By Harry Fisher – Sports Editor 

With the 2024 season underway, Jonathan Law is hoping to have a great year of baseball.

After making the Class M State Tournament last year, the Lawmen have high hopes this year. Law has six players who have committed to play college baseball and has been working extremely hard to prepare for the season.

So far, the team is off to a 2-4 start with wins over Hamden and Cheshire with losses to Foran and New Canaan. One of the key players in the team’s wins so far this year is junior Michael Merchant.

Merchant, who is committed to Rutgers University, helped the Lawmen in the win against Hamden where he drove in three runs to help the team come out with a win.

“My goal for myself is to keep our team alive with a lot of energy and my goal for the team is to win the State Championship,” Merchant said. “I am working to get better on a daily basis is also part of my goal.” 

Merchant also talked about the type of intense preparation the team has done to improve. 

“We have been doing a lot of conditioning, especially during the offseason,” Merchant said. “All of our hitting and the defensive drill work we did is starting to show.” 

Merchant’s work ethic and positive attitude shine through in practice and on the baseball field. 

“We have a very good pitching staff and everyone worked hard during the off-season,” Merchant said. “We continue to put in a lot of effort and work hard during our daily hitting sessions to ensure our hitting is sharp.” 

With a quarter of the baseball season completed, the Lawmen are hungry to win as many games as possible to get back to the State Tournament.