Prep Baseball Report

NC High School Preview: McMichael



By Brandon Hall, Ed Hall, and Staff
PBR NC 

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With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR North Carolina is anticipating a great spring.  This is the first year of coverage for PBR during the high school season.  In the coming weeks and months, PBR will report on games, players, conference races and the state tournament.  It is the aim of PBR North Carolina to become your #1 source for high school baseball.

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Team Preview

McMichael

Coach                                      Clark Erskine

Classification                          3A

Conference Name                   3A Mid State

 

2016 Stats      

Record                                     9-14

Conference Finish                   8th

 

2017 Outlook 

# of Returning Starters           5

# of Returning Pitchers           3

 

What to Watch For

The Phoenix have a strong core of players they will lean on to lead them in 2017.  Three reliable arms in Fletcher, Ingle, and O’Neal that will take a bulk of the innings.  Quality at-bats will be needed to stretch the lineup and put McMichael back in the post-season

 

Players to Watch

Tanner Banks, C, 2017

Justin Fletcher, RHP, 2017

Kallab Ingle, RHP/3B, 2018

Preston Snyder, SS/RHP, 2018

Blake Thomas, INF, 2018

Justin O’Neal, Util, 2019

Ty Clark, RHP/INF, 2019