April 25, 2024
Baseball

Sycamore 2020 baseball preview

By KALEB CARTER

Sycamore junior Gavin Crofoot fields a ball in the outfield during the game against DeKalb Thursday at the Sycamore Community Sports Complex. (Mark Busch)

Sycamore Spartans

Last season: 27-10, 8-4 in NI Big 12 (Now in Interstate 8) lost in a Class 3A Sycamore Sectional semifinal against Boylan Catholic

Keep an eye on: Gavin Crofoot, sr. CF/P; Jared Grubbs, sr. 1B/P; Matt Reuscher, sr., P

Also: Jacob Reidl, jr., 1B/P/DH; Caleb Tonovitz, jr., P/Util

Coach Jason Cavanaugh's comments: "We have a lot of guys competing for different positions. We have two guys competing for the catching position and a lot of guys competing for the corner outfield spots.

The biggest issue is last year when you're a really good time and you're running five junior college baseball players out there, that doesn't leave juniors a lot of time to get their feet wet."

The lowdown: With 21 players on varsity, five of which will only pitch, the Spartans are looking to reload once more in a new conference after several late losses kept Sycamore from earning a share of the conference title. The Spartans lost five players who committed to play junior college ball. Cavanaugh said runs may be hard to come by, but he expects good pitching and defense.