Maryland Power 25 Countdown: #14 Northern (Cal.)

February 28, 2019
Kyle Campbell
Maryland Scouting Director

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It's hard to believe but the start of the 2019 Maryland high school baseball season is almost here. Every week throughout the season we will release our Power 25, ranking the top twenty-five teams from across the Old Line State. Today we continue our Preseason Power 25 countdown by taking a look at our #14 team, the Northern Patriots from Calvert County. Be sure to stay tuned as we release one team each weekday leading up to the release of our 2019 #1 Preseason Power 25 team on March 19th. Then, on March 20th our PBR Maryland staff will release our final preseason predictions for the upcoming 2019 season.

NortherN (CAL.) 2019 SEASON PREVIEW

Head Coach: Bobby Gibbons (10th Season)
Mascot: Patriots
County: Calvert
MPSSAA Classification: 3A South Section II
2018 Record: 10-8
2018 MPSSAA Playoff Run: Lost in the MPSSAA 3A South
Regional Section Semi-Final to Huntingtown (9-4).
Twitter Handle: @NHS_Baseball_MD

2019 PBR MD POWER 25 PRESEASON RANK: #14

Returning Starters: 4

Mason Davidson (Sr.) OF
Matt Jarman (Jr.) SS
Marcus Lee-Sang (Sr.) OF
Nick White (Sr.)

Returning Pitchers: 2

Robert Jurney (Sr.) RHP
Grayson Lewis (Sr.) RHP

Returning Players with Post-Season / Pre-Season Honors

Marcus Lee-Sang - 2018 All-SMAC 1st Team

Key Loses

None

Top Newcomers

Zachary Crounse (Fr.) C

2019 Key Players

Zachary Crounse (Fr.) C
Mason Davidson (Sr.) OF
Matt Jarman (Jr.) SS
Robert Jurney (Sr.) RHP
Marcus Lee-Sang (Sr.) OF
Grayson Lewis (Sr.) RHP
Nick White (Sr.)

Players Signed / Committed to College

Robert Jurney (2019) - Prince George's CC
Marcus Lee-Sang (2019) - St. John's University
Grayson Lewis (2019) - Prince George's CC

Season Snapshot

Northern (Cal.) looks poised to contend for both the SMAC Conference and MPSSAA 3A South Region Championships in 2019. The Patriots have seen their season end in each of the last three seasons with a loss to county-rival Huntingtown. 2018 All-SMAC 1st Team senior OF and St. John's University commit Marcus Lee-Sang returns as the Patriots leader on offense. He will be joined by fellow seniors Mason Davidson, Nick White, and junior Matt Jarman. On the mound for the Patriots in 2019 are two Prince George's CC commits in seniors Robert Jurney and Grayson Lewis.

It's shaping up to be one of the strongest teams 10th year head coach Bobby Gibbons has had at Northern during his tenure and this year's group of seniors would like nothing other than to knock out Huntingtown in the state playoffs. The Patriots last Regional Championship came back in 2009. If Jurney and Lewis can repeat their strong performances on the mound from a season ago and the Patriots lineup as a whole can find a way to support Lee-Sang's big offensive capabilities; then Northern (Cal.) will have a shot to get over the hump and make this a special season. A potential 3A South Region Sectional Championship preview will commence twice during the regular season as the Patriots and Hurricanes hook-up on April 3rd at Northern and once again on April 29th at Huntingtown.