Prepstar Tryouts for our Summer teams will be held on Sunday 11/22/09 at 1:00 pm at Western Guilford High School in Greensboro - we are looking for 2010 through 2014 grads to play on our showcase teams. All players must be extremely talented and be willing and committed to our team with a #1 goal of playing College Baseball!!!
Tryouts are free of charge if you register in advance by emailing - Coach Tony at t888sutphin@msn.com - please email the following information - email, name, grad year, address, cell phone, height, weight, high school, high school coach, past summer coaches, primary position, secondary position, gpa, sat, class rank, arm speed (mph), 60 time, playing resume and highlights.
Walkups will be accepted the day of the tryouts, but registration will be $ 20.00 cash for walkups. Returning players do not have to attend, but are welcome if they would like to work out.
This tryout will be held rain or shine, if inclement weather tryout will be moved inside to Greensboro Batting Center - any schedule changes will be posted on this website.
Next summer we will have 3 teams, based on how many dedicated players we can get that we feel can play in college. Please email your interest, rosters will be in place by Jan 1st, 2010, and we will post a tenative schedule and player fees shortly. Thanks, Tony
Nov 7th - there is a one day camp at Liberty - info can be found at libertyflames.com - I will try and post some other camp info over the fall as coaches send us info.
Highlights from our Showcase - first of all thanks to all the scouts/schools for coming to see our guys - UNCG, Catawba, Major League Scouting Bureau, Kansas City Royals, Liberty University, Pfeiffer University, and the MBI Agency,
Congrats on the homeruns during our games - Logan Thornton, Ray Crawford, and Trey Johnson. Not sure who got the most hits, but I know Brendan Welsh, Casey Jones, Corey McKinney seemed to hit the ball hard everytime up.
Here are the top stat performers on the day - if you are not posted below and would like your numbers - please email
Top Flame Throwers on the mound at the showcase
1 - Brock Hudgens 88 mph
2 - Evan Orenstein 85 mph
2 - Cal Sutphin 85 mph
2 - Brian Connolly 85 mph
5 - Josiel Colon 83 mph
5 - Dylan Thompson 83 mph
5 - Zac Joyce 83 mph
8 - Devin McLemore 82 mph
8 - Ray Crawford 82 mph
10 - Duncan Everett 81 mph
10 - Andrew Key 81 mph
Top Speedsters in 60 yard
1 - Josiel Colon 6.9
2 - Brendan Welsh 6.99
3 - Tyler Bullard 7.0
4 - Ray Crawford 7.03
5 - Corey McKinney 7.12
6 - Jacob McCann 7.13
7 - Trey Johnson 7.15
8 - Andrew Madden 7.16
9 - Zac Joyce 7.17
10 - Cal Sutphin 7.2
10 - Jacob Nunn 7.2
Best Oufielder Arms
1 - Brock Hudgens 89 mph
2 - Josiel Colon 86 mph
3 - Ray Crawford 84 mph
4 - Ben Schmucker 83 mph
4 - Devin McLemore 83 mph
6 - Corey McKinney 82 mph
6 - Sawyer Highfill 82 mph
6 - Andrew Madden 82 mph
9 - Tyler Bullard 81 mph
Best Infield Arms
1 - Cal Sutphin 84 mph
2 - Josiel Colon 83 mph
3 - Ray Crawford 82 mph
4 - Devin McLemore 81 mph
5 - Ben Schmucker 80 mph
6 - Caleb McCann 79 mph
6 - Evan Orenstein 79 mph
8 - Zac Joyce 78 mph
8 - Corey McKinney 78 mph
10 - Cory Williamson 77 mph
10 - Max Uhlig 77 mph
10 - Tommy Nagle 77 mph
Best First Baseman Arms
1 - Brock Hudgens 85 mph
2 - Brian Connolly 77 mph
3 - Duncan Everett 77 mph
4 - Nick Taylor 76 mph
5 - Dylan Thompson 73 mph
5 - Jonathan Bethea 73 mph
Best Catcher Pop Times and mph
1 - Sawyer Highfill 2.0 and 80 mph
2 - Nick Taylor 2.1 and 75 mph
3 - Elliott Slack 2.13 and 74 mph
4 - Stefan Jordan 2.2 and 74 mph
4 - Robert Deluca 2.2 and 74 mph
4 - Jacob McCann 2.2 and 74 mph
4 - Tyler Webb 2.2 and 74 mph
8 - Logan Thornton 2.4 and 70 mph
9 - Jamison Nagle 2.5 and 68 mph
FOR YOUR INFORMATION - WE ARE WORKING ON OUR TEAMS FOR NEXT SUMMER, THE ROSTERS WILL BE FINALIZED BY JAN 1ST 2010. WE WILL HAVE TEAMS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF DEDICATED PLAYERS, ELIGIBLE PLAYERS WILL BE 2010, 2011, 2012, AND 2013 GRADS - WE WILL PLAY EVERY WEEKEND FROM JUNE 1ST THROUGH THE 1ST OF AUGUST (THIS INCLUDES TAKING A 17U AND 18U TEAM TO WORLD WOOD BAT AT EAST COBB) WE WILL BE OFF THE WEEKEND OF THE STATE GAMES. IF SELECTED FOR SUMMER TEAMS, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE AT ALL TOURNAMENTS AND BE AVAILABLE TO PITCH. SO YOU CAN PLAY ON ANOTHER TEAM DURING THE WEEK, BUT YOU MUST BE READY TO PITCH AND PLAY EACH WEEKEND. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR A SPOT ON OUR SUMMER TEAMS. WE WILL NOT HAVE OPEN TRYOUTS, BUT WILL USE THE INDIVIDUAL SHOWCASES AS A TRYOUT FOR ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED.
ECU ROYAL AND ORANGE TEAM HIGHLIGHTS - Gm 1 for Royal - Big 12-4 win over Yak Baseball. Duncan Everett and Andrew Madden combined for 9 innings of solid work on the mound. Leading hitters were Jacob Nunn who continued his hot hitting with 2 more hits, Kyle Miller also added 2 hits. Andrew Madden had the only extra basehit with a double missing a wood bat bomb by a couple of feet.
Gm 2 for Royal - a 5-3 win. Dylan Thompson was solid on the mound going 6 innings in the win. Tommy Nagle picked up the save before the rains came. Leading at the plate was Sawyer Highfill with two hits, wood bats have definitely slowed down our offensive highlights.
Gm 3 - Orange - Rains held off long enough but the bats still were sluggish as the Orange team lost 5-2. Ben Schmucker belted an early double and Robert Deluca added a late inning double as the orange team only mustered 5 hits in the loss.
Gm 4 - Orange - Big 2-1 win over Rock Solid (team coached by former Red Sox Trot Nixon). Evan Orenstein and Brian Connolly dominated on the hill in a well played 9 inning game. Corey McKinney led off the 7th with a big hit, and scored when Tiger Miller and Adam Kirkpatrick had back to back singles to provide the two runs needed to win. Great defensive play in this game including a diving catch by Cal Sutphin and a near inning ending double play.
Gm 5- Orange and R Braves 10's played flawless defensively and on the hill as they played 9 inning game to 0-0 tie!! - Pat Martin, Robert Deluca, and Casey Jones combined on the shutout for the Orange, highlight of this game was Landon Odell who missed a walkoff homer by 5 feet foul!!
Gm 6 - Royal - no comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ORANGE TEAM HIGHLIGHTS -9/12/09 - 9/13 - Heat Showcase - Metal bats - Game 1 - Sat - 11:30 am at Wilkes Complex vs Heat 11's - Highlights - Great pitching by Landon ODell and Zac Joyce lead us to 14-0 Win!! Multiple hits by Cal Sutphin, 1b, 2b, Corey McKinney, Pat Martin - 2 hr's, 1b, Trey Johnson 2b, 1b, and Mitchell Turner, 1b, 2b.
Game 2 - Sat - 2:00 pm at Wilkes Complex vs. Elite Baseball - Trey Johnson finished up a pretty good Saturday at 5 for 5, with 3 2b's and a home run. Multiple hits by Evan Orenstein, Landon Odell, and Zac Joyce
Game 3 - Sun - 11:00 am at Watuaga High School vs. Megastars 16's - Brian Connolly and Duncan Everett pitched a tough game for GBC - Cal Sutphin got scoring going in 1st with line drive bomb to left center. Corey McKinney had a big double. Pat Martin stayed hot adding two singles, Stefan Jordan, Zac Joyce (2b), and Elliott Slack also had key hits.
Game 4 - Sun - 4:30 pm at Watuaga High School vs. South Charlotte Panthers 2010's - Evan Orenstein pitched a great game against a great team with a lot of D1 players infront of scouts for UNC Asheville and App State. Mike Whited got rolling with two hits 1b, 2b, Zac Joyce had a big 3 run homer, and Adam Kirkpatrick had a 2b for GBC.
Richmond Highlights Game 1 - Saturday 2:00 pm vs. Barnstormers - Matt Wilson pitched 4 solid innings in a tough 10-8 loss. Trey Johnson continued to be perfect - as he is now 8-8 with two hr's, and three doubles in three games this fall. Evan Orenstein also has two hits including a opposite field 3 run bomb. Corey McKinney also added multiple hits going 2-4.
Game 2 - Sunday 8:30 am vs. R Braves West - Evan Orenstein and Pat Martin provided the pitching as GBC pounded out a 12-5 win. Trey added two more doubles before making his first out of the fall season - great start Trey!!!!! Corey McKinney stayed hot with another multiple hit game, and Pat Martin had two big hits in front of some scouts - hopefully offers will be rolling in for Pat very soon!!!! Brock Hudgens had a great game going 3-3 with a bomb to center!!!! Mitchell Turne got rolling with two hits.
Game 3 - Sunday 2:00 pm at VCU vs. Canes 2012's - Brian Connolly pumped fastballs for 4 innings at 87-89 mph to lead GBC to another 12-5 win. Cal Sutphin was 3-4 with a double, Trey Johnson, Landon ODell and Elliott Slack also had mulitiple hits in the win.
WHITE TEAM HIGHLIGHTS - Game 1 Saturday 9/5 9:00 am at Pfeiffer University vs Prolific Power - Highlights -Andrew Madden started on mound and threw well, many defensive lapses though. Leading hitters were Caleb McCann who had two sharpe singles. Nusdeo, Royster, Shaw, and Uhlig added the only other hits for this game.
Game 2 Saturday 9/5 11:30 am at Pfeiffer University vs. Dugout - Patrick Nusdeo started and Kyle Miller finished on the hill and they both did their parts to keep Dugout at bay, but bats again did not have much life. Caleb McCann continued hitting the ball hard and picked up another single. Seth O'Fallon led off the game with a hit and great baserunning enabled him to score the games first run.
Game 3 Sunday 9/6 4:30 pm at Pfeiffer University vs. Anglers - Great pitching by Seth O'Fallon, Tashe Miller, Caleb McCann, and Cal Sutphin on day two - very well played game but hitting is just not there yet. Kyle Miller hit the ball hard weekend and finally had one find a hole and Will Shaw got his second hit of the weekend, but that was it only two hits today!!
PLAYER FEE PAYMENTS TO BE MAILED AND MADE PAYABLE TO: GBC - PO BOX 9791 - GREENSBORO, NC 27429 - or you can drop them off at GBC with attn: Tony Sutphin on envelope
EACH PLAYER IS TO EMAIL ME AT LEAST ONE WEEK BEFORE EACH EVENT TO CONFIRM THEY WILL BE AT ALL SCHEDULE GAMES FOR EACH TOURNAMENT, IF YOU DO NOT EMAIL AND YOU SHOW UP - YOU SPACE MAY BE GONE - IF WE ARE SHORT PLAYERS ON ONE TEAM WE MOVE PLAYERS FROM TEAM TO TEAM TO MAXIMIZE PLAYING TIME FOR ALL - PLEASE ALL COMMUNICATION IS TO BE BY EMAIL AND THE FRONT PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE. THANKS COACH TONY
These GBC and Prepstar players have committed to play at the next level this year - you can add your name to this list potentially - email if you are interested in playing for GBC!!!!! Congrats to:
Josh Tobias - Florida, Will Myers - drafted 3rd Round KC Royals ($2 mil signing bonus), Daniel Brown - Liberty, Cameron Giannini - Liberty, Brock Hudgens - UNC Charlotte, Ben Fultz - Liberty, Taylor Atkins - Pitt CC, Seth Mahaffey - Surry CC, Cal Sutphin - Liberty, Kevin Rose - Louisburg CC, Joe Turkson - Campbell Univ., Ray Crawford - UNCG, Ryan Andrejco - Catawba, Kevin Sanders - Wingate, Austin Blake - ECU, Jonathan Holt - ECU, Eric Brady - Duke, George Carter - UNC, Parks Jordan - UNC, Brandon Browne - UNCG, Dale Innes - Clemson, Brandon McKinney Charleston Southern, Jake Kline - Furman, Michael Zeblo - Davidson, Zach MacAneney - Va Tech, Jake Joyce - Va Tech, Robbie McIntosh - UNC Asheville, Ethan Ogburn - NC State, Zach Reffey - Belmont Abbey, Hunter Ridge - UNC Wilmington, Matt Roberts - UNC - DJ Thomas - NC State, Conner Scarborough - Gardner Webb, Robbie Scott - Bucknell, Parker Thomas - UNC, Daniel Tuttle - NC State and 5th rd Draft pick. GET YOUR NAME ON THE LIST - play for the Greensboro Batting Center!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are still looking for players for our fall and summer teams, please email interest and playing information to coach Tony at t88sutphin@msn.com - Rosters for 2010 summer team will be finalized by 12/31/09 - so email as soon as you know you can commit.
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