About the Patriots.......
The St. Louis Patriots Home School Baseball team was founded in 2006 by two fathers: Mike Petzoldt and Tom McKnight. They recognized that high school level baseball wasn't readily available to homeschool students during the spring. A desire to give these students the opportunity to play competitive spring baseball, lead them to the founding of the Patriots. During that inaugural season, they played just two games and they were only able to play five games the following year. In 2008, they were able to increase their schedule to over 15 games. Today, that team has grown into an organization that includes varsity, junior varsity, freshmen, 8th grade and 7th grade homeschool teams, along with multiple youth summer and SLABA teams.
In 2011, the Patriots made it's inaugural trip to the Homeschool World Series in Auburndale, FL and finished 4th. (HWSA)
In 2013, the Patriots became an affiliated home school program with MSHSAA, this gave us the ability to compete against local private and public schools in regular season games. Our first game was March 3 against Christian High, which we won 8-5.
In 2017, the Patriots started a youth summer baseball program. We recognized the need for Christ-centered summer baseball teams, not just for homeschool students, but for all Christian families. We have teams ranging from 6U-14U that play in different assocations in the metro St. Louis area.
In 2019, the Patriots joined SLABA, we currently have a 16U team and two 15U teams participating.
Our program's mission is to honor Christ while playing competitive baseball. We play for Christ first, teammates second, and me last. Our hope is to not only develop good baseball players but Godly young men. We hope the relationships that they develop with their other brothers in Christ will last a lifetime. Honor God, Play Hard, Play Smart, Have Fun.
Patriots Homeschool
Varsity Team History
2006 St. Louis Patriots Inaugural Team
(2-0)
2007
4-1
2008
National Home School Baseball Tournament Champions (Fort Wayne, IN)
13-3-1
Seniors Nick McCart and Greg Schuknecht
2009
St. Louis Christian High School Tournament Champions
12-4
Seniors Blake McKnight, Mike Rothermich, Micah Sanders and Landon Wineinger
2010
Seniors Joshua Jameson, Nathan Simmons, Grant Braden, Jackson Sneed and Colin Hart
Not Pictured: Matthew Bradshaw
National Home School Baseball Tournament 2nd place (Fort Wayne, IN)
St. Louis Christian High School Tournament Champions
Final Record 28-4
2011
Seniors Jacob Maynard and Andrew Keating
Home School World Series, Fourth Place (Auburndale, FL)
National Home School Baseball Tournament Champions (Fort Wayne, IN)
Final record 21-3
2012
Seniors Elijah Mehrtens, David Dyer, Taevan Schad and Matthew Tarman
Home School World Series, Division II Third Place (Auburndale, FL)
Kansas City Independent & Charter School Invitational Tournament Champions
Final record 30-2
2013
Seniors Daniel Keating, Zach Maynard, Scott Sandbach, Joel Kelsay and Josiah Longenecker
Division II Home School World Series Champions (Auburndale, FL)
First Annual Gateway Classic Champions
26-4-1
2014
Seniors Chris Monasmith, Sean Masiakiewicz, Chadwick Eulentrop, Gabe McKinnon,
Duncan Whittington, Keynen Schad, Angelo Tornatore, Andrew Davis,
Abe Griesbauer and Brendan Boyle
Home School World Series, Fifth Place (Auburndale, FL)
3rd Place Old Settlement Tournament
2nd Place Potosi Tournament
2nd Place Gateway Classic
4th Place O'Fallon/Triad Classic
22-10
2015
Seniors Mitchel Brown, Noah Kelsay, Joe Griesbauer, Karl Bliekamp and Nathan Dye
Division II Home School World Series Champions (Auburndale, FL)
3rd Place Old Settlement Tournament
3rd Place Music City Tournament
3rd Place O'Fallon/Triad Classic
23-12
2016
Seniors Matthew Griese, Brett Tapp, C.J. Mund, Ethan Mozingo and Luke Grass
Home School World Series, DII 5th Place (Auburndale, FL)
5th Place Old Settlement Tournament
2nd Place Music City Tournament
5th Place Potosi Tournament
3rd Place O'Fallon/Triad Classic
22-17-1
2017
Seniors Jon Monasmith, Kameron Kilchrist, Joel Ward, Grayson Gunn, Cameron Dumser,
Zach Kelsay and Ben Rudin
Home School World Series, 6th Place (Auburndale, FL)
Old Settlement Tournament Bronze Bracket Champions
Potosi Tournament Champions
19-12
2018
Seniors Jacob Stoker, Rocco Tornatore, Josiah Steen, Joel McAtee, Ian McClellan,
Patrick McAlevey and Zachary Witaschek
Home School World Series, 4th Place (Auburndale, FL)
Old Settlement Tournament 2nd Place
Potosi Tournament Champions
Ranked #10 Final Small Schools STLHSS Poll
24-9
2019
Seniors Sal Tornatore, Evan Clawson, Patrick Baalman, Zachary Gunn, David Olejnik,
Joey Crisman, Frank Griesbauer, Charlie Schark, David Noel, Justus Ward, Ben Dickmann, Caleb Kanoy, Carter Lee, Jonah Purvis
Home School World Series, DII Champions (Auburndale, FL)
Ranked #10 Final Small Schools STLHSS Poll
23-16-1
2020
Seniors Aiden Detering, Matthew Keating, Nick Rudin
Not Pictured: Caleb Bond, Joshua Mains, Jacob Witaschek
Season & Career Records
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