Prep Baseball Report

Walnut Ridge Bobcat


Brian Walker
Arkansas State Director

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As we prepare for the upcoming 2019 high school season, we will be taking a look at High School teams from around the Natural State.

Classification: 3A

Conference: 3-3A

Head Coach: Derek Bramlett

2018 Record: 19-11

Conference Finish: 1st

2018 Playoff Run: Lost to Clinton in 1st Regional rd.

Returning Pitchers: 3 of top 4

Returning Starters: 7

Prospects:

+Cade Burris, C, SR, 5-11, 175 R/R  Burris is an outstanding catcher in every phase of the game. Offensively, he led the team with a .478 batting average, 41 RBI's and 12 doubles.  

+Kai Cunningham P/2B, SR, 5'8" 155 R/R  Kai is a strike thrower on the mound with command of all three of his pitches.  He has been our regular 2nd baseman since his Freshman year. +Cole Manning P/SS, Soph., 6'0"  185 R/R Cole is our #1 pitcher with a FB around 85-88. He throws a hard slider and has been working on his change-up.  He plays SS when he isn't pitching.

+Nash Gill P/1B, JR, 6'2" 220 R/R  Nash really came on for us on the mound last year.  He is a hard thrower that really worked on his control last year to establish himself in the top 3 of our rotation. Offensively, he led our team in HR's last year with 7.

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