Per www.ihsaa.org Sectional play (64 sites) starts early this year. All sectionals are on 5-31-2004 Memorial Day. About a week earlier than last year. Rearrange your cookouts and SAT's !! From the North... Indoor conditioning is continuing. Running, throwing, and weigth training. The preseason polls come out soon. Remember, every team is in 1st place'now' Good luck to all. **Thank you HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL WEB** for this INDIANA FORUM. I'm sure as soon as the season starts... this will be a very busy place. Can't wait to hear what others have to say about the up coming season.
Posts: 20 | Location: Duneland Indiana, USA | Registered: February 09, 2004
Was the offical first practice date moved back for next year..2005? Is it true that HS baseball will have 2 or 3 weeks to get ready? If so, it isn't right!! Pitchers won't be ready. Teams won't be ready. I would like to see baseball be treated like HS football and basketball as to practices. Football and Basketball is tearing up our summer teams.(lack of players) Open gyms and weight lifting in demand. Football coaches and basketball coaches telling the boys that they better show up for weight lifting and open gym or else.. So we loose boys during the summer in our Babe Ruth league and Legion team. Yes, the summer coaches has talked with the school and the football and basketball coaches about this. They tell you one thing and do another. Frustrating for baseball coaches and the kids. I guess its a peeve of mine.. who else is in the same boat?
I have experienced first hand how difficult it is for high school baseball players to get ready for their season. Most schools will have Basketball and Football as their priority because of the gate receipts. It's always about $$. More and more athletes can't play more than one sport because of selfish coaches and their own personal agendas. Kids get no support from these coaches. If it wasn't for the players individual desire and parents who help with getting these kids ready (conditioning, weight training, batting cages, etc.) a lot of players in our area wouldn't be ready at all to start playing ball in the Spring. Summer baseball programs are almost a waste of time because of the pressure some kids have to be ready for the other sports that there interested in. The fact is high school baseball has almost become the '*******' child of high school athletics, especially in the South Bend School system.
Posts: 41 | Location: Northern Indiana, USA | Registered: February 04, 2004
It's even worse in college .Look at the number of D1 football scholarships allowed compared to baseball .It's totally rediculous.Some D1 schools have actually had to drop baseball programs due to title 9.Its now easier for kids to actually attend junior colleges on scholarships than D1 schools because of the number of scholarships a junior college can give.
Posts: 19 | Location: smyrna,tn,usa | Registered: December 26, 2003
FYI... For you South Bend and NIC Conf supporters. The 4a South Bend Sectional will be held at SB Clay this year. So to is the 4a Regional scheduled for SB CLay. It sounds like both Coveleski Stadium and Eck field at ND are unavailable. The North Semi-State is as follows: 4a - Loeb Stadium - Lafayette 3a - Plymouth 2a - Coveleski/SB Clay 1a - Highland Park - Kokomo
Posts: 41 | Location: Northern Indiana, USA | Registered: February 04, 2004
