Game Time,
We are just a young team. We will have two Seniors on the field tonight. Tye McCleary pitching and Rusty Howard at third. They both have really stepped up their games with the loss of Watson and Patterson. Both are hitting over .450 since we got back from Knoville. Cory Sorgenfrei, also a senior will be the DH and has hit well and Mitch Warren, our loan junior has played soild. But we will start three freshman and three sophomore in the field. They are all good ball players but nothing really prepares you for District 7AAA play. All the travel teams and summer programs around just can't do that. Long term this will make OHS a force to deal with but for now we are still learning. These kids have played the butts off and have battled all year through some really strange stuff.
Will Underland and Justin Jones are four year starters at RHS and I think you will agree that they have gotten better every year. But the were surround by a host of upper classman their freshman and sophomore years. They were "roll player" and good ones, but did not have to play great every game. Although Will made a big splash on ther mound his freshman year. I am not making excuses just stating facts.
With all that said it is still Oakland vs Riverdale and I think we will see two good games. Both are well coached and will play hard.