Dupage Training Academy

BREAKING NEWS

Congratulations to Kyle Manske (St. Charles East)
on his commitment to Black Hawk CC
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Congratulations to John Hondlik (St Charles East)
on his commitment to John Logan CC
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Congratulations to Cori Herbert (Wheaton Academy)
on his commitment to Kankakee CC
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Congratulations to Zack Weigel (Oak Park) on his
commitment to Seton Hall University.
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Wildcats place 3rd in Perfect Game
Kernals Tournament in Cedar Rapids, IA!!

In the top exposure and competition tough 
tournament in the Midwest in the fall, the 17/18U
Wildcats went into extra innings in the semi-final
game before losing 4-3 in 8 innings.   30 of the top
programs and teams in the Midwest converged on
Cedar Rapids Iowa for this top tournament.

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Congratulations to Mitch Gasbarro on his commitment
to Eastern Illinois University!
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Private tryouts available for open positions on 15U, 16U,
17U and 18U teams. 

Please email dtasports@aol.com if you are looking for a spot on
one of our teams.

Rosters are posted for 15U Navy and White teams.

Rosters are posted for 16U Navy and White teams.

Rosters are posted for 17U Navy and White teams

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17U Wildcats go 4 - 0 in the Notre Dame Select Showcase
Tournament to run their season record to 18 - 6.

Congratulations to John Schram (Lake Park) on his
commitment to John Logan CC.

16U Wildcats win only game in Iowa City and finish with
a 20 - 9 record on the season.

16U Wildcats go 4 - 1 and finish in the TOP 4 of the
Top Prospect tournament in Bloomington out of
over 30 teams that participated. 

17U Wildcats go 3 - 1 in Top Prospect Tournament
in Bloomington and move their record to 14 - 6  

17U Wildcats go 3 - 0 in pool play at NIU tournament
and finish in the top 4 out of 30 teams. 

16U Wildcats to 3 - 1 in pool play at NIU tournament
and just miss going to the final 4.

17U Wildcats go 4 - 0 in pool play and secure
the #2 seed in the Cincinnati Flames 17U Tournament
of Champions before losing to the tournament
champion Cincy Flames.  The Wildcats secured
a top 6 finish in this highly recruited and top talent
laden tournament. 

15U Wildcats White finish in top 4 of
Triple Crown Midwest Championship.

16U Wildcats finish second in Triple Crown Sports
Midwest Championship tournament!

16U Wildcats win the Championship of the Marmion
Cadet Tournament going 4 - 0 - 1

15U Navy Wins Championship of Elite 8 Benedictine
Tournament going 4 - 0 on the weekend to move
their record to 6 - 1 on the season.

15U White team wins the crown going 3 - 0 in the
DTA Memorial Day Weekend tournament.

16U team starts strong with a 2 - 1 record in the DTA
Memorial Day Weekend Tournament.

15U Navy team goes 2 - 1 in the DTA Memorial Day
Weekend tournament, with only a 1 run loss stopping
them from an undefeated weekend.

Congratulations to Ben Krusen (Glenbard W.) on
his committment to North Central College
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Congratulations to Craig Berberich (Wheaton N.)
on his committment to Illinois Wesyelan.
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Congratulations to Dan Ditsua (St. Charles E.)
on his committment to Seton Hall
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Wildcats 18U team goes 3 - 1 in Cocoa Beach Florida
Presidents Day tournament.
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Congratulations to Eric Scandora (Wheaton North
on his committment to Augustana College
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Congratulations to RJ Hoshell on his committment to
Loras College
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Congratulations to Stephen Lemm on his committment
to North Central College
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Congratulations to Eric Stout on his committment
to Butler University
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Congrats to Ryan Kramer on his committment to
Junior College power Kankakee Community College.
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played with a team from NY in the Perfect Game 18U
Showcase Tournament in Jupiter, Florida at the spring
training complex of the St. Louis Cardinals on Oct.
22nd - 24th.  Over 500 college and professional scouts
were in attendance at the 85 team event which is billed
as the top recruiting and scouting event in the U.S. 
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DTA Wildcats finish the fall exposure campaign with
a 18 - 5 - 2 record and take second place in the Past
Time Fall Wood Bat Championship in Indianapolis
at Butler University.
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Wildcats 18U team goes 5 - 0 and wins the DTA Labor
Day tournament championship with a 3 - 1 victory over
Pro Player Academy
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Congratulations to Evin Natick on his committment to
Heartland Community College.
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16U Wildcats finish 3 - 1 at U. of Iowa
The 16U team went 3 - 1 and lost a heartbreaker to the Indiana
Prospects by 1 run to keep them from the championship game.  The 3
wins pushes the 16U teams record to 23 - 6 this year.  In the 7
tournaments, the Cats won 2 and were in the final four in four others. 
The 6 Cat loses are by a combined 8 runs!  Great job 16U Wildcats!   

15U Wildcats Finish 7th at CABA World Series!
The 15U team won an exciting 8 - 7 win over the Boston Rams to
make the top 32 of the CABA World Series and then proceeded to
win two more games in bracket play to finish in the TOP 8 of the
40 team tournament!!   

16U & 17U teams finish in top 4 at DSP World Series!
The 16U team finished 4 - 1 and was upset in the semi-finals at the DSP
World Series in Bloomington, IL.  The 16's went 4 - 0 in pool play and
secured the #4 seed with several come from behind wins but were unable
to come back in the semi's and lost 7 -4.  The four wins push the 16U
record to 20 - 5 on the year.

The 17U team finished 4 - 0 in pool play with a big come back win
against Pro Player Academy in pool play and secured the #2 seed out of
24 teams.  An opening game 1 - 0 victory behind the stellar pitching of
Craig Berberich moved the CATS into the the semi-finals.  After
averaging over 10 runs per game in pool play, the bats were silenced in
the semi-final game and a 3 - 0 loss sent the CATS home with a 5 - 1 record
and a 3rd place finish in the tournament.  The 3rd place finish is the 3rd top
4 finish out of 6 tournaments for the CATS including a championship in the
KCC tournament to start the year. 

Monaghan commits to Southern Illinois Edwardsville
Congrats to Michael Monaghan (2011 Geneva HS) who has committed to
play baseball at Southern Illinois.   

Sauer commits to Eastern Illinois.
Congrats to Dane Sauer (2011 West Chicago HS) who has committed to
play baseball at Eastern Illinois.  The Wildcat pipeline to Eastern includes
former Wildcat player Ethan Burau and current Wildcat player Matt Kaiser.   

Rojas commits to Olivet.
Congrats to Luke Rojas (2011 St. Charles East) who has committed to play
baseball at Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbannais.  

16U team so close, moves to 14 - 2 on the year.
The DTA Wildcats 16U team played in the Diamond Sports Top
Prospect Tournament at Illinois St and finished 5th out of 20+ teams,
just missing the final 4 by 1 run with a 3 - 1 record.

Scandora fires perfect game at Flames Tournament
Eric Scandora pitched a perfect game in Cincinnati for the Americans
team in the Cincinnati Flames 4th of July tournament.  The 17U team
played several top Ohio teams and made it to the Championship round
of 12 (out of 28 teams) going 2 - 1 - 1 in pool play before losing 4 - 2 to
the Lake Erie Bulldogs in bracket play.

16U team stays hot, moves to 11 - 1 on the year.
The DTA Wildcats 16U team played in the Triple Crown Sports Naperville
Classic tournament and were crowned the Champions after going 4 - 0 in
pool play and securing the #1 seed, only to be rained out again on Sunday.

Wildcats go 5 - 0 to win Championship at Kankakee CC
The DTA Wildcats 17U team ventured to beautiful Kankakee Community
College to play their first tournament of the season and came away with
the championship, winning 8 - 7 against the Illinois Irish on Sunday.  The
CATS went 5 - 0 on the weekend playing some very good ball while beating
several 2010 pitchers who will be pitching in college.

Ben Krusen Named to Perfect Game Pre-Season
All-American team.

Congratulation to Ben Krusen (2011 Glenbard West) on being named to
the Pre-Season Honorable Mention All-American team by Perfect Game. 
Perfect Game is the most highly regarded scouting service in the Nation,
and this is truly an honor for Ben and the Wildcats for him to be named
to this elusive team.