Baseball powerhouse Preble holding out hope for 2020 season

Baseball powerhouse Preble holding out hope for 2020 season

BRANDON KINNARDJOINS US LIVE WITHMORE ON THISSTORY...HIGH SCHOOLSPORTS ARE ON HOLDRIGHT NOW... BUT THEW-I-A-A HAS NOT YETCANCELED ITSSPRING SEASON...ANY POTENTIALTIMELINE, ISCOMPLETELYUNKNOWN AT THISPOINT...BUT THE COACH OFONE OF THE STATE'STOP PROGRAMS ISTELLING HIS PLAYERSTO STAY FOCUSED...JUST IN CASE..."Like everyone says it'sunprecedented times..."GREEN BAY PREBLEBASEBALL COACHANDY COO-NARD ISHOPING HIS TEAM'SSEASON ISN'T OVER,BEFORE IT BEGINS..."We're just kind of in aholding pattern, a wait andsee.

Just kind of beingready to go when they tellus that we can play andwe're hoping to be able toplay."THE HORNETS HAVEADVANCED TO THETHE W-I-A-A STATETOURNAMENT FOURYEARS IN A ROW...THEY WERE POISEDFOR ANOTHER DEEPRUN IN 20-20... BUTNOW... THEY'D SETTLEFOR JUST A FEWGAMES...Coach: "We would takeanything we get.

Whther itbe playing 10 games, 15games.

Heck I think at thispoint we would take five.As long as we get achance to get back outand play the game that welove."Brandon: "What types ofmessages have yougotten from coach duringthis time?"Player 1: "Every day hesends us a text.

Saying'stay focused, stay ready.'He's been encouraging usto go outside with a parentand play some catch.

Anddon't lose hope.

That's thebig thing."PREBLE PLAYERSARE ON STAND-BY...AND TRYING TO STAYIN "GAME SHAPE..."THAT'S DOUBLYIMPORTANT FORSENIOR PITCHERRYAN STEFIUK...WHO'S HEADED TOPLAY COLLEGEBASEBALL ATPOWERHOUSEVANDERBILT NEXTYEAR...Brandon: "You've still gota lot of high level baseballahead of you... what areyou doing to stay in shapeduring this time?"Anything I can do.

Thehead coach at Vanderbiltsent us all a bunch ofworkouts.

I've beenworking out right here inmy room and going onruns has really helped andobviously keeping the armin shape and throwing asmuch and as often aspossible."ANOTHER IMPACTFOR STEFIUK HERE...MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL ISSTRONGLYCONSIDERINGSHRINKING THISYEAR'S DRAFT FROM40 ROUNDS TO ASFEW AS FIVE...WHICH MAY TAKEAWAY HIS CHANCE TOGET DRAFTED THISYEAR...BUT HE SAYS HE'SVERY COMMITTED TOVANDERBILTANYWAY... AND HE'LLBE ELIGIBLE FOR THEDRAFT AGAIN INTHREE YEARS...LIVE IN GREEN BAY -BRANDON KINNARD...N-B-C 26 SPORTS...CAMERON HAS AAND F