Prep Baseball Report

NJ HS Team Preview: Highland Regional


TJ Hunt
Director, PBR New Jersey

Through the all the nor’easters, black ice, road salt stains, and your occasional common cold lies a time of the year that throws all baseball players, coaches, parents, and scouts alike into a frenzy: the spring.

April 1st and the start of the 2019 Spring Season will be here before you know it, and we will be out and about providing our second-to-none boots-on-the-ground scouting to the Garden State. To power us Northeasterners through the despair of the long winter months, we will be highlighting teams and players of note for this coming season

Today we continue with Highland Regional.

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High School: Highland Regional
2018 Record: 16-7-1
Head Coach: DJ Gore
NJSIAA Group: III
NJSIAA Section: South
Conference: Tri County - Liberty Division
Conference Finish: 1st in Royal Division
Playoff Run: 2nd Round Loss to Cherry Hill West
Rival(s): Williamstown, Triton

RETURNING STARTERS:
RHP/OF Dylan Maria (La Salle recruit)
RHP Joe Rappaport (Rutgers-Camden recruit)
Bill Richards
Jake McDonnell (Washington College recruit)
Mark Cotton
Colin Nagle
‘21 INF Adam Aquilino
Matt Senski
Kyle White

UNDERCLASSMEN TO WATCH:

Adam Aquilino - Started every game in the infield as a freshman last year
Colin Nagle

STRENGTHS:
Experience

OUTLOOK
Highland will look to a nice core group of returning veterans, led by La Salle recruit RHP/OF Dylan Maria - who is one of the top players in South Jersey. Coach Gore is returning a a big Part of 2017 Conference winning team, but needs to replace a catcher and continue to develop. Team will look to lean especially on Senior Pitching to compete with the top teams in South Jersey, and ultimately, a berth in the coveted Diamond Classic Tournament.

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