By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc It’s been a mediocre season for the Harvesters, but none of that matters now as they gear up for postseason play on Thursday against the Tyler Apaches. Eastfield (25-20) have not faced Tyler (37-17) since the Division III District C tournament in 2017, where they lost 9-2. Coach...

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Eastfield baseball coach Michael Martin got his 600th career win Monday as the Harvesters defeated the Rock Valley Golden Eagles 6-3. After the game, Martin was given a poster and framed picture to commemorate the milestone achievement. Second baseman Nick Balley said...

Eastfield baseball coach Michael Martin is on the verge of a milestone 600th win. Martin recently sat down with The Et Cetera’s Francisco Longoria and reflected on his coaching career, the relationships he has developed with his players and assistant coaches, and the Harvesters baseball program. What...

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley Even before the 2019 Harvesters baseball season started, the competition was intense. They won three of their first four games in pre-conference play. “You’d better be working your butt off out there because we’ve got enough good players that we have options...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Before his senior year of high school, Jordan Parker was at a crossroads. His baseball career seemed to be over, thanks to a nagging shoulder injury and limited playing time on the team. He hadn’t drawn a glimpse of interest from college coaches. He told his father...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Back-to-back 14-run games elevated Eastfield baseball to win their series against conference standings leader Brookhaven. The Harvesters, who are ranked No. 6 in the nation, were swept during the teams’ last three-game series in early March, but won two out of three...

By KEVIN MEYER @TheEtCetera Eastfield baseball is off to a hot start, winning seven of their first nine games. “We’ve had some really good outings by some pitchers, and we’ve got a couple of guys in our lineup that are swinging the bat really well,” head coach Michael Martin said. It’s...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC The Harvesters’ baseball team hopes to see improved pitching and a better team bond following a weak 2017 season. The three-time national championship winners went 27-26 overall in 2017, losing their first six games. The team lost 14 conference games, equal to the number...

By BEN ENSIGN @BenEnsignETC  For the second year in a row, The Eastfield Harvesters suffered double elimination after losses to the Tyler Junior College Apaches and the Brookhaven Bears. The Bears scored 10 runs on only 4 hits. The rest of their on-base time came from 11 walks and two hit batters. The...

Find the most updated version here. By BEN ENSIGN @BenEnsignETC After back to back wins yesterday, the Eastfield Harvesters lost their third game of the NCJAA Region 5 Tournament to the Tyler Junior College Apaches by the score of 9-2.  Yesterday, the Eastfield Harvesters came out victorious...

By BEN ENSIGN @BenEnsignETC Led by the Metro Athletic Conference Players of the Week for March 26-April 1 Gabe Guzman and Paul Bowman, the Harvesters handed Brookhaven their first series loss of the year while sweeping Mountain View. After struggling early in the year, the Harvesters (12-6) climbed...

  By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Identical twins Tyler and Tanner Foy were 7 years old when their grandfather introduced them to baseball. Many afternoons were spent playing catch, and their love for America’s pastime only grew as they got older. “My husband’s father played college baseball,...

By BEN ENSIGN @TheEtCetera The Harvesters baseball team opened conference play last week with a series sweep of Mountain View, outscoring the Lions 33-2, but followed that up with a 2-1 series loss to Cedar Valley. Eastfield, 10-9 overall and 4-2 in conference coming out of the weekend, has scored...

By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC With inconsistent play plaguing the start of the new season, the Eastfield Harvesters baseball team is hoping to recover as they near conference play. “It has not [been] very far down the line,” coach Michael Martin said. “If we’re playing our best baseball...

By James Hartley After pounding the Brookhaven College Bears 11-1 Friday, the Eastfield Harvesters fell twice Saturday, wiping their hopes of a championship bid and ending their season. This was the last season for short stop Casey Maack, pitcher Brandon Saddler and third baseman Connor Scruggs. The...

By Brianna Harmon Gabriel “Cookie” Gonzalez almost gave up baseball due to his ambivalence toward school. But after a heart-to-heart with Texas Rangers pitcher Shawn Tolleson, Gonzalez found the motivation to get back in school and play baseball. “He told me that I have to push myself...

By Gabriel Flores The warm spring sun beats down on the damp infield dirt and stretches into the outfield, creating a reflection across a sea of tapered blades of grass. There is a rhythmic crackling of metal spikes on the cement floor of the dugout as, one by one, the Eastfield Harvesters trot onto...

By Gabriel Flores The No. 4-ranked Eastfield Harvesters come into this baseball season with the same expectations the program has had for the past 15 years under coach Michael Martin – to win and win big. During that time, the Harvesters won eight Metro Athletic Conference championships, including...

By Brianna Harmon Fewer than 11 of every 100 college baseball players make it to the show. But a pair of Harvester baseball players -- shortstop Casey Maack and pitcher Blake Barr -- have received scholarships to play at the next level. Maack and Barr will play one last season for the Harvesters...

By Gabriel Flores The Harvesters notched five more wins over the past two weeks and remained perfect on the season with a 80 record. Eastfield leads the nation in scoring at 119.6 points per-game, and point guard Tevin Corprew is the nation’s top individual scorer with 35 points per game....

By Brianna Harmon Eastfield shortstop Casey Maack has verbally committed to play baseball at the University of Southern Mississippi. Maack made the announcement on Twitter on Oct. 13. Southern Miss is a Division I school and is a part of Conference USA along with Rice, the University of North...

The Eastfield Harvesters ended their season May 18 with a 12-6 loss to Tyler Junior College in the National Junior College Athletic Association District C Tournament championship game. The No. 3 Apaches, defending national champions, advanced to the NJCAA Division III World Series in Kinston,...