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Alabama High School Team Preview: Lauderdale County Tigers

January 4, 2022
PBR Alabama Staff

The 2022 high school baseball season is quickly approaching and as usual, excitement abounds throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across Alabama.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in Montgomery at the AISA or AHSAA state championships, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Alabama. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews and by continuing our scheduled podcasts and releasing our preseason Top 10 in each AHSAA classification. 

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state. Each week we will be releasing our players of the week, updating the Top 10 in each AHSAA classification as well as a Power 25. One thing that you especially don’t want to miss are our scheduled podcasts with guests from across the state as well as recaps and previews of big games across the state.  

*Please note that all information is based on team preview questionnaires that were sent out and returned by the participating high school coaches.


High School Name: Lauderdale County Tigers 

Coach’’s Name: Corey Looney 

Classification: AHSAA 3A 

Area Number: 3A, Area 16 

No. of Returning Positional Starters: 5 

No. of Returning Pitchers: 4 

Team Strengths: Pitching 

Top Returning Players:

Top 2024 & 2025 Prospects:

  • LHP/1B Skylar Tucker (2025)
  • MIF/C/RHP Hudson Lash (2025)

Team Outlook

The Lauderdale County Tigers come into the spring of 2022 looking to get back to the 3A State Playoffs after being eliminated in the 1st Round to Fyffe last year. The good thing for the Tigers is that they return some familiar faces who gained some valuable varsity experience in 2021.

LHP/OF Brodey Lentz (Northeast Mississippi CC signee), who missed some of the second-half of the season last year, is back at full strength this year as arguably their top returning pitcher and hitter. He's headed to college as a talented southpaw with four pitches he can locate for strikes, but he can also handle the bat, as well. In addition to Lentz, LHP/OF Ethan Hamm is another senior who will be one of the unquestioned leaders for the Tigers. He's a quality returning pitcher and a middle-of-the-order hitter with a hard-nosed mentality. SS/RHP Miles Edwards returns for his sophomore season after gaining plenty of experience over the past two years. He's started on varsity since his eighth-grade year and was an area starter on the mound last year. Another senior who will be looked upon for leadership this year is RHP/1B/3B Landon Jones, who should play a key role both in the lineup and on the mound. 

A couple of underclassmen to keep an eye on come this spring for the Tigers is LHP/1B Skylar Tucker & RHP/C/MIF Hudson Lash, who will both see their roles expand in 2022. Both have some promising upside that could gain some valuable varsity experience this spring. The Tigers will look to get back to the 3A State Playoffs this spring after finishing as the 3A runner-up in 2018.

 

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