Hill College baseball team looks to build off preseason record as conference play is scheduled to begin on March 16
Jessyca Brown
Monday, March 14, 2022 9:29 AM
Athletics
Hillsboro, TX
Hill College’s baseball team looks to carry over its 2022 pre-conference winning record into conference play beginning next week.
Head Coach Chris Rateike, who is now coaching in his 15th season for the Rebels, said his team is prepared for a powerful conference lineup that includes three nationally-ranked programs including McLennan Community College (No. 5), Weatherford College (No. 13), and Temple College (No. 20).
Rateike also has a relatively young team comprised of 34 freshmen and only 13 sophomores.
Hill College currently boasts a 12-4 record as the team prepares for conference play, including a perfect 9-0 mark at home. The Rebels will be put to the test early as they open the conference season with back-to-back series against both McLennan Community College and Weatherford College.
Hill College will host McLennan Community College in a doubleheader on March 16. The first game is scheduled to begin at noon (seven innings); followed by the second game at 2 p.m. (nine innings).
Once conference play begins, the Rebels will have 31 games in 53 days.
The final game of the regular season is May 7 against Ranger College in Ranger.
2022 Hill College Baseball Roster (alphabetically, by last name)
25 – Wyatt Anderson, P (Cochrane, AB)
30 – Alan Benhardt, P/OF (Malakoff)
10 – Breck Carver, P (Argyle)
37 – Haeven Cichocki, P (Prosper)
3 – Chase Donovan, P (Georgetown)
36 – Blayne Fritcher, P (Giddings)
15 – JoJo Grimes, P (Peaster)
11 – Naut Kragt, P (Badhoevedorp, NL)
39 – Jelle Van Der Lelie, P (Amsterdam, NL)
23 – Ryan Markwardt, P (Itasca)
29 – Camron Montz, P (Copper Canyon)
1 – Kyle Mosley, P (Mansfield)
31 – Ronnie Muirhead, P (Dayton)
34 – Will Piejko, P (Austin)
33 – Scott Prins, P (Badhoevedorp, NL)
32 – Zander Ramey, P (Denison)
40 – Gehrig Schreiber, P (League City)
38 – Cade Stapleton, P (Dayton)
27 – Jarrett Tadlock, P (Pearland)
20 – Landon Turner, P (Frisco)
41 – Jacob Wiggins, P (Katy)
17 – Ryan Windsor, P (Sugarland)
21 – Casey Workman, P (McKinney)
5 – Jean Juc Bussieres, C (Edmonton, AB)
43 – Hunter Rebando, C (Argyle)
9 – Cayden Earnhart, C (Denison)
12 – Beau Preston, C (Prosper)
8 – Tait Joynt, SS/P (Austin)
45 – Lpwie lIN, 1B/OF (Miami, FL)
6 – Jagger Schattle, P/1B (Richardson)
28 – Leo Parra, SS (San Antonio)
7 – Case Pettis, SS (Prosper)
26 – Tyler Puls, SS (Palm Desert, CA)
35 – Rilan Quinones, SS (San Antonio)
18 – Ben Turay, SS (Lexington, KY)
42 – Diego Villescas, SS (Pharr)
2 – Cade Sanchez, 3B (Houston)
24 – Eric Garcia, 3B (Grand Prairie)
44 – Cristian Garcia, OF (Katy)
16 – Dalton Kramer, OF (Devine)
4 – Riley Light, OF (Melbourne, AUS)
19 – Hayden Blair, OF (Katy)
14 – Cade Tucker, OF (Krum)
22 – Braden Wallace, OF (Buda)
Head Coach – Chris Rateike
Assistant Coach – Travis Spinney
Schedule information may be found on the Hill College Athletics Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/HillCollegeAthletics, the athletics portion of the website at https://www.hillcollege.edu/Athletics/.