Baseball

page updated 06/4/25

TENTATIVE BASEBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2025
(updated 05/07/25)
We will update any times, locations, dates when received from Athletic Director Darren Clayton

April 7 at Mitchell (V) 5:30 pm
FINAL SCORE: Varsity 8-6 in 8 innings
(JV rescheduled to May 16)
April 8 at Bloomington North (V) 6:00 pm
FINAL SCORE: Miners fall to Bloomington North 30-1
HOME OPENER: April 9 v West Vigo at Home (V) 6:00 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS win 4-2
RESCHEDULED April 11 at Sullivan (V) 6:30 pm
(Originally scheduled for April 10 at 6:00 pm)
Miners fall to Sullivan 6-0
April 12 v Eastern Greene at Home (V/JV) 12:00 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS win 10-9 in 8 innings
April 14 v Owen Valley (V) at Home 5:00 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS win 6-5 in 8 innings
~~CANCELED April 15 v Sullivan at Home (JV) 5:00 pm~~
April 17 at Barr Reeve (JV) 5:30 pm
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to Barr Reeve 18-0
April 18 AT North Central (Varsity Only) 5:00 pm
(rescheduled from April 16 due to Umpire Shortage)
FINAL SCORE: MINERS win 9-2
April 19 v Bloomfield at Home (V) 11:00 am
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
PENDING MAKE UP DATE
April 21 v Northview at Home (V) 6:00 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to the Knights 7-1
April 24 at Clay City (V/JV) 5:30 pm
FINAL VARSITY SCORE: MINERS fall to the Eels 4-0
FINAL JV Score: MINERS WIN 7-0 over the Eels
April 25 Greencastle (V) Note time change to 6 pm
(Only one inning played and called due to weather)
Canceled ~~April 29 at Terre Haute North (V/JV) 5:00 pm~~
April 30 at North Daviess (V/JV) 5:30 pm
(Note: Original time change of 5:00 pm)
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to the Knights 5-0
May 1 v Evansville Christian at Home (V) 6:30 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
Game called due to weather at bottom of 3rd Inning
May 3 v Orleans at Home (V) 10:00 am
NOTE: ONLY VARSITY AS OF 4/30/25
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to the Knights 3-2
May 5 v Terre Haute South at Home (V) 6:00 pm
Game is scheduled to be livestreamed by Rader Media Sports
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to the Braves 7-1
May 6 at Vincennes Rivet (V) 5:30 pm
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall 2-0
May 7 v Barr-Reeve at Home (V) 5:00 pm
Rader Media Sports Live Streamed this game
FINAL SCORE: MINERS fall to the Vikings 6-0
May 10 at Shakamak (V/JV) 11:00 am
May 12 v Terre Haute South (JV) 6:00 pm
~~May 13 at North Knox (V/JV) 5:00 pm~~
Game has been cancelled by North Knox as they had to make up a conference game
May 15 at White River Valley (V/JV) 6:00 pm
FINAL SCORE: MINERS win 17-1
May 16 at Mitchell (JV) 5:30 pm
(rescheduled from April 7)
~~DOUBLEHEADER: May 17~~ Canceled due to 5/16/25 weather event.
v South Knox at Home (V) 11:00 pm
v Bloomfield at Home (V) 4:30 pm (rescheduled from April 19, 2025)
May 20 at Loogootee (V/JV) 6:00 pm
May 21 at Bloomington South (V) 6:00 pm
May 22 v Bloomfield (V) 5:30 pm
Senior Recognition
May 26 v Edgewood at Home (V) 12:00 pm
(Note: Change in time due to Linton-Stockton hosting the 2025 Softball sectionals)
2A Sectional 47
May 29 v South Knox at Sullivan (V) 5:30 pm
2A Sectional 47 Semi-Final
June 2 v Barr Reeve at Sullivan (V) 1:00 pm

Congratulations Seniors !

Meet Your 2025 Linton Miners

Tyson Walker

Blaike Husband

Cameron Reed

Jackson Miller

Michael Auberry

Russell Goodman

Josh Lower

Owen Smith

Gage Sullivan

Alex Lee

Romeo Taylor

Casen Goodman

Ian Mauder

Tanner Scharbrough

Peyton Morris

Harrison James

Kingston Crane

Jake Rose

Andrew Collins

Calvin Stephens

Oliver Hobbs, Manager

Other Managers:
Collin Pope
Zane McBride

Chevy Burdette

Meet Your 2025 Coaching Staff

Jacob Harden – Varsity Coach
Jacob Harden enters year four as Head Coach of the Linton-Stockton Baseball team. Before coaching, Harden attended Northview High School where he was a 4-Year Varsity Letter Award Winner. Harden went on to play collegiate baseball at Vincennes University and Indiana University Southeast, and was a walk on at Indiana State University under Coach Mitch Hannah. As a coach, Harden has been an assistant at Clarksville High School, Northview High School, and Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. In the summer, Coach Harden is an assistant for the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League (Collegiate Wood Bat League). Last season (2024), the Rex finished runner up in the league, their highest finish since winning the championship in 2018. In Coach Harden’s first year (2022), the Linton-Stockton Baseball Team won the first Regional Championship in program history. Last season, the Miners won the Sectional Championship. Harden is also the 6th Grade ‘Project Lead The Way’ Teacher.

Shane Husband – JV Coach
Shane enters his third season on the Linton Baseball staff and serves as the Junior Varsity Coach. Shane is a graduate of Shakamak Jr/Sr High School. He is a Captain at the Terre Haute Fire Department.

Cory Anderson – Pitching Coach
Cory is a 2019 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. He participated in Varsity Baseball and Varsity Tennis while in high school. He was a member of the 2016 and 2017 Sectional Championship baseball teams. Cory earned SWIAC All-Conference in 2017 and 2018. He was also named to the Greene County Daily World All Area Team in 2017, 2018, and 2019. He was also named to the SWIAC All-Conference Tennis Team in 2018. Cory went on to play baseball for the University of Southern Indiana. While at USI, he made 34 appearances out of the bullpen for the Screaming Eagles. Cory earned his first collegiate save in the victory over Western Illinois University, throwing a third of an inning, securing the first series victory for USI in NCAA Division 1 Baseball. He was named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2023 and 2024. He earned Academic All-GLVC honors in 2022. Cory graduated Cum Laude from USI in 2023, with a Bachelor Degree in Business Management with a minor in Sport and Business Studies. He earned his Masters Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from USI in 2024. He currently works at Crane NSA and residents in Linton with his dog, Bear.

Craig House – Assistant Coach
Craig is a 1993 graduate of Linton-Stockton High School. He has been involved in coaching for the past 21 years and has been a part of the Linton Miner Baseball Program for the last 10 years. Craig has spent 22 years as an underground coal miner and currently works for the Department of Labor. He says “I have basically been a Miner my entire life”.

Dustin Pigg – Assistant Coach
Dustin enters his fourth season helping the Miners. Dustin is the President of the Youth League, and is a liaison from the league to the high school team. Having Dustin aboard has helped grow relations between the youth program and the high school program. Dustin is a graduate of Dugger and has been actively coaching future Miners.

Becky Mayfield – Book Keeper

Bracey Breneman – Assistant Coach

Japheth House – Assistant Coach

Kent Bass – Assistant Coach
Kent brings a wealth of experience coaching high school baseball. For 25 years, he was an Assistant Coach at Northview High School. During that time, they won seven Sectional Championships and one Regional Championship in Class 4A. Coach Bass also had a one year stint as Head Coach at Cloverdale High School. Coach Bass was one of Coach Harden’s childhood coachesand is excited to help the Linton Miners.

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Special Thanks to Coach Bart Berns for sitting in with us during game days. AND to Coach Beth Wernz for Baseball Regional.

NOTE ::
This schedule can change at ANY time; therefore, PLEASE follow our Rader Media Sports Facebook Page for updates.

CANCELED ~~March 21 (HOME Scrimmage) Wood Memorial – 6:00 pm~~
April 1 (HOME) Mitchell (V/JV) – 5:30 pm
(Final Score: 4-2, Mitchell)
~~CANCELED April 2 (HOME) Bloomington N (V/JV) – 6:00 pm~~
~~CANCELED April 3 (AWAY) West Vigo (V) – 6:00 pm~~
~~CANCELED April 4 (HOME) Sullivan (V) – 6:00 pm~~
April 6 (AWAY) Eastern Greene (V/JV) – 12:00 pm
(Final Score: 13-7, Eastern Greene)
~~CANCELED – April 11 (HOME) Barr-Reeve (JV) – 5:00 pm~~
APRIL 12 (HOME) North Central (V/JV) 5:00 pm
Original Date (4/10) was POSTPONED due to weather
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 8-0, Linton)
April 13 (AWAY) Bloomfield (V/JV) – 11:00 am
(Final Score: 10-5, Bloomfield)
April 15 (AWAY) Northview (V) – 6:00 pm
(Final Score: 5-4, Linton)
April 17 (HOME) Evansville Christian (JV) – 6:30 pm
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 11-10, Linton)
April 18 (HOME) Clay City (V/JV) – 5:30 pm
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 9-5, Linton)
April 19 (AWAY) Greenecastle (V) – 6:00 pm
(Final Score: 10-2, Greencastle)
April 22 (AWAY) Sullivan (JV) – 5:00 pm
(Final Score: 5-4, Sullivan)
~~CANCELED April 23 (HOME) Terre Haute North (V/JV) – 5:30 pm~~
April 24 (HOME) North Daviess (V/JV) – 5:00 pm
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 4-1, North Daviess)
April 25 (AWAY) Evansville Christian (V) – 6:30 pm
(Final Score: 8-6, Linton)
April 27 (AWAY) Orleans (V/JV) – 10:00 am
(Final Score: 20-10, Linton)
~~CANCELED – April 29 (AWAY) Terre Haute South (V) – 6:00 pm~~
WORKING ON A MAKE UP DATE
May 1 (AWAY) Barr-Reeve (V) – 7:00 pm (NOTE TIME CHANGE MADE ON 4/25/24)
(Final Score: 9-2, Barr Reeve)
May 2 (HOME) NE Dubois (V) – 6:00 pm
(Final Score: 11-2, NE Dubois)
May 4 (HOME) Shakamak (V) – 11:00 am
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 5-2, Linton)
May 6 (AWAY) Terre Haute South (JV) – 6:00 pm
(Final Score: 8-0, TH South)
May 7 (HOME) North Knox (V/JV) – 4:45 pm (Note: Time change)
LIVE STREAMED
(Final Score: 2-1, North Knox)
May 9 (HOME) WRV (V) – 6:00 pm
LIVE STREAMED
May 11 (AWAY) South Knox (V/JV) – 11:00 am
(Final Score: 8-2, South Knox)
CANCELED ~~May 14 (HOME) Loogootee (V/JV) – 6:00 pm~~
CANCELED ~~May 15 (HOME) Bloomington South (V) – 6:00 pm~~
CANCELED ~~May 16 (AWAY) Owen Valley (V) – 5:00 pm~~
May 17 (HOME) Northview (JV) – 6:00 pm
May 20 (AWAY) Edgewood (V) – 5:30 pm
2024 Sectional Location: Sullivan
Participating Schools: Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, Mitchell, North Knox, South Knox, Sullivan

GAME 1: Eastern Greene v Linton-Stockton
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – 5:30 pm
(Live Streamed, Final Score: 3-2, Linton)

Linton advances to Semi-Final
Game 3: Linton-Stockton v South Knox
Monday, May 27, 2024 – 12:p0 am

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Championship:
Monday, May 27 at 8:00 pm
Sullivan v Linton Stockton
(Live Streamed, Final Score: 4-3, Linton)

ON to Regionals
(ORIG DATE: Saturday, June 1 at 4:30 pm)
RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2024
11 A.M.
Linton v. North Posey
at Southridge High School (LEAGUE STADIUM)

Coach Jacob Harden

Jacob Harden completed his third year as Head Coach of the Linton-Stockton Baseball team in 2024. Before coaching, Harden attended Northview High School where he was a 4 Year Varsity Letter Award Winner. Harden went on to play collegiately at Vincennes University and Indiana University Southeast.

As a coach, Harden has been an assistant at Clarksville High School, Northview High School, and Rose Hulman Institute of Technology. In the summer, Coach Harden is an assistant for the Terre Haute Rex of the Prospect League (Collegiate Wood Bat League).

In Coach Harden’s first year (2022), the Linton-Stockton Baseball Team won the first Regional Championship in program history.

Coach Harden is also the 6th Grade ‘Project Lead The Way’ Teacher.