Moeller High School has had a lot of good baseball players over the years.

None has done a better job of getting his teammates across home plate than senior Conner Cuozzo.

Cuozzo became the program’s all-time leader in RBIs this week. He did so with an RBI double against archrival Elder April 27. Three days later, he posted four hits and two more RBIs in a 13-2 win over the same Elder team that clinched the league title for the Crusaders.

“Everyone's doing good. Everyone's doing their job,” Cuozzo said. “Our coaches are putting us all in the right spots to get it done. It’s really nice to secure the GCL championship with two more games left to go. I'm feeling really good about the team right now.”

Cuozzo has 91 career RBIs after the Elder game. He broke Cam Satterwhite’s 21-year-old record of 88. Senior Matt Ponatoski is in third place with 82 after getting one against Elder April 30.

“It’s a really awesome record to have,” Cuozzo said. “A lot of great players have come through Moeller. A lot of legends, but it's a stat that I need guys to be in front of me to get RBIs. So just having great teams all three years I've been here and a lot of guys in front of me that are really good and getting on base all the time.”

Cuozzo, a Kent State University commit, plays first base this year for the Crusaders. He has had three consistent seasons for the Crusaders. This year, he is hitting .438 with 22 RBIs. As a sophomore, he batted .444 with 37 RBIs and last year, he was .390 with 32. He has 17 career home runs, three this season.

He and Ponatoski, a two-sport University of Kentucky commit, have been veteran mainstays in the offense. Ponatoski is hitting .395 with 19 runs scored. Junior Reggie Watson bats .457 with 18 runs scored. Moeller had 16 hits against Elder from 10 different players.

“Conner, being the career leader in RBIs, you always feel comfortable when that guy comes up, even if there's a runner on first, that he can drive them in,” Moeller head coach Tim Held said.

Junior Nathan McDowell leads the rotation. He allowed two hits against Elder April 30, and is 6-0 with a 1.63 ERA. He has committed to Notre Dame.

“We know when he goes out there, he is such a strike thrower,” Held said. “He is going to challenge guys. He can throw all his pitches for strikes. So knowing he’s going to challenge guys, the defense is ready to make plays, you know he’s going to not put extra guys on base.”

Carson Fuhrer (2-0, 2.57) and Seth Maybury (3-1, 1.13) have had solid seasons starting on the mound. Held has several reliable options in relief. He said Ponatoski, who has thrown seven innings, will be pitching more heading into the postseason, as Held has wanted to limit his innings.

Moeller is 13-2 and nationally ranked by several sites. They have come up short of the ultimate goal of a state championship, losing in the Division I regional final the last two years. They were no-hit and shut out in 2024, and scored two runs on three hits last season.

As a Man of Moeller, Cuozzo wants to bring that title home.

“Anyone can beat you at any time,” he said. “You can't get too comfortable. The past couple seasons, we've really felt like it was going be the year again, and we came up short. We didn't swing it the best in those two games. So we just got to know we can get beat at any time, go out there and just play like it's going to be our last game and keep competing.”

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Conner Cuozzo, Moeller High School baseball career RBIs leader, 2026