BASEBALL, SOFTBALL PREVIEWS COMING NEXT WEEK

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Prep League Fan,
Wake up you aren't fooling anyone with your never ending BS spin. Everyone knows the situation and you are the idiot to think otherwise. You should just let it go before people realy start piling on and they will.

Maybe in the SGV, but certainly not in the whole LA county. He's good, but think about all of the thousands of high schools you're talking about. He is going to UNLV and not Fullerton.

I thought the LA Times stopped covering the SGV

Typically for the LA Times - to leave out the best pitcher in not only the SGV but LA county - is it no wonder that its ciculation is down 20% in a growing market.

THIS FROM THE LA TIMES..Interesting, no mentino of McKiernan.

Top Southland players to watch, by position
February 23, 2007

PITCHERS

1. Dan Klein, Servite, Sr. — UCLA signee had seven walks in 61 innings.

2. Nick Barnese, Simi Valley, Sr. — Cal State Fullerton signee has 91-mph fastball.

3. Kyle Ocampo, Riverside Poly, Sr. — Fullerton signee had 1.62 ERA.

4. Bryan Castro, Riverside Poly, Sr. — Went 8-0 with 0.87 ERA.

5. Cole Cook, Palisades, Sr. — Pepperdine signee could be best in City Section.

Others

Benji Anaya, Bellflower, Sr. — Was 6-3 with 2.03 ERA.

Frankie Bautista, Westminster La Quinta, Sr. — Went 14-2 with 1.33 ERA.

Scott Baxter, Ocean View, Jr. — Was 7-2 with 2.14 ERA as a sophomore.

Darren Becket, West Torrance, Sr. — Went 8-2 as a junior.

Mickey Brodsky, Cleveland, Sr. — The pitcher Chatsworth should fear most in league play.

Daniel Buckingham, Anaheim Canyon, Jr. — Capable of emerging as staff ace.

Matt Burke, La Serna, Sr. — Lefty who can throw strikes.

Matt Bywater, Thousand Oaks, Sr. — Lefty signed with Pepperdine.

Garrit Cole, Orange Lutheran, Jr. — Hard-throwing lefty already committed to UCLA.

Luke Collis, St. Francis, Sr. — Ready to become ace for Division II finalists.

Greg Davis, Edison, Sr. — Signed with UC Santa Barbara.

Brian Dearth, Temple City, Jr. — Left-hander with potential.

James Dorsey, Lakewood, Sr. — Was 8-2 with 1.63 ERA.

Jason Dovel, La Mirada, Sr. — Two-time Suburban League MVP.

Ryan Doyle, El Toro, Sr. — Signed with Arizona.

Calvin Drummond, Huntington Beach, Jr. — Had three Sunset League victories as a sophomore.

Danny Duffy, Lompoc Cabrillo, Sr. — Signed with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Dustin Emmons, Crescenta Valley, Sr. — Has 19-2 career record.

Casey Fry, Chatsworth, Jr. — El Camino Real transfer fighting to gain athletic eligibility.

Anthony Gose, Bellflower, Jr. — Had 53 strikeouts in 30 innings.

Matt Grace, Palos Verdes, Sr. — Was 11-1 with 1.20 ERA.

Jeff Grijalva, San Clemente, Sr. — USC signee can dominate.

Brett Hambright, Temescal Canyon, Sr. — Signed with UC Riverside.

Ray Hansen, L.B. Wilson, Jr. — He's 6-7 and won six games as a sophomore.

Trent Jones, Chatsworth, Sr. — Went 10-1 as No. 2 pitcher.

Matt Kohorst, La Salle, Sr. — Signed with San Diego.

Cory Mark, Mission Viejo, Sr. — Had 2.35 ERA.

Joe McGrew, Santa Monica, Sr. — Was 9-3 with 0.95 ERA.

Jesse Meaux, Glendale, Sr. — Throws strikes and had 2.14 ERA.

Michael Montgomery, Hart, Jr. — Left-hander with big-time future.

Robbie Mouselli, Valencia, Jr. — Will be ace of top-10 team.

Maverick Olivares, Bishop Amat, Sr. — Signed with UC Irvine.

Marcus Piazzisi, El Dorado, Sr. — Must come through for team to reach Dodger Stadium.

Michael Quinones, El Segundo, Sr. — Was 9-2 with 1.81 ERA.

Rob Rasmussen, Pasadena Poly, Sr. — Lefty who can pitch at highest level.

Dan Renken, Orange Lutheran, Sr. — Signed with Fullerton.

Jake Thompson, L.B. Wilson, Sr. — Mayfair transfer threw well during winter ball.

Nik Turley, Harvard-Westlake, Jr. — Lefty with lots of potential.

Rafael Villafana, San Fernando, Jr. — Left-hander had 2.28 ERA as a sophomore.

Martin Villanueva, Roosevelt, Jr. — Left-hander was 13-1 with 1.49 ERA.

Mike Watt, Capistrano Valley, Sr. — Lefty has top strikeout pitch.

Matt Wolfrom, Esperanza, Sr. — Was 10-1 with 2.42 ERA.

Lets see if I can follow your argument anonymous:

You: Kohorst sucks he only got a scholarship to crappy USD

Us: USD is a very good D1 program

You: what are you talking about, they only play intramurals or D3, anyone who doesn't know that is a moron.

Us: No, here are some links showing they are a division 1 program and nationally ranked by Baseball America (the #1 source of amateur baseball info).

You: well rivals.com doesn't have them ranked so you are all morons.

Us: fine, but did you notice your precious rivals.com has USD ranked with the #6 recruiting class, which Kohorst is a part of?

You: Well, he is not their top prospect so it doesn't matter, Kohorst is average and USD sucks. In addition, rankings are stupid because in football USC is not ranked all year and then they finish 1 or 2 in the polls.

Us: You are a complete and utter idiot.

For what its worth, I think Rasmussen is a better pitcher but to belittle a kid who got a partial scholarship to a very good program reflects much more poorly on you than anyone else here.

The crap will stop when your nutty comments about Kohorst stop and everybody on the blog know who you are - so stop embarrassing yourself.

Doesn't mean something though if the kid gets a scholarship to the same school as sanchez and blair? Come on now coaches don't give scholarships out to people they do not want. And stop with the money talk, it's BS and you know it. This crap about Kohorst on this blog is from the same person who went off on the fb blog eariler this year. WE know who you are and shut up on here, you are ruining a great attempt by Fred Robledo to bring around a new spirit in local high school sports.

And so it begins... TC's trash talk rears its ugly head... (it is much early than expected)... i will say we should (should) be a lot (A LOT) better than last year. We have some "stud" returners, and some very, very talented underclassmen...

and to the anonymous La Salle fan:
at first i was angry you were still talking about the football win, but then i realized i would too. it just shows how much football matters. if we beat La Salle friday, it still won't remove the pain of that Saturday morning (and night, and Sunday all day, and the months that followed). just like if we get swept by Monrovia (again) this year, it won't take away any glory or happiness from that electric Friday Night (or that weekend or that Monday, or the months that followed).

anyway... Go Rams!

Aside from Kohorst's relatives is there anyone who isn't brain dead who would pick USD over UCLA for a baseball scholarship?
Is there anyone who isn't a Kohorst relative or brain dead who would say that "Kohorst would dominate Mckiernan anyday"?
Stop posting here you are not helping Kohorst with such ridiculous comments - just let the kid be the above average high school athelete that he is. I am sure Kohorst would tell you to stop "helping".

Exactly how many stars does Mr. 1/9 of a scholarship Kohorst have on Rivals?

That is BS - those rankings don't matter until after the season - USC FOOTBALL is always out of the Top Ten until after the football season is over and then they are number 1 or number 2.

USD is ranked 6th because of Victor Sanchez, Kyle Blair, and Jason Doval. Blair and Doval are great pitchers. Kohorst doesnt belongh on the same field as them.

http://ssbaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=619467
if you have a rivals account you can view it...if not make one so you can truly see that USD has the #6 recruiting class of 2007...dont question the facts Stanford and Pac 10 Man...you obviously do not know anything and are talking out of ur (fill in the blank)

Maybe someone might choose USD over UCLA because of the #6 class in the country coming in next year?

Stanford and Pac 10 Man...i forgot to mention...as you can probably see that UCLA ( a quality ball club) is ranked #23...USD (also quality) is 16...now im pretty sure but i could b wrong...but by the sounds of ur stats it sounds like having a lower ranking is better...get back to me...

Stanford and Pac 10 Man...i dont know why ur going to rivals for ur information. Rivals is more for high school. Why dont you go to something more reliable like BaseballAmerica.com. I'm pretty sure they are correct with there ratings. Dont talk before you know your facts
1. North Carolina 7-0 4-0 1
2. Clemson 6-1 4-0 2
3. Vanderbilt 10-0 4-0 3
4. South Carolina 8-1 3-0 4
5. Arkansas 9-3 3-1 5
6. Rice 9-4 4-0 6
7. Virginia 10-1 6-0 7
8. Florida State 13-0 4-0 8
9. Oregon State 11-2 2-1 9
10. Cal State Fullerton 9-4 2-2 10
11. Wichita State 8-2 7-0 12
12. Miami 6-5 2-1 11
13. Texas 9-6 3-1 13
14. Arizona State 10-3 3-0 14
15. Georgia Tech 6-4 3-1 16
16. San Diego 11-5 2-1 18
17. Pepperdine 10-3 3-0 20
18. Nebraska 5-2 2-1 19
19. Long Beach State 8-4 3-0 NR
20. UC Riverside 9-4 2-1 NR
21. Oklahoma State 6-3 1-2 17
22. Coastal Carolina 9-1 2-1 NR
23. UCLA 7-7 1-3 15
24. North Carolina State 8-1 2-1 NR
25. Texas A&M 11-1 4-0 NR

what about some upcoming softball games?

HS and Prep LeagueFan,

From today Rivals Baseball ranking (See Below) - I thought USD was ahead of UCLA in the rankings?
And I am sure that USD has a better baseball program than USC - just think when USD wins it first National CHampionship (which will be never) they will only be 11 behind USC.
Also Rivals does not have a section where they rank the next year's baseball class - nice try. BTW who in their right mind would go to USD over USC or UCLA for baseball if they had a choice?

Rivals
Rank Record
1 N. Carolina 7-0
2 South Carolina 8-1
3 Vanderbilt 10-0
4 Rice 9-4
5 Arizona State 10-3
6 Virginia 10-1
7 Clemson 6-1
8 CS Fullerton 9-4
9 Arkansas 9-3
10 Oregon State 11-2
11 Florida State 13-0
12 Miami-FL 6-5
13 Texas 9-6
14 Georgia Tech 6-4
15 Pepperdine 10-3
16 Ole Miss 6-3
17 OK State 6-3
18 Nebraska 5-2
19 Wichita St. 8-2
20 NC State 8-1
21 Kentucky 7-0
22 UCLA 7-7
23 Long Beach St. 8-4

By the way I was looking around rivals.com, and they have a new section on high school baseball. Just a fact, USD has the 6th best recruiting class for next year in the country ahead of USC, and UCLA. But it was interesting I never saw UNLV on the list but thats a baseball school i guess.

I shocked that anyone from Temple City can post any comments. They were 11-13 last year and 3 of their wins came against Blair. So basically they were 8 -13, thats really something to brag about. Tucker is gone, you need to get a lot better before you start makeing predictions about how good you are.

Hey temple city fans although i do not think Kohorst is anything special but I do believe that there was no way his daddy could have paid for the win over you guys in football so stop being so bitter

What about san marinos soft ball team i heard they have a good pitcher

USD won the small school (non scholarship) 1AA championship in football this year. Jim Harbaugh has been their coach and was just named Stanford's next head coach. Their baseball team is currently ranked 16th in the nation according to Baseball America (UCLA is 23rd).

You are clearly no better informed than those you criticize.

Links:
http://www.sandiego.edu/athletics/
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top25/263430.html

Kohorst sucks! His daddy has to pay for everything thats the only way he will get into college!! McDonald, McKiernan,Moreno, and Mendoza any day! Kohorst just blows!!!!!

TC over LS anyday! MacDonald or Dearth is better then Kohorst. LS has no one that can swing a bat how do you expect them to score runs? TC will rock Kohorst it'll be a great start for him! WOW KOhorst=joke that will be lucky to make the college team unless daddy pays for it!

I thought USD only had club teams. when did that change? - someone other than "Baseball" answer.
(S)he hasn't had one fact right yet.

Baseball fan,
Here is the top 20 - is USD now call Pepperdine?

1. Vanderbilt (6-0) 491 3
2. Florida St. (9-0) 490 5
3. North Carolina (3-0) 489 4
4. South Carolina (5-1) 487 2
5. Clemson (2-1) 486 1
6. Rice (5-4) 483 6
7. Nebraska (3-1) 480 7
8. Cal. St. Fullerton (7-2) 476 8
9. Oregon St. (9-1) 474 12
10. Arkansas (6-2) 473 9
11. Virginia (4-1) 472 10
12. Texas Christian (6-1) 470 16
13. Mississippi (4-1) 467 15
14. Arizona St. (7-3) 465 11
15. Georgia Tech. (3-3) 463 14
16. Miami, Fla. (4-4) 459 13
17. Arizona (9-2) 457 17
18. Pepperdine (7-3) 455 19
19. Wichita St. (1-2) 454 18
20. Long Beach St. (5-4) 451

They've been D1 for over 25 years. They are in the WCC with Pepperdine, Gonzaga, LMU, San Francisco, Portland, St. Mary's

ITS D1. They play Texas, Wake Forest, USC, San Diego State, Michigan, Pepperdine, Oklahoma, LMU, Cal State Fullerton, and Georgia. They are #18 in the country. If you don't know your sports than you shouldn't talk on this blog I don't think.

USD in football is division IAA (as opposed to IA). I am not sure what level they are in baseball.

Personally, I would send my son there in an instant - the ability to play any sport in college in my mind is a major honor.

Is USD D1? When did they move up?

TC seems to finally be at full strength. They had a key player go down with an season ending injury last year at the begining of the season. He seems to be back this year and is going to be key for them.
They have sold returning pitchers and there infield is all back. The core of this team has been together for a couple of years.

TC over LS? What are you on? LS has Kohorst back from basketball now, so can you please rationalize why TC is going to beat a D1 pitcher?

Thanks Fred - just found out the Poly vs Monrovia girls is a tournament in Duarte. Shoot!

Bleedorange, yes, they're very close.

Is the girl's softball field at Monrovia close to the boys baseball field. Poly is playing Monrovia in girls softball about an hour later and I would like to catch a little of both.

friday has some good games #1 is pasadena poly vs monorovia that is gonna the game to go to! then you have hoover vs alhambra and temple city vs la salle.
Monrovia over pasadena poly
alhambra over hoover
temple city over la salle
thats what i think.

The Voice -

Yes, I agree it is a good way to start. The key word is START. There is still a long way to go.

The Monrovia-Poly baseball game on Friday is at 3:15 p.m. The full Elks Schedule is posted on this thread..

goteamgo-

How about the fact that Maranatha baseball this year has decided to drop out of the Elks tournament that most of the area teams play in and play in the much tougher Chino Tournament. That tournament has 2 of the top 20 teams in the whole southern section and at least a few others that are higher ranked than all of the teams in the Elks.

I'd say that that's a good way to start.

The value of a scholarship and admission is more than the $ cost of tuition. There is more under consideration when selecting a school. In addition to the primary focus on academics, there is also the coaching staff, caliber of recruits, and of course... Omaha!

Did McKiernan and Rasmussen get this much attention when they won the Babe Ruth World Series TOGETHER this year?

Baseball fan,
But who is taller? Read all posts here - you are not getting the joke.

McKiernan pitched 2 innings against SF with no hits and 4 strike out. i believe thats a little better than 4 runs in 4 innings. Mckiernnan also had all 5 wins in C.I.F! Has anyone ever done that? His scholarship is worth $18,000 to UNLV with cost 20,000 a year. Which is 9/10th not 1/9th

HS,
For the record Kohorst gave up 4 runs in 4 innings against SF and was the losing pitcher. He pitched against no one in that weak league they play in.

Baseball fan,
You forgot that Kohorst is taller and got a partial 1/9 of a scholarship to a more expensive school - By the way there are a lot of schools that are more expensive to go to - but few more prestigous both in the classroom and on the sports feild. UCLA had by far the most freshmen apply this year than any other school in the NATION. I am sure USD is on the list I just didn't see them. UCLA has 100 national championships, I am sure USD has one - I just couldnt find it. Let's knock off this nonsense that Kohorst is in the same ball park as the other two and he is well behind Collis (a better QB too), Ramirez and several others too.

The Poly/Monrovia game is going to be potentially the best pitching matchup all season in the SGV. The two best pitchers in the area squaring off in the first game, a great way to start the season.

To clear up some issues:

1. The Poly/Monrovia game is this coming Friday at Monrovia. I am not sure of the time but it will be an evening game.

2. Rasmussen was given a 3/4 scholarship by UCLA, which is quite an accomplishment considering teams only give out 9 full scholarships to be divided as deemed necessary.

3. I'm pretty sure Rasmussen's dad played for Arcadia. His uncle did go on to play major league baseball and may have played for Monrovia, but I think both played for Arcadia.

westridge girls softball will challenge poly. catcher, pitcher and shortstop return for the tigers.

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You got to look at the overall teams when you compare pitchers who beat teams. Kohorst gave up 1 earned run to SF, I don't know how many Mckiernan did against SF because I wasn't there.
P.S.: How can you compare who is better because someone beat another team? Mckiernan should be the best pitcher coming back this year because of what he did last year winning CIF. I like all 3 and just hope they keep playing well.

just based on last year Kohorst lost to SF and Mckiernan beat them.

Kohorst would dominate McKiernan anyday -Posted by: hsrealist ... Are you sure? D-5 C.I.F player of the year VS. what pasadena star honorable mention? McKiernan and Rasmussen no questions asked about being the best in the area. By far! Kohorst are you joking? Lets see how Kohorst does against Bishop is year. McKiernan Vs. Rasmussen great match-up, but Kohorst vs either one of those guys .... JOKE!

HS,
And your point is what?

Get used to what? Watching a team think they are the greatest by playing schools half their size, so they can dominate? Maranatha continues to play in divisons it can easily dominate, and needs to move up and play a tougher schedule. I have nothing against Maranatha, and know many kids that go there, but let's face it - constantly patting yourselves on the back is getting old, and seems to imply an inferiority complex.

Get used to it goteamgo, were not going anywhere any time soon.

Regarding the last posting by "The Voice", I would just like to add he is right on one point - many of us are tired about hearing about Maranatha.

I know that many of you out there are tired of hearing about Maranatha but I must tell you that Baseball is also a sport that is on the rise. They may not do much this year but there is a very nice class of Freshmen and a few Sophomores that will put this program in the area top 10 very soon if not this year. I'll admit that the last few years, the program was quite literally a joke, but their new Manager, Brian Dehaan is the "real deal" and they have the young talent to start attracting attention starting with Freshman starting pitcher Dylan Covey who will be one of their primary throwers this year on Varsity.
#10 in the area? Quite possibly.

We'll see how this season pans out but keep an eye on the Minutemen!!

The later rounds of this tournament should be very exciting.I definately want to see SF take on monrovia, poly and la salle to put to rest any doubt of who the best teams are in the area. Why is Arcadia not on that list, I always thought it was the Arcadia Elks tournament. I am probably wrong but I still would love to see them play against these teams. Alot of these kids have played with and against each other since T-ball.See if some other guys are worthy of scholarships.Should make for some amazing ball.

Sorry, 11.7 scholarships, not 9.

For what its worth, there are 9 scholarships available to a D1 college program. The NCAA doesn't care whether the tuition is 5,000 a year or 50,000 a year. It is very rare for ANY athlete to be offered a full ride scholarship to a D1 baseball program, almost all scholarships are partial so they can spread the wealth around and field a team. IF Rasmussen has been offered a full ride at UCLA that is a very big deal regardless of the cost of attendance.

HS,
2 are great pitchers.

Just to note school prices, UCLA is 4x cheaper than USD. All three are great pitchers, lets just see how their seasons progress than we can decide who's the best in the area.

anonymous,
To compare a kid who gets a full ride scholarship to UCLA for baseball and is told he is not to play other sports by the school to a kid who gets a partial scholarship to USD and make the dumb arguement that the kid going to USD is a better pitcher because he is taller is one of the many reasons why that kid gets ragged on so much. There is simple no comparing the two and for you to force that issue is simply dumb and people on this blog are not stupid. Let it go.

Just to throw this out there, I'm not saying anything bad out there, but this Kohorst kid gets a lot of crap on this blog for no good reason. And by the way hsrealist, if you knew much about sports generally people who are 6' 4" tall generally pitch and have better potential at the next level then 5' 9" pitchers. All three are good, but if you say potential why not a kid who only plays basball 3 months a year because he plays two other sports unlike the other two who play solely baseball. I personally see more potential in a kid who has barely played a sport where he received scholarships to D1 schools to play.
It'll be interesting when these three kids play each other in college the next couple of years.

Fred,
Do you have a time for that game?

Elks tournament listed above, poly and monrovia meet on Friday, March 2 at Monrovia. Let's see a big crowd there.

Apology to Baseball Fan. Last post by HS baseball fan.

Fellow bloggers civility and intellectual discussions when discussing high school athletes. I played baseball in SGV back in the 70's when great athletes played the sport. I pitched against a Rasmussen at Monrovia (beat him too) who was an excellent pitcher. Is this his kid? Anyway these kids are good and polished. I've seen Kohorst too. As a former pitching coach I see tremendous upside potential.

Let's root for all these kids and the season will determine the rest.

Baseball fan, great post, although you forgot about Alhambra. I would flip flop a few teams, but you're on the right track.

Baseball area top 10. This is tough. I will share my limited knowledge. Arcadia went undefeated in the winter season. They had strong pitching from Jr. David Arredondo, Sr.Corwin Kim and Soph. Brice Rutherford. Offensivley the team is lead by Soph. Tim Smoley, Sr. Ryan Jackson, catcher Sr.Max Velario and Kim.
Monrovia is always a good team with Eddie McKiernan, Curtis Cowell and company.
LaSalle should compete very well with Kohurst and Doeppel leading the way. Cresenta Valley should be very strong with all their returners Dustin Emmons, Kam Kriese, Chad Nacapoy, Micha Dunam, Kris Kauppila and Chris Johnson.
Pasadena Poly returns 8 staters from last year. They will have 3 strong pitchers in Ramussen, Fesse and A.J. Talt.
San Marino should have a good year. The team has played together since little league.
St. Francis the CIF runner-up will try to repeat.

Here is my attempt at a top 10:
1. Crescenta Valley
2. St. Francis
3. Arcadia
4. Monrovia
5. Pasadena Poly
6. La Salle
7. Temple City
8. San Marino
9. La Canada
10. ?

Sorry I do not know anything about So. Pas, Glendale, Hoover, Rosmead, San Gabriel or Gabralino.
Good Luck to everyone. This should be a great season.

Is Kyle Mulligan related to Jim M?

Of course you gotta recognize for softball Monrovia, Arcadia, Maranatha, La Salle, South Pasadena, and Rosemead as the local powers...

Fred, I can't argue with that. A couple of pitchers look promising but it is too early to tell.

QUESTION: With previews coming, any thoughts on who should be in baseball and softball's area top ten?

By the way prep baseball fans, if you want to see the best game of the year, it's coming next week. Monrovia and McKiernan is going head-to-head with Poly and Rasmussen in the opening game of the Elks tournament. I believe it's a week from Friday. As soon as I get the official word, I'll let you all know.

Orange&blue, you said it all, IF Poly finds a pitcher? I don't care if you have eight all stars, if one of them is not the pitcher in softball, you can't go very far.

Poly softball will dominate their league if they can find a pitcher - they were 10 and 0 in league last year with 80% of the team returning and they have added 5 freshmen from what may be their most athelete girls freshmen crop in many years - 2 freshman girls were on the Varsity Volleyball team - 5 freshmen were on the JV team including 4 starters and the MVP of that team was a freshman. 2 freshmen on the varsity basketball team. If Poly finds a pitcher - look out.

How is flintridge Prep going to be this year - I remeber the glory day with Schatner(sp?) - any chance for a return to said glory?

Really there are only two special pitchers in the area - our guy Rasumussen and Mckiernan. All the the others are solid - but anything else said about them is just BS by relatives or the uninformed. Kohorst is a good well rounded athelete and a good kid to boot - he is burden by issues that aren't of his making and have little to nothing to do with LS beating M-town. Go easy on him as he is not the one doing the over reaching posting.

No one is saying who is better than anyone else. Just don't bring down kids for no reason. All 3 of these kids have scholarships to top D1 schools, so they are all good. I hate these no life people who just demoralize high school kids on the internet.

I know that LC softball has all league as a freshman Kyle Mulligan - but do they have anything else?

There is no question the best pitcher in the area is Poly's Rasumussen. Who else had a scholaship to UCLA as a junior?

Anonymous-

You cant compare Football with Baseball. Is two different worlds. I dont think bloggers are upset that LS beat M-town in football. Some bloggers, who may be players/students, just dont know how to approach certain issues and have a legitimate argument over the blog. There are differences on the bloggers mentality during certain issues. Cant you tell?

DAWG

yea kohorst isnt anything special...i mean hes only got a scholarship to USD whos ranked #18 in college baseball right now...i guess thats not an accomplishment at all...

Just curious, but what has Kohorst done to people on these blogs? Honestly the kid must be good enough as a pitcher if he got a scholarship. Is it some people's who job in life to bring this kid down because he beat Monrovia in football? Get a life, and let the kids just have fun and play some baseball and don't make assumptions about who is going to be better in 10 years because, really does anyone on this blog know the future or are being paid by ESPN to predict people's careers or are they just jealous parents who have no lives so they take it out on random kids on the internet.

Where are the softball bloggers?

Eddie "Weasle" McKiernan;

This is one of you PCL American LL (TC Live Oak Park) former coach and the 1998 District 18 champs.

Remember?

Anyhow, dont get caught up in all of the blogging and talk, just pitch the ball and hit homeruns kid.

Say hello to Mark for me.

See you on the diamond.

DAWG

As soon as I get the Elks tournament, I'll post it. Lots of great local teams int he tournament, a real great way to start of the season.

Are there any other pitchers we should be considering? I'm curious to see how Noe Ramirez comes back after having an injury plagued sophomore season. He had a great freshman season.

Mckiernan is the best of the bunch, for what he has done the past 2 years. Rasmussen is the next in line and has dominated in he's division (VI), but has also had great pitch performances on summer allstar teams. Collis Had a great run all the way to the CIF championship game. I don't know much about Kohorts but if Fred believes he's up there I'll take that.
There my be another player that can make some noise in the RHL if he stays healthy throughout the season. He does have the ability and size to doe soo.
Good luck to all and LET'S PLAY BALL !

I guess there is a reason why you kept your name anonymous because kohorst is a joke. Mckiernan and rasmussen will be effective at the next level and collis is going to end up going somewhere.

Kohorst would dominate McKiernan anyday

McKiernan is by far the best in this group. Kohorst, are you kidding me? The discussion should only be about McKiernan and Rasumussen. They are by far the area's two best and they're going against each other in the first game of the elks tournament next week.

Poly will win both baseball and softball leagues this year.