It ALL starts with who's coaching that makes or breaks HS baseball program. For the past few years after my son played and during his HS playing years, the varsity teams were not very good in the W-L department but yet every summer, the teams played well and it was basically the same players in Legion but every spring and they got on varsity, it looked like a different team. When those same players were on freshman and JV teams, they were competitive and won their share of games. When you get decent talent year in and year out but the results are still the same, there's a reason why.