Thank you @BR_Baseball and the Brother Rice community for these last 4 years. Thank you for everything that you’ve done to contribute to me becoming an overall better ball player and person. These last 4 years will be cherished forever. Proud to call myself a Crusader.
Thank You @BR_Baseball for the best 4 years of High School. I will forever cherish all the moments on and off the field. Thanks for making me a better man and getting me ready for life ahead of me. With that being said #19 out. Brother rice will forever have a spot in my heart.❤️🔥
Brother Rice is heading to the state championship game for the first time since 1981.
The Crusaders blanked New Trier 4-0 in the Class 4A semis.
Cole Van Assen threw a complete game, struck out 9.
It’ll be Brother Rice vs. Edwardsville tomorrow night.
Brother Rice 4, New Trier 0 final. Crusaders vs defending state champ Edwardsville Saturday for Class 4A state title, rematch of '22 semi. Cole Van Assen CG 2-hitterl/9 Ks. A gem. Ryan Hartz, Amir Gray, Gavin Triezenberg + Sean Sullivan RBI each for Crusaders. Daugherty 2runs.
Cole Van Assen’s mission on Friday in Joliet was clear: Get Brother Rice to the state championship game. He did just that.
"What a career,” Brother Rice coach Sean McBride said. “For my eyes the best to ever do it in a Brother Rice uniform.”
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FINAL:
Cole Van Assen dominated, tossing a complete game shutout, as Brother Rice took down New Trier 4-0 in tonight’s semi-final.
The Crusaders will square off against Edwardsville in tomorrow’s 4A state championship game.
RHP Cole Van Assen (2023) pitched like his normal ace-self tonight: CG, SHO, 2 H, 8 K.
FB T90 mph early, settled in the mid-to-high-80s.
Confident in an advanced & effective SL/CH mix, turned to it often.
Purdue signee.