Preseason Preview: Foothill Knights
March 26, 2021
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COVID ended the 2020 season early throughout the State but as things progress quickly for the 2021 high school season, it’s time for us to preview teams from around the State in the Yearly Preseason Preview. Schedules are being adapted to fit the ever-changing landscape and though this season may look different than history has shown us, coaches/staff, players, families, and our team are preparing for 2021 to be as successful as possible.
We’ve submitted the Preseason Questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state and their responses have been flooding in. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be using their detailed insight on our team-by-team previews ahead of the 2021 season leading into the California Power 25 Rankings.
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With all that said let’s take a look at today’s Preseason Preview of the Foothill Knights.
TEAM:
Foothill Knights
HEAD COACH (years at school):
Chris Price (7 / 1st as HC)
OFFICIAL TWITTER:
CIF SECTION & DIVISION:
Southern Section / Division 1
CONFERENCE/LEAGUE NAME:
Century Conference / Crestview League
LAST YEAR’S RECORD:
8-2
# OF RETURNING STARTERS:
7
# OF RETURNING PITCHERS:
8
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:
2021 1B/3B/RHP Carson Case - Nevada
2021 RHP/1B Zach Yates - Westmont College
2021 RHP/1B/OF Brady Ashworth
2021 C Jack Provenzano
2021 3B Noe Novella
2021 OF Nathan Ramirez
2021 2B Luke Sampson
2022 OF Austin Overn - Southern California
2022 MIF Brady Schrank - Cal Poly
2022 3B/1B/OF Pedro Hernandez
2022 LHP/OF Cameron Kessel
2022 OF Cayden Tallman
2022 3B/OF/RHP Aidan Taurek
THE FUTURE:
2023 RHP/3B Ernesto Gonzalez
2023 MIF Jake Fenton
2023 RHP/3B Andrew Parker
2023 1B/LHP Ty Cowley
2023 MIF Andrew Harbour
2024 LHP/OF Garrett Davidson
2024 MIF Jack Mueller
2024 C/INF Noah Macalino
2024 C Mason Souter
2024 MIF Bryce Perkins
2024 C/OF Ethan Cho
2024 3B/RHP Tyler Hawkins
2024 OF/MIF Jack Zerkel
2024 MIF/OF Ian MacLachlan
SEASON OUTLOOK:
Coming off of a hot start to the 2020 season, the Foothill Knights are looking to repeat that early-season success in 2021. Coach Price has been around the Foothill program, helping build its success, and gets to take the lead this season with a team that will have 4 College commits with more coming soon. This team expects to be in the mix for the Crestview League title and the Knights believe that if they’re healthy come the end of the season, they’re going to be a tough out in the Southern Section playoffs. The talent on the field will have strengths all over with pitching, defense, speed, and timely hitting so the Knights will have to take care of the little things on and off the field while finding consistency on a daily basis. Coach Price is going to put his imprint on this team and with the level of talent Foothill has, Division 1 teams will have the Knights circled on the calendar.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
Rising Stars Showcase - NorCal | CA | 06/08 | Islanders Field |
State Games ID - NorCal | CA | 06/15 | Islanders Field |
Rising Stars Showcase | CA | 06/22 | Hart Park |
Northern California ProCase | CA | 07/06 | McBean Stadium - Lincoln, CA |
SoCal ProCase | CA | 07/07 | Hart Park |
SoCal Academic Games | CA | 07/13 | Hart Park |
California State Games | CA | 07/16-07/18 | Islanders Field |
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