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Ohio State Baseball gets a commit from instate hard-throwing pitcher

The baseball Buckeyes get a verbal from instate high-level pitcher #GoBucks

The [autotag]Ohio State Baseball[/autotag] team has found a potential ace and they didn’t need to look far. [autotag]North Royalton[/autotag] pitcher [autotag]Jake Michalak[/autotag] committed to first-year head coach [autotag]Bill Mosiello[/autotag] today.

Michalak has a fastball that sits in the lower 90’s, with a good slider as well. He has a projectable frame, standing 6 feet, 3 inches, and 200 pounds. Michalak should add on a few more MPH to his fastball over the course of his Buckeye career which should make him that much better.

The 2023 recruiting class now has 13 commits, with seven of them being pitchers. It seems like Mosiello is making a concerted effort to strengthen the Ohio State presence on the bump.

The Buckeyes are a little over a month away from their opening series with Connecticut in Florida. Like many Midwestern baseball teams, all of their early games will be played in warm-weather states, until they begin their first home series in the middle of March.

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Notre Dame Tight End Commit has Massive Night…at Quarterback

Notre Dame tight end recruit Mitchell Evans brought back memories of a former Notre Dame hero on Friday night.

One of Notre Dame’s 2021 recruiting class members had a massive Friday night at a position he isn’t expected to be playing once he arrives on campus.

Mitchell Evans, a three-star tight end prospect from Wadsworth, Ohio put on a show in Wadsworth’s 54-21 win over North Royalton as he threw for 352 yards and four touchdowns on 15 of 24 passing.

Evans didn’t play after the third quarter, otherwise those numbers could have been even more impressive.

I know I’m not alone in having flashbacks to a former Notre Dame tight end when I see this kind of production at quarterback from a tight end recruit.

“IN GODSEY WE TRUST” — anyone?

20 years ago this year Gary Godsey replaced an injured Arnaz Battle at quarterback and helped lead Notre Dame to a victory over a Purdue team that was led by some guy named Drew Brees.

Godsey went 14 of 25 passing that day for 158 yards and threw one interception.  His biggest play was deciding to take the ball himself in the first quarter as he scrambled to a touchdown run.

A great defensive performance that included a pick-six by Shane Walton and a heroic Nicholas Setta kick at the buzzer helped make the legend that is Gary Godsey.

At least until he was benched a week later for freshman Matt LoVecchio.

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