June 21, 2011 Trey Rodriguez Wyatt Mathisen Two local Corpus Christi, Texas outstanding high school athletes were selected to the United States Specialty Sports Association High School Varsity National Team to compete in the 30th anniversary of the Prague Baseball Week in the Czech Republic. They are Trey Rodriguez, short stop and 2nd baseman for […]
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CORPUS CHRISTI’S JOHN PAUL II BASEBALL WINS 2ND STRAIGHT STATE TITLE
May 17, 2011 John Paul II ‘s baseball team brought home a second consecutive TAPPS Class 4-A Championship by defeating a strong Houston Second Baptist team by a 3-2 score. Coach Steve Castillo’s teams continue to dominate the opposition and it doesn’t matter where he’s coaching. This man has a great baseball mind and his […]
STATE CHAMPS CC CARROLL DOMINATE TEXAS 5A BASEBALL HONORS
July 11, 2010 Corpus Christi, Texas – 5A baseball State champs Corpus Christi Carroll High School picked up additional accolades from the Texas Sports Writers Association. Senior pitcher Mark Blackmar was named Class 5A player of the year and first team All-State. In addition, Coach Lee Yeager was named Class 5A Coach of the year. […]
CALALLEN PLACES 3 PLAYERS ON FIRST TEAM TEXAS BASEBALL 4A ALL-STATE
July 10, 2010 Corpus Christi, Texas – Three Calallen High School baseball players were picked on the first team All-State squad by the Texas Sports Writers Association. The three were senior pitcher Rob Zastryzny, junior second baseman Brett Bell and sophomore shortstop Wyatt Mathisen. Corpus Christi Moody High School’s Michael Franco made the second team as a […]
FALFURRIAS, ROBSTOWN AND SINTON PLAYERS NAMED TO BASEBALL 3A ALL-STATE TEAM
July 09, 2010 Corpus Christi, Texas Four South Texas high school baseball players were named Class 2A honorable-mention by the Texas Sports Writers Association. Falfurrias’ Gavin Trevino was named at third base, Sinton’s Shane Segovia was named as an outfielder and a pitcher, Robstown’s Mike Velasquez as a pitcher and his teammate, Randy Flores, as a first baseman.
BASEBALL PLAYERS FROM BISHOP AND GEORGE WEST NAMED TO TEXAS 2A ALL-STATE TEAM
July 09, 2010 Corpus Christi, Texas Both George West and Bishop High Schools placed 2 players each on the Texas Sports Writers Association high school baseball All-State team. George West’s outfielder Shannon Taylor was named to the second team. Taylor hit .606 in 28 games with 33 RBI. In addition, Taylor had a slugging percentage of .859 and stole 39 […]
CC CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL WINS TEXAS 5A BASEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
June 12, 2010 Joe De Santos, Sr. Round Rock, Texas – – The Corpus Christi Carroll High School baseball team proved that they are the best as they took it all this afternoon in the Class 5A baseball championship game at Dell Diamond Field in Round Rock, Texas. Coach Lee Yeager’s Tigers beat Klein 5-2, a team that […]
C.C. CARROLL’S COURTNEY HAWKINS ONE HITS SOUTH SAN ANTONIO HIGH
Corpus Christi, Texas April 13, 2010 Corpus Christi Carroll shut out South San Antonio 5-0 behind sophomore pitcher Courtney Hawkins. Talk about “young guns”, Hawkins (9-1), struck out 17 and hit one of the two Carroll homers. Keep an eye on this young man. He’s going places in the baseball world. Check out the […]