Sun March 16, 2014
By Jacob Gill
Philadelphia Region Director of Scouting
| 1st-team | Honorable Mention | |
| Central York | '14 OF Zane Knaub | |
| Dallastown Area | '14 RHP Tyler Butcher '14 OF Rob Catchings '14 OF Tanner Forry (Shippensburg) |
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| Red Lion Area | '14 C Drew Landis '14 OF Brady Taylor |
'15 LHP Scott Rissler '14 OF Mike Godfrey |
| South Western | ||
| Spring Grove Area |
'14 IF Nick Spangler (Shippensburg) |
'14 IF Will Maughlin |
The success of coach Robert Alkhas' Dallastown Area team will likely be based on pitching and defense this spring. Butcher and '14 RHP James Striebig (right) will front the staff. The speed of Catchings and Forry is a huge asset in the field and on the bases, while '14 IF/RHP Jon Snyder and '14 C/OF Max Naill will be called on as major contributors as well.
Landis (left), Taylor, and Godfrey have all shown extra-base pop and are among eight Red Lion Area position players who saw significant playing time last spring. That number doesn't even include '15 C Jonny Smith (right), who performed well after being inserted into the line-up in mid-April.
It could end up being a rebuilding year for South Western, which returns only one pitcher who recorded any varsity innings last year. '15 RHP/OF Kyle Raubenstine (left) will jump into the ace role. Beyond '15 OF Matt Taylor (right), who has a solid stroke and good wheels, coach Mike Resetar will have the opportunity to get valuable experience for younger players such as '16 Util Miles Francis.
| 1st-team | Honorable Mention | |
| Dover Area | '14 OF Grant Hoover (Shippensburg) |
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| Kennard-Dale | '14 RHP Matt Belt | '14 RHP Collin Crowell |
| New Oxford | '14 IF Austin Kibler | '14 IF Jake Toal |
| Northeastern | '14 IF Steve Shimkus | '16 C Devon Blymire |
| West York Area | '14 C Cole Bixler '14 OF Chase James |
'14 IF Carson Fries (Misericordia) |
After back-to-back state class AAA titles, you could be forgiven for thinking West York Area might be headed toward a down talent cycle. That, however, would be an incorrect assumption. Returning along with the three players listed above for coach Roger Czerwinski are '15 OF/LHP Brett Kinneman (NC State), '14 IF Brandon Wetzel (Methodist), '14 3B/OF Mike Santiago (Allegany College of MD), '15 1B Logan Stover, and '15 2B Andrew Copeland. The question mark surrounding a potential three-peat is whether or not Kinneman, Fries, and '15 RHP Nick Traettino can step up to replace the 74% of last year's innings that departed due to graduation.
Four starters return to a Kennard-Dale team that graduated eight seniors. The 6-foot-4, 325-pound Belt is a behemoth who is headed to Shippensburg to play football. Also a 1B, he joins Crowell (also an IF) as solid two-way guys for coach Bill Yosca.
Shimkus is the leading returning hitter and pitcher for Northeastern. Blymire more than held his own as a varsity starter his freshman year (.297 AVG, more BB than K, threw out 26% of attempted basestealers). '15 IF Nick Sprenkle's swing isn't the prettiest mechanically, but he takes a short path and has exhibited a knack for finding the barrel.
| 1st-team | Honorable Mention | |
| Bermudian Springs |
'14 OF Alex Orwig '15 IF/RHP Derek Starner '14 RHP/1B Aaron Rebert |
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| Eastern York |
'14 LHP/1B Terry Godfrey (Delaware State) '14 C Clayton Miller '14 IF/RHP Dalton Renn |
'14 IF/RHP Thomas Taylor '15 OF Bobby Hendrick |
| Littlestown |
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| Susquehannock |
'14 OF/RHP Sammy Miller (Longwood) '16 IF Connor Hood '14 IF/RHP Josh Hauser '14 OF Bryan Kerr |
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| York Suburban |
'14 LHP/1B Lewis Myers |
Four returning 1st-teamers, including the 2013 YAIAA Division III Player of the Year in Miller, is more than a solid starting point for Susquehannock. Coach Tim Hare actually welcomes back all but one regular from last year's squad, and will have the ability to supplement them with '15 OF Dakota Dennis and '15 OF/RHP Alex Palmer. While his body may outgrow SS at some point, Hood (right) has an arm and quick release (not to mention power potential) that would ease the transition to the hot corner, if necessary.
Virtually the entire roster returns for Eastern York, as the Golden Knights aim to capture the division crown. Godfrey is the leader of the pitching staff that also includes 6-foot-3 '14 LHP Michael Dunn (left), '15 RHP Kyle Billet, and Renn. A senior-heavy line-up, which sees 3-hole hitter '14 Util Devin Strickler (Randolph-Macon) join all five players listed above, also features '16 IF Colby Shimmel (right), who was effective on the mound as a freshman as well.
| 1st-team | 2nd-team | Honorable Mention | |
| Biglerville |
'14 IF Koby Griest '14 IF Zach Sheets |
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| Delone Catholic |
'14 RHP Dalton Haymaker (Frederick CC) |
'14 IF Devon Craig | |
| Fairfield |
'15 Util/RHP Austin Ford | ||
| Hanover |
'14 IF Zac Sheaffer '14 OF Brad Irvin |
'14 RHP Jared Peterman '14 OF Nick Trish |
'14 Brady Goodfellow |
| York Catholic |
'14 IF/RHP Erich Hartman (Kentucky) '14 OF Clint Bohn |
'14 IF Matt McKim '15 OF Jake Krevetski |
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| York County Tech | '14 IF/RHP Derrick Smith |
Class AA quarterfinalist Delone Catholic returns its top two arms in Haymaker and Craig, as well as their battery-mate in '15 C Austin Roth, as the Squires prepare to make another run at the district title. Haymaker and Craig will be among the primary run-producers for coach Doug Arnold's offense, which graduated six starters.
York Catholic returns a veteran group that graduated only two seniors and should be a strong contender in class A. Coach Joe Gurreri's line-up hit a collective .330 last year and includes all four players listed above, as well as '14 Util Patrick Clement (York).
Sheets and Griest will be called upon to lead a Biglerville roster with nine returning players. The biggest questions for coach Jeff Taylor are whether his pitching and defense will be up to the challenge.
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