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Meet the team:

John h. ruiz

hassan de jesus

Melissa hernandez

luis Perez

Elizabeth Ruiz - Kessep

Mayte diaz

nancy lopez

Founder Creative Director

Graphic DesignerLayout Design EditorIllustrations

ReporterEditor

ReporterEditor

Photography

Team InformationRoster Content

Executive Director



Coral Reef

Class 8a District 16

palmetto

miami

miami

predictions noticeable players

class-district: 8a-16


Alain Aguiar Brent Bradshaw Brandon Johnson Matt Josephs Adam Kendrix Gabriel Kurtzman Daniel Lann Timothy Reker Lazaro Romero Carlo Ugalde Patxi Arnaiz Fabio Biondolillo Mansel Brea Thomas Gordon Daniel Pino

Carlos Serio Jakobi Smith Christian Grullon Austin Sander Elih Marrero Michael Acosta David Ramirez

Kevin BarbatoZachary BrunsRiley DelgadoGriffin GoldmanNickolas GruenerBrandon KacerTaylor LangJoshua LeveyTristan LewisMatthew MajewskiDavis MarchusJoseph MilanesPaul NapierJohn PerezChristian Rolon

William SchillingTodd SmithJoel ThalerBrett ToisterMichael WallColin Zargham

No need to sugar coat this prediction. South Dade has a strangle hold onthis District championship and it will take more than just Killian’ssuccess to rain on their parade. I can’t imagine any other team outside of

those two making much noise to alter their momentum. In fact, South Dadewith a healthy campaign can find themselves playing a State Championshipgame.

Class 8A district 16 - SS Mandy Alvarez, KillianClass 8A district 16 - SS Riley Delgado, Palmetto Class 8A district 16 Jeremy Jones, VarelaClass 8A district 16 Joseph Davis, VarelaClass 8A district 16 Manny Abreu, VarelaClass 8A district 16 OF David Lugo, South Dade Class 8A district 16 P Adam Roush, South Dade Class 8A district 16 P Andrew Fuente, Killian Class 8A district 16 Palmetto: Brandon KacerClass 8A district 16 Palmetto: Danny LynchClass 8A district 16 Palmetto: Jake Molkentin


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Alex Fernandez 2B, INFAndrew Fuente LHPDaniel Andrade (C) LF, OFZach Polito CFMike Perez 3B, INF, RHPAlfred Iser 1B, DH, OFNick Mira C, DH, 1BBrandon Perez LHPGil Polanco OFErik Molina 1B, 3B, DHJonathan Oliveros RHPSpencer Levine RF, C, DHJonathan Coven RHPManny Carreaga 1B, PAlex Porrua RHP

Mandy Alvarez (C) SS, INFRyan Hardy RHPMcLean Becton RHP

Matt Hernandez UTLMike Rodriguez OFJosten Heron OFMarcos Pardo CSteven Paredes INFJ. P. Castaneda INFRoly Limia LPHAlex Aguila INFGabriel Revilla RHPOsvaldo Garcia RHPDayron Moreno RHPChristian Khawam OFBrandon Garcia CJohn Chadwell RHPPavel Chavez C

Nick Gensler RHPDanny Matos UTLChris Sutton RHPDelofeu, Anthony UTL

Matthew Baldwin Chad BishopKevin Bryant Devon BushaRobert CaseDylan CruzLance ElderRaymond FacklerMauricio FinolRay GibsonGilberto GilRichard GonzalezBrandon Gonzalez Stephan Leal Kevin LittleJohn

David Lugo Steven Mahan Jonquez Martin Dakota Meredith Kyle Moore Bradley Morton Johnathan Olivera Trent Pacheco Bruno Poggi Dauce Pozo Christopher Priestly Gabriel Ramos Joseph Rivera Kevin Rojas Brandon Roush

Adam Roush Luis Salazar Alex Toirac Ruben Toirac Jason Webb


Last time I checked, I didn’t see any attorneys making their arguments out on a baseball field. So how could John H. Ruiz, an “AV” rated attorney, who has dedicated eighteen years of practice primarily to class action lawsuits, hit a walk off Grand Slam Homerun? Bypassing corporate red tape, forward thinking, and passion seems to be essential elemnts behind this multimedia company designed by Ruiz. La Ley Sports projects to be out of this league.

Just before school was out for summer vacation, a certain kind of buzz was created by La Ley Sports that resulted in over 80,000 individual votes by players, family members and fans for the top 12 “La Ley Sports All County Senior Outstanding Award” recipients. Ruiz, invited by the Miami Herlad to be the keynote speaker of both Dade and Broward Athletic Awards, left 2,300 attendees in awe with his delivery. Still, many wondered how an attorney would get involved in the industry of youth Sports. Ruiz says, “Kids are our future. Too many times I have seen lives get shattered and families destroyed because we do not place enough emphasis on providing the proper framework for responsibility, dedication, concentration and hard work to reach our goals.”

So what is the wave of the future this entrepreneur envisions? The creation of an innovative website that permits athletes to create a player profile where they can upload photos and videos, view stats, and post their academic accomplishments. Is that it? Surely, there must be more. Parents, this one is especially for you. A father of three, who found himself one too many times unable to be at two places at once, developed Laleysports.com platforms with the goal of providing all accessibility to watch any youth sport game live in real

time. If you’re at work or anywhere else than your kids game, you’ll now have the ability to watch or hear the game live on your computer or cell phone. Can you still recall those desperate moments of uncertainty, not knowing how your son or daughter was doing at a sporting event? Well, those days are over.

In a world that’s too often bogged down by meetings and endless office paperwork, Ruiz a very hands on person, has met with athletic directors and Broadcast Journalism teachers in an effort to unite sports enthusiasts and fans. This website will give those students interested in Journalism, the ability to record, produce and narrate live game transmissions. La Ley Tv productions, a sister company of La Ley Sports, will train students to use widely available devices such as camcorders, net books, iPads, and cell phones for transmission purposes. However, don’t be surprised to catch HD live game transmission with instant replays and expert commentary on Direct Tv and the cable at the beginning of the new school year. La Ley Sports has been approached by; The Herald Publications, the Florida Marlins, ESPN, and Walt Disney Co, among others in a collaborative effort to produce programming content. Ruiz, who has successfully obtained unique youth player data, has agreed to develop partnerships with these media outlets and organizations.

Get ready, there is yet another buzz. La Ley Baseball Summer Classic Tournament, a 14-day supercharged power ball, will provide an opportunity for players to get discovered, instructed, and evaluated by professional scouts. The tournament, packed with training workouts, video and photo sessions, competitions, and games is just another aspect of this multifaceted

endeavor. La Ley TV Productions will air games on various networks and capture each athletes unique plays throughout the tournament. Players registered in the tournament will receive a premium video that will showcase their strengths and abilities. Boys between nine and 18 years of age are all welcomed to this tournament that will take place this summer at the La Ley Sports Complex at the City of Homestead.

The real trick to the grand slam has been Ruiz’s ability to gather a dream team of scouts including Enrique Fernandez and Mike Tosar to name a few. John Ruiz, also opened a 15,000 square foot indoor training facility. The state of the art complex is equipped with climate controlled batting cages, a health and fitness center, a café, and pitching video screens that feature the top 10 highschool pitchers of the week from Miami Dade and Broward Counties. The facility focuses on building the proper mechanics an athlete needs both physically and mentally to be successful in the game of baseball.

If more companies would stop over analyzing every move, start having fun and follow in the footsteps of Ruiz, we’re pretty confident that we’d see more discovery and less waiting time for the next Grand Slam/ John H. Ruiz and La Ley Sports have made sports history by landing the 25th Grand Slam.

The Man With A Vision


varela

braddock

miami

miami



David Gonzalez 2BFrancisco Rodriguez OFManny Abreu (C) CFDanny Berrido 2BRyan Herzon 2BManny Cerda CRoy Gonzalez LHPJC Ugarte OFMario Souffrain RFJuan Mendoza SSJeremy Jones 3B, DH Jorge Sanchez INF Michael Davis RHP Manny Chia C Crisanto Leon 1B

Brian Prieto RHPJesus Ruiz CAlex Alvarez CMauricio Salas RHPJesus Rodriguez 1B, 3BJoseph Davis LHP Kevin Gonzalez RHPJuan Pimentel 1B, DH

Class 8a District 15predictionsI

f this District looks a lot like last year’s Class6A District 15 it’sbecause it is, well with a simple formula of removing Doral-Regan andinserting Coral Park. Not many times do I factor a Districts success from

a member’s failure, but Regan’s deletion leaves 9 district losses in limbofrom a year ago and very easily can be recuperated by many of the othersix members. It will be interesting to see if Coral Park’s struggles willworsen in 2012 as many believe they insert into a harder district.Columbus missed the playoffs in 2011 and success in 2012 might bedifficult. South Miami is a pesky team and look for the Cobras to wingames in 2012 that many will count them out on. Ferguson crownedthemselves District Champs last year and Sunset was the runner up; bothteams were eliminated by South Dade in the 2011 playoffs in the first andsecond round respectfully. Ferguson loses pitching in 2012 and can findthemselves on the outside looking in. Sunset the preseason favorite towin the District.

noticeable players

Eddie Araujo CFTom Ordiales UTIL, PCarlos Cabrera SS, RHP, 3BVictor Marin 2B, CAlbert Rafael C, 1B, 3BErne Valdes LHPBrian Hernandez C, RF, 1BJustin Miranda LHPJerod Rodriguez RHPAnthony Baldrich RHPErik Montero 3B, 1B, RHPJorge Lara RHPAnthony Alvarez SS, 3B, RHPDavid Jervis LHP, OF, 1BGaby Mundo 2B, SS, OF

Elias Trehns LHPJJ Marcos RHP, 3B, 1BWillie Padron LF, CF

Class 8A district 15 1B: Mike Vinson, Columbus Class 8A district 15 2B: Michael Centeno, Sunset Class 8A district 15 DH: Carlos Tapia, Ferguson Class 8A district 15 DH: Ryan Quintero, SunsetClass 8A district 15 P Anthony Carra, FergusonClass 8A district 15 P Luis Collazo, ColumbusClass 8A district 15 SS: Michael Paez, SunsetClass 8A District 15 - SS Carlos Garmendia, South MiamiClass 8A district 15 Coral Park: Danny FernandezClass 8A district 15 Coral Park: Ryan Palenzuela, Class 8A district 15 LHP OF David Jervis; Braddock


ferguson

coral park

columbus

miami

miami

miamiclass-district: 8a-15 | Head coach:

class-district: 8a-15 | Head coach: Luis Perez | 2011 record: 23-3

class-district: 8a-15 | Head coach: Luis Perez | 2011 record: 23-3

Alan Saumell POscar Ramirez OFEmilio Medina CAsniel Rodriguez 1BChristopher Bec IF,OFPablo Nieves IFCarlos Tapia OF,1BKevin Rodriguez OF,PRolando Gerena OFJose Brito CAnthony Carra PBrandon Valentin Pdaniel Rivero 2BChris Medina IF, PLuis Paublini C,OF

Anthony Tucker P,IF,OFVictor Morrell PAlfred Rodriguez IF,CAlex Gonzalez UtilDerek Torres 1BRafael Jreige PRaul Rodriguez PDavid Pedraja PJesus Fuenmayor SS

David Alonzo P Micheal Garcia P Michel Derrico P Christian Feliu P Mathew Perez P Jordan Perera P Felix Zabala PDaniel Ramirez PManny Montealegro PRyan Palenzuela INF Cesar Ramirez INF Tyler Sola INF Ariel Lauries INF George Fernandez INF Juan Soto INF

Alex Marquez C Fernando Cervantes C Adrian Cuesta C Alexander Alvarez Outf Reinaldo Ledezma Outf Bryan Garcia Outf Danny Fernandez Outf Marvin Parrales Outf


sunset

south miami

south west

miami

miami

miami




Alvarez, AlejandroArrese, RaulBravo, AlexCenteno, MichaelComesanas, AustinDe Armas, DaniloHorvat, CalebLopez, JorgeMachado, NicholasPaez, MichaelPerez, AndyQuintero, RyanSierra, Nicholas Sinski, JeremySujo, Justin

Viciedo, Amaury Weiss, William

Robert Castello PSteven Urbina OFJose Gonzalez IFJoel Del Rio IFArmani Medina OFOzzie Gonzalez CAriel Medina PRaul Ramierz IFMichael Romero IFLuis Garcia IF Xavier Barriere IFDavid Kaiser PNick Hernandez PPierce Fernandez PJake Pequignot OF

Ryan Burns IF Joel Acosta OF Marcus Alonso P Steven Brizuela IF Marcus Cox OFDavid Diez P

Bryan Carreras RFLuis Aviles SSDanny Casals SS, 2BGaby Casals OFCarlos Pena 3BAlex Perera 2B, PLuis Gutierrez OFArturo Paula SS, 2BAlex Mangano CDaniel Brey OFRyan Smith PZach Gonzalez PLeo Delgado OFChris Mourelle P, DHFernando Rabel P

Rey Pastrana CRobert Cancio 1B, PMarcos Barrios PAlexis Cuevas CF



reagan

coral gables

doral

miami



Robert Montes SS Andres Jiron SSJeanCarlo Rodriguez RHP Kelvin Nunez 1BJomilson Alvarez LFAlex Pinero 3BDavid Plotkin LHPGerson Sotolongo CF Harold Cuello LHPImad Reinoso CRoland Eusebio 2BFrank Resto CDillon Maya RHP Pablo Rubio RHP Chris Viera RHP

Ismael Martinez IF Jesus Pineda OF Antonio Rodriguez RFLuke Sorensen LHP

Class 8a District 14predictionsU

nlike all the other realignments in the Class 8A , the 14th district hastwo teams that can finally get out of the shadows of division championsfrom a year ago. Goleman (District 13 runner up) and Coral Gables

(District 14 runner up) will finally have the chance to solidifythemselves as a District champion in 2012. Yet, were their seems to be asolution in lies a problem for both of these teams as they will be joinedby up and coming Miami High, Miami Springs and Ronald Regan-Doral. CoralGables never the less should find themselves as District Champs as Golemanlost an overwhelming amount of Seniors in 2011.

noticeable playersClass 8A district 14 2B: Andres Jiron, Coral Gables Class 8A district 14 Miami High: Deivy Palmeiro, Class 8A district 14 Miami High: Gustavo BonnevalClass 8A district 14 OF Antonio Rodriguez, Coral Gables

Piero Miranda PRaul Cortes LF, IF Michael Diaz CFSergio Santana SSArturo Rincon OFAndres Castillo C, 2BBrandon Lebena P, 2BNelson Laviosa OFBrandon Romero 3BCarlos Valiente PFranklin Reyes PSteven Feierabend 2B, SSPaul Menendez LF, 1BLuis Rincon C, PEdgar Pages 1B, P

Bryan Garcia OF Juan Perozo SS, 2BAngel Cortes PKristopher Lancaster C, UTLDavid Rivera PJeffrey Nistal 2B Philip Melo 1B, P Joey Diaz RF


miami highmiami

miami beachmiami beach

miami springsmiami

class-district: 8a-14 | Head coach:



Marlon Alonso PBennett Arocha C, IFChristian Baez P, OFDaniel Castillo IB, OFEduardo Galeano CXabier Gomez OFSteven Gonzale C, IFChristopher Herrera OF, PDayron Mallea OFGabriel Marin IFJorge Marrero PLuis Mendoza PFabian pena CAbraham Rivas OFDaniel Rodriguez P

Andres Suarez IFArnold Suarez PYohan Torres OFMario Vento IF

Daniel Angel OFOrlando Aponte PKelvin Brito OFMoises Cabrera IFOrestes Cruz IFJonah Dermer IF/OFNicolas Fernandez OFCharles Johnson IFJonathan Ripoll PLeoni Lamarra CJohn Matos OFChristopher Mills OFChristopher Molina IF/OFStrahiru Petaolic PJulian Quant OF

Yunior Rivero OFYovani Sosa IFDavid Weiss OFEmillio Weiss OFNico Zambrano IF

Angel Diaz LF Gabriel Gali SS Alberto Rivera CF D Salazar 1B Austin Voeller C Geraldo Reyes 3B Carlos Posada RF D Restrepo N/A J Mendez 2B M Krietner P K Fontan P


Martinez, Rolando Of Membribes, Ronald OfGuia, Joshua IfPerez, Daniel If Barreneche, Michael If Fernandez, Michael Of Abad, Christian P/OfDelgado, Erick If Carrasco, Sean P Jhones, Jonathan If Fernandez, Eduardo P Ruiz, Danniel C Reyes, Julian C Aguiar, Jonathan P Gomez, Kevin If

Perdomo, Javier P Riol, Robert If/Of Valdes, Carlos Of Jaramillo, Jorge P Garrastazu, Cory Of/P Sosa, Carlos 1B/C

hialeahgoleman

hialeahamerican

class-district: 8a-14 | Head coach: Jose Fernandez


Alexander Gonzalez CF Charles Vazquez C Kevin Peraza RF Michael Busquet N/A Justin Corey LF Roman Gonzalez 3B Edison Cabrera 2B Kendrick Gutierrez 1B Milton Ramos SS J. Rehonic P Angel Domenech P

Class 8a District 13predictionsT

he days for American breezing by to District Championships might justcome to an end with the addition of Hialeah in the newly aligned Class 8ADistrict 13. With Hialeah Gardens getting better and better with every

season they accumulate under their belt they will make noise in the nearfuture. Yet, before Hialeah Gardens gathers talent and confidence they andthe rest of the district will have to sit back and relax while Hialeah andAmerican battle the district out. Last season District Champions (6ADistrict 13 (American) and 14 (Hialeah)) met in the Regional Semi-Finalwere Hialeah snuck out with a 6-4 victory. Hialeah would advance to allthe way to the State Semi-Final

noticeable playersClass 8A district 13 Alian Silva, Hialeah:Class 8A district 13 C Tony Fernandez Hialeah GardensClass 8A district 13 Chucky Vasquez, AmericanClass 8A district 13 DH Henry Perez, Hialeah Class 8A district 13 Jeffery Izquierdo, HialeahClass 8A district 13 Lian Roque, Hialeah:Class 8A district 13 Nestor Cortes, Hialeah:Class 8A district 13 OF Cody Fulton, Hialeah



dr.kropmiami

hialeah highhialeah

hialeah gardenshialeah



class-district: 8a-14 | Head coach: Tino Burgos

Jordan Alcolea Carlos Debruzos Moises Flores Samori Garvin Dave Gil Ryan Heisler Jack Leech Carlos Murillo Jake Norman Georges Plummer Eiron Sanchez Ian santana Zachary Scheck Ronald Williams

Bahamonde, Jordany Bernal, Bryan Betancourt, Kevin Cajuso, Mauricio Carmona, RobertoCortes, Nestor Diaz, Jonathan Fulton, Cody Gutierrez, Adan Herrera, Alexis Izquierdo, Jeffry Lozada, Marcos Luaces, Edel Maldonado-fume, Gilberto Perez, Henry

Rey, Jorge Rodriguez, Michael Roque, Lian Silva, Alian

Peter Rodriguez UTIL Alejandro Piedra 1B, P Joseph Terazon INF Chris Suarez LHP Yordys Bautista RHP Jorge Alonso C, 3B David Llamazares OFNicanor Gonzalez UTIL Jorge Vivo 3B Brandon Morales 2B Gary Garcia SS David Martinez CF, P David Lara RF Jorge Delgado 3B

Gabriel Delarosa INF, P Chris Rodriguez RHP Tony Fernandez C


north miami beachnmb

westoncypress bay



Juan AbbottDaniel AguirreErnesto AlumSamson BleusCraig CampbellRalph CherenfantHenson ChristianEpthious FarrellAnthony GuerraSalmi IsmaelAlejandro MartinezCarlos PaniaguaLeroy ParkerAdryan PedrazaDaniel Perez

Johan RomainAlejandro SuarezMiguel Torres

Brandon Cable PCasey Chayet OfAndrew Paredes 3BDanny Perez Dh/3BAndrew Alvarez OfVictor Daza OfJacob Erlich 2BJose Garcia OfDaniel Gelman PWesley Lick 1BRafael Marin OfIssac Perez SsChristian Pena CJosh Serota 1BRobbie Steirn 2B

Jeremy Tache PJay Woo PRafael Amanau Cf/PDanny Cepeda Ss/PTommy Quintero 1B /P

Class 8a District 12predictionsW

ith two playoff teams from a year ago, 6A District 12 Champs (Flanagan) and 6A District 12 runner up (West Broward) enter the newly configured 8A district 12. A district which will be dominated by

Flanagan will have the likes of West Broward, Miramar and Everglades fighting for the runner up spot. The rivalry of West Broward and Flanagan will reunite in a new setting but it will be hard to erase Flanagan’s 12-2 victory over West Broward from the mind of the Bobcats in last season’s Regional Semi-Final. Flanagan would lose in the very next round in a nail bitter (6-7).

noticeable playersClass 8A district 12 3B Andres Sanchez, Flanagan Class 8A district 12 DH: Ricky Sanchez, FlanaganClass 8A district 12 Gio Ruiz,West Broward Class 8A district 12 Jose Mesa, FlanaganClass 8A district 12 P: Mike Emigh, Flanagan Class 8A district 12 UT: Michael Mordente, West Broward,


evergladesmiramar

flanaganpembroke pines

miramarbroward

class-district: 8a-12 | Head coach: Oddibe McDowell | 2011 record: 23-3

class-district: 8a-12 | Head coach: ray evans

class-district: 8a-12 | Head coach: mario rodriguez

Oscar Rodriguez OFAndres Sanchez INFBenito Santiago CIsmael Reyes RHPChristian Nelson OFMichael Emigh LHPRafael Betances INFAlan Munos INFAlex Sarmiento RHPAndres Visbal INFAndres Rios INFRick Sanchez CDaniel Oliveri OFDavid Sarmiento OFCasey Torres RHP

Adrian Garces OFRyan Dodge 1BGentry Fortuno RHPJose Mesa RHP

Quiten Laurent OFEdward Sanchez (C) SS, RHPElin Cancel 2B, RHPEdwardo Fully RF, RHPKyle Capers (C) P, OFSergy Smirnov 3B, RHPMichael Rodriguez 3B, RHPAlex Rodriguez INF, OFAdrian Alvarez P, OFMarty Silverberg C, OFMarcus Oval CFelix Salto (C) 2B, RHPNicholas Moreno OF, 2BGustavo Simeon (C) 1B, PCarlos Nin P, OF

Rudy Ferreir OFKevin Richards CChristopher Beech CF

Daniel Diaz CF, P Alan Ruiz SS, 2B Michael Aguilera UTIL Ronaldo Nuesi 2B, SS Bradley Garcia 3B Andres Riveros C Alexander Maclao P Antony Dos santos 3B, P Edwin Vargas OF, P Andrew Hernandez SS, P Raul Quesada P, 3B Brandon Del pozo C, P Kristopher Taveras OF Adam Murray P, 1B Elias Macias UTIL

Elijah Walker 2B Francisco Franco OF Omar Massiah P, OF Jeffrey Spardy P, 1B Gabriel Taveras P, C, OF Carlos Montero P, OF Lee Ratliff LF, P Jose Oliva OF Gabriel Sanchez CF Jancey Ayala 1B, P


Coral Park High (Miami) alumni Pedro Gomez began his career at the South Dade News leader (located in the

Homestead area) a gig that was presented to him by his journalism professor at the time Pete Thompson. On Fridays and Sundays he would write about the high school sporting events going on in the south Florida area. Although he did write for the publication his main job was actually answering phone calls. He finally got his chance to be a reporter with the Miami News Time in the late 80’s, but the Miami News would close down on December 31st 1988. He would receive an offer from a San Diego sports editor to cover High school sports in the San Diego area. From San Diego he would move to the bay area in California where he would get his big break as an Oakland A’s beat writer. After some time the Arizona Republic was in search of a National baseball writer due to the birth of the Arizona Diamondbacks. His reputation and professionalism would urge ESPN to contact Pedro in seek of his interest as a reporter for the “worldwide leader in sports”. He would go on to cover every MLB World Series and All-Star game from 1995 till present day.

Going back to his roots as a young writer in South Florida he remembers the super stars that would come out of South Florida in the late 70’s and early 80’s that would later flourish under bigger spot lights: “Jose Canseco (Coral Park), Danny Tartabull (Carol City), Rafael Pailmero (Jackson), Lenny Harris (Jackson) all came out of Miami at the same time. A few years later Alex Fernandez (Pace), Robert Mu-

noz (Hialeah- Miami Lakes), Orestes Destrade (Columbus) and Ricky Gutierrez (Ameri-can)…” just to name a few would come out of what he called, “an absolute gold mine for baseball talent”.

He credits the “gold mine” to the golden sun of Miami and its ever forgiving weather year round for the sport of baseball. “The climate lends itself to play 12 months a year, unlike northern cities were they don’t start playing till April because of snow and its aftermath”. A second factor to the citiy’s success is the Latin influences which in most circles “baseball is a way of life”. Although Pedro sees Major League talent on a daily basis he still awes at the ever changing game of High School baseball “As a collective group the sport of high school baseball and the talent that is coming out of the High School game overall in this country is, a better brand and continues to improve in both the High School and even the college ranks”. The two biggest markets for young baseball talent being South Florida and Southern California. “When looking at the numbers it gives Southern California the advantage but you have to keep in mind there is 20 million people living in the Southern California area as supposed to the South Florida area where there is 4 to 5 million. So, more talented players come out of Southern California simply because of its population. But, I would put an all-star team of South Florida’s best players against any state (including Southern California) and know that I would have a pretty good squad”.

Pedro points at media outlets such as La Ley Sports for the ever growing interest in these young athletes, “Its exposure, there are more avenues for exposure now then there ever was. If you are a college program and your recruiting budget isn’t what football’s is you are going to have to find different avenues like La Ley Sports that provide a tremendous amount of exposure that would normally just come from the local newspaper and that’s it. Mediums like la Ley Sports who have written publications, social networks and all the medium avenues available benefit these athletes like never before”.

Yet there are no amounts of exposure that can prepare you for the sacrifices that lie ahead when working in the world of sports whether you want to be a Major League ballplayer or Journalist like Pedro Gomez. At a young age most of these athletes who become Major Leaguers had to sacrifice a lot of their time, “Summer Vacation became summer ball, Late

Night Fridays were traded for early morning Saturday baseball and the same can be said for a young journalist trying to make a name for their selves. But if you know that this is what you want to do for the rest of your life, know that you will have to make a lot of sacrifices to get where you want to be and you always have to move to where ever your career is pushing you.” More importantly he acknowledges that “doing well in school is necessary for a young athlete. You can’t play if you don’t have the grades... ineligibility makes it impossible for a scout to even see you” and he never shy’s from the fact that “there is only 750 active major league players… chances of getting to play in the majors are next to nothing. It’s necessary to have a backup plan and your backup plan should involve education.”

Pedro Gomez was assigned to follow Barry Bonds for the better part of three seasons cul-minating in Bonds’ passing of Hank Aaron for the all-time home run record. He has covered historic events such as the Cincinnati Reds vic-tory over the defending World Series champion A’s in 1990, José Canseco’s trade to the Texas Rangers for Rubén Sierra in 1992, Rickey Hen-derson’s 1,000th stolen base and most recently Barry Larkin’s invitation into the hall of fame- where Pedro is an active voting member. Yet, the one event that stands out the most to this veteran was something that occurred in 2003, his very first year with ESPN. “I was covering Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS for ESPN and I along with every other news outlet was waiting for the final 6 outs of the NLCS. In the background I can see Wrigley Field employees setting up the Cubs clubhouse with champagne bottles and all the celebratory features (including the NLCS trophy in the Cubs name). But, of course everything unraveled and the Marlins just kept scoring in that eighth inning and in came storming all the Major League Baseball officials removing all of the celebratory features and then a frenzy of media and personnel rushing now to the Marlins dugout in literally seconds. It was pretty incredible, later the Marlins would go on to play in the World Series and I got the opportunity to cover the World Series in my hometown… (again) ”.

When asked who are the three best players to ever come out of South Florida he replied, “the best pure talent to ever come out of South Florida is Andre Dawson, Mike Lowell and Alex Fernandez” in no particular order . Gomez is married and has three children. He currently lives in Phoenix, AZ.

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Perez, Louzandro IRuiz, Giovanni OFMordente, Michael IFNewell, Stephen 1BZapata, Alex PBeltran, Xavier IF/OFHadley, Marc-anthony P/URivera, Aires OFThomas, Dylan OFYoung, Russell OFLopez, Christopher OFMendez, Mark PDraughon, Tyler PPardo, Daniel OFTrocine, Christopher C

Hardy, Matthew PGreen, Samuel CGray, Austin PSwavely, Cody C Mcginnity, Mark 3B/1BFeinman, Benjamin P

Anthony Bologna RHP, 3B Max Balter SS, RHP Matt Scott 2B Alex Marcusky RHP Luis Clemente 2B Johnathan Cole C Tyler Fichter CF, P Alex Balter C Mac Hessney 2B, SS Austin Read RHP Alexander Villanueva OF Domenico Coppolone 3B Tyler Van Nostrand LHP Tyler Handt OF Sean Horner OF, RHP

John Bockstege RHP Zach Brown RHP Cameron Hester RHP Lucas Carman RF Ryan Gabriel C, 3B David Carty DH, 1B Carlos Rodriguez 1B Enzo Clemente 1B Nick Flesner 1B



hanks to the off season realignments the Class 8A District 11willfeature three playoff teams from a year ago. South Plantation was the 6ADistrict 11 runner up, but they leave behind their former district nemeses

McCarthur. Last season’s 6A District 10 runner up Deerfield beach and2011’s 6A District 10 Champ Corals Springs will join the 8A district 11 aswell. Douglas and Coral Glades are sure to make noise in that District,but come playoff time I expect Coral Springs to clinch yet anotherdistrict championship due to the fact that they lost only one senior froma year ago. If it means anything, every single team in the newly realigneddistrict was sitting at home past the first round of the playoffs in 2011.

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class-district: 8a-11 | Head coach: Frank Bumbales

Brian Godoy OF, PBryan Keeler OFJosh Edelman 2BRiley Skizenski P, OFJacob Melton P, IFNick Diaz SS, 2BAlex Kline LHP, CFThomas Santarcangelo 2B, 3B, CNick Ferreiro IFKevin Druckman PFrank Rodriguez 1B, 3BJared Paurowski CZack Thompson 2B, SSZach Sands OF, PBen Brower 1B, P

Devin Crocker OFTyler Steiner C, P

Tre Dingus 2B, OF Jordan Gleicher C Justin Mixon OF Joey Silvani OF, P Dalton Wolchik SS, P Brandon Boyce OF Michael Montalvo 2B, 3B, P Jonny Ortiz P Austin Tollett C, INF Aaron Maller P, OF Dylan Ebel 3B, OF, 2B Austin Nelson LF, P Brett Schneider P Alan Sharkey 1B, OF Lewis Brinson CF

Vinny Cerullo OF, 1B Cole Bumbales P

noticeable playersClass 8A district 11 1B Alan Sharkey, Coral Springs Class 8A district 11 3B: Dylan Ebel, Coral SpringsClass 8A district 11 Brandon Burgess, South PlantationClass 8A district 11 C Jordan Gleicher, Taravella Class 8A district 11 John Valek, Douglas Class 8A district 11 Jonny Ortiz, Coral Springs Class 8A district 11 OF Lewis Brinson, Coral Springs Class 8A district 11 OF: Colton Bottomley, DouglasClass 8A district 11 P Aaron Maller, Coral Springs Class 8A district 11 Troy Massaro, Nova


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class-district: 8a-12 | Head coach: Todd Fitz-Gerald


Yohan Ovalle N/AChris Rodriguez C, SS, P, UTLErik Schlecker 3B, CCody Stable SS, OFColby Costanzo UTLChase Perry 2B, CMikey Morejon OF, P, 2B, SSJesse Crosno 3BJames Howell N/ACameron Brown OF, 2BJohn Maurowsky 3B, C, 1BZack Crosno RF, LHPAndre Williams OFJovanni Almo N/AKharlin Sued 1B, OF, P

Mitch Kean N/AAustin Newland RHP

Luis Matias OF, PKeenan Smith 2B, PRamon Minier CAndre Campbell SSEvan Wieder OFGeorge Edmunds CJohn Grassi PMitchell Carroll P, UTLWill Edmunds CKyle Miller P, UTLBrian Johnson 1BAaron Johnson 2B, PMike Whittingham PJoey Ursetti P, OFNick Miller P, 1B

Kurt Hardy DH, 3BAustin Soeder 3B, PMatthew Simons PJP Holgerson 3B, DH

Derek Fritz C, 3B John Valek Lhp Jacob Lennartz Lhp Chris Pannell (C) 3B Ryan Thomas Rhp Eric Colon Lhp Robbie Kravec (C ) Of Evan Leyva C, 1B Tony Gallo Of Greg Aspinwall C Brandon Dreichler Rhp, Of Colton Bottomley Of, Rhp Alec Dowell Of Tommy Lamers Of, C Michael Greenberg 1B

Andrew Rojas OfRyan Rudolph Ss, 2BJonathon Lipinski 1B, Rhp Luis Silverio Ss, 3B Kj Mayo 2B Matt Davis 2B, Of Stephen Solomon 3B Austin Kramer Rhp Brandon Smith Of


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Martin Castro LF, RFJosh Viveros LFTyler Price OFMatt Costa SS, 2BAdam Mustafa P, CJeremy Viveros 3B, 2B, SS, OFDaniel Vasquez CGus Cinquino PAdam Shorr CFPeter Almeida PDavid Ahringer 1B, CRobert Henle POniel Mejia 2B, SSAnthony Birchall RF, PJhulian Spaulding 1B, 3B, C

Mark Ramcharitar P, SS, 3BFelipe Garcia 3B, 1B

Julio BautistaLino BravoChad CoraceSteven D’eliseoJoseph DepaloGregory FeinbergMichael FitschenJohn KelleyBrian KrebsVincent LabombardaJoseph LibioMatthew MajewskiDevin MeyerJoseph NicolosiManny Pantaleon

Gavin RobinsonSteven VasquezChristopherVerardiJoseph VicinanzaAndrew Wallach


Class 7a District 16predictionsM

cArthur (6A District 11 champ) comes into the District with a lot ofupside brining in one of the two District Championships in this realigned Class 7A District 16. The other District Champ entering this

loaded Class is Nova (5A District 16 champ). St. Thomas Aquinas entered last season post season as the runner up in the then 5A District 16. Aquinas loses alot of seniors and will be the team looking up on both Nova and McArthur.McArthur is so young and good you can’t possibly go against them. They winthe 7A District 16 championship.

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class-district: 7a-16 | Head coach: Brian Clark

Chase Nixon RHPMichael Klement SS/RHP Josh Pipkin RHP/3BChriss Beaton CF Justin Fleming LFDanny Daubar UTLEvan Goodwin 1B/LPH Chris Couvillon C/LF Brian Cohen 1B/C Evan Santiago 3B Kevin Couvillon DH/OF Alex Jacobs 1B Matt Braddy LF Bobby Cargill P Chriss Guerra 2B/RHP

Jacob Frisaro RHP Jake Alpern RHP Eric Davis LFNick D’Andrea RHP Enrique Aleman CBrandon Cook RHPAustin Ryan RHP/RFBarry Jones LHP

Micheal Bosco OF, P, C Brandon SantiagoOF, C Jesus Patricio 2B Javier Aquilar 3B, 1B Daniel Santiago C Dylan Segula CF, LHP Micheal Velez 1B, RHP Jose Ortiz RHP Oliver Vallejo OF, UTIL, RHP Kevin Rosario SS K’Lani Martinez OF, SS Cesar Feliciano 3B, OF, RHP Georgie Alvarez OF, P Kevin Lopez RHP, 1B Carlos Santiago OF

Dario Polanco LHP Kody Swackhammer LHP, 1B Johan Suero P, OF

noticeable playersClass 7A district 16 1B: Evan Goodwin, Cooper City Class 7A district 16 2B: Chris Guerra, Cooper City Class 7A district 16 P: Jose Ortiz, McArthur


“I BELIEVE THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN SPORTS AND LIFE IN GENERAL, IS NOT FALLING BUT RISING AGAIN AFTER YOU FALL.” --KIKO.

When you meet Enrique “Kiko” SanMartin you would never believe he was involved in a catastrophic accident on the baseball field some months ago. To all those who know him “Kiko” has a positive attitude, a captivating smile and is as witty as can be. These characteristics have been key in his path to a full recovery. His love for the sport of baseball has pushed him to endure occupational Therapy four times a day at one point, during his recovery. His life has now returned, somewhat to normal. He’s back in school and is walking with just a cane in hand, “I’m happy to be back, in school,” said Martin. At home

San Martin tries not to use the cane as much, a task which doctors are astonished he’s been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time after the accident on that Saturday morning. Kiko was ready to play a double header that Saturday in Coral Reef. His Southwest junior varsity team was facing Coral Reef, when an almost routine play was anything but common. Kiko had ran past the third base bag and turned to get back to the bag, as the catcher was making the throw to the third baseman. When Kiko slid, he slid head first to avoid the tag. Unfortunately, he slid into the knee of the third baseman and broke his C5 vertebrae. . Enrique was airlifted from the field to Jackson Trauma Center, where the Doctors got right to work on his severe neck injury, “It was just a freak accident,” Kiko said. His parents, Eli and Enrique SanMartin are eternally grateful to Coach Andrew from Southwest, who made sure Kiko was not moved until Paramedics were at the scene. The Doctors credit the lack of movement after the accident to the possibility of Kiko’s recovery. “We are eternally grateful to coach Andrew, he was our guardian angel that day, ” said Eli. It has been a very intensive

rehabilitation for San Martin who was in the Hospital for over two months, with an occasional Day pass especially during the Holidays. The day pass allowed him to spend a couple of hours at home and brought back a little normality back into his life. His sister, Natalia Martin, was also very happy to have him home for the Holidays. Both his parents Eli and Ernesto have been by his side during this path whether at the hospital or at home. “ I know he wanted my husband and I there every minute. Honestly, I believe us being around has helped him with his recovery,” said Eli. Not only has his family rallied around Kiko for his recovery but his friends including his team mates at Southwest and his travel team the Lumber Kings. It hasn’t been easy but Kiko is very grateful to his entire support system, “ They all visited me in the hospital, one of my good friends even engraved my name in his baseball cap. I really appreciate all everyone has done,” he said. He made a special appearance during the Private vs. Public school baseball game held in his honor. On that day Kiko, was who was not even scheduled to attend surprised everyone by not only standing from his wheelchair and walking from the pitchers mound, but threw the

first pitch to the legendary Andrew Dawson, who showed his support along with Mike Lowell and other MLB players. The courage and tenacity displayed by the 16-year-old Enrique Kiko SanMartin is something to be admired. We are sure to keep an eye out because there is no stopping this young man until he’s back on that Diamond. “An old man once said, when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you will be successful. I want to play baseball again as I want to breathe, so I know I will play baseball again. With God by my side, I know I will rise again and I will play baseball.” - Kiko

written by melissa hernandez


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Bryan BarrowsConnor ChathamNicholas ChinVincent ColettiThomas CoreyAustin DavisRuben Diaz-LugoJoseph FiorentinoShayne FoxJose GarciaFrancis GrafCole HabigBenjamin HoffmannPatrick HubertJimmie HumphreyKenzy IsnadyMatthew JakovichLee KinzelJavier Lopez

Michael MajerNicolas MartinezTroy MassaroBrandon MccallaBenjamin MccawleyEric MeranteRyan MeranteKenneth MindalaTrenton MonaghanKyle PangalloDean PelmanEdwin Pichardo RobertsJessie PirtleLouis PuglieseRyne SaxnerHenry silvaAustin SimpsonJustin SimpsonBenjamin Torres

Gabriel ValverdeMarcos Villanuevacolon Matthew Zanis

Bartlett, BrandonBehr, LewisBoerner, NolanCid Ortiz, RalphCohick, MatthewCohick, MichaelCortello, ChristopherGarcia, MarkGigliotti, LouisGilliland, MakanaGonzalez, DarwinGranese, MichaelHayes, Casey

Martin Castro LF, RFJosh Viveros LFTyler Price OFMatt Costa SS, 2BAdam Mustafa P, CJeremy Viveros 3B, 2B, SS, OFDaniel Vasquez CGus Cinquino PAdam Shorr CFPeter Almeida PDavid Ahringer 1B, CRobert Henle POniel Mejia 2B, SSAnthony Birchall RF, PJhulian Spaulding 1B, 3B, C

Mark Ramcharitar P, SS, 3BFelipe Garcia 3B, 1B


ft.lauderdalest.thomas aquinasclass-district: 7a-16 | Head coach: Robert Lawson

Peter Nicoletto OF Austin Lewis RHP Dante Gentile OF Edward Salomon LHP, 1B, OF Ben Siegel INF Brock Disney OF Enrique Finol INF Byron Pitts-Howard RHP Patrick Brundage OF Mike High NF Frank Richardson INF Richie Naylor INF, RHP Jon High OF Joey Couture LHP Frank Rubio RHP

William Arpin INF, RHP Evan Morales C John McNamara C Alec Byrd LHP, 1B Chris Schloss INF Connor Barton OF Tyler Robinson RHP Jimmy Wright LHP, 1B, OF Alec Spano INF Ryan Pena RHP


his is the only realignment south of Palm Beach County that has not asingle member who played in the post season in 2011. Picking the best inthis district is tough. I would have to give the District Championship to

Monarch. Monarch at least was somewhat competitive in most of their lossesa season ago. All other members of the district had so many double digitlosses it gives a person no other choice but to pick Monarch. Monarch willwin this District and it will be a battle of the best against otherdistrict members for the runner up spot.

lauderdale lakesboyd andersonclass-district: 7a-15

Atwell, TrevonBarnes, AquaniBrooks, BobCelestin, StephanClemmons, NelsonJoseph, JamesMcdermott, JordanSampson, Brennen


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Bosworth, Brennan Brannen, TroyBuckley, JamesCallan, CodyEvans, MatthewFinley, KennethFonseca, TylerGeorge, BrianGuzman, LuisJakubek, RobertMila, JoshuaMorales, AnthonyPierson, AndrewPoliandro, GiustinoRitornato, Nicholas

Rohloff, AndrewSposa, NicholasUber, Hayden Walker, JarrodWebb, DavidWine, ThomasAlonzo, Nicholas

Eduardo Uriarte Angel Lara Kevin Carter Ralph Morel Vishesh Swaroop Austin Ligons Corey Korenic Mike Grosfield DJ Kelly Daniel Swanson Andrew Gross Anthony Horvat Nehymiah Neuman Carlos Perez Vincent Duarte



Class 6a District 16predictionsB

elen Jesuit comes in with an abundance of quality wins from a year ago.The fact that they run away from a district shared by Key West has them asa clear cut favorite to win the 6A District 16. In fact what is most

enticing about this District is the runner up position, Mater Academycomes in with the best player in South Florida in Albert Almora but this year they have sorrounded him with great teamates in the offseason. But, wouldthat be enough to surpass Homestead High or even an HML. HML simply putlast season beat the bad teams and loss to the good ones, that just mightbe enough to put them in third place of this district. Don’t forget aboutWestland Hialeah, although they are a relatively new school we all know theCity of Hialeah needs no time line before it begins to develop baseballsupremacy, they should be no exception. Matter Academy should be a lock for the runner up position.

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Acosta, Joseph Alvarez, Roberto Artigues, Eric De Goti, Alexander Delgado, Jr., Gilberto Diaz-fernandez, DavidFabra, William Fernandez, Nikolas Fernandez-rocha, Lucas Fontela, Christopher Guevara, Daniel Hernandez, Nicholas Iglesia, Michael Lavandero, Alejandro Lorenzo, Alexander

Manrique, Bernardo Martinez, Javier Monsalve, EliasMorgado, Robert Naya, AlbertoParets, Daniel Rigueiro, Francisco Rodriguez, Joey Sanchez, Andres Solis, Christian Suarez, Nicholas Villa, David

Osmany Oliva SS Richard Abreu 1B Luis Calderon LF Enrique Cardenas C Fernando Molina CF Sebastin Caballero RF Ryan Perez 2B Brandon Morffy P Jose Mora 3B Manuel Uribe P Kevin Jimenez N/A

Class 6A Distrcict 16 OF: Joey Rodriguez, Belen Class 6A district 16 OF Willie Abreu, Matter Academy Class 6A Distrcict 16 Alex Lavandero, Belen Class 6A district 16 OF Albert Almora, Matter AcademyClass 6A Distrcict 16 iF: Alex de goti, Belen

noticeable players


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Leroy Argandona Nathan BechelmayrGrayson Beehler David Browning Andres Cedeno Adan Cordova Terrance Desire Dionisio DiazJuan Diaz Shakeem Foy Wayne Gallo Christopher Goorbarry Robert Gramley Javier Ramos Kahlil Render

Miguel R Roque Gabriel Saldana Izaiah Salters Ryan Wilcox Emmanuel Zarzabal Jovanny Zarzabal

Alvarez, MizaelBlanco, YandyBorrego, JuanCarmona, CarlosCastellon, JeinerCorrales, LuisFlores, DanielFrias, JonathanFumero, JulioGarcia, CalixtoGonzalez, EricGonzalez, George Gonzalez, JavierGuerra, HerlenHernandez, Adrian

Ledesma, CarlosMorejon, FrankMunoz, ChristianOliva, JadthielPaz, John

Kevin AbrahamWillie AbreuAlbertico AlmoraAndrew CabezasAmado ChirinosGio ColonLeo DominguezWillie DurruthyJC EscarraAramis GarciaFrankie GonzalezErnesto HechevarriaOsmel JimenezJoe LuchongMike Mediavilla

Josh MendezRey OrdonezAngel OrtizLuis PantojaDanny ReyesJose RiveraJustin Rueda


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T Thomas P Sensei Harvis P/1B Felix DelaCruz P/1B Guirlin Phillipe SS James McKinney LF J Franklins C E Evan N/A C Simpkins 2B Brandon St Macary 3B D Smith RF

James Jones Francisco RodriguezJamare’ Thomas James Johnson Terrel Barnes De’Vante Brazzel Ronald Abner Dominick Gatlin Aaron Bellamy Erling Bellorin Nigel Bradshaw Oscar Perez Jamal Sampson Patrick Green Quinton Bynoe

Adams, Twan Chavarria, Juan Fiallos, Jeancarlos Gissendaner, BrianGlover, Herbert Holmes, EricJones, RandyLindsey, DrexelOtero, RobertoRosario, JanielSilva, FerminThomas, Gregory


meetalbert almora

Albert Almora, star center fielder for his High school Matter academy, began playing baseball as soon as he was able to hold up a bat. “Since I was little I had baseball in my veins,” said Albert. His father, Arturo Almora, played baseball and has been a driv-ing force in Albert’s baseball success. Albert was born with amazing talent, a talent that has been cultivated throughout the years. This 17 year old 6’2, 175 pound, was born to play one sport and one sport well… Baseball. When you see Almora on the field, it’s inevitable to overlook his talent. With Almoras powerhouse swing and amazing speed, it’s no wonder why other players second- guess themselves when facing him. His cat like reflexes, in center field, has earned him the respect of many coaches and players. “My favorite thing is being in the outfield, catching a fly ball and knowing the coach is going to hold the runner. I know he won’t let him run on me, that is a sign of respect and I’ve worked a lot for it, so I’m Happy about that. “ In this 2011-2012 season Albert already has a batting an average of .476. This year couldn’t have started off any better for Al-bert, with over 24 colleges visiting him for potential baseball scholar-ships, he decided to sign with the prestigious University of Miami, making one of his childhood dreams a reality. “He always wanted to play for the University of Miami, and honestly we are very lucky to have him stay close where we can still be his number one fans going to

all his games, “ said his mother, and number 1 fan, Ana Almora.

Almora is currently ranked and being ranked top 10 in the nation among high school seniors by baseball America, he was off to an excellent senior year start. This year he was invited to participate as part of the USA team during the Pan American games in Colum-bia where he led Team USA 18-under squad to a gold medal at the Pan American Championships, this past November in Colombia November. Almora returned home with a gold medal and the MVP trophy as well as the USA player of the

year. But triumph soon turned into tragedy for Albert


Almora. When Albert returned home from his trip to Columbia, his grandmother Tomasa Sosa, 88, had passed away a day after he left to Columbia, and grandfather Juan Sosa, 94, died the day before Albert returned home. “I got home and went to say hi to them, realized the bed wasn’t made and asked for my grandmother and my grandfa-ther, since they live with us. That’s when I found out they had both passed away. It’s been real hard, but I know they are with me.” This has been a difficult obstacle to surpass, but Albert works hard every day to make sure they are smiling down on all his achievements.

THESE PLAYERS HAVE FACED THE WORLDARE YOU READY TO FACE THEM?


meetDavid thompson

David Thompson began his baseball career at the age of 5 at Perrine Khoury League, where he admittedly ran all the way to the right-field wall when his first base coach instructed him

to keep running on a potential extra-base hit. It’s safe to say that over the years he has found his way around the base paths, just last season Thompson broke Prince Fielder’s Florida

all-time homerun record. The miraculous part is that he broke the all-time homerun record with his senior year still pending. Although his personal achievements are jaw dropping it

doesn’t compare to his most memorable moments, “To me the best achievement is when it’s with a team. Those two state championships we won my freshman and

sophomore year were the best feelings in the world”, said Thompson.

One of the first coaches that Thompson has played for was current Atlanta Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez, “at a young age he had an impressive bat

speed”. Once his father Ed Thompson heard those words from Gonzalez he knew there was something special brewing in the Thompson

household. “David was always a fierce competitor”, recalls David’s mother Jen Thompson. “When David was younger he was always hard on himself, in fact after a bad game we found him practicing on his swing in the backyard at about 2 AM… David always strived to be better”.

In the 2012 season David plans to move back to third-base where he feels most comfortable and plans to better his defense, as far as his offense goes it will be hard to better his performance from a year ago. In 99 at-bats he got 52 hits bringing in 50 runs and cleared the fences 18 times (one shy of his career high). Many scouts have compared his abilities to Westminster Alumni and current Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez, but the impressive comparisons also span into the sport of football were his football abilities have been compared to those of two- time national champion quarterback Tim Tebow, a player which Thompson looks up to “not only because of his athleticism but his faith”.

David who is a three sport athlete (baseball, football and basketball) at Westminster has noticeable to the University of Miami and plans to play both football and baseball for the Hurricanes. In fact, Hurricanes Head football coach Al Golden made Thompson his first priority upon taking the job at Miami by making the Thompson residence his first official home visit. As far as David foregoing June’s MLB Draft is concerned mum is the word, “I plan to study Business at Miami and play both baseball and football” says Thompson. For more on Albert Almora and David Thompson check out www.laleysports.com

written by Luis Perez

THESE PLAYERS HAVE FACED THE WORLDARE YOU READY TO FACE THEM?




he core of this district is a condensed form of last season 4A District15 with the only addition being Hollywood Hills. Hollywood Hills had atough season, in two meetings with eventual District champ McArthur

they were outscored 36-5, perhaps they accumulate a few more victories in 2012but not enough to be at the top of the standings. The two teams who madethe playoffs in the then 4A placement reunite in 2012, Archbishop McCarthy(District Champ) and Fort Lauderdale (runner up). With an exception ofPines Charter turning in more quality wins in 2012, McCarthy’s return intothe playoffs should be inevitable. I can very easily see Ft. Lauderdaletaking advantage of McCarthy’s massive loss in the seniors department.McCarthy’s state championship defense might not land them back into thepromise land, but out of respect and trust in the coaching staff theyshould repeat as District Champions.

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mccarthysouth west ranchesclass-district: 6a-15 | Head coach:


Anthony Devlin RFAustin Hill 2BFrank Wells 3BDeandre Diaz CTommy Grant SSLogan Pierce CFDanny Pena 1BJoe D’Angeli DHChris Fernandez LFCorey Hill P

noticeable players

Nicholas AriasNick BastoRyan CastellanosAdam DuarteBernie GarcesBrian GonzalezMike HernandezAndre MartinezJason MorozowskiAndres NunezJonathan QuintnaBrandon RobertsEddie SlivaRyan SinzenichJason Stettner

David ThompsonNick TraviesoRichard TrotterChris MangosTimothy Martinez

Class 6A District 15 1B: Nick Travieso, Archbishop McCarthy Class 6A District 15 Brad Smith, Fort Lauderdale Class 6A District 15 Brandon Roberts, Archbishop McCarthy Class 6A District 15 P Andre Martinez, A. McCarthy Class 6A District 15 SS: Kevin Daly, Pembroke Pines Charter Class 6A District 15 UT: Nick Basto, Archbishop McCarthy


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Bryant, AlecFerguson, AlexanderFreeman, MatthewGibson, Matthew Honner, AlexanderKay, HunterRodriguez, BrandonRomash, RyanSmith, BradleySweetapple, Matthew

David Monge-Rodriguez 2B/OFMatthew Coolidge PJorge Marrero 3B/PCarlos Lopez Jr. P/1BDanny Kalter PKevin Daly SSJake Jacobs OF/2BCodyFuchs PJesse Gonzalez OFMichael Gonzalez PAlejandro Kan PNicholas Eyrich C/1BEduardo Espinosa C/OFConnor Lowther PKevin Ellenbogen OF

Raul Girardi PTravis Jayne PDanny Melgarejo PAlex Metallides 2B/3B Antonio Sierraalta C Christian Acosta P Patrick Mitchell PErik Sanchez PHector Rivero OF

Brown, Otis Castellon, Logan Castellon, Stephen Cher-aime, Jude Felix, Kelly Hamilton, Colin Johnson, Jon Nelzy, Christopher Reynolds, Terrance Santiago, Wilfred Schifkovitz, Robert Schopp, Joseph


Class 5a District 16predictionsA

merican Heritage turned over the most successful campaign out of itsdistrict peers in 2011 capturing the 3A District 14 championship, yet theylose a lot of arms from a year ago. The handicap of young pitchers

shouldn’t keep American Heritage from the playoffs but they just mighthave to make room for a new District champion in Pompano Beach. PompanoBeach settled to see North Broward Prep take the runner up position butthey won’t have to compete with NBP this season thanks to the off seasonrealignment. Look to Pompano beach to take advantage and steal theDistrict 16 Championship.

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american heritageplantationclass-district: 5a-16 | Head coach: Bruce Aven


Alex Seibold (C) RHPBrandon Vicens OFEsteban Puerta OFAndrew Roth OFDavid Villar 1B, 3BBrandon Zacco 1B, OFDanny Zardon 3BTyler Warner OFKevin Williams OFDallas Perez OFEdgar Badaraco CZack Collins C, 1BShaun Anderson RHPGabby Aurrecoechea OFBrandon Diaz LHP

Dominic Mancini RHPJose Natera INFBrandon Diaz 2B, OFBrandon Lopez (C) RHP

Buncum, Braylin Collins, Jason Daise, Zachary Ellis, Robert Griswell, Jerome Lowe, John Nelson, Lance Westbrook, Cleveland

noticeable playersClass 5A District 16 2B: Brandon Diaz, American Heritage Class 5A District 16 Alex Seibold, American Heritage Class 5A district 16 C: Zack Collins, American HeritageClass 5A District 16 OF: Esteban Puerta, American Heritage Class 5A District 16 SS: Brandon Lopez, American Heritage


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Micheal ClarkeRoberto CruzMike EspinalLeodanis FloresArthur FrazierDavid GomezValentino MastrodomenicoJulian McfarlaneAdonis MonegroAnthony MoronJorge RubioManuel Ruiz

Adkins, MichaelAdkins, RobertBanecker, ThomasBenzenhafer, AllenBlem, DevinCorrado, DavidDolan, BrianFengler, Matthew Fengler, ThomasFenstermaker, DavidFleming, JordanGardner, Garrett Harrell, Kenneth Holliday, Keenan Jones, Jarren

Keller, BryceKniskern, PhilipKorenic, DanielLunde, KelseyMarcantonio, AlecMartinez, JohnMcdermott, Matthew Nowik, JasonPerez, AndrewPerez, Christian Reidy, EricRichman, RyanRodriguez, JosephRudnick, Michael Stept, Hunter

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n a District realignment made for a Hollywood script, three out of thefour members made the playoffs last season and two were districtchampions. Key West won the 4A District 16 championship a year ago and

would look to compete against a tough Gulliver Prep squad who won theirdistrict of a year ago. St. Brendan (3A District 16 runner up) may be onthe outside looking in this time around as they will have more than onetail to chase this season. Key West and Gulliver are both so talented andwould make anybody a happy spectator, but Gulliver is just that muchbetter and should win the 4A District 16.

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gulliverpinecrestclass-district: 4a-16 | Head coach:


Alvarez, EricBenedict, GeorgeCalero, Cameron Carrera, Jose Ceballos, Miguel Cubas, Dayan DelRio, RudolfoDiaz-Gomez, ConleyDowns, Jerry Edwards, sly Galvan, Brian Gonzalez, GabrielHernandez, AndresKnez, HenryLa Villa, Jonathan

Martinez, AndyQuinn, BryanRivero-Fernandez, DanielRuiz, AndresSirven, DanielSuarez, Nicholas

noticeable playersClass 4a district 16 1B: Chris Santiesteban, Gulliver Class 4a district 16 2B: Jose Carreras,St. Brendan Class 4a district 16 3B: Eric Neitzel, GulliverClass 4a district 16 C Chris Chinea, Gulliver Class 4A District 16 C: Dayan Cubas, St. BrendanClass 4a district 16 INF Adrian Marin, Gulliver Class 4a district 16 P Ivan Peleaz, GulliverClass 4A District 16 UT:Conley Diaz, St. Brendan


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class-district: 4a-16 | Head coach: patrick meyers

Abreu, Michael Cerkleski, Austin Chelekis, Matthew Freeman, Andrew Galo, Gustavo Garcia, Christopher Garcia, Reinardo Hughes, Zachary Miller, Darren Pita, Garrett Ruffennach, Thomas Valdes, Hugo Varela, Christopher Varela, Joseph Wells, Steven

Jonathan Mitgans 2B, 3B, CGrahm Miller P, OfBrandon Joyce C, Rhp, 3BDanny Wollangk P, Of, UtilJosh Sands 1B, RhpDavid Munoz OfJordan Izeguirre Rhp, OfKalen C 3B, P, OfJuan C Cf, P, CDavid Bogue C, 1BTyler Hudson Ss, 3B, OfNate G OfErick Enriquez Ss, 2B, P


Class 4a District 15predictionsL

a Salle steps into this district as the team with the richest baseballhistory out of all of their new district nemeses. La Salle finally stepsout of the shadow of Pace and can make themselves a district power house.

Yet, it couldn’t happen in a worst year. They lose a handful of playersand dominating pitching from a year ago. This would be Head Coach OscarBenitez’s toughest task yet as the front man for La Salle. Many believeTERRA and Ransom Everglades aren’t ready for the playoff spot light justyet. But, don’t be shocked if TERRA wins games this season they are notsupposed to. That leads me to Doral Academy, one of the most interestingteams in all of South Florida. Doral had a strong campaign in 2011 andthey are a team still looking for their identity. This district will comedown to coaching. La Salle wins the district.

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lasallemiamiclass-district: 4a-15 | Head coach: oscar benitez


Richie DelgadoAllan ValienteMark HernandezAnthony CerrudDanny SalomonDanny RodriguezChristopher MartinezGerry Acosta Javy GarciaRyan GronlierAnthony GonzalezNick RodriguezAlex EraGaby SosaRobert Nunez

Jose VazquezAndy NavarreteEnrique MonteroJohn LageyreKevin Alloroa

Yordan Piedra OFJordan Vazquez N/AElier Rodriguez N/AJulio Diaz OFEric Valdes 2B-OFNick Canino SS-PBrent Thomas P-OF-1BMike Cabezas IF-C-OF-PRodrigo Sarmiento N/AJonathan Cata C-IFMike Matheis 1B-PFrancis Mijares N/AMike Avila 1BSteven Fajardo N/AJustin Blair IF-P


Tradition, a word synonymous with Baseball, but what happens when a new school emerges, and a group of very young talented players have to prove they are up to par with teams that have been around for over 15 years?

“We are starting a new tradition. Those teams will have competition against us, I know we are a First year Varsity team, and we will face great teams, but we can fight against them.” Ruben Pino, Sophomore Varsity catcher.

The school, Terra Environmental Research Institute opened its doors fall of 2009. This school is unlike any other. Known as the “Green School,” Terra, a magnet program, offers High school kids a curriculum in areas such as; Engineering and Robotics, Environmental and Field

Studies and Biomedical Research.

“ I came to this school because of the academics. It’s a great opportunity to play baseball and prove how good we are while getting an incredible education,” said one of the baseball team captains, Matthew Maquew. This school not offers amazing opportunities but teaches its students discipline and respect two key words the player reiterate on the baseball diamond. The excellence taught at Terra is a quality the coaching staff is very proud of.

Since the school is new and the baseball program is only three years old, they called in a very well known coach, a man who had played baseball his entire life, which includes playing with the Chicago White Sox. His name is Hernan Adames. Adames has been coaching some of these kids since they were freshman and is elated with the progress they’ve made although they are a very young team.

They call Indian Hammocks Park, in Kendall their “Field of Dreams,” according to Coach Hernan. This is where the young team spends most of their afternoon every day, after a rigorous academic school day. Before every practice, Adames talks to his team and shares advice and motivation to get through the grueling three-hour fundamental practice, “We are hitting the fundamentals of the game. A lot of people have great arms, but they don’t know how to throw the ball properly. Some have great hands, but they don’t set their feet correctly. Being a new school, we only have eight juniors in this varsity squad, therefore we

are paying incredible attention to details, it’s all about fundamentals,” said coach Hernan. Adames knowledge and love for the sport of baseball is clearly visible on the field as he takes his time with each of his players individually. “This team is not about wins or loses, it’s about bringing quality young men into our society,” reiterated Adames.

This team makes sure to not only worry about themselves as individual players, but also help each other and also “pump” each other up. After speaking to the players from Terra, there was one common phrase all players said, “We are not just a team we are a family.” Achieving this task doesn’t come easy, but coach Hernan has made instilling these values a priority and believes this will help them throughout the season.

Junior captain and third baseman Jason Vila said, “This is our year to show everyone we are not just a new school, we know how to hustle and work hard.”

This team, although young, are dedicated to their baseball team, a sport they love. The school may have a lot to prove but this team showed us what they were all about during Decembers La Ley Sports Holiday Bash. They played against incredible teams and they fought and fought hard, making it to the Semi-final game.

It is inevitable to see the hard work, time and effort this team, the Terra Wolverines, has put into having, their own NEW baseball tradition.



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class-district: 4a-15 | Hernan adamas

Joel Abad 3BJenson Brun OUTCarlos Fernandez OUTJulian Gonzalez OUTJose Indriago PJason Labrador P/OFKevin Leto OUTJonathan Lopez PMatthew McCue 1BAngel Mestre 2BReuben Pino C/1BTyler Pritchard P/1BJavier Rabago PBrendan Richardson 1BAlex Saavedra C/3B

Yasser Santana INFAndres Valbuena INFAlexis Valladares P/1BJason Vila P/3BChris Widler INF

Royevan Armas Atilio “tito” Atencio Caleb Bush Nick Cote Alex Friedman Josh Greenspan Jimmy Gutierrez Matthew Heisenbottle David Lanster Michael Oppenheim Garrett Rubin Chris Rossi Gavin Sitkoff Ryan Morejo



his realignment makes Pace by far the biggest winners in the 2011’soffseason realignments. First and foremost it’s a 3 team district and twoget into the play offs, you have to like Msgr. Pace’s chances year in and year

out against district members Archbishop Carroll and Miami Jackson. Ifthis realignment stays put for a long period of time Msgr. Pace fans get readyto hold a district championship party for decades. The runner up will beArchbishop Carroll.

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Archbishop carrollmiamiclass-district: 4a-14


Oscar Gordillo 2B Sandro Gordillo RHPBrian Enriquez RHPBrandon Mubarak LFMike Orta RHPMatt Diaz Alex Lugo 2B Mike Lobello CDanny Acevedo 1BDean Garabedean SSTravis Luke 3BDennis Rivadeneira CFElia Bure RFMiguel Lorenzo RPHRichard Noa LPH

William Roger UTLAlex Beltran RPHNick Rivero C

David Delgado OFBryan Bermudez INFDaniel Delgado OFSteven Alvarez CVictor Crespo CAlex Lorenzo INFManuel Pazos INF/CAndrew McCoy OFJonathan Lorenzo INFAnthony De La Cruz CAustin Miro 1B/OF/LHPAndy Navarro LHPDavid Palenzuela INFRaphael Vazquez RHPAlex Mateo RHP

Aaron Soto LHPJohn Vicente OFTony Davila INFJesus Quevedo OFLuis Deville RHP/3BJonathan Hernandez LHP/OFAlex Perez OF/RHPAnthony Alvarez RHPNicholas Bradham LHPBrandon Gomez OF/INF

noticeable playersClass 4A District 14 1B: David Palenzuela, Pace Class 4a district 14 Aaron Soto, Pace


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Leonel SosoThadius SheftallChris EspinosaDariel Santana Aramis Montenegro Joe Gonzalez Josue Otero Freddie Rijo-Russell Gabriel Gonzalez Julio Martinez Juan Nunez Edgardo Pabon Johnny RodriguezLuis HidalgoPedro Padron

Johnathan VelezJoel Otero Juan Reyes Jose PadronDayan PattersonJuan Patricio

Charlie Gomez Sebastian Diaz Jawuan Harris Brendan McKendry Ian Smith Shane Wise Diego Perez Jon Jon Cormier Andrew Denis Daniel Epstein Andrew Razack Isaac Zinguer Michael White Laurenz Reyes


his is going to be one of the toughest Districts in Broward County. Thedifference between first and last place in the 4A district should be nomore than 8 games. With that said, out of all of its new members only one

got into the playoffs and that was #A District 14 runner up North BrowardPrep. Naturally one would be leaning towards recent success for a futuredivision champ but the fact that NBP lost nearly half of their team to the2011 senior class will make anybody second guess them. Chaminade showedsigns of life last year with key performances in the beginning of theseason but faded out of a playoff picture just as quickly. The districttwo playoff bids will come down to NBP’s ability to gel the youngstersfilling in the big shoes left behind and the play of University, PineCrest and Coral Springs Charter.

noticeable playersClass 4A District 13 2B: Kevin Fagan, North Broward PrepClass 4A District 13 Colton Rogers,Coral Springs Charter Class 4A District 13 Mike White, UniversityClass 4A District 13 OF Christian Khawly, CS Charter Class 4A District 13 Thomas Woodrey, Cardinal Gibbons



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somerset academypembroke pinesclass-district: 4a-13


Brandon Acevedo Kida De La Cruz Jesus Espana Casey Garcia David Guadalupe John Ham Etienne Latour Chris Medina Brandon Melendez Luis Mercado Matthew Mogilevsky Franklin Paulino Daniel Polanco Yoni Rodriguez Israel Santana

Michael Sotero Tommy Spitzner Trevor Takacs Mike Van Degna

Will Simpson RHP Kevin Fagan INF, RHPMichael Brenner OFDavid Weisman C, 1BChad Fleischman 3B, OF, RHPKyle Parks INFMack Nathanson C, INFJake Emery OF, RHPAnthony Valeo INFDonny Peterson OF, RHPAj Fidalic LHP, OF Chris Husocki OFCasey Kopec LHP, OFHernando Sierra C, UTIL, RHPKevin Thomas INF, RHP

Mike Surdis 3B, RHPDrew Rangel 1B, RHP

pine crestft. lauderdaleclass-district: 4a-13

Adam Saks SS/2B/PElliot Saks 2BMichael Pozzuoli CShea Parikh P/2B/OFChandler Cissel P/1B/OFSteven Goldberg P/OFZack Kone SS/PBen Fiedler CMatt Rothenberg 3B/2B/PScott Halperin 3B/DHEric Collazo OFRichard Meli SS/2B/PAlex Perez P/C/OFKyle Fitzsimmons P/OFMiguel Cabrera P/1B

Sam Kava P/OFDan Fine PChris Koppenhaver P/OF


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Borrelli, Joseph Budden, Christopher Chusid, Ryan Davis, Chase Fierman, Matthew Grecco, Nicholas Guzman, Newil Haynes, Nicholas Kane, Trevor Kerr, Stephen Kessinger, Brent Khawly, Christian Khawly, Habby Laboy-rivera, Brandon Marek, Matthew

Mcchrystal, Joseph Mckenna, Michael Rogers, Colton Scahill, Nicholas Solano, Jorge Woodburn, Cody

Ryan Allison OFMaurice Blanco OFBrandon Burgess P/1BChris Comellas OFRashad Flerismond PChris Flores P/1BChris Garcia OF/2BEddie Guardarrama C/1BLuis Guillorme SSDustin Hanley PDalton McCabe PMitchell Moormann 2BKevin Nader 3BKeith Oren CJulian Pino 1B

Ronnie Socast C/1BDanny Vitello CFBrett Webster OF

Ryan Bowman OFTyler Norris SSConnor Durkin UTLDrew Hanke CNick Frank CJohn Leachman OF/PDalton Jugovic UTLShane Sibley P/IFAnthony Cerquozzi IFMark Nowatnick P/OFDavid Pedraza OFJoe Chevy 3B/CGrant Trower 1B/PRichard Lang CMichael Anderson P/1B

Wyatt Hogan PThomas Woodrey P/1BMichael Hanke P/3B


Class 3a District 16predictionsW

estminster Christian comes into this season with high hopes. A win away from the State Championship game would leave anyone with a sour taste in their mouths. Westminster with key off season

acquisitions should have just enough talent to surpass what was already a great season from a year ago. Let’s not forget who they share the district with now that’s the very same Florida Christian team they eliminated in last year’s second round of the playoffs look for them to attempt to rain on Westminster’s parade.Marathon will play a huge factor in the district outcome as they are sureto pull off some huge upsets in this district.

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westminstermiamiclass-district: 3a-16 | Head coach: emil castellanos


Nathan Shaw 3B/PJason Velazquez PBryan Prieto CF/2BLuis Diaz LF/2BAngel Gonzalez RFKervin Arias RFErick Lopez LF/PGabriel Cortes 1B/PEdward Alonso CF/3BJ.D. Ortiz SSLuis Falconi RF/CJose Hurtado CTomas Mangual 2BAriel Alzar CF/1BPaul Menedez RF

Dennis Benitez RF/PMaykol Bonjoch RFEduardo Alemany RF

Dakota Robbins C/1BDaniel Sanchez C/1BAnthony Gonzalez InfOzzie Van Der Dijs InfDavid Thompson Inf/OfJohn Ruiz Inf/PJulian Infante Inf/PGabe Sanchez OfJared Walsh OfLuis Touron OfLuis Miller OfMarc Sanchez PZack Tyre PBrendan Auerbacher PFarid Silwany P

Eric Torrente PWilliam Pozo P

Class 3A District 16 2B Anthony Gonzalez, WestminsterClass 3A District 16 2B: Johnny Ruiz, Westminster Class 3A District 16 Daniel Sanchez, Westminster ChristianClass 3A District 16 P: Andrew George, Florida Christian Class 3A District 16 C: Roger Gonzalez, Florida Christian Class 3A District 16 P: Chris Pelaez, Florida ChristianClass 3A District 16 Ss: Edgar Michaelangeli, Florida Christian

noticeable players


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Julian Adrien-StarkBrett Benson Samuel Berk Jokari Birdsong Nicholas Font Keith Macaulay Blake Miller Dustin Philipp Ignacio Pigna Ben Roberts Matthew Roberts Blake Rubin Giovon Soto Justin Ziegelasch-Gandia Evan Steinmann

Chris Miller Ian

Jesse DeLuca P/IF Sean Roussin OF/P/C Carlos O’Farrill IF Kevin McKeon OF Ian Almodovar OF P J Palmer C/P Ariel Rodriguez IF Yoniel Esquirol SS/P Taylor Davis OF Joey Gonzalez IF/P Patrick Ryan P/IF Connor Boyd C Kyle Pierce P/IF Drew Thornbrugh IF/P Jake Logan DH/IF

Raymond Crespo IF


Class 3a District 15predictionsB

oth Dade Christian and Mater Lakes run away from former district foes(Florida Christian, Westminster Christian) from a season ago. Ironicallyboth teams were eliminated by Westminster in consecutive rounds. As

much as I can’t guarantee either team won’t run into Westminster again in the2012 playoffs I can guarantee both teams will find themselves in the postseason again in 2012. Mater lakes will win the district.

dade christianmiami

archbishop curleymiamiclass-district: 3a-15 | Head coach:


Joshua Smith UTIL, PLuis Diaz 2BDavid Quintero (C) 3BAnthony Diaz CBrian Gonzalez SSGiordano Corrales UTIL, PMiguel Gonzalez 1B, DHJason Gutierrez P, OFJJose Gorordo CF, PFrank De Izaguirre OF, DHAnthony Suarez P, RHPChris Losada P, CDavid Salgueiro UTIL, PRichard Barbella P, RHP

noticeable playersClass 3a district 15 Matter Lakes: Andrew De La Torre


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Carlos Rodriguez PGeorge Gonzalez OFJose Linares OFAnthony Rondon 3B/SS/PKendrick Maqueira P/1BDaniel Morales SS/OFAlesssandro Lima OF/1BJustin Gil 1B/C/OFCarlos Lopez 1B/P/OFJordan Cox OFCesar Temes 2B/PAndrew De La Torre PPeter Llerena PAlfreddi Ramos C/3B/1BVicente Amor C/1B

David Fernandez P Hector Antunez P/2B Abraham Ortega SS/2B/3B Alexander Bravo P Lean Marrero OF

Carter Weiss IF, RHPAlexander Brody IF, OFMatthew Rosen OFThomas Rodrigues OFBryor Weiss RHP, IFAndrew Holtz C, RHPAdam Seif OFBlake Colongo OFMichael Fente RHP, IFAustin Weinberg IFBrandon Colongo OF, RHPHarrison Berger C, OFJake Weiss LHP, OFEli Laslovits C, OFJoshua Canabal RHP, IF

Brian Fine IFSteven Soriano IF


Class 3a District 14predictionsH

ighland Christian should be able to run away with this DistrictChampionship. Last season Highland advanced all the way to the regionalfinal in the Class 1A. They would have a competitor in Coral Springs who

won a district championship themselves a season ago look for them tosqueeze in again, this time as a runner up. But, Westminster Academy andespecially Calvary Christian can make a run for the playoffs with betterin District performances (a department were both hurt in last year).

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calvary christianft.lauderdaleclass-district: 3a-14


Andrew Liberty SS, RHPStephen Barnett OFKnox Poole RHP, OFLuke Poirier C, RHPJonathan Benestadt C, 3BAbraham Alejandro 2B, SSSam Cudmore OFRyan Reilly CF, RHPJake Jackson RHPChris Turley OF, PNick Kumar 1B, 3B, OFAustin Sovay RHP, 1BJonathan Gregory INFConnor Rowland 1BAlec Berizzi P

Andrew Gottfried OF, 1B, P

Ashton Martinez CF Brent Martinez SS Chris Iacano 2B David Vazquez 3B Eddy Milian C/SS Tony Colon 1B/P Brian McCarthy P/RF Edison Rodriguez C Sean Iacono OF/IN Chris Malahics OF Jr Bahder P/OF James McDonald 1B/OF Gabriel Arias OF

noticeable playersClass 3A District 14 C: Taylor Gushue, Calvary Christian Class 3A District 14 C: Zach Butler, Coral Springs Christian Class 3A District 14 OF: Tre Dingus, Highlands ChristianClass 3A District 14 P: Billy Atkins, Coral Springs Christian Class 3A District 14 P: Eric Hepple, Highlands Christian,



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Luke Bramos IF Ryan Cabreja LHP/OF Dominic DiCaprio C/INRyan Milner 3B/RHP Sebastian Gomez C Alex Widdicombe OFTouki Toussaint SS/RHP Billy Atkins RHP/1B Shane Wilder OF Luis Leal OF Zach Butler C Nick Lamberti RHP/1B Brandon Rodriguez LHP/OFPemron Burrows OF

Will Buschman SS, RHPDaniel Donofrio 2B, RHP, SSDerrick Borgeson CFZach Dudas LHPThomas Messer C, 1BSam Etter CGabe Delgado OF, CDaniel Burns LF, LHP, IFZack Ferraguti OFBlake Kidwell 3B, RPFrankie Corridori 3BJoey Knight 1BTommy Dorfman 2B, RHPWeston Clemente LHP, OFBrock Boland RHP

Will Scacerra OF, RHPJake Dudas IFZack Gonzalez RF, LHP, P


Class 2a District 16predictionsN

o need to sugar coat this prediction. South Dade has a strangle hold onthis District championship and it will take more than just Killian’ssuccess to rain on their parade. I can’t imagine any other team outside of

those two making much noise to alter their momentum. In fact, South Dadewith a healthy campaign can find themselves playing a State Championshipgame.

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colonial christianhomesteadclass-district: 2a-16


David Healey Damon Long Garrett Long Osvaldo Cruz Nathan VanWambeck Brian Alvarez PJ Molina Cole Schertler Brandon Sizemore Christian Gonzalez Micah Long David Randin Zachary VanWambeck Trevor Davis Hunter Harmon

Troy Veazey Kevin Harrell Devin Haskins Josh Jimenez Nicholas Rodriguez Robert Alvarez David Dulevich Michael Hernandez

Fernando Garcia SS D King 2B Matthew Cavanaugh P K K Carter 1B Dylan Ayres C D D Calderwood LF Christopher Oberry 3B T T Wood RF S S Tiedemann CF


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miamichristian


class-district: 2a-15 | Head coach: willie vazquez

Aguirra, Nicholas Bonet , Andrew Dixon, Leroy Guillen, Rudy Hernandez, Jorge Kick, Mark LaGree, Terrance Latham , Daniel Leon, Recardo Leon , Steven Lide, Tonsel Morgado, Ivan Suarez, Eddy Valdivia, Gabriel Vasquez, Anthony


f this District looks a lot like last year’s Class 6A District 15 it’sbecause it is, well with a simple formula of removing Reagan andinserting Coral Park. Not many times do I factor a Districts success from

a member’s failure, but Reagan’s deletion leaves 9 district losses in limbofrom a year ago and very easily can be recuperated by many of the othersix members. It will be interesting to see if Coral Park’s struggles willworsen in 2012 as many believe they insert into a harder district.Columbus missed the playoffs in 2011 and success in 2012 might bedifficult. South Miami is a pesky team and look for the Cobras to wingames in 2012 that many will count them out on. Ferguson crownedthemselves District Champs last year and Sunset was the runner up; bothteams were eliminated by South Dade in the 2011 playoffs in the first andsecond round respectfully. Ferguson loses pitching in 2012 and can findthemselves on the outside looking in. Sunset the preseason favorite towin the District.

Joshua Smith UTIL, PLuis Diaz 2BDavid Quintero (C) 3BAnthony Diaz CBrian Gonzalez SSGiordano Corrales UTIL, PMiguel Gonzalez 1B, DHJason Gutierrez P, OFJJose Gorordo CF, PFrank De Izaguirre OF, DHAnthony Suarez P, RHPChris Losada P, CDavid Salgueiro UTIL, PRichard Barbella P, RHP

noticeable playersClass 2A district 15 Andres Herrera, BritoClass 2a district 15 Brito: Diosvany Boulet



westwood christianmiami

britomiamiclass-district: 2a-15


Bryan Hernandez C/2BHenry Blanco 1BRicky Vento PEdberg Dominguez OFRichi Sotolongo POscar Rivera CHerny Blanco IFCesar De La Oz OFAndres Herrera SSGustavo Barboza PGiosvani Boulet 1BRenny Tolentino IFAndres Rivera PLouis Companioni PJulio Gonzalez 2B

J C Millian OFCarlos Nabut OFJose Velazquez PSammy Duran PMarco Bolano OFJuan Carlos Valdes PJovan Rodriguez IFOnelio Garcia OF

Micah Mortensen OFLuis Padron INF, OFNestor (Gaby) Lorenzo RHPLazaro Martinez C, OFClaudio Rubiera C, 1BJose Suarez 2B, INFAnthony Penas (C) 3B, OFRuben Quesada OF, PJean Carlos Cardenas (C) SS, PJosh Cedeno C, OFAriel Bello OF, RHPJavier Camacho C, OFAlex Hernandez RHP, OFRobert Hernandez OF, RHPEddy Delatorre OF, 2B

Danny Garcia LHP

princeton christianmiamiclass-district: 2a-15

William Borges IN/OF Katel Clayton OF Curry Hunter P/IN Ethen Vargas C/IN Manny Morales C/OF Hector Garcia OF Over Seijas P/IN William Doering P/OF Edson Vargas P/OF Matthew Argote OF Devon Herrnnan OF Carlin Celius OF Sebastian Casado IN Elias Polanco IF/P



he only playoff team from a year ago making a new home in this 14thdistrict is Champagnat. Champagnat should have an easier road in 2012 asthey find themselves no longer in a shared District with Brito Private.

The only team I can possibly see making a run at Champagnat is fellowHialeah school Horeb Christian who return in 2012 with a very young teamthat might just gel this season.

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L. Lazaro SSChristian Sanchez 2BAndres Borges C Hector Blanco P Anthony Tedesco LF Bernardo Prieto 3B Javier Rojas CF Abraham Figueira 1B Juan Martinez RF


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Leo Lopez 2B Christopher Ramirez C Gerardo Diaz CFBrando Garcia RFChristian Mazon 3B/PAndrew Santos P/3BDavid Remus 1BCarlos Lopez-Garcia LF

Aparico, EdgardBlanco, RayDiaz, LuisEscamilla, BryanEscano, AndyGomez, Paul Hechevarria, DanielHerrera, VictorPinto, EdgarRodriquez, ErvinSantana, HenrySimmons, Jason


Class 2a District 13predictionsS

heridan Hills Christian is the only team that made the playoffs last yearin this realigned district, as they made it through as the 1A District 14runner up. They will breeze by this district and will let the rest of the

pack battle it out for runner up supremacy. South Florida HEAT is a veryyoung program but you have to like their chances with their new district tmembers. But, very easily it can come down to the play of Zion Lutheranand Posnack in district games. I hate to limit The South Florida Heatseason to specific games but their season will come down to one simplerule beat Posnack and Lutheran and they should be in the playoffs.

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JR Meneses IF, RHPManny Rojas 2B, OFNick Vasquez CF, CRyan Ritter OF, RHPJohnny Mendez C, UTLMike Rand C, OFJack Cabrera SS, RHPMarco Pinto LHP, OF, 1BRobert Barradas OF, RHPEric Hepple RHP, IFZak Thompson C, OFSaul Velez 1B, RHPBlayne Baker RHP, OFAlex Ernestine 1B, RHP


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Brad BaxterSteven CartagenaThomas DavisTimothy HardyKyle HaskellJorge HernandezJustin KeefeJason KetchersideJacob LozanoChristopher MeyerSebastian MorenoMarquis RodriguezJake ShecterJedidiah Wilson


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