12aa/region6 predictions/ top players to watch

[40n81]

Who are the front runners, and top players to watch. Need some honest scouting reports(NO DADS)!!!

[Willie]

Front runners in no certain order...

 

Spring Hill

Page

Giles County

Marshall County

 

Players to watch...

 

SH - Walton (Walters State), Bigler (Columbia State), Brochu (Columbia State), Schubert, Scarritt,

 

Page - Gross

 

Lewis - Ammons

 

Marshall - Watkins, Chapman,

 

Giles - Bailey

 

There are others but I can not think of them at this moment.

[40n81]

Thanks Willie, are all these kids seniors? Mr. Gross from Page, does he only pitch? Is their any juniors that can play the corner with no fear! I thought that Mr. Brochu had bigger plans than comm. college.He has a lot of talent and I am sure he will only improve this season.

[Willie]

Thanks Willie, are all these kids seniors? Mr. Gross from Page, does he only pitch? Is their any juniors that can play the corner with no fear! I thought that Mr. Brochu had bigger plans than comm. college.He has a lot of talent and I am sure he will only improve this season.

 

Walton, Bigler, and Brochu - Sr

Brochu and Bigler both had bigger plans but both also decided to play Jr College to improve even more so that maybe bigger and better offers would come along.

 

Scarritt and Schubert - Jr Schubert is one of the better 3B you will find.

 

Gross - Sr - Pitches and plays some 1B

 

Ammons - Jr

 

Watkins and Chapman - Sr

 

Bailey - Sr

[40n81]

Thanks for the info Willie!!!

[Slider]

Thanks Willie, are all these kids seniors? Mr. Gross from Page, does he only pitch? Is their any juniors that can play the corner with no fear! I thought that Mr. Brochu had bigger plans than comm. college.He has a lot of talent and I am sure he will only improve this season.

 

Looks like Gross will be pitching for Wallace State in AL next year.

[bosox9]

I agree with most of the list. Bailey is a top notch athlete. Getting some interest from Martin, and UT Martin. The list can't be complete without at least mentioning the McComiskey kid from Page. Watched him play four or five times. Solid. Plays the corners and catches, and was district MVP runner up as a junior.

[Willie]

Looks like most teams are going to get snowed out on the first day of practice but that doesn't mean we can't talk about the upcoming seaon. Where is all the 12AA fans? Come on guys lets keep this thread busy like we did last year.

 

Baseball 2010 - It's finally here!

[66in74]

It's hard to get excited about baseball with 25' weather and snow on the ground.

[Willie]

Here is something from last year to help get this thread started up...

 

Now time to recap the 2009 season. I posted the below information at the first of the year. How right or wrong was I? Also a peek into next season.

 

Marshall County will be down some this year. They lost more than people think. But then again they are MC and they just seem to have this attitude that they can not be beat and others teams have it in their head they can not beat MC. - 3rd Place (9-5) - Not your typical MC team but was scrapy and fought each ball game to give themselves a chance to win. I'm not sure what they lose but I know some of their pitching with Watkins and Chapman return. MC has a shot to be back on top in 2010. I also hear Coach George is retiring.

 

SH has a very talented Jr and Sr class with a few talented Soph. Pitching and doing the little things will be the key for them. Can someone step up after their # 1 and # 2 pitchers? SH had a very good summer season. Will that carry over to this spring? Another big if factor will SH be able to rally behind the tragic death of one of their Sr leaders who played SS last season. - District Champs (13-1) - Raiders had the best season in program history winning a total of 26 games. Cartwright took over the role as the # 2 pitcher which put 2008 # 2 Walton into a closer role. Branham as the # 1 had a solid year earning District MVP. There is still a lot talent left behind from the departing Srs. Walton will step into the # 1 role now but who will step up to be the # 2 guy. Another good summer season will answer a lot of these questions. SH will aim high and compete for another district championship.

 

Page still has Webb on the mound and that means a lot. He is a difference maker. The kid throws the ball very well and is hard to beat. They still have their # 2 pitcher but he still needs to develop. Page usually is very fast on the bases. Hard to throw out baserunners. - Runner-up (11-3) - Webb had a very good year and made a difference. Gross without a doubt developed and has become a very good pitcher. I'm not sure who was the # 1 or # 2 between Webb and Gross but both done well. Gross comes back next year but Page loses a lot. I'm going to say there will be a little drop off with them next season but with Gross on the mound they will be tough to beat and that gives them a shot to be at the top of the district standings.

 

Giles County has a shot to be at the top. The biggest question for them is will the same GC team show up game to game. Last season they struggled with that. They were a totally different team day to day. I guess it depends on the attitudes of the kids. They have several pitchers returning with the additions of a few more. - 4th place (8-6) - GC proved to be a tough team. Bowen had a good year on the mound. The Lefty was tough to hit at times and had good year. He should go into next year as the # 1. GC upset Page once and lost to Hickman County once... so that goes back to does that same team show up each game. Most of the line-up returns next season so with the replacement of some pitching GC should be pretty good and have a shot at the top.

 

Lewis County should be improved with the addition of Coach Tiller. LC did lose their # 1 pitcher. Pitching will be a huge factor. The Ammons kid will be the big bat in the lineup but does LC have enough around him to protect him and give a chance to swing it. - 7th place (3-11) - Tiller didn't have a ton of players to work with. The dugout was pretty empty. More kids need to turn out to play baseball so that it will help this program grow. LC loses a lot from the line-up so it might be a while before this team can compete at a high level. Maybe it will turn around sooner than I think but I just don't see it.

 

Loretto will be down but never count out the Mustangs. Coach Lamm usually finds a way to make his team compete. - 5th place (6-8) - Loretto got a big win over Page and MC this season but also took some hard loses from EH and HC. You never can count them out because they may not be the best team on the field but they will play hard. Loretto moves out of the district next season dropping down to Class A. Fairview will move in and take their place.

 

East Hickman and Hickman County both will struggle... both seem to be very young and not very experienced. - EH 8th place (2-12)/HC 6th place (4-10) - Both teams struggled but both were improved. Maybe both teams can build off this. My understanding is that EH will be under a new coach next year. I hope the new coach can continue what Coach Britt started. HC will need to replace their # 1 and # 2 pitchers. EH will need to replace their # 1. I think both programs will continue to improve but it will be a while before both can be up toward the top.

[Willie]

It's hard to get excited about baseball with 25' weather and snow on the ground.

 

I hear ya... it's time for the snow to go!

[easteaglebaseball]

This year East Hickman will be under a new Coach. He is from Texas and has Coached High School and JUCO for 20 something years. He seems to be extreemly knowledgeable of the game. The kids like him, but I dont expect big things from the Eagles this year,based simply on lack of participation. 3 Seniors as far as I have seen are playing, 3 Juniors,3 sophmores and a bunch of Freshmen. If he can keep his Freshman group together and they do not drift off into other things, they should do well in a few years. I can only hope for the Seniors sake they have a decent season, since these kids have played on the very first Middle School team in Hickman county they have had a different Coach, this is the 6th coach they will have thru School ball. Kind of a rough way to go. The Coach is Steve Spatts this year, and he is starting off on the right foot. If he stays , he will definetly help the team get going.