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Ventura, Calif. - As the entirety of the of the California High School sections are fully underway with the Southern Section, Los Angeles City Section and San Diego Section all playing games Prep Baseball California will be highlighting a weekly game of the week.

This weeks match up features two power house Southern California High School baseball programs who are carrying heavy weight nationally in the Prep Baseball High School rankings. With the Prep Baseball California #1 ranked (National #1) Corona Panthers taking on the the Prep Baseball California #2 (National #4) Orange Lutheran Lancers in the championship game of the Spring Invitational Tournament hosted by Prep Baseball California. This match up is sure to feature plenty of opportunities for memorable moments as each roster is loaded with NCAA D1 commits and MLB Draft hopefuls. 

Corona Panthers vs. Orange Lutheran Lancers

+ Date: 3/6/2024 + Time: 6 PM + Location: Great Park Stadium (Irvine, California)

+ Corona HS 2024 Record: 3-0 Overall 

+ Head Coach: Andy Wise 

+ Key Players (Corona):  

+ '24 LHP Ethan Schiefelbein - UCLA 

+ '24 C/3B Josh Springer - Oregon 

+ '24  LHP/1B Sam Burgess - TCU

+ '25 SS Billy Carlson - Vanderbilt

+ '25 RHP/1B Seth Hernandez - Vanderbilt

+ '25 SS Brady Ebel - LSU

+ ’26 INF Trey Ebel 

+ '26 OF Anthony Murphy

+’27 LHP/OF Mason Sims 

+ Orange Lutheran HS 2024 Record: 7-0 Overall

+ Head Coach: Eric Borba

+ Key Players (Orange Lutheran): 

+ ‘24 CF Derek Curiel (LSU) 

+ ‘24 SS Gabe Fraser (Arkansas) 

+ ‘24 OF Ben Reiland (Oklahoma State) 

+ ‘24 OF Finnegan Stewart (Utah Tech) 

+ ‘24 RHP Alex Chavez (LMU) 

+ ‘24 C/OF Nate Savoie (LMU) 

+ ‘24 RHP/INF Vinny Hudson (Arizona) 

+ ‘25 OF/1B Josiah Hartshorn (Texas A&M)

+ ‘25 RHP Colt Peterson (Stanford)

+ ‘26 C Brady Murrietta (Texas)

+ ‘26 INF Gavin Hottle (TCU)

+ ‘26 RHP/INF Hamilton Friedberg (Air Force)

+ ‘24 RHP Nolan Tillitt 

+ ‘24 RHP Ross Clark 

+ ‘24 RHP/INF Brady Strohm

+ ’25 MINF Wyatt Hanoian 

+ '26 MINF Justin Lopez

+ '26 RHP Gary Morse

+ '26 RHP Tristan Ramos

Game Preview: With each roster loaded with big time NCAA D1 commits on the mound and across their lineups it's going to be a battle of highly talented players. Corona features multiple electric arms  in Schiefelbein, Hernandez, Burgess and Carlson to throw at the Lancers in the starting role which will make hits difficult to come by for the Lancers lineup which can run out an entire starting 9 of D1 commits including the athletic LH hitting trio of Curiel, Fraser and Reiland to create chaos atop the lineup with the impact offensive abilities in the middle of the lineup from Hartshorn, Savoie, Stewart and Murrietta to drive them in. The Lancers are well stocked on the mound as evidenced by their collection of Chavez, Hudson, Peterson and rising '26 arm Gary Morse who will be tested to shut down the athletic high octane batting order of the Panthers with Carlson, Springer, Murphy, Hernandez and Burgess each able to do damage at any moment. The Panthers will be slightly short-handed as the Ebel brothers are still unable to play in this matchup due to the sit out period as transfers to Corona. Both teams enter the game undefeated with Corona having picked up 3 wins within the Prep Baseball California Spring Invitational and the Lancers standing at 7-0 winning each of their games within the tournament and picking up impressive wins over Notre Dame Sherman Oaks, Cypress and Huntington Beach in non-league games (all who were Prep Baseball California Invitational invitees, as well). Someone will likely take their first loss of the 2024 season (leaving room for any weird scenarios that leave the game left in a tie), but there are many who believe this could be foreshadowing of a potential CIF-SS Division 1 title game in June. Needless to say there will be plenty of electricity in the air when these two teams take the field on Wednesday night under the lights of the Great Park Stadium in Irvine, California.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Showcase	State	Date	Location
Rising Stars ID: Los Angeles	CA	03/17	O'Malley Field
Rising Stars ID: San Diego	CA	03/24	Eastlake High School
Rising Stars ID: Corona	CA	03/30	Corona High School
Rising Stars ID: VTA County	CA	04/21	Thousand Oaks High School
SoCal Rising Stars Game	CA	05/12	Mater Dei High School
FUTURE GAMES TRYOUT: Orange County	CA	06/01	Fullerton College
FUTURE GAMES TRYOUT: Ventura County	CA	06/09	Westmont College

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