High School Baseball: Pre-Season All-Area Team

By Andrew Marcus
Sportswriter for The Lansdale Reporter

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Welcome to the wonderful world of spring sports.

High School Baseball, in my opinion, is at its best in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The teams that The Lansdale Reporter, The Mercury, The Times Herald, and Montgomery Media cover always seem to be in the mix for district and even state championships. There are always a handful of players that commit to Division-One schools and more that you can count that go on to play Division Two and Three.

So without further adieu...Here is one man's opinion on the best teams and the best players in a specific coverage area prior to the 2014 season.

Pre-Season All-Area Team

John Aiello - GA

P - John Aiello (Germantown Academy)
P - Dom Cuoci (LaSalle)
P - Charlie Hooker (Upper Moreland)
P - John Fitz (Central Bucks West)
P - David Brown (Hatboro-Horsham)

C - Nick Bein (Abington)
C - John Fischer (Plymouth-Whitemarsh)

IF - Dan Jacobson (Upper Dublin)
IF - Jared Melone (North Penn)
IF - Connor Klemman (Spring-Ford)
IF - David Tatoian (Pennridge)
IF - Nick Falso (Wissahickon)
IF - Brad Stoltzfus (Souderton)
IF - James Bleming (Pope John Paul II)
IF - Chris Kersey (North Penn)

Jared Melone - North Penn

OF - Jimmy Herron (LaSalle)
OF - Danny Shane (Pennridge)
OF - Vinny Case (William Tennent)
OF - Eric Lane (Hatboro-Horsham)
OF - Tim Carfrey (Methacton)
OF - Cameron Simmons (Spring-Ford)


JRC Philly Area's Top 10 Pre-Season Team

1.  LaSalle Explorers
2. Spring-Ford Rams
3. North Penn Knights
4. Germantown Academy Patriots
5. Pennridge Rams
6. Methacton Warrios
7. Upper Moreland Golden Bears
8. Archbishop Wood Vikings
9. Pope John Paul II
10. Central Bucks West Bucks