9-4

My Prediction for District 9-4A is:
1. Sherman - Appears to have the most returning talent.
2. McKinney - Best Pitching in the District - The Three L's (Lee, Lipka, Levins) are solid. Not much else.
3. McKinney North - Going to be s****** and tough to beat as always.
4. Centennial - Very young & inexperienced. Lost their best player for the entire season - Mossakowski
5. Frisco - May surprise a few and will be strong fundamentally.
6. Frisco Liberty - ??
7. Frisco Wakeland - ??
8. Dennison - ??

I would watch out for Wakeland, although they are moving up to 4A this year they have alot of returning players and they may surprise a few people in this district. Also Liberty is pretty s****** I do not think they will fair as well.

I do not have a dog in this fight just my opionion.

LHP,

I too have heard some good things about Wakeland and agree that they may be a good sleeper pick for one of the top 4 playoff spots in District 9-4A. It was just that I do not know much about the Wakeland, Liberty and Dennison Teams but would be interested in hearing from folks that have some insight. It sure seems to me that this is a down year for District 9-4A but am looking forward to the coming Season just the same. Only 35 Days till our first scrimmage game!

Centennial has 2 very good juniors. Maybe more. But I only know these two.
Kothera-c
Dzurisin-lhp
These two kids will shine this year.

Sherman has not been able to do anything the past 5-6 years in a relatively weak district, no reason to think that will change now. Pitching wins, nuff said.

PS - Ladd will just keep winning at North, and everyone will wander why....savvy my friends, savvy.

Ladd will continue to pitch well...
How you been?

quote:

Originally posted by The Beast:
Centennial has 2 very good juniors. Maybe more. But I only know these two.
Kothera-c
Dzurisin-lhp
These two kids will shine this year.

If Dzurisin and Badarack pitch the way they are capable of, Centennial could have a great year.

I anticipate they will.

Ol' Denison just not what they used to be

What are the chances that McKinney North can win their 6th consecutive district championship? It seems every spring that with the losses they had the year before, they don't have a chance, but they have continued to do so year after year!!

My guess is they'll give it a run for their money and just might do it agian.

OP

OP,

I agree that North will likely be competing for the 2009 9-4A District Championship as always however I do think they will fall behind McKinney and Sherman this year. North will once again have solid pitching however as I told Nico last night it will be nice not having to face North with either him or Matt in the line-up. Of course since North lost Nico Taylor 6'5" and Matt Lackie 6'4", North may be fielding the shortest line-up in District 9-4A. But those munchkins will play solid small ball with above average defense so McKinney and Sherman better not take them lightly or the #6th consecutive district championship just might wind up with the Bulldogs once again!

Badman,

You are so right about North having a very small team. Most of the team is anywhere from 5'6"-5'10". They know how to play the game though and I'll put Jim Gatewood up against anybody from a coaching standpoint, so they'll definitely be S C R A P P Y.

Let's don't forget that McKinney has shared the district crown with North the last 2 years. With the talent they have in Lee and Lipka alone, they will be the team to beat in my opinion. They are 2 of the top 20 players in the country for their age group. They will be a force to be reckoned with without a doubt.

I know nothing about Sherman. I know when Danny Florence was the head guy there, they were extremely competitive year after year, so I doubt much has changed.

North scrimmaged Frisco Wakeland before the playoffs started. We thumped them pretty good, but they were very solid and didn't lose much from what I can remember.

Too bad Boyd had to move up to 5A. They made things in McKinney much more interesting from a baseball standpoint.

It should be fun.

Louisiana Lafayette opens the season with a 4 game series against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Louisiana on February 20th. That's what I'm really looking forward to right now though!!

Good luck to everyone!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Old Pitcher:
They know how to play the game though and I'll put Jim Gatewood up against anybody from a coaching standpoint, ___________________________________________________

Gatewood..... Give me a break

Robert,

I knew you'd have something to say about that!!

OP,
Maybe we should stay out of the 9-4A conversations, it's not like we have any rights there any longer.

Robert,

Thankfully you and OP have supplied some input to the 9-4A Thread, otherwise this thing might have died. I am not sure why we are not seeing any inputs from parents that do still have boys playing in this District. It has been very quiet so far and I am kind of disappointed that we have not seen more inputs but hopefully it will increase as tryouts are just around the corner.

I think our boys names are on some lists there that still give us some rights......................

And, I have a senior nephew at North that I will be following.

McKinney, Sherman, Denison, & and Frisco all rich in traditions from long ago just watered down a little from a community perspective now with the increase in high schools.

And, now there are great inter city high school rivalries.

Both of my boys have played for Price and Gatewood, and I know they'll have a solid teams.

It won't be long before two of the district teams will be bucking up against Poteet with their shirts off and Highland Park and their newspapers in the playoffs.

Bless their hearts, that ought to get it going...........

Now, OP has an opening series with Nebraska to look forward.

Fun, ain't it?

Sounds like the first three spots have already been conceded to McKinney, Sherman and North(?). That leaves the four Frisco Schools and Dennison battling for the final spot......My crystal ball says:

McKinney
Sherman
Centennial
North
Liberty
Wakeland
Frisco
Dennison

FO,

Your last name is on far more 9-4A lists that my little family. Observer carries mucho weight round these pawts.

But they're very near each other on the most important list.....the phone book.

I know, I know....but I'm sending PSIII on a 9 hour solo drive shortly. Argh.

A tough few weeks ahead for PSIII.

Best wishes there, PDiddy.

I'll be watching.

Bump

LHPDAD...news has it that a former McKinney North Bulldog has now enrolled @ Texas State. I know you're pumped about that!!

Yes should be fun to watch the boys play together

OP -- that was my Howard rumor (I'm glad I didn't publish it) -- how quickly things change at times. I hope things go good for Matt & Bryant in....5 weeks!

I predict Mckinney and Centennial compete for first this year and Sherman doesn't make playoffs because of Wakeland. North always finds a way to get in there and ladd will make it happen.

Coach Cook at Frisco is easily the best coach there is. Do not be surprised if he pulls some magic out and gets the Raccoons to the playoffs this year again. Don't count the Raccoons out.

Something tells me you like Coach Cook.

It sounds much more than just like! Wow! Maybe a possible man-crush? It is going to take a lot more than magic. Maybe Harry Houdini has returned as an Assistant Coach this season! Good Luck!

I went up to the frisco Plano west scrimmage to watch the defending state champs and frisco surprised me. Blum and hubert both threw and hubert got taken out early. I think frisco might have actually won. With Scott cook coaching and strong seniors like gray and cook both hitting well. Also they have drew dyer and a sophmore coming in, I think Tyler sibley's little brother both who hit multiple extra base hits against west. I think frisco should be in the coversation, what do you think?

Chs we all know you like chs but they weren't solid playing prosper the only runs they got came off wind bombs

All I know is 9-4a will be very interesting to watch this year. It will be fun at the end to see who gets those playoff spots!!
Frisco played very well against the defending champs.

And yes bballfan frisco should be in the conversation in my opinion.

What do you know about the players I listed

I know that gray cook and dyer are returning starters with dyer being a 2nd team all district player last year as a soph. Gray and dyer should be the power for Frisco this year with cook and travis sibley being the consistency at the top of the order. Frisco should have a competitive lineup this year.

Ok any other players to watch out for

Ryan Adams should be great defensively in the outfield for the Raccoons. Also, Chris Cordova could be a pitcher to watch out for come districts. If he matures and learns to pitch at the varsity level he has great command and should surprise some teams. Brock Corum should be the starting shortstop and he should be a consistent hotter as well. Those three players are all juniors with this being their first year on varsity with the exception of Corum. The returning varsity players from last year are Gavin Gray, Austin Cook, Drew Dyer, Brandon Mitchell and Brantley Carroll. Tony Girard and Brock Corum were partial varsity players last year as well.

I meant consistent hitter.

I've heard of a couple of them how's brantley.c doing

Haven't heard a lot just know that he is the returning starting catcher. Do you know anything about Frisco that I don't?