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PBR at The Rock Summer Championships 14u: Days 3/4

June 17, 2022
By: Wisconsin Staff

Welcome to Quick Hits, a compilation of daily highlights captured at our PBR at The Rock tournaments. This weekend, we’re hosting our first tournament of the summer: The Rock 14U Summer Championships.

Continue reading below to view our biggest takeaways from Day 3 and 4’s action.

You can follow along with our coverage live by following us at @PBRWisconsin on Twitter.

BAY PORT 

Sawyer Durkee, RHP, Bay Port 2026

6-foot-3, 165-pounds with long levers and a frame that oozes projection. Fastball plays with arm side run and sits 75-76 mph, T77 mph. Spun a breaking ball at 68-69 mph that plays with 11/5 shape and a changeup at 67-68 with fading action.

Brock Gauthier, UTL, Bay Port 2026

Athletic frame with a strong lower half. Present physicality in the right handed batter’s box. Uses strong hands to manufacture bat speed with ease. Consistently found the barrel at MATC, knocking a pair of hits and a loud out. 

BNBA RENEGADES

Beckett Weber, RHP, Bloomington (IL), 2026

Weber threw 6 shutout innings and gave up 1 hit in a Win against Chicago Elite on Saturday. FB sat 71-73, T75. CB sat 62-65 and located for strikes. 

Layten Gerdes, INF, Minonk (IL), 2026

Tall and skinny frame with athletic movements. From the right side, he has a tall setup in the box with active hands pre-pitch and uses a leg lift stride for timing. Consistently found barrels in his at-bats and hits the ball to all fields. Also shows discipline at the plate and the ability to not chase pitches out of the zone. Defensively, he is rangy for a 3rd baseman and has clean actions when fielding the ball paired with a strong arm to make throws across the diamond. Gerdes was 1-3 with an RBI double and a walk against GRB Rays MKE Green.

CANGELOSI SPARKS NORTH

Hayden Adamowicz, Hoffman Estates (IL), 2027

Built at a large 6-foot-1, 190-pound frame, Adamowicz emerged as a name to follow over the next few years. Playing up a year, Adamowicz sat 76-80 mph (T81 mph) with his fastball that he was effectively wild with. He also flashed feel for a 1/7 breaking ball. Adamowicz seems to be a step ahead of the rest of the people in his class, and despite being raw he is a name to know in Illinois’ 2027 class.

GRB RAYS MKE GREEN

Trey Kerkhoff, RHP, Burlington, 2026

Tall, athletic frame with room to fill out. Easy, fluid movements on the mound from the right side. ¾ arm slot with whippy arm action. Flashed loud stuffy early in the game. FB produced swings and misses and sat 77-79 mph, T80. Showed a changeup that had downer action and out-pitch potential moving forward sitting 69-71 mph. Showed composure when faced with tough situations early against a good hitting BNBA Renegades lineup. Additionally, he had a double down the left field line for the Rays early in the game.

Colton Semmelmann, LHP, Brookfield Central, 2026

A lanky 5-foot-8, 145-pound southpaw that was impressive for this GRB Rays MKE squad. Semmelmann is an athletic mover on the mound with a loose, whippy arm. He ran his fastball up to 78 mph and sat anywhere from 75-77 mph that played with some arm side run. He coupled this with a big 1/7 breaker that produced many swings and misses. An impressive outing from a young southpaw in Wisconsin’s ‘26 class and Semmelmann will be a name to closely monitor as he starts his prep career. 

HITTERS U14 NAVY

Caleb Johns, RHP, New Berlin Eisenhower, 2026

Large frame with projection, shorter arm action, 3/4 slot, repeats, quick arm, balanced through release. FB 75-79, lateral slider 69-71. Ingredients to project more velo soon.

IMPACT SPORTS ACADEMY

Thomas Carew, OF, Appleton North, 2026 

Athletic 5-foot-10, 155-pounds frame with room to fill out. Left-handed hitting outfielder that hit three-hole for ISA. At the plate, quick hands, in rhythm, feel for all fields. Quick out the box, aggressive on the bases. High-follow athlete in Wisconsin’s incoming freshman class.

LONGSHOTS BASEBALL TEAL

Grant Umbright, RHP, Naperville Central (IL), 2026

Lean build on an athletic frame. Short, loose arm action from a high 3/4 slot. Fastball sat 72-73 mph, T74 mph with occasional arm side run. Maintained velocity throughout the entirety of his start. Uses a breaking ball at 60-61 mph with depth to miss barrels. Final line: Complete Game, 0 runs, 2 hits, 1 walk, 6 strikeouts. 

MINNESOTA ICEMEN

Tyson Moore, C, Buffalo (MN), 2027

Athletic 5-foot-10, 150-pounds, with room to grow. Offensively, flashing quick hands and a loud, powerful bat. Hit a deep home run over the left field fence. Aggressive out of the box, consistently looking for extra bases. Natural leader behind the plate. High-follow athlete for Minnesota’s class of 2027. 

NAPERVILLE RENEGADES

Max Steele, LHP, Naperville North (IL), 2026

Lanky 5-foot-8, 140-pounds with room to fill out. Athletic left-handed pitcher with polish downhill. FB 72-74, T76 with arm-side run that produced swings and misses and consistent strikes. CH at 63 mph and flashed out-pitch potential. Landed CB for strikes at 59-60 mph. Showed a good pickoff move, picking off 3 runners in his outing. Also made a diving catch to produce a double play late in the game.

PTA CARDINAL

Dylan Jeske, RHP, Muskego, 2026

Large frame with projection present strength throughout, repeats from high ¾ slot. Fastball sat 71-75 fills zone, bigger breaking curveball with top to bottom depth 64-66, flashed feel for a changeup. 5.0 ip, 6H, 1ER, 1BB, 9k.

SLAMMERS COYOTE 2026

Jack Cenar, OF, Libertyville (IL) 2026

5-foot-10, 160-pound RHH outfielder with an athletic build. Uses present strength to generate a quick bat that stays in the zone. Level swing path through contact. Had a pair of hits including an RBI double. 

Nico Harper, LHP/1B, Libertyville (IL), 2026

Southpaw with an athletic body. Fastball sat 75-77 mph early, T78 mph before settling into a 72-74 mph zone. Plays with hard arm side run. Maintained similar arm speed when spinning his breaking ball, which sat 62-64 mph and played 2/8 shape and late depth. Showed confidence in his breaking ball by throwing it in all counts. Generated a bunch of weak contact on the day.

Chase Lockwood, INF, Libertyville (IL), 2026

6-foot, 130-pound LHH infielder with a long and lean frame and plenty of room for physical maturity. Calm and quiet hands that work on a short path through contact. Balanced and compact swing that produced line drives to all fields, knocking 3 hits on the day. 

Bode Rohrbach, RHP, Lake Bluff (IL), 2026

Rohrbach hurled a complete game shutout for the Slammers. Tall, lanky, with room for physical development. FB sat 70-72mph, T73, consistently threw for strikes. CB 58-60mph, threw for strikes, confident with the pitch, throwing it when behind in the count.

STiKS BLACK

Chase Muchow, RHP, Waukesha North, 2026

Long frame, high waist, long levers, organizes and controls body well, over the top slot. Displays good touch and feel for the ball, drives strikes downhill to areas. FB: 71-74, CB 65-66 and feel for changeup. Confident competitor on the attack. 

TOP TIER AMERICANS

Joe Kelly, RHP/UTIL, Loyola Academy (IL), 2026
5-foot-10, 153-pound, well-proportioned, athletic, two-way player. Got the start on the mound on Saturday. Was in complete control throughout the start, showing an above-average three-pitch mix and starter profile. Short, clean, athletic arm action from a ¾ slot. Gets hard run and sink to his fastball that sat 75-78 mph, touching 79. Went to a 10/4 breaking ball often, showing advanced spin for his age with 2300-2400 rpm, sitting 65-66 mph. Also, showed a changeup at 70-71 mph. Upside arm to follow moving forward.

SuNDAY, DAY 4

BREW STATE BASEBALL ACADEMY

Cail Geiger, 1B, Menomonee Falls, 2026

Tall, strong bodied frame. From the right side, displays a consistently level bat path that provides power pull-side. Blasted a homer to left for Brew State early in their matchup with Legacy Adidas. Defensively, he moves athletically at 1st base and was also one of the more vocal players in the field for Brew State. 

Carter Mantei, RHP, Brookfield, 2026

Mantei had a strong showing in his outing against Legacy Adidas Sunday Morning. Mantei has a tall and skinny frame with room to fill out. From the right side, he throws with a H ¾ arm slot and pounds the strike zone consistently. In addition, Mantei induced weak contact throughout his outing, producing a slew of ground balls and lazy fly balls for outs. His FB sat 70-71 mph. His CB sat 62-64 mph with tight spin and produced swing and misses showing out-pitch potential. 

GRB RAYS YELLOW

Justin Wells, RHP, Poynette, 2026

Wells showed well for GRB Rays Yellow in their game against the Lake County Lightning. Tall and lanky frame with room to fill out. Loose and quick arm. Moves athletically downhill. From the right side, threw his FB at 68-70 mph with sinking action. Landed his SB for strikes at 59-60 mph with downer action.

ISA FUTURES NELSON

Alex Thompson, RHP, Appleton East, 2026

Thompson threw a complete game shutout against Dinger Baseball Blue in a 0-0 tie. Thompson went all seven innings without surrendering a run by keeping the Dinger offense off-balance with a fastball and curveball mix. His FB sat 66-68 mph, T70. His CB sat 60-61 mph.

LAKE COUNTY LIGHTNING

Johnny Weiss, RHP, Mundelein, 2026

Weiss was a fun watch in his outing against GRB Rays Yellow. Weiss throws out of a submarine slot from the right side with consistent movement on his pitches. His FB sat 65-67 mph with sinking action. His breaking ball sat 56-59 mph with sharp break and consistently got swings and misses showing out-pitch potential.

MASH 14U BLACK                            

Owen Wilczec, RHP, Big Lake (MN), 2026

6-foot-4, 170-pound right-handed pitcher with room for physical development. Loose, H 3/4 arm slot, repeatable delivery, front foot towards 3B side at foot strike. FB 77-79mph, T80. Heavy fastball thrown for strikes. CB sat 67-68mph, with a tight break spin.

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