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2024 prep preview: Right-handed pitchers to watch in CNEPSBL

Central New England Prep School Baseball League (CNEPSBL) coaches across New England have firmed up their respective rosters for the 2024 season, and we’ve already accounted for 24 newcomers who could impact the championship picture. Once again, New England Baseball Journal will preview the 2024 … [Read more...]

2024 prep preview: Right-handed pitchers to watch in the ISL

Independent School League (ISL) baseball coaches across New England have firmed up their respective rosters for the 2024 season, and we've already accounted for 14 newcomers who could impact the championship picture. Once again, New England Baseball Journal will preview the 2024 season with a series … [Read more...]

Prep insider: Barthel has Austin Prep primed for NEPSAC run

After spending one year at South Shore Vocational High and two years at his hometown Scituate High, Jordan Barthel transferred to Austin Prep a year ago as a reclassified junior. Since his arrival, Barthel has become a productive two-way star with the Cougars. A right-handed pitcher and first … [Read more...]

Prep insider: How 5-foot-10 pitcher Adam Merritt earned UMass offer

Adam Merritt credits his five years at Kingswood Oxford as being a life-changing baseball experience. Merritt, a 5-foot-10, 195-pound senior right-hander, credits a big part of his development to K-O head coach Steve Cannata. "Since coming here, I've become a whole new player from being a primary … [Read more...]

Prep insider: Perkin’s Pingree experience paves path to Wesleyan

Before Cole Perkin stepped on the Pingree School campus, he was considered a relative unknown. The right-hander came to the South Hamilton, Mass., school as a freshman, following in the footsteps of older brother Jack (Class of '22), who was a three-sport athlete with the Highlanders and is now … [Read more...]

Prep insider: O’Connor rehabs injury, secures college commitment

John O'Connor was one of James Gouin's first recruits not long after accepting head coaching position at Wilbraham & Monson Academy three years ago. Now in the midst of his third and final season, O'Connor transferred into W&M after spending his freshman year at Minnechaug Regional High … [Read more...]

Prep insider: Ali Hood’s move to mound paves path to Lafayette

At the start of Ali Hood's high school career, he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter Disease, a growth plate defect that causes swelling in the shinbone just below the knee. As a Greens Farms Academy (Westport, Conn.) sophomore, Hood was moved to the pitcher's mound, where he has evolved into a … [Read more...]

Prep insider: New Hampton ascending in Lakes Region League

There is no diminishing the success of the New Hampton School baseball program within the Lakes Region League. Since 1990, the Huskies have claimed 15 league championships, the last coming in 2018. A year ago, they again reached the title tilt but were upended by St. Paul's School. When Justin Carey … [Read more...]

Prep insider: St. Mark’s School ’24 John Hegarty bound for Cornell

St. Mark's School '24 John Hegarty suffered a major injury to his right knee while playing basketball for the Lions last winter. He chipped a bone in his femur, which entered into his knee joint. Doctors also found a lesion in the medial condyle of the same knee. In January, Hegarty underwent … [Read more...]

Prep insider: Kennedy-Fujah one of Cheshire’s many D1 commits

Dylan Kennedy-Fujah has partaken in a number of significant summer showcases over the years, including the PBR Futures Game, WWBA New England Elite Championship, WWBA 17U National Championship, and the Boston Open. These events play host to some of the nation's top high school talent for college … [Read more...]

Worcester Academy ‘24 Cam Papetti a Bryant-bound backstop

Cam Papetti made a decision five years ago that would forever change his life and career moving forward. Opting to leave public school, Papetti found a new home at Worcester Academy. Papetti had attended public school in nearby Grafton, Mass., until his eighth-grade year. "The community is what … [Read more...]

Prep insider: Belmont Hill ’24 Charlie Walsh on path to GWU

A native of Lexington, Mass., Charlie Walsh came to Belmont Hill in 2021 as a repeat sophomore. He performed under the tutelage of Sextant's longtime coach Mike Grant for one season and is now playing under the direction of David Cunningham. When Grant stepped down after the 2021 season Cunningham, … [Read more...]

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