VA/DC High School Quick Hits: March 27 - April 7
April 7, 2023
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See some quick notes and video on players from this past week's games where our Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces staff was out.
Thomas Dale at Matoaca
‘24 Connor Valerio (Matoaca)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Valerio gets out a jam in the first to follow up with a clean second inning. Mixed three pitches all for strikes.
FB 77-80 T82
CB 64-67
CH 70-72@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/djXoztHbW7
‘24 Chase Swift #Hokies commit (@BaseballTdhs)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Swift has looked strong in two innings. 85-86 in the first settling down to 83-85 in the second. Working primarily FB arm side. Struck out first three batters in the first.@PBRVirginiaDC @ksallday19 #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/3D4spiLv5d
‘25 Gray Thacker (Matoaca)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Thacker does a good job battling with two strikes. Sees this fastball deep sending it backside for a single.@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/gFmWnsJn3X
‘23 Connor Spears #GoNoke commit (@BaseballTdhs)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Spears does a good job keeping the hands back to get this single out to left. Strong, physical frame behind the dish.@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/oKY9enbary
‘24 Landon Griffin (@BaseballTdhs)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Griffin sneaks this ball down the right field line to bring in a run. Athletic frame with room to add strength. @PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/In91YAiacd
‘24 Gavin Kennedy (Matoaca)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Kennedy gets the barrel to this one to send it into left center for a double. Whippy barrel with strong base.@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/fR7UUNAvg0
‘25 Lucas Edwards #RiseAndDefend commit (Matoaca)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Compact athletic frame. Edwards shows a mature approach sending this fastball into right center for a RBI single to get Matoaca on the board. @PBRVirginiaDC @ksallday19 #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/7gRYEKBnLY
‘24 Caymon Wilkinson (Matoaca)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 28, 2023
Wilkinson has been strong in relief. Working FB/CB getting a lot of s/m on curveball. FB has downhill plane.
FB 80-82
CB 70-73@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/U6l8r5G7Hf
‘24 Everett Stevens (@BaseballTdhs)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 29, 2023
Stevens has been strong in relief for Thomas Dale. Breaking off some knee buckling CB’s. FB working glove side.
FB 80-83 T84
CB 65-67@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/8NyuS3QfxR
Fairfax at South County
B1 | @FairfaxBaseball 2, @SoCo_Baseball 0
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 30, 2023
Fairfax starts it off with two runs in the first. One RBI from 2023 C Ryan Harlow, then a double from 2025 INF Nicholas Borga (video)#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/Vf8Q6RcAtE
Caden Behan | P/C | 2026 | @SoCo_Baseball
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 30, 2023
Behan has good size and room to grow. Up to 80 with the fastball today#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/n9UPKGR2Zg
Tyler Orth | OF | 2025 | @SoCo_Baseball
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 30, 2023
Orth smashes this ball over the center fielder for a triple. Simple toe tap load with quick hands#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/HxArHnCj8f
T4 | @FairfaxBaseball 4, @SoCo_Baseball 3
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
South County adds 2 in the third, including this RBI single by 2025 P/1B Jordan Frink#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/mSzNpwpj7m
.@FairfaxBaseball 13, @SoCo_Baseball 4
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
Fairfax breaks the game open with a big seventh highlighted by this double by 2024 OF Holden Crawford#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/jpAvi05BZX
McLean at Yorktown
B2 | @McLeanBaseball 4, @YTWNBSBLL 1
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
Yorktown adds their first run of the game courtesy of this single by 2024 @JMUBaseball commit OF/P Jack Rucker #PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/ls3o3McUbn
T3 | @McLeanBaseball 4, @YTWNBSBLL 2
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
Yorktown adds another run from 2023 OF Bradley Labant #PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/s71jcpZeLi
B3 | @McLeanBaseball 5, @YTWNBSBLL 3
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
2025 Owen Woodward goes dead center with the solo ? to bring Yorktown within 2#PBRBombSquad #PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/JwqpGZ6oQ8
T4 | @McLeanBaseball 5, @YTWNBSBLL 5
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
Yorktown ties it up in the third with this 2 run ? from 2023 @EmoryBaseball commit Trevor McAndrews #PBRBombSquad #PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/JMENQAQsrR
T5 | @McLeanBaseball 6, @YTWNBSBLL 5
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) March 31, 2023
Have a day Christopher Morabito! The @Bucknell_BB with his second ? of the game to give McLean the lead #PBRBombSquad #PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/KxfMrdOJeF
Jack Nance | 2024 | P | @McLeanBaseball
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 1, 2023
Nance mixed three pitches and was able to generate swings and misses
FB 83-85
CB 69-72
CH 76-78#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/ZcCNi2IPmp
Christian Dray | 2025 | P | @McLeanBaseball
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 1, 2023
Solid potential here. Dray came in for an impressive relief appearance. Command of 3 pitches. Good size with room to fill out
FB 82-85
CB 72-73
CH 76-77#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/qSMIgAXHcx
Jack Rucker | 2024 | P/OF | @YTWNBSBLL
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 1, 2023
The @JMUBaseball commit came into an offensive battle and was able to settle things down for Yorktown on the way to their win. Fastball was 83-85 and also featured a sharp slider#PBRIsThere @PBRVirginiaDC pic.twitter.com/ZZkQjptdIL
Buckingham at Randolph-Henry
‘24 Ben Gibbs (@R_HHSbaseball)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Gibbs battles with 2k’s and rips this pitch into left for a leadoff single. Mature approach with feel for the barrel.@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/oIQTh8eD9S
‘24 Justin Gunter #Longwood commit (Buckingham)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Gunter has had a strong three innings. Working a FB/SL combo getting some swing and miss on the SL. FB works glove side.
FB 86-89 T90 (2x)
SL 69-72@PBRVirginiaDC @ksallday19 #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/PIvitJXwvJ
‘23 Luke Skelton (@R_HHSbaseball)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Lanky, projectable frame with room to fill. Lower 3/4 slot. Fills up the zone with FB/SL. Some s/m with SL.
FB 77-79 T80(3x) T81(2x)
SL 68-70@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/W9BKjwcToU
‘23 Camden Allen (Buckingham)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Allen rips this pitch into right to bring in a run. Physical frame with feel for the barrel. Buckingham leads 3-1 top of the 3rd.@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/0azVYNgzph
‘24 Ben Gibbs (@R_HHSbaseball)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Gibbs comes in for relief and gets two big strikeouts to get the Statesmen out of a bases loaded jam. Efficient ITZ.
FB 76-79
CB 68-70@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/hiwizWtfo0
‘23 Jayden Gee (@R_HHSbaseball)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 4, 2023
Physical frame with strength present. Gee laces this pitch backside for a loud single. Balanced set up with quick hands. Statesmen threatening with runners on first and second bottom of the 6th. @PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/OGrB7XiJbS
‘24 Junior Powell (@R_HHSbaseball)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 5, 2023
Athletic frame with level barrel path. With a patient approach Powell sends this pitch up the middle for a single. @PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/SqCL2sG3mK
‘25 Avery Schaeffer (Buckingham)
— PBR Mid-Atlantic Ground Forces (@PBRMAGF) April 5, 2023
Schaeffer closes it out in the 7th for the Knights. Short arm action from over the top slot. Strike thrower with FB/CB.
FB 81-82
CB 65-68@PBRVirginiaDC #PBRIsThere pic.twitter.com/2yY5SBkflY