OSHKOSH – What the future holds for Mitch Beau has yet to be determined, but Saturday, the St. Mary’s Springs graduate shined among the state’s best at the Wisconsin Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic at E.J. Schneider Field.

“I was seeing the ball well and taking good swings,” said Beau of his weekend in Oshkosh. “When I got good pitches I was trying to get good swings and hit it.

“I had a good weekend and the guys were a lot of fun.”

Beau went 3 for 5 in the three games of the tournament with a two-run home run and four runs scored, while also earning two walks. On the mound, he earned the win in the North team’s second game, pitching three scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and issuing one walk while striking out three.

“I was actually a little nervous facing Division 1 pitchers, playing in a Division 3 conference all year, but I was seeing the ball well,” said Beau. “It gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the summer to do what I did this weekend. I know I can hit good pitching now.

The 6-foot-1, 200-pounder will be attending UW-Stevens Point in the fall and plans to play both football and baseball for the Pointers. He was the runner-up for Wisconsin Flyway Conference baseball player of the year and a two-time first-team all-conference quarterback.

“It’s going to be tough to play both, but I’m going to give it a shot and see what happens from there,” said Beau.

Notes and tidbits…

TRAVELING MAN

Brookfield Central catcher Mike Mierow started the first game for the East, but had to leave in the third inning to play for the Lancers, who had a rain makeup game to get in.

He made the game, and was back in time to close things out behind the plate for the East squad behind the plate.

A PITCHER STEPS UP

West Bend West’s Eric DuCharme has not seen much time on the mound for the Spartans this year, but in the final game of the Classic and the pitching ranks getting thin, he stepped up.

DuCharme pitched five innings and got the win in the nine-inning game that helped the East team go undefeated for the two-day event, with five strikeouts. He gave up just one hit and one earned run.

“When they told me I could go back out for the my fifth inning, I was very excited,” said DuCharme, who has made just three brief appearances on the mound for West this summer. “I just felt good and really relaxed on the mound.

“It was just fun pitching for those guys. It was the most fun I have had playing baseball and that is what it is all about.”

IRONMAN

South Milwaukee infielder LukeMaldanado easily got the most playing time in the Classic for the East squad. He played 19 of 23 possible innings due to depleted middle infield numbers for the East.

He made the most of his plate appearances, going 4-for-9 with an RBI, a run scored, a stolen base and a double.

“It’s great. I want to play as much as possible, but whatever is best for the team and helps us get the ‘W,’” Maldanado said. “This is a fun group. Before we even played our first game I noticed a chemistry that I don’t think any other team has.”

BURLINGTON TRIO HAS IMPACT

The Burlington Demons had the most players at the even with three in infielder Tell Taylor, pitcher Cody Peterson and outfielder Dylan Friend.

Taylor had two hits in the three games, while Peterson got the win in Friday night’s 6-3 victory over the West All-Stars. Saturday, in the finale of the Classic.

Peterson also hit a leadoff double in the ninth inning of the nightcap of the Classic that got the rally started and scored the go-ahead run off a single from Friend.

“He said something about that, that I drove in my teammate to win the game,” Friend said. “It was pretty cool.”

Check results of Saturday’s games here and Friday’s games of the Classic.