Baseball

2014 Bonanza Baseball Capsule

March 8, 2014 - 1:12 pm

BONANZA

Head coach: Mike O’Rourke, first season

2013 record: 20-16 (5-5 Southwest, fourth)

Returning lettermen (starters): Eight (three)

Top players: 3B/2B/P Alec Taft (Sr.), OF Robert Higgs (Sr.), Cruz Nevarez (Sr.)

Outlook: O’Rourke takes over after serving as an assistant coach during the Bengals’ memorable season last year.

The defending Sunset Region champions graduated a boatload of seniors, and return only three starters, including Taft (.373, 16 RBIs) and Higgs (.300, 10 RBIs).

“Experience-wise, we are a young team,” O’Rourke said. “We need some guys to step up on the mound to replace the innings we lost to graduation.”

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