PENNSBURY BASEBALL PREVIEW
Coach: Joe Pesci 7th year
Assistant coaches: Dan Toner, Jesse Toner, Kurt Kramp, Jimmer Kennedy, Tom Pettit, Dave Howe, Dennis Pesci
Last year’s record:
(20-6 Overall, 12-2 SOL National) SOL National League Champs
Made District 1 AAAA Playoffs as 3 seed and qualified for states as the D1 #5
Won first round game over Hempfield, then lost 2-1 in quarterfinals to State Champ North Penn.
Notable losses:
Tom Augustin
Logan Buell
DJ Endler – Mercer County Community College
Andrew Gilbert – Penn College of Technology
Jackson Hurlbert – Bucks County Community College
Pat Lawrence
Sean Maniatis – Widener University
Kyle Marshall – Philadelphia University
Brody McFadden
Freddie Schrandt
Ryan Sheaffer
Zach Szumigala – Chestnut Hill College
Everett Zofchak
Key returners (include grade/position):
Zach Conley SR, LHP
Bryen Kimbrough SR, INF
Billy Bethel JR, INF/RHP
Tyrone Hodges Jr, JR, OF
Dave Murphy, JR, C/1B
Josh Tesarck SOPH, C/1B
Others to watch:
Ryan McCarty, JR INF/RHP
Nick Price, JR INF/RHP
Bryan Nagy, JR INF/RHP
Kyle Dear, SOPH INF/RHP
Strengths: Strong defense & depth of pitching staff, team athleticism & speed
Outlook: “Despite graduating 13 after a successful 2015 campaign, we will return some quality experienced players. First team All-SOL National senior pitcher Zack Conley (Bloomsburg commit) heads the pitching staff. Conley was 7-2 last year with his only two losses coming to PIAA state playoff teams (Owen J Roberts in Districts & North Penn) and earned three wins including the Championship in the Carpenter Cup. We return second team All-SOL National Junior 3B Billy Bethel. Billy started 21 out of 26 games for us last season and led the team with a .483 OBP. Junior catcher Dave Murphy played in 13 games and started five games last season due to an injury to a senior and won all five games in that stretch. Junior outfielders Vaughn and Justin Ward saw starts and defensive playing time while junior Tyrone Hodges had 51 ABs in 20 games last year in LF/CF. Senior Bryen Kimbrough and junior Ryan McCarty (returned from Notre Dame HS) are expected to compete for middle infield positions. Junior Nick Price and sophomores Kyle Dear and Josh Tesarck are expected to compete for first base and designated hitter positions. A large group of junior and sophomore athletes will round out our team as we expect to defend our SOL National League title and compete in District and State playoffs.”
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