WAKE UP

Only 26 days until the 1st games...I guess everyone is still asleep. I may be the only
S Nevada baseball fan out there.

Anyway...I am going to list some players I have watched and some I have heard about over the past few summers from the four corners for those of you that do love the game. I hope others will follow with there thoughts. This list is not all-inclusive. Please add!

N NV

John Wallace
Jake Rasner
Davis Banks
Mike Lienert
Steve Mastin

NEW MEXICO

Greg Wilborn
Daniel Gonzalez
Seth Johnson
Kyle Wieland
JJ Muse
Zach Arnett

AZ

Luke Armenta
Matt Hall
John James
Stetson Banks
Jordan Payne
Chris Highmark
Alex Sogard
Austin Yount
Brett Jacobsen
Brian Budrow
Garrett Yoder
Jeff Urlaub
Sean Nicol
TJ Steele
Brian Nichols
Cory Burns
Sean O'Neill
Tim Sherlock
Ike Davis


S NV

Koa Kahalehoe
Mark Willinsky
Chad Robinson
Jordan Muir
Kevin Krier
Brandon Trodick
Chris Carter
Kris Cichoski
Mark Smith
Jordan Salazar
Ryan Foley
Andy Matthews
Jon Berger


UTAH

Mark Pawelek
Tyson Ford
Brady Degraw
Stephen Boyer


COLORADO

JT Musso
Kyle Winters
Anthony Capra
Tyler Robbins


Many have already signed and some are just Juniors. Good Luck to them all!!

In S Nevada I see Cimmarron, Centennial, and Durango out of the West. I'm not sure about the East. I've seen Las Vegas and Green Valley so far this year but it's too early to tell. I think Durango could win it all.

I agree with most of the players on your "follow" list.

In Colorado I know Kyle Winters. Good Kid. Also in Colorado, I think its Capra not Carpa. Not too sure about him.

Viva...Basic is my choice in the East...play hard and have a few new transfers that will really help. How's the boy?

I agree with you about Basic. They always play us tough. Mark is doing great. Velocity is up with good movement. Just waiting for the rain to end.

Just wondering - as I am out of the high school loop - when does baseball start around here ? It's still feels strange to not be going to the games after all those years of going and loading up the car...My girls want to see some softball games.

Go Basic !

BasicMom...hope all is well...scrimmages have been going on for a few weeks around the rain. Our 1st one is Fri 3/4 @ Silverado @ 300pm and Sat 3/5 @ Green Valley @ 930am.

Non conference starts 3/10, league play starts
4/6.

Here's the link to all of the schedules for your perusement.

http://www.ccsd.net/cpd/athletics/schedules/Baseball05.pdf

Have a great day!

Starzz....greetings from Southern Arizona......4A Kino Conference to be precise....John James, TJ Steele, Brian Nichols, and Sean O'Neill are the Tucson players on your list. Brian Nichols is my son....will try and keep the Sunbelt forum....from Tucson updated....and Phoenix/Scottsdale....as good newspaper reporting permits! Appreciate your enthusiasm......

I saw the Nichols kid recently at a showcase camp in Hampden Sydney VA.. The young man can play. He was without doupt the best hitter there. Great hands, bat speed, and showed some impressive gap power during BP. I also had the privalage in assisting his parents by taking Brian back to the airport and I must say I just really enjoyed our 1 1/2 hr ride and conversation. Good luck to Brian during his SR season and thanks Gail I really enjoyed the day.

Go Tigers

fc v dad

Charlie....we should be saying thank you...Hampden-Sydney College turned out to be a wonderful school...just as you have described it in your postings...and yes, GO TIGERS!

AzRed...tell Brian to have a great year.I will be following everyone this season...let's have a great weekly update on the boys. Once they are off to college this fall, we can all follow their Fr years...starting all over again.

Starzz....sounds like a great plan! Best wishes to your son too....I'll post weekly updates....we do have some talented kids in the Tucson area and it will be fun to keep you all advised...just wish we could have some more posters join us from Arizona, and all the Sunbelt states. I'll keep telling everyone how wonderfull this site is...and we just may get some more.....

AzRED...talk to you soon!

Viewmont High in Bountiful, Utah should have a very good team this year. 5 of their kids have signed with colleges including 2 at Dixie State, the defending national NJCAA champ, and 1 at Southern Nevada who won it the year before. They also have Kelly Downs as their pitching coach. Hopefully they can put some pressure on Taylorsville and some of the other south Salt Lake County teams that have been the main strength of Utah High School Baseball.

The Tucson Cactus Classic ended yesterday, and Catalina Foothills, with John James playing (from Starzz's list) won the tournament. They are a well coached and talented team and are consistent contenders for State....loosing out last year to Chapparel HS from Scottsdale. That has pretty much been the 4A state rivalry for the past few years....Chapparel has a few players from the list also....Austin Yount (uncle Robin) and Ike Davis (dad Ron).... genetically gifted....both play for Chapparel...seniors this year....they will again be the team to beat for state title. Sabino, the school near and dear to my heart....made it to the semi-finals, loosing to Socorro HS, El Paso, TX (7-5). Catalina Foothills then defeated Socorro for the championship (5-0).

We start our conference games this week, and Sabino is ranked second, behind Foothills. It should be fun....

Hi All....I will try to drop by and give some insight on the scottsdale area of AZ(primarly Desert Mountain HS). DM started the season ranked 10th in the 5a poll and stand at 5-0 after the first 2 weeks of play. A big time matchup saturday got cancelled between DM and 4a power Chaparral in the championship of the Scottsdale QB club invite tourny. DM has a really talented class of juniors led by Mike Dufek, Jeff Fox, and Drew Buerlein. UNLV bound Reid Kelly is 2-0 with wins over Mesa High and Highland HS and Grand Canyon bound Dustin Kaats started off a little slow but then got on track against Mesa High with an absolute BOMB 3-run homer to right center. DM faces Saint Marys and their ace lefty Brian Matusz on Tues and Wed of this week and plays in the McClintock Invitational next week.

Desert Mountain has indeed been impressive. It will be interesting to see if they can keep it up. I would not be at all surprised if they can. Sure hope the game with Chaparral is rescheduled. It would be a lot of fun.

longball38....I worked at DMHS before moving to Tucson...Berger was coach then...Rice the assistant!

The Tucson papers are today predicting that Catalina Foothills will once again meet Chaparral for the 4A state finals. Another article on the Foothills also..they are predicting to take Chaparral this time....(anyone surprised?)...seems they have a lot of pitching depth this year...it should be an interesting match come May....

The predicted 5A contender for state, from Tucson, is Canyon del Oro....

arizonared, very cool, what did you do at DM?

CDO is also very very good and they have alot of talented players, my son had a chance to play with some of them in the offseason and I was very impressed!

longball, this is the last year DMHS will have to watch CDO....they go to 4A next year. I worked in the Finance/Bookstore...DMHS is a very nice school....

PLAY BALL...Season starts tomorrow Vegas...look for the HS capsules in tomorrow's RJ.

Good Luck to all...have a great season seniors!

Starzz....we travel your way in a couple of weeks.....Blazer SportCo Spring Bash.....hope Las Vegas is ready for us....well..in truth.....hope Las Vegas will be kind to us!

We are not playing in that one, but I will try to get by to see your game...pm me your schedule when you have it.

arizona red:

Next year, 4A will split in two divisions, large and small. In two years, look for the AIA to split into six classes, probably placing CDO, Horizon, Desert Mountain and Chaparral etc..., together in 5A.

Starz -- Pretty nice picture in the RJ today. March 10 Oops, I'm just in from work, and its still today for me...Good luck to your guys.

Did you see that Palo Verde score? Maybe its a typo.

BasicMom...Thanks! Palo can hit so we'll see how they fare vs conference play. Basic did well also. We are off to Utah today...talk with you soon.

Phoenix/Scottsdale.....listen up....major upset last night....CDO...the team favored to make 5A state lost to Foothills...the team favored to...again....play Chaparral...11-1. Foothills is really smoking.....getting lots of press in Tucson....

Starzz....getting ready to send you a PM

arizona...got it..back at you..

3-1 over the weekend...J won his first start Fri...see you in vegas.

Congratulations to J!!! Way to start a season....

It was an all Las Vegas final at the Cibola Invitational in Yuma, AZ. Durango took the honors from defending champion Centennial. Durango can sure hit the ball. They look unstoppable at this point. We'll see how they do at Centennial on Tuesday against a starter. Probable pitchers are Cichowski for Durango and Smith for Centennial. Smith is just off a complete game three hit shutout on Friday and Cichowski had an easy time on Friday.

Viva...good luck to M. We have S Vista Tue...good luck to M.

Foothills continues to dominate in Tucson....beat us Tuesday, 9-1....John James pitched all 7 innings....and obviously...well.

They were doing something that I've not seen before.....Foothills had a player stationed right behind home plate, with a radar gun....he was holding the gun in his right hand....and signaling to their dugout with his left hand...varies signals, but obviously regarding pitches....

It started to get a little lively on our side...which is a nice way of saying a couple of parents came unglued when it became obvious to them what was going on.....the field umpire headed in to talk to the plate umpire, but at that point the Foothills kid hurried back to the dugout.....don't know if it was legal or not?

weekly update...Garcia from S Vista looked great vs Cimarron...he's hitting well also. S Valley is a solid young team...don't overlook them, they play hard. Basic looks tough with the addition of Hash and Montanyo in OF now. Durango is as projected...very good. Cimarron is coming around...still a little behind from the field re-do. Will only get better with 3 Sophmores. Silverado and G Valley will always be around at the end. Gorman looks to start hot...can they hold it together? Centennial will be tough as always, anyone see any different on Vegas teams?

Overall, there seems to be some parity in Vegas this year. Many good '05's and '06's to watch. It will be a great year as predicted...and Reno has to come to Vegas this year...

Keep it going...if I missed anyone it's because I haven't seen them play yet.

Keep an eye out for a pitcher named Chris Carls. He is a senior from a small school in CO. He has been featured in two preseason reviews in CO, and is a regional player to watch in School Sports magazine.

Will do...do you have a name? Or PM me so I can follow...school, city etc. Thanks!

The school is Resurrection Christian School in Loveland, CO.

Thanks!! I'll see if they have web site.

Starzz,

You can track them and, any Colorado HS team at: www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/rockypreps/ . You can look up teams by division, school name, or player name. Let me know if you have trouble with this.

Colo05Dad...That's a great help!! All states should be as dedicated to their youth as Colorado...I am sending a copy to our local "rag"...maybe they can use the program and upgrade our feable attempt at recognition in Nevada. Thanks again!