2022 Season Preview: Palo Alto Vikings

The Road to the California State Games begins with the 2022 California high school baseball season. With the season just around the corner, our Staff has begun putting out team previews from all around the state getting you prepare for another year of exciting coverage.

Today we focus on the Palo Alto Vikings who look to win their 9th league championship and compete in open division for 8th straight year. 

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Team:

Palo Alto High School Vikings

Head Coach (years at school)

Pete Fukuhara 8

Twitter Handle

@paly_baseball

CIF Section & Division

Central Coast Section; Open Division

Conference/League Name

Santa Clara Valley Athletic League, De Anza League

Last Year’s Record

21-5

2021 Playoff Run

CCS second round

# of Returning Starters

5

# of Returning Pitchers

6

Team Expectations

Win our 9th league championship and compete in open division for 8th straight year. 

Team Strengths

Offense, defense 

Areas of Improvement

Pitching

College Commitments

Henry Bolte, CF, 2022, University of Texas

Xavier Esquer, SS, 2022, University of Arizona

Danny Peters, P, 2022, San Francisco State

Charlie Bates, IF, 2024, Stanford

Top 22s

Henry Bolte,      CF
Xavier Esquer,  SS
Andre Hyrkin,    IF/OF
Danny Peters,   P/1B/3B
Rowan Felsch,  P/1B
Dominic DeFeo, C
Zach, Hayward, OF
Josh Donaker,    P

Top 23s

Sam Papp

Russ Filter

Sal Meehan

Top 24s

Charlie Bates

Ari Smolar-Eisenberg

Zach Thomas

Carter Ceglieski

Nate Donaker

Top 25s

Russel Vonderhaar

Joey Kessler

KangHe Cho

Ashton Chao