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Team Previews
Polk County 19-17
2/12/07
Top Returning Players
Pitching Staff- Brandon Bean 11, Will Phillips 11, Tracey Beard 12, Tyler
Davis 12
1B- Tracey Beard .392 12
2B- Matthew Allen .283 11
SS- Tanner Davis .341 12
3B- Will Phillips .375 11
OF- Josh Rose .396 12
Brandon Bean .308 11
Tyler Davis .341 12
Hayden Browder .333 11
Pitching: Brandon Bean 7-3-1 ERA: 4.68, Will Phillips 4-4 ERA: 2.55,
Tracey Beard 3-4 ERA: 4.05, Tyler Davis 4-2 ERA: 3.08. We have all of our
pitching back and if they continue to work hard in pre-season and
throughout the year, we should be able to match up well with other
pitching staffs in our district.
Our keys to success are remaining healthy throughout the year, and staying
focused and working together as a team.
Boyd-Buchanan
2/20/07 Our key returning starters
include:
(12) Tanner Smith (1b) He hit .415 last year with 39 hits. He drove
in 23 runs and scored 25 himself. He is hard to srike out since he only
struck out 2 times the entire year. His junior year was his first year to
start. Excellent attitude and will out hustle any body.
(12)Tyler Quarles (RF) Tyler hit .403 last year. He will be a four year
starter for the Bucs. He will be our CF this year and has great speed to
run down anything hit in either gap. Tyler had 29 hits, drove in 16 runs
and scored 22 himself. This guy can play any outfield position or up the
middle on the infield. Ran a 6.98 in the 60 yd dash just this week.
(11) Alex Willoughby (3b) Alex will start his 3rd year at 3b this
year and has solidified himself as one of out top players. He can hit,
field and pitch. He may be our best pitcher. Alex hit .320 as a soph. and
had 24 hits while driving in 13 runs and scored 20 runs himself.
(11) Matt Gentry (C) Matt is also a 3rd year starter at his
position. Matt hit .341 while driving in 23 runs and collecting 28 hits.
Matt is one of the finest catchers in the area. His pop time this week was
consistently 2.03 to 2.14! Matt has put on some muscle this year and
should hit for considerable more power.
(10) Taylor Gilley (ss) Taylor did not start the first half of the
year and was basically pushed into the role. He performed admirably and
finished the year as a solid fielder and a very good pitcher. Taylor hit
.259 as a fresh-man and scored 17 runs while collecting 14 hits. He also
drove in 12 runs. I look for him to really take off. His is very fast with
great
hands.
(12) Patrick Alway (P) Patrick is coming off of shoulder surgery and
within a few weeks of being completely back. We do not know how he will do
in his return, but we expect he will want to prove just how good he can
be.
Our top pitchers include the following:
Patrick Alway (12)
Michael Risko (11)
Alex Willoughby (11)
Matt Gentry (11)
Taylor Gilley (10)
Our key to success this year is pitching, plain and simple. If everyone is
healthy and we improve as much as we did last year, we should be very
competitive. It is important that Mason Rogers is back and healthy.
He can be very
good and could make us very good. We have sev-eral candidates that have
the opportunity to step up and fill a few holes on defense and in our
offensive lineup. Drayton Hales (11), Chase Kilgore (12), Ryan Jeffcoat
(10), Tanner Crook (10), Wynn Gannon (12) and a mix of a few freshmen will
battle for those spots. McMinn Central 21-13
Sectional
2/28/07 Top Returning Players
Britt Shaw, Pitcher 11
Ty Garrett, CF 12
Ethan Starr, 3rd/P 11
Dylan Coleman, SS/P 10
Mark Rayburn, 2nd 10
Ryan Rayburn, Pitcher 10
Matt Aderhold, Pitcher 10
Seth Walker, Catcher 10
Shane Moses, LF 10
Britt Shaw - Junior who is the leader of our team. When he is on the mound
we can win
Ryan Rayburn - Sophomore who needs to step up and be our number 2.
Ethan Starr - Junior who also needs to step up on the mound.
Matt Aderhold - Sophomore who has the ability to be a number 1.
The key for the Chargers is the pitching staff. We need to find someone to
step up and be no. 2. Our defense we be better with the return of Mark
Rayburn at second base. Offensively we need to find a leadoff hitter who
will be consistent. This team returns all of it's
starters from a trip to the sectional last year. For this team to be
successful in 2007, we need leadership and a team concept that will take
us a long way. Meigs County 25-11
3/12/07 Tyler Roberts SS, 12th.
Casey Metts 2B, 12th. Corey Clark 3B, 12th. Howie Meadows C, 11th. Tyler
Moore DH, 11th. Brandon Watkins Inf-Of, 12th. We return 6 seniors and all
will play. How good of a season wehave will depend on how mature the
seniors are. Whether or not they can handle last year's success. If the
seniors show maturity and display a strong work ethic, and
stay healthy; then we will be competitive.
Josh Garland 8-1 0.63 ERA 84 K. Tyler
Roberts 9-1 1.41 ERA 56 K. Corey Clark, Derek Colbaugh round out a senior
pitching staff. Dakota McGinnis, Zack Rayl, and Josh Niswonger will also
see lots of mound action.
The keys to our season will be to stay healthy and how well we handle last
year's success. Also we are replacing our entire outfield and some good
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Team Previews Macon County
22-11
3/12/07
Top Returning Players
OF Holden Pitts (12)
OF Josh Clemons (12)
OF Austin Kemp (11)
C Jeremy Phillips (11)
1B Christopher Knight (11)
2B Josh Meador (12)
SS Keith Kirby (12)
3B Max Manion (10)
DH Matt Wilson (12)
UTIl Kyle Grace (10)
2) Please list your top returning pitchers, stats, class... Write
your own story...
1. Matt Wilson (12)
2. Keith Kirby (12)
3. Josh Clemons (12)
4. Max Manion (10)
5. Cody Murphy (10)
Closer: Christopher Knight (11)
The key to success will be consistency and experience. The team should be
solid all the way around: Good hitting, pitching, and defense. Only losing
2 players from last year, experience should be a strength. Last year, the
Tigers dropped a few games that they should not have because they did not
come to play. The biggest thing this year is to show up for every game and
become a consistent team.
Livingston Academy 14-14
3/12/07
We have 5 returning players who are all
seniors that will lead us this spring. Joe Reynolds lead us in most
hitting categories. Also, returning is our catcher Matt Lee, and two
starting pitchers, Griffin Lee and Andrew Neff. Zack Ramsey is our left
fielder.
The key to the Wildcats success this year will be the leadership of the
seniors. "We should have a solid defense and solid hitting. The big
question mark will be our pitching," said skipper Pat Swallows.
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Team Previews
Grundy Co. 10-17
1/8/07
Top Returning Players
Bud Christy, of, 12; Steven Kilgore, c, 12; Trevor Burgess, 1b-of, 11;
Cody Harmon, if, 11.
Top returning pitchers
Bud Christy, rhp, 12; Trevor Burgess, lhp, 11; Justin Cooley, rhp, 12.
Keys to success for this season... Adapting to the new coach and his style
of play. Finding more people to pitch, to be a more consistent hitting
team, and cut down on errors that will lead to big innings for the
opposition. "This is my first year as a head coach and I'm very excited,"
said coach Juan Clariday. "I am the third head coach for the seniors, so
it is another adjustment for them. I am getting to know the kids and they
are getting to know me. Our district is very competitive. We got our work
cut out for us but we feel like we can compete with them, " added
Clariday.
East Ridge
14-18
2/7/07
Top Returning Players
Andrew Root 12th OF/P
Batting Avg- .419 HR-5 2B-10 Runs-31 RBI-30
Andrew Root has a very strong arm and gets a great break on the ball from
the outfield. He is also a line drive hitter with good instincts at the
plate.
Cal Aplin 12th 3B/P
Batting Avg- .330 HR-4 Runs-31 RBI-24
Cal drives in a lot of runs. He is very aggres-sive at the plate.
Gunner Miller 10th C
Batting Avg- .386 HR-1 2B-10 RBI-28
Gunner will be the key to our offense this season batting in the 5th spot.
Kevin Griffin 12th LHP
Win-Loss 4-5-1 ERA- 2.86 IP-51.3
Kevin is the work horse of the staff. He pitched the biggest games for us
last season. He has good movement and great change-up.
Cody Pemberton 11th LHP
Win-Loss 5-1 ERA- 3.28 IP-32
Cody is very aggressive on the mound. He has a great curveball and good
change-up. He also has great location.
Main Focus of improvement for this season:
Must improve defense up the middle with young inexperienced kids, all of
our returning kids are on the corners.
Offensive Outlook:
Top 5 hitters return, if we can find a role player for the #2 position we
will be very competitive at the AA level.
Keys to the Season:
1. If our top four returning pitchers continue success and middle
infielders make routine plays we will be competitive.
2. Our 3-6 hitters will make good contact and should provide the nucleus
for a good offense.
3. Strength of the team should be senior leadership and the experience of
returning
players at the corners and behind the plate.
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Team Previews
Goodpasture 30-11
1/2/07
Cougar baseball return 14 players
from last year's state tournament squad. Our top two hitters return.
Coleman Stroud (Sr) lead the team with a .414 BA, had 8 HR, and 40 RBIs.
Ryan Hanson(Sr) hit .402 and will return to the cleanup spot. Logan
Darnell(Sr) and Reece Lovell (Sr) are two returning outfield starters.
Darnell hit .357 with 4 HR, and Lovell hit .319 with 4 HR. Bennett Smith (Jr)
and Tyler Lovell (Jr) return on the infield. Lovell will move from 3B and
play SS this year. Smith is our returning catcher from last year. He will
catch and play 3B this year. Other players that will contribute this
season are Hank Graves(Sr), Lunden Johnson(Sr), Josh Snyder(Sr), Adam
Adkins (Jr), and Chris White (Jr).
The Cougars return their top four
pitchers from 2006. Logan Darnell (Sr) is the ace of the staff.
He was 11-3, had a 1.24 ERA, and 129 Ks in 2006. He has signed to play at
the University of Kentucky next year. Ross Moffitt (Sr) is our number 2
starter. He was 9-0, had a 1.36 ERA, and 82 Ks. He has signed to
play at Belmont University. Adam Adkins and Turner Cripps are two juniors
who will fill the no. 3 starting pitcher role. Adkins was 3-0 with a 2.57
ERA last year. Cripps was 4-3 with a 2.70 ERA in 2006. Other that will
contribute this season are Matthew Fox(Sr), Cody Lane(So), and Shawn
McVey(So).
"Our pitching staff and our defense will be the key to success this
season," added Coach Richie Estep. Greenbrier
7-18
2/1/07 Top Returning Players JC
White sr if
Chad Norman p/if jr
Derek Moore of jr
Justin Overby if jr
The Bobcats will look to get better each day with only 2 seniors returning
this year There will be a bunch of sophomores in the everyday lineup on a
team that will lack power, as many young teams do. The 'Cats will have to
rely on solid defense and will absolutely have to execute the small game.
Moving runners over, bunting and baserunning will be the key to scoring
runs. The chief concern for
Coach Williamson will be in finding some pitching that can keep his club
in the game. "They won't have to win games for us, but we need guys who
won't walk people and make opponents put it in play," said Williamson.
Chad Norman is the only returning pitcher with experience at the varsity
level. The Bobcats will have to find an offensive identity and play hard
this year.
"We should be able to play good defense, but we are going to have to get
the sophomores ready to play varsity baseball quickly," said Coach
Williamson. Donelson Christian (DCA) 23-10
2/27/07 The 2007 DCA Baseball team
will feature two outstanding Senior Athletes. Catcher Tyler Acker recently
signed a Baseball Scholarship with Middle Tennessee State University.
Tyler broke the DCA single season hits record last year with 51, and also
led the team in hitting with a .468 average. Sharing the catching
and pitching duties with Tyler will be senior first basemen Daniel
Winningham. Daniel hit .307 his junior year, and was 4-0 on the mound with
a 2.66 ERA. Daniel also led the team with 21 base on balls. Daniel has
signed a football scholarship with Air Force Academy. Both of these
seniors will be counted on to provide leadership for the 2007 club. The
third senior on this year’s team is second basemen Justin Tidwell. Justin
was “Mr. Clutch” in 2006. Justin may have to play outfield this year
after losing three outfielders to graduation. Justin hit .326 scoring 21
runs, and driving in 17. This year’s team will feature several jr's that
started or made major contributions to the success of the 2006 club. These
include pitcher Reed Williams (.306,5-1), Shortstop Jeremy Worden (.277,
30 runs scored), Pitcher Dustin Weaver (.292,4-2), Second basemen Chris
Pierce (.250, 12 runs scored) pitcher Craig Stem (22 innings pitched,
4.14ERA) and lefty Alex Gray. The 2007 Wildcat Baseball Team will
be fun to watch because of its enthusiastic spirit and its outstanding
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