2026 OF Jake Blanton of Watauga Baseball got the scoring started in a big 5th inning rally; was 1 for 3 w/ 2 RBI, a BB, & a R in the Pioneers 9-3 W over Ashe Sean Burroughs

A definite watch for this 2027 P. With some expected growth between sophomore and Junior seasons, he’s gonna be a problem for teams on the mound.

Had the opportunity to catch up with a couple of former Watauga Baseball players tonight, who are playing for Wilkes County Moonshiners this summer. Cooper Critcher caught and threw out a would-be base stealer; Jameson Hodges pitched an inning of relief. WHS Pioneer Booster Club Watauga Pioneer Athletics

Compact swing with barrel staying flat through the zone for a long time.

Congrats to Watauga Baseball's Evan Burroughs Everett Gryder Maddox Greene Cade Keller and Jake Blanton on being named all-region. WHS Pioneer Booster Club Watauga Pioneer Athletics

🌟⚾️🌟ALL REGION & CONFERENCE HONORS for Watauga Baseball! ⭐️ALL-REGION & ALL-CONFERENCE • Jake Blanton • Evan Burroughs • Maddox Greene • Everett Gryder • Cade Keller HONORABLE MENTION • JT COOK •DILLON ZARAGOZA 🏆 NWC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS Watauga Pioneer Athletics

Save the Date! Pioneer baseball camp planned for Aug 4th-5th. More info and link to come in the next week-ish. WHS Pioneer Booster Club

⚾️ EVAN BURROUGHS represented Watauga Baseball, playing on the Region 7 team at the BODYARMOR State Games in Greensboro this week! Evan Burroughs collected 4 hits and stole 9 bases!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Watauga Pioneer Athletics

Yep. Accurate write up by Coach Koch. Always in the cage or the weight room. Go see him play this summer!

Kid competes. Wants the ball. Controls 3 pitches and can throw all in any count. Battled through football injury early last season and still put up the stats quoted in this write up.

Brett Vannoy (‘26, NC) quiet load and gets the barrel out front to line this to PS. Flat bat plane w/ short hand path. Strong lower half and quiet op in box. #17uCoastalUnderclassWS

Sign up link to Watauga Baseball camp August 4th & 5th. Let's Go Pioneers! WHS Pioneer Booster Club docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Keeps on rolling!

Best of luck on your new adventure Coach Cheek!

Came complete with a Jameson Hodges grand slam celebration. And also perfect 4-for-4 from Cooper Critcher Watauga Baseball Watauga Pioneer Athletics WHS Pioneer Booster Club

Wrapped up the summer season with USA Prime Coastal this weekend. Here is a triple and two doubles from the tournament. Baseball University of the Blue Ridge Uncommitted Studs Matt Chubb Brad Hill Daniel Britt Bill Steven Cameron Cook Scott “ CHINO” Considine Andy Cheek Hayes Henderson Jeremy Simpson

Watauga baseball camp wrapped up yesterday. Rain kept us indoors but that gave us a chance to really work on hitting with the campers. Oh yeah, both camp sessions ended with walk off 💣💣! Go Pioneers!

16u Prospects lose both games today Gardner-Webb Baseball 7-3. S Hudson 3ip/2H/2K/1BB in relief and also had hit! Game 2 I Shires had 2 Hits, I Sierra/Luke Miller had 2bs! Luke Rothrock 4ip/4R/0ER/4K in start

2026 C Brett Vannoy of Watauga Baseball offers HR pop from the Backstop Position. He also was consistently on the bag with his 1.98 to 2.06 Pop Times. Steady presence behind the plate, quiet receiver; good blocker, but needs to work on lateral movement. Bat will play; could

Got back at it on Sunday with two games in Charlotte. Went 4 for 5 on the day with a double, sac fly, and 4 stolen bases. Baseball University of the Blue Ridge USA Prime Coastal Uncommitted Studs Cullen Glosson Brad Hill Matt Chubb Andy Cheek Jeremy Simpson Bill Steven @smithkermit