2017 Spring Team Preview: Massillon Jackson
April 3, 2017
By Dylan Hefflinger and PBR Staff
Editor in Chief/NW Scout
With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best high school coverage throughout the entire state.
Starting in Mid-January, 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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2017 Spring Team Preview: Massillon Jackson
Team Name: Massillon Jackson
Head Coach: Bill Gamble, 130-41
Division: I
2016 Record: 29-1
Conference Record: Federal League, 1st place, 12-0
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 3/4
2017 Team Strengths:
- Pitching Depth
- Strength up the middle
- Athletic OF
2017 Team Weaknesses:
- Role player turning into starters in 2017
Coach Outlook:
"Jackson will rely again on their pitching depth on the mound:"
- Sr. RHP/SS - Kyle Nicolas (Ball State '17)
- Sr. RHP - Cooper Pastorius (Walsh U '17)
- Sr. LHP/OF - Jake Mottice
- Sr. RHP/OF - Ben Warren
- Sr. RHP/OF - Nick Harrison
- Sr. RHP/3B - Jack White
- Sr. RHP/3B - Kyle Burke
- Sr. RHP/OF - Jack Dear
- Sr. RHP/MiF - Cade Mottice
- Soph RHP - Yianni Skeriotis (#4 PBR 2019 ranking)
- Soph - Clay Crawford (#14 PBR 2019 ranking)
"The Bears will have a lot of experience at Catcher returning with 3 players starting behind the dish in 2016."
- Sr. Dillon Dingler, (OSU '17) C/SS
- Sr. TJ Donley, C
- Soph Trey Wright, C/MiF
Top Returning Players:
- Dillon Dingler - C/SS
- Kyle Nicolas - RHP/SS, 2017
- Jake Mottice - OF/LHP, 2017
- Davis Graham - OF
- Cade Mottice - MiF
- Trey Wright - C/MiF (2019)
- Cooper Pastorius - RHP
Top Underclassmen:
- Yianni Skeriotis - RHP 2019
- Clay Crawford - RHP 2019
- Ethan Kulich - OF 2019
- Spencer Stanton - LHP/OF 2019
- Josh Romans - SS 2020
- Connor Frazier - OF 2020
- Jake Ryan - SS/3B 2020
A Look Back At 2016 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2016 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2016 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.
A Look Back At 2015 Preseason Articles:
To view the 2015 Team Previews, click here.
To view the 2015 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.