HOT starts...

Ok, who's the players out there starting out the high school season on FIRE? List below...

I'll start out with 2...

1) Kyle Seager, SS, Northwest Cabarrus (UNC signee)- after 3 games, hitting just .857, with 5 homeruns and 11 rbi's.

2) Jay Hosack, P/C, Kannapolis Brown- after 2 games, hitting .714 with 1 homerun, but everything has been hit hard.


Btw, to all the braniacs out there, what is the NC high school state record for homeruns in "consecutive" at-bats? Because right now, Seager has hit 5 bombs in his last 5 consecutive official at-bats with 3 intentional walks scattered in there.

Lets here some other hot starts...

 

3. Timmy King (Piedmont) opened first game of the season against West Rowan striking out 16, walking 1, with no earned runs. Batting .750 (3-4) with 3 doubles and 5 rbi

 

Jason Merrill, for West Henderson has started the season 7/7 with a double, HR, and 7 rbi's. He has also gunned down all 3 steal attempts against him. Left handed hitting, senior, unsigned catcher.
Matthew Pruitt has started the season 5/6 with 2 doubles. Junior, pitcher/ss.

 

consecutive HR record

Btw, to all the braniacs out there, what is the NC high school state record for homeruns in "consecutive" at-bats? Because right now, Seager has hit 5 bombs in his last 5 consecutive official at-bats with 3 intentional walks scattered in there. [/quote]

Unofficially, it would appear that Seager has tied the record; see below from the NCHSAA record book on the internet. The following link gives info on what to do if want to inquire or propose that a record has been made:
http://northcarolina.ihigh.com/recordbook/

STATE HS records baseball , North Carolina :
HOME RUNS
Game: 5 - Shawn Gallagher (New Hanover), April 28, 1995 (New Hanover 16, So. Wayne 4)
4 - Tommy Greene (Whiteville), 1985 (Whiteville 19, South Brunswick 0)
4 - Shawn Gallagher (New Hanover), 1995 (New Hanover 14, Jordan 3, March 16, 1995)
Season: 20 - Paul Brannon (Kings Mountain), 1989;
19 - Shawn Gallagher (New Hanover) 1995
17 - Adam McSwain (Burns) 2002
Career: 41 - Paul Brannon (Kings Mountain), 1987-90
40 - Luke Little (West Stanly) 1993-96
40 - Adam McSwain (Burns), 1999-2002
Consecutive at bats: 5 - Shawn Gallagher (New Hanover), April 28, 1995 (New Hanover 16, Southern Wayne 4)
4 - Travis Brewer (South Stokes), last at bat vs. Elkin on April 24, 2003 and first three at-bats vs. Alleghany on April 29, 2003)
3 - Tommy Greene (Whiteville), 1985 (Whiteville 19, South Brunswick 0)
3 - Roy McLean (Fayetteville Smith), 1991
3 ­ Jeremy Synan (Northeast Guilford) vs. Carver, March 25, 2003
3 ­ Diego Marquez, Topsail (vs White Oak, March 17th, 2004)
Consecutive games: 9 - Neil Thompson (East Davidson), 1999
7 - Paul Brannon (Kings Mountain), 1989
6 - Trot Nixon (New Hanover), 1993
Grand slams in Game: 2 - Tony Lee (Garner) vs. Athens Drive, 1983
2 - Harrison Murray (Broughton) vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville, 1985
2 - Mark Langdon (Clayton) vs. Apex, 1985
2 - Jason Huffman (South View) vs. E.E. Smith, 1999 (South View 23, E.E. Smith 4)
2 - Ricky Howard (Southern Nash) vs. Louisburg (March 15, 2002)
Grand slams inning: 2 - Tony Lee (Garner) vs. Athens Drive, 1983
2 - Harrison Murray (Broughton) vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville,1985
Home runs inning: 2, Held by many

 

Thanks EastofRaliegh for the HR info,,,, and btw Seager has hit his 5 HR's over a period of his teams' 1st 3 games, so he has a 3-game streak also.

Btw, interesting to see Luke Little (West Stanly- 40 career) on that list also.

 

Hot Start

Michael Vaughn a junior at Hopewell HS went 5/5 - 2 homeruns, 3 singles on opening night, and after 3 games his batting avg. is .818.

 

an early NO-NO

Clayton HS pitching ace Chris Archer, a University of Miami baseball recruit, threw a no-hitter last Friday in the Comets' non-conference victory over Harnett Central, by a score of 6-1.
Archer threw only 102 pitches to complete the seven-inning game. He struck out 13 batters and walked four. HC's only run came in via two walks and one error.

BTW, isn't it pretty rare for the baseball factory at Miami to pick up a NC player out of HS? Pretty good boost for NC baseball.

 

Hot start

Vance High - Alex Hill is 5 for 9 with 3 doubles, 6 walks (4) intentional.

 

Myers Park - 4 Players

Myers Park is ranked #16 in the Charlotte Observer Baseball Sweet 16(today's paper). Four players have hot starts....

Pitching
Jordan Cudney 2 CG, 10 IP, 14 K, Record 2 - 0

Hitting
Jack Myers 9/10 (.900 BA), 8 R
Billy Zweier 7/10 (.700 BA), 6 R, 2 SB
Nate Cudney 6/11 (.545 BA), 7 RBI, 4 R

Stats are for the first 3 games played.

 

Who's hot - SW Randolphs' Ethan Marsh

Southwestern Randolphs LF Ethan Marsh has a .652 (15/23) average through 7 games with 2HR and a load of doubles. With 4.14 speed out the right side box to 1st and a 6.77 60, to go with a cannon for an outfield arm, the kid is far from one dimensional, and has to be one of the top unknown juniors in the state (I say unknown though Stetson University has made it known he's one of their top recruits for 2007). Good job Ethan!:229031_ha