By: Cory Welch – April 23, 2019 Playoff baseball is underway all across South Carolina and to kick-off the “second” season, DP made the trip up to Inman, South Carolina to get its first glance of the season at the Chapman Panthers and the Woodruff Wolverines. Chapman comes in as the re...
By: Chris Nall & Cory Welch – April 12, 2019 With the regular season coming to a close, a number of key matchups have ta...
By: Cory Welch – April 11, 2019 For the second consecutive season, the Ninety Six Wildcats and the Abbeville Panthers locked...
By: Chris Nall – April 10 & 11, 2019 Sunshine and 70-degree weather in the upstate made for a perfect combination ...
Each year DP follows the top players from a year ago combined with who has jumped on the radar prior to, or throughout t...
By: Randy Carlson – April 10, 2019 With a regular season Region Championship on the line, Summerville and Fort Dorchester we...
By: Cory Welch – April 10, 2019 With the regular season winding down, the stakes in region games are getting higher and the ...
By: Cory Welch – April 4, 2019 Due to the forecasted rain in the area for Friday, many teams across the state altered their ...
By: Cory Welch – April 2, 2019 As the calendar has turned to April, we are right in the middle of region play as region stan...
By: Cory Welch – March 29, 2019 As we close out the month of March, DP made the trip up Highway 5 to Rock Hill to check in o...
By: Cory Welch – March 26, 2019 A quick trip to Taylors, SC was in store for DP on this Tuesday night as we witness Wade H...
By: Austin Alexander – March 26, 2019 -Bloops, bunts, drops, ejections…Barlow, Simpson dominate- Sunny skies and cooler tem...
By: Mike Williams – March 26, 2019 -Future Chants Faceoff- In a Region battle, Conway hosted St. James for another tough ga...
By: Will Cheatham – March 25, 2019 -Wild & Crazy night in Irmo- DP was on hand tonight at Irmo High School to see a Reg...
By: Randy Carlson – March 25, 2019 If you showed up to the ballpark at West Ashley high school on Monday night looking for a...
By: Cory Welch – March 22, 2019 After a series of rainy Friday’s in the Upstate, the weather has finally cooperated and give...
By: Cory Welch – March 19, 2019 Another chilly night in the Upstate area was in store for teams all across the area particip...
By: Cory Welch – March 18, 2019 To kick-off another week of region play across the state, DP made the trek over to St. Josep...
By: Cory Welch – March 15, 2019 On this Friday night, a trip to the Midlands was warranted for a rubber match and a ...
By: Austin Alexander – March 15, 2019 A sun-laden, heavy-pollenated mid-70’s day graced Horry County on Friday evening as ...
By: Cory Welch – March 12, 2019 An old rivalry is renewed during the 2019 season due to region realignment. On this dry Tu...
By: Jeff Kerr – March 12, 2019 DP was in York County at Fort Mill HS for the crosstown rivalry and a region match-up betwe...
By: Austin Alexander - February 4, 2006 Everybody has their own style and thoughts on how to best take a round of pre-game i...
Eastside High School senior Joseph Mershon is considered a jack of all trades on the baseball field… and is the master of m...
By: Cory Welch – March 7, 2019 Once again, Mother Nature had a say in the scheduling of contests during the first week...
My name is Michael Foltz and I am a 2019 LHP at Carolina Forest High School. I am from Cape May, NJ, but have lived most of...
By: Austin Alexander & Chris Nall - February 28-March 2, 2019 -Southpaws, diaper dandies, delays theme IP- The 29th A...
By: Cory Welch, Mike Williams & Barry Mabry – February 28 – March 2, 2019 Pre-season tournaments got underway this pas...
By: Austin Alexander, Mike Williams & Frankie Everitte – February 28/March 2, 2019 -Wood rings loud in Pawleys Island, p...
By: Chris Nall – February 27, 2019 To kick off a weekend loaded with baseball, good tunes, and hospitality, DP made a quic...
This group of freshmen already has a deep number of guys with previous varsity success on their resume...which has DP so exci...
Like the class ahead of them, this 2021 group appears deep with talent as more continue emerging every single day we are at t...
One year ago we were so excited about this 2020 class that we decided to go against tradition and slot them by position, foll...
DP's ranking of youngsters have historically been a grouping that expands as the year's pile up, which proves true each time ...
Each year, our favorite ranking to produce is this one. We surveyed some pretty important people in the baseball universe a...
By: Cory Welch – February 22, 2019 Now that the scrimmage portion of the 2019 season has come to a close, DP will turn its a...
We appreciate the time spent by each coach to send in a preview of their upcoming season. With the 2019 campaign upon us an...
By: Cory Welch & Austin Alexander – February 15-16, 2019 Last weekend, the first round of DP Scrimmages came and w...
By: Austin Alexander & Andy Phillips – February 15, 2019 As February’s DP Scrimmages roll on, Friday had us at River Blu...
By: Derick Urquhart – February 16, 2019 The weather forecast for Saturday wasn’t pretty.With most of the state calling for a...
By: Randy Carlson – February 16, 2019 Early morning showers tried their best to put a damper on the day but thanks to one of...
On Monday, Chesnee HS 2019 RHP Austin Brown made a commitment to play baseball at Spartanburg Methodist.
On Saturday, Blythewood HS 2019 RHP Cole Riley made a commitment to play baseball at Kentucky Christian University.
On Friday, St. Joseph’s HS 2019 RHP Matthew Marchal made a commitment to play baseballl at Furman University.
On Wednesday, Spring Valley HS 2019 OF Khyree Miller made a commitment to play baseballl at Spartanburg Methodist.
On Tuesday, 2019 Andrew Jackson HS RHP Griffin Gardner made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Lancaster.
On Sunday, 2019 Myrtle Beach HS RHP Jonah McElheney made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Lancaster.
On Sunday, 2019 Dorchester Academy RHP/INF Chase Way made a commitment to play baseball at USC Sumter.
On Saturday, 2019 North Myrtle Beach HS INF Ewin Vasquez made a commitment to play baseball at Spartanburg Methodist College.
On Thursday, 2019 Wren HS OF/LHP Carter Willis made a commitment to play baseball at Columbia International University.
On Friday, Socastee HS RHP 2019 Dylan Kuehne made a commitment to play baseballl for at Francis Marion.
On Thursday, 2019 West Ashley HS OF Robbie Brown made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Lancaster.
On Tuesday, 2019 Easley HS RHP Parker Cassell made a commitment to play baseball at Erskine College.
On Monday, 2019 Dorman HS 1B Hunter Pruitt made a commitment to play baseball at Spartanburg Methodist College.
On Sunday, 2020 Eastside HS UTL Wyatt Spurrier made a commitment to play baseball at The Citadel.
On Saturday, 2019 Dutch Fork HS 1B Jalen McDuffie made a commitment to play baseball at Columbia International University.
On Saturday, 2020 May River HS C JT Rushing made a commitment to play baseball at Salem County College (NJ).
On Friday, 2019 Bishop England HS RHP Kyle Castleberry made a commitment to play baseball at Rollins College (FL).
On Friday, 2020 Wade Hampton HS (G) INF/OF Cason Whitmire made a commitment to play baseball at The College of Charleston.
On Friday, 2019 Dutch Fork HS INF Crosby Jones made a commitment to play baseball at The Citadel.
On Wednesday, 2019 Ninety Six RHP Matthew Murphy made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Lancaster.
On Friday, 2019 White Knoll HS OF Jacob Bannister made a commitment to play baseball at USC Sumter.
On Friday, Goose Creek HS 2019 UTL Jake Chapman made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Union.
On Thursday, 2019 Laurens HS Tanner Smith RHP/OF made a commitment to play baseball at Spartanburg Methodist.
On Thursday, 2019 James Island HS 1B Jaxon Weatherford made a commitment to play baseball at College of Charleston.
On Thursday, 2020 South Aiken HS RHP AJ Deibel made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Aiken.
On Thursday, 2019 West Ashley HS RHP/1B Chace Cooper made a commitment to play baseball at The Citadel.
Recently, 2019 Cheraw HS OF Jacob Gainey made a commitment to play baseball at Coker College.
On Monday, 2019 Byrnes HS RHP Dylan Mullinax made a commitment to play baseball at USC Sumter.
On Monday, 2019 Cardinal Newman HS INF AJ DePalma made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Lancaster.
On Friday, 2019 Boiling Springs HS 1B Nick Bailey made a commitment to play baseball at USC-Union.
On Tuesday, 2019 Ridge Spring-Monetta HS C Kelson Palmer made a commitment to play baseball at Florence-Darlington Tech.
On Monday, Sumter HS LHP Josh Bryant made a commitment to play baseball at Florence-Darlington Tech.
On Saturday, Union County HS 2019 OF T.T. Kershaw made a commitment to play baseball at USC Sumter.
Recently, Sumter HS 2019 OF Jacob Holladay committed to play baseball at USC Sumter.
On Sunday, Boiling Springs HS 2019 LHP/OF Dawson Taylor made a commitment to play baseball at North Greenville College.
Once the spring season closes for the high schools & college coaches too, there is one place where the talent & evaluators tend to migrate to – DP’s June Showcase. On Tuesday & Wednesday, June 11-12 at Columbia’s River Bluff HS, our 14th Annual ‘Open’ Showcase will be available to the first 150 players in the Classes of 2020-2022. If you aspire to play at the next level, see info below:
Burnett earns #500: DP congratulates Gilbert HS skipper Ashley Burnett on his 500th career victory!
Quote of the Week: "A life is not worth living if it does not impact others." -Jackie Robinson
After 16 years as a baseball coach at The Citadel, David Beckley has landed on his feet and has launched mPower6...a new model to raise funds for your program. It's in your best interest to read the linked press release and/or website to learn more about an incredible opportunity for your baseball organization! Press Release / WebsiteCareer Over? Parental MUST READ Baseball careers are ending every single night, in 2009 an anonymous parent sent this treasure to DP. To view 'A Baseball Parent's Farewell', click here.
Do's and Do Not's for Parents: In my many years as a high school coach, I hear and can tell many stories on parents and what they say and do during their child's career. Enough stories to write a book that would take several days to read! Sometimes I like to think that 90 percent of what is said and done by parents is due to limited knowledge of a certain situation and/or how to handle situations. Unfortunately I know that while that is most often the case, things happen because a parent is just that, a parent. Fore more, click here.
NCAA Info : Academic standards to play Division I and Divison II baseball are something every student-athlete and parent should know... To view, click here.
Recruiting 101: Finding the recruiting process difficult to understand or intimidating? Most players and parents do. You owe it to your son and his future to educate yourself from start to finish on the recruiting game. Have you considered the following... click here.
FCA's 10 Commandments: Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Baseball has taken on the task of examining how to be a Christian baseball parent. It is truly up to Christians to change the culture of youth baseball by modeling the attributes of Christ in all aspects of the game. God gave us His "Ten Commandments", biblical principles to guide ours lives. FCA gives us their version on how to act at the ballpark... To view, click here.
All-Pro Dad: Highly Recommended Any father that strives to be a quality dad should spend 2-4 minutes exploring this website created by Tony Dungy. To view, click here. Baseball Flavor
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