South Charlotte Panthers

SOUTH CHARLOTTE PANTHERS 2018  -  SUMMER RECAP

The SCP 2018s completed the summer portion of the season with a 33-6-2 (.829) record including winning the Championship of the Perfect Game Super 25 North Carolina Championship. Nine 2018s were a part of the SCP 2017 teams run to the Championship Game of the PG WWBA 17U including Owen White; Cameran Brantley; Cameron Prugh; Jaylen Guy; Rohan Handa; Jeremiah Boyd; Trey Tujetsch; Ray Torres and Clayton Gilmore.

The Panthers will begin the fall season on September 10 and play in 5 events to wrap up the 2016 season.

Offensively the Junior Cats finished the summer with a ..334 Team Batting Average; Scoring 257 Runs for a 6.3 Per Game Average.

The offense was led by IF Jaylen Guy who hit .398 (33-83) with 17 RBIs and 36 Runs Scored. Jaylen also led the team in Stolen Bases with 16. 1B Reed Hedberg finished the summer hitting .389 (35-90) including 4 Doubles and a Triple while Driving In 32 Runs. 3B Nick Solomita hit .349 (29-83) including 5 Doubles; a Triple and Scored 26 Runs while Stealing 11 Bases. C Jeremiah Boyd hit .340 (34-100) including a team leading 9 Doubles; 2 Triples and a HR while Driving In 28 Runs. 

Rohan Handa .375 (24-64) with 14 RBIs; Trey Tujetsch .319 (29-91); Stephen Ridge .315 (23-73) and Jake Benoit .299 (23-77) including 10 Steals all contributed to the Panther offense. 

In split time with the SCP 2017 team; Cameran Brantley hit .336 (36-107) with 30 RBIs and 34 Runs Scored. Cameran Walked 31 times helping achieve a .500 On Base Average. Owen White had 33 Hits including 13 Extra Base Hits and Scored 23 Runs. 

On the mound the Junior Cats had a Team ERA of 1.88 while Striking Out 264 in 248 Innings Pitched.

Rohan Handa (9-1) Won 9 Games; Pitching 43.2 Innings; Striking Out 34 with a 1.78 ERA. Ro has his eyes on the SCP Single Season Wins Record of 12 this fall.

Cameron Prugh in split time with the SCP 2017s finished the summer (5-0) with 5 Saves Saves. Cam Struck Out 36 with only 8 Walks in 45 Innings Pitched. Jaylen Guy (4-2) Struck Out 31 in 37.2 Innings Pitched. Clayton Gilmore (4-1) Struck Out 25 in 27 IP; and had a team leading 0.269 ERA. Reed Hedberg (2-0) and a team leading 5 Saves Struck Out 27 in 24.2 IP.

Maddux Holshouser (4-0) with a 1.77 ERA; Jake Benoit (2-0) 2 Saves and 26 Strike Outs in 23 IP and Trey Tujetsch (2-1) with 17K in 22 IP all contributed to the SCP pitching. Owen White went 2-0 with 2 Saves while Striking Out 30 in 23 IP.