C. Milton Wright senior pitcher Bradley Markey will sign a national letter of intent today to play baseball at Georgia Tech, Mustangs coach Tony Blackburn said.

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K.J. Hockaday, a junior at John Carroll, has orally committed to play college baseball at the University of Maryland. But, Hockaday's new coach, Joe Stetka, said his shortstop-third baseman may never make it to Maryland.

"He seems very excited about committing to Maryland," Stetka said. "But he's a tremendous athlete. Down the road, we'll see if he goes to Maryland, because I think he has a strong shot of getting drafted at the end of his senior season."

But for now, the prospect of John Carroll having a player of a caliber that interests Maryland is good for John Carroll.

"The MIAA [Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association) A Conference is a tough, tough league," said Stetka, who was an assistant coach at C. Milton Wright last season. "Last year John Carroll was below .500. We have a great facility and I'm trying to get kids to come here to play. To do that, we have to build respect for our program. Having a player like K.J. committed to Maryland certainly helps that. That kid just wants to get better every day."

Stetka said his goal for the program is to make the playoffs this season, something it hasn't done in more than a decade.

"I'm not tiptoeing in to this," Stetka said. "I'm jumping in. Having K.J., who is a tremendous high school shortstop and very outgoing, says good things about John Carroll. Having him will help me to get kids to believe in the program."

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John Carroll named Joe Stetka, The Baltimore Sun’s 2008 All-Metro Coach of the Year, the school’s varsity baseball coach.

Stetka coached at C. Milton Wright the past six years.

As the Mustangs’ interim head coach in 2008, he took the varsity team to the Class 4A North regional title and the 4A state championship game, in which they lost to Sherwood, 7-6, in extra innings.

Stetka is also an associate scout for the Orioles and an instructor for Ripken Baseball.

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The "first ever" Maryland Futures baseball team sponsored by the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches, the state high school baseball coaches association, rallied from a four-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh inning of its final game to beat Illinois, 9-8, on Aug. 1, in the team's final game of the Midwest Classic Baseball Tournament in Plainfield, Ill.

The win allowed the Maryland team to finish undefeated with a 5-0 record.

Earlier in the day, Maryland knocked off previously unbeaten Indiana, 9-3. The Maryland Futures is made up of 18 of the top rising high school seniors in the state, as selected by the MSABC.

Among area players on the team are: Zach Andrews (Arundel), Michael Marsh (Chesapeake), Kyle Convissar (Severna Park), Travis Clark (Hammond), Dominic Fratantuono (Cardinal Gibbons), Travis Steele (Reservoir), Andrew Jenkins (Arundel), Zach Fitzpatrick (McDonogh), Zach Nadolny (Bel Air) and Jason Seitler (Chesapeake).

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