So When Does Everybody's HS Season Start??

Try outs Jan. 31
Practice started Feb. 7
First official game Feb. 21

Our first game (non-league) is this Saturday!

Doubleheader on Feb 18. It felt good to get it started.

Waukesha, Wisconsin

1st day of practice - May 13th
1st game- May 21st
Regionals start July 15th
State Tournament July 27th

arghhhhh! To make it better, we take the unofficial varsity to Tennessee for a tournament over spring break. Our team also plays in a unofficial Spring league and the players with aspirations beyond HS play in either the PG League in Iowa or here in Wisconsin as well. Well worn path from Wisconsin to Cedar Rapids....!

Feb. 21st - first official tryouts/practice
Jamboree in 19 days and counting

Portland, Oregon

Halfmoon,

Do you go to school all year long up there? Good luck to Bret.

In MD (Balt./DC area), public schools first practice is March 1, with official games beginning around the 20th and states over by end of May.

Pennsylvania: 1st Monday in March [3/7 this year] is first practice, scrimmage 3/16, 3/19; opening day is 3/28. Last year's 2nd game was 40 degrees and sleeting.

Practice began Feb. 15th
Tryouts will begin the very next day the basketball team looses in the district.
First game is March 28th. Maybe a scrimmage or two the week before.

March 1st

NJ-
March 4th- Tryouts
March 11th- Scrimmage Schedule
April 1- First Game

CrusaderDad Thanks, I'll pass along to Bret. Same to Corey. Wisconsin HS baseball is played after school is out. PM me and let me know what ya'all are doing this Fall. Regarding our schedule, our seniors actually graduate long before their senior baseball season is over! We lose a lot of ballplayers because they want to work a summer before college. But we have nice weather by then usually.

OK, assuming I figured it out, you got one!

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Wisconsin HS baseball is played after school is out.

Halfmoon is also half right! In Wisconsin the HS schedule is split into 2 seasons Spring for the Northern part of the state and Summer for some Southern parts of state. Makes a lot of since doesn't it. He gave you the summer dates. Spring dates are -
1st practice March 21
1st Game April 1
Regionals May 31-June 3
Sectionals June 7
State Tourney June 14-16
Legion/Travel Teams June 10 if not in State Tour.

We start the 28th of Feb. We will have 3 days of tryouts. As of now, we are scheduled to go after school if it isn't raining outside or snow and if it is, we go at 5:30- 9:00. After our 3 days, we will make a cut and then await our basketball players. After all of them have had a fair tryout, we will make a second cut. We play March 25th for our first game. We play our first conference game April 4th. I love my kids and can't wait for this year to start. This will be a very exciting year for us and when it is over, it will signal an end to an era. More on that someday.

1st official practice - Feb 14th
1st 'unofficial' game versus another HS - Feb 26 (if the fields dry out)
1st 'real' non-league game - March 4th
1st league game - March 18th
Last regular season game - May 12th

Most of the better ball players have been playing all fall and winter with travel teams, scout teams, etc.

No structured 'tryouts'. Kids that want to come out for baseball typically participate in the summer program as incoming freshmen or get 6th period PE for baseball in the fall. Generally few kids are cut based purely on atheletic ability ... academics or other personal issues, sure. The less-skilled players may not ever see much game time, particularly once league play begins, but they get to participate in the program. Most of the time the kids that aren't very good baseball players may be good at some other sport, e.g., football, etc., so they just gravitate away on their own to something else, or they just accept that they are there to participate in a structured program and may never win a starting position.

My son's Freshman year, there were 20+ kids on the Frosh/Soph team (all Frosh). Now as a Junior, there's only 11 left still playing ball.

HR21 is half-fast...which is almost fast! Yeah, the Northern part of the state plays regular or Spring ball while the Southern plays summer ball. The bottom line is if you have a choice at all in the matter, don't move to Wisconsin. It is not at all like Laverne and Shirley or That 70's Show! It's more like FARGO.

Had our first of two scrimmages yesterday. We beat a very good team #6 ranked in the state 4-0. We pitched four different guys and scattered 4 hits 1 bb and 9ks. We made one error. A very good start we looked sharp. Next scrimmage is Friday and then we open up regular season next Thursday.

We have our 4th game tomorrow, 2 were preseason and now we are in a tournament.

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HR21 is half-fast...which is almost fast!

Right you are again Halfmoon!Nothing like 2 -50ish coaches bantering about there speeds.It is now officially timed with a calender.I don't mind losing a race to you halfmoon but could you at least pick up the speed on getting your wallet out of those deep pockets when it come time to pick up the check at the restaurant/bar. For those of you who don't know halfmoon and I coach together and our sons played on the same fall team last year. Looking forward to road-trip to Cooperstown this year together- might just have a little fun heh coach?Good luck on your trip to Tennessee with HS team. Might be able to go this year if you need me.Stay in touch

pbone

That's the same way it is with our program. The coaches never have to actually "cut" anyone. The ones that want to be there work hard and do what needs to be done. The one's that don't, they basically cut themselves.

We have lost a couple of very talented players (and at least one very dedicated parent) that way, but the program doesn't need them if they won't follow the rules.

During our allowed fall "tryouts" we usually have about 40 freshman, by January, that number is down to about 20, by season's end that number is down to about 16 and sophomore year, it's down to about 10. The largest senior group we've had in the program in the last 5 years is 7.

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For those of you who don't know halfmoon and I coach together and our sons played on the same fall team last year.

You have my condolneces

BigWI, do you know why donkeys don't go to school?

Nobody likes a smart ***!

Sorry for the private banter folks...can't resist.

pbonesteele,
Same dates for our HS. Is your HS team playing in the SoCal showdown? It looks like the teams are from north of Santa Ana so I'd guess not. It should be interesting to see how well Chatsworth does against some of our teams. I think this is a bit tougher than Chatsworth usually schedules.

Being in the CIF-Southern Section, our first scrimmage is scheduled for Saturday Feb 26th. Then next saturday we have our Alumni game, and Tuesday March 8th is our first game. Good luck to everyone this coming season! RHP05Parent please tell E to have a great season, and we will be routing for him loudly down here south of SLO!

Our first game (non-conference, they are 5A, we 4A), was an away game,scheduled for last night....was called off due to poor field conditions. Their AD called and said, because of the rains we've had....their field was not fit to play on. This didn't sit well with our players....because we've had a couple of days of sun...and our field is fine. Unfortunately it didn't end there....one of their players called one of ours at practice....said they had really re-scheduled the game because they knew we were not ready to play them....little bit of trash talk went on.... So.... when our practice ended, 9 of our players got into uniform, and headed over to their field....to play ball...on their tennis courts if necessary. When they got there...the school's JV and Varsity teams were having a scrimmage game on the unplayable field. Things went downhill from there.....not a very good way to start our season. The game has been re-scheduled to this coming Monday....someone suggested we ask for a forfeit...but our kids said no....they really, really want to play this game.

Wow, red!!!! Bad stuff by that other team's coach, eh?? Just tell Brian they'll have to show them Monday that they still are not ready to play!!

CADad,

Foothill is playing in the Newport Elks tournament next week. We'll be facing some very tough competition in our bracket in some highly ranked teams ... Esperanza, Valencia, Mater Dei, Tesoro, Capo Valley, among others. It's going to be a real test for the boys coming off of last year when we had seniors Phil Hughes (.69 ERA - 1st rnd Yankees) and Cole St. Clair (1.16 ERA - Rice) as our two studs on the mound.

Our main returning starting pitchers are all juniors that threw relief last year behind Hughes and St. Clair ... my son's one of them. All have done well pitching against quality hitters at the state and national level with their club team, but they definitely have some big shoes, expectations, and a lot more innings to fill this year on the HS team. Because of the long shadow cast by Hughes and St. Claire, I think a lot of local folks ... other coaches, local news rankings, local scouts that don't know these boys first hand, aren't too sure what we're going to show up with.

Out of respect for the players and coaches, I don't want to speculate about who can do what or who will play what positions. I frankly don't know, and I consider it off limits to ask . As a team they have to prove themselves on the field. Last year, Hughes and St. Claire combined to only allow 18 ERs in 134 innings ... we didn't need much offense to win games. That's a tough mark to match for any pitching staff. I think this year our starting pitchers are each capable of throwing some quality games and keeping ERs reasonably low ... all three can throw mid-80s+ stuff with movement and Boxberger can touch 90. But to win consistently, as a team they will need to step up their hitting from last year ... and they do have some guys that can get it done.

Grateful....we are on a 2 day school holiday..."Rodeo Days" in Tucson. Our team, mostly all geographical transplants who wouldn't know how to sit a horse if a game depended on it....are skipping the calf roping and bull riding...to spend the long weekend getting "not" ready for Monday's game....at the gym and at the field...everyday.....Think Monday night's outing will be good!

pbsteele,
Our HS will be playing in the SoCal Showdown. Schools from our league include Moorpark, Westlake, Agoura and Calabasas. Other schools in the tournament include Chatsworth, Hart, Crespi and El Camino among others. Our team was pretty strong during 2003 summer ball and it carried over into the 2004 HS season. They were middle of the pack in 2004 summer ball so I don't know how strong the team will be this season. They've got a couple fairly solid pitchers coming back and one kid who has made some big improvements after playing JV last year. The tournament should be a pretty good indicator of where they stand.

Official tryouts begin Mar 02
1st scrimmage Mar 14
Florida spring training trip Mar 22-28
1st league game Mar 29