The baseball team recently went to Alabama to play in a tournament against other high school teams who were invited. Out of the four games played, they won their first. Varsity Head Coach Darrion Siler said, “I was very excited to play some great competition early on.”

This is the first year John Carroll has ever attended this tournament, and they are the furthest team north to ever be in attendance.

Some other things they did included a campus tour of the University of Alabama, practice on the field at the university, lots of study halls, and a visit to Rickwood Park, a historic baseball and civil rights monument.

All games were held at local high schools and at the Hoover Met, a large field complex.

Coach Siler said he is “extraordinarily proud of how the boys played and handled themselves.”

Senior Will Rhine will be going to the University of Alabama next year to further his baseball career at the Division One level.  “My favorite part of the trip was going to The University Alabama and practicing on their baseball field.”

Will added “Our team trip to Alabama was a great experience. We were able to grow as a team, and it was a great bonding experience. The competition we played down there was very good, and it made us better.”

Junior Andrew Jenkins said, “I had a lot of fun during the baseball trip to Alabama. We were very lucky to have the opportunity to practice at the University of Alabama and on their state-of-the-art field. We played really good competition during the tournament in part of our trip which was definitely a challenge. Overall, I had a lot of fun during this trip and made a lot of memories I will talk about for a long time to come.”