JACKSON TWP— Two Seneca Valley pitchers were selected on the second day of baseball's amateur draft Friday.

Ryan Page, a left-hander and a 2004 SVgraduate, was chosen in the 20th round by the Toronto Blue Jays. Page was a senior at Liberty (Va.) University of the Big South Conference this spring.

Cory Mazzoni, a right-hander and a senior with the Raiders this year, was selected in the 25th round by the Washington Nationals.

Page plans to sign with Toronto. He is flying to Tampa, Fla., to do so Monday, will work out with other rookies there, then will report to Class AAuburn (N.Y.).

"I went right around where I was projected,"Page said of the draft. "I had a pre-draft workout with the Blue Jays in Toronto on May 28. I really liked the city. I hope I can get there."

After posting a 9-0 record with Seneca Valley during his senior season, Page went on to pitch for four years at Liberty. He was 5-5 with a 2.76 earned run average this year, striking out 63, walking 17 and recording three complete games.

He finished third in the Big South in ERAand led the league in complete games. Page had a career record of 19-12 with 180 strikeouts and 67 walks in 273Z\c innings.

"Ryan has continued to develop since he left here,"Seneca Valley coach Eric Semega said. "Going in the 20th round is a great accomplishment for him. He's still coming into his own."

Page began his college career as a starter his freshman year, but was sidelined for two weeks with kidney stones and finished that season in the bullpen. He was a starter his sophomore year, a reliever as a junior.

"We had no left-handers in the bullpen (his junior year) and the coaches thought I'd be most helpful to the team in that role,"Page said. "I prefer starting because I'm more comfortable that way, but I was fine with it.

"We had new coaches my senior year and they put me back in the rotation."

Page had two saves his freshman year and four saves as a junior.

"I feel like I can do either,"Page said. "Whatever (the Blue Jays) want me to do, I'll do."

Mazzoni said he'll sign with the Nationals if the money's right, but has basically decided to follow through with his full scholarship to North Carolina State.

The hard-throwing right-hander was 7-1 with a 1.10 ERA, 80 strikeouts and 10 walks in 48 innings this spring. He was 11-0 with a 1.10 ERA, 96 strikeouts in 78 innings as a junior.

"The Yankees and Mets called me after the first day of the draft was over and made me offers, seeing if I would sign if they picked me,"Mazzoni said. "The offers didn't seem good enough for me to go right now.

"Going into the draft, I figured if I went in the first six rounds, I'd probably sign. Anything after that, I'd go to school."

Mazzoni said he will talk to the Nationals and hear what they're offering, but "25th round ... reality tells me I'm going to N.C. State."

N.C. State is playing in the NCAASuper Regionals and is 41-21 this season. Head coach Elliott Avent is in his 13th season and has won 495 games there, including nine appearances in NCAAregional play.

The Wolfpack have had 23 players drafted in the past five years.

"This was a win-win situation for Cory going in,"Semega said. "If the money wasn't right for him and his family, he still had the full scholarship to fall back on.

"I compare his situation to that of Zach Jackson a few years back. Zach pitched here and was taken in the 50th round by the White Sox his senior year. He didn't sign, wound up at Texas A&M and later got a million-dollar bonus to sign.

"Cory has a great outlook in terms of his baseball career. He had a good head going into this. He's going to be picked a lot higher three years from now. Being drafted in the 25th round as a high school kid, that's awesome," Semega added.

Mazzoni agreed.

"I'm not disappointed whatsoever," he said. "I'm excited about my future."