Source: www.nvdaily.com --- Monday, February 27, 2017
FRONT ROYAL – As Jay Barnes was approaching his second season as Skyline High School’s Baseball coach in 2015, he’d been repeatedly asked by people in the building if he’d seen the new kid in one of the school’s physical education classes. That “new kid” was Gavin Kandrick, a sophomore who had recently moved to Front Royal from Downingtown, Pennsylvania, and Barnes, piqued by the chatter he’d heard regarding one of Skyline’s newest students, met with Kandrick. It was during that conversation that Barnes discovered Kandrick played Baseball. From there Kandrick emerged as what Barnes called a “pleasant surprise.” “One thing led to another, (he) came into tryouts and he had really good skills,” Barnes recalled of that preseason two years ago following practice last Friday. “(Kandrick) wasn’t the strongest kid on the team but he had good Baseball skills, some good Baseball savvy. He knew his way around the game.” A couple weeks later, in the Hawks’ 2015 season opener against John Champe, Kandrick cemented himself in the starting lineup. He went 3-for-3 against the Knights, lining a trio of singles that drove in a total of three runs as Skyline rolled to a 12-1 victory. Two years later Kandrick, now a senior, still considers that debut one of his crowning moments as a Hawk. “That was probably my highlight,” said Kandrick, who is entering his third season as a starter and second as Skyline’s No. 1 catcher. “Barnes gave me a great oppor ...
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