From left to right, Brayden Neff by Tyler Consolidated, head coach Rob Jones and Reese Davis pose for a photo. The trio has exceeded a few benchmarks this year with Neff, a former Wildcat of Paden City, stealing his 100th career bag as well as coach Jones winning career victory No. 200 and Davis exceeding 200 career puns. (Photo provided)
Kidwell – The boss of the Consolidated Tyler Rob Jones pirogue hopes that his silver knights can put their best foot forward when time comes for the playoffs.
Two years ago, the Silver Knights finished the Little-Back Baskha Conference Baseball Championships at the Sue Morris sports complex in Glenville.
A return trip last spring led to a defeat in the semi-finals in the county of Gilmer, but the Silver Knights did not qualify this season and a large part of that did not have Ace Reese Davis.
The junior right-hander won the honors of the first team of all the States in class A in 2024 after finishing 9-3 with an average deserved race of 1.19 and 128 stick withdrawals in 76 1-3 rounds.
“I expect that next year will go there as if I was in the second year and fill the area and come back where I was,” admitted Davis, who was used sparingly and abandoned only 41 strokes and 26 bases on balls while holding opponents to an average of 0.147 in the stick a season ago.
Although Davis was limited to only eight mound work rounds where he granted three strokes, five goals on balls and no point won with 15 stick withdrawals on the way to a 3-0 record, he is second in the team with an average of .361 and leads the Knights Silver in the basic attempts (3), the races (26) and is 11 for 11 in base attempts.
“We worked in Reese in the rotation slowly this year after a shoulder injury of the football season,” admitted coach Jones, who watched Davis Record Career Punchout No. 200 earlier this spring in St. Marys.
“He began to build his Pitch account and has the personal objective of hunting the Ty Walton career withdrawal record in 311.”
The Silver Knights received a solid production from Brayden Neff, a junior colleague and Paden City, who recorded his 100th quarry flight earlier in the home campaign against Beallsville.
“Brayden directs our offense in many statistical categories such as the average (0.417), the points scored (27) and the stolen bases (29 for 33),” said coach Jones about the former Wildcat, who also has a pair of rollers and 15 products. “It's a prototypical advance that can also hit the Dur balloon.”
Neff, who would not have had a team to play for next year with Paden City who will make its doors close, admitted to being a silver knight “I love it here. I was treated. Large community. Support, the atmosphere, I love everything. “
Regarding his decision to leave Paden City and everything that happened in school, he thought he had graduated, Neff added: “It was quite draining. How the school always closed. The Paden City community is pleasant. I loved it. “
Regarding its meaning to be mounted on a Neff base, which runs the team with an average of .500, just tries to do its thing.
“I'm looking for a quick ball on the first ground,” he said. “Like very first land in the area, I will swing.
“I am really aggressive. Just to climb on the basis is my goal every time. I am not often touched. I think I was only touched once this year. ”
The right -hander striking Neff, who obtained honorable honors from all states in 2024, also explained his keys to be a follower of a follower.
“The art of my stolen bases is to make a good jump, attack the back of the bag and try to avoid the label,” said Neff while adding “you have to learn the movements of the launcher, look at their eyes, what they do and their routine.”
The two players agreed that the playoffs are preparing to start that they just needed to launch strikes, climb on the basis, tip the ball and take care of little things.
Not being able to help his team as he wants was not easy for Davis, but he said, “I try to fight in the best I can. Certainly, I would like to launch at university.
“This is what I want to do. I think rest is the best thing right now. I should go very well next year and ready to ride. I started to feel a little better.”
Although the situation is completely different with Davis against injuries and neff having his school end, it was not easy for the former All-Stater of the first team.
“It's really difficult for me mentally because I hate being injured,” said Davis. “Obviously, nobody likes it, but I always want to compete and get it through. I have to be intelligent with it and I want to be better next year.”
In addition to neff reaching the mark of the century in career bases and Davis exceeding the 200-rate withdrawal, coach Jones also managed to win career victory No. 200 earlier this month against Calhoun County.
“My father, Bobby Jones, was my first assistant coach here at Tyler Consolidated 13 years ago, which was quite special,” admitted the skipper. “We are now blessed with an excellent staff in Zach Heasley and Kyle Ritz.
“I have the impression that we have built a program whose community can be proud.
Of course, coach Jones hopes for a magic race in the playoff series and no matter what's going on, there are always 2026 to hope.
“These two guys are large teammates who bring energy and work ethics every day in practice,” said Jones about Davis and Neff.
“They are leaders in every sense of the word and we are impatient to end the strong year and they both have large senior seasons next year as well.”
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