GoldGlove

It doesn't surprise me that Newton held their cool. Newton players generally always handle themselves with class in every sport. I'm sure there are a few though the shortstop could have kicked, and he would have had his head handed to him on a platter. And no, I'm not from Newton.

I've seen the Hardin parents in action before, what'd they do this time?

There are several reasons why kids would choose to go to a junior college out of high school as opposed to a D-1 school. As mentioned before, a player can be drafted out of a juco after his freshman, and/or sophomore years; at a D-1 (or any 4 year) you can only be drafted after your junior or senior season, or third year out of high school (i.e. redshirt, 2 playing seasons). Also, jucos generally have more scholarships to offer, whereas D-1s have 11.7 scholarships per year, and very, very, few kids get "full rides," to Division 1 schools; jucos could have several players on full rides. So, a player could go to a juco, get drafted twice, not like his position in the draft, and go on to possibly get drafted one or two more times at a university. Another plus to a juco is the regulations regarding fall practices/practice time is much less restrictive than at D-1s, which gives a player much more time to work on weaknesses and improvement is probably more likely in many cases. As for quaility of jucos in Texas, Grayson, San Jac, Blinn, North Central Texas, Navarro, and several others all have great programs with Grayson, Blinn, and San Jac usually being able to compete with most D-1s, for sure. Nationally, Yavapai, Seminole State, Meridian CC, Maple Woods, Connors State, and a few others are really strong as well.

Chip was an animal at Westbrook.

DP#1Fan, do you know where Coach Vines played baseball in college?

What's the deal there? No talent? They used to have a really strong program.

Anybody got Liberty's district record, and scores?

I just don't see it shaking up like that. Sorry it hurt your feelings.

....doubt it.

J Rock, who do you think will win the district?

Should be out of Newton and Hardin. How's Newton's Luna and Clements from Hardin looking so far this season?

I agree, I don't see a run-rule happening from either side in this one. Should be a great ballgame.

We played Hardin a couple of weeks ago, they only lost one player from last year's squad. Pitching was decent.

This should be a good one, probably will determine the winner of the district. I'm going with Hardin.