Prep Baseball Report

NC High School Preview: Hough



By Brandon Hall, Ed Hall, and Staff
PBR NC 

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With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR North Carolina is anticipating a great spring.  This is the first year of coverage for PBR during the high school season.  In the coming weeks and months, PBR will report on games, players, conference races and the state tournament.  It is the aim of PBR North Carolina to become your #1 source for high school baseball.

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Team Preview

Hough

Coach                                      Jimmy Cochran

Classification                          4A

Conference Name                   MeCKa 4A

 

2016 Stats      

Record                                     23-6

Conference Finish                   1st

State Playoffs                          2nd Round

 

2017 Outlook 

# of Returning Starters           5

# of Returning Pitchers           3

 

What to Watch For:

Not many teams across the state, or country, could lose a LHP committed to an SEC program in January (Cole Maye to Florida as a mid-semester enrollee) and still hope to compete for a state title.  Coach Cochran’s Huskies could be an exception as there is plenty of depth on the mound.  The team defense will need to solidify throughout the year, as the MIF from 2016 needs to be replaced.

The Huskies will be representing North Carolina at the National High School Invitational tournament, run by USA Baseball, in Cary, March 29 – April 1.

 

Players to Watch

Nicholas Swiney, LHP, 2017 – NC State commit

Bailey Dees, RHP, 2017 – Penn State commit

Hunter Baker, OF, 2017 – NC State commit

Carter Williams, MIF, 2017 – Presbyterian commit

Adam Dempski, OF, 2018

Zac Linker, MIF, 2018

Justin Wilkins, C, 2018

JD Brock, LHP/OF, 2019 – Clemson commit

Jake Whitman, LHP, 2019

Cade McGahan, RHP, 2019