After the Carmel High baseball team's 4-3 victory over Aragon (San Mateo) on Tuesday, senior outfielder William Kehoe said teammate Robby Treadwell's injury was one of the worst things he could have seen happen.
It was especially tough to watch for Kehoe, who's played baseball with Treadwell for over 10 years. No matter what team they are rooting for, nobody in the stadium wants to see something like that happen. An injury like that is tragic. The good news, is that the senior catcher didn't break any bones and should fully recover.
"We know we'll have him emotionally and we know we'll have him mentally, we're just going to lose him physically for Saturday," Padres coach Randy Bispo said after Tuesday's game.
No. 7 Carmel (23-7) meets No. 4 Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton (20-12) on Saturday in the Central Coast Section Division II final at 1 p.m. at San Jose Municipal Stadium.
While Carmel will miss Treadwell in the lineup and behind the plate, the senior has worked with backup catcher Daniel Higman, Bispo said. Higman, a sophomore, appeared to do a fine job in the final two innings of Tuesday's win after Treadwell's injury.
Bispo said what Treadwell brought to the team is immeasurable, but he's confident Higman can fill the role for Saturday's game. Bispo coaches the Carmel catchers and he said that Treadwell has mentored Higman, which should make the transition as seamless as possible given the situation.
"He's put a lot of time in with the backup catcher, Robby himself has, so we're really confident in that guy getting the job done -- and he knows that," Bispo said of Higman.
Senior Tanner Koopmans should be the other part of Carmel's battery to start the game on Saturday. The righty allowed only three earned runs on five hits in his last outing, a five-inning win against Mills (Millbrae) at Monterey Peninsula College on Saturday. Carmel ace Wesley Noble and reliever Carter Hayes should be available out of the bullpen. Higman caught Hayes for two innings on Tuesday.
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