LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

On Tuesday morning the North County Times Newspaper Announced that La Costa Canyon's Justin Machado was this year's North County High School Baseball Coach of the Year. On Tuesday afternoon the 2003 Maverick Baseball team exhibited the tremendous mental focus and extra ordinary physical effort to make a coach truly proud of his players. The Mavericks record setting 3-1 win over Eastlake, the second victory in 5 days over the South Bay power house, put La Costa Canyon in to the CIF Division I Championship game for the second time in Coach Machado's seven year career. On Saturday night the Mavericks (32-1) beat Rancho Bernardo 5-4 to win their first CIF Championship. This year Coach Machado was assisted by Rudy Rodriguez, Tim Kechter and Mark Miller. The Maverick baseball program is averaging 23 wins per year and includes 1 CIF Division I Championship, 5 Avocado League Championships, 1 San Diego Lions Tournament - Classic Div. Championship, 5 Falcon/Pirate Tournament Championships, 2 North County Tournament Championships, 7 straight CIF playoff appearances, two CIF Div I Championship games, a CIF record setting 27 wins in arow, a CIF record 32 wins in a single season, a Cal-Hi Sports 2003 Number One ranking in the State, and a Students Sports.com 2003 Number One ranking in the Nation.