Area Private Schools/Players

Dallas Bishop Lynch will be very good this year.

Nolan Catholic in Ft Worth
Arlington Grace Prep
Pantego Christian (Arlington area)

Historically, Argyle Liberty Christian has had a very strong program.

Dallas Bishop Lynch has 9 returning Senior starters. Some of their top players include Beck, Twichell, Gebhard, and Hebert. Plano Prestonwood is a solid club always seem to have great players every year. Should be exciting to see them in their move up to the new district. DC with Brooks and First Baptist with Magruder will battle it out for the district title yet again. Should be alot of great baseball played as usual in the private school ranks.

Another strong player for Bishop Lynch is T.J. Martin. Phenomenal infielder.

Bishop Lynch's nonconference schedule is very challenging as it was upgraded to include Rockwall Heath Tournament, SGP Tournament, HP, and Poteet. Friars will know how good they really are before TAPPS district play begins

Don't forget that Jesuit is a private school, although they're in trouble for the next couple of years. 9 returning senior starters? Sounds like a tough 2010 season is coming up. How good will Nolan and TCA be? St. Marks without Grisz?

Ah heck, Red:
Jack Sharp's gonna have his group ready to head to state again. We might even send Tychcoson over there come January.

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Originally posted by collikar:
Ah heck, Red:
Jack Sharp's gonna have his group ready to head to state again. We might even send Tychcoson over there come January.

WOW!

funnel,

She is kidding...she just loves Jack! Two summer with your kid playing for him will do that.

Also, you have a PM.

My son plays competitive baseball and is getting ready to submit hs applications to Jesuit and BL. Can anyone shed light on why Jesuit is in trouble?

Whoa...Jesuit is not in any kind of trouble. The point was being made that this is a rebuilding year for them.

Ooops!...I apologize for the misunderstanding. Thanks for the clarification.

Jesuit is not in any trouble they are always solid. They just play in one tough district. Just ask their football team. With Allen, PESH, Wylie, and Plano among others any team would have trouble in that district. Nolan and TCA will be tough as usual. Sharp always has his guys ready to play day in and day out. Nolan was good last year have a solid lefty not sure of his name though. They gave both Lynch and TCA a run for their money. They always play these two teams well no matter the records. Lynch's non district schedule is tough but with all those seniors it should be fun to see how they matchup with some of the best the public schools have to offer

As a veteran of this topic, I could not resist this thread. BL has a solid lineup... the same solid lineup they've had for the past three years, and every time TCA has bested them and won the district. While somewhat depleted this year with only 4 seniors returning, I'm sure the greatness of Jack Sharp will bring out the best in these boys and TCA will contend. It is also a much different district this season with the addition of Prestonwood and Grapevine Faith. Those playoff spots will be hotly contested.

As for BL's tough nondistrict schedule... TCA always plays top 4A and 5A public school competition in the preseason Denton, Newman Smith and Highland Park tournaments. Not sure about Grapevine Faith, but PWood will have to step up their non-district competition level this year as last season they played a total of one game versus 5A public competition. That will have to change for them to improve and compete in the new district.

For "newaroundhere"... if you are looking for the best private school for your son, there is no doubt the BEST COACH to play for in this arena is Jack Sharp at TCA - bar none. He has been there the longest, is loved by his players and parents alike, has multiple state, regional and district titles in his pocket, and actually speaks well of his players when college coaches call. Not something that happens everywhere.

Nolan should be very tough the next 2 years

They have several retrurning starters: Robert Ratliff (SS), Marco Hernandez (2B), Ben Kerschin (CF), Chris Marquardt (LHP/1B), David Marshall (RHP), Garret Morris (RHP)

They also play a very difficult non district schedule dating back to the days of Funneldrill.

BL should be very good this year and will be lead by Preston Beck and John Michael Twichell. Their pitching will also be solid with Josh Hauser and Jordan Hebert. Beck will also help with that aspect.

Jesuit is not....in trouble,in a sense, but they will be down a few players. Matt Shortall has seemingly lead that team the last 2 years and will do it again this year. Their lineup is young but do have a few big bats in Shortall and Josh Bell. There pitching could be a weak point with hardly any expierence. De Gruy should help a lot and I recently heard Shortall was 93 on the mound. Tough district and playoffs is a MAYBE.

Dont know a ton about Prestonwood but I know they return a good bat in Jerry Owen and a quality pitcher in Travis King. They should have some good games against BL and TCA. For some reason I think that Sharps coaching over at TCA will definitly help them win a lot of games.

By "in trouble" I meant that Jesuit is, for the next two years, in the toughest baseball district in Dallas bar none. Any team would be "in trouble" if they were in that district, and Jesuit lost a lot of seniors last year.

dallasdad - 93 on the mound....Wow! That is quite a jump from the August PG event.

No doubt about it, he is clearly one of the top metroplex 09 catchers, an outstanding player with an outstanding arm and bat.

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Originally posted by cheapseats:
dallasdad - 93 on the mound....Wow! That is quite a jump from the August PG event.

No doubt about it, he is clearly one of the top metroplex 09 catchers, an outstanding player with an outstanding arm and bat.

Yes, I just looked at that too. Either the 93 is off or he was lobbing the ball in there at PG.

Argh -- another velocity discussion based on hearsay.

Shortall is a stud....but fans shouldn't be disappointed if they go watch him pitch and he's upper 80's.

DD - He very well may be at 93, and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see him there by spring.......

I would be surprised if anyone is just lobbing it in at PG.

Matt has an outstanding arm and a bright future for sure. He is clearly at the head of the class.

I've seen Shortall throw upper 80s with no pitching mechanics. No endurance when I saw him... sorry Shorty, I'm sure you're working on it. Having said that, and this is a serious question, does anyone think he should focus on pitching? I know logic might initially say no, but that arm. I've never seen anyone throw a baseball as far as that kid, maybe pitching could work?

The best SCHOOL for baseball, academics, and overall development as a man is Jesuit. Shameless plugging .

Jesuit lost 10 seniors from last year. This year will tough if you look at expectations, but I think Jesuit found a way to win a few games people didn't expect us to when I was there. Don't be surprised if they are right there in every game.

And, just to end it, hello everybody. I'm still reading when I can.

How is fall ball going Kyle? Give us an update? And....straight A's so far?

How can you develop as a man with no women around?

So we have Jerry Owen and Travis King from Prestonwood, a host of players from BL...what about some Trinity and First Baptist guys?

Trinity is a lot of work. I can't say I do much besides wake up, go to class, study, finish assignments, work out, eat whenever possible, and then of course... play baseball. Sleeping usually only happens on an as needed basis. Weekends are great for catching up on sleep and studying for exams that might be a week or so away.

I've survived my first round of Biology, Chemistry, and Economics tests so far. Chemistry round two is Wednesday and English round one (midterm) is Thursday. I can't completely tell you what my "average" is because basically your average here only matters on how it compares to the rest of the class. It's a new kind of school for me, that's for sure, but I love it. I can tell you, while knocking on wood, that I haven't received any grade under a B. The thing that's making school... "harder than it would be" are the 3 hour labs for Biology and Chemistry. Mostly because they take up a lot more than just 3 hours throughout the week.

Baseball is going great. It's intense, but they are great about understanding for school. I'm really happy I made the switch to only pitching because it allows me a lot more free time. They actually have me trying submarine (because I can't break a window to save my life), but ideally I will be doing both when spring comes.

And, about the women: if you were to ask any man from Jesuit, none would cite that as a problem with the school. Girls are always at Jesuit. I will say that when I walked into my first class (Biology) at Trinity and found myself seated next to a female, I had to do a double take. The biggest piece of advice I can give to any student interested in Jesuit or St. Marks is that if you choose not to go because of the all male student body, you are crazy. I know you were joking Natural, but I have spoken with kids from my middle school or just around the area and they always bring that up. I guess I probably did at one point too, but I could not have been happier with my choice. It all comes together senior year, it's weird. I'm hoping jesuitbaseball will come on here and echo my sentiments. I think it's safe to say that any of these private schools are great places to attend school and play some baseball.

DTiger -- I have to say that you've come a long way in constructing sentences since your initial post -- 1327 contributions ago. You probably find yourself being more "intelligent" than necessary when you text message as well, eh?

Good luck with the rest of the semester.

I remember my first post, the subject, and the general lack of intelligence used in constructing it.

Dtiger-You're right - I was just kidding. You certainly turned out well. Glad to hear Trinity is going well for you. Best of luck!

newaroundhere - TCA has 4 returning seniors: 6'5" RHP Cole Thompson, Sinkerballer Chris McTavish, Catcher Sam Davidson, and OF Austin Chappell. Those four are close and will be the team leaders... Junior Phyre Burns (yes that's really his name) returns after hitting leadoff last season - great athlete could become something special. Junior 3rd baseman and RHP Ryan Doerhoff also returns and Junior Jason Hursh contends for the SS spot after missing last year with elbow injury. Several talented sophomores could contribute to what will be a young team, but one that has a chance to contend.

I second Kyles post.

Jesuit helped me develop as a human a student, and a baseball player. I am now at Rockhurst University, a small Jesuit school in Kansas city playing baseall. I think that Jesuit prepared me for this school better than any other school that I would have attended.

I also agree that it was weird, but very nice to see girls in my first class in college, but bottom line Jesuit, St. Marks, Prestonwood, any of those schools will give you a great education

Good luck to all the high school teams this year, and I will try to follow it as best I can

Senior Pitchers are always good...especially when one of them is 6'5''. Same with a senior catcher. Is he a returning starter? At my sons's school last year we had a two year starting catcher and his senior leadership was the most noticable.

And how about First Baptist and Dallas Christian?Any big time players from either one of them?

Your forgetting Cistercian Cheap.
Anyone heard anything about them? SPC hasn't gotten much love on this thread.

A lot of great public schools out there as well.

What you put into an education is what you get out of it. Just as you do athletics!

No problem cheap I would say that those 7 are perfectly ranked, but as we often do on this site we're forgetting the other half of the population. Where do Ursuline and Hockaday fit on your list? On that subject can anyone tell me anything about TAPPS softball?

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Originally posted by jesuitbaseball:
I second Kyles post.

Jesuit helped me develop as a human a student, and a baseball player. I am now at Rockhurst University, a small Jesuit school in Kansas city playing baseall. I think that Jesuit prepared me for this school better than any other school that I would have attended.

I also agree that it was weird, but very nice to see girls in my first class in college, but bottom line Jesuit, St. Marks, Prestonwood, any of those schools will give you a great education

Good luck to all the high school teams this year, and I will try to follow it as best I can

I love you, T.R.

Pretty sure Jesuit was ranked 3rd behind St. Mark and Hockaday in a Dallas Magazine rating. Cistercian wasn't included because it wasn't in the area included.

I'm avoiding the temptation to compare academic institutions... just saying what was previously noted.

We can discuss academics all day long, but the thread is about baseball!

Amen.