This is the eighth in a series of 10 articles profiling the 2017 inductees into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame.NORTH JUPITER, Fla. — Rick Schnur is making a sacrifice to enter the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame.He’ll have to miss a game.Schnur, 41, put together a stellar baseball career as a pitcher at Butler High School and Indiana (Pa.) University. He is still pitching these days as a member of the Beach Bums in the Palm Beach County National Adult Baseball Association in Florida.“It’s pretty cool because I’m still effective and I’m pitching against guys in their 20s, many of them in and out of professional baseball,” Schnur said. “I don’t throw the ball past guys. I beat the younger guys more with my head than with my arm.“I pitch to contact. I don’t get a lot of strikeouts anymore, but I can still go nine innings.”The league runs year-round, with the exception of September and part of February and March. Schnur will be inducted during the 52nd annual BCSHOF banquet April 29 at the Butler Days Inn.“Yeah, I’ll have to miss a game. We usually play once a week or so,” Schnur said. “But it’s awesome that I’m going into the county hall of fame. I’m thrilled to be getting in there.”Schnur becomes the fourth member of his family to gain induction. He will join his uncle, Dess Schnur, and cousins Curt Schnur and Jeff McAnallen.A 1993 Butler graduate, Schnur received the Golden Tornado’s Outstanding Pitcher Award his senior year despite being on the same staff as James Madison University recruit Tim Bouch and eventual major league hurler Matt Clement. He was 6-1 with a 0.98 earned run average that spring.Schnur’s lone loss was a 2-1 decision to North Allegheny. He also hit .329 as Butler’s leadoff hitter that season and led the WPIAL with five triples. He led Butler with a .349 batting average as the team’s center fielder in 1992.Moving on to Indiana (Pa.) University, Schnur became a first team all-conference pitcher and was PSAC pitcher of the Year in 1996.“I first went there as a middle infielder and outfielder,” Schnur said. “But we didn’t have a very good pitching staff and I wound up with one of the pitching spots.”He also wound up as one of the best pitchers in IUP history.Schnur pitched in a school-record 38 games for IUP. He ranks No. 2 on the Crimson Hawks’ all-time list with 30 games started, 18 complete games and 196 innings pitched. He also ranks fourth with 159 strikeouts and fifth with 15 wins.“I guess I’m most proud of the innings pitched,” Schnur said. “I’ve always been dependable that way. All these years, I’ve never had a sore arm. I’ve always had solid mechanics on the mound.”Schnur pitched for North Pittsburgh teams that won three successive league championships in the late 1990s. He pitched the West Palm Beach Hurricanes to three consecutive league titles from 2006-08.In 2011, he pitched the Beach Bums to the NABA title and was named tournament MVP.“I’ve never thrown 90 miles per hour,” Schnur said. “But I could hit the mid-80s, could spot the ball and make it move. That’s the key to pitching.“I’ll keep pitching until I’m not effective anymore. I just love it too much.”Tickets for the April 29 HOF banquet are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Ticket outlets include Parkers Appliance in Chicora, Bill’s Beer Barn, Moses Jewelers and Snack-N-Pack in Butler, Saxonburg Drug and Maddalon Jewelers in Zelienople.