{"id":1730,"date":"2025-04-09T12:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:13:31","slug":"bo-shinkle-leads-mens-baseball-to-top-of-kjccc-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/04\/09\/bo-shinkle-leads-mens-baseball-to-top-of-kjccc-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Bo Shinkle Leads Men\u2019s Baseball to Top of KJCCC Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophomore Bo Shinkle runs past home plate as freshman Jeremy Comer cheers him on. (Photo by: Vaughn Wheat).<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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On Thursday, the Cavs won a double-header against Labette to secure their place at the top of the KJCCC conference. A key player making strong moves this season has been sophomore hitter Bo Shinkle (28).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a steady presence in the lineup, so every day you know he\u2019s going to barrel up the baseball and put pressure on the defense,\u201d head coach Eric Horner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So far this season, Shinkle has put up tremendous numbers, with a batting average of .439 and a slugging percentage of .645. His presence goes beyond the plates, dominating the outfield with 24 putouts and zero errors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s always nice to know when the ball goes up in the air, he\u2019s gonna get underneath it,” Horner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from his impressive statistics, Shinkle\u2019s leadership qualities have been a driving force for the Cavaliers this season. His calm demeanor and inspiring abilities have fostered a strong sense of camaraderie between the team. His presence in both the lineup and the outfield boosts the team’s confidence and sets the bar for greatness and determination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGetting into a calm mindset and envisioning myself having success before the game is the most important thing,\u201d Shinkle said. \u201cDoing whatever it takes to help the team find a way to win is the best thing that I got.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Cavs will play their next home game in a double-header against Neosho County on April 12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cGetting into a calm mindset and envisioning myself having success before the game is the most important thing,\u201d Shinkle said. \u201cDoing whatever it takes to help the team find a way to win is the best thing that I got.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1008,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[210,49],"ppma_author":[126],"class_list":["post-1730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bo-shinkle","tag-jccc-baseball"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Seth Lampton","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/slampto1\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_4785.jpg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/author\/slampto1\/","display_name":"Seth Lampton"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Sports<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Sports<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Bo Shinkle<\/a>","JCCC Baseball<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Bo Shinkle<\/span>","JCCC Baseball<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on April 9, 2025","modified":"Updated on April 9, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on April 9, 2025 12:13 pm","modified":"Updated on April 9, 2025 12:13 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":126,"user_id":1008,"is_guest":0,"slug":"slampto1","display_name":"Seth Lampton","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2e586f19d0db2ca6e0f54eba249df3470c40ec567565bda6e765754ffc14994?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Seth","last_name":"Lampton","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_4785.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}