For many, the college recruiting process relied heavily on virtual visits and was done without traditional on-campus visits because of pandemic restrictions.
The left-handed pitcher seemed a likely draft choice until MLB reduced its draft to five rounds. Now he's playing summer baseball in Ohio, and gearing up for his freshman year at Vanderbilt.
School districts in Maine have been wrestling with the dilemma, balancing financial concerns with the desire to reward coaches for work they do with student-athletes throughout the year.
The Deering High senior batted .455 this spring and struck out 41 batters in 20 innings before being selected in the second round of the Major League Baseball draft.
The second annual Lighthouse Classic will take place this weekend at multiple sites, including college venues, The Ballpark, and Goodall Park in Sanford.
First-year coach Kyle Goodrich preaches a team-first philosophy that has the Falcons on an eight-game win streak heading into the game against Ellsworth.
The fourth-ranked Hawks, held without a hit for the first four innings, score three in the fifth to rally past 12th-ranked Portland in a Class A South quarterfinal.
Outfielder Trejyn Fletcher, drafted in the second round by the St. Louis Cardinals, has a full college scholarship to Vanderbilt University but is likely to receive a signing bonus of at least $1.2 million.
The Rams used stellar defense, strong pitching and timely hitting to end their six-game losing streak with an 8-4 victory over Bonny Eagle, which has now lost five in a row.
With a week and a half left in the regular season, Falmouth baseball coach Kevin Winship confronts the prospect of juggling his pitching staff to cover seven games in nine days.