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2018 Team Preview: St. Francis Borgia Knights

January 22, 2018
Shon Plack
Missouri Scouting Director

As we prepare for the upcoming 2018 high school season, we will be taking a
preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.


Team: St. Francis Borgia
Nickname: Knights
Class: Class 4
Conference: Archdiocesan Athletic Association
Head Coach: Rob Struckoff
Years as head coach at school: 19
Twitter Handle: @BorgiaBaseball
2017 Overall Record: 14-11
2017 Conference Record: 4-2 (1st Place)
2017 Post Season Finish: Lost in district semi-finals

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 4
Number of Returning Starters/Position Players: 7

Players with 2017 Post Season Honors
Drew Piontek, SS, 2018 Honorable Mention All-State
Eli Marquart, RHP/1B, 2018 All-District
Joe Schmidt, C, 2019, All-District (Louisiana-Monroe)
Spencer Hunter, DH, 2019, All-Conference
Louie Eckelkamp, OF, 2019, All-Conference

Players to Watch
Jacob Unnerstall, RHP, 2018
Nick Helfrich, P, 2019
Adam Molitor, C/OF, 2019
Quinton Poepsel, OF, 2018
Matt Pointek, P/OF, 2018
Jack Wooley, P, 2019

Season Outlook
The St. Francis Borgia nights will look to repeat as Archdiocesan Athletic Conference champions this spring.  They will be lead by junior catcher Joe Schmidt, a Louisiana-Monroe recruit.  Schmidt, who stands 6-foot-2 225-pounds, is a physical presence behind the plate and in the batters box. Fellow juniors Spencer Hunter and Louie Eckelkamp were named All-Conference as sophomores and will provide power bats in the Borgia line up.  Watch for a big year out of returning All-State senior shortstop Drew Pointek and the school's all-time leading passer in football, senior RHP Jacob Unnerstall.  Both seniors are ready lead the Knights into the state playoffs.  St. Francis Borgia has the pieces to make a deep run into the state playoffs this spring. 

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