{"id":18902,"date":"2013-03-27T19:47:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T02:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/prep-baseball-capsules-a-look-at-royals-chargers\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T18:05:41","slug":"prep-baseball-capsules-a-look-at-royals-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/prep-baseball-capsules-a-look-at-royals-chargers\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep baseball capsules: A look at Royals, Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>KENT-MERIDIAN ROYALS AT A GLANCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 COACH:<\/strong> Tim Akins, 4th season<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 LAST YEAR&#8217;S RECORD:<\/strong> 1-15 in SPSL<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 TOP RETURNERS:<\/strong> 7 returning starters including: Kyle Engman, senior, pitcher and infielder; Aron Corral, sophomore, pitcher and infielder; Thomas Kemp, outfielder; Sam Woods, senior, catcher and pitcher; Zach Johnson, senior, pitcher and outfielder; Tyler McDaniel, senior, infielder and outfielder; and Austin Brenner, senior, pitcher and infielder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 OUTLOOK:<\/strong> With seven experienced starters, the Royals look to change the culture of Kent-Meridian baseball, making it more competitive than years past. Strengths this year would be experience that comes with a senior-loaded team. Depth is considered the main weakness. But with Engman, who was 2012 first-team SPSL and has signed to play at the University of Puget Sound next year, the Royals look forward to a strong season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>=====<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>KENTRIDGE CHARGERS AT A GLANCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 COACH:<\/strong> John Flanigan<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 LAST YEAR&#8217;S RECORD:<\/strong> 14-9 overall<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 TOP PERFORMERS:<\/strong> 7 top performers including: Devin Riley, senior, pitcher and outfielder; Joe Wainhouse, junior, first baseman; Andrew Barrera, junior, short stop; Joel Conderay, junior, second baseman and pitcher; Jeremy Rabauliman, senior, pitcher; Zach Beatty, senior, third baseman and pitcher; and Travis McGuire, senior, pitcher and outfielder.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 OUTLOOK:<\/strong> With three left-handed pitchers, Kentridge enters this season &#8220;inexperienced on the mound&#8221; but &#8220;able to score&#8221; according to Flanigan. He hopes the Chargers will be in the top five this year. Last year, Kentridge lost in the state regionals.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>\u2013 Michelle Conerly<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glimpse of Kent-area baseball teams as they begin league play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-18902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18902"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=18902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}