3/30/2012 11:15:02 PM
Semifinal Epic
While Mater Dei moved on to the championship with a win over Sarastoa, American Heritage and Harvard Westalke had a classic ballet, the two teams battled to a 0-0 throught eight frames with Westalke scoring on a Max Fried groundball in the 9th inning. Allan Simpson has more
here.
Random Notes and Observations
-Heritage RHP Shaun Anderson is going to be very good. Fastball was 86-88 comfortably up to 90. He is strong with smooth arm action. He threw an almost unhittable slider at 79-81 that HW had trouble even fouling off. He is a Florida commit and has a very bright future.
-Parkview distinguished themselves as the best team in Georgia this week. Matt Olson is their top bat and has shown light tower power. Edwin Arias is as good a shortstop as we have seen and 2013s OF Josh Hart and C Jarrett Freeland are prospects to watch.
-Russell County RHP Todd Dial was up to 89 and his arm works very well. Teammate Rock Rucker has a very solid hit tool and sprayed three hits today after showing big pop yesterday.
-George Washington 2B Marvin Campos looks the part at 2B and has loose arm strength and athleticism.
-Mater Dei’s Ryan McMahon continues to show himself very well. Long, lean, projectable and athletic, he is a strong 3B defender and a very good LH bat who can go to all fields. He projects as anyone in Cary this week.
-Mater Dei SS Brandon Perez plays a strong SS and hits for one of the top teams in the country. If there are better players in the 2015 class we have not seen them yet.
-Zach Lovvorn was very good on the mound for Oxford. 88-90 up to 91 with very good feel for 75-77 mph curveball and 80-81 mph changeup. Loose and easy arm action, good athlete.
-Harvard Westlake 1B Joe Corrigan has as good of present hit tool as you will find in the 2013 class. -Jack Flaherty continues to show why he is one of the top 2014s the country.
-Danny Zardon had a big day for American Heritage, smooth with everything, pop in bat, big arm strength at 3B.
-Gabriel Aurrocchea is a quality leadoff hitter for Heritage with a quick bat, very good approach at the plate. He also defends well and made a tough sliding catch in left-center field.
Best of Friday
Best Pitcher: Shaun Anderson, RHP American Heritage
Best Hitter: Joe Corrigan, 1B, Harvard-Westlake
Most Impressive Win: Harvard-Westlake 1-0 over American Heritage
A Look to Tomorrow
Two SoCal teams will battle for the title. Mater Dei will throw RHP Chase Radan who was 86-88 and touched 90 in a relief stint Friday against RHP Brandon Deere for HW
An argument can be made for American Heritage and Gulliver but it is same to say Mater Dei and Harvard-Westlake are the two best teams in North Carolina this week.
Bishop Gorman vs. Columbus is as good of matchup as you could ask for, as is Parkview vs. Gulliver Prep. While the top 2012 draft prospects have been thoroughly scouted, the tournament has dozens of top underclassmen that continue to make a lot of noise.