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By JD Heilmann and Dylan Hefflinger
Ohio/Michigan Scouting Supervisor / Editor in Chief/NW Scout

On Sunday February 21st, PBR will be holding The Border Preview at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio. This event has proven to be rich with talent from Northwest Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario. For more information and to register, please click here.

Below we take a look at the history of The Border Preview.

Interested in attending a PBR Ohio event? Check out our schedule by clicking here.

Starting February 1st, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.

To view the full list of 2016 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2016 Team Preview, click here.

Ohio Insider: Flashback - History of The Border Preview

Top Performers From The 2015 Border Preview:

• 2016, C, Samuel McClurg (St. John’s Jesuit). Shows good bat path that stays in the hitting zone with top exit velocity of 92 mph and ran a 6.97 60-yard dash. Still uncommitted, take a look.
• 2016, RHP, Derek Gerken (Napoleon). 6-foot-5, 190-pound projectable frame. On the mound, the lanky right-hander really opened eyes with his fastball topping out at 87 mph. Still uncommitted, take a look.
• 2016, 1B/3B, Zach Brown (Oregon Clay). Stands tall in the batters box with good rotation. Registered showcase best 93 mph exit velocity and ran 6.96 60-yard dash. Still uncommitted, take a look.
• 2016, LHP, Landon Bloir, (Edon/Indiana Tech commit). 6-foot, 200-pound solid build. On the mound the southpaw topped out at 85 mph with a 3-pitch mix.

Players Who Earned Top Prospect Games, Future Games or Underclass Games Invites Based On Performance At Showcase:

• Samuel McClurg, (St. John’s Jesuit, Uncommited)
• Derek Gerken, (Napoleon, Uncommited)
• Zach Brown, (Oregon Clay, Uncommited)
• Landon Bloir, (Edon/Indiana Tech commit)
• Mitch Gremling, (Butler/Wright State Commit)
• Chandler Stillings, (Findlay/BGSU Commit)

Event Records

Top Fastball

+ 88 mph - LHP, Adam Wolf, Edison HS/Louisville Recruit, 2015
+ 88 mph - RHP/INF, Ty Suntken, Wauseon HS/Ohio Recruit, 2014

Top Pop Time

+ 1.94 - C, Kellan Huang, Saline HS (MI), 2017
+ 1.94 - C, Louis Jodoin, W.F. Herman Secondary School - CA, 2016

Top Catcher Velocity

+ 78 mph - C, Jarrett Peters, Bloom Carroll HS/Seton Hill Recruit, 2014
+ 78 mph - C, Seth Strong, Wayne, 2015

Top INF Velocity

+ 88 mph - RHP/INF, Ty Suntken, Wauseon HS/Ohio Recruit, 2014

Top OF Velocity

+ 91 mph -  RHP/INF/OF, Jimmy Crabtree, Utica HS/Kent State Recruit, 2016

Top Exit Velocity

+93 mph - 1B/3B, Zach Brown, Oregon Clay, 2016

Top 60 time

+ 6.63 - INF/OF, Noah Renaud, St. Thomas of Villanova (ON), 2015

Quotes from Previous event Participants

"Any PBR event is worth going to. You want to get yourself as much exposure as possible and PBR does a great job of exposing young players." - Jimmy Crabtree, RHP/OF, Utica HS Kent State recruit, 2016

"PBR was important in my recruiting process because the results of my events increased my exposure." - Adam Wolf, LHP, Edison HS/Louisville recruit, 2015

"PBR provided opportunities for me to get noticed and helped me pursue my dream of becoming a Division I college baseball player." - Kyle Benyo, OF, Austintown Fitch/IMG Academy/Youngstown State recruit, 2015

"PBR gave me excellent exposure and it was actually how BG first saw me." - Axel Bueter, LHP, Wauseon HS/Bowling Green recruit, 2014

Commitments From Previous Events:

Name	State	School	Class	Pos	Commitment
Aaron Gonzalez	MI	L'Anse Creuse	2015	C	Northwood
Adam Wolf	OH	Edison	2015	LHP	Louisville
AJ Hemmelgarn	OH	Sidney Lehman Catholic	2015	RHP	Dayton
Austin Hancock	OH	Defiance	2014	SS	Olney JC
Axel Bueter	OH	Wauseon	2014	LHP	Bowling Green
Azim Qadri	OH	Walsh Jesuit	2015	OF	Ohio State
Ben Hughes	OH	Tippecanoe	2014	RHP	Eastern Illinois
BJ Donathan	OH	Tippecanoe	2014	C	King University
Brad Croy	OH	Ottawa Glandorf	2015	2B/MIF	Bowling Green
Bradley Hull	OH	Gahanna LIncoln	2015	2B/MIF	Oakland
Butch Baird	OH	West Holmes	2014	LHP	Louisville
Carl Brubaker	OH	Archbold	2015	1B	Mott Community College
Chandler Stillings	OH	Findlay	2016	LHP	Bowling Green
Clay Tefft	OH	Wauseon	2014	RHP	Shawnee State
Cole Gibson	OH	Gahanna Lincoln	2015	RHP	Oakland
Dakoda Brown	OH	Toledo Christian	2014	LHP	Bowling Green
Daniel Mitri	OH	NDCL	2015	C	Sinclair CC
Deylen Miley	OH	Bryan	2016	MIF/RHP	Tiffin
Drew DeVine	MI	Marshall	2016	SS	Western Michigan
Drew Johnson	MI	Trenton	2014	OF	Marygrove
Drew Johnson	OH	Franklin	2015	C	Miami Hamilton
Evan McDonald	OH	Logan Elm	2015	C	Fairleigh Dickinson
Garret Sendelbach	OH	Hopewell-Loudon	2015	LHP	Ohio Dominican
Hunter Carson	OH	Otsego	2016	RHP	Tiffin
Hunter Holcomb	MI	St. Clair Lakeshore	2014	RHP	St. Clair County C.C.
Jackson Tedder	OH	Beavercreek	2016	LHP	Virginia
Jacob Green	OH	Defiance	2014	RHP	Defiance College
Jake Trejo	OH	Wauseon	2013	C	South Carolina - Sumter
Jarrett Peters	OH	Bloom Carroll	2014	C	Seton Hill
Jason Burkett	OH	Maumee	2014	SS	Ohio Northern
Jimmy Crabtree	OH	Utica	2016	RHP	Kent State
John Heckman	OH	Hamilton	2014	SS	Tiffin
Jordan Bostater	OH	Bryan	2014	1B	Ohio Northern
Kyle Benyo	OH	Austintown Fitch	2015	OF	Youngstown State
Landon Bloir	OH	Edon	2016	LHP	Indiana Tech
Layne Schnitz-Paxton	OH	Napoleon	2016	RHP	Toledo
Logan Vallie	MI	Muskegon Mona Shores	2015	2B/MIF	Hope College
Max Ludka	MI	Traverse City West	2015	RHP	Saginaw Valley State
Mitch Cromley	OH	Bowling Green	2015	RHP	Cuyahoga CC
Mitch Gremling	OH	Vandalia Butler	2016	RHP	Wright State
Nate Suntken	OH	Wauseon	2015	RHP	Saginaw Valley State
Nick Ely	OH	Aurora	2015	3B	Notre Dame College
Pete Zeimis	MI	Utica Eisenhower	2015	3B	Davenport
Peyton Ley	OH	Granville	2016	3B	Sinclair
Ryan Fitzgerald	OH	Mount Vernon	2015	OF	Oakland
Santiago Martinez	OH	Gahanna Lincoln	2015	OF	John Carroll
Shiloh Turner Jr.	OH	Charles F. Brush	2014	OF	Tiffin
Spencer Yankle	OH	Olentangy Liberty	2016	C	Oakland
Trevor Anderson	OH	Lima Shawnee	2015	SS	Findlay
Tristan Faunce	OH	Toledo Central Catholic	2016	RHP	Saginaw Valley State
Ty Suntken	OH	Wauseon	2014	SS	Ohio
Wes Rickenberg	OH	Napoleon	2014	RHP	Bowling Green
William Bohlman	OH	Centerville	2015	LHP	University of Charleston
Zach Heming	OH	Turpin	2015	C	Lincoln Memorial