No doubt, last year\u2019s baseball talent across the Granite State was elite. Pinkerton Academy alone had three players \u2013 Leo Boucher, Brendan Horne, and Michael Cioffi \u2013 who are now playing at Penn State, Virginia Commonwealth, and Southern New Hampshire, respectively.<\/p>\n
While those three players left a big hole in the Astros\u2019 roster, it\u2019s certainly not bare. Senior Hunter Brasier \u2013 an Eagle-Tribune All-Star \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
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