2017 Connecticut Spring Team Preview: East Catholic
April 5, 2017
By Dylan Hefflinger, Dennis Healy, Trevor Brown and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief / Co-Director of Scouting
With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR New England is eagerly anticipating bringing the New England states the best high school coverage throughout the region.
Starting in Late-January, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.
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2017 CONNECTICUT SPRING TEAM PREVIEW: East Catholic
Team Name: East Catholic
Head Coach: Martin Fiori
Division: M
2016 Record: 17-4
Conference Record: CCC North White, 7-1, First Place
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/6
2017 Team Strengths:
- Starting Pitching
- Seasoned Roster
Loose & cohesive group
2017 Team Weaknesses:
- Scoring runs
Coach Outlook: "Solid returning core, lots of experience, should be able to compete in every game."
PBR Outlook: East Catholic has won a good amount of games the past few years, solid core of position players and pitchers returning, look for big things from this group."
Top Returning Players:
- Danny Glendon, SS/2B, 2017, All Conference, Junior All Star game
- Tyler Flanigan, RHP, 2017, All Conference
- Marc Zazzaro, OF, 2017
- Ryan Burkhardt, C, 2017
- Jeff Walsh, RHP, 2017
- Connor Williams, RHP, 2017
- Jake Sylvester, 1B, 2017
Top Underclassmen:
- Matt Smith, OF, 2018
- Zach Simone, RHP, 2018
- Evan Kastauskas, C, 2018
- Jack Casey, RHP/3B, 2018
- Vincent Caccavale, 3B, 2019
- Evan Varga, C, 2019
- James McDowell, 3B/RHP, 2019
- Anthony Mozzicato, LHP, 2019
- Brandon Keeler, C, 2020
- Emilio Acosta, OF, 2019
A Look Back At 2016 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2016 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2016 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.
To view the 2016 Preseason Team Power Rankings, click below.