2016 New Hampshire Spring Team Preview: Concord HS
March 8, 2016
By Dylan Hefflinger, Dennis Healy, Trevor Brown and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief / Co-Director of Scouting
With the 2016 spring season right around the corner, PBR New England is eagerly anticipating bringing the New England states the best high school coverage throughout the region.
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.
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2016 New Hampshire Spring Team Preview: Concord HS
Team Name: Concord HS (NH)
Head Coach: Scott Owen
Division: 1
2015 Record: 5-13
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/3
Overall Thoughts: We return 9 players who saw significant varsity action last year. They will all need to step up into bigger roles. We have a good group of younger players to add onto our roster. We hope to improve everyday and make the state tournament after falling short of that last year.
Team Strengths:
- Experience
- Defense
- Returning pitchers
Team Weaknesses:
- Unproven starting pitching
- Hitting and scoring runs
Top Returning Players:
- Brad Murphy, SS/P, 2016, 5'10", 165, R/R, .278 BA, 7 RBI, 8 R
- Ethan Dupre, OF, 2017, 5'10", 145, R/R, .264 BA, 10 RBI
Top 2016 Players:
- Brad Murphy, SS/P
Top 2017 Players:
- Ethan Dupre, OF
- Noah Wachter
- Jake Kelly
- Christian McLellan
Top 2018/2019 Players:
- Griffin Gilbert
Notable Alumni:
- Graham McIntire, Marist
- Ben Bengtson, Hartford
- Mike Manoogian, Lasalle
- Eddie Dionne, Keene State
- Josh Partridge, St. Joes (ME)
- Matt Blake, Pitching Instructor with the Cleveland Indians