College contact during spring HS season

In our experience we had one local school come to a couple hs games.   Everyone else came once summer ball started    Remember they are playing  4 games a week too.  They don't have time to travel to hs games ! 

Sounds like you are in for a busy summer.  Try not to stress too much and enjoy the moment ! 

We regularly had college coaches at our high school games, especially toward the end of the season.  D1 thorugh D3, some local and some several hours away.   Keep those coaches updated on the HS schedule.  Doesn't hurt.

You are in for a fun summer!  Good luck.

I've read on here that for a high school game to be well attended by scouts, there needs to be a handful of prospects between the teams.  Gets especially difficult for a college to drop by a watch a pitcher as schedules for that coach and the kid's pitching schedule oftentimes may not mesh.  Much easier to come see some infielder or catcher that will be playing every game.  If your son's team has any other prospects, it may be wise to get a feel for when/if coaches may show up for those kids (especially if your son happens to be pitching that game).  Saw that you were in the Portland area - I assume you have a good feel for how many are in the area and how many of your target schools may be "too far" to simply drop in.

That said, kids should always assume someone is watching them and perform to their peak.  Some team's coach may be playing an away game in the area and simply drop in unannounced if their series wraps up early.

The past two HS seasons we had two top rated (for our area) Jrs who eventually committed D1 as our number 1 & 2 pitchers on our team.  Both seasons we had college coaches attend several games towards the end of our season.  In both cases the coaches were there because the player/family was proactive, in contact with the schools and had shared our schedule and their scheduled starts with the school.  Some of these schools were out of state - but most were northeast schools and within driving distance.  

A lot depends on where you live. I recently had the chance to have a few college RC's and HC's address this very issue. Basically, they said that, when the schedule allowed, they would get out to a game or two, but only locally. So, if you are near a college, they might. Our situation is the best example of a kid that won't see any coaches at his games. We are out in the sticks, a good 5 hour drive from the closest D1 with a baseball program and 2 hours from the closest D2.