High School Baseball
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April 7, 2017 at 1:07 pm
Prep Ballplayer of the Week: Spalding’s Vermillion wins close, near-record vote
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...
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April 4, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Prep Ballplayer of Week: Sturlaugson, Vermillion, Watson vie for first 2017 award
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...
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March 28, 2017 at 12:30 pm
High School Preview: Looking at the Baltimore area’s top prep players and teams in 2017
We’re back for our second season of high school baseball coverage. We kick it off today with previews of top players and teams to watch in Baltimore and its surrounding counties, as well as the private schools’ MIAA. Then, next Tuesday, will be the first installment of our popular, “Prep Ballplayer of...
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June 20, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Unveiling the 2016 ‘Diamond Nine’ top prep players of 2016 — including an O’s draftee
The high school baseball season officially came to a close Sunday evening with the completion of the annual Brooks Robinson All-Star Game at Camden Yards. In the game, which featured 30 of the top senior players from across the state, the South team scored five times in the first four innings and...
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June 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Spalding’s Smith wins final ‘Prep Ballplayer’ award; Nominate players for our first ‘Diamond Nine’
Three. It’s a number that now means a couple things for the Archbishop Spalding baseball team. On May 25, the Cavaliers beat Gilman to win their third straight MIAA A Conference championship. And now, thanks to Barrett Smith’s runaway victory, they have three BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayers of the Week in our inaugural...
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June 1, 2016 at 1:00 pm
Bowers, Sheesley & Smith vie for last ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honor of year
The high school baseball season came to a close Monday night at Ripken Stadium. And it ended with a come-from-behind victory in the last inning of the final game. With two-time, BaltimoreBaseball.com Prep Ballplayer of the Week nominee Joe Seidler on the mound and a two-run lead in the seventh, Chesapeake-Anne Arundel...
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May 27, 2016 at 4:00 pm
Aberdeen’s Cuellar wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
Another week, another ‘Prep Ballplayer’ winner from my home area of Harford County. Just as it was meant to be. Aberdeen’s Anthony Cuellar used a powerful bat to slug his way into the top spot of our voting, leading the Eagles to a state semifinal in the process. He drove in seven runs...
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May 23, 2016 at 2:00 pm
Postseason heroics put Cuellar, Radcliffe and Seidler into ‘Prep Ballplayer of Week’ mix
We’re now in the final week of high school baseball in the Baltimore area. The MIAA A Conference championship begins Monday night at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. Archbishop Spalding, which has won the past two conference titles, needs to beat Gilman once, while the Greyhounds – who last won the conference in...
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May 20, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Spalding’s Tyler Blohm wins ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’
Striking out 79 percent of the batters you face is pretty good for a pitcher, right? Well that’s exactly what Archbishop Spalding’s Tyler Blohm did in his final regular season game Tuesday against Archbishop Curley. No wonder he’s our ‘Prep Ballplayer of the Week’ winner. Blohm faced 19 batters and struck out...
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May 16, 2016 at 11:00 am
With playoffs happening, Blohm, McElree and Zoellner step up for ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honors
The playoffs have started for both the public schools and the MIAA. Some teams played their first-round matchups Friday, but a lot of the games were moved to Saturday because of the rain that has continued to hit the Baltimore area this spring. The MIAA A and B Conferences are scheduled to...
