.S. (2 games) out of Grand Rapids, Michigan
that is a huge school and has a very good program,
Niles H.S. (out of Michigan), 4A Mishawaka H.S.,
4A South Bend Washington H.S., 3A Wawasee H.S.,
and 4A Northridge H.S., it would be hard pressed to
think any 2A school in the state would start out with a
tougher schedule than that. Add to that non-conference
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before losing against a 6’5” RHP flame thrower that
is headed for Div. I powerhouse Coastal Carolina in
college!
Throw into all of that, the fact that Zac Mishler
(our lone senior and #1 pitcher) pulled a hamstring in
the fifth game of the year vs. Mishawaka and missed 20
games for us while Jared Berkey (starting LF and junior
with a lot of varsity experience) hurt himself in game
three of the season and missed 17 games, and Brant
Yoder (our jr. lead-off hitter and starting centerfielder)
missed ten games due to a foot injury, to end up with a
14-17 record and a sectional championship is really a
pretty impressive feat these young men accomplished
this year! Our freshmen and lone sophomore really
stepped to the plate and came through in a big way,
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