NC High School Notebook: May 4th
May 4, 2017
By PBR Staff
Prep Baseball Report of NC
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Wednesday May 4th
The Southern Conference 3A has produced four of the past five 3A state champions. In the past five years, a member of the conference has played for the state championship. Sun Valley HS hosted the semi-finals of the conference tournament, hosting four schools with hopes of making a run deep into the state playoffs.
Cuthbertson Tops Weddington in a Classic
Two senior arms matched up for Cuthbertson and Weddington on Tuesday night. Austin Roseberry (RHP, 2017) worked a complete game for Weddington, flashing an advanced breaking ball and toucing 83 with his fastball. Cuthbertson countered with Cameron Roberts (RHP, 2017). Roberts showed polish and poise working out of a couple of jams. His fastball ranged 79-81, but again it was the breaking ball that kept hitters off balance.
While Weddington scrapped and executed their offense to push across three runs, Cuthbertson used one big inning to provide the winning blow. Cuthbertson advances to Thursday’s Championship game with a 5-3 win.
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Win: Cameron Roberts 6IP, 5H, 3R, 1ER, 7K, 2BB
Loss: Austin Roseberry 6IP, 6H, 5R, 4ER, 6K, 1BB
Save: Macklin Ohs 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 2K, 1BB
Keys to the Game:
Cuthbertson
+ Jake Karklin: 1-3 with 1 run and 1 RBI
+ Aly Darwood: 2-3 with 1 run and 1 RBI
+ Cameron Roberts: 1-3 with 2 RBI
+ The 4 run sixth began with a single from leadoff Sam Mennitt and a great AB by Callen Nuccio to draw a walk
Weddington
+ Nick Cooper (OF, 2017, Liberty commit): 1-3 with a double and 2 RBI
+ Harry Bernard: 2-3
Marvin Ridge Ambushes Sun Valley
In the first semi-final game, Sun Valley was the visitor vs. the No. 1 seed Marvin Ridge Mavericks, even with the game being played at Sun Valley.
Marvin Ridge would set the tone early as they scored three in the first and two in the second. The Maverick offense was clicking as eight of the first nine hitters produced quality at-bats. Sun Valley, looking for an answer went to their bullpen depth, utilizing three arms in the first and six for the game.
The star of the game was Marvin’s senior LHP, Jake Kuchmaner. Kuchmaner worked 6 innings and had three RBI’s on a single, home run and sacrifice fly.
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Win: Jake Kuchmaner 6IP, 6H, 2R, 1ER, 7K, 3BB
Loss: Caleb Barwick .1IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0K, 0BB
Keys to the Game:
Marvin Ridge
+ Kuchmaner sat 84-85 until Sun Valley threatened with runners in scoring position where he bumped to 86-87. Breaking ball showed tight tilt, getting under RHH swings, ranging 70-72
+ Alex Leshock (OF, 2017, App St commit): 2-4 with a double, home run, 2 runs and 2 RBI
+ Cory Parr (OF, 2017): 2-4 with 2 runs scored
+ Jake Kuchmaner (LHP, 2017, ECU commit): 2-3 with 3 RBI
Sun Valley
+ Luke Parks (C/1B, 2017): 3-3 finding the barrel in 2 of the 3 AB’s
+ Zack Budzik (SS, 2018): 1-3 with a double and run scored
+ Josh Swartz (RHP/1B, 2018) pitched the 7th inning: 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K. Fastball sat 87-88.
Charlotte Christian Takes Series Win Over Country Day
Key CISAA Conference matchup between rivals Charlotte Christian and Charlotte Country Day. Christian jumped out to a 5-0 lead only to have the Bucs claw their way back and take a lead into the 7th. The Knights punched across two and held on for the 7-6 victory.
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Win: Miles Gary 3.2IP, 1H, 0R, 2BB, 5K
Loss: Ryan Middlemiss 5IP, 1H, 2R, 1BB, 1K
Keys to the Game:
Charlotte Christian
+ Miles Gary (OF/RHP, 2017) came on in the 4th with runners in scoring position and no outs. Limited the damage to 1 run and worked through the 7th with allowing a run
+ Jonah Beamon (SS, 2018) drove in 2 and scored 2 runs, including the game winner
+ Drew Donathan (C, 2017, Clemson commit) doubled off the wall
Charlotte Country Day
+ Ryan Middlemiss (RHP, 2018) came on in the 3rd and held Christian down into the 7th, allowing Country Day to make their run
+ Ben Williams (1B, 2017): 2-3 with 2 RBI’s