The new league, which will likely be called the Old Line Baseball Conference, includes the Avalon School, Riverdale Baptist, Spencerville Adventist Academy and Washington Christian Academy, the last two schools are located in Silver Spring.
‘Brian Carroccio ... is responsible for putting all this together,” Avalon coach Patrick Duffy said. ‘‘He has been looking for a conference to get into for a few years now. Obviously, we were doing the same, and both sides wanted something that wasn’t going to restrict the amount of games we were allowed to play, which is what some of the other conferences do.
‘‘This is an important variable because colleges love to see kids playing lots of baseball, getting at-bats, and one thing we’ve been able to offer student-athletes, here at Avalon, is a schedule with 30-plus games (scrimmages and tournaments included). We graduated three seniors last year, all three received offers, and two signed with respected programs, while the third chose to concentrate on academics.”
Duffy said other factors, including travel time, also contributed the formation of the league.
