CENTRAL BUCKS EAST BASEBALL PREVIEW
Head coach: Kyle Dennis
Assistant coaches: Varsity - Brian Oakes, James Sharkey, Dan Wasser, Pat Devlin – JV Matt Wolf, Kurt Wachoswki
Last year's record: 10 – 9 Overall 8-6 Conference; First round District Loss to Radnor, won 6 out of last 7 games to make playoffs.
Notable losses:
Pat Reilly (2B), Dan Morrin (RHP - Moravian), Brandon Birkhead (RHP/OF/DH - Bloomsburg), Dalton Smoot (LHP), Jacob Warren (OF)
Key returners:
- Sr. David Yanni (SS) - Pitt
- Sr. Carter Usowski (3B) - Ursinus
- Sr. Tom Prato (1B) – Immaculata
- Sr. Nick Chimera (OF)
- Sr. Ryan Ernst (C/OF)
- Jr. Eric Chase (OF)
- So. Colin Sheehan (C)
Others to watch:
- Jr. Andrew Collins (MIF)
- So. CJ Gillmer (MIF)
- Our entire pitching staff:
- Sr. Michael Broderick
- Sr. Tyler Davis
- Sr. Sam Andris
- Jr. AJ Curran
- Jr. Sam Killough
- Jr. Eric Chase
Outlook: “We return three of our four starters in the infield and two of our three starters in the outfield as well as our two catchers from last season. We have a seasoned group in the field who have had a lot of Varsity at-bats. This will be a great aid to us both offensively and defensively. A majority of our innings pitched graduated last season; however we have a great deal of young talent that is looking for an opportunity to have an impact on the mound. We are really looking forward to watching this group of pitchers throughout the season. This is my reason for listing them all under players to watch. There are definitely players listed there that will end up having a huge say in our success this season.
“This conference is always a battle. With the change to no automatic bids for district playoffs, every team is going to be working even harder to get as many wins as possible to give them a shot at the post season.”
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