Diamond Notes: Week of March 25 - March 30
April 3, 2024
Diamond Notes is a weekly compilation of notes on South Carolina players from last week. Each week Coaches from across the state send in player notes and stats as the Prep Baseball staff is working to name a PB Player of the Week. Prep Baseball scouts are also compiling player notes from attended games, as well as box scores from across the state.
Below we take a look at some of the top performers from the second week of the high school season. The SC Pitcher of the Week was Caleb Coker from East Clarendon HS. Jackson Mullen from Catawba Ridge HS earned Player of the Week Honors.
South Carolina High School Coverage
DIAMOND NOTES
Charlie Helms, Catcher, Philip Simmons High School, 2025
+ 6-11 .545 BA 3 2B’s 4RBI 2R
Brody Linker, P/SS, Crescent High School, 2024
+ 2 games this week: Batting: .400 AVG, .625 OBP, 2 H, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 3 BB, Pitching: 7 IP, 1 W, 3 H, 0 R
Carson Roberts, 3B, P, Crescent High School, 2024
+ .667 AVG, 4 H, 2 RBI Pitching: 6 IP, 1 W, 4 H, 1 R, 5 K's
Ty Raymond , CF, Oakbrook Preparatory School , 2029
+ 3-5, 6RBI, 1.778 ops in 2 games this week. Also added one assist from center field
+ 7th grader playing varsity hitting .360 on the season
Braydon Hallman, SS,P, Batesburg-Leesville, 2026
+ Offense: 5-10, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI. Pitching: 5.1 IP, 3 ER, 7 SO. Against fox creek x2 and swansea.
+ Hitting .385/yr, 1.79 ERA and 29 SO in 27.1 IP on the year
Jackson Mullen, RF/P, Catawba Ridge High School, 2024
+ Offensive Statistics from the week: 7-11 (.636), 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 6 Runs. Mullen also pitched a 5-inning complete game, only giving up 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 7 strikeouts. Added an OF assist from RF throwing out a runner attempting to go from 1st to 3rd.
+ All stats are from three games against Lancaster High School. Lancaster entered the series with a 9-1 overall record.
+ Offensive Stats for the season: 21-45 (.467), 7 2B, 3 HR, 20 RBI, 12 Runs, 4 SB. Pitching Stats for the season: 3-1 W/L, 19 IP, 14 H, 5 BB, 31 K, 0.74 ERA
Peyton Dhein, P/OF, Catawba Ridge High School, 2024
+ Complete game 6-inning shutout: 1-0 W/L, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 50 strikes in 68 total pitches
+ Shut-out was against Lancaster who entered the week with a 9-1 overall record.
+ For the season, Dhein has compiled the following stats: 4-0 W/L, 1 Save, 24.1 IP, 9 Hits, 0 Earned Runs, 3 BB, 40 K, 0.00 ERA, 0.493 WHIP, Opponents Batting Average is .107 for the season.
Zach Russell, Pitcher, West Ashley, 2024
+ 7IP 0H 1ER 8K
+ Zach threw a no-hitter to help the Wildcats close out a region series sweep.
Matty Brown, Pitcher, West Ashley, 2024
+ 6.1IP 2H 0ER 9K
Luke Jones, RHP/SS, JL Mann, 2024
+ 7IP 1 hit 0 Runs 10 k’s
+ Complete game on 74 pitches up to 91
Hunter Howard, RHP, JL Mann, 2024
+ 6 IP 2 hits 0 runs 10 k’s
+ Up to 92
Caleb Coker , P, East Clarendon , 2024
+ 7 IP 2 H 0 R 12 K 81 Pitches
+ Big Region Match up vs Johnsonville
+ 5 W 1 L 1 SV 32.1 IP 25 H 36 K 6 BB 1.94 ERA
KJ Floyd , C, East Clarendon , 2024
+ .714 Avg 5 for 7 4 1B 1 2B
+ 2 games vs Johnsonville in huge Region matchup
+ .524 AVG
Campbell Denton, LHP/OF/1B, Camden High School, 2024
+ Winning Pitcher: 5 IP, 1 Hit, 2BB, 9 K's & 0 Runs allowed
+ Campbell pitched a complete game shutout in game 2 of a conference DH vs. Darlington. We won 1-0
+ He is now 3-0 and has lowered his ERA to 1.62 w/ 24 strikeouts in 21.2 IP. Our team is now 10-3 overall and 4-0 in Region VI-AAA
Jackson Sellers, Utility, Buford High School , 2026
+ Week stats 2 games: 4-8, 3 RBI’s, 1 run 1.2 innings 0.00 ERA, 2BB, 2K
+ Game winning walk off single in the first game. Played 1st base, 3rd base, pitched, and Right field over the 2 games. A true utility player.
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