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Kelly’s Fazio dazzles scouts, recruiters By Dave Rogers The Port Arthur News BEAUMONT — Nearing the end of what has been the best summer of his young life, Kelly High senior Anthony Fazio broke the hearts of many a recruiter this past week when he accepted an offer to play baseball in college for the Rice Owls. Fazio, a 6-foot-1, 195-pound pitcher best known as the Bulldogs’ quarterback, has been one of the hottest names on the summer baseball showcase circuit. After wowing college and pro scouts from Los Angeles to Atlanta, he turned down scholarship offers from Alabama, Southern California, Texas A&M, Baylor, Louisiana-Lafayette and Harvard. The University of Texas, LSU, Duke and Sam Houston State were others trying to get his attention. Of course, coach Wayne Graham’s Rice Owls only ranked No. 1 in college baseball at the end of the last regular season, making it to the semifinals of the College World Series. “I’ve always wanted to stay pretty close to home, and it’s obviously one of the best baseball schools in the country and one of the best academic schools where I can get one of the best degrees,†said the right-handed Fazio, who will sign with the Owls at the first opportunity, which comes up in November. Graham’s scholarship offer included 100 percent of books, tuition and fees, the best offer Rice makes to baseball players. That comes to more than $30,000 a year at the so-called “Harvard of the South.†Fazio’s excellent adventure is far from over for the summer. He will pitch at Minute Maid Park in Houston July 31 in the 11th annual Texas Scouts Association Games, a showcase of the top 50 pro prospects in the southern United States. On Aug. 3-10 he’ll be in Long Beach, Calif., for the Area Code Games, one of 26 prospects on the Texas Rangers team out there. Eight major league teams sponsor teams there, with the players chosen through summer tryouts. “It’s going to be neat,†Fazio said. “Pretty much every (scout) I’ve talked to said they’ll be at the game at Minute Maid and at the Area Code Games. They said there will be two or three scouts from every Major League team at Long Beach.†Fazio has played select baseball since he was 8 years old and has worked with Mark Petkovsek, a former Kelly and University of Texas standout who pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals a decade ago. This summer, Fazio played with the Houston Slam and showcasing college prospects was the coach’s goal. In early June, Fazio and the Slam team flew to Tempe, Ariz., where the players took part in a Nike-sponsored combine that included 180 players. A highlight of the event was SPARQ testing, a relatively new set of physical tests designed to measure athletesí overall ability. The test consists of a 30-yard dash, a shuttle run, a vertical jump measurement and a medicine ball toss. Fazio had the best score of anyone there, a 69.26, which currently has him ranked No. 10 among all senior high school pitchers whoíve taken the test. Fazio had a 29-inch vertical jump, 4.0 seconds for the shuttle, 3.93 seconds for the 30-yard dash and a medicine ball toss of 42 feet. From Arizona, the ballplayers took a bus to California, where they played a series of games at various venues, three games at USC’s ballfield. In three pitching performances in California, Fazio didn’t give up an earned run and he homered over the center-field fence. In a game at USC, he struck out seven batters in five innings with a fastball that reached 92 mph.

I'm not surprised!

Congrats Vidor on a great season!

May also be the new OC at HD as well.

I have recieved a few PM's asking who it will be. As per request from Coach Henry i'll post it when it's 100% offical. He'll be a good one though!

Head BB coach at Lumberton.

He mentioned something about it well before the accident. And last year he put the same prediction thread up.

Stay tuned!! I'll know 100% this week.

Coach Henry will not be the HC at WH.

Stay tuned!!

Good stories on the news today on Fazio.

Congrats Tody!!! Let me know when it's 100% offical.

I spoke with Bubba Lear a few minutes ago and he has 1 of the players back. They'll be fine.

kogt The Orange Pony All-Stars won their district sectional tournament Saturday afternoon after downing the Bridge City All-Stars 16-12. The team consists of (top row) Manager Thomas Sonnier, Coach David Hulsey, Theron Hulsey, Justin Sparrow, Michael Williams, Logan Sonnier, Coach Red Whitmire, Tanner Jorgenson, Darius Mitchell, (bottom) Aaron Wersig, Kody Smith, Mason Dallas, Hunter Gonzales and Jordan Darnall. Darnall had two homeruns in the championship game, as he went 4-4 with a total of six RBIs; he finished with three homeruns over the course of the tournament. Jorgenson went 2-3 and also had a solo shot during the championship game. The team finished the tournament 4-1 and will compete in the Coast Region tournament in League City this weekend

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New DC at Kirbyville.

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