2006 9-4A

Weak 4A district watered down because of all the population growth. Whichever teams go to the playoffs will be 2 and barbecue.

"Whichever teams go to the playoffs will be 2 and barbecue".

Wasn't the case last last year, Lake Dallas defeating highly touted Highland Park and Hebron taking care of Paris and baseball power Forney in three. I think as a whole the league is even stronger this year.
by the way SWAC, what district do you follow?

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Originally posted by theygrowupfast:
"Whichever teams go to the playoffs will be 2 and barbecue".

by the way SWAC, what district do you follow?

8 - 5A (Allen, FM, Lewisville, Colony, Marcus, PESH, West, Plano)

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Originally posted by SWAC:

quote:

Originally posted by theygrowupfast:
"Whichever teams go to the playoffs will be 2 and barbecue".

by the way SWAC, what district do you follow?

8 - 5A (Allen, FM, Lewisville, Colony, Marcus, PESH, West, Plano)

For what it is worth, 8-5A won't be what it was last year either. Growth isn't watering it down, but graduation.

Allen may be the favorite if they can score runs.
FM - Always loaded.
PESH - better, but still not there.
Marcus lost a lot to graduation.
Lewisville - A baseball school?
Plano - another year of struggles? Have to have pitching.
Plano West - Not known for baseball.
Colony - Having a tough time in all sports now.

North will be pretty good 4a team...
RHP Bolsinger, Flatt, other guys
MIF Lensing, young kid Yates, San Miguel
Smith as catcher

Heard they lost 2 startes in Atwell (Wylie) and Lackey (Rockwall?)...

NTXFan -- pretty good assessment of 8-5A -- without going out on a limb, eh?

I think Marcus has plenty left in the tank -- their numbers are atrocious, 45 or more kids vying for a limited number of spots -- I'm sure there is good talent in the group. Allen, FM, and Marcus will be the early favorites for the playoff spots -- East, Lewisville, and others may nip at their heals. Lewisville has a strong #1 and good young talent -- same for East. As always, the #2 pitchers may be the key. Even Allen's #2 is unproven on the varsity level, but Coach Poole has a way of challenging kids to step up. They're doing a nice job of establishing baseball tradition there.

The Plano coaches have a new "system" to work through -- with sophomores playing JV for the first time. It will be interesting to see how they make things work.

26 days...and counting.

Theygrowupfast,
I think that's a pretty good assessment of the district. North should be the early favorite having only lost 3 seniors (all 3 first team all-district and playing college ball), but they accounted for approx 70 RBIs, clutch hitting and big part of pitching staff. Freshman CF (Atwell) who did great job defensively moved , but didn't hit in district. Lackey could have helped them this year, but wasn't on varsity last year. I also understand San Miguel, who played good 3b last year, had to get his shoulder operated on so not sure how much they will get out of him.

I thought that was a pretty good assessment of 9-4A as well. Pitching this year, however, will be extremely diluted, with several of the teams having taken their pitching for granted this last year. I'm sure all of the teams feel reasonably good right now about their position players--it's that time of the year, right? McKinney High , the team I follow, looks to be in a rebuilding year, but they do have some nice young talent that Coach price will get to look at.

How about 12-5A?
Mesquite, Mesquite Horn, North Mesquite, Rockwall, Longview, Tyler Lee, and John Tyler.
Any scoop or predictions here?

12-5A from a distance.

Top 3 no particular order.

1. Tyler Lee. Good returning group.
2. Mesquite. Young last year and should be better this year.
3. Rockwall. Lost great pitching & hitting, solid program,can they replace those?

Mesquite Horn. Should be in the mix
Longview. ?
North Mesquite ?
John Tyler. Football only

Don't count Lake Dallas out just yet. The last time they missed the playoffs my son hadn't even started school yet.

Their Jr/Sr classes are loaded, as well as a bunch of talented Sophomore's who will compete for spots.

And as far as Lewisville, they have a good number 1 and a pretty talented number 2 as well. Their issue is going to be scoring runs....if thier bats come alive, they will be dangerous. Maybe that ex Lake Dallas baseball coach at Lewisville will help them along with starting a baseball tradition at LHS.