North Penn Knights Baseball
2018 Season Preview
Home Field: North Penn High School: 1340 Valley Forge Rd, Lansdale, PA 19446
Twitter/Instagram: @NpKnights
Facebook: North Penn Knights Baseball
Website: www.northpennbaseball.org
Head Coach: Kevin Manero (7th season; 16th season with program)
Assistant Coaches: Frank Yanni, Kevin Harris, Keith Clauss, James Ward
JV Head Coach: Joe Drelick (2nd season)
JV Asst. Coaches: Kevin Harder, Brandon Billetz, Bryan Clayton
2017 Record: 20-5 Overall; 11-3 SOL; Continental Conference Champions; District 1 Runner-Up; Lost to SJP in PIAA 6-A States
Varsity Returners (2017 starters in italics):
Danny Kirwin – RHP, Zack Miles- SS, Tyler Siddal- 3B, Ryan Bealer- OF, Atlee Hasson- OF, Joe Picozzi- OF
Billy Collins- 1B/RHP, Hunter Hamlin- C, Rob Weiss- 2B, AJ Patterson- RHP/INF, Mason Blankenburg- LHP, Colin Brown- C, Connor Mikulski- OF
Newcomers:
Colby Chan (2020)- 1B/OF, Kolby Barrow (2020)- RHP, Nate Brown (2020)- RHP, Joe Valenti (2019)-LHP,
Griffen Juckniewitz (2019)- INF, Jack Yunaska (2019)- INF, Jake Morello (2019)- RHP,
Jake Drelick (2019)- C, Ethan Weber (2019)- RHP, Connor Ertel (2019)- 2B/RHP, Kyle Schulze (2019)- OF
Starters Graduated in 2017:
Matt Stevenson( RHP- Millersville), Corey Stouffer (1B- Northampton CC), Nate O’Donnell (2B),
Matt Marino (C), Jon Udzinski (RHP), Dan Drop (DH)
2018 OUTLOOK: Like every year, the Suburban One League will be highly competitive, and there is no game that will not present challenges. We will have to find ways to beat good pitching in our conference and will have to command the strike zone and stay away from free 90’s. If we do those things consistently, we believe we have a strong core of returning players who, since the day our season ended on June 5, 2017, have been determined to get back on the field and play again. We like the progress our returning guys have made since last season, and we are excited about a nice mix of varsity rookies who will compete for playing time right away. The offensive options in our lineup should give us good threats one through nine, and as always defense and pitching with a command will be a top priority.
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