Postseason threats emerging on MVL diamonds | Blackburn

For much of my childhood, my dear aunt and fellow Taurus Polly Pletcher and I celebrated birthdays together. Born just four days apart, some might offer we both live up to the stubborn — or convicted — nature of the bullish representation of the sign itself. This time of the month also means the high school baseball and softball seasons are revealing some truths.

The contenders and pretenders have shown their true colors. Here is what we've learned. Sheridan baseball reigns supreme in MVL Josh Coleman has seen a lot.

He played three sports at Sheridan in in the early 2000s, enduring some of the highest of highs — he played on three regional final playoff teams in football — and crushing lows. A 2005 district final loss to Athens, with ace Josh Barrera pitching, is still an open wound. Twenty years later, he stood in the outfield on a cold, rainy May night in 2025 at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens and vowed that his program would do everything it could to break through the district barrier.

For all of the Generals' success under former coaches Doug Fisher and John Coleman, Josh's dad, they hadn't won a district title since Ronald Reagan was president. The Generals entered play on April 30 at 15-5 and the odds-on favorite to win an extremely mediocre Muskingum Valley League-Big School Division. They’re the one team whose pitching, defense and timely hitting sync most days.