With the 10th overall pick (acquired from the Seattle Seahawks) in the 2022 NFL draft The New York Jets to select Ohio State wide receiver Garrett Wilson. The former Cavs Star will be a big target for franchise quarterback Zach Wilson in the 2022 season. On the small end as a wide a wide receiver at six feet and 183 pounds Wilson caught eight of his 13 targets that were deemed “contested” in 2021, per Pro Football Focus. With Wilson ability to his ball tracking, strong hands, timing and ability to react on the the ball, and his agility is a total package for any NFL QB!
Ohio State receiver Garrett Wilson plays against Cincinnati during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Jets fans will come to know what Lake Travis Cavaliers faithful have seen in the central Texas area 4 years ago with Garrets exciting play making ability, the Big Apple has something to cheer about on Sundays. Congratulations to the Wilson family.
#5 Garrett Wilson rushes for yards in Title Game in 2016.
ROUND
ROCK — Lake Travis had made it through the bulk of the playoffs mostly
unaffected by an injury that had previously sidelined ace pitcher Jimmy
Lewis.
Then they ran into the Southlake Carroll Dragons.
The
Cavaliers’ Brett Baty, who had filled in for Lewis brilliantly along
the way, kept Lake Travis right with the Dragons every step of the way,
as he left the game in the top of the sixth with the score tied at 2-2.
However,
Carroll — the eventual Class 6A state champion — struck for four runs
in the top of the seventh against reliever Storm Hierholzer to seize a
6-2 victory and eliminate the Cavaliers in the semifinal round at Dell
Diamond.
Lake
Travis (37-5) tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first when
Braden Olson drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in Jack Lopez from first.
From there, Baty and his counterpart — Dragons starter Cutter Sippel —
began to settle into a groove.
The
Cavs managed to take their first lead in the bottom of the fourth when
Lopez lined an RBI single to center field to plate Dawson French.
Unfortunately, Carroll used a late outburst to once again vault ahead of
Lake Travis, and reliever Luke Gornell tossed 3 1/3 innings of shutout
baseball to preserve the Dragons’ place in the state finals.
A day later, Carroll (33-11) bludgeoned Fort Bend Ridge Point 17-0 in five innings to claim the 6A crown.
Still,
it was an unforgettable season for the Cavaliers, who won the outright
District 25-5A title before rattling off consecutive playoff series wins
against Smithson Valley, San Antonio Brandeis, San Antonio Johnson,
Laredo United South and Laredo Alexander.
With
the exception of the Johnson series, all of those resulted in a
two-game sweep for Lake Travis. Against the pesky Jaguars, the Cavaliers
had to battle back from a 2-0 loss in the opener of a regional
quarterfinal best-of-three matchup.
Head
coach Mike Rogers’ team did just that, as it defeated Johnson 12-6 in
Game 2 before closing things out with a narrow 1-0 win on May 18. In
that contest, Baty tossed a complete game two-hitter and struck out 13
batters.
It
was only the beginning of a truly special spring for Baty, who was
later selected by the New York Mets with the 12th pick overall in the
first round of the 2019 MLB Draft. The power-hitting third baseman will
now have to choose between the University of Texas or a multi-million
dollar signing bonus and a trip to the minors.
Good
news came for Lewis on that same night, as he became the 78th overall
choice of the draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lewis, an LSU commit,
will have his own decision to make in the near future.
Coincidentally,
a former Cavalier — 2017 graduate Jared Triolo — heard his name called
just six picks before Lewis when he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates
at spot 72.
While
a few big names are set to move on to bigger and better things, Lake
Travis will have plenty of talent due back for the 2020 campaign,
including Lopez, Hierholzer, Olson, Kal Edmunson, Trey Triolo, Parker
Guerin and Jack Jalufka.
