Trio of Region 10 stars commit to College of Southern Idaho

Final Tuesday, a trio of Area 10 baseball standouts dedicated to JUCO powerhouse, the School of Southern Idaho.

Cedar’s Myles Topham, Desert Hills’ Cole DeCastro, and Crimson Cliffs’ Brexten Starley all introduced their dedication after visiting final week.

The trio says that taking part in collectively was all the time one thing that that they had thought of however hadn’t made an official plan to all commit collectively.

Starley remembers the group taking part in Apples To Apples at a CSI camp and pondering “why not go to CSI and play with our associates?”

Topham selected the Golden Eagles over Hawaii, Salt Lake Neighborhood School, and the School of Southern Nevada, amongst others.

“I’ve all the time wished to play with these guys,” mentioned Topham. “We’ve been taking part in our complete lives rising up.”

Topham battled accidents and arm fatigue final 12 months at Cedar, however the hard-throwing proper hander nonetheless caught the eyes of D-I and top-tier JUCO faculties.

For Starley, the chance wouldn’t have introduced itself with out the assistance of DeCastro.

Starley mentioned he had been in talks with Utah Tech, however no provide had come from the Trailblazers.

Starley was at a Utah Tech camp with DeCastro when DeCastro instructed assistant coach Antonio Rainone concerning the Crimson Cliffs catcher.

“We all the time talked about taking part in collectively, and after we went up this previous week it simply felt proper,” mentioned Starley.

Starley helped lead Crimson Cliffs to their first ever state championship, hitting .419 with two house runs and 25 RBIs.

Within the state match, Starley hit safely in 4 out of 5 video games, together with six RBIs in a win over Pine View, highlighted by a three-run shot following an intentional stroll to Trey Evans in a 17-13 win for the Mustangs.

DeCastro’s recruiting journey began off slowly as a consequence of COVID-19.

“All the things was based mostly off video and I’m not a lot of stats man, so I used to be simply type of under-looked. I lastly bought my likelihood once I met Antonio on the PBR West Video games,” mentioned DeCastro.

DeCastro hit .478 and had RBIs in his remaining six video games a 12 months in the past for the Thunder out of the leadoff spot.

Topham, DeCastro, and Starley all add to an ever-growing variety of 4A, and Area 10 gamers signed on to top-tier applications.

“I believe that 4A baseball is essentially the most under-looked, aggressive baseball,” mentioned Starley. “I don’t assume there’s far more aggressive baseball within the state of Utah apart from 4A.”

The 2023 graduates nonetheless have one other 12 months of highschool ball, however DeCastro and Starley are wanting ahead to taking part in in a wooden bat league.

Sean Ellertson is a sports activities reporter for the St. George Spectrum & Every day Information. To proceed to assist his work, please subscribe to The Spectrum. Comply with Sean on Twitter @SeanEllertson.