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2017 Spring Team Preview: Roane County Raiders

March 2, 2017

By Greg Williams
West Virginia Director of Scouting

With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR West Virginia is excited to once again bring you the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.

Over the weeks leading up to the start of the high school season we will be releasing team previews for teams across the state.

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http://basketballnight.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/1412396522_roane_county_raiders.gif2017 Spring Team Preview: roane county raiders

Team Name: Roane County Raiders
Head Coach: Jeff Thompson (243-274 career record)
Classification: AA
2016 Record: 12-15
Conference Record: Little Kanawha Conference, 6-4
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 7/3

2017 Team Strengths:

  • Senior leadership, depth of returning starters, pitching staff in tact

2017 Team Weaknesses:

  • Improved team defense will likely dictate team success

Coach Outlook: "We return our entire pitching staff and will be a lot deeper as an offense than last season. We should field a pretty solid lineup but will have to improve defensively, especially with the new pitch count rules."

PBR Outlook: The Raiders have the luxury of relying on seven returning starters and their complete pitching staff from a year ago. With just two starters to replace look for Roane County to build significantly on last year's 12 win total.

Hunter ThompsonTop Returning Players:

Top Underclassmen:

  • Jake Whiting (2019 IF)
  • Danny Bush (2020 IF)

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