eastern district baseball

i will change my rankings.maury to no.6 and churchland to no.10

Granby has Louis Singleton and he is very good. Lake Taylor has some very good young players and Churchland does as well. In fact, Churchland went to the State Jr. Legion Tournament and knocked off a very good (and defending champ Albemarle team). But while Maury does not have its two aces from last year it can throw a lot of guys who stepped up in Post 60's 3rd place showing in the State Sr. Legion tournament. Bashara, the shortstop, (committed to ODU) threw very well in the Legion District and State Tournaments. Triplett came out of no where and threw really well in the State Legion tournament. The catcher, Overcamp, is a great change of pace pitcher and Drew Williams (2nd and 3rd) can throw both the junk and a very respectable fastball. Aguirre is also another arm who is very effective when he is on. Parker (only a sophomore) is very good also. Another sophomore, Warren, will also get some innings and has good pace.

So while Maury won't have last year's aces, they may be deeper and more balanced than last year. Maury will play good D and they have good speed - especially in the OF. For Maury, it will all come down to hitting.

As far as I can tell Maury has no holes on defense and 6-7 arms that can pitch to contact and get outs. That will save arms by not running pitch counts into 100's trying to get 18 Ks. If they can put runs on the board I see them as the favorite to win the ED.

Thinly-veiled references to teams of the past are not really relevant, birddog.

Singleton is very good, and he seems to have the toughness it takes to win close games. Lake Taylor and Churchland should certainly be hungry enough to steal on of the spots into the Regional Tournament. Without a truly dominant pitching staff in the district, it should be a very competitive season.

im sorry maury is no.8

Captain..not tring to "veil" anything or offend, just an observation about how different the pitching is on this squad this year. It's a defensive game and pitchers that keep the ball in play for the 7 guys behind them to make plays put the team in a position to win. Still think Maury is set up better than others to do that.

Lake Taylor is very young. Will only start one senior in CF and maybe one JR in LF or 3B. Everyone else is freshman or sophomore. Probably a .500 team, maybe better if some sophomores mature quicker. Pitching staff will be anchored by SO LHP Troy Jones and main offensive weapon will be sophomore catcher Mike Wharton.