Happy New Year everyone!
I guess it's time for some pre season discussions and possible predictions
Conference 22 appears to be very wide open this year.
Eastern View - 2014 champs last year. They will be very good again this year. AJ Stead (Shepherd Univ) returns.
David Laird was solid last year. they have holes to fill but they are a well coached squad.
King George - If memory serves they lost a bunch of starters..Lane Ward (Norfolk St.) they are always a good hitting team! my guess is that they re load....they will just be younger for sure.
Fauquier - With Charlie Simmons gone, they will probably look to Ryan Sympson (Shepherd Univ) as their ace. They have some good returning players (Crosen, Ty Pavlock, and Chandler Kezele in particular) if they jell early, they could be good.
Courtland - They had a very good lefty last year...not sure if he graduated?
Chancellor - Even though Jason Morgan graduated, they have a good group of Juniors ( P - Riser, MIF/P - Fowler and Jason's younger brother Matthew)
Liberty - They had a rough year in 2014 and they lost Logan Aylor (CNU). They may have the biggest and strongest line up in the conference with the likes of seniors Michel Wigglesworth (DH), Tyler Fetheroff (Catch), Alex Crofford (P/1B) and Potomac State commit Brock Smith (3B/P), Ryan Fogle and Bailey Russell look to add to the pitching depth as well. I do know LHS has a brutal non conference schedule as they play Loudoun Valley twice!
It always comes down to what team handle's tough situations the best, who continues to get better as the year goes along, and how does your pitching hold up! Can't wait to see some good baseball this spring....