Austin Prep’s departure to the NEPSAC after rolling to an undefeated season and the Div. 3 state title last 12 months has left a void that many MIAA faculties are hoping to fill.
One group who must be considered a contender is Newburyport. The Clippers superior to the state finals the place they gave Austin Prep all it’d cope with sooner than falling, 2-1. Harvard-bound Owen Tahnk is likely to be a strain on the mound and when he’s having fun with first base. Charlie Forrest is an expert arm and Connor Stick returns at second.
Pitcher Hayden Bessette and shortstop Benjamin Miller are the very best returnees for a Dighton-Rehoboth group which superior to the Div. 3 state semifinals. UMass-Lowell-bound third baseman Sean O’Leary and pitcher Nolan Gordon are among the many many key players once more for state semifinalist Foxboro.
Medfield has been a Div. 3 vitality the earlier two seasons and pitcher Jack Collins and catcher Scott Donahue lead a bunch hoping to care for the most recent customized of excellence. Aiden Cardoza figures to be one in all many excessive pitchers inside the Catholic Central League, whereas catcher Ryan Jones is once more inside the fold. Pitcher/first baseman Zach Morris returns for Gloucester.
Others searching for to crack the upper echelon are East Bridgewater, Norwell, Middleboro, Ashland and Dedham.
Manchester-Essex merely is conscious of the suitable method to win inside the postseason as evidenced by their strong postseason run to a special Div. 4 state title. Catcher Mike Deoreo, outfielder Henry Otterbein and third baseball Troy Flood will current the offense, whereas a slew of youthful arms must current the Hornets with prime quality innings.
The Cape Ann League is doubtless one of many perennial larger leagues spherical and together with Manchester-Essex, sit up for Hamilton-Wenham and Amesbury. Sophomore ace Gian Gamelli and outfielder Connor McClintock are once more for the Generals, whereas Amesbury will look to outfielders Drew Scialdone and Trevor Kimball.
Boston English must be the group to beat inside the Boston Metropolis League as pitchers David Castillo and Nanfer Duarte, heart infielders Justin Peguero (Dayton commit) and David Ballenila and catcher Braylin Gonzalez return. Shawsheen will look to pitcher Aiden McLeod, shortstop Mavrick Boudreau and first baseman Mike Maselli.
Seekonk had a storybook run to the Div. 4 state finals and have pitcher Kevin Crowe and third baseman Jaden Arruda once more. Case superior to the quarterfinals and might rely upon third baseman Jacob Poitras and shortstop Adam Gracie.
Over inside the South Shore League, Abington has catcher Spencer Merrick and pitcher Steve Madded once more, whereas Mashpee returns shortstop Colton Colleran, second baseman Robert Ryder and first baseman Sean Fancher.
Bourne must be among the many many excessive EMass opponents for a Div. 5 state title. Again for the Canalmen are pitchers Chris Klueber, Luca Finton and Damon White. Others to take a look at embody state finalist Georgetown, Rockland and St. John Paul.
PLAYERS TO WATCH IN DIV. 3
P: Dylan Amaral (Diman), Hayden Bessette (Dighton-Rehoboth), Jack Birtwell (Norwell), Aiden Cardoza (Bishop Stang), Jack Collins (Medfield), Colby Correia (Fairhaven), Nick Cross (Weston), Charlie Forrest (Newburyport), Luke Gomes (Fairhaven), Nolan Gordon (Foxboro), Jared Graca (Southeastern), Jimmy Hanney (Dedham), Austin Harper (Wilmington), Gabe Knudsen (Hanover), Jaden Lovell (East Bridgewater), Harry Lynch (Essex Tech), Tyler Nelson (Arlington Catholic), Orlando Justino (Latin Academy), Trevor Kamuda (Pentucket), Ty Letichevsky (Ashland), James McConnell (Better Lawrence), Cam Napior (Martha’s Winery), Ray McNaught (East Bridgewater), Luis Ortiz (East Boston), Brennan Shapiro (Latin Academy), Jake Torpey (Better Lowell), Justin Tullish (Middleboro), Nate Tullish (Middleboro), Colin Wilbur (Bristol-Plymouth), Casey Williams (Watertown)
C: Byron Bell (Diman), Eddie Correia (Bristol-Plymouth), Scott Donahue (Medfield), Ryan Jones (Bishop Stang), Mitchell Norkevicius (Sandwich), Nate Rodrigues (Better New Bedford), Kyle Ventura (Pentucket)
1B: Zach Morris (Gloucester), Brian Olson (Dover-Sherborn), Owen Tahnk (Newburyport), Nick Villano (Bishop Fenwick)
2B: Anthony Musto (Southeastern), Connor Stick (Newburyport)
SS: Alex Carucci (North Studying), Aidan Hassey (Fairhaven), Nathan Levesque (Apponequet), Benjamin Miller (Dighton-Rehoboth), Joel Valera (East Boston)
3B: Cam Cabral (Better New Bedford), Connor Cowern (Ashland), Sean O’Leary (Foxboro)
OF: Costa Beechin (Bishop Fenwick), Aidan Blake (Pembroke), Joseph Celli (Stoneham), Alex Gentile (Lynnfield), Anthony Jorajuria (Weston), Griffin Hyperlink (Norwell), Devin Rocheleau (Better Lowell), Jack Shapiro (Latin Academy)
PLAYERS TO WATCH IN DIV. 4/5
P: Tim Adams (St. John Paul), Hunter Alten (St. John Paul), Christian Bates (West Bridgewater), Braden Brophy (Wareham), Tavis Burns (O’Bryant), David Castillo (Boston English), Morenel Castro (KIPP), Andrew Clifford (Monomoy), Kevin Crowe (Seekonk), Ruben Diaz (Snowden), Nanfer Duarte (Boston English), Luca Finton (Bourne), Gian Gamelli (Hamilton-Wenham), Matthew Griffin (O’Bryant), James Hereford (Sturgis West), Chris Klueber (Bourne), Carter Lucido (Georgetown), Aiden MacLeod (Shawsheen), Steve Madden (Abington), Ryan Maiorano (Bellingham), Eoin McDonagh (Blue Hills), Joseph McGrath (Northeast), Matt McGuiggan (Previous Colony), Sean McNamara (Lowell Catholic), Patrick O’Rourke (Higher Cape), Damon White (Bourne), Ian White (Rockland), Josh Wiggin (Cape Cod Tech)
C: Mike Deoreo (Manchester-Essex), Braylin Gonzalez (Boston English), Chanel Gutierrez (KIPP), Colin Kinsella (Winthrop), Spencer Merrick (Abington), Argelis Nunez (Nantucket), Brady Prindle (Lowell Catholic)
1B: Sean Fancher (Mashpee), Mike Maselli (Shawsheen), Will McCafferty (Lynn Tech), Joshua Stover (Mystic Valley)
2B: Michael Murphy (Rockport), Robert Ryder (Mashpee), Connor Travis (Bishop Connolly)
SS: David Ballenila (Boston English), Mavrick Bourdeau (Shawsheen), Colton Colleran (Mashpee), Adam Gracie (Case), Tyler Kutil (Higher Cape), Colin Lynch (Nantucket), Justin Peguero (Boston English), Edward Santana (O’Bryant). Peter Silverman (Winthrop), Jamison Steck (Sturgis East)
3B: Jaden Arruda (Seekonk), Alberto Curet (Charlestown), Troy Flood (Manchester-Essex), Luc Nivaud (Cohasset), Jacob Poitras (Case), Drew Raphel (West Bridgewater), Yonael Valerio (Snowden)
OF: Eamon Godzik (Rising Tide), Jack Guelli (Rockport), Finn Hyora (Monomoy), Trevor Kimball (Amesbury), Anthony Lum (Tri-County), Connor McClintock (Hamilton-Wenham), Henry Otterbein (Manchester-Essex), Drew Scialdone (Amesbury)
