DPFL Week 1

DP Fall League Recaps - Week 1: Tuesday and Wednesday nights marked Opening Day of the Diamond Prospects Developmental Fall League across the Upstate and in the Coastal Region. Some performances have already gotten a few players off to a big start! DP has been out and about to check in on some familiar names, but many new ones too. View Now! NEW Wednesday: Blue Ridge #2 vs Chapman Tuesday: Myrtle Beach vs Carolina Forest / Wade Hampton vs JL Mann #2 (L-MB's Alex Roberts, R-WH's Kyle Martin)

DP Fall League

DP Developmental Fall League: Competitive - Developmental - Affordable - Exposure... Diamond Prospects is proud to announce our return of a weekday fall league in the Upstate and now in the Coastal area during September and October of 2010. The league will provide a local and affordable option for up-and-coming baseball players looking to get in some extra work during the school week. For more info, click here.

DP Fall League Central: Fall Schedules / DP Scoreboard / Standings / Upstate Rosters / Coastal Rosters / HR Ticker

Will Dorton

DP Spotlight Q & A - Will Dorton - C of C Commit: I'm Will Dorton and I attend Lugoff Elgin High School. This past season we won the state championship and it was a great experience for me. This summer I committed to the College of Charleston which I never thought would happen. My sophomore year and the beginning of my junior year I was pretty much unknown in the recruiting world and threw the average low-80's fastball from the right side, until earlier this year when I came in behind my teammate Forrest Koumas at AC Flora and was 87-90. Since then I haven't looked back and am looking forward to the future... To view his Q & A, click here.

Jackson Whitley

Diamond Spotlight Q & A - Jackson Whitley - Clemson Commit: North Augusta High School 1B/LHP Jackson Whitley has established himself as a two-way threat on the mound and plate, at the high school level. In his 2011 season, he will have to wear that bullseye as a senior and Tiger commitment. But he did spend a few minutes with DP in our Q & A Spotlight, enjoy: To view, click here.

DP Replay

DP Replay-The art of receiving and returning recruiting calls: For a number of new seniors, the call volume is picking up from college coaches and we have a few tips for those student-athletes. To view an article from 2008, click here.

DP Replay-And down the stretch they come... Once again, Division and Wild Card Races are up for grabs as the regular season games begin to dwindle. To take a glimpse at a former article from 2006, click here.

Fall Showcase

DP's Fall Showcase: Diamond Prospects' next open event will be our 5th Annual Fall Showcase at Gilbert High School's brand new facility. The dates are Saturday and Sunday, November 6-7 and it is available to graduates in the classes of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Any un-signed senior or uncommitted underclassman is eligible to attend. For much more information and an application, click below...

Invitation / Application

Palmetto Games

Palmetto Games - 2010: For the third time, Diamond Prospects' Palmetto Games landed at the University of South Carolina on August 13-15, the home of the reigning national champions. The Palmetto Games is our crown jewel, premium invite-only event. The DP staff and players had weather issues to dodge all weekend but we pulled it off once again, this time in front of 100 college coaches and pro scouts. To read an overview of the weekend and much more, click here. (Pictured left, St. James OF Tanner English & North Augusta RHP Taylor Guerrieri)

Big League WS

Big League World Series: At the end of each summer, Easley's Red Owens Complex becomes the primary focus of many of the top players in the Upstate. It is the perennial site for the Big League World Series each year and our state has two teams in the tournament. On Saturday Tuesday nights, DP was in attendance. For box scores and our prospect info: Tuesday / Saturday (L1-David Donald, L2-Bo Thompson, R-Champ Rowland)

DP Fall League

DP Developmental Fall League: Competitive - Developmental - Affordable - Exposure... Diamond Prospects is proud to announce our return of a weekday fall league in the Upstate, Midlands and now in the Coastal/Pee Dee area during September and October of 2010. The league will provide a local and affordable option for up-and-coming baseball players looking to get in some extra work during the school week. For more info, click here.

DP Links: Palmetto Pros / College Directory / Recruiting 101 / Lessons

Coaches Corner III

Coaches Corner - DP Q & A's: Recruiting season is in full swing! College coaches are beating the bushes and future prospects are making decisions that will shape a lifetime. Part of that choice is factoring in a coaching staff when making a commitment. We tapped the archives and found past spotlights from some quality JUCO coaches...

View Now: Bubba Dorman / Tom Fleenor / Tim Wallace / Matt Williams / Steve Williams

Coaches Corner II

View Now: Charles Assey / Dusty Blake / Jeff Whitfield / Art Inabinet

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Recap: Hit, Run & Throw

By: Austin Alexander-January 25, 2009

While high school baseball in the state of South Carolina was not scheduled to begin for another week, Diamond Prospects kicked off the spring a little bit early with five individual competitions and two team events in our 3rd Annual Hit, Run & Throw Skills Contest.

Each contestant was given the opportunity to go toe-to-toe with other players from across the state in their graduating class in the following categories: 60-yard dash, a baserunning contest, throwing for accuracy, an arm strength test and the homerun derby.

Wando senior Daniel Aldrich (right) lofted his share of balls deep onto Brookland-Cayce rooftops to take top honors in the afternoon's marquee event while Justin Brewer won both running events, the 60 Yard Dash and the home-to-home baserunning contest. Our throwing competitions were won by Hartsville's Brandon Beans (arm accuracy) and Easley's Joey Pankake (arm strength).

When all of the dust settled and the score sheets were tallied, we were able to name our overall winners in each age group. Rock Hill's Seth Neely won for the Class of 2009, Lugoff-Elgin's Forrest Koumas for the juniors and Wando's Brandon Spell was the Freshman champion. Pankake (left) was a repeat winner for the Class of 2011 and also took home his first HRT Overall Championship!

But perhaps it was the team events that sparked the most enthusiasm on the day. Four teams of five players performed first in the Rocket Relay, then in a four corners contest that we call the Hub Drill, a race against the clock.

It took nine separate attempts to crown a winner in the Rocket Relay and the final victory was won by an eyelash but the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (Brian Welch, Cody Craig, Josh Greene, Josh Tant, Kenyatta Casteberry) narrowly defeated the 69'ers (Austin Bryson, Shon Carson, Tyler Rowe, Will Lucas, Chris Brooks) and Hardballs (Alex Kirby, Connor Lewis, Forrest Koumas, DJ Roberts, Zach Lenns) to complete their championship run.

The Bone Thugs-n-Harmony shrugged off a sluggish start in the Hub Drill and ended up posting the top time of 13.38, defeating the Hardballs (13.88) by half of a second to complete the team competition sweep.

We lost quite a few baseball's on the day as DP donated several dozen balls onto BC's buildings that back up to the outfield fence... but it was a great day of fun full of outstanding individual exploits and a perfect way to celebrate high school baseball in South Carolina!

Now we provide our subscribers with all of the 60's times, all of the velocity readings and recap every winner from every event...To view, click here.

DP Note: We'd like to formally thank Brian Hucks, Cindy Westmoreland and Brookland-Cayce High School for allowing us to invade their facility on Sunday, the Bearcat clan served as great hosts and we appreciate their having us...

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