With the 2018 spring season right around the corner, PBR Indiana is eagerly anticipating bringing the best high school baseball coverage throughout the entire state.

Leading up to the season we will be releasing team previews for teams across the state, leading into our Preseason All-State Teams and Preseason Team Rankings.

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2018 HS Team Preview: Northwestern

Head Coach: Ryan Ward
Class: 3A
2017 Record: 7-17
Conference (2017 Record):  Hoosier (1-8)
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/4

2018 Team Strengths:

• Starting Pitching

Top Returning Players: 

• Breven Sanford, OF/LHP, 2018 (pictured right): 5-9/145, R/L, 2017 stats: .400BA 3 doubles, 1 triple, 12SB, 14R, .476OBP 2 year starter
• T.J. Macaluso, 1B/RHP, 2018: 6-4/200, R/R, 2017 stats: .340 BA, 11BB, .475OBP,pitching 2.732 ERA, 36K, 30BB, 41.0 IP 2 year starter, 2017 All conference honorable mention
• Ethan Breisch, OF, 2018: 6-0/185 , R/R, 2017 stats: .375BA 6 doubles, 1 HR, .516SLG 15 RBI 
• Ben Harris, 3B/1B/RHP, 2019: 6-4/185, R/R, 2017 stats: 3-3 4.030 ERA 19K 33.0 IP Team Award Most Improved player 2017 

2018's: 

• Breven Sanford
• T.J. Macaluso

2019's: 

• Ben Harris

2020's:

• Nathaniel Bilodeau
• Ben Beachy
• Brady Lovelace
• AJ Hobson

Outlook:  The Tigers will look to bounce back from a tough 2017 campaign by relying on an experienced pitching rotation and six returning starters.  Coach Ward hopes a tough conference schedule will help prepare his team for a run in the postseason.