New Hope-Solebury Baseball Preview

NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY BASEBALL PREVIEW

Coach: Tony Vlahovic, 13 years as Head Coach

Assistant coaches: Lou Orth, John Pecora

Last year’s record: 13-9-1 overall.  Finished second in the 4A District.  Five players receiving All-Freedom Division honors including returning players Brooks Saft and Nate Wiseman

Notable losses:  Kyle Campbell, Matt Jermyn and Josh Shiller- Susquehanna University RHP, Matt Spadavecchia

Key returners:Brooks Saft :  11^th grade, C

Saul Carmenini- 12^th grade RHP, INF- committed to play at Rutgers- Newark,   Nate Wiseman- 12^th- RHP, INF,  Matthew Rickert-12^th, INF, RHP, Tyler Corino- 11^th- RHP, OF 

Strengths/Question Marks:  “Rebuilding year for the Lions after losing the District 4A title to State runner-up Holy Ghost Prep. Multiple positions to fill after last year’s graduation.  Looking forward to our underclassmen stepping up for the SOL challenge.”

Outlook:  “We need to develop our youth and be fundamentally sound to be competitive in the SOL.”