LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Danny Bethea (2008) Catcher - Is a senior at St John's University in New York, and the starting catcher. Danny is hitting over .300 and on 4-20-13 he hit a home run and threw out a runner trying to steal second for the final out of the game in a 4-3 win over Louisville. 

Garrett Smith (2008) Infielder - California Lutheran (35-9-1) Garrett had a great final year, Avg .357, GP 43, GS 40, AB 143, R 34, H 51, 2b 8, 3b 2, HR 2, RBI's 44, SLG % .497, BB 12, HbP 8, SO 10, OBP .430, SB 9, Att 11. 

Garret Hughes (2009) Pitcher - Stanford University -(32-22) Garrett is a Junior,  made 24 appearances, 2 wins, 2 losses, 4 saves, IP 34.2, ER 8, bb 18, SO 38, ERA 2.08. 

Parker Johnson (2009) Pitcher - Williamette Univ. Oregon - (4-4) Parker has 1 appearance, IP 2.2, record 0-1, H 1, ER 1, BB 0, SO 1;

Mitch Tybroski (2009) Outfield - West Texas A&M, Mitch hit a team leading .397 with 1 HR, 11 2b's, 32 rbi's and graduated with a degree in sports and exercise science.

Max MacNabb (2010) Pitcher - University of San Diego -(3-4) Max is 0-2 in two starts, IP 9, H 14, ER 8, BB 4, SO 12, ERA 8.0.

Michael Swanner (2010) Pitcher - Peperdine University (6-2) Michael has made 4 appearances, IP 4, Saves 2, H 2, BB 2, SO 4.

Matt Hall (2011) Catcher - Cornell University, DH  Avg .271, 2b 8, rbi's 16.

Trent Swart (2011) Pitcher - Duke University, Trent was the opening day starter as Duke beat Florida 4-3, Trent had a no decision, IP 6, H 4, ER 2, BB 2, SO 4; and in his second start he picked up his first win, IP 7, H 2, ER 0, BB 0 and ten strike outs. In seven games Trent is now 3-1, a 1.66 ERA, In 43 innings he has 13 walks and 44 strike outs.

Zach Tieger (2011) Outfielder - Cal State San Marcos (9-0), Zach has had two at bats in the early season for the undefeated Cougars.

Derek Kearney (2011)  Caltech Pasadena, Derek was named the SCIAC Conference Player of the week. Derek, an outfielder/pitcher, leads the team with a .368 batting average and an ERA of 7.50.

Jake Schulz (2012)  Cal Berkeley (23-31) App 13, GS 4, IP 26.1, H 37, ER 19, BB 19, SO 13, ERA 6.49, Record 1-2. 

Danny Martin (2012) Azusa Pacific (3-11) SS Danny has started 12 games, AB 43, R 6, H 12, 2b 1, RBI 16, BB 4, SO 4, SB 2;

Drew Krassny (2012) is on the roster at the Air Force Academy (2-6);

Andrew Hinkle (2012) is on the roster at the Univ. of Calif at San Diego (9-6);

Evan Shrieber (2012) is on the roster at Northwestern University (4-2). 

Shayne Davern (2013) Air Force (Football)

Carter Johnson (2013) San Jose St.

Andrew Solomon (2013) USD

Kyle Sachrison (2013) New Mexico St.

Anthony Balderas (2013) Palomar C.C.

The 2012 Mavericks won the Avocado West League Championship and the CIF Division II Championship with an extra inning win over Rancho Bernardo.  The Mavericks finished the 2012 year ranked No: 3 in San Diego County; 9th in the State of California, and 60th in the National Poll, with an overall record of 22-9-1. 

 1.  Vista

 2.  Cathedral Catholic

 3.  La Costa Canyon

 4.  Rancho Bernardo

 5.  El Capitan

 6.  Santa Fe Christian

 7.  Carlsbad

 8.  Rancho Buena Vista

 9.  St. Augustine

10. Torrey Pines

Max Prep State High School Baseball Rankings

  1.  Vista

  7.  Cathedral Catholic

  9.  La Costa Canyon

  At that first preseason scrimmage in February between Vista and La Costa Canyon, few people were predicting that the two respective coaching staffs would develop their teams in to the Division I and Division II CIF Champions; with State rankings of No. 1 and No. 9, respectively.

   Vista became the first San Diego County team to earn the State No: 1 ranking since La Costa Canyon in 2003; joining Rancho Bernardo (2000), Mira Mesa (1992), Santana (1986), Mt Carmel (1982) and Crawford (1065).

Story from North County Times; By John Maffei:

"Andrew Hinkle loves to hit and pitch.  Saturday night, in the CIF San Diego Section Division II baseball championship game, the La Costa Canyon High senior came through in the field and at the plate. He threw five scoreless innings in relief and drove in the winning run as the Mavericks edged Rancho Bernardo 7-6 in 10 innings at Tony Gwynn Stadium.

"It's great to come through," said Hinkle, who started the game at third base, then came on in relief in the sixth inning. "I can't explain the feeling. As a senior, this is the greatest."

Top-seeded Rancho Bernardo staked starter Parker Bugg to a lead in the first inning, when Preston Sands scored on a wild pitch and Matt Jervis knocked in two runs with a bases-loaded single that hit the third base bag.

The Broncos added a run in the second when leadoff man Gosuke Katoh walked, stole second, and scored from there on a wild pitch to make it 4-0.

"I didn't like that at all," said LCC first baseman Brandon Miller, who had three hits and scored three times, including the winning run on Hinkle's single to left in the top of the 10th. "Honestly, I thought it could be over, but this team knows how to recover."

La Costa Canyon drew even in the fifth. Miller opened the inning with a single. With one out, Hinkle ---- who is headed to UC San Diego as a pitcher ---- walked and Zach Armstrong singled in Miller. Danny Martin then launched a hanging breaking ball deep over the left-field fence for a three-run homer to tie the game at 4-4.

Rancho Bernardo took the lead back in the bottom of the inning when Brandon Bentson led off with a triple into the left-field corner. Sands drew a one-out walk and went to second on a wild pitch, with Bentson holding at third.

Jervis then hit a ground ball to the second baseman, who threw wildly to the plate as Bentson and Sands both scored.

La Costa Canyon came right back to tie the game in the sixth. Anthony Balderas slugged a one-out homer, his second home run of the season to get the Mavericks within one. Miller followed with a single, and Colin Winter walked. With two outs, Armstrong singled in Miller to tie the game. Pinch-hitter Evan Schreiber beat out an infield hit to load the bases, and Martin worked the count before grounding out.

Rancho Bernardo got the leadoff runner on in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Hinkle got a groundout and two popups to get out of trouble in the seventh. He picked a runner off first in the eighth and got a double-play ball in the ninth.

Rancho Bernardo coach Sam Blalock was looking for his 10th section title, but this one slipped away.

"We had our opportunities; we just couldn't cash them in," Blalock said. "You have to give a lot of credit to them. They're a good ballclub, and they played better than us today. It was two teams battling it out, and any time you get to the finals, you're going to see a mistake here and there. There was only one error in 10 innings, so both teams played well.

"They got their opportune hits. They had that little streak there where they hit the three-run homer and another solo homer. You tip your cap to them. They did real well. In the end, they pulled through. When they got the four runs, that took a lot of wind out of our sails."

Both coaches agreed that this was an edge-of-the-seat game.

"That was so nerve-wracking," LCC coach Justin Machado said. "We're not a home-run-hitting team, so to get (two) was a little surprising. This was our fifth extra-inning game of the season, so we have experience. We're scrappers. Hinkle has been clutch for us all season, but he couldn't have done it without Drew Krassny giving us a great effort on Tuesday. That meant we didn't have to play Thursday, so Hinkle was pitching on full rest.

"So when you say a win like this was a total team effort, it's true. Even the guys that didn't play contributed."

The Mavericks faced the Norsemen of Valhalla in the 2012 CIF Tournament semi-final game at LCC.  LCC took an early lead in the bottom of the 1st when Martin walked; he advanced on hits by Solomon and Balderas and eventually scored on a wild pitch.  Valhalla responded in the 2nd with a run of their own.  The Mav's added another in the 2nd when Hinkle tripled and was hit in by Armstrong's RBI single.  The game got serious in the 4th when the Norsemen posted 2 runs to take a 3-2 lead.

After stranding runners in consecutive innings, the Mavericks added 6 big runs in the bottom of the 5th on hits by Lyon, Solomon, Winters, Hinkle, Schreiber, and Martin.  The Mavericks then sealed it in the 6th with another run when Balderas singled and was hit in by Miller's RBI single.  The final score was LCC 9, Valhalla 3.

Drew Krassny started on the mound and he tossed four great innings.  Carter Johnson came on for relief and pitched 3 shut-out innings of relief to get the win.

The Mavericks now advance to the CIF Championship game at Tony Gwynn Stadium at 4:00 on Saturday.  The opponent will be Rancho Bernardo.