Six seniors to lead ’05 Pioneers
The Pioneer baseball team will have a youthful look heading into its 2005 season.
After having just three seniors on last year’s team, head coach J.W. Holt added 11 freshmen after holding tryouts last week at the Patrick Ramsey Field.
In addition to the youngsters, next spring’s Pioneer squad will feature six seniors, eight juniors and four sophomores.
The 2005 seniors will include Landon Boren, Tyler Daniel, Todd Gilley, Tyler Herriman, Jared Qualls and Dylan Stephens.
With the addition of so many young players, Holt said he is looking at playing a schedule made up of games against freshman and junior varsity squads, while keeping 15 or so players on the varsity level.
“Right now, it’s hard to say if any of the younger guys will be stepping up into varsity roles with us,” he explained, “so we want to make sure they get as much game experience as possible. We’re hoping by playing other freshman teams and junior varsities, we’ll be able to get them about a 25-game schedule. That will keep the coaching staff busy, but it should help us a lot in the long run.”
Over the summer, the team will be split into two summer-league squads — one made up largely of the upcoming freshmen, and the other made up of upperclassmen.
2005 Warren County High School Pioneer Baseball Roster
Seniors
Landon Boren
Todd Gilley
Tyler Daniel
Tyler Herriman
Jared Qualls
Dylan Stephens
Juniors
Josh Bratcher
Nick Cantrell
Steven Ehrhardt
Coty Grissom
Colby Killian
Brooks Majors
Jordan Powers
Jordan Underhill
Sophomores
Chase Basham
Todd Dunn
Justin Fults
Derrin Rogers
Freshmen
Justin Bouldin
Zack Fisher
Lane McCoy
Josh Moore
Kyle Mullican
Josh Mullins
Clint Newman
Chase Officer
Andy Southard
Casey Talbert
Darrid Wells
(Note: Upcoming junior Jacob Bratcher, who was with the Pioneers the last two seasons, was unable to try out due to illness. He will go through tryouts upon his recovery, and still has a shot at making the 2005 roster.)