Forsyth Central 2020 Baseball Media Guide

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DATE

DAY

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

Mar 5

Thursday

Flowery Branch

Flowery Branch

5:55pm

Mar 7

Saturday

Creekview

Creekview

1:00pm

Mar 9

Monday

Denmark

Forsyth Central

5:55pm

Mar 12

Thursday

Cenntenial

Cenntenial

5:55pm

Mar 13

Friday

Lambert

Lambert

6:15pm

Mar 16

Monday

Lambert

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Mar 18

Wednesday

South Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Mar 20

Friday

South Forsyth

South Forsyth

6:15pm

Mar 23

Monday

North Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Mar 25

Wednesday

North Forsyth

North Forsyth

6:15pm

Mar 27

Friday

West Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Mar 30

Monday

West Forsyth

West Forsyth

6:15pm

Apr 1

Wednesday

Milton

Milton

6:15pm

Apr 3

Friday

Milton

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Apr 6

Monday

Lambert

Lambert

6:15pm

Apr 8

Wednesday

South Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Apr 10

Friday

North Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Apr 13

Monday

West Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

Apr 15

Wednesday

Milton

Milton

6:15pm

Apr 18

Saturday

Johns Creek

Johns Creek

1:00pm

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C OAC H I N G STAFF

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Coach McCollum >> VARSITY HEAD COACH Coach McCollum is in his 12th year as the head coach of the Bulldog Program. The Dawgs have competed in the state playoffs seven years under Coach McCollum. In 2012, the Bulldogs made it to the Elite 8 before dropping two close games to Whitewater. In 2015, Forsyth Central won the region championships along with a state playoff berth making the Sweet 16. Coach McCollum was named the County Coach of the Year by the Forsyth County News. In 2016, Forsyth Central was able to repeat as Region champions and earn a state playoff berth making the Sweet 16 in Back to Back years. Coach McCollum was named Region Coach of the Year for 2016. Prior to Central, McCollum was an assistant at North Forsyth High School. Before moving to Georgia, McCollum was the head varsity baseball coach at Gainesville (FL) for 4 years. He led Gainesville High to its first dis­trict title after a 13-year drought. In addition, he coached baseball and football at Santa Fe High School in Alachua, FL. McCollum started coaching at Shippensburg University. He assisted the 1996 team that competed in the Division II World Series in Montgomery, AL. McCollum graduated from Mechanicsburg Sr. High and later went on to play baseball at Shippensburg University. While at Shippensburg, he was a three-year starter earning All-Conference honors. McCollum graduated with a degree in Elementary Education and a Master's in Physical Education. He and his wife, Rachel, both teach and reside in Cumming. They have three children, Cash (13), and Parker (10) and Macy (8).

Coach Cannon >> VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH This is Coach Canon's 6th year teaching and coaching at Forsyth Central. He is the varsity outfield coach. He also serves as the Offensive Coordinator for the football team. Coach Canon is a graduate of Georgia Southern University. He was a three-sport athlete and 2009 graduate of Forsyth Central. Coach Canon resides in Cumming with his wife, Holly.

Coach Bull >> VARSITY PITCHING COACH Coach Bull is in his 12th year as a coach at Forsyth Central High School. He graduated from Holly Hill Academy in South Carolina in 1995, where he was an all region selection in three sports: shortstop/ pitcher in baseball, power forward in basketball, and linebacker/ tight end in football.

He went on to Newberry College as a pitcher, where he played three years before transferring to Clemson University to com­plete his degree program. Coach Bull graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Newberry College and a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Clemson University. He currently works as a software architect in Alpharetta.

Coach Bull resides in Cumming with his wife, Carissa, and three sons, Braylan, Kholson, and Jantsan and his Boykin Spaniel, Brecken.

Coach Arundale >> JV HEAD COACH Coach Arundale has been with the baseball program for 8 years with two at the freshman level and 3 as the varsity assistant This is his 3rd year as head JV coach. Besides baseball, Coach Arundale was the HC frosh basketball at FCHS for 7 years. He has been teaching resource math at FCHS for eight years, spending 2 years previously at Central Gwinnett HS. Coach Arundale grew up in Pawtucket, RI and is a graduate of Kennesaw State University. He lives in Cumming with his wife, Marianne and their three boys, Thomas (21), Matthew (17) and Jackson (17).

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Coach Dees >> JV ASSISTANT COACH Coach Dees is in his 12th year as a coach at Forsyth Central High School. He is the Assistant JV coach. He played college ball at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. There he earned Bachelor degrees in Marketing and Spanish. He is the owner of A-Team Sports in Cumming, GA.

Coach Parker >> FRESHMAN HEAD COACH Coach Parker is in his 18th year at Forsyth Central High School. Previous to FCHS, he was at Rockdale County High School for two years where he coached baseball and basketball.

Coach Parker graduated from the University of Alabama Birmingham with a Secondary Education degree in Mathematics. He also holds a Masters Degree in Technology from Lesley University in Massachusetts. While in college he spent nine years in Marine Corp Reserves. Coach Parker lives in Cumming with his wife of 15 years, Jennifer, and two kids, Maggie, 12, and Will, 9.

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Coach Spota >> FRESHMAN ASSISTANT COACH Coach Spota has been coaching at Forsyth Central for 5 years. He works with both the JV and freshman teams. Coach Spota has been coaching travel baseball for the last 7 years working with all ages. Coach Spota grew up in Forsyth County and went to West Forsyth High School. Coach Spota graduated from North Georgia University with a degree in Kinesiology. He is currently teaching PE at Midway Elementary and getting his Masters in Elementary Education.

Coach Transue >> ASSISTANT FRESHMAN COACH Coach Spencer Transue is in his fourth year as Assistant Baseball Coach at Forsyth Central High School. Coach Transue graduated from Forsyth Central High School in 2012, where he was a three year Varsity Football starter, as a quarterback and was a four year Varsity Base­ball starter, as a shortstop and pitcher. He went on to play baseball at Oglethorpe University for four years as a shortstop and pitcher, where he graduated in 2017 with a B.S. in Business Administration. He cur­rently works at Georgia Computer Incorporated as an Account Execu­tive in Cumming. Coach Transue is also an assistant football coach for Forsyth Central High School. Coach Transue resides in Cumming.

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Coach Verbeke >> ASSISTANT COACH Graduated from FCHS in 2014. All-County, All-Region selection both years on Varsity.

Awarded pitcher of the year for the baseball team in 2013 and 2014. Graduated from Furman University with a Communications degree in 2019. Friday Night starter of Furman University baseball team. Won team MVP in 2018, Selected Preseason all conference for 2019 season. Will be a representative of Greece’s National baseball team upon completion of my dual citizenship. Coach Verbeke works as an underwriter for Central Insurance Company in Alpharetta, GA. He is engaged to Marina Morrison, set to get married in April.

Greg Little >> STATISTICIAN Voted Best Statistician in Georgia!

Sydney Hernandez MANAGER

Jim Blandford

>> VOICE OF THE BULLDOGS!

Jim Blandford, is in his third year of teaching at Forsyth Central High School. He has been involved with all the local high schools serving on the staffs of Lambert, North, West as a Para Pro and teacher. Jim has an­nounced baseball games for twenty years, and he is currently announc­ing baseball, lacrosse and soccer at Forsyth Central.

He is the head girls golf coach at Central.

Joel Joseph MANAGER

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VAR S ITY TEAM

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NAME

YR

B/T

POS

1

LUKE OWENS

12

R/R

OF

2

A.J. FIECHTER

11

R/R

SS/2B

3

WILL ROBBINS

11

L/L

OF/P

4

BRANDON BICK

12

R/R

1B/3B

5

AARON TURNER

11

L/L

OF/P

6

MICHAEL DISNEY

12

R/R

INF

8

WILL MILLER

12

R/R

C/1B

10

HUNTER DARKE

11

R/R

P

11

RYAN GAMBLE

12

R/R

P/1B

12

MATTHEW ARUNDALE

11

R/R

OF/P

14

AUSTIN TRASK

12

R/R

INF/P

15

WILL NELMS

11

R/R

OF

16

STEVIE LYONS

11

R/R

OF/P

19

JOHN GOODROW

11

R/R

C/3B

21

AUSTIN STOWE

11

R/L

OF/P

22

JACK CARNES

11

L/L

OF/P

23

NICHOLAS HOLBROOK

11

R/R

P

24

JACKSON BOSWELL

11

R/R

1B

25

WILL MARTIN

11

R/R

3B/P

26

TYLER SMITH

11

R/L

INF/C/P

27

JAKE HILL

12

R/R

P/1B

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1

Luke Owens

4

Brandon Bick

12

R/R OF

12

R/R 1B/3B

6

Michael Disney

8

Will Miller

12

R/R INF

12

R/R C/1B

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11

Ryan Gamble

12

R/R P/1B

27 Jake Hill 12

R/R P/1B

14

Austin Trask

12

R/R INF/P

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2

A.J. Fiechter

11 R/R SS/2B

3

Will Robbins

11 L/L OF/P

12 Matthew Arundale 15 Will Nelms

11 R/R OF/P

11 R/L OF/P

Aaron Turner

11 L/L OF/P

11 R/R OF

21 Austin Stowe

5

16 Stevie Lyons

11 L/L OF/P

19 John Goodrow

11 R/R 3B/P

26 Tyler Smith

23 Nicholas Holbrook 24 Jackson Boswell

11 R/R P

- Babe Ruth

11 R/L INF/C/P

11 R/R C/3B

11 R/R 1B

“It’s hard to beat a person who NEVER GIVES UP.” 25 Will Martin

11 R/R P

11 R/R OF/P

22 Jack Carnes

10 Hunter Darke

J U N I O R VAR S ITY

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NAME

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

2

Matthew Phillips

Mar 2

Milton

Forsyth Central

5:00pm

3

Jacob Mattox

5

Carson Elias

Mar 5

Denmark

Denmark

5:55pm

6

Noah Bissette

Mar 7

Denmark

Forsyth Central

11:00am

Milton

Milton

7:15pm

7

AJ Sokol

Mar 10

8

Gabe Allen

Mar 12

Lambert

Forsyth Central

7:15pm

9

Graham Long

11

Jesse Duong

Mar 14

Lambert

Lambert

1:00pm

13

Josh Williams

Mar 18

South Forsyth

South Forsyth

6:15pm

20

Mitchell Kyle

Mar 20

South Forsyth

Forsyth Central

6:15pm

22

Thomas Gurr

Mar 21

North Forsyth

North Forsyth

11:00am

23

Drew Gausling

24

Sam Medrano

Mar 24

North Forsyth

Forsyth Central

5:55pm

25

John Kirsch

Mar 27

West Forsyth

West Forsyth

7:30pm

26

Jacob Campbell

Mar 28

West Forsyth

Forsyth Central

1:30pm

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2

Matthew Phillips

3

Jacob Mattox

5

Carson Elias

6

Noah Bissette

7

AJ Sokol

8

Gabe Allen

9

Graham Long

11

Jesse Duong

13 Josh Williams

20 Mitchell Kyle

22 Thomas Gurr

24 Sam Medrano

25 John Kirsch

26 Jacob Campbell

23 Drew Gausling

FR ES H M EN

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# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 15 19 20 22 23 25 26 27

NAME Daniel Smith Peyton Streko Braden Wudi Bryson Kuhn Kole McGlumphy Camden Yeager Andrew Gardiner Kade Roam Ethan Eidson Koby Balthazor Tyler McNew Jake Patten Dylan Moroney Brandon Semple Averett Thompson Aidan Meehan Luke Sacchetti Zachary Schlinkert Jake Walther

YR 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

TIME

Mar 2

Milton

Forsyth Central

7:15pm

Mar 5

Denmark

Forsyth Central

5:55pm

Mar 7

Denmark

Denmark

1:00pm

Mar 10

Milton

Milton

5:00pm

Mar 12

Lambert

Forsyth Central

5:00pm

Mar 14

Lambert

Lambert

3:15pm

Mar 19

South Forsyth

Forsyth Central

5:55pm

Mar 21

North Forsyth

Forsyth Central

11:00am

Mar 24

North Forsyth

North Forsyth

6:15pm

Mar 25

Cambridge

Forsyth Central

5:55pm

Mar 27

West Forsyth

West Forsyth

5:00pm

Mar 28

West Forsyth

Forsyth Central

11:00am

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1

Daniel Smith

9

5

Peyton Streko

9

Kole McGlumphy

9

10 Ethan Eidson

6

19 Dylan Moroney

7

Camden Yeager

20 Brandon Semple

8

Andrew Gardiner

Bryson Kuhn

Kade Roam

9

9

15 Jake Patten

9

22 Averett Thompson 23 Aidan Meehan

9

26 Zachary Schlinkert 27 Jake Walther

9

4 9

12 Tyler McNew

Koby Balthazor

9

Braden Wudi

9

9

9

25 Luke Sacchetti

11

3 9

9

9

9

2

9

9

BULLDOGS 2020 SCORECARD

SCORING ABBREVIATIONS

WAYS TO GET ON BASE

SINGLE

WILD PITCH (3RD STRIKE)

DOUBLE

PASSED BALL (3RD STRIKE)

TRIPLE

HOME RUN

CATCHER’S INTERFERENCE

GROUND RULE DOUBLE

STRIKEOUT (SWINGING)

STRIKEOUT (CALLED)

BASE ON BALLS

HIT BY PITCH

FIELDER’S CHOICE

ERROR

BATTER MAKES AN OUT

STRIKEOUT (SWINGING)

STRIKEOUT (CALLED)

GROUND OUT

FORCED OUT OR TAG (3RD THROWS TO 1ST)

INFIELD FLY RULE

RUNNER MAKES AN OUT

CAUGHT STEALING (PITCHER 3RD)

FORCE OUT OR TAG (3RD TO 2ND)

RUN DOWN (CATCHER TO 2ND TO 1ST TO 2ND)

FLY OUT (TO LEFT FIELD)

FLY OUT (TO RIGHT FIELD)

LINE OUT (TO 3RD BASE)

UNASSISTED PUT OUT