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‘26 Dakota Hughes with solid pitching performance; 4IP: 2h, 2bb, 0R, 4k. Highlights:

2-run HR

Academics? 4.0 (weighted) Leadership? Asst coached Fresh while on Varsity; Work ethic? Daily lifting starts @ 5:45am; daily self-motivated hitting, and fielding practice; daily arm care and stretching Integrity? Has never missed curfew Character also matters. @loyaltytraining @Spects2026 @DrKyleCheatham @Prospects_NE

‘26 Dakota Hughes’ first outing in a few months was focused on location and controlling his pitch movement (Dakota had 6K’s & 0BB in 2+ innings), not velocity. But Dakota put up a solid performance to build from on each metric.

Weather cost us several games, still sophomore Dakota Hughes got to 20 RBI’s in 60pa. @PrepBaseballNE @loyaltytraining @conc_baseball @StrikeZoneOmaha

‘26 Dakota Hughes had another strong performance on the mound for Concordia Varsity: 5ip 0r 1h 9k @PrepBaseballNE @dynamicvelo @conc_baseball @loyaltytraining

‘26 Dakota Hughes continues to avg nearly 2k per IP. Last 7IP: 0R 2H 5BB 13K. Oh yeah, and 2for2 with 2RBI @PrepBaseballNE @dynamicvelo @StrikeZoneOmaha @loyaltytraining @conc_baseball

Fun Concordia BB Trivia from MaxPrep: Asst Coaches Tony Bellus, Grant Meyer, and Buck Leinen won 55 games playing for Concordia. Playing together in 2018, they led Concordia to its first State Tournament appearance. This is Concordia BB. @ConcordiaOmaha @conc_baseball

‘26 Dakota Hughes with his 3rd Varsity HR of the season. @Dak0734 continues his trend from last fall of increasing the power output in terms of all xbh as well as ba & obp/ops over last season. #nebombsquad @PBR_Nebraska @loyaltytraining @StrikeZoneOmaha @conc_baseball

Fun Concordia BB Trivia per MaxPreps: Asst Coaches Buck Lienen and Grant Meyer were tied for 8th in Concordia Career RBIs. In @Dak0734 ‘s last game, he moved them down one notch with a HR. And 1b Coach Lienen was very happy. This is Concordia BB @conc_baseball @ConcordiaOmaha

‘26 Dakota Hughes recorded another strong pitching performance for Concordia. Early season totals: 6ip 3h 1er 12so/4bb @dynamicvelo @loyaltytraining @conc_baseball @PBR_Nebraska

‘26 Sophomore Dakota Hughes ties the Concordia career HR record with another 2-HR night. (7-RBIs) @conc_baseball @StrikeZoneOmaha @loyaltytraining @PBR_Nebraska

Dakota hit a ball hard to third which the third baseman made a nice play to catch; but had to leave the game purportedly with a broken hand. Not sure if his hand was actually broken or if a finger was just dislocated, but we are praying for his quick recovery. @ArlingtonHSbb

'26 Dakota Hughes had a good PBR event. I decided to list his Avg Exit Velo as it compared to the other top '25&'26 from the event.

Nice Job Dakota Hughes! @loyaltytraining @StrikeZoneOmaha @conc_baseball @Dak0734

I find a few Concordia players sprinkled throughout these top performances. Great job everyone! @conc_baseball

A parent confided in me that she had spent a large sum of money on a college baseball recruiting service and her son got nothing for it. It broke my heart. Look, I am not against every recruiting service. But please, do a PBR event before you sign up for a recruiting service and see where your son is at first. There are many roads to college baseball, but PBR verified numbers are on all of them. Honest feedback has value. Think carefully before spending $$$$ on a recruiting service who uses a pressure pitch. @PBR_Nebraska @conc_baseball

Very sad to hear Coach Stella passed away. We got to meet him a few times. He was a real living legend. Got his picture this summer with Dakota at his field…. John Stella Field…. And such a great person. ..going to be missed @OPS_SHSBASEBALL Our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family… Stella and South @conc_baseball @NEPrepZone @PBR_Nebraska @StrikeZoneOmaha @loyaltytraining

So with this rbi, Cosgrove takes back the team lead with 14 RBI’s!