Members pre-season Top 5 Baseball

[adminbaberuth]

Let's get a feeling of the members Top 5 clubs prior to the season.

If memory serves me, Evadale, Jasper, Png went the farthest in playoffs last year.

Give us your Top 5 clubs for 2011.

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Returning All-District


[b]20-4A[/b]

Vidor……. Matt Peno, Hunter Hagler, Joe Mojica,

PNG…… Colin Gizzi, Austin Stone, Amir Jalali, Hunter Denglzinger, Brandon Provost

Ozen….. Aaron Chambers, Kriss Cross,

Nederland……  Anthony Babino, Stephan Schelett, Trevin Sonnier, Dillon Duplant, Jacob Pitts, Tyler Smith

LCM….. Jonathan Allen, Kody Smith, Scott Vaughn, Hunter Gonzales, Alex Blem, Zach Drouillard

Livingston….. Cassity Land, Bryant McClendon

Lumberton….. Corbin Bell, Wayne Stanley, Kody Cowart,

[b]21-3A[/b]

WOS….. Zane Anderson, Darius Mitchell, Jonathan Hucko, Jordan Darnall, Jacoy  Finney, James Thomas, Cash McCarson

Silsbee….. Caleb Henry, Jacob Murrary, Lance Brown, Justin Flowers, Colby Jenkins

HF…… Tommy Wendling, Kyle Markum,

BC….. Matt Menard, Forrest Zoch, Mitchell Hubbard, Hayden Guidry, Cameron Dishon, Zach Smith, Dylan Mulholland, Brandon Simoneaux  

OF…… Quinton Evans, Jonathan Deramus

HJ…… Shannon Grantham, Quade Robertson

[b]23-2A[/b]

Anahuac….. Cameron Mitchell, Cody Johnson, Nathan Myers, David Palacios, Colton Laskoskie, Buck Trice, Caleb Winslow

Hardin…… Dylan Williams, Chase Taylor, Miles Taylor, Jake Starks, Brock Clements,  

Buna…… Jacob Clark, Kale Terrier

Deweyville……Brady Williams,  

East Chambers…… Hank Jones,

Kountze…… Tyler Brown, Chamis Dilts

[b]19-4A[/b]

Crosby…..BILLY UPSHAW, JEREMY GABRYSZWSKI, WILLIE HEBERT, ZANE HARBER,  GAGE LARKI

GCM……Price Jacobs, Chance Czerwonka, Dalton Going, Michael Martinez

Barbers Hill…..

Baytown……

Galena Park…..Efren Garcia, Albert Rios, Jorge Herrera, John Hernandez

C.E. King……Thane Jones

North Forest…
Dayton…… Dylan Kolarik

[b]22-3A[/b]

Huffman……Cole Deberry, Tyler West, Garret Jones, Austin Key, Austin Listi, Cory Spray, Nathan Schwertner

[b]25-1A[/b]
Evadale……Billy Nichols, Tyler Tucker, Dustin Potts, Chase Flanklin, Chris Harvey

[Guest twag11]

[quote name="adminbaberuth" post="952423" timestamp="1295649585"]
Let's get a feeling of the members Top 5 clubs prior to the season.

If memory serves me, Evadale, Jasper, Png went the farthest in playoffs last year.

Give us your Top 5 clubs for 2011.

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2.
3.
4.
5.
[/quote]I think kelly will have a pretty good team this year

[TradinUp BH]

I'm probably wrong because I'm still looking at who has what from all teams, but here goes mine:
1. Nederland
2. PNG
3. Jasper
4. BC
5. WB

[SteelerCzy]

1. Nederland
2. PNG
3. BC
4. Jasper
5. WB

[GTBBaseball]

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[TradinUp BH]

Nederland is going to be very strong this year, they have incredible depth on that team.

[adminbaberuth]

[quote name="Scalp'em" post="952754" timestamp="1295670578"]
Nederland is going to be very strong this year, they have incredible depth on that team.
[/quote]

Big shoes to fill with graduation of those two big lefty's in Bellow and Laird, but Nederland has plenty of arms. Stone can beat anyone over at PNG, but it looks like a traditional year. Ned, PNG, LCM, Vidor pick a spot for any of these with Lumberton the spoiler who could get in.

[Gabe]

Interesting lcm seems be third out of 204a picks.

He admin, missed u

[AggiesAreWe]

1. Evadale
2. Huffman
3. PNG
4. West Brook
5. Silsbee

[GTBBaseball]

admin

how about the transfer's....

WOS - McCarsen left HJ transferred to WOS
Nederland - Players everywhere on the roster, addition of Duplant(HJ transfer)
LCM - soph Swan is gonna impact Pitching staff / Drouillard transferred there from WOS
Lumberton - Townsend transferred back there from Kelly
Kelly - Warner transferred there from Westbrook

Then may have over looked, Vidor Bubba Maxwell, Armstrong, Tyler Kennon

[adminbaberuth]

[quote name="GTBBaseball" post="953109" timestamp="1295735846"]
admin

how about the transfer's....

WOS - McCarsen left HJ transferred to WOS
Nederland - Players everywhere on the roster, addition of Duplant(HJ transfer)
LCM - soph Swan is gonna impact Pitching staff / Drouillard transferred there from WOS
Lumberton - Townsend transferred back there from Kelly
Kelly - Warner transferred there from Westbrook

Then may have over looked, Vidor Bubba Maxwell, Armstrong, Tyler Kennon

[/quote]

Alot of players that will make a huge impact left off the above list of last years All-District returnees.

Heard about the MaCarsen kid, just haven't seen it published or got verification. He should help the Mustangs.

Coach Robbins has a nice problem at Nederland, players everywhere and Duplant can play, doesn't matter he was at the 3A level last year.

The Swan kid has all the tools over at LCM, that outfield of the Bears will be hard to match, Carline, Gonzales and Drouillard. Griff has to find a SS, Vaughn might have to take over that position.

Help me with the Warner kid from WB.

Over at Vidor Bubba Maxwell is a player, signed at the next level and was left off the all-district picks last year. He can hit and get people out.

No doubt Townsend will be in the rotation for the Raiders. They need to play defense and hit in the clutch, if that happens playoffs are not out of the question.

[BudTugley]

Help me with the Warner kid from WB.[/quote]

[u]Preston Warner[/u] is now at Kelly. As a sophomore last year, he was West Brook's most effective and consistent pitcher. He beat 5A Regional Finalist Pearland with a complete game 3-hitter in the playoffs.

Warner is 6'4" and has been verified at 88-89 mph (Pefrect Game, LSU, ...). He is playing on the Southeast Texas Sun Devils and has gotten great evaluations.

Kelly plays in a tough baseball district with St. Thomas (Biggio) and Houston Christian (Mathis), but Warner should be dominate at this level also.

Warner also plays the corner infield positions, and is one of the best hitters in our area.

[adminbaberuth]

[quote name="BigMacAg" post="953310" timestamp="1295793860"]

[u]Preston Warner[/u] is now at Kelly. As a sophomore last year, he was West Brook's most effective and consistent pitcher. He beat 5A Regional Finalist Pearland with a complete game 3-hitter in the playoffs.

Warner is 6'4" and has been verified at 88-89 mph (Pefrect Game, LSU, ...). He is playing on the Southeast Texas Sun Devils and has gotten great evaluations.

Kelly plays in a tough baseball district with St. Thomas (Biggio) and Houston Christian (Mathis), but Warner should be dominate at this level also.

Warner also plays the corner infield positions, and is one the best hitters in our area.
[/quote]

Thanks for the info BigMac.

The kid has a great future.

[BudTugley]

My Top 5:
1. Nederland
2. PNG
3. Kelly
4. West Brook
5. Bridge City

[jwarner]

I agree with you Big Mac... Preston Warner will be one of the top pitchers (if not the top) in this area. He had a great year last year at West Brook as a Soph... He is a strong right hander with great stuff. Preston not only has a great fastball, but a wicked curveball, change and slider. He works ahead of the batters and keeps them off balanced. [u][b]I believe he will dominate this season[/b][/u].
    Prestons bat, like Big Mac said is one of the tops. He swings the bat with power and can crush the ball. I look for big numbers from him this year...

[aTmfan06]

Kountze will have Colby price back.. his freshman year he was the district newcomer of the year... He was home schooled last season and did not play high school ball but he continued playin select ball

[anonymous_account]

1 Nederland
2 PNG
3 West Brook
4 WOS
5 LCM

[BiggJagg]

[quote name="anonymous_account" post="955842" timestamp="1296155096"]
1 Nederland
2 PNG
3 West Brook
[u][b]4 WOS[/b][/u]
5 LCM

[/quote]

That looks about right. My boys at wos should be gettin' some love. I would probably break it down more like this here.

1. Nederland
2. PNG
3. WOS
4. Westbrook
5. BC

[AshlyHasBeen]

1. PN-G
2. Nederland
3. West Brook
4. WO-S
5. Bridge City

[adminbaberuth]

So far our members have them ranked:

Any surprises or any club left off ?


1. PNG  63

2. Nederland 59

3. West Brook 57

4. Bridge City 33

5. WOS 22

6. Jasper 15

7. Evadale 10

8. Huffman 9

9. Kelly 8

10. Silsbee 6

10. LCM 6

[westend1]

I think Kelly will be better than that, and West Brook will have to prove that  its pitching can hold up before I would rank them that high.

[Rebel Yeller]

Well there is only one preseason #1 state ranked team in the area and it was done by coaches who know alot more about the game than most of of course that team is the Evadale Rebels!

They also were the last team playing in the area last year as well. Can they beat a 5A or a 4A team, well they would have to play to know for a fact, but since they will only have to face 1A teams in a run back to Austin (Round Rock actually) then want does not being able to beat an upper classicacation school mean really?

[ForeverADog]

Not being able to beat an upper classification team means you aren't better than that team.

[Rebel Yeller]

[quote name="ForeverADog" post="956345" timestamp="1296228703"]
Not being able to beat an upper classification team means you aren't better than that team.
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The point is we do not get the opportunity to even try, since no 5A will ever schedule a 1A team. But each classification has to beat who they are in the class with. The teams in AA or AAA ball never get to play in the MLB World Series, but they get to compete for the championship of their league. We are 1A and being the best 1A is what we shoot for.

Now for a final question is being the state champion in 1A better than being a district champion in any other class that gets knocked out short of the state title? Just a question. 

[westend1]

[quote name="Rebel Yeller" post="956363" timestamp="1296229802"]
[quote author=ForeverADog link=topic=79067.msg956345#msg956345 date=1296228703]
Not being able to beat an upper classification team means you aren't better than that team.
[/quote]

The point is we do not get the opportunity to even try, since no 5A will ever schedule a 1A team. But each classification has to beat who they are in the class with. The teams in AA or AAA ball never get to play in the MLB World Series, but they get to compete for the championship of their league. We are 1A and being the best 1A is what we shoot for.

Now for a final question is being the state champion in 1A better than being a district champion in any other class that gets knocked out short of the state title? Just a question. 
[/quote]

No.  I'd be embarrassed to claim a 1A championship.          :D :D ;D ;D