How good is Forney baseball

Forney is always in the mix. New coach and lots of returning starters. There are 3 seniors that should lead the way with 5 juniors and probably 1 soph. They only lost 2 starters from last year, interested in what the new coach can do, expectations are high

Met the new coach at a Rice camp last summer. I have posted before that I think the baseball people in Forney are really going to enjoy this. My son had a blast playing on his camp team. I even heard Coach Farrow tell one of the Rice coaches to "Sit down bus driver." We scrimmage Forney at noon on saturday, weather permitting. I might have more to report next week, but I am only good at reporting the good things I see.

even though forney got hot in '08 and had a good playoff run the players never seemed to play very hard for boxley. i think the coaching change is a good one and i look for forney to finish a very close second to red oak in 15-4A. look for the jack-rabbits to make it to the third round.

I've got a son on the team, but am 200 miles away. Anyone have any info on impact players, players to watch, etc. Any info or insights would be greatly appreciated. With my work schedule here in Round Rock, it's difficult to see many games, not to mention keep up with how the players are doing.

Thanks for any informative posts.

Impact players at the plate should be K. Jeffrey, T. McEuen & J.Etherly, H. Sutton. On the bump will be C. Blackmon, K. Jeffery along with Etherly, Hay and White. Forney is returning 5 All District players

Any thoughts on how they stack up against the rest of the District. Poteet is always strong, Red Oak should be tough, but what about the others?

Forney should be the best defensive team in the district and with the new coach the pitching staff should be improved but with no true power arms. You should see Poteet, Red Oak and Forney in a close race

forney, red oak, and poteet should not have any problems making the playoffs. i think the 4th spot will be between mabank and terrell followed by west mesquite and lancaster. the top three teams should match up pretty good with 16-4A in the playoffs. i know that midlothian opens the season ranked 10th in the coaches poll, but i think corsicana will win that district followed by midlothian, ennis, and waxahachie.

you have a pm jack-rabbit dad

no dog in this hunt, but have played with a couple kids on Forney's team in the past...if the rest of the team is as good as those boys we played with...Forney is in for a terrific season!

Go Pirates, you have a PM response.

Wish the weather would get nice. Lotsa players ready (more than ready) to hit the fields.

Forney will have a great team this season Blackmon and Sutton are the heart of the team.

Does anyone know where to find the tournament bracket for the I-30 Classic? I found Forney's other two brackets on the Tyler Lee and Waxahachie websites. Any help for a "long distance" Jack Rabbit dad?

Forney should have a really good team but the heart of the team is the 3 seniors Jeffery, Etherly and McEuen. The difference between Forney being good and great is the leadership and contribution of the these 3 seniors. If they produce Forney could go a long way. Blackmon and Sutton will be will be good on the hill and behind the plate and Sutton should be good with the stick. This is a good team with lots of team players.

Didn't Sutton play at Poteet last year?

Sutton was the varsity catcher for Forney last year, and he is quite good behind the plate as well as a good stick. If I'm not mistaken, he was all district as well.

Thanks J.R. Dad! Who was the catcher at Poteet?

I think Poteet's catcher was Josh Slater who was the districe MVP as a Jr. last year. Maybe somebody can correct me if I'm wrong.

Hunter Sutton plays catcher for Forney and Jake Sutton plays outfield for Poteet.

Jake Sutton is who I was thinking of!

Ennis and Forney did not get to scrimmage Saturday, I guess ya'll heard about the snow>

Ifit is dry enough Forney is going to Ennis today.

Can't imagine the outfield being dry enough, but the tarp has been on the infield this whole time. They were going to take it off at 1:30 today. We did play several times this fall with a wet outfield. Heck, I guess baseballs are still the cheapest part of the game, and we have some new towels. Hope Coach K and the guys can make it happen.

Did Forney and Ennis manage to get in their scrimmage yesterday?

Too much ice still on tarp in Ennis monday. Ennis, Forney, Seagoville 3 way scrimmage Wednesday 4:00. Hour and a half each match.

This may just look like a two team match up but do not count out seagoville.. Their lead off is very fast and smacks triples all day long.. Keep a eye out for this guy.

Seagoville usually has a good player or two but never enough to make a difference once outside the DISD teams. This is a scrimmage but count them out anyway. I expect the new Forney coach to be looking at a lot of different players trying to get a feel for what he has

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This may just look like a two team match up but do not count out seagoville..

Not sure of the kids name, but in a playoff game last year, they threw a kid 150 pitches and then moved him behind the plate. I think he hit in the four hole as well. That kid was the only chance they had at winning. A lot of district 11-4A has caught up with Seagoville, but they can still win a playoff match-up against another DISD team and then they are done.

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I think Poteet's catcher was Josh Slater who was the districe MVP as a Jr. last year.

Slater is back for his senior season at Poteet.

Any word on the Forney/Seagoville/Ennis scrimmage today? Any observations? Players? Etc.?

Forney 9, Ennis 3
Forney 14, Seagoville 2
Forney looked good but it showed they hadn't been on the field this year with most struggling at the plate. Jeffery had some control issues but did a good job and Blackmon looked in mid season form on the hill. Lots of others pitched but the coach was looking at a lot of younger and previous JV players. Mceuen, Eatherly and Jeffery looked really good at the plate with lots of hits and several doubles and a triple. Blackmon had several hits too. J. Hay showed some power banging the fences.I would say Forney played well executing consistently. No great arms or bang it out of the park guys but solid and you look up and the score is lopsided. Seagoville is not good and Ennis is just Ennis.

I've been looking all over but can't find the schedule for the I-30 Classic so that I can see who and when Forney is playing. Any help out there for a long-distance Forney dad?

Who are some of the schools in the tournament Jack-Rabbit?

So far I know that there is Rockwall, Royse City, Dallas Christian, Odessa Permian, Midlothian, and I think Wylie as well. I got a PM that has the following for Forney:

Mar. 11
Noon - Rockwall @ Rockwall HS
???? - Odessa Permian @ Rockwall HS

Mar. 12
1:00 - Midlothian @ Heath

The rest will be determined by the results of the first 3 games.

Ennis,Forney, Seagoville

With no scorebooks on the field, the parents were the only one's who kept score. Typical first live outing for all three teams. Some bright spots, some areas that need more work for all. Most of the runs scored by Ennis and Forney came after multiple walks. Forney and Ennis both hit Seagoville pitching pretty hard, but I'm sure they will work hard on that in the coming weeks. I think it all went well enough that each staff got a good look at where they are at. Ennis seamed to be looking at individuals, as they batted a different line of batters every nine batters throughout the day. We didn't have a scorebook in the pressbox, so I can't really contribute there.

Hey,good ol Uncle Bubba how do you think Ennis will do this year and who are some of your better players.

Base Stealer

I rarely make any assessment until I've seen 6-8 games. I had 2 parents last night that already know what the line up and batting order should be after 1 controlled scrimmage. Only 5 seniors, 2 start. Good middle infield ss Tyler Hobbs- 2b Michael Jurik. Fast outfield, Nate Dixon-Kyle Haskovec. Very good 1b Seth Zhanel. Good catcher, strong arm in Jon Lewis. Very tough district, but with Colton Cain and Drew Harrison gone from Waxahachie, may be openings for the rest of us.
Sr. ss Tyler Hobbs is getting recruiter attention.
Jr. catcher Jon Lewis is getting a lot of recruiter attention. Both are high on the charts academic wise, and are getting a lot of attention from those type schools. Can throw 5-6 pitchers in a game, so we don't have to leave anybody out there too long when they are in trouble. The Mesquite tournament should tell us a lot.

Anybody see the Forney scrimmage today (Saturday) that can give me a synopsis of the events in the games? Thanks for any info.

Jackrabbitdad, I-30 Classic teams are Heath, Terrell and Midlothian playing at Heath on thurs.
Rockwall, Fornery, and Permian playing at Rockwall. Forney vs Rockwall at Noon, Forney vs. Permian at 3 and Rockwall vs
Permian at 6. Then on friday Forney plays Midlothian at Heath at 1. the other pool is Royce City, Dallas Christian and Wylie. This was in out parent packet from a couple of weeks ago.