Highland-Marengo Fighting Scots 2022 Baseball Preview

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Highland-Marengo Fighting Scots

Head Coach: Donovan Kline
Years Head Coach (current school): 7
Record (current school): 117-48
Years Head Coach (overall): 8
Record (overall): 124-66

Assistant Coaches:
Garrett Ulrey
Wyatt Gresh
Gary Hampton
Chad Williams
Tom Johnson

Record last season: 29-3 / 13-1 (Tied 1st)
League Affiliation: KMAC 2021; MOAC 2022
Last year's playoff results: Lost in Regional Final.
Wins: 3-1 River Valley, 4-3 Bishop Hartley, 4-3 Lakewood *11 Innings, 9-3 Dayton Carroll.
Lost to Hamilton Badin 12-3 in Regional Final

Top players returning:
No., Name, Class, Positions, R/L/S hand, Last year’s stats and honors
*Letter Winner
1, *Blake Jodrey, SR, INF/RHP, R/R, 1st Team KMAC, 1st Team District, .307 BA, 8-1, 1.160 ERA
2, *Cooper Merckling, SR, INF/RHP, R/R, 3-0 3.063 ERA, .341 BA
3, *Hayden Kline, SO, OF/RHP, R/L .440 BA
4, *Jon Jensen, SR, C/Inf/RHP, R/R, .375 BA, 9 2B, 29 R, 20 RBI
5, *Layton Shaffer, JR, OF/RHP, R/R, .333 BA
6, *Zachary Schmidt, JR, OF/RHP, R/L, .333 BA
7, *Luke Cain, SR, C/INF, .348 BA, 30 R, 26 RBI
11, *Zach Pinkerton, SR, R/R, OF/RHP, .337 BA, 32 R, 26 RBI, 2 HR, 10 2B
22, *Rider Minnick, SR, R/R, Inf/RHP, .426 BA, 49 H (tied school record,) 40 R, 21 RBI
30, *Brock Church, JR, R/L, Inf/RHP, .379 BA, 21 RBI

Top players lost:
KJ Johnson 3B
Randy Cain OF
Logan Shaffer LHP
Wyatt Groves LHP (Blufton,)
Owen Mott RHP
Tyler Disbennett RHP
Dom Carter 1B (Miami-Middletown)

New impact players:
16, Jace Brooks, SO, L/L, OF/LHP
17, Evan Johnson, SO, R/R, Inf/RHP
20, Kort Sears, FR, R/R, Inf/RHP
9, Adi Karya, SR, C/INF

Final Comments:
Strengths: Positional versatility and game experience (10 letter winners return; of the 10, 6 are multi-year winners; Weaknesses: Can we develop enough arms to compete in a strong baseball conference? Can we get the players in the right positions sooner than later?

Twitter:
@hhscotsbaseball
 
 
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