2017 Spring Team Preview: Strongsville Mustangs
April 3, 2017
By Dylan Hefflinger and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief/NW Scout
With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.
Starting in Mid-January, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.
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2017 Spring Team Preview: Strongsville Mustangs
Team Name: Strongsville
Head Coach: Doug Cicerchi
Division: I
2016 Record: 17-10
Conference Record: Greater Cleveland Conference, 8-2
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 4/5
2017 Team Strengths:
- Toughness
- Togetherness
- Leadership
- Depth
- Work Ethic
- Competitiveness
- Fastball Command
- Infield Defense
- Team Offensive Approaches
- Energy
2017 Team Weaknesses:
- A Few Inexperienced Seniors and Sophomores in Lineup
Coach Outlook: “If things break right, we'll have a chance to get to Columbus but we need to worry about getting out of our district first. With St. Ignatius and St. Edward in the district with us we know we're going to have regional-level competition in the districts, so we schedule with that in mind. We open with Moeller, Mason, Hoban, Walsh, Big Walnut, Olentangy, Solon, and St. Edward in the first 12 days of the season. When we get through that, we'll be ready for anything the rest of our season throws at us. We feel we have the type of team that will embrace the early challenges and be a better team at the end of the year than the beginning. We have some really mentally tough kids who have the talent to compete with everyone on our schedule.”
Top Returning Players:
- Parker Shannon, C, SR, 6-1/195, Mercyhurst Commit
- Noah Trizzino, C, SR, 6-1/200
- Kyler Damm, SS/2B, SR, 6-1/160
- Alex Gray, OF/RHP, SR, 5-10/165
- Jaret Beechy, LHP, SR, 6-3/175, Seton Hill Commit
- Louis Rahm, RHP, SR, 6-2/180
Top Underclassmen:
- Matt Brosky, RHP, JR
- Trevor Denning, 3B/1B, JR
- Mitch Midea, 2B/SS/3B/RHP, JR
- John Spragg, 2B/OF/RHP, JR
- Matt Bush, SS/2B, SO
- Kevin Cendroski, C/OF, JR
- JD Duplain, 1B/RHP, SO
- Matt Esson, SS/2B/3B/RHP, SO
- Ryan Hartmann, SS/3B/2B, SO
- Eric Homa, OF, SO
- Jack Frank, OF/LHP, SO, Michigan State Commit
- Jesse Kramer, OF, SO
- Giovanni Lombardo, 3B/1B, SO
- Joey Messerini, SS/2B/OF/RHP, SO
- Cameron Shannon, 1B/OF, SO
- Joey Venter, OF, SO
A Look Back At 2016 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2016 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2016 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.
A Look Back At 2015 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2015 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.
