By Chris Fuller
Kentucky Scouting Director

As we prepare for our 2014 high school season coverage, we are going to take a quick glance at teams from across the state.

Team: Elizabethtown
District: 17th
Region: 5th
Head Coach: Don Pitts
2013 Overall Record: 23-11
2013 Region Record: 15-4
Returning Starters: 8
Returning Pitchers: 8

TOP PLAYERS (2013 stats in parenthesis)

Zeke Pinkham, C, 2015 (.509 17 2B 6 HR 56 RBI, Louisville Commit)
Hunter Sullivan, RHP/SS, 2016 (.381 6 2B 23 RBI 13 SB, 7-2 34 K's 3.71 ERA)
Cody Bridges, LHP/CF, 2015 (.320 46 R 19 SB 1-0 1.45 ERA)
Austin Freyberger, RHP/OF, 2015 (4-3 2.82 ERA 4 BB in 39 2/3 IP)
Jack Wilson, RHP/3B/1B, 2016 (.270 14 RBI)
Preston Patterson, RHP/3B, 2014 (.271 12 RBI)

UP AND COMERS

Connor Kindred, RHP/UTL, 2015
Brady Swift, 1B, 2016
Tyson Brown, RHP/MIF, 2016
Peyton Payne, RHP/OF, 2016
Mathew Coolidge, RHP/UTL, 2017

OUTLOOK:

With 8 starters and 8 pitchers returning from last season's 23 win squad, the Panthers are primed to make a much deeper run in the tournament than their first round exit in the 17th District last spring.  Junior catcher Zeke Pinkham, a Louisville commit, will once again lead the offense with his big left-handed bat.  Junior OF Cody Bridges and sophomore SS Hunter Sullivan will provide additional firepower to the Elizabethtown offense, and look for sophomore Jack Wilson and senior Preston Patterson to play key roles as well.  Sullivan and junior Austin Freyberger return at the top of the rotation for the Panthers giving them a solid 1-2 punch on the mound.  The talent is there for this team to compete for 17th District and 5th Region Championships.

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