News digest, April 29

Clarke featured by Baseball America
BaseballAmerica.com has some material on College of Charleston pitcher Taylor Clarke on its Three Strikes feature for this week. He has won the Colonial Athletic Association pitcher of the week award six times this season.
Clarke

Barkell honored
Ty Barkell of USC Aiken received the Tim Stokes Memorial Award as most valuable player for baseball at the school's athletics awards banquet earlier this week.
Barkell

Bracketology
D1Baseball.com
* College of Charleston is a No. 2 seed at a regional in Champaign, Ill.
* Coastal Carolina is a No. 2 seed at a regional in Phoenix.
D1 brackets

Polls
NCBWA DII
1. St. Cloud State.
Writers DII

NCAA Division II 
Southeast Region rankings
 1. Catawba. 6. USC Aiken
SE DII

NJCAA
1. Cowley County CC.
Juco

High schools
S.C. Baseball Coaches Association
AAAA: 1. Summerville, 2. Mann, 3. Rock Hill, 4. Dutch Fork, 5. James Island, 6. Wando, 7. Northwestern, 8. Blythewood, 9. Hanna, 10. (tie) Socastee/Greenville
AAA: 1. Belton-Honea Path, 2. Hartsville, 3. Berkeley, 4. Emerald, 5. Gilbert, 6. Myrtle Beach, 7. Chester, 8. Eastside, 9. Airport, 10. Palmetto
AA: 1. Mid Carolina, 2. Ninety Six, 3. Buford, 4. Woodruff, 5. Blacksburg, 6. Thurmond, 7. Dillon, 8. Waccamaw, 9. Bishop England, 10. Powdersville
A: 1. Fox Creek, 2. Latta, 3. East Clarendon, 4. McBee, 5. Lewisville, 6. Lake View, 7. Bamberg-Ehrhardt, 8. Southside Christian, 9. Hannah-Pamplico, 10. Whitmire
HS poll