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By Dylan Hefflinger, Aaron Wilson and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief/Scout / Assistant Director of Scouting

With the 2016 spring season right around the corner, PBR Michigan is eagerly anticipating bringing the great state of Michigan the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.

Starting February 1st, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2016 Team Preview, click here.

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2016 Spring Team Preview: Mattawan Wildcats

Team Name: Mattawan Wildcats
Head Coach: Cory DeGroote, 198-156
Division: I
2015 Record: 23-12
Conference Record: SMAC, 6-4
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 5/2

2016 Team Strengths:

• Leadership
• Speed
• Defense

2016 Team Weaknesses:

• Pitching experience

Coach Outlook: We lost a big piece to our team last year with graduation but I really like the young kids we have coming into our program. I have as good of a freshmen class as I maybe have ever had here. We have a nice group of seniors and juniors with a hard working group of sophomores and freshmen. It will be fun to watch this team develop through out the season.    

Top Returning Players:

• Mitchell Dundore, INF, 2016, 5'9” 160, R/R, excellent speed, good bat, very solid fielder, .358 BA, 48 R, 37 BB, 22 SB, four year varsity player, team captain
• Cam Doornweerd, P/INF, 2017, 5'9” 175, R/R, two year varsity player, outstanding kid with a winner’s attitude, exceptional leader with poise and demeanor beyond his years, 28.6 IP, 3-1 record, .977 ERA, 1.115 WHIP, 19 K, 4 BB, .315 BA, 16 RBI, 3 2B, 10 R
• Brady Neel, C/1B/OF, 2018, 5'11” 195, R/R, started 31 games as a freshman, outstanding work ethic and attitude, coach’s kid, understands the game, extremely competitive, .312 BA, 8 2B, 23 RBI, 14 R
• Lachlan Saal, C, 2016, 5'11” 165, R/R, started at catcher for about half our games, solid behind the plate, needs to improve arm strength, .285 BA, 2 2B, 9 RBI

Top Underclassmen:

• Austin Tironi, 2019, 1B/OF, 5'10” 190, R/R, outstanding power at the plate, hard working kid, as good of a freshmen power bat as I have ever had
• Max Huntley, 2019, INF, 5’9” 155, R/R, athletic, younger brother of CJ Huntley who is currently a freshman at Indiana State University, great range, good arm 
• Josh Swinehart, 2019, INF/OF, 5’10” 165, R/R, good size, good hands, power bat, strong arm, tough kid, good baseball instincts
• Kyle Vanliere, 2019, C/OF, 5'10” 160, R/R, good arm, athletic

A Look Back At 2015 Preseason Articles:

To view the 2015 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason State Rankings, click below.

• Division 1/2
• Division 3/4