Bishop Sullivan Catholic HS

You're giving them too much credit for calling it a "program". It's an intramural sport as far as the school is concerned.

The Swoope brothers certainly should have been given due consideration for 1st team selections. Steven out hit the whole conference. There were one or two others who could have been 2nd team selections as well but without an advocate at the meeting that will never happen.

That is the worst part....the boys who deserve some consideration are not going to get it. When the other coaches don't have a complete picture with true stats or someone there to speak up for them it a real shame. It's not right and the players are the ones that suffer.

One correction.....Nick Ott also made second team.

vavals-do you have a listing of those who made all-conference?

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Originally posted by headinghome:
First Team
Jack Wynkoop, Cape Henry
Tyler Rameriz, Cape Henry
Robbie Lanthrop, Greenbrier
Anthony Waldner, Nansemond-Suffolk
Kyle Rosso, Norfolk Collegiate
Matt Matthews, Greenbrier
Taylor Edens, Nansemond-Suffolk
Sean Poppen, Cape Henry
James Bedi, Greenbrier
Mitch Owens, Walsingham

Second Team
Byrce Myers, Greenbrier
Jared Mitchell, Greenbrier
Colin Ballard, Cape Henry
Jeff Swoope, Bishop Sullivan
Steven Swoope, Bishop Sullivan
Nick Ott, Bishop Sullivan
Sean Frazier, Norfolk Collegiate
Brian Vincent, Hampton Roads Academy
Henry Hill, Hampton Roads Academy
Sean Frazier, Norfolk Collegiate
Ross Kazakis, Norfolk Academy
Davis Bailey, Norfolk Christian

You have Sean Frazier listed twice...was there another player instead? Greenbrier's player is Robby Lathrop.

I'm assuming Jack Wyncoop was the POY?

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Originally posted by vavals:
For the second year in a row neither the head coach or the AD had time to show up for the TCIS coaches meeting last night. With the fact that the stats on MaxPrep are flat out wrong or not even entered it was impossible for any of the players from BSCHS to stand a chance. Thanks to coaches from the other TCIS teams Jeffrey & Steven Swoope made second team.... congratulations! The school and the AD should be ashamed of how the program has fallen!

This is a **** shame, I would not call them coaches by the way, more like adults in the dugout, never seen them "coach" and practices are a joke, and yes I have seen them "practice" on a few occasions.

Playright....the biggest problem has been the AD for years. He doesn't support baseball and in turn doesn't support having baseball "coaches". Until that changes the school will never have a baseball team let alone a baseball program. When you can't use the field until 2 weeks before the season and you can't use it over the summer or in the fall the school will never have a competitive team. This is the reason that so many players go from 8th grade at one of the catholic schools to another private school or public school to play.

The principal and AD did away with fall ball and all other "out of season sports" 4 years ago as they believed it was a drain on participation in fall sports (read: football). This was the beginning of the end for the program.

Winter workouts were limited as the availability of the indoor bubble was taken by the loacl indoor s***** league. Only a handful of players did anything related to baseball before the first tryout in the spring. It's no surprise that several of their pitchers missed starts due to arm problems over the last few seasons.

I'm not sure how anyone could function in a coaching capacity in that environment. I don't expect the program will be competitive in the years to come.

When the AD fired the last head coach who had finished with the #10 team in the state, he stated he wanted to take the program in a different direction. He was successful. It is definitely headed in a different direction; DOWN. Part time coaches who are both incompetent and uncaring have destroyed a good program.

Birddog....your right and let me clarify my comments. We both know that the last coach was "handcuffed" by the rules that the administration and AD put on the baseball team and no other sports. The current coach took the job knowing the rules and has done exactly what the AD has wanted. All of the issues have started with the AD and the administration and the belief that athletics are just an activity that can only be played or practiced "in season". I was actually told a few years ago that by not allowing baseball in the off season that the players would play other sports like football and volleyball. The answer is that they just played baseball in the fall for other schools.

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Originally posted by VaDad:
When the AD fired the last head coach who had finished with the #10 team in the state, he stated he wanted to take the program in a different direction. He was successful. It is definitely headed in a different direction; DOWN. Part time coaches who are both incompetent and uncaring have destroyed a good program.

Your comments are spot on. The fact that the AD waited until the first week of school to tell the head coach that his contract was not being renewed for the year was a hint of his intent. Then he drug his heels and didn't hire a replacement until halfway through the winter sports season. Not taking up for the new coaching staff but they started off in a hole. Then they proceeded to dig an even deeper hole.

The bottom line is the school looks at varsity athletics as seasonal participation events rather than a competitive way to advance the school's image. They would attract more quality athletes if they made a commitment to stronger programs. But that's not what the school seems to want.

Never has been. They won't bend on scholarships for athletics like other private schools do.

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Originally posted by DEEPTHREAT:
Never has been. They won't bend on scholarships for athletics like other private schools do.

True but you can attract quality athletes who want a rigorous academic program if you have competitive sports programs. Catholic High Schools have traditionally had a history of doing this.

How's James Stroud doing for Bishop Sullivan? I know he transferred from Kellam this season.

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Originally posted by bball_lifer:
How's James Stroud doing for Bishop Sullivan? I know he transferred from Kellam this season.

He was one of the better hitters on the team. I saw him play a few times this year. Pretty good range in the OF and a good arm.

We could have used him tonight. He got ejected on thursday and couldn't play tonight. It gave him a chance to go run track today instead.

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Originally posted by vavals:
We could have used him tonight. He got ejected on thursday and couldn't play tonight. It gave him a chance to go run track today instead.

Wonderful....a great way to wrap up the season.

Congratulations to Steven Swoope for being named to the VISSA Division I All State Second Team in Baseball. Steven had a great year; leading his team in offense and turning in solid performances on the mound and in the field.