OnFocus Season Preview: Abbotsford/Colby Baseball
OnFocus Season Preview
Coaching staff: Ryan Bargender and Brett Nelson (Co-Head Coaches), Alex Larson (JV Coach), Gary Gunderson
Key returners:
JV Castillo, SR (SS/P) .359 BA, 37 R, 22 SB, 5-1 3.33 ERA – 1st Team All Conference
Key newcomers:
Conference outlook:
The Marawood Conference looks to be competitive with many teams in the running for conference championship. It is a goal of ours to win a share of our fourth consecutive conference championship but it won’t be easy. 6 first team all conference players return and 8 second teamers.
Keys to your success this season:
The keys to our success will be pitching. We lost two of our top 3 or 4 pitchers to graduation. We will need to build pitching depth. There have been a few guys already that have suprised us. They will need to keep it up as the season goes on. We are thin on varsity caliber players. Our returners all need to step it up a notch. Our upperclassmen leadership is a definite strength of ours. They have been working together for a long time and are committed to baseball. The top of our lineup is very capable of doing damage at any time and will lead us. We look to peak at the right time and get on a roll come playoff time.Coach’s comments: anything else you’d like to share?
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