If St. John's is so dominant, why won't they schedule the 13 time DCIAA champion Wilson Tigers of Northwest D.C. or the IAC champions St. Albans. The biggest problem with D.C. Baseball is a distinct lack of games between the public and private school leagues. It has been said that Mayor Fenty has decided to have a baseball kick off event at the new nationals stadium. I know that there will be a game between Maret and St. Albans, but I'm not sure of the others. The way to really set D.C. baseball off would be to have a city tournament that would take the top 4 teams from the WCAC, IAC, MAC, and DCIAA and play a single elimination tourney.

tcw_17...interesting idea and one I'd like to see. If anyone has any pull, get the wheels rolling.

Now that is interesting.

Can the kids from Maret/St Albans compete with the kids from Baltimore's MIAA?

That would be the MIAA-B division.

cheers
Bear

1. Since when does the MIAA encompass DC teams.

2. With Hultzen (UVA) or Brooke (2nd team all met) on the mound and all of the 8 returning starters that St. Albans had last year, I'm pretty sure that St. Albans would be in the top half of the MIAA and would likely split with Calvert Hall. This team is good.

3. Maret cranks out a few good players a year, but doesn't have all of the numbers to consistently beat the top competition in the MIAA.

4. The MIAA is a pretty great league, but to be honest, the WCAC has overtaken them interms of overall talent and national recognition.

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Originally posted by tcw_17:
1. Since when does the MIAA encompass DC teams.

2. With Hultzen (UVA) or Brooke (2nd team all met) on the mound and all of the 8 returning starters that St. Albans had last year, I'm pretty sure that St. Albans would be in the top half of the MIAA and would likely split with Calvert Hall. This team is good.

3. Maret cranks out a few good players a year, but doesn't have all of the numbers to consistently beat the top competition in the MIAA.

4. The MIAA is a pretty great league, but to be honest, the WCAC has overtaken them interms of overall talent and national recognition.

Hultzen is terrific but your comment regarding splitting with Calvert Hall.. I do not think so.

I go to St. Albans and don't believe that this kick off game against MAret at the new stadium is happening this season

Did I hear correctly?

St. Johns is ranked #2 in the local DC Metro?

How can this be?

I believe PVI is ranked #1 by the Wash Post. They are undefeated and very good, and have played a couple of tough teams so far, but I don't know how many. I'll leave to the smart guys to argue strength of schedule between SJ and PVI. The Wash Post usually gives undefeated teams the benefit of the doubt

st. albans is also now ranked #2 only to Paul VI in the area now, above St. John's

rbraves,
Have you been asked to go to Jupiter with the 2010 team?

no i wasn't one of the guys asked to

i just joined the team this winter

I know the 2011 team picked up a lot of talented players for this year. My son is friends with some of them. Good luck to you in school ball.

thanks is your son on the 2010 team? my friend on my high school team is on the '10 team and he just joined too

PVI beat St. John's 5-4 on Saturday. Next game will be April 29 at PVI.

If St. John's has 9 or 10 Div I commits, how many does PVI have? Verdin, Murakami, and Bowers so far? How many more? Six or seven?

St. Alban's--how many Div I commits?

Any preseason kickoff at the new Nationals field should include only those teams whose players are eligible for All Met consideration by the Post. In other words, a Norfolk player does not qualify for All Met in D.C. so his team would not be invited to play in any such first-pitch tournament. Same with a Baltimore player and team.

St. Albans has 1 D1 recruit (Danny Hultzen), but also has Andrew Thomas going to Marietta College. A bunch of other guys on the team will probably walk on at the colleges they go to

Early March, 2009--

2008 WCAC Champion
2008 IAC Champion
2008 VA State Champion (pick one)
2008 MD State Champion (pick one)

The first annual "First Pitch Classic" gets underway at Nationals Stadium.

This is a grassroots effort, so start calling the mayor, city council, the Nationals, and a bunch of ADs to get this rolling. Oh, and let's get the POST and TIMES and radio and TV behind it.

With St. John’s HS losing baseball games weekly, and dropping (in the local rankings)is it NOT a mystery to anyone the baseball team warrants a No. 30 national ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Easton Sports National H.S. Poll?

Maybe because they play the toughest schedule in the area?

To Bear,

You seem to be a little fuzzy on your facts regarding St. John's Baseball. I just got on this site so forgive me if I correct a past error. Earlier on this thread you said that SJC has only two Catholic League titles in baseball. That is TOTALLY INCORRECT my friend. SJC has 16 Catholic League titles with the first coming in 1953 and the most recent in 2005.

In regards to your question of why SJC is still nationally ranked perhaps a quick glance at their schedule could remove the mystery. At the nations top high school baseball tournament, the Anderson Bat National Classic (formerly the Upper Deck Classic) SJC played out of conference games against 2 time NATIONAL CHAMPION Bishop Amat from SoCal (a 6-3 SJC win), they beat Vista Murrietta from SoCal 9-4 (who at the time was ranked #5 in the nation by Baseball America and is now #15 in the nation by BA), they lost 8-6 to Crespi HS (who was ranked #1 in the state of California) and lost 5-3 to Seminole, a highly ranked team from Florida. They finished 4th (out of 16 teams) in the nations top high school tournament and they accomplished this without the services of Scott Silverstein, their number 1 pitcher and one the most highly touted prep pitchers in the nation.

Their remaining out of conference games included a 3-2 loss to yet another team ranked among the top 20 in the nation, Baltimore's Calvert Hall, a 10-2 win against Archbishop Spalding one of the Baltimore area's top 5 teams and a 10-2 win against Potomac High School in Virginia, a perennial northern virginia power.

In conference they have split (a 5-4 loss and a 3-2 win) a two game series against Paul VI Catholic, who is ranked by Baseball America as the 16th best prep team in the nation.

The reason SJC continues to be highly thought of nationally are their terrific wins against and their very close losses to nationally ranked teams. Many people around the country recognize SJC from the Baseball America article this season as well as from the strong national showings they have had the past several years at the Westminister Classic and Nike Classic in Florida and the National Classic in SoCal. They continue to schedule the best and challenge their players to compete on the national stage. That aggressive mindset in scheduling will inevitably lead to losses. Does any of that help explain why they continue to be ranked nationally???