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Division II Team Of The Week: Week 7 - Bloom-Carroll


Bruce Hefflinger
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Division II Team Of The Week: Week 7 - Bloom-Carroll

CARROLL - A 5-4 victory over rival Canal Winchester highlighted a 4-0 week for Bloom-Carroll, pushing the winning streak to 16 for the Prep Baseball Report Division II Team of the Week.

“This group has always been very talented but the want and desire to get better and better everyday is off the charts,” explained Bloom-Carroll head coach Jason Vest. “This group is yet to take a mental day off this year.”

A 12-0 blanking of Fairfield Union and a 10-0 shutout of Liberty Union were sandwiched around a 4-3 win against Logan Elm in addition to the victory over Canal Winchester, moving the Bulldogs to 24-2 on the season heading into this week.

“At the beginning of the year we wanted to focus on playing great defense, taking advantage of our speed offensively and felt like if we could do that we had a chance to be in every game against anyone,” pointed out Vest. “Those are the things that we leaned on early and as the season has gone on it has allowed the team to develop in other areas. This team has proven to be very resilient with 11 come-from-behind wins.”

Tyler Parks, Michael Malone and Ayden Anderson all had big weeks at the plate to continue their offensive prowess on the season. Parks, the 20th-rated senior catcher in Ohio and a Charleston College commit, is batting .458 with 27 RBIs while Malone, a senior signed with Ohio Wesleyan, is hitting .441 with 22 RBIs. Anderson, a senior outfielder, leads the Bulldogs with a .487 batting average.

Senior Kyle Kraner has been the standout on the mound this year, beating Canal Winchester to improve to 9-0 on the season.

“Our ability to execute and handle the pressure in big games will be the key to success the rest of the way,” noted Vest, whose Bulldogs are ranked ninth in the state in Division II. “Our pitchers also need to continue to develop behind Kale. We have younger pitchers who have had good results, but have yet to throw in big games.”

With a Mid-State League championship in the books at 14-0, focus now turns to the tournament for the second-seeded Bulldogs, with the sectional final on tap Thursday against either Centennial or Eastmoor Academy. A collision course is on the horizon against top-seeded Jonathan Alder in the district finals on Wednesday, May 24 should the two favorites prevail.

“I am excited about the draw,” Vest concluded. “It gives us the opportunity to play some really good teams and see how much we've grown since the beginning of the year.”

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