LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

At the 2004 Team Banquet the following individual awards as voted on by the players were: 2004 - Most Valuable Player - Doug Konoske 2004 - Most Valuable Offensive Player - Scott Clement 2004 - Most Valuable Defensive Player - Nick Burke The following players set or tied individual Maverick Records: Most Pitching Wins In A Single Season - Doug Konoske - 12, Most Strike Outs In A Single Season - Doug Konoske - 112, Most Innings Pitched In A Single Season - Doug Konoske - 84.67, Most No Hitters In A Single Season - Doug Konoske - 1, tied with two others, Highest Career Batting Average - Scott Clement - 2003-2004 - .428 The 2004 Maverick Baseball Team Set The Following Team Records: Two Consecutive CIF Championships; The 2004 Pitching Staff Allowed The Fewest Number of Walks In A Single Season - 81; In reaching the Lions Tournament Classic Division Championship Game the Mavericks Won Their 11th Consecutive Tournament Game (2002-2004); The 2004 Mavericks Started The Preseason As The Number 1 Ranked Team in San Diego County And Finished The Season As The Number 1 Ranked Team in both San Diego Newspapers' Final Polls. The 2004 Team finished as the Number 4 Ranked Team in the State of California in the Final Cal-Hi Sports State Poll. See Menu For All Of The Individual and Team Pitching and Hitting Records The California All State Teams Included the following Mavericks: SCOTT CLEMENT - First Team Catcher DOUG KONOSKE - Second Team Pitcher The San Diego Hall of Champions Announced the ALL CIF SAN DIEGO SECTION TEAMS which included the following Mavericks: SCOTT CLEMENT - Catcher DOUG KONOSKE - Pitcher The North County Times Sports Writers announced their All North County Teams which included the following Mavericks: First Team North County Doug Konoske - Pitcher Scott Clement - Catcher Second Team North County Michael Scharbarth - Outfielder Nick Burke - Outfielder The Avocado League Head Coaches selected the 2004 ALL AVOCADO LEAGUE TEAMS FIRST TEAM Scott Clement Doug Konoske Michael Scharbarth SECOND TEAM Nick Burke Wes Schiller Honorable Mention - 2004 Kevin Patterson Kyle Muscella Garrett VanLeeuwen

FINAL CAL-HI SPORTS STATE BASEBALL POLL # 1 Chatsworth (35-0) # 2 Santa Clara Wilcox (30-4) # 3 Mountain View St Francis (29-3) # 4 LA COSTA CANYON (25-9) # 5 Simi Valley (27-6) # 6 Villa Park (26-3) # 7 Fallbrook (30-5) USA TODAY WEST REGION # 8 LA COSTA CANYON #10 Fallbrook LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL started the season off as the number one ranked baseball team in the County and more importantly finished the season as the number one ranked team in San Diego County. SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE # 1 La Costa Canyon(I) 25-9 # 2 Mission Bay(III) 27-7 # 3 Fallbrook(I) 30-5 # 4 El Capitan(II) 25-9 # 5 Rancho Bernardo(I) 27-7 # 6 Vahalla(II) 27-5 # 7 Torrey Pines(I) 19-15 # 8 Montgomery(I) 26-7 # 9 RBV(I) 19-4 #10 St Augustine(III) 23-10 NORTH COUNTY TIMES # 1 La Costa Canyon 25-9 # 2 Fallbrook 30-5 # 3 El Capitan 25-9 # 4 Mission Bay 27-7 # 5 Rancho Bernardo 27-7 # 6 Vahalla 27-5 # 7 Montgomery 25-7 # 8 Santana 22-10 # 9 St. Augustine 22-10 #10 Mt Carmel 19-16 #10 RBV 18-14

CalHi Sports named Justin Machado the California State High School Baseball Coach of the Year for 2003. Coach Machado joins an elite list of coaches from San Diego County that have been selected. 1996 Dennis Pugh - Mission Bay 1991 Jeff Meredith - Grossmont 1989 Sam Blalock - Mt. Carmel In their first 8 seasons at La Costa Canyon High School, including their 2004 season, Justin Machado and his assistant coaches Tim Kechter and Rudy Rodriguez have posted a Varsity record of 187 wins, 63 losses and 1 tie. With 5 Avocado League Championships and 2 CIF Division I Titles the Mavericks have averaged 23.4 wins per year and Coach Machado's program has a winning percentage of .745.

The Mavericks rallied in the top of the eighth inning on Nick Burke's three run home run to beat Fallbrook 7-4. In 2003 Nick contributed the "catch", a diving all out stretch to catch a line drive against Eastlake in a 2-1 semi-final win. In 2004 it was his bat and his arm in the Championship game as he went 3 for 4, with two runs scored, three runs batted in and threw out a runner at home from his center field position. Wes Schiller started for the Mavericks and struggled in the first two innings giving up four earned runs, before settling in to hold the line for the next three innings. Wes finished with 5 innings, yielding 10 hits, striking out 4, walking 4 and leaving the game whith his team in a 4-4 tie and in a great position to win. In the top of the 3rd inning the Mavericks scored one run on three consecutive two out singles with Scott Clement knocking in Nick Burke. In the top of the 4th inning the Mavericks tied the game at 4 all with a throwing error that allowed Jimmy Pierce to score and then rbi singles by Travis Jones and Kevin Patterson to tie the game. After having pitched 7 innings on Tuesday, Doug Konoske entered the game in relief in the bottom of the 6th inning. Doug allowed no runs, walked 1 and struck out 5 in shutting out the Warriors over the last three innings. Burke's three run home run with one out in the the top of the eighth inning also scored Brian Ernst and Kyle Musella. It was timely as Konoske had only one inning of eligibility left and he shut out the Warriors in the bottom half of the eighth to preserve the second consecutive extra inning CIF Championship win for the Mavericks. Fallbrook pounded out 11 hits and left 12 runners on base but the final power ranking in Home Runs was: La Costa Canyon 1 Fallbrook 0. Other 2004 CIF Division Championships: Div II El Capitan 8 Vahalla 2 Div III Mission Bay 13 St Augustine 4 Div IV Francis Parker 4 Santa Fe Christian 0 Recent Past CIF Division I Championship Games: 2004 La Costa Canyon 7, Fallbrook 3 (8 innings); 2003 La Costa Canyon 5, Rancho Bernardo 4 (8 inn.); 2002 Rancho Buena Vista 6, Rancho Bernardo 0; 2001 Rancho Bernardo 6, Poway 2; 2000 Rancho Bernardo 1, Vista 0; 1999 Rancho Bernardo 8, Helix 0; 1998 Granite Hills 6, Grossmont 2; 1997 Grossmont 5, La Costa Canyon 3

La Costa Canyon's Baseball program has returned to the San Diego Section Division I CIF Championship game for the third time in it's eight years of existence against Avocado League Champion Fallbrook. The Warriors have reached the CIF Baseball finals for the first time in their 111 years of playing Varsity Baseball. The Avocado League Champion Warriors (15-0;30-4) swept Palomar League Champion Rancho Bernardo twice in the CIF Playoffs to reach the Championship game. La Costa Canyon (10-5;24-9)beat Granite Hills and then defeated district rival Torrey Pines in two games to earn the right to defend their CIF Division I Championship. Fallbrook defeated La Costa Canyon three times during the regular season. On April 16th at La Costa Canyon the Warriors turned two "triple" plays to preserve a 1-1 tie through 5 innings and then hit home runs in the 6th and 7th inning off Maverick ace Doug Konoske for a 4-1 win. On April 28th with Wes Schiller pitching the Mavericks took a 5-0 lead at Fallbrook but the Warriors tied it at 5-5 after 5 innings and a 6th inning home run, their third of the game, won it for the Warriors 6-5. On May 12th at Fallbrook the Warriors hit two more home runs to take a lead and the Mavericks 3 run rally in the top of the 7th inning fell short as the Warriors won 7-6. Fallbrook at 30-4 has won 19 consecutive games but the large expanse of Tony Gwynn Stadium at San Diego State will help neutralize Fallbrook's power advantage. Fallbrook has hit 62 home runs, the Fourth highest in San Diego CIF Section history. The Mavericks started off the year with a string of bad luck injuries but they have rebounded with a great team effort led by Seniors Doug Konoske, Nick Burke and Scott Clement to earn the return trip to the stadium.