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Ventura, Calif. - As the entirety of the of the California High School sections are fully underway including sections all across Southern California playing games Prep Baseball California will be highlighting a weekly game of the week.

This weeks match up from SoCal San Diego Section Game of the Week features a matchup between the #8 ranked Cathedral Catholic Dons against the #14 ranked Patrick Henry Patriots two of the top 3 ranked team from the San Diego section.

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#8 Cathedral Catholic Dons vs. #14 Patrick Henry Patriots

+ Date: 4/17/24 & 4/19/24

+ Time: 4:00 PM for both games 

+ Location: Patrick Henry / Cathedral Catholic

+ Cathedral Catholic 2024 Record:   14-4 Overall

+ Head Coach:  Gary Remiker

+ Patrick Henry 2024 Record:   15-5 Overall

+ Head Coach: Sheldon Watkins

+ Key Players (Cathedral Catholic): 

+ ‘24 SS/3B Anthony Perritano - USC - 6’1 195 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF/LHP Jack McWilliams - San Diego - 6’3 190 lbs.

+ ‘24 C/RHP Michael Podstreleny - UC Irvine - 5’10 175 lbs.

+ ‘24 2B/RHP Vincent Venverloh - San Diego - 5’9 175 lbs.

+ ‘24 C/OF/1B Elijah Selga - San Diego State - 6’0 200 lbs.

+ ‘24 RHP Trey Telfer - Indiana - 6’1 175 lbs.

+ ‘24 2B/OF Brooks Bachan - Colorado Mesa - 5’10 170 lbs.

+ ‘25 OF Benjamin “Trey” Gudoy - UCLA - 5’11 180 lbs.

+ ‘25 LHP Owen Smyth - Cincinnati - 6’2 210 lbs.

+ ‘26 SS Alex Harrington - Stanford - 6’2 175 lbs.

+ ‘26 OF Hunter Harrington - Stanford - 6’2, 175 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF/1B Jayden Ysais - 5’11 175 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF/C Joseph Anderson - 5’10 185 lbs.

+ ‘24 1B/OF Noah Tenbrook - 5’11 170 lbs.

+ ‘25 RHP/3B Levi Uslander - 5’11 175 lbs.

+ ‘26 SS/OF Trey Kotsay - 6’1 160 lbs.

+ Key Players (Patrick Henry): 

+ ‘24 LHP/1B Talin Gardini - Saint Mary’s - 6'1 200 lbs.

+ ‘24 C Jack Giordano - San Diego - 6'2 190 lbs.

+ ‘24 RHP Dillon Foster - Lewis and Clark - 6'2 200 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF Carter Lockwood - 5'10 180 lbs.

+ ‘24 OF Zach Morales - 6' 170 lbs.

+ ‘24 INF Logan Aguilar - 6'4 180 lbs.

+ ‘25 SS/RHP Cody Cappelletti - 6' 190 lbs.

+ ‘25 RHP Nate Moloney - 6' 200 lbs.

+ ‘25 C Rohan Brown - 6' 170 lbs.

+ ‘26 RHP/1B Jayden Goldman - 6'5 220 lbs.

+ ‘26 INF/RHP Sal Gagliano - 6'3 180 lbs.

+ ‘27 OF/RHP Lukas Waite - 6' 170 lbs.

+ ‘27 INF/RHP Parks Kronk-Hawle - 6'1 160 lbs.

+ ‘27 INF Oliver Allen - 5'8 140 lbs.

Game Preview:  Both programs enter this 2 game matchup with strong pitching staffs who have made scoring runs a difficult prospect for opposing teams with Patrick Henry having allowed just 45 runs in 20 games while the Cathedral Catholic staff has given up 55 runs in 18 games. The Dons offense comes in slightly more explosive having scored just under 6 runs a game (5.9 runs per game) while the Patriots are plating 4.8 runs per game. On the mound Telfer has been the standout ace for the Dons having thrown 36 innings this spring while punching out 50 hitters picking up 4 wins with an astounding .58 ERA. After Telfer a trio of arms have contributed strong work with Smyth, Jackson Bell and Luke Eger collecting the majority of the rest of the starts and wins for he Dons. On the offensive side Selga and Bachman are both hitting over .400 to lead the Cathedral Catholic lineup with Gudoy and the Harrington brothers both having stellar springs. Patrick Henry features a bevy of arms who have been downright dominant on the spring season with 5 at the front leading the way in Gardini, Cappelletti, Moloney, Hamilton Collins & Nico Lopez who have carried the bulk of the innings with all having ERAs under 2.66 at the highest and highlighted by Lopez with a 0.00 ERA in 12 innings of work with 2 saves. Offense has been slightly harder to come by for the Patriots, but SR. Nate Dill has emerged as an offensive piece with a .400 average along with Alex Mestman who sits at .367 in So. season. While Gardini, Giordano and Cappelletti the primary run producers with the trio having driven and scored 10+ runs each

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Showcase	State	Date	Location
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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