NH Baseball Preview: Brasier, Astros ready to recharge batteries; Windham could be big surprise | Sports

No doubt, last year’s baseball talent across the Granite State was elite. Pinkerton Academy alone had three players – Leo Boucher, Brendan Horne, and Michael Cioffi – who are now playing at Penn State, Virginia Commonwealth, and Southern New Hampshire, respectively.

While those three players left a big hole in the Astros’ roster, it’s certainly not bare. Senior Hunter Brasier – an Eagle-Tribune All-Star – will be joining Cioffi at SNHU next year. Until that happens, he hopes to lead the Astros back to the state championship game, a year after the team was upset in the semi-finals after a 20-0 regular season.

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