Hach's Huddle
Memories of CBC Sports by Gary Hach
Gary Hach has generously shared his collection of CBC Sports memorabilia, which you can enjoy in the presentation below. Click on any of the mages that will display below to bring up a larger .pdf version for viewing / printing / saving / downloading. Gary's grandson, Cameron Schoene, shown below, will be interviewed by ESPN radio (101.1 FM in St. Louis) on Thursday April 10on a show called "The Fast Lane".Scroll down to the 3pm Hour for an audio interview.
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There were three members of the Class of 1958 that started on the very good 1956 CBC Soccer Team—they won the Christmas Tournament. and just lost out to St. Mary's in the district playoffs. The three were Jojn Layton, Bob Bunton and Gary Hach!
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Team Record for the 1956 CBC Soccer Team
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Layton to Bunton
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1958 Class members on the 1957 Football Team : The first two rows are all '58 members. The team finished 3-5-1. After the SLUH game some key injuries resulted in finishing the year having tp play many Juniors and even some Sophomores.
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The 1958 CBC Baseball Team
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Gary with his grandson, Cameron, who plays Lacross for Benedictine College.
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Here is Cameron (Nol 17) on the field.
"#6" Beer Honoring Stan Musial Announced
The Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. of St. Louis has collaborated with Stan Musial's family on the beer style, name and label design, #6 Classic American Lager, which gets its name from the number Stan Musial wore throughout his baseball career in St. Louis. Musial's #6 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1963—the same year he retired as a professional baseball player. The 24-time All Star was a 1st-ballot inductee into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. The brew will be available at Busch Stadium and nearby bars and restaurants, as well as in 4-packs of 16-oz. cans at grocery stores and beer retailers in the greater St. Louis bi-state area, beginning March 16. American lager is brewed with a recipe that predates Prohibition, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Stan The Man.
Prepcasts Sports Blog
Bob Ryan taught at CBC for 21 years. Since he retired, he writes a free weekly sports blog. At times, Tom Maher would send us copies of hi "stuff" when it included material on CBC.
Caleb Love—CBC Point Guard
CBC's point guard, Caleb Love, made the news in KC. The news reports highlighted the fact that he had chosen N Carolina over Mizzou. Earlier news reports followed his earlier decisions to drop Kansas from his short list so he could concentrate on deciding between Mizzou and N Carolina. Roy Williams, the NC coach, favorably impressed several of my friends, who were/are basketball coaches, so it seems Caleb should be in good hands.
CBC's Little seems headed for the big time, with understanding of what it means for African-Americans
by Ben Frederickson,STL Post-Dispatch 8/11/19
The next big baseball name to come out of St. Louis is Little.
Christian Little is a 6-foot-4, 220-pound 16-year-old with a right arm that is taking him places.
Of all the stops he made during a summer whirlwind that had him shaking hands with another Christian (Yelich) and pitching at the home of the Cubs, it was his most recent experience that meant the most.
Little, a rising junior at CBC who became the youngest player to commit to Vanderbilt's powerhouse program (at 14), was one of the players selected to attend this summer's Hank Aaron Invitational.
Major League Baseball and its players' association started the amateur training initiative in Vero Beach, Fla., to help cultivate and connect the sport's emerging players from diverse backgrounds, and to combat the trend of decreasing baseball participation rates among young African Americans. For Little, the Florida adventure ended in Atlanta, where fewer than 50 invitational attendees played in the event's showcase game at SunTrust Park during Hank Aaron Week.
"It was fun to play with kids my age who are African Americans and top baseball players," Little said recently in an interview with his family. "We got to go around Atlanta and visit historic African American places, like The King Center. We went to Paschal's, a historic restaurant. That's where we ate with Hank Aaron."
Aaron told Little and his temporary teammates two hours worth of stories. Throughout, he stressed that each generation must give back to the next.
"Most kids of our color, of our race, are usually playing basketball or football," Little said. "We are working with Major League Baseball to put the image out there that we can play, too."
Baseball never has felt foreign to Little. He didn&3-30;t choose the sport as much as he absorbed it.
Chris Little, Christian's father, is a University City native who picked up the game on the fields of Heman Park.
After one season pitching for St. Louis Community College Forest Park, Chris was selected by the Astros in the 12th round of the 2001 draft. He spent nearly a decade playing professionally, including stops with the Gateway Grizzlies and the Southern Illinois Miners. Teri Little would bring her son to watch her husband's games, as many as possible.
The first sign the Littles had a son with a special arm came the day they went to the hospital for the birth of their daughter, Caitlyn
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They were packing an overnight bag when 17-month-old Christian, perhaps realizing his time in the family spotlight was about to be shared, made a statement. He popped his pacifier out of his mouth and threw it toward his parents, bouncing it off his mom.
Christian warmed up to his sister. His arm kept making statements.
Soon he was throwing out first pitches and standing with his dad during pregame ceremonies. He hit in the cages, played catch on the field and at times hopped on the team bus. A father's goal switched gears, from making the majors to picking up baseball knowledge that could be passed to his son.
Christian used to want to be a catcher. When he's not pitching, he plays first base. He hit .245 with a .394 on-base percentage at CBC last season. But his focus, like his future, is on the mound.
He looks up to Marcus Stroman's flare and Luis Severino's snarl. He wants hitters to feel nervous entering the box and defeated exiting it. He's not shy about that, and he has the tools to accomplish it.
With five pitches—four-seamer, two-seamer, curveball, slider and changeup—and velocity in the (for now) low 90's, Little has the stuff and and size to make scouts sit up straight.
As a CBC freshman, he had a 1.72 earned-run-average in 40 2/3 innings. He struck out 45 and walked 23. Opponents averaged .196 against him.
Last season, he had a 1.88 ERA in 44 2/3 innings over 11 games. He struck out 58 and walked 18. Opponents averaged .174 against him.
His career high school record now reads 9-2, in 17 starts. Baseball scouting service Perfect Game ranks him No. 2 nationally among prospects in the 2021 class.
Last summer, he helped Team USA’s 15-under baseball team win a gold medal at the World Cup in Panama. This summer has been even more surreal.
He was one of two underclassmen to attend this summer's Under Armour All-America game at Wrigley Field.
In late July he played at Miller Park, the Milwaukee Brewers' home, as part of USA Baseball's 17-under national team development program. The event prompted a drop-in from National League MVP Yelich.
During the Hank Aaron Invitational, Little shook Hammerin' Hank’s hand. He heard the Hall of Famer's message.
"We can do it," Little said. 'Our color is not going to stop us from being able to make it to the top level and be the best."
CBC 2019 Football Rated by MaxPreprs
MaxPreps is an American website that specializes in coverage of American high school sports. The site is owned by CBS Interactive and is a division of CBS Sports.
Earlier this week MaxPreps released their Top 25 high school football rankings, and now it's time to dig deeper and bring you up to speed on the nation's Top 100 teams—and here is MaxPrep's take on CBC's 2019 Team. As they put it, "he St. Louis power owns back-to-back state titles and a 65-5 mark over the last five years with three championships during that span."
Now, thanks to Jack Buechner, here is MaxPrep$#039;s latest assessment of the Cadets.
Mike Shannon Turns 80!
Who in our Class can ever forget that epochal victory the Cadets won over arch-rival SLUH pn November 6, 1956, sperarheaded by ur own Mike Shannon (Class of 1957)? Here's an overview of our Brother's remarkable career that spans the past 62 years.(Based on the pictures and story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
