Council Rock South Baseball Preview

COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH BASEBALL PREVIEW

Head Coach:  Ted Kirner – entering 3rd season as Head Coach

Assistant coaches: Enrique Arroyo, Marcus Walsh, Nick Donofry, Steve Needles (JV), Kevin Moser (JV)

Last year’s record:  14-6 overall, 11-3 SOL National Conference champs, 1-1 in District Playoffs

Notable losses:

  • (P) Greg Paprocki (LaSalle University)
  • (CF) Tyler Anderson
  • (SS) Will Faccenda
  • (3B) Jake Nevin
  • (2B) Sean Whelan

Key returners:

  • Connor Macaulay (2015) Catcher (Lafayette College)
  • Jordan Silverman (2015) LHP (Rider University)
  • Nick Ponente (2015) SS
  • Dean Obarowski (2015) INF, RHP
  • Nick Fabiano (2015) OF
  • Zak Hepburn (2015) C, INF

Others to watch:

  • Josh Blaustein (2016) INF, RHP
  • C.J. Kilgariff (2016) RHP
  • Jack Murray (2016) RHP
  • Josh Kim (2017) INF/RHP
  • Kyle Lamon (2017) C/OF/INF

Outlook:  “Council Rock South is coming off a SOL National Championship in 2014, but they graduated 11 seniors. The Golden Hawks have key team members returning in catcher Connor Macaulay (Lafayette), LHP Jordan Silverman (Rider), (SS) Nick Ponente, (2B) Dean Obarowski, and (OF) Nick Fabiano.  With a strong veteran core and emerging underclassmen talent, the Golden Hawks expect to be very competitive in the SOL National Conference in 2015.”

Biggest Rivalry Games:
Friday April 10th C.R. North at C.R. South
Thursday May 7th C.R. South at C.R. North
Monday May 11th Pennsbury at C.R. South
Wednesday May 13th C.R. South at Neshaminy

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