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SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2020 THREE RIVERS EDITION/RIVER VALLEY & OZARK EDITION OF THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE DIAMOND ROUNDUP
35SS
GREENBRIER PANTHERS
GREENBRIER BASEBALL
APRIL 3 ................................. JACKSONVILLE APRIL 7 ......................... @SILOAM SPRINGS* APRIL 9 ........ CENTRAL ARKANSAS CHRISTIAN APRIL 14 ..................................... @VILONIA* APRIL 21 ........................................... ALMA* APRIL 27 ........................................... CABOT APRIL 28 ....................................... @BEEBE* APRIL 30 ......................................... BENTON MAY 5 ................................. @GREENWOOD* MAY 8 ............................................. MARION MAY 11 ................................. @LR CATHOLIC
*DENOTES CONFERENCE GAMES
GREENBRIER SOFTBALL
APRIL 2 .................................... FARMINGTON APRIL 3 ...................... @RIVER CITY RUMBLE APRIL 7 ......................... @SILOAM SPRINGS* APRIL 9 ..................................... WHITE HALL APRIL 14 ..................................... @VILONIA* APRIL 16 ................................. @POTTSVILLE APRIL 21 ........................................... ALMA* APRIL 24 ................................. @MORRILTON APRIL 28 ....................................... @BEEBE* MAY 5 ................................. @GREENWOOD*
*DENOTES CONFERENCE GAMES
Panthers will build around two of state’s best players
BY DONNA LAMPKIN STEPHENS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Greenbrier returns just four baseball starters, but those include two of the state’s best high school players.
“That starts with Connor Flagg and Cayden Wallace,” new coach Chad Cope said, referring to the 2020 and 2019, respec- tively, River Valley & Ozark Edition’s Players
to Watch.
He tagged Wallace, who has signed with
Arkansas, as the Panthers’ best power hitter, fielder and speed, and Flagg, a University of Central Arkansas signee, as best hitter for av- erage because of his “great approach.”
Garrett Fitts, a junior center fielder, and Talon Moore, a senior center fielder, round out the returning starters, the coach said.
“Other than those, the positions are open,”
Conference: 5A-West
Coach: Chad Cope
Assistant coaches: Larry Flake, Jacob Giles, Pete Southall and
Ty Miller
2019 record: 19-5
Returning starters: Seniors Connor Flagg, Cayden Wallace and Talon Moore; and junior Garrett Fitts
Cope said. “Besides those four guys, we’re go- ing to be young. Everybody talks about the big two, but we’ll see as we go. We’ve got some sophomores who will have to start.”
Sophomore left-handed pitcher Jordan Huskey transferred in from Benton. He’ll join a cadre of Panther pitchers, including Wallace; senior Landon Headrick, a Henderson State signee; junior Isaac Hulse; sophomore Keaton Whitley; junior Rafe Hogg; senior Saul Strack; sophomore Reece Jones; junior
STACI VANDAGRIFF/RIVER VALLEY & OZARK EDITION
Senior Cayden Wallace gets ready to throw the ball back during practice Feb. 20 in the new indoor practice facility at Greenbrier High School.
Jeremy Cooper; junior Drake Adamson; and junior Tanner Collins, the coach said. Team strengths include the senior class
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