JUCO in FLA

You should be able to find rankings somewhere. A good place to start would be the State Championship and note the teams that made it deep.

Chippola, Manatee, Seminole, Daytona, St. Petersburg, Indian River to name just a few.

The key word is where can Jr. play!
Juco in Florida is better than in the rest of the country. Your son has to be a very good player to play for teams like, St Petersburg, Chipola, Manatee, Santa Fe, Daytona, Dade, Broward, Seminole..etc...They all are very good.
Good luck!

Here is a link to the site with standings and access to each school.

http://www.tcc.fl.edu/index.php/tcc/about_tcc/athletics..._baseball_scoreboard

Is it true that Lake City no longer has a baseball team ? If so ..what happened to coach Clark .

Any info would be appreciated

Both Lake City and North Florida did away with their baseball programs. Both chose to do away with some sports to save academics.

As to programs, many of them are top notch. I agree with bobby that have to know if kid is good enough to play in Fla. Panhandle Conference has Pensacola Junior College (went 40-7 in 2008), Northwest Florida College (formerly Okaloosa-Walton), Gulf Coast (Panama City), Tallahassee Community College, and Chipola (Marianna). All of them are GOOD programs, and know kids at several of them.

Other good programs that have seen or know kids attend are Seminole CC (NE of Orlando), Santa Fe (Gainesville), Central Florida CC (Ocala), and St. Pete College. Polk, Hillsborough, FCCJ (Jax), Lake/Sumpter, and Pasco/Hernando less known but nothing to sneeze at.

Indian River had some player/scholarship issues last year..will be much better this year. Miami took down Miami-Dade like 19-0 and went 9 and tied Indian River 0-0 this last week (11/7)..OB has a solid well grounded team and looks strong going in.
St Johns has a new coach..the ex-pitching coach at Florida, Coach Jones..might be competitive and Blackie has FCCJ rebuilding but with some solid pitching coming in.

How did the teams do in the fall? Which will have a shot at the Panhandle Conference title this yr at Winter Haven?

I coached in Juco in Florida and only a small handfull are not good. All of the programs mentioned are very good and the panhandle conference in the panhandle has been said to be the best juco conference in the country. Chipola is on a different level right now in terms of wins and pro and college prospects.

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Originally posted by bobby:
The key word is where can Jr. play!
Juco in Florida is better than in the rest of the country. Your son has to be a very good player to play for teams like, St Petersburg, Chipola, Manatee, Santa Fe, Daytona, Dade, Broward, Seminole..etc...They all are very good.
Good luck!

OMG. Didn't the best Florida NJCAA lose in the WS to Hagerstown CC?

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Originally posted by Ryan Robinson:
I coached in Juco in Florida and only a small handfull are not good. All of the programs mentioned are very good and the panhandle conference in the panhandle has been said to be the best juco conference in the country. Chipola is on a different level right now in terms of wins and pro and college prospects.

That's good news. My nephew just turned down a very good scholarship at a very prestigious program to play at Chipola.

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Originally posted by sulltiger24:
Is it true that Lake City no longer has a baseball team ? If so ..what happened to coach Clark .

Any info would be appreciated

I heard Coach Clark is actually still at the school, but yes the baseball program is gone.

You have the-Mid-Florida Conference,Panhandle Conference,Southern Conference and the Suncoast Conference. Which teams are the strongest and look to do well this spring. (2009). I know down in the Suncoast Conference, Manatee and St. Petersburg should do well and have a good shot at making some noise at Winter Haven come play off time.

Seminole should have another good program this year.

Indian River has 2-3 record right now but they have beat ranked squads in both of their wins, Manatee and Santa Fe went down and they lost to Polk (Errors galore..it was COLD!!! in Winter Haven..20's with a wind chill into the teens..yow we lost this game 16-12), Central Fla and Hillsborough I think...My son took a no no 5 2/3 into Santa Fe and ended up winning 7-2 on his first official outing..made all the sweeter because SF passed on him for a scholarship

Daytona has started off strong beating Hillsborough and Polk. Lost a heartbreaker in the bottom of the 9th against St. John River yesterday. 2nd Baseman Baker Knox is 3rd in nation with a very high batting average after 16 or so at bats. My guy is having great sucess as shortstop turning about 7 double plays with him after 3 games. His bat needs to get into the game a little more though, it looks like he is begining to find it though.
JD, are you going to the Daytona game wednesday? Congratulations on your son's win!

Baker is a Palatka grad..we are very familiar with him..excelllent lead off guy..we are mulling it over about going down, it will hinge on if he's pitching I think. We would have beat Polk but couldn't catch or throw that day..same with CFCC. No winnin if you don't catch or throw Heck 4 or 5 errors were the difference in our 1 run loss in the 1st game against Santa Fe....Before my kid put the clamps on em ..btw he didn't get to pitch against Baker, but he shut out Palatka last year at our place and got a ND at theirs.

I am trying to get to as many games as possible before HS opens up. I have a Junior who pitches and need to be at his games as well. I don't think I can stay away from either field too long!

Glad to hear the updates....a little hard to follow from up here in the "Great White North" (literally - storm rolling in tonight...ugh). Looking forward to the trip down to Daytona in March.

floridafan...I know it's early and I'm sure it's hard to gauge yet with such a young team, but do you think Daytona will have a legitimate chance to compete within the conference this year?

We slapped one on Seminole last night..17-7..
FF it looks like we'll be going to Daytona..We sit in maroon and blue stadium chairs, I wear a UNF hat..We doubt he'll see the mound but my wife has to get a dose of her youngest. I hear one of your catchers is from Middleburg..If it's the one I suspect, he's real solid with a great arm.

Leino is great behind the plate with a cannon for an arm! I will be there and will say hello, we are pretty non-descript (?) never do anything twice. My wife does carry a HUGE camera, but she will not be there, but I will find you.

My guy will be at SS and hopefully hit the ball hard some where. He has been killing a lot of worms so far.

Seminole is usually pretty strong, what hapened there?

The River can HIT this year

Well I've just found out momma is going to have to go to Ft. Pierce..the boy has got college grunge/tonsilitis (Shes gotta be a mom)..so hopefully later on this season we'll get to stare at each other over a dugout

Yes, Coach Clark is still at LCCC. Great guy. Really a shame that program shut down.

Indian River 9, Daytona 5 - WP-Martier, 6 IP, 12 K; Robinson (Day) 2-4, 2 R, HR


I told you the River can hit....

Yea thanks a lot! 4 errors and no hitting til late in the game. Mine went 2 for 4 with a stand up double to the 400' fence and a single. We staged a late rally, ended with bases loaded..a HR would have tied it! LOL!! Hey we had a 2 run homer also, in addition to Robinson's!

It's early..I'm sure as it goes on we'll see some 1-0, 2-1 dogfights...Glad your boy performed Sounds like an exciting game..I wish I'd have made it. I have a feeling we'll both get a bunch more excitement as it rolls along
What a great state for baseball..I'm an administrator on another site and I'm getting a ton of envy from snowed in Northeasterners...as my favorite philosopher.."The Great Jerome" would say..nyuknyuknyuk..woob woob woob..

LOL! Yes we are playing Palm Beach today and saturday. I hear that they will be tough this year also. The River does love to hit! Free swingers all of them. I like that kind of coaching! OB is a good guy, he was here in Ocala with CFCC for a long time. He was recruiting my guy but 4 others from Ocala headed to Daytona so he wanted to be with friends

Hes as good as it gets as a pitching coach too..a good friend of ours, Jared Payne, played for him at CFCC and went on to UNF and ultimately the Blue Jays organization...He venerates OB as do many of the D-1 coaches I know.

Its nice to see a coach known for his pitching expertise not get in the way of his hitters.

JD - Here's some more weather envy headed your way... In Chicago we are staring at another 2-4 inches of snow, and we're inside trying to get a decent workout in. At least we have the Blackhawk games to look forward to... Anyhow, there is a very flattering article on Florida JUCO and the tourny in the current Baseball America.

As a transplated Romeoville-ite, I'm not missing a bit of that slushy..blustery...snowy...freezing fridge of a wind blown prarie
When I left tough the Golden Jet and Stan Mikita were on the ice.

Showing your age there, JD. Those games at the old stadium were amazing, Tony Esposito was great in the goal and Keith Magnuson was always looking for a fight... And lost quite a few.. My oldest is heading your way in the fall and he is looking forward to leaving the windy city weather behind.

Those "Hawks" were always just a sliver away from the cup..Espo's brother and Bobby Orr always had an edge..

Good deal about your kid..get a good long look at him before he goes..you might not see much of him once he gets here Is he destined for JU? Good team..

My son has managed to contract the scourge of college..mono and so he will be on a shelf for 6 weeks...arrrgh curses and drat!!! After losing his second start while trying to pitch with undiagnosed mono...gets a while to think about it..

The kids always try to suck it up, all the while the parents know something "just isn't right". Give him credit though, he wants the ball and knows mono will prevent that. Hope he gets well soon and comes back strong. Yes, he is headed for JU.. Did my tag give it away? My sister moved to Orlando 15? years ago and never looked back, don't suppose I'll see him much... A couple of days in Jacksonville back in September convinced me of that.

The NJCAA site is a good place to look. Also the FCCAA Baseball site has all the info on the Fl. juco season.

Region 8 JUCO Conference play has begun. Daytona wins first two games.

Tallahassee CC does a fantastic job in updating Florida JUCO scores and standings. Here's the link, Florida JUCO scores/standings/players of the week

Here are the updated standings through April 3, 2009

Mid-Florida Conference Standings
.................MFC...............Overall
Santa Fe.........9-4...............20-15
Central Florida..9-5...............28-12
St. Johns River..7-6...............29-10*
Daytona..........7-6...............21-9
FCCJ.............6-6...............15-17
Lake-Sumter......6-8...............16-18
Seminole.........2-11..............17-21-1

Panhandle Conference Standings
......................PC........Overall
Tallahassee...........7-2.......29-10
Gulf Coast............5-4.......29-11
Chipola...............5-4.......21-13-1
Northwest Florida.....3-5.......20-14
Pensacola.............2-7.......24-11

Southern Conference Standings
................SoCon Overall
Miami Dade......12-4....32-7*
Broward.........11-4....25-10
Palm Beach......6-9.....21-16
Indian River....4-10....16-16
Brevard.........4-10....9-22

Suncoast Conference Standings
................SoCon...Overall
Manatee.........11-4....27-12-1
Pasco-Hernando..8-7.....24-13
St. Petersburg..7-8.....23-19
South Florida...7-8.....26-15
Hillsborough....7-8.....19-18
Polk............5-10....17-19

Hey Seeler,

Your son has been doing a great job down here!

Man, Seminole has fallen off the map. Suprised to see Chipola at 5-4.

Thanks floridafan....actually I am his uncle. I think you have met his father a few times though. My nephew has been struggling with his control, but the results haven't been too bad. I've seen that your boy has been mashing pretty good down there!

Couple of tough losses this week. I felt bad for the boys. Let's hope they can finish up the season strong and if not make a run, at least build for next year.