Bo Prather of Park.

Prather, who made 10 starts and appeared in 11 games, tossed 55.1 innings on the season, striking out 41 and posting a 6-4 mark on the mound.

Mike Safford

Mike Safford, Jr. embarks on fourth season with Minor League Baseball organization

BOISE, Idaho – The crack of the bat. The sound of the crowd. The noise of the press box. What does all this mean? It's time for Minor League Baseball!

Current Sports Information Director and Associate Athletic Director at The College of Idaho, Mike Safford know that feeling all to well, as he spends his summer months as the "Voice of the Hawks." Safford is the play-by-play radio announcer for the Boise Hawks, which is a Class A Short-Season affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.

Along with covering all aspects of The College of Idaho's 18 sports, Safford is in the midst of his fourth season with the Hawks' organization. In 2002, Safford joined the staff working as the official scorer and public address announcer. One year later, Safford took over as the Director of Broadcasting/Media Relations and has called over 200 minor league games in his career, including the organization's sixth Northwest League championship in 2004 via a three-game sweep over the Vancouver Canadians that included the 5-3 victory that clinched the championship.

Currently, Ortiz has his Spokane team leading the league with a .283 team batting average. Spokane also sits atop the Northwest League Standings with a 27-8 record, five games better than their nearest competitor.

Jeffcoat, a former Ranger and ten-year major league veteran, was excited about what Greer will bring to the program. "This is not only a tremendous boost to our coaching staff, but to our recruiting process as well," Jeffcoat commented. "I look forward to seeing Rusty display his work ethic and competitive nature to the kids in our program, and the coaching staff looks forward to learning from him as well."

With a coaching staff and facility (LaGrave Field) that are second to none in college baseball, Texas Wesleyan has developed into one of the top programs in the NAIA. After reaching the NAIA Region VI final in 2007, the Rams finished third in the 2008 Regional which featured two of the nation's top-five teams.

The Minot State University Football team was invited to play with the local Dream Catchers organization in their weekly Thursday evening baseball game. They were treated to a beautiful rain free evening with comfortable 80 degree temps for the game.

The evening kicked off with the younger groups game, which consisted of about 20 plus young athletes and Head Coach Paul Rudolph and 17 current Beaver football players. The young dream catcher members picked sides and the game began. Below are some pictures from the first game.