2023 high school baseball area rosters

Mar. 25—Chagrin Valley Conference

Beachwood

Coach: Ben Shepherd, second year

Last year: 15-11, D-II district semifinal

Starters: Luke Benett, Sr., SS, Drew Kelin, Sr., C, Brett Zawatsky, Sr., 1B, Vince Crenshaw, Sr., CF, Marquis Pinkeney, Sr., LF, Sam Grieco, Jr., 2B, Josh Rosenblitt, So., 3B, Jaycob Zabell, So., RF, Ethan Malek, Fr., INF

Reserves: Jonah Wolfe, Sr., OF, Daniel Krivel, Sr., OF, Leo Blond, Jr., OF, Robert Friedman, Jr., 1B, Martez Pinkney, Jr., OF, Henry Strean, Fr., C

Berkshire

Coach: Nick Burzanko, fourth year

Last year: 6-14 (4-8)

Starters: Jack Jacobs, Sr., P/1B, Tony Hornak, Sr., 2B/P, Joey Czekaj, Sr., UTL, Max Janssen, Sr., OF/P/1B, Miles Miller, Jr, SS/P, Jack Hastings, Jr., OF, Ethan Martin, Jr., P/OF, Lou Filby, Jr., 3B/P, Patrick Brancel, Fr., C/P/OF

Reserves: Sam Barcikoski, Fr., P/OF, Mike Romask, Sr., OF, Jason Brent, So., 1B, Paul Brent, So., INF, Wyatt O'Dell, So., OF, Aiden Pollock, So., INF/OF

Cardinal

Coach: Greg Bean, first year

Last year: 12-9 (6-6) DIII district semifinalists

Starters: Jake Bean, Sr., P/1B, Josh Soltis, Sr., LF, Troy Domen, Jr., SS/P, Logan Strever, Jr., CF/P, Jackson Puruczkey, Jr., C/P, Carter Tucker, Sr., 3B, Trent Mooney, Sr., 2B, Austin Jones, So., 1B, Matt Hissa, So., RF

Reserves: Blake Strever, Fr., INF, Clayton Carman, Jr., OF, Hunter Gresch, So., C

Chagrin Falls

Coach: Michael Sweeney, 23rd year

Last year: 19-12, D-II regional semifinal

Roster: Donny Hardy, Sr., OF, Gavin Stevens, Sr., SS/P, Drew Mergenhagen, Sr., 2B/P, Sven Nielsen, Jr., 1B/P/UTL, Will Graham, Jr., OF/P, Charlie Reeder, Jr., INF/P, Oliver Tepper, Jr., INF/OF/P, Jr., Drew Blair, Jr., OF/P, Aiden Cabic, Jr., 1B/DH, Finn Johnson, So., C/OF/P, Jack Watson, Fr., C/INF/P

Geneva

Coach: Terry Hejduk, first year

Last year: 10-8 (6-5)

Starters: Jack Cafaro, Sr., OF/P, Conner Anderson, Sr., MIF, Kean Arkenburg, Jr., UTL/P, Shea Arkenburg, Jr., INF/P, Curtis Mailer, Jr., C/CIF/P, Logan Queen, Jr., 1B/OF/P, Hewitt Wilt, Jr., 1B/OF/P, Kyle Hejduk, So., UTL, Andrew Oros, So., INF/P

Reserves: Allan Parra, Sr., Dylan Martinez, Jr., Kenny Young, Jr.

Harvey

Coach: Ryan Delaney, first year

Last year: 7-15

Starters: Blake Brozic, Sr., SS, Connor Bates, Sr., C, Christian Rael, Sr., P, Reed Abercrombie, Sr., RF, Brandon Bildstein, Jr., 1B, Jacob Conya, Jr., CF, Rodrigo Flores, So., LF, Trent Hull, So., 3B, Ryan Delaney, Fr., 2B

Reserves: Isaiah Mendoza, Sr., INF/OF, Joey Senfet, Sr., P, Braylon Kimbrough, So., 3B, Aidan Englehart, Fr., SS, CJ Cowlin So., INF, Forest Smart, Sr., OF, Robert Boykin, Jr., OF

Hawken

Coach: Aaron Brandt, 18th year

Last year: 19-6 (9-3) D-III regional runner-up

Starters: Dominic Brancel, Sr., C/1B, Eli Thompson, Sr., P/OF, Lucas Brandt, Jr., P/INF, Paon Laschinger, Jr., OF/C, Asher Kimball, So., P/INF, Parker O'Keefe, Sr., OF/P, Jacob Stovsky, So., INF/P, Maddox Ruch, So., OF/P, Ethan Gipson, Fr., 1B/P, Grant Namy, So., INF/P

Reserves: Mayur Patel, Sr., INF/P, Jude Holz, Jr., OF/P, Jae Kavanaugh, Jr., INF/P, Billy Butler, So., INF/C/P, Dilan Nadkarni, So., OF/P

Kirtland

Coach: Luke Smrdel, 11th year

Last year: 13-12

Starters: Luke Chuko, Sr., C, Matt Kahley, So., 1B, Tommy Gogolin, Sr., 2B, Trip Thaler, Jr., SS, McGuire Boyd, Jr., 3B, Adam Knaak, Sr., OF, Tyler Turk, So., OF, Will Bates, Jr., OF, Gino Blasini, Jr., P, Max Paul, So., P

Reserves: Aaron Fortuna, Jr., P, Micah Reynolds, Sr., 1B, Casey Carkhuff, So., OF, Ricky Lessick, Sr., 2B, Otto Loschert, Jr., 1B, Vitto Cantini, So., OF, Jack Lessick, So., UTL, John Silvestro, Fr., UTL, Nate Chuko, Fr., P, Xavier Lasecki, Fr., P

Perry

Coach: Matt Platt, fourth year

Last year: 16-11 (6-5)

Starters: Sam Tharp, Jr., INF, Jason Pentek, Jr., INF/P, Aiden Bowman, Jr., OF/P, Owen McKoon, So., C, Luke Sivon, So., OF/P, Logan Buehner, So., OF/P, Cade Henderson, So., INF/P, Kyle Rhineberger, So., INF/P, Brody Petruccelli, Fr., INF/P, Trent Taylor, Fr., OF/P

Reserves: Carson Shaffer, Jr., INF, Jose Soto, Sr., C, Connor D'Astolfo, Fr., C/P, Anthony Anderson, Fr., P

West Geauga

Coach: Derek Buell, second year

Last year: 5-18

Starters: Johnny Julian, Jr., CF/P, Gareth Reeves, Jr., RF, Carson Weisman, Jr., 2B, Travis Veleba, Sr., DH/OF/C, Brett Ringenbach, Jr., C/P/SS, Nate Mikonsky, Jr., SS/P, Brody Gruber, Jr., 1B/P, JT Javorek, So., 3B, Stone McMissick, Sr., LF, Bo Dolecek, Sr., P

Reserves: Richard Kretschman, Sr., P/OF, Jeremy Abdelmalak, Sr., P/OF, Nick Donofrio, Sr., P/OF, Cam DiFranco, Sr., OF, Elija Maldonado, Sr., OF, Anthony Lucci, Jr., P

Wickliffe

Coach: Phil Motta, 19th year

Last year: 15-8

Starters: Colin Casey, Sr., P/3B/C, Frankie Bucar, Fr., SS/P, Noah Dohm, Jr., UTL/DH, Liam Widemire, So., 1B/P, Jimmy Nemeth, Sr., C, Vince Gargiulo, Sr., 2B, Brandon Henderson, Jr., P/3B, Bobby Plumb, Jr., OF/P, Nunzio Zivnoska, So., OF/P

Reserves: Shaun Derganc, Sr., OF/P, Dominic DeVincentis, Sr., P, Chase Bonadio, Jr., OF, Josh Heap, Jr., DH

Crown Conference

Lake Catholic

Coach: Brian LeRoy, fourth year

Last year: 14-10

Starters: Matt Tierno, Jr., P/OF, Zach Madan, Sr., P/1B, Frank Bares, Sr., P/1B, Jason Sztul, Sr., OF, Gage Faraguna, Sr., P/INF, Dylan Wimbs, Sr., OF, Luke Snider, Jr., P/OF, A.J. Trobenter, So., C, Patrick Radigan, So., P/SS

Reserves: Nick Thompson, Sr., OF, Steven Parish, Jr., 1B, Antonio Modica, Jr., 2B, Charlie Trinetti, Jr, INF, David Patriarca, Jr., INF, Carter Cantrell, Sr., C

NDCL

Coach: Marc Thibeault, first year

Last year: 8-12

Starters: Frankie Clark, So., SS, Griffen Moskal, Jr., OF/P, Gianna Spetic, Sr., OF/P, Phil Davidson, Sr., 2B/P, Sam Hoffman, Jr., INF/P, Antonio Mandato, Sr., 1B, Nick Dietrich, So., OF/P, Dominic Sintic, C, Cerek Szczyglowski, C/OF

Reserves: Brenden Kinnaird, Jr., OF/P, Nick Miller, Sr., INF, Jackson O'Neil, Sr., INF, Cian O'Boyle, So., C, Cole Stefancic, Sr., C, Dylan Milk, So., INF/P, Gavin Palchick, So., INF/P, Seamus Welsh OF/P

Greater Cleveland Conference

Euclid

Coach: David Rojeck, first year

Last year: 2-13

Roster: Dominic Jackson, Sr., 1B/OF, Jamari Mooring, Sr., C/3B, Jermaine Caldwell, Sr., OF/2B, Jaymes Smith, Sr., OF/2B, Jadon Young, Sr., 3B/OF, Brian Smith, Jr., 3B, Adam Turos, Jr., SS/C, Jaivon Mooring, So., 2B/SS, Jean Paul Hernandez, So., CF/1B, Malik Abdul-Wali, So., OF, Siyere Deloach, Jr.

Mentor

Coach: Jeff Haase, ninth year

Last year: 12-12 (4-6) D-I district semifinal

Starters: Jake McCartney, So., DH, Tyler Milnes, Jr., 1B, Andrew Nelson, Jr., 2B, Brayden Borthnick So., SS, Peyton Zupancic, Jr., 3B, Caden Risma, Jr., LF, Nick Square, Jr., CF, Kayden Burkholder, Sr., RF, Josh Weiland, So., C, Jake Compton, Sr., P

Reserves: Caleb Pohto, Sr., OF, Jordan Stapleton, Sr., OF, Ben Pierce, Jr., OF, Max Vanhimbergen, Jr., INF, Asa Davis, Jr., C/P, Cole Hemminger, Sr., P, Mason Early, Sr., C, Tommy Michalski, Sr., P, Ryan Brown, Sr., INF, Ryan Saley, Jr., C, Collin Orsoz, Sr., P, Johnny Prentice, So., P

Northeastern Athletic Conference

Fairport

Coach: Dan Wolf, sixth year

Last year: 8-11 (6-3)

Starters: Gabe Lawson, Sr., Colin Lafaye, So., Elijah Harless Fr., Brady Lawson, Fr., Dan Whitt, Fr., Trey Vaugh, Fr., Isaac Maldonado, Fr., Kyle Zelenak, Fr., DJ Dambolena, So.

Reserves: Dominic Jones, Sr., Nate Jarvis, Fr.

Western Reserve Conference

Chardon

Coach: Brian Long, 11th year

Last year: 24-10, D-II state champions

Roster: Brandon Fatur, Sr., P, Ethan Faber, Sr., CF, Hunter Greco, Sr., SS, Will Francis, Jr., 2B, Joseph Payne, Jr., , Austin Lezynski, Jr., P, Charlie Clark, Jr., Daniel Joaquin, Jr., Leo Colombi, Jr., LF, Nolan Kirsh, Sr., P/DH, Ben Petrella, Jr., Logan Gunnoe, Jr., RF, Tyler Noerr, So., Heath Fetchik, Sr., C, Amir Henry, Jr., Vinny Colombi, So., Jake Barker, Sr., 1B, Tyler Gideon, So., Mason Wolf, Jr., P, Stone Fawcett, So., 3B

Kenston

Coach: Joe Hritz, Second year

Last year: 18-9 (8-4), D-I state semifinal

Starters: LA Mighton, Jr., C, Carter Flynn, Sr., SS, Nikko Georgiou, Sr., 3B/RHP, Parker Munday, Sr., OF/LHP, Bridger Bischof, Jr., OF/LHP, Grant Beclay, Jr., OF/LHP, Jimmy Cerha, Jr., INF/RHP, Lucas Kaltenbach, So., RHP, Tommy Pecoraro, Jr., 2B/RHP

Reserves: Sam Koltas, Sr., 1B, Jack Morey, Sr., LHP, Nick Daramus, Jr., 2B, Hunter Kestranek, Jr., 3B, Jacob Maniawski, Jr., RHP, Griffin Marcoguiseppe, Jr., OF/RHP, Graysen Bischof, Fr., C, Wes Toth, Jr., RHP, Avery Siperke, Jr., RHP

Madison

Coach: B.J. Titman, 13 years

Last year: 6-16

Starters: Will Henderlich, Sr., C/P/SS, Seth Negin, Jr., 3B, Ben Amos, So., P/SS, Tyler Wolfe, Sr., C, Nolan Thomas, Jr., OF, Alex Davis, So., UTL, Dominic Lawrence, So., OF, Evan Smith, Fr., OF/P, Nathan Yarnell, Fr., 1B/OF, Brody Boncela, Jr., UTL

Reserves: Kyle Henning-Spade, Sr., P, Jack Harrison, Jr., OF, Carson Petersen, Jr., C/OF

Mayfield

Coach: Darren Rapposelli, seventh year

Last year: 14-13, D-I district semifinal

Roster: Roco Monastero, 3B/SS, Nick Nicolli, 2B, Luca Fiore, 2B, Domenic Menta, P/OF, Preston Brown, C, Jack Ketchem, 2B/SS, Michael Lograsso, P/OF, Jack Pickerill, P/OF, Lorenzo Croce, 3B, Christoph Alexaner, P/SS, Holden Cope, C, Michael Hliatzos, C, Chris Russo, P/OF, Joey Pinzone, P/OF, Dominic Prince, P/1B, Austin Ziance, P/3B/SS, John Antonelli, C, Charlie Brunello, P/OF, Anthony Brack, 1B, Nick Sperling, P/1B, Bo Lewis, P/3B, Dylan Parnell, OF, Joey Barch, 1B/OF, Greyson Rose, OF, Joey Intorcio, OF

North

Coach: Mike Duncan, first year

Last year: 10-11 (5-7)

Starters: Andrew Gunton, Jr., 3B, Owen Hopper, Sr., OF, Kevin Gough, Sr., C, Carson Petrecca, Sr., SS, Devin Nix, Jr., 2B, Jayden Teague, Jr., OF, Nick Licursi, Sr., 1B/P, Connor Valaitis, Sr., INF/OF, Kevin Skolny, Sr., P/OF

Reserves: Steven Okerwall, Sr., P/OF, Bo Vinson, Sr., P/OF, Richie Hill, Jr., P/INF, Ashton Richardson, Jr., INF, Rylan Megelkamp, Sr., C, Michael Rowan, Sr., C, Hayden Prohaska, Jr., INF, Logan Edwards, Sr., P/INF, James Keough, Sr., UTL, Jacob Howman, Sr., INF

Riverside

Coach: John Wakim, sixth year

Last year: 19-9 (9-3)

Starters: Christian Knight, Sr., C, Dylan May, Sr., 1B, Mo Doice, So., 2B, Ozzie Abel, Jr., 3B, Greg Kolar, Jr., SS, Owen Meacham, Sr., LF, Jake Miller, Sr., CF, Kevin Sanchez, Jr., RF/P, Tyler Baker, Sr., P, Evan Garbincus, Jr., RF/P

Reserves: Deakin Calhoun, Sr., 3B/P, Connor Lingo, Sr., OF/P, Andy Davis, Sr., OF/2B, Matt Richmond, Jr., INF/P, Austin Wittreich, So., UTL, Josh Rauer, So., P

Independents

Andrews Osborne

Coach: Jay Murphy, seventh year

Last year: 9-5

Starters: Jimmy Taddeo, Sr., P/INF, Max Hill, Sr., P/INF, Luke Heineman, Sr., P/INF/C, George Sasse, So., C/P, Patt Gallagher, Sr., INF/P, Jake Huffman, Jr., OF, Niko Kudlaty, Jr., OF, Dynal Westbrook Jr., INF/OF, Miles Paine, So., INF/C/P

Reserves: Darius Somack, Jr., OF, Connor Heineman, Fr., INF/OF

Benedictine

Coach: John Ellis, eighth year

Last year: 5-7

Starters: Jackson Stoltz, So., CF/P, Alex Roginski, Sr., OF/INF, AJ Slemc, Sr., OF/P, Dawson Williams, Sr., INF/P, Nate Lazare, Sr., 1B/P, Luke Reed, Jr., OF/P, Dominic Giuliano Sr., INF/P, Nathan Zavoda, Jr., INF/P, Cole Ericsson, Sr., C/P

Reserves: Sam Ali, Sr., 1B, Shane Hopkins, So., C, Brian Underwood, Sr., INF

Brush

Coach: Brett Munn, 13th year

Last year: 8-14

Roster: Dimario Ballom, Sr., 3B/P, Isaiah Smith, Sr., 1B/P, Dylan Taylor, Jr., 2B, Quinlan Stubblefield, Jr., OF/1B/P, Brandon Johnson, Jr., OF, Owen Thompson, So., 3B/C/P, Kyle Farrell, So., C/P, Dominic Taylor, So., SS/P, Keith Feagin, So., LF, Jelani Carr, So., CF/P, Branden Stewart, So., DH/1B, Isaac Sypniewski, Fr., INF

Cornerstone Christian

Coach: Ron Miller, ninth year

Last year: 6-9

Starters: Aidan Hackney, Sr., 3B, TJ Jones, Sr., SS, Joey Lindic, Jr., C, Matt Lindic, So., 1B, Troy Scott, Sr., LF, Ryan Merrill, Sr., CF, Josh Martin, Jr., 3B, Will Archer, Jr., CF/1B, Carter Sims, So., LF, Tommy Weybrecht, Fr., RF, Nathan Ryan, So., 2B

Reserves: Nolan Tautges, Fr., SS, Matt Prochaska, Sr., CF, James Prochaska, Fr., 2B, Luis Nicasio, Fr., RF, Garrett Gardner, Fr., 3B

Gilmour

Coach: John Murphy, fourth year

Last year: 15-13, D-III district final

Starters: Deaglan Bryant, Sr., P/OF, Ben Christopher, Sr., 1B, William Kay, Sr., P/3B, Nick Lasecki, Sr., C, William Lazzaro, Sr., P/OF, Jacob Lowery, Sr., P/SS, Tom McCrone, Sr., P/OF, Tilman Moe, Sr., 2B, Jesse Shepherd, Sr., P/OF

Reserves: Chad Pluchinsky, Sr., P/2B, Alex Mylen, Sr., 1B, Andrew Kavcic, Jr., P/SS, Jacob Kavcic, Jr., C/OF, Zach Titas, So., P, Sean Pitrone, Fr., P

University

Coach: Rob McNerney, third year

Last year: 23-8 D-II regional semifinal

Starters: Evan Shapiro, Sr., P, Ben Elliott, Sr., SS/P, David Faremouth, Sr., C, Ryan Pattison, Sr., OF, Matthew McMahon, Sr., OF/P, Riley Penn, Jr., OF/P, Joey Zigman, Jr., INF/C, Aaron Moss, So., SS/P, Tucker Green, So., 1B, Deacon Nelson, Fr., SS/P

Reserves: Sammy Martin, Sr., P, Caleb Kirkpatrick, Sr., P, Cayden Zelenak, Fr., C, Tommy Vlossom, Jr., P, Jordan Heiser, Sr., OF, Max Leombruno, So., OF, Justin Gilbert, So., INF

VASJ

Coach: Dennis Woods, fifth year

Last year: 13-6

Starters: Keyshawn Brown, Sr., P/OF, Zay Davis, Sr., INF, Bo Jackson, So., P/OF, Brandon McBride, So., P/INF, Brady McNulty, So., P/OF, Chase Polunus, So., P/INF, Johnny Vuraich, So., C/INF, Sean Didona, Jr., P/INF, Nick Dunmire, Jr., P/INF, Eric Elder, Jr., C/INF, Tim Gonakis, Jr., P/INF, Adam Szmania, Jr., P/OF, Joe Szmania, Jr., P/INF, Danny Zgelr, Jr., P/INF, Joe Dautovic, So., INF, Derrick Davis, So., INF, Al Sustarsic, So., C, Joe Marxen, Jr., OF, Asu Pelima, Jr., OF