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2015 Team Preview: Council Grove

January 12, 2015

By Sean McCann
Prep Baseball Report Kansas

As we prepare for the upcoming 2015 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.

Team: Council Grove
Nickname: Braves
Class: 3A
League: Flinthills
Head Coach: Joe Buchanan
Years as Head Coach at School: 19
2014 Overall Record: 24-2
2014 League Record: 14-0
2014 League Finish: 1st
2014 Post-Season Finish: Fourth at 3A state tournament
2014 Final Top 25 Ranking: Bubble

Returning Starters: 5
Pitchers with 15+ Innings Returning: 1

TOP RETURNERS (College Commitment)
Lane Fleming, RHP/1B, 2015 (McPherson College)
Keegan Honas, RHP/SS, 2016
Treyton Taylor, RHP/3B, 2015
Peyton Lerner, C, 2016
Trey Langvardt, OF, 2016

X-FACTOR
Lane Fleming. The big right-hander was named KABC 3A All-State pitcher last spring in addition to earning Flint Hills League First Team honors for the second consecutive year after recording an 11-0 record and 0.85 ERA.

NEWCOMER TO WATCH
Daniel Bachura, LHP, 2016. With the departure of 3A Pitcher of the Year Layton Leydig, lefty Daniel Bachura is a strong candidate to enter starting rotation this spring.

KEY PLAYER LOST
Layton Leydig, RHP  (Colby CC, basketball)

KEY STAT
Last spring Council Grove racked up a fourth straight Flint Hills League title and currently own a remarkable 61-game league-winning streak.

2015 OUTLOOK:  
Coming off perhaps the best season in school history in 2014 the Braves will have to replace a number of key players, namely KABC 3A Pitcher of the Year Layton Leydig and Second Team All-State outfielder Tanner Langvardt. 3A First Team All-State pitcher Lane Fleming, who plays first base and provides middle of the order right-handed thump at the plate, returns for his senior campaign. Two additional All-League infielders return in junior shortstop Keegan Honas and senior third baseman Treyton Taylor. All-League DH junior Peyton Lerner will move behind the plate replacing First Team All-League catcher Aaron Bachura. Trey Langvardt, a junior that is also the Braves quarterback in the fall, is a strong, athletic 6-foot-3, 190-pound right-hand hitter that will man center field again this spring after hitting in the three-hole and posting a .375 average as a sophomore.

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