Hirrel...his school has a freshmen team, a jv (usually all sophmores...occasional junior or freshman), and a varsity (all juniors and seniors with the occasional sophmore). Generally, the program is recognized as one of the best (if not the best) overall in the NW FLA area...alumni include Don Sutton, Travis Fryman, Jay Bell. It is a noteworthy accomplishment and I am proud of his efforts in attaining his immediate goals...some of his talented friends were "skittish" about going there because of the rep as tough to make.
OPP...re: your encouragement to hit the books...believe me it is being talked about and his grades are good right now. He gets to see living examples of "slippage" in that area as a couple of his previous travel ball teammates did not even have the grades (not even close) to be able to tryout.
