{"id":44573,"date":"2019-03-13T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/former-juneau-teammates-off-to-hot-college-starts\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T06:30:00","slug":"former-juneau-teammates-off-to-hot-college-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/sports\/former-juneau-teammates-off-to-hot-college-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Juneau teammates off to hot college starts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Philip Wall and Michael Cesar, teammates on the two-time state-champion Juneau Post 25, are already making their mark in the early going of the NCAA Division III season.<\/p>\n
Wall, a sophomore on University of Northwestern-St. Paul, pitched a complete game and allowed no earned runs in a 4-3 win last Friday over Wilkes. He was named the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference pitcher of the week for the sterling performance. The Eagles are 3-2 on the season and have played all week in Fort Pierce, Florida. UNW plays Cairn University today.<\/p>\n
Cesar, a freshman on Pacific Lutheran University, hit a home run on Sunday in a 3-0 loss to Puget Sound. The former Gatorade Player of the Year has 13 hits and 10 RBIs for the 12-5 Lutes.<\/p>\n
UNW competes in the UMAC against St. Scholastica, Northland, Martin Luther, Crown, Minnesota Morris, Wisconsin-Superior, Bethany Lutheran, North Central. Pacific Lutheran led all Northwest Conference foes last year with a 18-7 league record. The teams they finished in front of included Linfield, Willamette, George Fox, Whitman, Whitworth, Puget Sound, Pacific and Lewis and Clark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"