WAYNESBORO – As a general rule, those who play either junior varsity or varsity baseball for the Waynesboro Area Senior High School teams also hop on over to the Waynesboro American Legion Post 15 baseball team in late May.
There’s about a two or three-week hiatus before players trade the Blue and Gold for the Black and Red of Post 15.
Waynesboro fielded both senior and junior teams.
So far this season, the senior team has started out 2-0, winning the first two games last week.
On Monday, Waynesboro defeated Chambersburg at home, 5-4, and on Wednesday, Post 15 topped Shippensburg, 7-5, on the road.
This is Dan McCleaf’s seventh season as coach of the team.
“We had a bit of a turnover from last year’s team with 11 players joining the senior group for their first year,” said McCleaf. “Brett Powell, Ethan Hotchkiss and John Kahl provide leadership as they enter their third season with us. Kahl, Bryan Alford and Gunner Shifflett will lead the pitching staff with newcomers Brayden Zeigler and Logan Kennedy getting innings as well.”
The top two teams in the Senior division will qualify for the Region 4 tournament in York, which will take place July 18-23.
Here’s this year’s Senior team roster: Zack Carpenter, Bryan Alford, Brayden Ziegler, Zach Bowers, Cohen Mills, John Kahl, Ryan Jenkins, Ethan Hotchkiss Landen Kennedy, Logan Kennedy, Riley Eaton, Brett Powell, Garrett Scheeler, Dustin Wagaman, Rylan Nichols, Caiden Shacreaw, Luke Gorzelsky and Gunner Shifflett.
The schedule: June 2, Chambersburg (W, 5-4); June 4, at Shippensburg (W, 7-5); June 9, Biglerville, 6 p.m.; June 11, at St. Thomas, 6 p.m.; June 13, Fayetteville, 6 p.m.; June 16, Fort Loudon, 6 p.m.; June 17 at North Berkeley (W.Va.), 6 p.m.; June 20, St. Thomas, 6 p.m.; June 23, at Fort Loudon, 6 p.m.; June 25, at Gettysburg, 6 p.m.; June 26, South Western, 6 p.m.; June 30, at Chambersburg, 6 p.m.; July 2, at Greencastle, 6 p.m.; July 3, at Biglerville, 6 p.m.; July 7, Gettysburg, 6 p.m.; July 9, at Fayetteville, 6 p.m.; July 10, Shippensburg, 6 p.m.; July 14, Greencastle 6 p.m.
The Junior team is 3-3 so far with a 3-2 league record. Its home games are being played at Pine Hill Field this summer. They are managed by Travis Carbaugh in his second season.
The Junior team roster: Kaiden Lowans, Rylan Bird, Izaac Miller, Grahm Pratt, Jacob Fazenbaker, Jace Kopco, Braddon Bowers, Landry Vincent, Mason Nickel, Dylan Young, Luke Gorzelsky, Palmer Davis, Landon Crable, Caiden Shacreaw, Jordan Geesaman, Nick Carbaugh and Brayden Heimbuch.
