Ballboy96

I just love these comments....just absolutely no clue here? ULL is an amazing baseball school which just got one of the better coaches in the game due to a tragedy losing a legend. It packs out the stands every game and is widely regarded as the 2nd best baseball school in Louisiana and just had a complete renovation of their facilities. You do know that there are only approximately 9,000 in the entire country that play D1 baseball? Just saying....it’s hard as hell to play D1 college baseball period and guys like you make these comments just blow me away. Just have a clue man. Huge congrats to the Roccaforte kid and family, he’s one of the better hitters I saw in this area while he was playing. Do your thing son and don’t let dumb post like the one above hold you back.

I just love these comments....just absolutely no clue here? ULL is an amazing baseball school which just got one of the better coaches in the game due to a tragedy losing a legend. It packs out the stands every game and is widely regarded as the 2nd best baseball school in Louisiana and just had a complete renovation of their facilities. You do know that there are only approximately 9,000 in the entire country that play D1 baseball? Just saying....it’s hard as hell to play D1 college baseball period and guys like you make these comments just blow me away. Just have a clue man. Huge congrats to the Roccaforte kid and family, he’s one of the better hitters I saw in this area while he was playing. Do your thing son and don’t let dumb post like the one above hold you back.

I just love these comments....just absolutely no clue here? ULL is an amazing baseball school which just got one of the better coaches in the game due to a tragedy losing a legend. It packs out the stands every game and is widely regarded as the 2nd best baseball school in Louisiana and just had a complete renovation of their facilities. You do know that there are only approximately 9,000 in the entire country that play D1 baseball? Just saying....it’s hard as hell to play D1 college baseball period and guys like you make these comments just blow me away. Just have a clue man. Huge congrats to the Roccaforte kid and family, he’s one of the better hitters I saw in this area while he was playing. Do your thing son and don’t let dumb post like the one above hold you back.

Agreed Ty. There are only a handful of kids in the entire area that can even touch 90. I know of 3 and even all three of those can't sit 90 consistently. They all can or have touched the magic number before. And this I have seen with my own eyes with calibrated radar guns. 

3 in the 90’, I would have to see it with my own eyes to believe it. And I mean from a mound in game action.

Ya something must have happened since this summer. They have one that can touch 90....Wow

Great pitchers, but come on, 93 and 94...  something magical must've happened over the summer / fall.

Hmmmm. Not a true statement......

HOTROD made some great points Tradenup BH. It is a lot about timing and what the specific college is looking for. There are a ton of myths out there about baseball recruiting and scholarships. Unfortunately, a lot of Dads also stretch the truth about the process (And their kids VELO!!)  which makes it even harder for someone who is trying to learn. Baseball is probably the most unique sport as far as going D1 vs D2,D3, NAIA or Juco after high school. There is a ton of talent at Juco's (Esp Pitchers) because they can enter the draft each year tying to better their draft position, where at a D1 they cant be eligible until their Junior year to be drafted once they enter D1. Also, as HOTROD stated, there is only so much money that D1's have, which to be precise is 11.7 scholarships per year. So it is extremely rare to see a D1 give a 100% scholarship to anyone and most of the D1 money is gone before HS kids start their senior school year. Juco's generally (There are a few exceptions where they have less) have 24 scholarships to award, but they also carry more players on the roster generally speaking. I agree with HOTRODs statement  to make sure your son is with a good organization that will give him the best chance to be exposed to colleges. My son also plays with the Gladiators and "most" of our boys will have a chance to play at the next level as well. Good luck with your son, it is a grind.

I'm sorry, but shutting down the game thread after the final score is not right. I've always agreed with you grad, on pretty much everything. However, not this. Why punish all of us (many of the post game comments are stats and great conversation) because of a select few that want to whine and complain? Instead of shutting down the threads, ban the adults that can't act like adults. If we can't talk about the game, after the game, I'm out. I'll go to another board to have a civilized conversation. You do realize that you will lose a crap load of posters if you do this, right?

I agree 100% with you Chester86. What a great opportunity for all the kids! Not meaning to pile on, but I am from the area so I will. They still don't have lights on the baseball field there either? If it was basketball (And I know all the history so don't start) they would have pulled out all the stops as well. There is some talent there and the coaches are good IMO, but not having lights at the baseball field at a 4A is tough for me to understand? I love the school and love the area, but my son is a baseball player only and attends another school for a lot of the above mentioned reasons.

I agree 100% with you Chester86. What a great opportunity for all the kids! Not meaning to pile on, but I am from the area so I will. They still don't have lights on the baseball field there either? If it was basketball (And I know all the history so don't start) they would have pulled out all the stops as well. There is some talent there and the coaches are good IMO, but not having lights at the baseball field at a 4A is tough for me to understand? I love the school and love the area, but my son is a baseball player only and attends another school for a lot of the above mentioned reasons.

I agree 100% with you Chester86. What a great opportunity for all the kids! Not meaning to pile on, but I am from the area so I will. They still don't have lights on the baseball field there either? If it was basketball (And I know all the history so don't start) they would have pulled out all the stops as well. There is some talent there and the coaches are good IMO, but not having lights at the baseball field at a 4A is tough for me to understand? I love the school and love the area, but my son is a baseball player only and attends another school for a lot of the above mentioned reasons.

PNG and Nederland right?? Look....if your going to post that at least be fair to the situation and have your facts correct. Yes, PNG and Nederland are the traditional powers in 22-5a, but its 2017 last time I checked and Lumberton has been to the playoffs the past several years and beat Nederland head to head the last 3 out of 4 (Please correct me if I am wrong) games. As VP93 stated, Lumberton had 2 costly errors (I understand that's part of the game) or they would be 4-0 against Nederland in the last 4 games. PNG and Nederland both have a ton of talent on their respective teams this year, but to just post a blanket statement like above is just not factually correct IMO. Livingston is solid as well this year and Vidor lost a lot of Seniors  and are still very competitive.

22-5a is usually competitive. Vidor, Lumberto, PNG, Nederland, and Livingston is usually competitive to very competitive.  What I've seen is teams like Central, Ozen, and Memorial is the lack of kids and baseball knowledge.  For example, one of my boys is on JV and we played Ozen this year. Ozen pitcher didn't know how to pitch from the stretch. Our team stole bases every pitch. When he tried from the stretch, he didn't come set and balked. BH has over 70 kids on 3 teams, with five kids on JV pumping 80+ mph. I've also noticed that the majority of school put alot of under classman on varsity to be able to compete, which should be the case, but the sub varsity teams are terrible. I have a friend that is a coach at West Brook, a 6A dchool and he told me they barely get enough kids tryout to fill their teams. Not sure if kids are starting to just play summer ball instead of high school or the talent level has went down the last couple of years overall.

How do you figure? Lumberton beat Nederland and if not for 2 errors would have swept them and Vidor (if I'm not mistaking) played Nederland pretty close as well.. I get it about PNG, they are good but to say its PNG and Nederland and that's is...come on.
Standing as of today.
PNG 10-0
Lumberton 7-3
Nederland 7-3
Livingston 7-3
Vidor 5-5
PAM 2-8
Central 0-10
Ozen 0-10 

Congrats on the win and the 500th is an amazing feat for sure. Congrats Coach!

11-0 Lumberton F

I would tend to disagree on the BH hasn't produced big time college players.  Over the last few years I can think of three kids playing for A&M  over last couple of years one kid at Texas.  Now Bonnin going to Arkansas.  Sprinkle that in with multiple kids going to southland confrence schools. Im not saying they are producing like Bellaire or anything but they have produced as much talent as any other 5a school in the area over the last 10 years.  

Bonnin is a great talent for sure, but it takes more than one kid to win playoff games most of the time. Fortunately for BH, they have a great team around him! Remember Silsbee beat Kolek (Shepherd) when he was throwing 100mph in a playoff game. 

Fox, just curious as to why your "very surprised" to see Nederland lose to Lumberton?

DHSPirates, This is an old post asking about 2018 Top Area Players. This should help with what your asking for.
 
 
To your point Longball. As Baseballmom 09 stated, there are rankings on the Perfect Game website. It will show the national as well as overall state rankings for each player. It breaks it down to overall, position and what graduating class. There are several local 2018 Grads on the list. I will put them on here in no particular order. Feel free to add someone I left off or correct spelling of names if needed.
Josh Hranicky LHP 2018 PNG
Braydon Credeur RHP 2018 Nederland
Holden Lane RHP 2018 PNG
Brett Payne RHP 2018 Lumberton
Greyson Kash 3B/SS 2018 Hardin Jefferson
Austin Bost 3B/C 2018 PNG
*Please understand, there are a lot of other local area players that should be mentioned when discussing "TOP LOCAL 2018 Players"  This is just who PG has ranked, which is respected by most, as the number one HS recruiting program.

DHS, knew what you meant....just trying to give you some more names with a post we already had. Lots of good ball players in the area for sure.

DHS, knew what you meant....just trying to give you some more names with a post we already had. Lots of good ball players in the area for sure.

Really well played especially for a scrimmage IMO. Silsbee ace and Lumberton ace went at it for the first 3 innings. Only 1 unearned run scored with lots of Ks between them. You can see why Silsbee ace is big time D1 commit. The other run was unearned as well. Silsbee is really well coached and has a ton of talent that should take them deep into the playoffs this year. Lumberton played hard and will need to clean up the small mistakes and hit better with RISP. New coach for Lumberton has a great no nonsense attitude while still being positive. They should get better and better as the season moves along. Good luck to both teams this year!