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This weekend, players and scouts will descend on Liberty University for the annual Commonwealth Games. Coaches have put together four teams representing four regions of Virginia, the North, West, Central, and East, and these teams will compete this weekend to capture the 2019 Gold Medal. The North is the defending Gold Medal squad and won in 2016 as well, with the Central having won in 2017.

The teams will have a workout for scouts on Friday during the day, then will play a round robin Friday night and Saturday, playing three games total and facing each team. The results of those games will determine the seeding for Sunday's medal round. Our staff will be on hand to scout the workout Friday and Friday evening's games, but we will have periodic updates throughout the rest of the weekend.

Here are some players to watch from each squad:

North Team

Name	Position	High School	Class	Commitment
Ryan Dooley	SS	South Lakes	2020	VMI
Eddie Eisert	SS/RHP	Bishop O'Connell	2020	NC State
Teddy Merritt	RHP	McLean	2020	High Point
Thomas Trinca	OF	Centreville	2020	George Mason
Joe Vogatsky	RHP	Kettle Run	2020	James Madison

The North team is stacked in general, but especially so on the mound even with losing James Triantos (North Carolina) and TR Williams (Virginia Tech) just before the event. Eisert is an option to close and Merritt and Vogatsky will top a group that is still deep and includes South County's Tre Williams, Yorktown's Nathan Knowles, Highland's Blake Fisher, and Riverside's Wyatt Shenkman. Eisert, Triantos, Dooley, and Trinca will form the core of the lineup along with Briar Woods' Nathan Cmeyla and Page County's Tristan Gordon.

 

Central Team

Name	Position	High School	Class	Commitment
Christian Chambers	SS	Midlothian	2020	James Madison
Brandon Eike	RHP	Powhatan	2020	North Carolina
Hayden Harris	2B	Atlee	2020	Longwood
Will Riley	SS	James River (Midlo)	2020	VMI
LaTroy Whitaker	RHP	Matoaca	2020	Radford
Allan Williamson	RHP	Cosby	2020

The Central is also strong on the mound, with Whitaker and Eike at the top and a deep group behind them including Lee-Davis' Connor Sorokowski, Godwin's Josh Trentadue, Patrick Henry (Ashland)'s Wyatt Stanley. Chambers, Harris, and Riley give the Central a strong group defensively up the middle and some nice centerpieces to the lineup.

 

West Team

Name	Position	High School	Class	Commitment
Jalen Buster	SS	Cave Spring	2020	Radford
Jackson Cherry	OF	Jefferson Forest	2020
Addison Clark	OF	Carlisle	2021
Braeson Fulton	C	Riverheads	2020	James Madison
Jared Glinski	C	Brookville	2020
Grant Painter	SS	Riverheads	2020	James Madison
Michael Williams	SS	Franklin County	2021

The West is stacked offensively, with Buster, Clark, Cherry, Glinski, Williams, Painter, and Fulton easily forming the strongest lineup core in the tournament. The key to the West's success will be on the mound, where Carlisle's Garrett Kangas and Jefferson Forest's Connor Maggi will be in the mix.

 

East Team

Name	Position	High School	Class	Commitment
Ryland Brown	OF	Greenbrier Christian	2020
Carson DeMartini	SS	Ocean Lakes	2021	Virginia Tech
Aidan Foley	OF/LHP	Western Branch	2020
Trent Jones	OF/RHP	Cape Henry Collegiate	2020
Reid Long	RHP	Western Branch	2020
Ethan Ott	1B	Greenbrier Christian	2021

The East team has some nice pieces in the lineup around DeMartinia, with Ott, Brown, Foley, and Jones as well as some addition depth in First Colonial's Ryan Peterson. Guys who could be key in the mix on the mound in addition to Long and the two-way players will be Nansemond River's Ben Grady, Norfolk Christian's Gardner Meeks, and Atlantic Shores' Nick Mattfield.