CVAC
AUSABLE VALLEY
Coach Andrew Bombard: “We are a young team that has been working hard in the offseason, looking to be a force in sectional play. But we are inexperienced at the varsity level, returning only five players.”
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Players lost
Scott LaMountain, Konnor Facteau, Rylee Turnbull, Shawn Holzer, Rowin Rabideau, Cameron Akey.
Players returning
Keegan Holzer, Lucas Dashnaw, Alex Hanshaw, Connor Santamaria, Matthew Wood.
Newcomers
Brent Clairmont, Isaac Devine, Aiden Dobson, Ethan Doyle, Gavin Richards, Justin Schmidt, Jesse Snow, Ethan Stay, Jarrett Winters.
BEEKMANTOWN
Coach Dave Manney: “We have a good mix of players with varsity experience along with newcomers eager to make an impact. We have depth on the mound and several players who can play a variety of positions.”
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Players lost
Nathan Parliament, Zachary LaPier, Sam Bingel, Ryland Garden, Owen Yelle, Corbin Willette, Jasper Burdo.
Players returning
Steven Bronson, Patrick Hagadorn, Parker Broughton, Jacob Lagree, Owen Rankin, Bryson Recore.
Newcomers
Hunter Porter, Douglas Duncan, Hunter Adams, Cal Anderson, Logan Estes, Logan Hart, Sully Loughan, Isaiah Texidor.
MORIAH
Coach Casey Nephew: “Our strength is experience, returning seven starters and most of the pitching staff from last year. Success for us will come down to four-year starters Jacob Mascarenas, Joe Pelkey, Isaac White and Chase McGinness continuing to hit and play solid defense.”
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Players lost
Owen Nephew, Boden Valentine.
Players returning
Jacob Mascarenas, Joe Pelkey, Isaac White, Chase McGinness, Jeremy Riemersma, Owen Bobbie, Thomas Fisher, Joey Kazlo, Billy Orr, Kohin Sargent, Bo McGinness.
Newcomers
Cooper Allen, Phoenix Sanders, Jason Larmore, Austin Mandy.
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON
Coach Jeff Norton: “Our strengths will be positional versatility, speed and many pitchers with at least a year of varsity experience. We hope to play good defense behind our quality pitching. But we lack size, both physically and roster numbers, and need to find a way to generate offense.”
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Players lost
Isaiah Abad, Owen Ebersol, Jimmy Wells, Garrett Pilon.
Players returning
Evias Carpenter, Hayden Schad, Robert McIntyre, Otis Reed, Carter Garceau, Jordan Wells, Jacob Perkins, Baylon Cronkrite, Logan Dragoon, Jayden Cudemo.
Newcomers
Cobe Lafountain, Greyson Lafountain
NORTHERN ADIRONDACK
The Bobcats will have an extremely young roster that includes no seniors, eight juniors, seven sophomores and two freshmen.
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Player roster
Jackson Bassett, Mason Bruce, Brayden Bushey, Connor Clark, Christopher Coupal, Kevin Demers, Tripp Hicks, Reece LaBarge, Emmett LaClair, Logan Manor, Hunter Matton, Carson McDonald, Kayden Rabideau, Ahanu Sequin, Anthony Soule, Ashton Trombley, Arthur Trudo.
PERU
Coach Brian Marino: “Our strengths will be depth, experience with returning players, pitching and flexibility with people being able to play multiple positions.”
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Players lost
Landen Duprey, Zack Engstrom, Mason Dumas.
Players returning
Jake Frechette, Donnie Mitchell, Deacon Whitmarsh, Trenton Taylor, Kalib Smith, Gavin Sypek, Gabe Moore.
Newcomers
Keegan Theriault, Drew Engstrom, Matt Trombley, Linden Nolan, Kaydin Smith, Sean McBride, Ashtyn Catlin.
PLATTSBURGH
Coach Pat Shaughnessy: “We have great senior leadership this year, which is crucial to our team’s success. We return 11 players from last season who know what it takes to win games in our league. I would like to think we will be in the hunt for league and sectional titles.”
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Players lost
Andre Anderson, Marcus Griffiths, Evan Kay, Warren Miller, Alex O’Neal, Jack Sorrell.
Players returning
Kallen Abernathy, Nate Baker, Julian Brooks, Braeden Calkins, Ryan Colburn, Dom DeAngelo, Carson Duval, Richard Griffin, Dan Hartmann, Diego Rios, Will Vega.
Newcomers
Scott Gommel, Lucas Kowalowski, Raif Lautenschuetz, Preston O’Neal.
SARANAC
Coach Robby Knowles: “Our goal is to be at the top of Class B again at the end of the season. We return a core group of players who will lead the team. Our pitching staff is full of right-handers who will look to mix pitches and hit their spots in the strike zone.”
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Players lost
Ben Yanulavich, Alex Clancy, Rylan LaPorte.
Returning players
Brady Blair, Brody Macomber, Austin Lareau, Zack Lucia, Adrian Barnes, Seth Petrashune, Max Coryer, Landon Giroux, Robbie Squier, Carter Siskavich.
Newcomers
Wyatt Barton, Caleb Champagne, Ian Lawrenz, Matt Owen, Chace Scovil, Owen Stiles.
SARANAC LAKE
Coach Bryan Munn: “We have 10 returning players, all with significant playing time last season. The players new to the team provide needed depth that we haven’t had in recent years. We are also much deeper as far as pitchers than in recent years.”
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Players lost
Adam Lewis, Carter Nicastro, Cedar Rivers, Connor Shanty-Rohe, Evan Willett.
Players returning
Sam Clark, Connor Coventry, Chayse Delosh, Andrew Gay, Zack Goetz, Dillon Wilson, Cassidy Goodman, Ethan Knight, Connor Gillis, Clancy VanLaer.
Newcomers
Miles Frazier, Riley Hadynski, Levi Lambert, Paxton Leerkes, Alius Martelle, Asrar Nader, Khubaib Nader, David Dewey.
TICONDEROGA
Coach Dan Dorsett: “We have two all-stars returning in Jackson Dorsett (2-year starter and Dom Crossman (4-year starter). As our top pitcher and catcher, they will help us compete in some games.
“We are very young and inexperienced this season with only two starters returning (from last year’s Class C championship team).”
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Players lost
Tommy Montalbano, Nathan LaCourse, Collin Lauzon, Carter Perron, Alex Swajger, Landon Frasier, Ellery Wright, Landen Smith.
Players returning
Dom Crossman, Jackson Dorsett, Rowan Bechtold, Jordan Brown.
Newcomers
Parker Davis, Maysen LaPointe, Eli Dromgool, Brady Kennedy, Skyler Frasier, Alex Belanger, Trevor Blanchard.
MVAC
BOLTON
Coach Dan Sheridan: “We are returning eight of our nine starters from last year’s (Class D) championship team. With that, we still only have one senior on the roster. We will be looking to defend our sectional title.”
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Players lost
Tyler Trowbridge.
Players returning
Sullivan Eager, Jace Hubert, Andy Morehouse, Jacob French, Will Hens, John Roemer, Liam Foy, Thomas Williams, Jaxon Egloff, Alyas Kennedy.
Newcombers
Teddy Phelps, Brendon Pagan, Abram Figueroa.
BOQUET VALLEY
Coach Don Markwica: “We will have good team speed, We have three juniors from Willsboro this year and they and some of our sophomores will be looking to step into starting roles. We are showing improvement on defense and have strong team leadership from our two captains.”
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Players lost
Maddox Rice, Bode Buehler, Ben Burdo, Mayank Bisht.
Players returning
Ted Gay, A.J. Demar, Trenton Lyon, Lino Caputo, Aiden McCaffery, Kenny Wrisley, Aidan Ashline.
Newcomers
Tucker Connor, Jacob Gay, Jack Gay, Michael Walker, Connor Crowningshield, Cole Gay, Ashton Hathaway, Hunter Quain, Matt Napper, Chris Taylor.
CHAZY
Coach Josh Howell: “I still feel like we are a young team, but you hope the experience gained last year starts to pay off and with it win a few more games and make a deeper run in the playoffs.”
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Players lost
Caden Columbus.
Players returning
Novak Jarus, Elijah Valentin, Kobe Hernandez, Michael Ackey, Tate Stevens, Griffin Durocher, Landen Duprey, Jack McAuliffe, Jacoby Weeden, Aiden Howell, Jake Poirier, Zeke McLennan.
Newcomers
Jack Bell, Logan Bernard.
INDIAN LAKE/LONG LAKE
The Orange should have competition for playing time with 14 players on the varsity roster.
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Player roster
Griffin Farr, Adam Pacheco, Charlie Seaman, Jackson Strader, Austin Bruso, Tyler Mack, Chris Ciembronowicz, Jayden Otruba, Michael Lamphear, Owen Bruso, Brendan Husson, Mason Fredette, Joshua Briggs, Joe Boya.
JOHNSBURG/MINERVA
Coach Jake Sauer-Jones: “With a team full of youth, we are thrilled to build around a strong pitching rotation with eight possible pitchers. Multiple players on the team now play travel baseball and are bringing their experience to the rest of the team.”
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Players lost
Scott Patton, Hawk Millington.
Players returning
Mason Englert, Brayden Poirier, Clark Griffen, Jeremiah Freebern, Peyton Lawrence, Rowan Olesheski, Walter Hodgson, Nicholas Sauer-Jones, Cole Millington, Greg Bestances.
Newcomers
Liam McKinney, Robbie McNally, Connor Sharp, Aaden Sauer-Jones.
SCHROON LAKE/NEWCOMB
Coach Lance Paradis: “We no seniors and a core of freshmen, this team is going to be playing together for a while. While young, the team is very athletic with great depth at all positions.”
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Players lost
None.
Players returning
Lucas LaPerle.
Newcomers
Logan Phillips, Nathan Melville, Benjamin Pelkey, Luke Armstrong, Jayce Emmert, Camden Lamphear, Carson Witherell, Cameron Jabaut, Peyton Phillips, Julian Porcaro, Elijah Melville, Gavin MacDonald, Daniel Pelkey.