Pennsville’s Burchfield, Schalick’s Pokrovsky return to the Tri-Cape Carpenter Cup team for some unfinished business
By Al Muskewitz
Riverview Sports News
Pennsville’s Chase Burchfield talked earlier this season about how playing in Citizens Bank Park in last year’s Carpenter Cup finals gave him a good idea of what to expect when the Eagles played in Frawley Stadium last month. He may get a chance to rely on that experience again if all goes well.
Burchfield and Schalick’s Luke Pokrovsky are back on the Tri-Cape roster for this year’s Carpenter Cup that starts Monday in Philly’s FDR Park. The four finalists play in Citizens Bank Park June 16 with the championship game June 17.
Burchfield, a LaSalle signee, and Pokrovsky, a Penn signee whose Cougars are still alive in the Group I playoffs, are part of another strong Tri-Cape roster.
Burchfield hit .a career-high 486 with 34 RBIs this past season and collected 119 hits and 114 RBIs in his career. Pokrovsky continues to rewrite the Schalick record book with every game he plays. He’s batting .493 with 10 homers, 31 RBIs and has 90 strikeouts and a 0.78 ERA going into today’s SJ semifinal against Woodstown . For his career he has 137 hits, 101 runs, 115 RBIs, 22 homers at a hitter and 347 strikeouts as a pitcher.
Tri-Cape opens the tournament Tuesday against Shore.
Pokrovksy, Burchfield and Pennsville’s Peyton O’Brien were on the team last year that lost to Inter Ac/Independents in the championship game, 3-2. It was Tri-Cape’s fourth straight year in the finals. Evan Taylor (Ocean City), Jake Cagna (Egg Harbor Twp.) and Jack Mustaro (Gloucester Catholic) are also returnees from last year.
Pennsville’s Beth Jackson and Schalick’s Rick Higinbotham again will help coach the Tri-Cape softball all-stars. Their tournament bracket starts June 17 and includes Philadelphia Catholic, Burlington County and SOL/BAL.
Tri-Cape Baseball Roster
| POS | PLAYER | YR | SCHOOL |
| IF | Ethan Dubois | Soph | Delsea |
| IF | Sawyer Wood | Soph | Clearview |
| IF | Brayden Thorp | Jr | Kingsway |
| IF/P | Evan Taylor | Sr | Ocean City |
| IF | Joe Erace | Sr | St. Augustine |
| P/OF | Jake Lodgek | Sr | Mainland |
| IF/P | Alex Weingartner | Jr | St. Augustine |
| P/IF | Mario Toro | Jr | Vineland |
| P/IF | Finnegan Haines | Sr | Mainland |
| P/OF | Adel Villegas | Jr | Atlantic City |
| P/1B | Andrew Valey | Jr | GCIT |
| OF | Chase Burchfield | Sr | Pennsville |
| OF | Ty Costabile | Jr | Holy Spirit |
| OF/C | Cole Judge | Sr | Deptford |
| OF/P | Luke Pokrovsky | Sr | Schalick |
| IF | Jack Mustaro | Sr | Gloucester Cath. |
| C | Braeden Lipoff | Jr | Gloucester Cath. |
| P | Jackson Smallets | Sr | Gloucester Cath. |
| OF | Richie Gonzales | Jr | Cedar Creek |
| IF/P | Jake Cagna | Sr | Egg Harbor Twp. |
| UT | Jacob Budd | Jr | Cedar Creek |
CARPENTER CUP BASEBALL SCHEDULE
June 9, FDR Park
Game 1: Philadelphia Public vs. Inter Ac/Independents, 9 a.m. (DA)
Game 2: Mercer County vs. Chester County, 10:30 a.m. (RA)
Game 3: Delaware County vs. Berks County, noon (DA)
Game 4: Delaware South vs. Delaware North, 1:30 p.m. (RA)
June 10, FDR Park
Game 5: Olympic-Colonial vs. Lehigh Valley, 9 a.m. (DA)
Game 6: Bux-Mont vs. Burlington County, 10:30 a.m. (RA)
Game 7: Tri-Cape vs. Jersey Shore, noon (DA)
Game 8: SEPA vs. Philadelphia Catholic, 1:30 p.m. (RA)
June 12, FDR Park
Game 9: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 9 a.m. (DA)
Game 10: Game 4 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 10:30 a.m. (RA)
Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon (DA)
Game 12: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 1:30 p.m. (RA)
June 16, Citizens Bank Park
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9 a.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, noon
June 17, Citizens Bank Park
Championship Game, 9:30 a.m.
DA: Dick Allen Field. RA: Richie Ashburn Field
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