Mandeville, LA - At the beginning of each summer, players and families in the Knights Knation organization come together for their annual opening weekend festivities in the Northshore area.  Each team in the organization went through 2-3 practice sessions over the weekend and everyone came together on Saturday evening at Fontainebleau High School for the Home Run Derby, which was split into an underclass division (2027 & 2028 class) and upperclass division (2025 & 2026 class).

2027 Ford Wade (Oxford HS) won the underclass division, while Bossier Parish Community College recruit 2025 Kason King (Franklin Parish HS) was the upperclass division champion.  Below, we take a look at some of the data and metrics that were gathered by Trackman Baseball during the event.

MAX EXIT VELOCITY

RANK	NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	CLASS	MAX EXIT VELO
1	Ford Wade	Oxford (MS)	2027	99.7 mph
2	J.D. Alexander	Barbe	2026	97.4 mph
3	Larry Rodrigue	Destrehan	2027	97.0 mph
4	Kason King	Franklin Parish	2025	96.7 mph
5	Harrison Kidder	Catholic (BR)	2026	96.2 mph
6	Mason Rogillio	West Feliciana	2027	95.8 mph
7	Shepherd Gammon	University Lab	2027	95.7 mph
8	Chase Marcotte	Destrehan	2027	93.9 mph
9	Nathan Burleigh	St. John Plaquemine	2026	93.3 mph
10	Lane Mixon	University Lab	2026	92.5 mph
11	Jake Simmons	Ruston	2025	92.2 mph
12	Andrew Sharp	Captain Shreve	2026	91.1 mph

AVERAGE EXIT VELOCITY

RANK	NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	CLASS	AVG EXIT VELO
1	J.D. Alexander	Barbe	2026	90.0 mph
2	Kason King	Franklin Parish	2025	89.9 mph
3	Ford Wade	Oxford (MS)	2027	89.8 mph
4	Shepherd Gammon	University Lab	2027	88.4 mph
5	Harrison Kidder	Catholic (BR)	2026	86.9 mph
6	Mason Rogillio	West Feliciana	2027	86.8 mph
7	Larry Rodrigue	Destrehan	2027	86.7. mph
8	Nathan Burleigh	St. John Plaquemine	2026	86.5 mph
9	Andrew Sharp	Captain Shreve	2026	84.1 mph
10	Chase Marcotte	Destrehan	2027	83.3 mph
11	Jake Simmons	Ruston	2025	80.2 mph
12	Lane Mixon	University Lab	2026	77.9 mph

MAX DISTANCE

RANK	NAME	HIGH SCHOOL	CLASS	MAX DISTANCE
1	Ford Wade	Oxford (MS)	2027	376 ft.
2	J.D. Alexander	Barbe	2026	371 ft.
3	Kason King	Franklin Parish	2025	368 ft.
-	Chase Marcotte	Destrehan	2027	368 ft.
4	Mason Rogillio	West Feliciana	2027	365 ft.
5	Harrison Kidder	Catholic (BR)	2026	364 ft.
6	Nathan Burleigh	St. John Plaquemine	2026	363 ft.
7	Larry Rodrigue	Destrehan	2027	352 ft.
8	Jake Simmons	Ruston	2025	350 ft.
9	Andrew Sharp	Captain Shreve	2026	339 ft.
10	Shepherd Gammon	University Lab	2027	336 ft.
11	Lane Mixon	University Lab	2026	335 ft.

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