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2015 OHSAA Division IV Regional Preview

May 28, 2015

By Dylan Hefflinger
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout

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** Will be updated throughout the day

Division IV - Region 13 - Lorain


#22 Cuyahoga Heights (14-8)

Final Regular Season Rank: #22
Preseason Rank: #3

#12 St. Thomas Aquinas (24-6)

Final Regular Season Rank: #12
Preseason Rank: #24

#10 Berlin Center Western Reserve (20-5-1)

Final Regular Season Rank: #10
Preseason Rank: NR

#17 New Riegel (19-7)

Final Regular Season Rank: #11
Preseason Rank: #17

Division IV - Region 14 - Hamler


McComb (15-8)

Final Regular Season Rank: NR
Preseason Rank: #12

Top Players: Senior right-hander Clay Grubb, an Ohio Dominican University recruit, and sophomore righty Malachi Abbott give McComb a solid one-two punch.

Hicksville (17-10)

Final Regular Season Rank: NR
Preseason Rank: #25

#2 Miller City (26-2)

Final Regular Season Rank: #2
Preseason Rank: #6

#20 Toledo Christian (22-5)

Final Regular Season Rank: #20
Preseason Rank: #8

Top Players:

  • Judd Nearhood .468, 18 stolen bases; 6-0. 3.53 ERA
  • Kyle Kempton .500, 20 RBIs
  • Brett Freeman .521, 22 RBIs
  • Jordan Adesi .402, 14 RBIs
  • Owen Gast .433, 13 RBIs
  • Chad Newell .385
  • Austin Schoen .302
  • Aaron Dunn .309
  • CJ Johnsn .388

Division IV - Region 15 - Lancaster


#1 Berlin Hiland (27-3)

Final Regular Season Rank: #1
Preseason Rank: #2

#14 Glouster Trimble (21-3)

Final Regular Season Rank: #14
Preseason Rank: #15

Postseason History: Second straight district title. Won regional football and district basketball titles this year. Only won one game in school history in regional play.

2015 Season Info: Shared Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division title with Wahama. Beat Portsmouth Notre Dame 11-1 in the district semis, but had only three hits.

Funny Fact: Ace hurler Andrew Losey threw in tennis shoes in the district finals after forgetting his cleats.

2015 Top Players:

  • Lead-off hitter Austin Dawes had a single, double and inside-the-park home run while scoring three runs in the district finals.
  • Number two hitter Andrew Lose was 4-4 in the district championship
  • Number three hitter Damte Brammer 3-3 with 4 RBIs, including a 2-run homer.
  • Clean-up hitter Caullin Lansford, the catcher, had a 3-run homer in the district semis.
  • Brammer is the number two pitcher on the staff and Dawes number three.­

#7 Newark Catholic (18-11-1)

Final Regular Season Rank: #7
Preseason Rank: #1

Bainbridge Paint Valley (20-5)

Final Regular Season Rank: NR
Preseason Rank: NR

Season Info: Mason McCoy threw a 3-hit shutout in the district semifinals. Paint Valley beat South Webster in districts despite getting just two hits.

Top Players: Senior Mason McCoy and juniors Anthony McFadden and Teagan McFadden were all-district this season.

Division IV - Region 16 - Springfield


#5 Fort Recovery (23-5)

Final Regular Season Rank: #5
Preseason Rank: NR

#13 Sidney Lehman Catholic (26-4)

Final Regular Season Rank: #13
Preseason Rank: #5

#11 Cincinnati Country Day (25-4)

Final Regular Season Rank: #11
Preseason Rank: NR

Season Info: The Indians are outscoring their opponents 235-70 on the year. Max Guttman scored on a wild pitch in the sixth inning of a 1-0 win in the district finals. Won in the district title game despite just one hit.

Top Players: Lefty Cam Alldred tossed a one-hitter with nine strikeouts in the district finals.

Statistically, CCD is one of the top hitting teams in the state, as they hit at a .466 clip as a team. Here is a look at their offense:

PLAYER G AB RUNS HITS 2B 3B HR RBI SB OBP AVG
AJ Rowe 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000
Greg Foster 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0.750 0.667
Austin Richey 20 81 27 45 9 2 2 42 0 0.576 0.556
Cameron Alldred 23 78 35 40 15 5 1 30 6 0.600 0.513
Charlie Sachs 19 69 24 34 6 0 0 18 9 0.533 0.493
Cameron Davis 20 76 26 37 6 6 3 24 14 0.524 0.487
Ronnie Allen 17 70 24 31 12 0 1 27 4 0.536 0.443
Trey Smith 18 48 16 18 3 1 0 18 2 0.455 0.375
Domenick Doane 20 55 15 16 2 0 1 15 7 0.381 0.291

On the mound, the Indians are just as good as they have a 1.21 team ERA while striking out 214 in 173 innings. Here is a look at them statistically:

PLAYER G IP W L SV K SHO WHIP ERA
Trey Smith 2 5.0 1 0 0 6 0 1.20 0.00
Greg Foster 5 10.2 1 0 0 12 0 1.03 0.00
Cameron Davis 5 9.0 2 0 0 9 0 1.11 0.00
Austin Frohn 2 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 0.50 0.00
Cameron Alldred 10 50.0 6 1 1 77 0 0.66 0.42
Domenick Doane 8 35.0 5 2 0 37 0 1.26 1.80
Charlie Sachs 6 28.1 3 0 0 26 0 1.06 1.98
Austin Richey 8 33.0 4 1 0 43 0 1.76 2.12

#23 Russia (23-6)

Final Regular Season Rank: #23
Preseason Rank: #14

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