Council Rock North Baseball Preview

COUNCIL ROCK NORTH BASEBALL PREVIEW

Coach: Matt Schram 13^th year head coach.  

Assistant coaches:
-Ben Battiste – 14th year- Asst Coach/Head Infield Coach/First base coach
-Rick Lee – 8^th year – Hitting Coach/Asst. Varsity Coach  
-Zach Schram – 7^th year – Asst. Varsity Outfield Coach
-Dave Vaccaro – 7^th year Asst.  Varsity Special Teams Coach
-Shawn Zubler – 8^th year Head Freshman Coach 
-Dean Obarowski – 6^th year Head JV Coach
-Marc Rossi – 5^th year – Head Coach of player development

Last year’s record: 8-8 SOL, 11-9 overall,  Finished in the second round of District 1 playoffs. 

Notable losses:
-Austin Stalker – Radford University 
-Collin Williams – Radford University 
-Shane Anhalt – DeSales University  

Key returners:
-Sr. Andrew Brown – P
-Sr. Brian Curry – INF
-Sr. Patrick Dougherty – P
-Sr. Quinn Erlandsen – INF/P
-Sr. Noah Hoskins – INF/C
-Sr. Joe Hughes – INF/OF
-Sr. Nolan Riesenberger – INF
-Sr. Lukas Mullen – C/INF
-Sr. James Pikul – OF 

Others to watch:
-Jr. Will Scibona – OF
-Jr. Nick DiGiacomo – OF
-Jr. Leor Kedar – OF
-Jr.  Jake Ruple – P/INF
-Jr. Jack Ploppert – P/INF
-Jr. Johnny Mulder – P/OF/INF

Strengths/Question Marks:  Our strength is also our question mark – we have a number of ball players with varsity experience along with a number of new players.  Looking forward to seeing how our players compete in the strongest league in the state.  

Outlook: “Our goal never changes year after year.  We are going to play the toughest teams who are loaded with talent along with amazing coaches across the Patriot League.  Every game is a battle which provides our players with lifelong lessons and reminds us of all the good that we have in high school baseball.: