By The Number: Burns High Baseball (Greene Central’s opponent)
Stats tallied by: Ryan Pittman & Trey Scot
Burns High School (Bulldogs) is located in Lawndale, NC in Cleveland County.
● The population of 570 was counted in the 2020 Census.
● Lawndale sits at 846ft elevation.
● Burns is the #1 team in 2A West Baseball.
● They are the defending 2A State Champions. They defeated South Granville last year 6-1 ; 9-5.
● Records last 3 years (including this year):
○ 23-24: 31-1
○ 22-23: 28-4 (State Champions)
○ 21-22: 22-4
○ Combined record over 3 years: 81-9
● Last 3 years they have competed in the Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference with a 35-2 record and 3 straight conference championships.
● They have 1 Sophmore, 12 Juniors and 3 Seniors on their roster.
● Coached by Alex Leonhardt. Coach Leonhardt has a 121-42 record in 7 years as Burns Head Coach. Went 40-33 first four seasons before going 81-9 in last three.
Overall Pitching:
● Burns has two clear starting pitchers.
○ #3 Colby Putnam (Gardner Webb University Commit):
■ 81 innings pitched, 0.60 ERA, allowed 33 hits, 11 runs (7 earned runs), 13 walks, and had 126 strikeouts this year. 89-90 mph Fastball.
○ #15 Jackson Toney:
■ 50.2 innings pitched, 1.53 ERA, allowed 18 hits, 14 runs (11 earned runs), 27 walks, and had 69 strikeouts.
Last 10 games pitching:
● 4 pitchers have pitched in the last 10 games for the Bulldogs.
○ #3 Colby Putnam:
■ 29 innings pitched, allowed 16 hits, 7 runs, 8 walks, and recorded 43 strikeouts.
● 1.5 strikeouts per inning during the stretch.
○ #6 Joshual Taylor:
■ 8.0 innings pitched, allowed 2 hits, 1 run, 3 walks, and recorded 7 strikeouts.
○ #15 Jackson Toney:
■ 17 innings pitched, allowed 10 hits, 6 runs, 6 walks, and recorded 17 strikeouts.
○ #24 Marshall McGowan:
■ 8 innings pitched, allowed 9 hits, 5 runs, 6 walks, and recorded 11 strikeouts,
Batting:
● 21 homeruns this season as a team. 18 of the 21 homerun came at home.
○ Jr. 6’3 215 #24 Marshall McGowan: Batting avg .540 10 HRs 41 RBI: 3 Stolen bases * Currently on a 23-game hit streak.
○ Jr. 5’11 175 #3 Colby Putnam: Batting avg .512 8 HRs 46 RBIs 13 Stolen bases
○ Jr. 6’4 190 #15 Jackson Toney: Batting avg. .343 2 HRs 18 RBIs 1 Stolen base
○ Jr. 5’9 150 #12 Camden MacKall : 8 hole hitter, Very Fast! 15 Stolen bases
○ Jr. 5’8 150 #1 Nickolas Williams; Batting avg. .326 1 HR 19 RBI 26 Stolen bases *Moved from leadoff hitter to 9-hole at the start of playoffs
● 96 stolen bases this season. Caught stealing 10 times. In their last series versus East Randolph, Burns was 0-3 in steal attempts.
Regarding Altitude and Fence length:
● With the air becoming less dense as altitude is increased, there is less air to create the side force on the ball.
○ Lawndale, NC elevation: 846 ft
○ Snow Hill, NC elevation: 72 ft
○ Burlington, NC elevation: 673 ft
● Outfield at Burns High School: (16 foot fence)
○ 300-305 left field pole
○ 325-330 longest point (Left Center)
○ 300-305 center field
○ 315-320 right field pole
● Outfield at Burlington Ball Park:
○ 330 left field pole
○ 400 center field
○ 330 right field pole