The @Pirates have agreed to a deal with No. 64 overall pick Lonnie White Jr. for $1.5 million (slot value = $1,050,300), per @jimcallisMLB.
Pittsburgh has now secured all 4 of its top picks: atmlb.com/2UT9kMh
Friars put a bow on a remarkable season with a hardfought 6-3 win over a tough Penn Charter team to capture the tournament championship! The boys finish 26-4 on the year clinching the best winning % of any club in @CoachHilliard16 tenure led by a special group of 15 seniors
Friars (28-6) finish the job and win 6-4 over a tough Perk School to capture the 2023 PAISAA State 🏆
🔹Oschell (W) 6ip 5H 1ER 3K
🔹Stead 2-3 2B 3RBI
🔹Abate RBI R
🔹Tiffan (S)
Congrats to all our players, coaches, families, and administration on another tremendous season ♥️
Friars (34-3) dream season comes to an end with a 13-4 win over Perk on the strength of a 9run first inning to take home their 2nd straight State Title 🏆
🔹Davis (W) 4ip 3H 1ER 6K
🔹Pellicciotta 3-3 3R 4RBI 3B HR
🔹Kennedy 2RBI 2B
🔹Holt 2RBI 2B
🔹Ploszay 2ip 2H 0R 3K
⚾️ Most wins since ‘08
⚾️Most SB in school history (149)
⚾️Most wins under @CoachHilliard16
⚾️18-0 at home
⚾️Outscored opponents 295-76
EJ Moyer, longtime Friars Asst coach and architect behind some of the best pitching staffs in PA, has officially announced his retirement from coaching on Warren Ave
@MPFriars@PeteDLN @RallyPhilly
Here’s a great shot of the big swing through the wind by @C_Newell20 to tie it last night in our final at bat and send it to extras. @NathanRode@MPFriars#MLBDraft
Congratulations to Friars ‘21 Jimmy Kirk on his decision to accept a scholarship to play baseball and further his academics at Millersville University next year @PBRPennsylvania @CoachHilliard16@PBT_BellRingers @BaseballUmd
Congrats to our 6 senior signees on making it official! ✍️
Top (L-R)
🔹 Cole Kirschner - Limestone U
🔹 Jonathan Holt - Notre Dame
🔹 Grant Kennedy - Richmond
@CoachHilliard16
Bottom (L-R)
🔹 Tague Davis - Louisville
🔹 DJ Peterson - Yale
🔹 Mason Clark - Boston College
Congratulations to our own @C_Newell20 on being selected in the MLB draft! Chris becomes the 3rd Friar in the past 3 years to be selected out of high school joining Shane Muntz ‘17 and Billy Corcoran ‘18. So proud of you, Chris! @MPFriars@Mike_Rooney @RallyPhilly
Friars(32-7) cap off year with a walkoff win 5-4 in bottom of 9th to capture 3rd straight and 6th state title in last 8 years. Newell ties it in 7th w solo bomb, Paulina K’s 13 of 15 in relief, and Conley singles home Newell to end it 🏆 @MPFriars @RallyPhilly
Baseball: @MPFriars defeat Perkiomen School 5-4 to win the 2019 PAISAA Championship 🏆⚾️ Congrats to @MPFriarBaseball on a great season! 📹: final out & celebration by @johnknebels
Friars win 4-3 in extras to capture league title 🏆.Lonnie White(FR) w 1st career HR to close 3-0 gap to 3-2. Burgess reached w 2, stole bag, and C.Dillon w HUGE 2out 1b to tie it. Devereux(W)2scoreless, White scored walkoff winner w hbp and scored from 1B on an errant pickoff
Congrats to all our Senior players and their families on their signing day today!
Nate Daller-Ursinus
Gavin Grande-Kutztown
Drew Butera-Franklin & Marshall
Tristan Corcoran-Elon
Jordan Dissin-Richmond
Jarod Wade-Long Island
Connor Offshack-Elon
Josh Paulina-Pitt
In his previous outing, ‘23 Charlie Oschell joined the 100 career strikeout club. He’s the first to reach this milestone since 2021 when his older brother Fran achieved the career feat and just the 4th pitcher to do so since 2018. Congratulations Chuck!
Big congrats to all of our ‘23 players going on to play collegiately!
Cooper Bryan - Shepherd
Charlie Oschell - Virginia
Jackson Simko - Shenandoah
Trey Tiffan - Elon
Tim Dickinson - St. Joseph’s
Jack Stead - NJIT
Matt Tsiaras - Lehigh
Friars (9-0) win over Penn Charter 12-0 as Oschell (4-0) goes 5ip, 3h, 0er, 4k and adds a 2-4 day at plate with 3run HR and 5rbi n run scored
📍Davis 3-3 2runs rbi double
📍Cochran 2-3 2runs 2rbi
📍Conley 2R HR
📍Maul rbi double n run
📍Smith bros 4sb
@MPFriars
Congrats to your ‘21 Friars and this special group of 15 seniors for finishing tied for 1st (Penn Charter) in the always competitive Inter-Ac. This is the program’s 8th 1st place finish in the past 10 seasons! 👏 @MPFriars
I'm honored and blessed to announce my commitment to further my academic and athletic career at Duke University. Thank you to everyone who has supported me in making this dream come true! #BlueCollar
Today’s games were dedicated to the memory of John McArdle. Coach McArdle was a longtime coach at @SCHA_Baseball and @TempleUniv along with being one of the best umpires and a mentor to so many. Our thoughts and 🙏 are with his family, and his countless friends/former players RIP
Congrats to Former Friars Jordan Dissin ‘20 and Chris Newell ‘19 on being selected in the MLB draft today. Jordan went 12th round to Phillies and Chris 13th to the Dodgers. Congrats boys! @CoachHilliard16@MPFriars@PeteDLN
Friars (23-3) win League Championship with 14-1 W over CHA
🔹T Davis (W) 3ip 2H 0R 6K; added a solo HR at plate
🔹@jonathan_holt09 3-4 2RBI R
🔹@TiffanTrey 2-2 2R 2RBI 2BB
🔹@masclark3 1-2 2B 4RBI
🔹@TimDickinson14 2H 3RBI 2R
We are excited to congratulate Friars ‘20 RHP @joshua_paulina on accepting a baseball scholarship to @Pitt_BASE Josh led the team in punchouts this year with 63 in 29.2ip this season. Proud of you, Josh! @MPFriars @pbrpennsylvania @RallyPhilly @DLNSports@PBT_BellRingers
Congrats to @BillyCorcoran32 on recording his 150th career strikeout in yesterday’s win making him not only the program’s all time K leader but the first to ever reach this milestone! #ace 🐐 @ozoneinq @MPFriars@EJMoyer1
Congratulations to ‘20 Outfielder, @drewbutera34 , on his commitment to attend and play baseball for @FandMBaseball !
@MPFriars @pbrpennsylvania @RallyPhilly
Friars win 13-3 over EA to capture 2nd straight state title. Offshack(4rbi)big bases clearing 3b to break it open. Devereux 2hits, White 2rbi. Corcoran goes distance 1er, 3hits, 4k to get the W. @ozoneinq @DLNSports@MPFriars
Friars (18-4) win 6-1 over Haverford as Fran Oschell had a huge day. Complete game 4hitter with 9k and slugged two HRs at the plate with 3rbi. He also notched his 100th career K in the win! @MPFriars
📍Jimmy Kirk 3-4 RBI n Run
📍Tiffan 2-4
Congrats to @drewbutera34 on his first career collegiate hit in his first career AB. He later would go on to single again for his 1st career RBI #1stsofmany
On behalf of the entire program and all of our supporters, we thank you for making today such a success! Congrats to all the raffle and auction winners! And thank you to all who contributed and all who came out today! Spring can’t get here quick enough.
We are once again thankful and honored to be recognized as one of the country’s best. This time as a top 10 team according to Prep Baseball Report
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Friars (32-5) cap off season with another State 🏆 behind another MVP performance by Chase Ecker. It’s the program’s 3rd straight state title and 9th in the last 12 seasons!
🔹Ecker(W) CG 4H 0er 0bb 4k
🔹Hammond 3-4 2RBI 2B
🔹Sergio 2-4 R 3RBI
🔹Melconian 3BB 2R
🚨 NO HITTER ALERT!🚨
Friars improve to 24-4 w 3-0 win on the strength 5.1 no hit innings by Mason Smith (W, 0H, 0R, 5k) and Chase Reardon finished it off(1.2ip, 0H, 0R). The offense was led by Matt Donatucci’s 2 knocks. Owen Maul added a hit, Rbi, and run scored @MPFriars
Friars (31-7) punch 🎫 to state final for 8th straight year as they beat Fords 5-1 behind another gem by Corcoran (CG, 4hits, 1er, 8k). Newell helped carry the O with 2 solo HRs,3runs,2rbi, Conley and Andress added 2hits each to help add some insurance @RallyPhilly @MPFriars
"I'm just very proud of him. He's a great kid and he's a hell of a baseball player."
In an interview with @amyfadoolNBCS, an emotional @bendavisnbcs discusses his son Tague following his @MPFriarBaseball footsteps.
FULL INTERVIEW 🎥 ➡️ trib.al/aeMf0aP
Friars (11-1) escape with a 10-9win on the strength of 3 7th inning HRs‼️ Lonnie White 2R HR, Conley solo shot, and Trey Tiffan’s 3run walk-off 💣 to end the wild 9-4 comeback
📍Shallow (W) 2ip 1ER
📍Kirk 2-3 2run RBI
📍Oschell 2-3 2run Rbi
📍Tiffan 2-4 run and 5rbi
Congrats to alum ‘21 Fran Oschell on being drafted by the Angels in the 12th round!
Fran is the 17th Friar to hear his name called in the MLB draft since 2010 and the 8th since 2020
Congrats to @FranOschell and the Oschell family!
Our 2024 uniform combinations: SR @GrantKennedy06 in the classic pinstripes, SR Tague Davis in the Blue/White, and SR @jonathan_holt09 in the all blues
Friars (4-0) win over Devon Prep 17-7 as offense bangs out 13hits
📍Oschell 2HRs
📍 Conley HR and 3rbi
📍Kirk HR 2rbi
📍Czarzasty 2/3 3R 3Rbi
Next game tomorrow at home vs Springfield 4pm
So long Florida 🌞, great trip as the boys played great,represented the program and our school with class, and come home at 9-0 on the young season. Next game will be Tuesday night vs #1 team in NY and perennial national power Poly Prep at Trenton Thunder Stadium 630pm $5 per 🎟️
Didn’t notice until today but @C_Newell20 picked up his career 100th hit last week and currently sits at 103 becoming first Friar since @joepoduslenko24 ‘13 to reach the milestone. More impressive is Chris has gotten there in just 2.5 seasons. 👏 💯 ⚾️
Friars (6-0) win on Senior Day 13-3 over Upper Darby.
📍Oschell picks up 3rd W
📍White 3-3 with 2doubles
📍Conley RBI triple
📍Catania 2runs n rbi
📍Chieffalo RBI
📍Kirk RBI double and run
Friars (1-0) win opener over Henderson 9-5.
📍Chieffalo clutch in relief (W, 4 scoreless IP, 5k)
📍Kirk 2/4 3RBI
📍White 2/4 HR, 2R, 3RBI
📍Cochran reached safely all 4 trips with R n RBI
📍Smith/Oschell each with 2 hits
Friars(30-7) become one of the few teams in MP history to reach the 30w mark and do it by winning 15 straight and 19 of last 20. @ozoneinq @MPFriars@DLNSports
So excited to be a part of the @AWRE_Sports family! Thank you to all our donors and supporters that have helped make this a reality for our program! Can’t wait to start using it!
Welcome @MPFriarBaseball to AWRE ⚾️!
@CoachHilliard16’s Program now has six-angles of everything that happens at their brand new turf ballpark!
Player Development ✅
Automated Highlights ✅
Enhanced Recruiting ✅
Six-Angle Live-Stream ✅
There’s no surprise why this program is a perennial Top 25 HS Program in the country 📈!
Congratulations to Friars ‘20 RHP, @gavin_grande on committing to Kutztown University to further his education and pitch for @KUBearsBaseball@MPFriars @RallyPhilly @pbrpennsylvania
I am extremely proud and excited to announce my academic and athletic commitment to the University of Virginia. Thank you to all the people who have made this dream into reality. Wahoowa! ⚔️ #GoHoos #1186
Friars (22-5) win an extra inning battle vs Penn Charter 8-6 to clinch the league championship!
🔹Capobianco GW 2out RBI 1B
🔹Bauer 2-3 Clutch 2out 2RBI 2B
🔹Abate 2-4 R RBI
🔹Ecker (W) 3ip 1H 0R 4K+2-4 2RBI R
Friars (11-1) win 6-2 over Episcopal behind the left arm of ‘24 Tague Davis
🔹Davis (W) 6ip 2H 2ER 1BB 8K
🔹Pellicciotta 2RBI 2B
🔹Kirschner 2-3 RBI
🔹Melconian 2RBI 1B
🔹Abate 1-2 2BB 2B R
Next game Friday 4pm at Germantown Academy