Aaron Johnson and Matt Ransdell are getting a golden opportunity to play in front of college and professional baseball scouts this summer. The Bowling Green High School double-play combo are spending the next several months playing for the Midland Redskins, an invitation-only Connie Mack Summer League team in Cincinnati. The squad boasts the top players from the greater-Cincinnati area as well as talents from as far away as Florida. Ransdell and Johnson have been with the Redskins since the end of the high school season, and already have been seen by plenty of scouts. At every game, there are scouts. (Tuesday) there was a scout from Purdue and the day before that, there was a guy from Clemson and Ohio State, Johnson said. Every game we go to, theres a scout there. Assistant coach Kris Glazier, with whom the boys are living, said the Redskins always are heavily scouted. The majority of our players also go on to Division I colleges, Glazier said. From this past year, 14 of our players were drafted in the major league draft, one in each of the first five rounds. Major leaguers such as Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Larkin, Mike Matheny, Mark Mulder and David Bell all played with Midland at one time. I think this is great for both those guys. They will definitely will get a lot of people looking at them, said David Nole, the boys high school coach. Ransdell agreed. This is just great exposure and getting to play good players all the time, he said. Glazier said he first heard about Ransdell from a college coach, and after seeing him play with Johnson, decided to invite both to play with the Redskins. I saw their last game against Apollo, and thats where I noticed Aaron, as well, he said. We needed another outfielder and he caught my eye because he runs very well. Johnson, who hasnt played outfield since junior high, said hes enjoying the transition. Everythings still sorta coming back to me, Johnson said. Its fun. I play center, so I have a little more control. Im able to run and make plays on balls. Ransdell said hes glad Johnson got the opportunity to play with him. It always helps when you have somebody youre friends with, Ransdell said. It makes things easier. If the team advances to the Connie Mack World Series, the boys will miss the first three weeks of school. Thats not a big deal for Ransdell, but could have implications for Johnson, who also is a football standout for the Purples. I just talked to coach (Kevin) Wallace and he said he was happy about me coming up here, Johnson said. He said it would be a good experience, but said I would have to be at 10 practices before we play our first game. Johnson said he likely would leave the Redskins early to come back and get ready for football season. When that comes, Ill just have to deal with it, Johnson said.