Dillon Baseball Vastly Improved early On in 2025 Season

Billy Baker • March 20, 2025

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By Billy G. Baker

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Dillon—Starting his third season as the Dillon head baseball coach, and first year as the school’s athletic director, Keith Coward feels strongly that things are looking up for the program this season.

The Wildcats began the season with a 7-2 win over Carvers Bay before losing to Conway 11-8. In game three of the season Dillon prevailed 10-4 over Green Sea Floyds. In their most recent game, they lost to Lamar 4-0.

“Right now, Hank Grider, our best pitcher, is out with an injury and we hope to have him back in the next few weeks,” said Coach Coward. “Hank was all-region two years ago.

“Dan Graves was our all-region center fielder last year and we are glad to have him back,” said Coach Coward. “Hank is the anchor of our pitching and we are at our best when he’s on the mound. Austin Miles has done a good job keeping us afloat until we can hopefully get Hank back.

“This is most definitely our most experienced team I’ve had over the past three seasons,” said Coach Coward. “We return 8 starters from last year so we have plenty of familiarity there. We just need to keep working and getting better.”

Graves bats lead-off for the Wildcats. In the two-hole is freshman second baseman/outfielder JJ Campbell. When Grider is healthy he bats in the third slot and when he is not on the mound, he is a designated hitter or shortstop. Miles is a middle infielder who bats clean-up.

Senior catcher Jamison Pittman is back and he backs in the number five hole. Senior Ryan Carter returns and he plays right field and also serves as the team’s designated hitter. Jaden Williamson bats in the 7^th slot and he is a junior pitcher/first baseman.

Freshman pitcher/third baseman Bryson Davis bats 8^th in the order and junior wide receiver football prospect Zay Robertson bats 9^th and can play anywhere in the outfield. Also seeing plenty of action is 8^th grader Aiden Lancaster who is an up-and-coming infielder for Dillon.

Dillon has around 35 hits as a team in four games, a vast improvement over the previous two seasons. Robertson has a 1,000 on base percentage and he is batting 1,000 on the season, including a triple. Pittman is at .556 including two doubles after four games. Campbell is hitting .500 with two doubles and four RBI’s.

Lancaster is at .500 including one double. Graves has scored seven runs while hitting .438 with four RBI’s and one double. Miles is at .385 with two RBI’s and one double. Before Grider got hurt he was batting .385 with seven RBI’s and one home run. Carter is batting .364 while J. Bohachic is batting .333 with two runs scored.

On the mound Miles is 1-1 with a 2.10 ERA. Davis is 1-0 on the bump.

Remaining games in the month of March include a home game against Darlington on the 14^th before playing an away region game at Georgetown on the 18^th. Dillon will host Georgetown on the 21^st. Dillon will host Loris on March, 25 and they travel to Loris to close out the month of March on the 28^th.

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