Burlington Catholic Central Wins Another Wisconsin State Championship for 2011 NHSCA Baseball Coach of the Year Tom O'Connell

by Jeff Fisher
Host, NHSCA Sports Hour

It was quite a week for Burlington Catholic Central (Burlington, Wisconsin) baseball coach Tom O'Connell.

First, O'Connell, who has coached baseball at the high school level for over 40 years, was named the National High School Coaches Association's 2011 Baseball Coach of the Year. Then on Thursday, O'Connell's team went-out and won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 4 state baseball championship.

Sunday, O'Connell will be a guest on the NHSCA Sports Hour to talk about the Hilltoppers' back-to-back championships and fifth state title in the last eight years.

Click here to read Dan Kohn's game story at PostCrescent.com about BCC's 9-2 win over Chippewa Falls McDonnell in Thursday's title game.

O'Connell has been inducted into three Halls of Fame: The American Baseball Coaches Association, the Old Time Baseball Players Hall of Fame in Milwaukee and the WBCA Hall of Fame.

Below are highlights from Catholic Central's 2010 Division 4 state championship game....



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