Suburban Family - Issue #11 (January 2020)

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HSSP Template 2020 Baseball_Layout 1 2 / 10 / 20 2 : 01 PM Page 2 CHERRY HILL EAST CHERRY HILL WEST’S DANNY BERCKMAN B COUGARS PLAYERS TO WATCH : Cherry Hill East graduated a stellar A senior class and will have a much different look this spring . Junior catch - S er / outfielder Hunter Wieland and senior third baseman Dan Zimba both E ended the 2019 season as starters and will be key players in the lineup . Wieland had a . 381 on - base B percentage and Zimba hit . 333 . Junior Josh Manders is another top returner who will contribute at first base and on the mound , and A junior Lin Asari will also look to help the pitching staff . Senior outfielder Matt Sulpizio is team after going 7 - 3 with a 2.14 ERA . Senior expected to take on a bigger role and other Isaac Beebe ( 3 - 1 , 3.50 ERA ) is another veteran CLEARVIEW L possible starters are senior infielder Mike pitcher and junior d be ready Andrew Tofolo coul PIONEERS Bowe , senior first baseman Robert Schweitzer , for a bigger role as well . Senior outfielders Nick senior outfielder Nick Lopez , junior shortstop Zellner and Teddy Moos will be key pieces of the PLAYERS TO WATCH : L Noah Stoffman and junior catcher Riley Snell . lineup and senior Cole Regn is an experienced Jake Cubbler OUTLOOK : The Cougars are coming off a memo - player in the infield . Sophomore catcher / out - emerged as rable season in which they went 18 - 4 and cap - fielder Mike Bonomo had some big hits in the Clearview’s ace tured the Olympic Conference American Division playoffs and could be a fixture in the order for pitcher during title for the first time since 2002 . They also earned the next few years . his junior season their first playoff win in five years and reached the OUTLOOK : The Vikings made a magical run to their and is primed for a sectional final . It will be difficult to reach that level first sectional title since 2014 and came up just big senior campaign before continuing his of success again in 2020 , but the program is short of a state championship , dropping a 2 - 1 career at South Carolina Upstate . He notched clearly headed in the right direction . game to Ridgewood in the final to finish with a impressive wins over St . Augustine and Glass - 23 - 9 record . If the offense develops to go with the boro on his way to all - conference second - team pitching , this will be another successful season . honors . Junior lefty Julian Costa is another key CHERRY HILL returner on the pitching staff and senior Nick WEST Rector is also expected to eat some innings . The ? L ? ? CESTER LIONS lineup is led by junior outfielder Ian Petrutz , who CATH ? LIC has started since his freshman year and has PLAYERS TO WATCH : Although RA ? S already committed to Maryland . He led the Cherry Hill West said good - team in RBIs as a sophomore . Junior second bye to a special senior class , PLAYERS TO WATCH : Gloucester baseman Cole Fowler and senior catcher Alex there is still a solid core return - Catholic suffered a big loss when Gioia are other returning starters and junior ing from last year’s sectional ace pitcher Anthony Solometo Adam McEvoy is another experienced catcher . championship team . Leading the way are sen - transferred to Bishop Eustace , but Senior Carmen Rizzo will vie for a spot in iors Ryan West and Danny Berckman , both the Rams still have a talented and deep rotation . the infield . three - year starters and all - conference first - Seniors Tyler Parks and Mike Racobaldo are key OUTLOOK : The Pioneers ’ 14 - 7 final record in 2019 teamers . West , an outfielder who is committed pitchers who are headed to Division I college pro - included an 8 - 1 mark down the stretch , a playoff to West Chester , hit . 429 with 13 extra - base hits grams . Parks is committed to UNC - Charlotte and victory and notable wins over St . Augustine , and 28 RBIs . Berckman , a shortstop who will Racobaldo , an all - conference first - teamer , will con - Bishop Eustace , Triton and Williamstown . They continue his career at Frostburg State , batted tinue his career at Iona . Jack Stewart , a University will look to ride that momentum into 2020 . 371 and drove in 21 runs . Senior catcher Nick of the Sciences recruit , and Will Bell are other under new head coach Derrick Reagan , who Sylvester is another top returner who starred in seniors who will contribute to the pitching staff . replaces Rolando Gautier in the dugout and is the sectional semifinals and finished with a The lineup graduated most of its major run pro - excited to take over the program . . 465 batting average and 17 RBIs , and senior ducers but does return leadoff hitter Ryan Nutley , third baseman Frank Ebling , a Gwynedd - Mercy a senior shortstop who posted a . 490 on - base recruit , is also a returning starter . Senior catch - percentage and is committed to La Salle . Senior EASTERN er / first baseman Blaise Fiola , an all - conference outfielder Greg Iannelli ( . 395 average , 23 runs , 16 VIKINGS player as a sophomore , is back after missing RBIs ) will be a key hitter in the middle of the order last year with an injury and is expected to hit in and senior Tyler Shinn is a three - year starter PLAYERS TO WATCH : Although the middle of the lineup . The pitching staff was behind the plate . Senior Iverson Hernandez is an Eastern graduated some of its hit hard by graduation but does bring back experienced infielder . best hitters , it is happy to seniors Nick Heubel and Sean Morgan , welcome back a strong pitching who OUTLOOK : The Rams went 20 - 6 with their third staff led by its top two hurlers are committed to Bloomsburg and Caldwell , straight sectional title and fell in the Non - Public from last spring . Senior Cole Boyan is the ace , respectively . Junior hurlers Blake Mitnick and B state final in their final season under coach as he went 6 - 2 — with one of the losses coming Brandon Chorzelewski will also be counted on . Adam Tussey , who stepped down in the fall after on a gem in the Group IV state final — on his OUTLOOK : Last season was an unforgettable one for four years at the helm . They expect to continue way to all - conference first - team and all - South the Lions , who went 25 - 4 - 1 and claimed the South playing at a high level under renowned skipper Jersey second - team honors . He also posted a Jersey Group III championship for their first sec - Dennis Barth , who won 485 games and nine 1.81 ERA . Senior Sam Portnoy , who also plays tional crown since 1993 . Although they have some state titles as Gloucester Catholic’s coach from first base , earned the win in the sectional final holes to fill , they expect to contend and make it 1994 - 2012 . He is back with the program after and joined Boyan on the all - conference first back to the sectional final for the third year in a row . seven successful seasons at Rutgers - Camden . SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM volume 10 issue 11 SUBURBAN FAMILY 9

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HSSP Template 2020 Baseball_Layout 1 2 / 10 / 20 10 : 28 AM Page 3 MOORESTOWN FRIENDS ’ HADDONFIELD MARK JOHNSON BULLDAWGS PLAYERS TO WATCH : All - conference first - team selections Alex Kadar and Chris Mariani are back to lead Haddonfield . Kadar , a senior outfielder , batted . 394 with eight dou - bles , 27 runs and 19 RBIs last year . Mariani , a senior catcher who is committed to Iona , hit . 361 with two home runs and was second on the team with 26 RBIs . Junior second baseman Matt Stamm is a key hitter at the top of the line - up and senior Ryan Lynch is an experienced outfielder . The pitching staff suffered big losses to graduation , but has a pair of promising returners in seniors Jakob Slimbock and Aidan Barr . Justin Kasko and Marc LaProcido are junior hurlers expected to contribute , and other veterans hoping to have an impact are senior infielder John Maynes and senior outfielder Jack Narducci . OUTLOOK : The Bulldawgs ’ 22 - 4 season included berths in the Diamond Classic and sectional championship games and a division title . They should remain competitive if the pitching develops . OUTLOOK : The Indians went 12 - 9 with a playoff Third baseman / pitcher Ethan Burbage is appearance in the final season for Phil Fiore , another junior standout who will continue his who retired as head coach after 12 successful career at the Division I level at Old Dominion . years at the helm . Former assistant Mike Senior TJ Snyder , an Ursinus recruit , went Wasienko has taken over and will look to 3 - 0 with a 0.48 ERA last year and leads the continue Lenape’s winning tradition . pitching staff along with senior Tyler Szilagyi , a Stockton commit . Other contributors include senior catcher / pitcher Jake Herner , senior MOORESTOWN outfielders Pablo Ortiz and Andrew Bott and QUAKERS senior first baseman / pitcher Chris Evans . OUTLOOK : The Dragons ’ successful 2019 cam - PLAYERS TO WATCH : Excitement is high paign featured their first Tri - County Conference at Moorestown , which brings ? ? DDONFIE ? D’S Royal Division title since 2002 and a 15 - 8 final back six starters and several top CHRIS MARIANI record . They have a chance to be division pitchers . The middle of contenders again this spring . the infield is strong with junior second baseman Wyatt Atkinson LENAPE ( . 288 average , 19 RBIs ) INDIANS and sophomore shortstop Max Martin , who was selected to PLAYERS TO WATCH : Lenape graduated the Carpenter Cup as a freshman and has all three of its all - conference players already committed to Rutgers . Seniors but still has a solid core returning . Adam Robinson ( . 310 ) and Robert Damerjian The pitching staff is led by ( . 296 ) are returning starters in the outfield , senior righthander Ian Conroy , while senior Nate Mendys is another veteran an Ursinus commit , and junior outfielder and junior Nick Yedman is back lefty Kyle Mulville , who both KINGSWAY as the starting catcher . Senior Evan Francisco logged significant innings in DRAGONS figures to be the ace of a pitching staff that 2019 . Other hurlers expected to contribute are also includes sophomore Jesse Specter and seniors Joey Anastasio and Alex Rimerman , junior Evan Buckley , along with Atkinson and who will continue his career at Swarthmore . PLAYERS TO WATCH : Kingsway Robinson . Junior Eric Schmoll and seniors Senior outfielder Zahan Meyer , a Manhattan has a pair of talented Joel Pederson , Zach Boren and Tyler Mead will recruit , is a key piece of the lineup along with juniors to build around in be vying for playing time as well . junior shortstop Nick Garagozzo ( . 309 batting outfielder Ben Maiers OUTLOOK : The Quakers went 14 - 8 — their average ) and junior outfielder Tyler Davis and infielder / pitcher most wins in a season since 2014 — while ( . 360 ) . Senior infielders Bryce Keller and Justin Szestowicki . competing in the Diamond Classic and reach - Edwin Gonzalez will play college baseball at Maiers is coming off a ing the sectional quarterfinals last spring . Elizabethtown and Rowan College of Burlington breakout sophomore With most of the roster returning , this is County , respectively . Other experienced season in which he batted . 373 with nine shaping up as another successful campaign veterans are senior catcher Jake Silver , junior doubles and 19 RBIs . Szestowicki , who has as new head coach Mike Appalucci takes outfielder Jason Wasko and junior third committed to North Carolina , belted four home over the program . baseman / pitcher Nick Farr . runs and posted a 1.83 ERA with three saves . 1 ? SUBURBAN FAMILY volume 10 issue 11 SUBURBANFAMILYMAG.COM

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