Baseball America's Preseason Top 25 High School Baseball Rankings

by Jeff Fisher
NHSCA Sports Hour Host
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Baseball America has released it's preseason Top 25 high school baseball rankings. 

Defending national champ Parkview High School in Georgia gets the nod as the top team heading into the 2013 season.

1	Parkview HS, Lilburn, Ga.	31-6 (1)
2	Campolindo HS, Moraga, Calif.	23-4 (6)
3	Cathedral Catholic HS, San Diego	30-5 (NR)
4	Spruce Creek HS, Port Orange, Fla.	28-4 (8)
5	Dulles HS, Sugar Land, Texas	27-8 (NR)
6	American Heritage HS, Plantation, Fla.	27-4 (4)
7	Carroll HS, Southlake, Texas	25-13 (NR)
8	Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, Calif.	24-6 (17)
9	Grayson HS, Loganville, Ga.	27-9 (NR)
10	The Woodlands (Texas) HS	24-8 (NR)
11	Venice (Fla.) HS	24-8 (25)
12	Rancho Bernardo HS, San Diego	23-10 (NR)
13	Jenks (Okla.) HS	24-18 (NR)
14	Loganville (Ga.) HS	31-9 (23)
15	Barbe HS, Lake Charles, La.	35-6 (14)
16	Harvard-Westlake HS, Studio City, Calif.	24-5 (26)
17	Cypress (Texas) Woods HS	21-9 (NR)
18	Cherry Creek HS, Greenwood Village, Colo.	24-3 (27)
19	Gainesville (Ga.) HS	32-2 (49)
20	Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS	23-5 (16)
21	Hamilton HS, Chandler, Ariz.	23-9 (NR)
22	Tullahoma (Tenn.) HS	27-13 (NR)
23	Jesuit HS, Tampa	28-2 (11)
24	North Florida Christian HS, Tallahassee, Fla.	17-10 (NR)
25	Coronado HS, Henderson, Nev.	29-10 (NR)

Blair Academy Wins Beast of the East

by Jeff Fisher
Host
NHSCA Sports Hour
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Blair Academy (New Jersey) flexed its muscles again at the 20th annual Beast of the East at the University of Delaware over the weekend.  The Bucs totaled 309 points to capture the team title, easily outdistancing second-place Wyoming Seminary (Pennsylvania) by 152 points.

Blair, which won its 13th straight BOE title and 17th in 20 years, had two champs - Russ Parsons (152) and Brooks Black (285).  Matthew Kolodzik (120), P.J. Klee (132) and Mason Manville (138) finished runners-up.

Junior Alfred Bannister of Bishop McNamara (Maryland) was named the tournament's most outstanding wrestler.

Click here to read a complete wrap-up from InterMat.

Last week on the NHSCA Sports Hour, I spoke with new Blair head coach Charles Danhof.  You can listen to that interview below.



Team Standings

1. Blair Academy (NJ) 309
2. Wyoming Seminary (PA) 157
3. Massillon Perry (OH) 144
4. Brecksville (OH) 142
5. Central Dauphin (PA) 120.5
6. McDonogh (MD) 113.5
7. Bergen Catholic (NJ) 109.5
8. Christiansburg (VA) 101.5
9. Don Bosco Prep (NJ) 100
10. Good Counsel (MD) 99

Finals Champs

106 - Nick Suriano - Bergen Catholic, NJ
113 - Brent Fleetwood - Smyrna, DE
120 - Nathan Tomasello, CVCA, OH
126 - Joey Dance, Christiansburg, VA
132 - Brandon Jeske, Cox, VA
138 - Alfred Bannister, Bishop McNamara, MD
145 - T.J. Miller, Camden Catholic, NJ
152 - Russ Parsons, Blair Academy, NJ
160 - Garrett Peppelman, Central Dauphin, PA
170 - Zach Epperly, Christiansburg, VA
182 - Eric Morris, Wyoming Seminary, PA
195 - Ryan Solomon, Milton, PA
220 - Kyle Snyder, Good Counsel, MD
285 - Brooks Black, Blair Academy, NJ

Beast of the East Underway

by Jeff Fisher
Host
NHSCA Sports Hour
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The Beast of the East, one of the nation's premiere high school wrestling tournaments, is underway at the University of Delaware.

Over the next two days, over 100 of the best wrestling programs in the nation will be battling for team and individual honors.

The nation's #1 (Blair Academy, NJ) and #2 (Wyoming Seminary, NJ)) teams are in the field for the 20th annual event.

The championship round is set for Sunday.