It was a busy Tuesday afternoon for Top Tier Las Vegas’ high school players, including Maddox Sedlacek (2027), who hit two home runs and drove in nine in a doubleheader.
Sedlacek went a combined 4-5 in the doubleheader with Green Valley Christian, hitting two home runs—including a grand slam—driving in nine, and scoring five times.
Sedlacek has four home runs and 18 RBI in 26 plate appearances for the White Pine Bobcats this season.
The 6-3 junior registered the third-highest exit velo in the country at the Prep Baseball Preseason ID in January, crushing a ball at 108.1 mph, while averaging 99.6 mph at the event.
Prep Baseball’s Mountain West Supervisor Brett Harrison called Sedlacek’s power tool elite following the event in January.
“The most physical player at the event put on an absolute show during his batting practice session, leaving the yard multiple times with the next homerun going further than the previous,” Harrison said. “Sedlacek’s elite power tool is something to note with the game shifting to a power and speed style of play. The Prep Baseball verified 6-3/217.4 junior can change a game with a single swing.”
The Two Hole: CJ Nelson Makes His Return
After being sidelined for a month after being hit by a car, CJ Nelson (2028) made his return on Tuesday afternoon.
The Pahrump Valley sophomore went 1-3 at the plate with a hard single up the middle in his first at-bat and drew a walk in his first game back, a 9-6 loss to The Meadows at Pahrump.
More impressive, Nelson was tested in the field early and often, putting his rehab from the groin injury and achilles bruise suffered in the accident last month to the test.
Today will tell more, but in the moment, Nelson answered the call, making every stetch at first base, threw a runner out at the plate on a bunt to the first base side, and snared a rocket to the right side with a full-extension dive to his arm-side and took it to the bag himself for the out.
If you missed it, CJ Nelson was the subject of our latest Player Spotlight on Tuesday.
Around the Horn
- In Pahrump’s loss to The Meadows, Antonio Whitney (2027) went 3-4 at the plate, driving in a run and scoring twice. Anthony Montanez (2028) went 2-4, driving in a pair of runs for the Trojans.
- Jack Carpenter (2028) got the start for Centennial JV today, allowing four runs in five innings of work against Shadow Ridge JV.
- Tyson Tra (2029) went 2-3 with a walk and a pair of runs scored for Desert Oasis JV in a 10-6 victory over Coronado JV.
- Dylan Foote (2028) was 2-4 with an RBI double for Spring Valley in their 6-0 win over Doral Red Rock on Tuesday.
- Jojo Luna (2028) struck out six and allowed two earned runs in three innings of work on the mound for Del Sol in a 14-0 loss to SECTA.
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