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

With the 2016 spring season right around the corner, PBR Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.

Starting February 1st, we began releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into the Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings.

To view the full list of 2016 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2016 Team Preview, click here.

Interested in attending a PBR Ohio event? Check out our schedule by clicking here.

2016 Spring Team Preview: Buckeye Central Bucks

Team Name: Buckeye Central Bucks
Head Coach: Chad Jensen
Division: IV
2015 Record: 11-16
Conference Record: Northern 10 Atlantic Conference, 8-10
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 9/4

2016 Team Strengths:

• Experience
• Senior leadership
• Baseball IQ
• Speed
• Versatility

2016 Team Weaknesses:

• Hitting consistency
• Pitching depth

Coach Outlook: We return ten letter winners from last year. The key to our success is to turn our experience into consistent performance on the field. The players have worked extremely hard and are very excited to prove themselves on the field. As always, we focus on one game at a time and try to win that game. Our overall goal is to improve throughout the season and be playing our best baseball at the end of the season.

Top Returning Players:

• Grant Loy, SR, P/OF, second team All-Northern 10, honorable mention District 9, .366 BA, 6 2B, 1 3B, 13 RBI, 26 R, 27 SB, 23 IP, 35 K
• Tanner Zaebst, SR, INF/P, second team All-Northern 10, second team District 9, .286 BA, 7 2B, 16 RBI, 25 R, 31 SB, 1-1 record, 2 saves, 20 IP, 2.45 ERA
• Jacob Shade, JR, INF/OF/P, honorable mention All-Northern 10, .357 BA, 2 2B, 15 RBI, 20 R, 11 SB, 2-1 record, 27 IP, 21 K, 3.11 ERA
• Cody Roberts, SR, OF, .338 BA, 2 2B, 1 3B, 10 RBI, 15 R, 16 SB
• Trent Craft, JR, INF/P, .362 BA, 5 2B, 14 RBI, 14 R, 8 SB
• Jaret Shook, SR, C/OF, .269 BA, 2 2B, 1 3B, 14 RBI, 12 R
• Seth Parsons, SR, 1B, .253 BA, 1 2B, 13 RBI, 12 R
• Payton Phenicie, SO, P/INF/OF, 27.3 IP, 26 K
• Nash Ehresman, JR, INF/OF/C, 9 R
• Josh Dentinger, SO, INF/P

 

A Look Back At 2015 Preseason Articles:

To view the 2015 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

• Division I
• Division II
• Division III
• Division IV

To view the 2015 Preseason State Rankings, click below.

• Division I
• Division II
• Division III
• Division IV