2018 LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY BASEBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time 2/9 Shaw Granger Park 5:30* “LaGrange Toyota” Invitational 2018 LaGrange Invitational 2/15 Newnan Granger Park 5:30 2/16 Cairo Cairo 5:00 (All times are E.S.T.) 2/17 Colquitt County Colquitt Co. 1:00 Participating Teams 2/20 Northside Northside 5:30 White Division Blue Division 2/21 Columbus Granger Park 5:30 Johns Creek High School 2/24 Lambert Lambert 9:00 AM LaGrange Toyota LaGrange High School (LaGrange, GA) Brookwood High School (Snellville, GA) Opened in 2009 • Member of Class 6A Region 7 • Enrollment of 2234 2/24 Mill Creek Lambert 11:30 AM 2/27 Callaway Callaway 5:30 Johns Creek High School (Johns Creek, GA) Buford High School (Buford, Ga) 3/1 Pace, FL Granger Park 7:00 Since 2009 we have qualified for the GHSA playoffs 6 of the 9 years and made it to the 3/2 Johns Creek Granger Park 7:00 Orlando First Academy (Orlando, FL) Florence High School (Florence, AL) Final Four 3 times, 2012, 2014 and 2017. We have had 27 former players who have 3/3 First Academy, FL Granger Park 10:00 AM gone on to play college baseball We have 3 former players currently in professional 3/3 TBA Granger Park 5:00 Pace High School (Pace, FL) Venice High School (Venice, FL) Invitational 3/7 Smiths Station Smiths Station 5:00 baseball. 3/9 Carrollton Carrollton 6:30 Thursday March 1 Seniors who have signed NLI’s for this year: 3/10 McIntosh McIntosh 2:00 SS – Matthew Gravely – Davidson 3/13 Cedartown Granger Park 5:30 Time Granger LaGrange College 3/16 Troup Troup 5:30 C – Chaz Bertolani – Lipscomb University 3/20 Central Carrollton Granger Park 5:30 4:00 First Academy vs. Johns Creek Buford vs. Florence 3B – Zach Hall – Birmingham Southern 3/22 Cartersville Cartersville 5:55 2018 3/23 Sandy Creek Granger Park 5:30 7:00 LaGrange vs. Pace Brookwood vs. Venice 3/27 Chapel Hill Chapel Hill 5:55 Orlando First Academy 3/29 Cedartown Cedartown 5:30 Preseason Rank: 23 • 2016 Record: 25-5 • FHSAA Class: 4A 4/3 Greenbriar Georgia College 6:00 Friday March 2 4/6 Starrs Mill Granger Park 5:30 Time Granger LaGrange College Head Coach: Scott Grove • Playoff Run: Lost in Regional Final 4/7 Starrs Mill Starrs Mill 2:00 4/10 Troup Granger Park 5:30 4:00 Buford vs. Venice First Academy vs. Pace OUTLOOK: The Royals return all of their and eight starters from a team that made 4/12 Central Carrollton Central Carrollton 5:45 v v v v 4/13 Cartersville Granger Park 5:30 7:00 LaGrange vs. Johns Creek Brookwood vs. Florence a run to the Regional Final in 2017. The loss of 2nd round pick of the , SS 4/17 Sandy Creek Sandy Creek 5:55 Cash Case, will be tough to replace, but will be the job of OF Kendrick Calilao and Dakoda 4/19 Chapel Hill Granger Park 5:30 Grove. Calilao is one of the top right handed bats in the class and will look to carry The * Denotes Scrimmage Saturday March 3 First Academy offensively and follow in Case’s footsteps all the way to the draft as well. Head Coach: David Smart Principal: Alton White Athletic Director: Mike Pauley Time Granger LaGrange College Assist Coaches: Lee Phelps, Steven Tanner, Chad Grant, Chad Pigg, Craig Mobley, Jim Reed, Reid Barron Returning their entire staff from 2017 and led by junior Joseph Charles, the Royals will 10:00 LaGrange vs. First Academy Pace vs. Johns Creek rely on their pitching depth and experience. Florida Southern recruit Raymond Fields and 2017 JV LaGrange High Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time 12:30 Brookwood vs. Buford Florence vs. Venice impressive underclassman LHP Sutton Hardy will round out the rotation. The pitching 2/13 Carrollton Granger Park 5:55 experience and depth bring the Royals in at No. 23 in the preseason Power25. 2/15 Harris Co Harris County 5:55 4:00 7th – 8th Place Game 5th – 6th Place Game 2/17 Troup DH Granger Park 12:00 Pace High School 2/19 Bowden DH Granger Park 4:00 7:00 3rd – 4th Place Game * Championship Game This year’s team has three players that have committed to play baseball at the next level. 2/22 Auburn Auburn 5:30 2/27 Columbus Granger Park 5:55 Senior OF Bennett Shell – University of South Alabama, Senior Catcher Dalton Childs – 3/5 Columbus Columbus 4:15 The Championship Game will be at LaGrange College at 7:00 Coastal Alabama JC in Monroeville and Junior Brandon Sproat – University of 3/8 Harris Granger 5:30 Florida 3/10 Auburn DH Granger Park 11:00 AM **LaGrange High will play its place game at Granger 3/12 Troup Troup 5:55 Program History: The Pace baseball program has had 7 final four appearances. Out of 3/15 Callaway DH Callaway 5:00 Park. Therefore, the place games sites may change. (Host 3/19 Starrs Mill Starrs Mill 5:55 our 7 appearances we have won 4 state titles. We were also named Espn Fab 50 national 3/21 Brookstone Brookstone 4:30 Perk)—We do this so that our many workers can see champs in 2010. 3/24 Central Ph City DH Granger Park 1:00 their children play. 3/26 Starrs Mill Granger Park 5:55 LaGrange Grangers 3/27 Carrollton Carrollton 5:55 4/9 Brookstone Granger Park 5:55 ***The Awards Breakfast will be at 7:30 A.M. est. on The 2018 LaGrange Grangers are coming off one of their best years in recent history. Principal: Alton White Athletic Directo: Mike Pauley Head Coach: David Smart Finishing with a 26-13 record the Grangers were able to reach the Final Four in the state Coaches: Lee Phelps, Steven Tanner, Chad Grant, Chad Pigg, Craig Mobley, Jim Reed, Reid Barron Sunday March 4, in the First Baptist New Life Center. LaGrange, Georgia tournament before falling to eventual State Champion Marist. The Grangers will be led on the field this year by their 5 seniors: Ben Stogner, Cole Freeman, John Morgan, Ben 2017 9th Grade LaGrange High Baseball Schedule Preferred dress is khaki pants or jeans with a collared Farrar, and Seth Prather. Date Team Location Time shirt. We will have Auburn University Head Coach 2/14 Troup Troup 12:55 March 1st - March 4th The Grangers have appeared in the final four in 1992, 1995, 2003, 2006, 2017 and the 2/16 Harris Harris 5:30 Butch Thompson as the guest speaker. Attendance at Sweet 16 in 2014 and 2015. Region Championships have been won in 1990, 1992, 1994, 2/19 Callaway Callaway 5:30 2/21 Columbus Columbus 4:15 the Awards Breakfast is mandatory. 1996, 2001, 2004 and a State Championship in 2004. 2/22 Auburn Granger Park 5:55 2/24 Central PH City DH Central PH City 1:00 2/28 Northside Columbus Northside Columbus 5:00 Brookwood High School 3/5 Columbus Granger Park 5:55 Brookwood Baseball is in its 37th year of competing in Georgia’s Largest Classification. We 3/9 Harris County Granger Park 5:55 have had 7 Region Championships and 2 State Championships, 14 straight State Playoff 3/10 Auburn DH Auburn 11:00 AM 3/12 Brookstone Granger Park 5:55 Berths, 4 State Quarterfinalist, 2 State Semi-Finalist, and 2 State Runner Ups. 3/15 Northgate Granger Park 5:55 3/19 Starrs Mill Granger Park 5:55 Current Pro Players: Lucas Sims (2012) - , Ronnie Freeman (2009) - 3/21 Troup Troup 5:55 2018 Arizona Diamondbacks organization, Trey Martin (2011) - Chicago Cubs organization, 3/22 Northgate Northgate 5:55 3/26 Starrs Mill Starrs Mill 5:55 Cedric Mullins(2011) - organization 3/28 Callaway Granger Park 5:55 3/31 Troup Granger Park 12:00 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 29-8 Record in 2018, GA Region 7-7A Champions, State Quarterfinalist 4/7 Brookstone Brookstone 10:00 AM This senior class has gone 49-18 with 2 Region Championships over the past two seasons Principal: Alton White Athletic Director: Mike Pauley Head Coach: David Smart with multiple 3 year starters. Coaches: Lee Phelps, Steven Tanner, Chad Grant, Chad Pigg, Craig Mobley, Jim Reed, Reid Barron (Cont. on back) 2018 LaGrange Toyota Johns Creek Orlando TEAM ROSTERS Brookwood Buford Invitational Tournament Preview High School First Academy Pace High School LAGRANGE GRANGERS High School High School Cont. from pg.2 NO NAME CLASS NO NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS Buford High School 1 Ryan Samples 1 JM Collard 11 22 Bennett Shell SR 1 Cole Freeman SR 1 Kameron Guidry 2019 1 Griffin Price SR 2 Cam Bartlett Head Coach’s Name: Stuart Chester First year at Buford, Head coach for 23 years, 575 2 Joshua Johns 12 13 Dalton Childs SR 2 Ben Stogner SR 2 Blake Jennings 2019 2 Garrison Price SR 3 Justin Forney wins and 128 loses. 20-15 made it to the sweet 16. 3 Joesph Charles 11 11 Izzy Ham SR 3 Christian Alford JR 3 Matt Klug 2018 3 Noah Ledford SR 4 Derrick Dennis 4 Carlos Guzman 10 14 Klayton Everhart SR 4 Charles Crawford SOPH 4 Tyler Williams 2019 4 Austin Turner JR Outlook for season ahead: We will be young as far as game experience goes. We will 5 Jared White 5 Chenar Brown 11 7 Blake Cordova SR 5 Trent Bailey JR 5 Brandon Taylor 2018 5 Preston Hagan SR have to have some players with little experience step up. We will have to have some 6 Nick Konishi inexperienced pitchers perform well. The Catching position has to be filled. Patrick 7 Jack Ferguson 6 Trey Harris 11 10 Camaron Rohling SR 6 Ben Farrar SR 6 Ty King Richards 2018 6 Grant James SR Walker has had a great start behind the plate. Defense I feel should be solid. Grant 8 Matt Gravely 7 Drew Dizney 10 18 Clay Burkart SR 7 Will Flowers SOPH 7 Jalen Young 2018 7 Brandon Jolliff JR James has had a great offseason and maintaining the shortstop position. Offensively, 9 Blake Decker 9 Sutton Hardy 11 6 Aidan Gilroy JR 9 Will Alford FRES 8 Lucas Brieske 2019 8 Kaleb Elder JR we have great team speed. We are capable of scoring some runs. Basically our question 10 Aaron Rosenberg 10 Joseph Sapiro 12 5 Jake Whitney JR 11 Cole Sanders JR 9 Jonah Daiss 2018 9 Christian Griffin JR mark is how well we will pitch. 11 Hayden McIlwaine 11 Kendrick Calilao 12 12 Bradley Taylor JR 12 Brant Williams Soph 10 Angelo DiSpigna 2018 10 Griffin Bonner SR 12 Nate Wilmot 12 Matthew Edwards 11 33 AJ Martin JR 13 Wesley Kuhn JR 11 Will Banfield 2018 11 Ramsey David JR Florence High School 15 Cam Reamer 14 Max Cutts 9 24 Caleb Vincent JR 14 Mathew Morgan FRES 12 Billy Kosmala 2019 12 Cole Hunter SR Coach: Steve Garrett. Career record / record at school: 385-216 / 64-52 17 Baxter Aycock 15 Ryan Kuehnel 12 15 Ty Kirchharr JR 15 Cole Crawford SOPH 14 Tyler McCarty 2019 13 Grant Thomoff JR Last year’s team record: 19-14 18 Vincent Ruggiero 17 Bryce Fisher 11 8 Brandon Sproat JR 17 Landon Tucker FRES 15 Aaron Ashburn 2019 14 KJ Johnson JR 21 Chaz Bertolani 18 Raymond Fields 12 2 Isaiah Sanchez JR 25 Seth Prather SR 16 Will Mize 2019 15 Sean Adams JR Returning starters: 22 Tyler Watson 20 Michael Shanahan 12 32 Chase Bragg SOPH 19 John Morgan SR 17 Derrius York 2018 16 Garrett Glover SR 23 Chandler Drake 21 Judson Hershiser 10 21 Christian McCollough SOPH 21 Walt Lanier SOPH 18 Tate Norman 2019 17 Chase Rhodes JR Landon Langston C/OF, Zane Garrett OF, Cole Henry RHP, Joseph Kiel, Braxton Knight, 24 Zach Hall Evan Taylor, Nate Reed, Grant Taylor, David Rowland, Brantley Holden. 27 Michael Margarite 22 Matthew Taubensee 12 3 JC Peacher SOPH 22 Darren Leonard JR 19 Jack Flood 2019 18 Trey Adams SR 33 Josh Sorkin 23 Dustin Miller 11 23 Sam Yates JR 21 Trace Twardoski 2018 19 CJ Couch JR Key newcomers: Jones Webb RHP, William Conrad RHP, Austin Stanfield C/DH , Zeke 36 Nisarg Shah 25 Dakoda Grove 12 27 Logan Kartcher SOPH 22 Alex Flood 2019 20 Bryce Morin JR Bishop C/3B/DH 26 Dawson Foster JR 23 Wesley Franklin 2020 21 Tucker Champeau JR Head Coach: Billy Nicholson Head Coach: Scott Grove #24 Manager – Alex Then 28 Mason Green SOPH 24 Jack Schuster 2018 22 Reece McIntyre JR Key losses: Travis Simpson MIF (UNA) , JP Dobbs RHP (Birmingham Southern) , Andrew Assistant Coach: Evan Deis Assistant Coach: Glen Finnerty #8 20 Jake Cardwell SOPH 25 Tim Martin 2018 23 Brandon Brittle JR Mitchell (Naval Academy) Pitching Coach: Ted Fithian Assistant Coach: Spencer Angelis 30 PJ Thompson SR 26 Carter Baile 2021 24 Dylan McKinnis JR Comments about this year’s team: We have some key guys back from injury and some Assistant Coach: Dick Prindle Assistant Coach: Eddie Taubensee Head Coach: David Smart Head Coach: Titus Martin 27 Patrick Walker JR guys with alot of experience coming back. We feel positive about our pitching staff and Statistician’s: Logan Porche, Ben Qualls Assistant Coaches: Assistant Coaches: 28 Jacob Hennen JR the ability to put a quality starting lineup on the field every day. The players and coaches Lee Phelps (OF, Hitters) Roger Parham 30 Evan Place JR are excited about the season . Chad Grant (IF, Hitters) Chris Paul 32 Max Ramirez JR Chad Pigg (Catchers) Zach Shelnutt HEAD COACH: STUART CHESTER Venice High School Steven Tanner(P) ASST COACH: TRENT ADAMS Craig Mobley(Coordinator JV/9th) ASST. COACH: CASEY LAWS Venice High School Baseball has been under the leadership of Head Coach and Venice High ASST. COACH: JAKE BURNETTE im Reed (9th/JV) Alum Craig Faulkner since 1999. Coach Faulkner has established a reputation of fielding ASST. COACH: BRYAN ROGERS Reed Barron(9th/JV) ASST. COACH: RONNIE SAMPLES fundamentally sound clubs in all phases of the game. The 2018 Indians are no different ASST. COACH: TYLER WHITE and are excited about the opportunity to compete in 2 prominent national tournaments, ASST. COACH: JOSH HIGGINBOTHAM the Lagrange Toyota Invitational and the prestigious Sarasota Classic. v v v v v v v v v v v This years team will be led by a heavy senior presence. The Indians will start as many as 6 seniors at any giving time. The Tribe currently have several players committed to play Florence High School Venice High School baseball at the college level. Seniors, Mitch Donofrio / Eckerd, Chase Latchford / Park NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME CLASS NO. NAME Special Thanks University, Justin Hanley / John Carroll University, Reese Jackowiak / Polk State College. Drummond Juniors, Orion Kerkering / University of South Florida, Kevin Dubrule / West Point and 1 Austin Stanfield JR 19 David Rowland SR LaGrange Toyota Sophomore Mac Guscette / University of Florida. Venice High School competes in the 7A 1 Chase Latchford SR 15 Chase Doyle SR 2 Landon Langston SR 20 Braxton Knight SR LaGrange Chamber of Commerce Classification in Florida and its current enrollment is 2,150 students. 2 Danny Rodriguez JR 16 Aidan Corn FR 3 Bradley Dorin SR 21 Nate Reed SR 3 Nick Riccardi SR 17 Jacob Faulkner SO LaGrange High- Baseball Parents 4 Joseph Snowden SR 25 Zeke Bisho FR 4 Kevin Dubrule JR 20 Ramon Cordero SR Joey Browing & Columbus Fire and Safety Tournament Alumni in the 5 Grant Taylor FR 27 Joe Kie SR 5 Mitch Donofrio SR 21 Zac Calhoon SO Mudd Creek Graphics 6 Brantley Holden SO 28 Ben Boggus SR 6 Bradley Miller JR 22 Reegan Jackowiak SO Wingate by Wyndham 7 Zane Garrett SR 29/66 Carson Sweetwood SO 7 Clay Callan JR 23 Jacob Zito SR Courtyard Marroitt Major Leagues 8/55 Sam Daniel JR 31 Evan Taylor SR 8 Justin Hanley SR 24 Orien Kerkering JR LaQuinta Inn Holliday Inn Express Jason Heyward Buster Posey 9 William Conrad JR 9 Mac Guscette SO Head Coach: Steve Garrett #22 Head Coach: Craig Faulkner First Baptist Church Wade LeBlanc Jeff Franceour 10 Cade Casteel JR 10 Josh Kinker JR Assistant Coach: David Langston #24 Athletic Director: Pete Dombroski David Kelton- LaGrange College Clint Sammons Colby Rasmus 11 Pierce Miles SR 11 Reese Jackowiak SR Assistant Coach: Jeff Henry #16 Butch Thompson - Auburn University Michael Taylor Stephen Drew 2 Cole Henry SR 12 Michael Robertson FR Assistant Coach: JR Myers #40 13 Chason Rockymore JR Jim Pendergraph- Breakfast Josh Rutledge 16 Cade Henry SO 14 Connor Miller JR Perry Prather - Tournament Director Zachary Wheeler Eric Hosmer 18 Jones Webb JR Matt Alford - BlueSox President