Alex Kelsey, Jaydon Goebel return to lead Berks/LL team into Carpenter Cup

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Alex Kelsey of Exeter and Jaydon Goebel of Twin Valley are among six repeat selections for the 25-man Berks/LL Carpenter Cup team, which will open tournament play June 13.

Other return picks include Gio Cavanna of Muhlenberg, Paul Colombo of Twin Valley, Drew Hurst of Ephrata and Aiden Soumas of Fleetwood.

The team includes players from nine schools in the Berks and Lancaster-Lebanon leagues.

The single-elimination tournament includes teams from Delaware, New Jersey, and Eastern Pennsylvania.

The tournament begins with two games June 12.

Berks/LL opens June 13 against Delaware North at 4 at Showcase Field in FDR Park in Philadelphia. If Berks/LL wins its opener, it will play again June 16. The final rounds, June 26 and 27, will be played at Citizen’s Bank Park.

The Berks/LL roster includes six players from Ephrata, four each from Muhlenberg and Twin Valley, and three from Wilson. Seventeen of the 25 players are from the Berks League.

Jason McCord of Daniel Boone is the head coach.

Kelsey, a junior center fielder, batted .410 this season as a junior, tied for second in Berks with 22 stolen bases and was fourth with a .566 on-base percentage and fourth with a 1.238 OPS.

Kelsey is one of three All-Berks picks selected for the team, along with Dalton Follweiler of Muhlenberg and Bryce Detwiler of Gov. Mifflin.

Follweiler, a junior right-hander, leads Berks in wins with an 8-1 record and in ERA at 1.13 (among pitchers with at least 30 innings pitched). He’s second in Berks with 62 innings pitched and likely will add to that total Monday when the Muhls open play in the PIAA Tournament.

Detwiler, a sophomore infielder, batted .403 with five homers for the Berks champion Mustangs. He is fifth in Berks with a .736 slugging percentage and sixth with a 1.212 OPS.

Berks/LL lost its opener last year 5-1 to Delaware South.

Tri-Cape won its second straight title last year, defeating Burlington County 7-1 in the championship game.

Former Carpenter Cup participants include Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels and Hall-of-Famer Mike Piazza.

The tournament began in 1986.

Here’s a roster breakdown:

Brayden Burkholder	Cocalico	3B	Jr.
Gio Cavanna	Muhlenberg	OF	Sr.
Paul Colombo	Twin Valley	1B	Jr.
Bryce Detwiler	Gov. Mifflin	SS	Soph.
Kevin Eden	Twin Valley	OF	Jr.
Nick Fiorini	Wilson	OF	Jr.
Dalton Follweiler	Muhlenberg	P	Sr.
Alex Fox	Cocalico	C	Sr.
Jaydon Goebel	Twin Valley	C	Sr.
Ethan Grim	Gov. Mifflin	P	Soph.
Nick Gualtieri	Daniel Boone	2B	Soph.
Tommy Hunsicker	Wilson	3B	Jr.
Christo Hunsicker	Wilson	1B/P	Soph.
Drew Hurst	Ephrata	SS	Jr.
Alex Kelsey	Exeter	OF	Jr.
Matt Koehler	Gov. Mifflin	3B	Soph.
Gavin Miller	Exeter	P	Soph.
Jon Oxendine	Twin Valley	P	Jr.
Chris Prange	Ephrata	2B	Jr.
Coy Schwanger	Ephrata	1B	Fresh.
Camryn Simes	Ephrata	P	Sr.
Aiden Soumas	Fleetwood	OF	Jr.
Derek Wilson	Muhlenberg	3B	Jr.
Trent Wolf	Ephrata	P	Jr.
Owen Zimmerman	Ephrata	OF	Sr.