The Schaumburg Boomers and Boomer Stadium are hosting today's Illinois High School Association baseball sectional starting at 5:00 pm.
The Boomers game was moved to 11:00 am today against the London Rippers to make room for the IHSA sectional. The Boomers are an Independent professional baseball team participating in the Frontier League.
Sectional Schedule:
Game 1 Bartlett vs. Willowbrook at 5:00 pm
Game 2 Schaumburg vs. St. Charles East at 7:00 pm
The Schaumburg Boomers signed their first native Illinois player by adding outfielder John Wagle from Rock Island Illinois.
Wagle was also a Division III baseball player at Augustana College in Rock Island Ilinois. After Augustana Wagle hooked up with the San Angelo Colts in 2010, hitting .256 in 21 games before being traded to the Rockford RiverHawks. In 2011 Wagle played 15 games for the Fargo-Moorehead RedHawks where John hit .196 and 20 with the Joliet Slammers as a reserve infielder/outfielder where he ended the season with a .161 batting average.
The Schaumburg Boomers baseball club recently signed their first pitcher for the 2012 season - right handed pitcher Matt Collins from Piedmont College.
Collins was 4-1 with a 2.11 ERA, 13 saves and 75 strikeouts in 47 innings in 2011 at the Division III school. Matt is from Roswell GA.
The Boomers will open their 2012 season on Friday May 18th at Lake Erie and open at home on Friday May 25th against Florence. The Boomers will play their home games at Alexian Field in Schaumburg Illinois.
The Schaumburg Boomers announced the hiring of Jamie Bennett as their field manager for their first season. Bennett recently stepped down as pitching coach for the Gary SouthShore RailCats in 2010 after five seasons.
Bennett also began his career with RailCat Manager Greg Tagert back in 2002 with the DuBois County Dragons and stayed with Tagert as a player and a coach through 2010.
Bennett was a 22nd round draft pick in 2000 by the Phillies and spent two seasons in the New York Penn League.
The name of the new Schaumburg independent baseball team is......
The Boomers!
Yep, the Boomers. The old baseball prairie chicken. The nickname "boomer" comes from the dance the male prairie chicken do in order to attract female prairie chickens. Goes perfect with baseball eh?
The Boomers will begin play in the Frontier League in 2012, replacing the deadbeat Flyers at Alexian Field.
Isn't there a Boomers Hot Dogs in Schaumburg????
