FEATURE: Clyde’s Trip Ancheta fights through Tommy John surgery to reclaim effectiveness

CLYDE — By his junior year, Clyde right-hander Trip Ancheta was pegging the radar gun between 88-90 mph.  His future in baseball looked bright, and it was only a matter of time before someone at the collegiate level snagged him. 

Then it happened. 

Three weeks into Clyde’s district schedule last spring, Ancheta injured the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, requiring a reconstructive procedure widely known as Tommy John Surgery. 

It would mean the end of his junior season, followed by a long, mentally taxing rehabilitation process and finally, throwing a baseball with the hopes of regaining his former skill levels.