NC High School Preview: Cleveland
February 6, 2017
By Brandon Hall, Ed Hall, and Staff
PBR NC
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TEAM PREVIEW
Cleveland High School
Coach Jamie Lee
Classification 3A
Conference Name Two Rivers
2016 Stats
Record 22-4
Conference Finish 1st
State Playoffs 2nd Round
2017 Outlook
# of Returning Starters 3
# of Returning Pitchers 1
What to Watch For:
Offense will need to carry the Rams as they lost 5 pitchers. The Junior Varsity program has been successful and the development of the young players will be key for Coach Lee. He does have two senior that can provide thunder in the lineup and quickly light up the scoreboard with Tyler Keenan and Bobby Dixon.
Players To Watch
Tyler Keenan, SS, 2017 – Ole Miss commit
Bobby Dixon, C, 2017 – UNC Pembroke commit
Joho Smothers, OF/LHP, 2017
Jamar Poston, RHP, 2017
Holden Mullins, RHP/1B, 2017
Chase Webster, OF, 2017
Jakob Barnes, RHP/3B, 2018
Parker Smith, 2019
Hunter Ward, 2019
Kaleb Slawinski, 2019
Hogan Keeping, 2019
Josh Steele, 2020
Dawson Smith, 2020
