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If you plan on playing summer ball you might be disappointed the coach run's a tight program and wants you there for summer, But you can find time for some Travel ball
Jesuit HS in Sac. will be very tough this year,
outstanding pitchers:
Oros, Rietter,Anderson if he pitches, great LH. hitter.
4 or 5 players top the best in cal. list.
I guarantee you won't be on Varsity your freshman yr.
Good Luck
Don't get me wrong about the Private Schools on my previous post. There Great, and the compitition is great.
If your boy has some talent, Jesuit JV is good, most of the schools have freshman teams, and either Sophmore or JV teams. Varsity is for Juniors or Seniors.
If your boy is 6'3". 200#now, and throws 85+, it wouldn,t make much since to keep him down would it?
I think you'll find that at Jesuit, the freshman all play on the freshman team, the sophomores all play JV and nobody plays varsity until they are a junior. There are just too many talented players at that school to start making exceptions and bringing up one kid while leaving others down at the lower levels. Coach P does an outstanding job of handling a very tough situation where many parents have, legitimately, very high expectations.

EH, you might be surprised by a few of their junior pitchers this spring. They have two who are going to be very good in addition to those you mentioned. It is almost unfair to have the depth of quality pitching they possess this spring. It is also a coach's dream. It'll be very interesting to watch Jesuit battle Elk Grove for the Delta League championship.
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Who knows if they're the best? There will be many excellent teams, but Jesuit should be included in any discussion about the best. They have a couple legitimate draft candidates, several other seniors that will play college baseball if they choose to and a very strong supporting group of juniors. Their pitching is very deep and they will score a ton of runs this year. They are going to be a very fun team to watch.

Now, there will be some teams in southern CA and other northern CA teams that will merit consideration, so lets hear who some of them might be.
06 ...

Was Jesuit the high school that JP Howell attended? He was an '01 as well as AJ and considered one of the best high school LHP's at the time ... attended USC which didn't work out, then finished at Texas before being drafted in 04. AJ and JP faced off in the North/South all star game that year which was played at Sac JUCO (one of the best JUCO fields in the state, if not the country I might add). It was a great game which required extra innings as they both had stellar games ... I think JP came out in the 7th or 8th inning and AJ threw an inning past that. One of the highlights of AJ's high school career.
I'll go with SoCal. You can't get much better competition than the City Section, Southern Section and San Diego Section. Both Chatsworth and El Camino are highly ranked in preseason polls. Agoura probably would end up highly ranked with two 90+ pitchers but they play in such a tough league that no one ends up undefeated. There are some great OC and SD leagues too.

At the same time I'll admit that it can be hard to compete with the private schools that can recruit.
Bellarmine Prep. (San Jose) is ranked #16 in the country, and from what i know, id like to say they are the best team in california.

They have a junior who throws 90+ (Goedell)
and their ace who is one of the best pitchers in CA (Garcia). Not to mention their 4th string pitcher works from 86-88.

They have played 3 games so far this season,
(17-0) vs. Aragon
(17-1) vs. Homestead
(11-4) vs. Gilroy

we are playing them tomorrow and unfortunately id be willing to bet they continue their winning streak.
CADAD ..

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At the same time I'll admit that it can be hard to compete with the private schools that can recruit.


Too funny ... lots of allegations over the years that this does indeed go on, despite the regulations against it. read The alleged abusers always deny any recruiting activity no but I have significant doubts that they are being honest in their answers.

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