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NC High School Preview: West Rowan



By Brandon Hall, Ed Hall, and Staff
PBR NC 

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Team Preview

 

West Rowan

Coach                                      Seth Graham

Classification                          3A

Conference Name                   South Piedmont

 

2016 Stats      

Record                                     22-6

Conference Finish                   1st

State Playoffs                          1st Round

 

2017 Outlook 

# of Returning Starters           6

# of Returning Pitchers           4

 

What to Watch For

A talented group that includes three that played for the National Championship with the Rowan County Legion team, sets to defend their South Piedmont championship from 2016.  Coach Graham has depth on the bump, returning four arms from last year and adding some young talent.  The Falcons will need to swing the bats to create runs… if the offense is strong, the Falcons could make a deep run in May.

 

Players to Watch

Austin Love, RHP/INF, 2017 – North Carolina commit

Trevor Atwood, C/INF, 2017 – Catawba commit

Brandon Walton, RHP/INF, 2017 – Mars Hill commit

Brett Graham, RHP/INF, 2017

Pearce Wilhelm, C/RHP, 2017

Olen Stamper, RHP/INF, 2018

Mykal Berger, OF, 2018

Daniel Durham, LHP/1B, 2019

Payne Stolsworth, RHP/INF, 2019