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Conference Preview: District 6 Class AA

March 21, 2014

By Greg Williams
PA Director of Scouting

With the start of the high school season less than a month away we will be previewing conferences around the state leading up to opening day. In addition to a look at the top teams we will also highlight some of the top prospects in each conference.

           district 6 - class aa

Preseason Favorite

Central (15-5)

Central returns 15 lettermen including seven of their nine starters and their top two pitchers from a team that went 15-5 in 2013. The Dragons lost 7-6 in the District 6 semifinals and are the favorite to win the title this year. Pitchers Ethan Lewis (5-2, 2.00) and Mike Mock (7-0, 2.75) will front the pitching staff while SS Austin Cunningham (.516, 30 runs) and 1B Jay Stern (.475, 23 RBI) should lead the Dragons offense. All four were all-conference selections a year ago.

In The Mix

Blairsville (17-2), Richland (15-6), Ligonier Valley (17-5)

The early favorites in District 6 were also very successful a year ago. All three teams return a large chunk of their starting lineups with quality pitching. To pick one at this point as the clear favorite is very difficult. The race to the title should be extremely competitive and any of the three could find themselves taking home the crown in late May.

 

Preseason Player of the Year

Jordan MillerJordan Miller, Tyrone Area HS (Class of 2014)

The 5-foot-11, 185-pound left-handed hitting center fielder hit .465 as a junior and created problems for opposing defenses with a .558 on base percentage. The Slippery Rock commit had four doubles and stole 14 bases to become a Mountain League first team selection.

 

Top Prospects

Bald eagle area

Bryce Greene, SS (Class of 2014)
Bryan Green, OF/C (Class of 2014)

bellwood antis

Casey Gray, SS (Class of 2014)
Trenton Creppage, C (Class of 2015)
Chad Luensmann, RHP/1B (Class of 2015)

blairsville

John Distefano, SS (Class of 2014)
Anthony Faulk, OF (Class of 2014)
Colton McMillan, OF (Class of 2014)
Cameron Livingston, 2B (Class of 2015)
Scott Thompson, C (Class of 2015)

cambria heights

Josh Serafin, RHP/OF (Class of 2015)

central

Austin Cunningham, SS (Class of 2014)
Ethan Lewis, RHP/OF (Class of 2014, La Roche commit)
Mike Mock, RHP/IF (Class of 2015)
Jay Stern, 1B (Class of 2015)

central cambria

Will Seymour, UTIL/RHP (Class of 2015)
Tyler Adams, OF/LHP (Class of 2016)

forest hills

Tanner Polinski, SS (Class of 2016)

juniata

Chad Eberle, C/2B (Class of 2014)
Dakhota Sweitzer, 3B (Class of 2014)

ligonier valley

Nick Payne, LHP/OF (Class of 2014)
Andrew Schultz, RHP/C (Class of 2014)
Luke Ferlin, 3B (Class of 2015)
Jordan Jones, RHP/C (Class of 2015)

mount union

Klayton Heffner, OF/RHP (Class of 2014)
Trevon Walker, RHP/OF (Class of 2015)

northern cambria

Joe Frontino, C (Class of 2014)
Josh Prasko, OF/RHP (Class of 2014)
Mac Novella, 2B/OF (Class of 2016)

penn cambria

Mark Madula, C/RHP (Class of 2015)

penns valley

Cameron Tobias, SS/RHP (Class of 2014)
Anthony Montressor, 2B (Class of 2014)
Kevin Butts, DH/1B (Class of 2014)
Wyatt Sharp, OF (Class of 2015)

philipsburg-Osceola

Caleb Pepperday, LHP (Class of 2014)
Tanner Lamb, RHP/OF (Class of 2015)
Logan Williamson, SS (Class of 2017)

purchase line

Michael Cramer, SS/OF (Class of 2014)

richland

Tyler Mikesic, RHP/1B (Class of 2014)
Nico Pecora, C/RHP (Class of 2014)
Ryan Onderko, C (Class of 2015)
Jack Shirk, SS/3B (Class of 2015)
Jacob Urban, RHP/OF (Class of 2015)

southern huntingdon county

Scott Carbaugh, C/3B (Class of 2015)

tyrone area

Jordan Miller, OF/LHP (Class of 2014, Slippery Rock commit)

united

Tayler Sheriff, RHP (Class of 2014)

west branch

Nathan Kerlin, RHP/OF (Class of 2014, Allegany CC commit)
Zach McGonigal, RHP/OF (Class of 2014, PSU-Williamsport commit)
Conor Myers, OF (Class of 2015)
Jesse Martin, LHP/OF (Class of 2015)
Vince McDowell, C/IF (Class of 2016)

 

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