Book project, picking their schools and remembering Claude Ball Mark Martin HE WROTE THE BOOK: Zach Casto, the son of one-time Ripley High athlete Bryce Casto, is a book author at the young age of 25. Casto’s first publication – “Rounding Third: Skills, Drills, and Best Practices in the Game of Baseball” – is out in an ebook format. Plans are for the book to eventually be available in hardcover. For years, Casto has had a deep love for the game of baseball and it grows stronger by the day. He played baseball at Nitro High School, where he graduated in 2014. From there he was a part of the baseball program at West Virginia State University.