The Truth's #1 Preseason Team

fsb...Saw the cover but nothing about the #1 Pre-season Team.

I saw this coming 2 years ago.

Good luck to Benet.

Make it happen.

Good luck to Connor Powers, Mick Doyle and the Benet bunch. Let the season begin!

So I guess I know who is the favorite in the ESCC. This conference should be pretty strong this year with no real weak teams.

I wouldn't discount JCA though - this senior group has been strong and were conference champs freshman and sophomore years and made it to the elite eight in last years summer tournament winning its pool (3-0) before losing to Stevenson in the semis.

Can't wait for the season to start.

Beenthere...if you click the link you should be there.

You've got to be kidding!!!!!! O-o-o-o-ps, sorry, , I forgot, it's just a poll.

There is no poll......who needs a stinkin poll? Polls are always better if they aren't really a poll.

Let me guess...

1) Benet
2) St. Rita
3) Carmel
4) Naperville Central
5) Sandburg

My best guess would be:

1) Sandburg - Best feeder program in the State
of Illinois - Great talent this year.
2) Benet - Talent matches the Bonebreak/Iwanski coaching skills this year.
3) New Trier - Gut feel- Love underated talent. Second best feeder program in the State of Illinois.
4) Oak Park - Well coached year after year. He gets it! Talent never a issue.
5) Barrington - Could easily switch with Sandburg.

Dark Horse

Hinsdale - Based on talent, they should have been in the final four last year.
Karma works in strange ways.

Lincoln Way (Schools)- Great feeder program - If not this year........!

Lots of talk of Oak Forest - Sorry...I just don't see it. But, I have only been wrong like two million times in my life.

The magazine will be coming out by the end of this week. It will feature detailed reports on the top 50 teams in the state, among other things.

A quick preview of the top teams:
1. Benet
2. Sandburg
3. St. Rita
4. Naperville Central
5. Lyons Township
6. Carmel

1. Naperville Central
2. Benet Academy
3. Carmel
4. Andrew
5. Sandburg
6. New Trier
7. St. Rita
8. Joliet Catholic
9. Stevenson
10. St. Charles North

Sorry if I'm alittle biased with 1 & 2.

1. Hinsdale Central
2. Sandburg
3. Oak Park
4. Benet
5. Carmel
177. LT

Devilman

NOW THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!

Hinsdale Central 1 and LT 177. Who are you kidding. 3 Game series, LT will win 2 of 3 at least if not sweep. insdale South has more of a chance than does HC imo

quote:

Originally posted by DevilMan:
1. Hinsdale Central
2. Sandburg
3. Oak Park
4. Benet
5. Carmel
177. LT

DevilMan...too funny. Although, I have to admit, I have LT a little higher than that. It will certainly be a great series. Please report the results here as the games are played.

Thanx,

Mike F

Relax Sweaty, just having some fun with you LT folk. Seriously I have LT about 168th.

Look out for the MSL.

Oak Park should be a very good team this spring.

that cover is laughable. benet beat hinsdale 4-0 in the summer. actually benet, beat four hinsdale guys while the rest were away. with the players there it should have been a blow out. it was far from it. look for hinsdale to surprise everyone with the best pitcher in the state (kurash) along with three of the states biggest Hr threats - Morse, Noth, and prarie gravel jr. dinardo.

Hinsdale had 6 or 7 players who are now playing college baseball last year, right? What did they do last year? First round loss, right?

Don't discount St. Rita...they did win summer state.

quote:

Originally posted by i'd tap that:
that cover is laughable. benet beat hinsdale 4-0 in the summer. actually benet, beat four hinsdale guys while the rest were away. with the players there it should have been a blow out. it was far from it. look for hinsdale to surprise everyone with the best pitcher in the state (kurash) along with three of the states biggest Hr threats - Morse, Noth, and prarie gravel jr. dinardo.

I'd,

First of all, I like the PBR cover. It's a nice shot of some very good ball players.

Secondly, I wouldn't put too much stock into what happened in summer ball.

Lastly, if I had to pick a preseason favorite, it might be Benet. It might be Sandburg or New Trier or Oak Park or LT. But Benet should be as good as anybody...they certainly won't be laughable.

Mike F

who is HC kidding? Do they seriuosly think that they are the best team in the state? I'm not trying to bad mouth them but they have talent every year and never do anything. How could anyone think that LT is going to be worse than HC? When was the last time that was the case? Not since i've been at Lt and trust me when i tell you, it's not going to happen as long as i'm still there

is this casey speaking

look out for clemente seriously we are for real

Danial! behave...

LTCenterfield10,

Why would you think that LT would be better than Hinsdale Central? Just a question.....might address joesmMom point as well. What colleges have the seniors at LT committed to up to this point? What makes LT so special this year...a lot of lost talent from last year.

All these program's are excellent.

Lets let the teams prove it this spring.

Soxnole,

Did I ask a unfair question? Are you asking me to shut up?

We play Normal Commenity west are first game this year they seem pretty good they have a couple kids going D 1 dont they?

They do kbsbll, Zach Zwaga, catcher going to Illinois-Chicago and Luke Stewart, 3rd base going to Georgia. Pitching I think is a bit of an unknown for West this year. Lost a couple pretty good ones from last year.

lsc, I meant no offense, poor choice of words on my part.

..can see why you asked...changed post to clarify my meaning.

Imo, all the school's mentioned have good programs. Benet has been on the rise and i'd tap that is not only out of line...he obviously hasn't seen much of the Conor Powers gang.

I agree with Fungo Master, New Trier is going to be a sleeper this year. Last year was an off year for them yet they still won 20+ games, many of their losses coming to top 10 teams by 1 run. If they can cut down their errors this year, expect to see them in Geneva.

Nothing better than LT players coming onto a website talking smack. I think I remember the SS last year talking about Oak Park and we know how that turned out for you Thanks for the bulletin board material #10 and have a nice day.

I just dug up my copy of last years' PBR and checked out how the predictions panned out.

1. St. Rita......real good team didn't make it downstate though. Don't know about injuries, etc.

2. Lockport...won it all..good call

3. LT had good year, close to downstate..good call.

4. OPRF...made it downstate...good call

5. JCA.....things didn't go as well as they could have....should have been better?

6. Sandburg...good year...but not as good as most people thought....fair call

7. Carmel...good year not great, but not a bad pick coming off 3rd place previous year with players back

8. Minooka....good team good call

9. Mt Carmel...2nd place....good call

10. Naperville North....don't know about this one...maybe a good example that doing well in previous summer league doesn't always translate to the next spring.


Considering how fluid the talent in HS is I think the PBR did a good job in '05 with it's picks. I think the results demonstrate how tough it is to get downstate regardless of how good you are.....so easy to lsoe one game. Some teams had injuries that hurt and others had unknowns mature and make a difference. Let's see how it is in '06.

PBR is great...however you could put those schools in the top 10 almost every year...and look like a genius!

That's why arguing pre-season HS baseball is mental..............fill in the blank!

Speculating about which HS teams will do well in '06 is almost as bad as speculating which D1 programs will go farthest in '06.


Just something to talk about other than food (and Karma) during the interminable wait for the season to start.

Mike F

(Note to Gotwood & JT...don't tell me the wait is inKARMAnable...this isn't the place).

Fastball, where would you put Barrington this year? Hmmmmmmmm?

PBR uses feedback from MOST of the coaches from throughout the state to fill out a preseason poll, not one person's objective opinion!

Fungo...

Barrington is in a similar situation to what they were in last year. Some established seniors returning as well as few first year senior starters and a few Juniors and Sophmores who had to prove themselves. Last year everything worked out well (plus Eric Marshall turning into an excellent pitcher) and Junior pitcher Billy Chapman stepped up and did the job. The same kinds of things will have to happen in order for the Broncos to be really good this year, except I don't know that they need any sophmores this year. Right now I have them in the top three in the MSL West, with a shot at a third straight Overall MSL Title