The 2023 Section V Baseball season is into full swing. Here are the team previews for Brighton, Churchville-Chili, Gates-Chili, Spencerport and Webster Thomas:
BRIGHTON BRUINS (Class AA)
Last season finish: 5-15, lost in class A1 sectional quarterfinals to Webster Schroeder
Coach: Jason Wasserman (16th season/165-112 career record)
Top returners: Andrew Cranston Sr. OF; Cole Fikes Sr. OF; Andrew Kotrides Sr. SS; Nickolas Martinez Sr. OF; Carter Sloan Sr. OF
Top newcomers: John Ahrens Jr. INF/P; Nolan Bonnell So. INF/P; Grady Hopkin So. INF/P; Wesley Sturrup So. INF/P
First game: Sunday, April 2nd vs. Harriton (PA) in Orlando, Florida at 9 a.m.
CHURCHVILLE-CHILI SAINTS (Class A1)
Last season finish: 15-7, lost in class A1 sectional semifinals to Webster Thomas
Coach: Guy Puglia (Sixth season/39-43 career record)
Top returners: Joshua Campbell Jr. OF (All-County First Team last season); Dominic Morsch Sr. OF/P (committed to Finger Lakes Community College); Evan Putney Jr. P/1B; Braedon Reina Jr. SS (All-County Second Team last season); Cooper Romich Sr. C (All-County First Team last season; committed to Le Moyne College); Michael Sardou Jr. P/1B; Anthony Shortino Sr. P/2B (committed to Niagara County Community College)
Top newcomers: Parker Farnham So. C/OF
Next game: April 11th at Greece Athena.
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GATES-CHILI SPARTANS (Class A1)
Last season finish: 6-16, lost in class A1 sectional quarterfinals to Churchville-Chili
Coach: Dean Dingee (18-44 career record)
Top returners: Regan Clancy Sr. P/UTIL; James Connelly IV Sr. P (4-4 record last season; Monroe Community College commit); Angelo Morales Jr. C (.309 BA, All-County Second Team last season)
Top newcomers: Jeffrey Fisher Jr. INF/P; Cole Gorman So. INF/P; Dylan Sweeney Jr. 1B
First game: Monday, April 3rd vs. Wayne at 1 p.m.
SPENCERPORT RANGERS (Class A1)
Last season finish: 4-18, lost in class A1 sectional quarterfinals to Irondequoit
Coach: Larry Frisa (11th season/51-108 career record)
Top returners: Shaun Cannon Jr. INF/OF/P; Frank Grad Jr. INF/OF/P; Zachary Lamberton So. INF/OF/P
Top newcomers: Noah Barravecchia So. SS; Bryon Streb Sr. 1B/P
First game: Monday, April 3rd vs. Cherry Hills East (NJ) at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida
WEBSTER THOMAS TITANS (Class A1)
Last season finish: 13-12, lost in NYS class A Far West Regional to Hamburg (VI)
Coach: Kevin Neenan (10th season/105-66 career record)
Top returners: Joshua Butka Sr. SS (.361 BA, 4 2B, 2 3B, 16 RBI, 23 R, 4 SB, All-County Second Team last season); Alex Dungey Sr. OF/P; Edward Frusci Sr. OF/P; Michael Griffin Sr. 1B; Nathan Hill Sr. 2B (.349 BA, 3 2B, 18 RBI, 23 R, 4 SB, All-County Second Team last season); Mason Lawyer Sr. OF (.278 BA, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 11 R last season); Nicholas Olmo Sr. P/3B (two saves last season); Justin Sykes Sr. C; Shane Talbot Jr. OF/P (.358 BA, 3 2B, 12 RBI, 11 R, 8 SB, All-County Second Team last season); Kyle Zeman Sr. INF/P; Adam Zlotkus Sr. OF (.225 BA, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 8 R, 2 SB last season)
Top newcomers: Joseph Baller So. 1B/P; Evan Cattron Jr. INF/P; Kory Fiordeliso Jr. OF/P; Benjamin Horvath Jr. P/3B; Michael McDonald Jr. C; Jake Potter Jr. OF; Joseph Presutti Jr. OF/P
First game: Tuesday, April 4th vs. Rush-Henrietta at 12 p.m.
Are you going to do a preview of the Wayne County and Finger Lakes Leagues in both Baseball and Softball? Still Section V and there are alot of good teams in those leagues.