ALL STAR BASEBALL ACADEMY TEAM OF THE WEEK: West Chester's 14U Team

This week’s Team of the Week award goes to the 14U team from our West Chester Facility. They went 2-1 at Diamond Nation for the weekend of 11th and 12th. Their wins came against the Diamond Nation 14U team and the Diamond Nation Super 13’s, with the lone loss against the eventual tournament winners Wall Baseball. They are coached by Creighton Gubanich.

Tyler Kight picked up the complete game win against Diamond Nation’s 14U squad, as the ASBA 14U team won 5-1. He allowed just 5 hits and one earned run to earn the win, his first of the year. In a 12-10 slug fest against the Diamond Nation Super 13’s, Vincent Drake got the win, throwing 4 solid innings. Daniel Schupper was able to close it out, picking up his first save of the year for the 14U team.

Despite a 13-5 loss to Wall Baseball, who went on to win the tournament, Gubanich was pleased with his team’s effort.

“We lost to the team who won it all, but the score of that game was not really indicative of the way we played. This weekend was our first time playing together as a team, and I think we really started to gel as a team in this game. For our first tournament together, I would say that we came out a little slow, but it was a good learning experience, and I think we’re set to have a great season.”

Offensively, Korey Leidheiser, Matt Harrison, and Gabe Hofferman were standouts, as they combined to go 12 for 22. Leidheiser hit .571 for the weekend, while Harrison was 5 for 9 with 5 RBI’s. Hofferman contributed with 3 hits and 3 walks, as well as scoring 3 of the teams 22 runs. As a team, they hit .313 and had a slugging percentage of .413.

The 14U team is off until July 16th and 17th. They play at Ripken Baseball in Aberdeen, Maryland.