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By Dylan Hefflinger and PBR Staff
Ohio Editor in Chief/NW Scout

From now until the start of the 2015 season, Prep Baseball Report Ohio will bring you in-depth team previews throughout the entire state. If your coach has not filled out the survey please have him do so through this link.

Along with the team previews, the 2015 Team Rankings will be releasing sometime late February and we hope to bring a Q&A session to discuss the rankings. To view the final regular season rankings of 2014 please click here. To view the preseason rankings from 2014 please click here.

Also, we will be releasing the preseason All-State Teams sometime in early March. To view the 2014 preseason All-State Teams please click here.

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2015 Team Preview: North Canton Hoover

School Name: Hoover
Coaches Name/Record: Jeff Hite, 180-103
2014 Record: 19-9
Conference: Federal League
Conference Record: 9-3
Division Level: I

Postseason Accomplishments:

• 2013 District Champs

Key Players Lost From 2014:

• Will Haueter, Northern Kentucky
• Joe Jackson
• Alex Binnie

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/4

Strengths of Team:

• Pitching
• Defense
• Athletic
• Speed

Weaknesses of Team:

• Power

Top Prospects in Class of 2015:

• Sam Russo, C, R/R, Ranked 77th in 2015 class and committed to Butler
• Tony Iero, P, L/R. Ranked 132nd in 2015 class. 
• Michael Magana, OF/SS, R/R
• Zach Manos, SS/RHP, R/R
• Jake Szendrey, P, R/R. Ranked 167th in 2015 class and committed to Ohio Northern

Top Prospects in Class of 2016:

• Tyler Drabick P/SS R/R (Kent -Verbal). Ranked 10th in 2016 class.
• Jared Seemann Inf, R/R (D 1 Prospect)

Top Prospects in Class of 2017:

• Eric Sarbaugh SS R/R
• Alex Nicholson OF R/R
• Nick Binnie P/IF R/R. Ranked 10th in 2017 class.

Top Prospects in Class of 2018:

• Jordan Hite P/SS R/R
• Eli Blackledge C R/R

Notable College/MLB Alumni:

• Dom Iero Akron
• Will Haueter Northern Kentucky
• Bryan Ashby Kent State
• Curt Davidson Akron

Dave Wrigley Akron

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