I can't see Mason finishing in the top half either. They lost almost every starter and most of their pitching from last year's team. The GMC will be an absolute dog fight between Fairfield, West, Oak Hills, Colerain, and East.
you must not know who Rob Shaw is. Was on the team that went to Tennessee w/ Champions. Hit 6 HR's on JV last year and 10 in the summer. committed to Olney(ILL.) juco already, had interest from West Virginia, Morehead St., and several other juco's.played jv because his grades were questionable. would of started at any other HS last year. will either be the 3 or 4 hitter for west this year depending on where brenneman will bat in the order.
i just feel west lost to many players to be good granite when they played hamilton they got swept and against fairfield when beaver pitched they only won the game 3-1 and west got lucky on some homeruns with the wind
they lost to much i say they finish 4th or 5th behind princeton fairfield oak hills colerain
i think colerain is overrated just like every other year
i think princeton does not have enoug pitching
i think fairfield doesnt have that one superstar player everyoine in that program is prett decent
i think oak hills will be like fairfield last season filled with juniors and pretty good
i just feel west lost to many players to be good granite when they played hamilton they got swept and against fairfield when beaver pitched they only won the game 3-1 and west got lucky on some homeruns with the wind
they lost to much i say they finish 4th or 5th behind princeton fairfield oak hills colerain
back to back jacks against Fairfield's ace. Gschwind with a shot down the right field line and Huff with a BOMB to left-center field. You wouldn't happen to be the pitcher who gave up the game winning homeruns??
I'll give it to you on West beating Fairfield last year. The 1st home-run, yes, was all wind with a shot that fell between the fence and score-board (2ft gap). But, the 2nd one was a home-run at great american ball park, it was a SHOT. Haney pitched good enough to win but the offense struggled against West. If Fairfield couldn't hit with their 2 D1 players ( Bauer and Ottaway ), its going to be tough to win this year. The pitching will be there for them, the question is... Who will step up and be a hitter for them?
My predictions for the GMC are:
1) Princeton
2) Colrain/Fairfield
3) Fairfield/Colrain
4) Oak Hills
5) West
6) Mason
7) Hamilton
8) Sycamore/East
9) East/Sycamore
Just a prediction on the players I know the schools have and an un-biased opinion.
East will certainly not finish last. I think they are a sleeper to contend this year! But, I will confess, I thought that they would contend last year too.