The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) regional baseball finals are set. From today until Monday, 32 teams take the diamond — weather permitting — for a chance to move onto the state semifinals in their respective classes. As of early Friday afternoon, a dozen of those schools resides in our...
Playoff baseball across the state is underway. Here’s the latest update on the prep postseason as of early afternoon Tuesday: Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Class 4A: Four teams within our coverage area – Baltimore City and its surrounding counties — have reached the state regional semifinals. And coincidentally, they face...
There was some stiff competition in our latest “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” vote. All three finalists mashed the baseball and had at least one breakout game. Meade’s Derek Donastorg used consistency at the plate – six hits over three games — and a grand slam against Northeast on May 4 to...
The high school regular season has just about wrapped up. Here’s what we know as the playoffs loom: Two-straight for champions in Carroll and Howard Century and Marriotts Ridge earned their second-straight county championships in Carroll and Howard counties, respectively. The Knights clinched on April 26 while the Mustangs took home the...
We had an interesting vote this week for our ‘Prep Ballplayer’ award. For the first time in recent memory, all three candidates led at one point during the week. That probably speaks to how even the three outstanding performances were. All three excelled on the mound and two helped their causes at...
It was another strong week across the region for high school baseball.. Pitching stood out, especially from our three candidates. Each threw a complete-game and mowed down a plethora of hitters. Two also had big days at the plate. Here are this week’s finalists: Cameron Clark, Sr., INF/RHP, Severna Park Clark, who...
We’re not sure you can have a much better game than Key School junior Mark Fusco did last week. Apparently, BaltimoreBaseball.com readers felt that way, too. Fusco is this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ winner, picking up 72 percent of the more than 2,000 votes cast this week. The right-hander allowed one unearned run...
Annapolis Area Christian School junior Andrew Sowinski had a big week at the plate. The left-hander also was dominant on the mound – and that combination helped him win this week’s BaltimoreBaseball.com’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honors. In two games, Sowinski threw 11 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run. He also added a...
Our first “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” voting has been completed. And it was one heck of a race – with a tremendous, almost record-setting, response. First, our high school writer Sean Naylor picked three exceptionally worthy candidates: Arundel High’s junior pitcher Steve Sturlaugson, who dominated in his start last week; Archbishop...
Major League Baseball is back. And so is our “Prep Ballplayer of the Week” feature and vote. The mid-March snowfall and recent rain may have affected the scheduling of games, but high school players throughout the Baltimore area seemingly weren’t bothered by it. During this past week, we saw pitchers going the...