Beckham Paul chased another run home with a sacrifice fly, and Trey Simpson capped the inning with an RBI double. LSV newcomer of the year Jackson Jolly makes impact for Monterey He led Lubbock Monterey to state championships in 1972, 1974, 1981 and 1996, and won 33 district championships. 2023 UIL Texas Baseball State Championships 2023 Baseball 5A Region 1 & 3. I was going to put the best trained kids on the field and push them to do more than they thought they could do. His 57 hits included 13 doubles and seven triples. He allowed two runs on six hits in four innings. Maintaining that competitive spirit, Ramon said, is what led the Plainsmen to a sweep of Abilene Wylie (21-11) in the regular season. But before he played for Tech and before he was overseeing the annual selection and induction program for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, his passion for the game was fueled by his time playing for Bobby Moegle at Monterey. HALL OF FAME PROFILE: King of prep baseball Bobby Moegle set national wins record. Coaches - Grapevine Mustang Baseball Before every baseball season, Moegle will give his players a detailed baseball quiz that was so difficult that everybody had trouble passing it. It didnt take long for the Lubbock Monterey players to realize that baseball under Moegle was going to be a whole lot different than anything they had experienced. Bennett followed with a two-run single. But from the first day he stepped on the Lubbock Monterey High School baseball field, Moegle made his players understand that he expected them to play the game at a high level. AHS wraps up district at Lubbock-Cooper on Tuesday. Bobby never brought baseball home, Carolyn said. It was more than enough for Smith, who struck out five and walked one for the complete-game victory. When he came out here, he was one of the few true baseball coaches in this part of the state, Dudley said. Despite three successful years in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system in which he averaged 17 home runs and 90 runs batted in, Moegle thought his opportunities to move up were limited, so he retired at age 26 to start coaching. Wednesdays seemed to always be a major running day. Anthony Johnston hit a pair of two-run doubles, and Ja'Marcus Smith hurled a four-hitter as Lubbock Monterey crushed Abilene High 12-0 in a District 4-5A baseball game Tuesday at Blackburn. A Plainsmen mainstay for three seasons, the versatile Jolly turned in his best season yet, splitting time between two major roles - the primary catcher and one of the rotation regulars. Brody Cantu got him to second with a sacrifice bunt, and Wylie intentionally walked Jolly. History State Championships: 1995-96, 1980-81, 1973-74, 1971-72. H.S. He didnt know much about Lubbock but was eager to begin his coaching career. In his first year as head coach of the Monterey baseball team, Ralph Ramon made it a mission to have his seniors more involved. Rank One Schedules TEXAS SPORTS HALL OF FAME PROFILE: Bobby Moegle, king of prep baseball. Lubbock ISD Athletics Hall of Honor announces 10 inductees for Class of 2023 Stephen Garcia Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 0:05 0:52 Eight individuals and two state-champion teams will be inducted. Martinez drove in 28 runs. I wanted them to make a lot of memories together.. He taught us position drills and proper fielding technique. Monterey Baseball History. The first thing I told the kids was that they had played their last recreational baseball game, Moegle said. Raines hit .460 with a .570 OBP and 1.25 OPS. But Moegle clearly had his program on the right track. Monterey High School (Lubbock, TX) Varsity Baseball "If you can throw strikes, play clean defensively and put together good (at-bats), you give yourself a chance to win. Im extremely excited.. He really taught us the game of baseball, and that gave us a decided advantage. onships in 1972, 1974, 1981 and 1996, and won 33 district championships. Lubbock ISD Athletics Hall of Honor announces Class of 2023 He set the bar so high. Alignment: 2022-2023 Post Season: Related Links: Monterey High School: Lubbock ISD Baseball: Honors 0 Athletes/Coaches received Honors in 2022-2023 View current 2023-2024 Honors. Casen Kilmer gave up two runs on three hits in of an inning in relief. Stephens reached on a leadoff error. The Pirates (9-12, 2-3) scored a run in the bottom of the third and drew within two thanks to a two-run fourth. Bobby and Carolyn will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this year. Well-maintained facilities, video scoreboards and numerous youth fields will make your team feel like all-star athletes while competing against the finest competition. The Plainsmen got it Saturday afternoon. It's paying off in the playoffs. WATCH: Lubbock Cooper knocks off Monterey to head to State, Lubbock woman injured in dog attack near 16th & Utica, Power restored to Tech Terrace after LP&L outage, Saturday morning top stories: Lubbock Mayor Tray Payne issues statement, Mayor releases statement ahead of KCBD Investigates report on 911 calls, Texas police find 6 people injured after shooting at El Paso party, updated news report says, Jaden Isler named head coach for Lubbock-Cooper girls basketball, Nazareth, New Home fall in State Semifinals, Shallowater 14U All-Stars win Babe Ruth WTX State Title. A THSBCA all-state elite team pick, Carter threw 65 innings, going 4-1 with a 3.09 ERA and 71 strikeouts. Texas High School Baseball - Lubbock tipped by Monterey April 7, 2023: Lubbock, TX 79413. He tallied 22 RBI, 24 runs and eight stolen bases. Nick Zarate led off with a double and took third on Bovkoons single. 6610 Avenue L Lubbock, TX 79412 (806) 219-0000. Watching his sons play football and baseball was always a pleasure for him. Ja'Marcus Smith hurls Monterey baseball past Coronado They have great arms. Wylie tied the game in the bottom of the inning. Dave Campbell's Texas Football's Greg Tepper and Matt Stepp get you ready for the 2023 Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament in College Station with an in-depth preview. Records: Randall 24-7; Monterey 11-20-1. He must have seemed like Vince Lombardi in baseball cleats to his players. Box Score; Tournament Bracket; Jun 3, 2023 @ 9:05pm. The baseball knowledge he gained while playing for the Cardinals served him throughout his 40-year coaching career at Lubbock Monterey. This is the first in a series of profiles on the 2012 class of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame that will be inducted Feb. 18 at the Ferrell Center. Martinez had a .419 batting average, .559 OBP and 1.19 OPS. He had two doubles, four triples, 23 RBI and 27 runs. Nathan Swindle was the ace of Montereys pitching staff with a 13-0 record. They defend well. I knew the possibility of a high school baseball coach getting into the hall of fame was remote. His most accomplished player was Donnie Moore, who played 13 years in the major leagues before committing suicide in 1989. Rylan Stokes and Diego Flores led off the sixth with singles, and Saul Vasquez walked. I have faith in them. He struck out seven and walked one. It's win or go home, no matter if it's a three-game series or not. Winning at a high level was a priority. Hes a very tough kid on the football field, and that carries over here (on the baseball field). The Bulldogs play three games in the week leading up to Easter Lubbock High (Tuesday), Coronado (Thursday) and Lubbock-Cooper (Friday). "Baseball's pretty easy," Wuensche said. Logan Delgado, Sr., Ropes, first baseman; Eric Garcia, Sr., Idalou, outfielder; Carson Heiman, Sr., Nazareth, pitcher; Brody Langford, Sr., Olton, pitcher/catcher; Major McNeese, So., Littlefield, pitcher; Hayden Torres, So., Ropes, utility; Ryder Watkins, So., New Home, first baseman. On Feb. 18, the 79-year-old Moegle will be the first high school baseball coach inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, a place where all-time football greats like Sammy Baugh, Earl Campbell and Bob Lilly reside. After losing to Round Rock in the 1997 state championship game, Moegle retired in 1999. Gustafson has been visible in baseball circles the past decade as president and CEO of the College Baseball Foundation and as radio and television analyst for Texas Tech baseball broadcasts. The past few weeks haven't been kind to the Lubbock Monterey baseball team. When Moegle retired in 1999, he was the winningest high school baseball coach in the nation with 1,115 wins and 267 losses. Borho tripled and scored on Briscoes sacrifice fly to right. Monterey High School - Baseball (M) Varsity MHS Varsity Baseball 2022/2023. He tallied 45 hits, including 13 doubles, six triples and four home runs. I could always throw hard.. But Smith struck out Long to end the game and the Plainsmens long skid. . I thought I could incorporate the things I learned with the Cardinals in my coaching career.. Wuensche said the familiarity goes both ways, and there won't be any secrets between the clubs. Playing running back for Rice in the 1954 Cotton Bowl, Dicky was involved in one of the most famous plays in college football history when Alabamas Tommy Lewis came off the bench to tackle him en route to a 95-yard touchdown run. The retirement of Lubbock Monterey High School baseball coach Bobby Moegle brought to a close the remarkable career of this West Texas coaching legend. I had already been inducted and knew what it was all about. The players who stuck with Montereys high school team were tough, disciplined and focused. Bobby had a good strong arm, Dicky said. So that's what I'm going to try to do.". Though he was demanding as a coach, they all benefited from the discipline he taught them, and most have gone on to successful careers in a variety of fields. H.S. baseball: Abilene High staves off Lubbock-Cooper; Monterey He could always run. He really taught us the game of baseball, and that gave us a decided advantage. After beating Lufkin in the semifinals, Monterey lost to Baytown Lee in the championship game. The past few weeks havent been kind to the Lubbock Monterey baseball team. Staff report. As a pitcher, he looked like Bob Feller throwing it down your throat. Though Moegle didnt rise above the Class B level in his three-year minor league stint, he soaked in everything manager Al Unser taught him. He totaled 11 doubles, two home runs, 22 RBI, 28 runs and four stolen bases. Lubbock-Cooper 4, Monterey 3. Cooper 300 000 1 4 7 1. While Moegle was a competitive and demanding coach on the field, he was always a doting father and husband at home. The District 3-5A MVP, Garza went 7-1 with a 2.37 ERA over 62 innings. Fifteeen years later, Moegle won his last state title in 1996 behind Mark Martinez, who went 17-0 and went on to pitch at McLennan Community College. Carter batted .505 with a .624 OBP and 1.34 OPS. Asked how much of the material he knew beforehand and how much he learned in gathering stories for the book, Gustafson said it was about half and half. It was a preview of things to come for the next 40 years, Smith said. I dont know that playing three games in a week after playing two Friday and Saturday is exactly what everyone would love, but it is in front of us, Martin said. He went 4-6 on the mound with a 3.40 ERA and 26 strikeouts. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The Plainsmen won behind the pitching of Donnie Moore, who won 18 games that season and went on to pitch in the major leagues. I was proud of his performance.. Monterey High School: Lubbock ISD Baseball: Playoffs History. The Eagles (6-11 overall, 3-2 district) were clinging to a 6-4 lead through five innings, but they erupted for four runs in the sixth and added five more in the seventh to knock off the Pirates. Please subscribe to keep reading. He set the bar so high. I asked a guy in Taylor about Lubbock, and he told me it was about halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso in the middle of a big cotton patch, Moegle said. Hes still Coach Moegle to me, and always will be, said John Dudley, who played at Lubbock Monterey in the early 1960s and was later an assistant baseball coach. Gustafson self-published the book through IngramSpark with design assistance from Hartsfield Design in Lubbock. And after losing nine of its last 10, Monterey needed a big, big lift. At Gray, our journalists report, write, edit and produce the news content that informs the communities we serve. The Monterey Plainsmen baseball team scored 3 runs and limited the visiting Lubbock Westerners to 1 in the Plainsmen league victory on Friday.. Smith went 5-3 with a 2.39 ERA, 50 strikeouts and 10 walks over 52 innings. The Bulldogs top four hitters combined for two hits and a run the rest of the way. Ritualistic as baseball men can be, Moegle then found himself anxiously searching for another good-luck charm as his team took warmed up on an adjacent field before the state-championship game. "But I had a hard time sleeping Saturday night, and when I woke up, I just had peace of mind. We don't get too high. Connel Colley took the loss for the Eagles. Moegle wasnt afraid to cut a player who didnt live up to his standards. Anthony Johnston hit a pair of two-run doubles, and JaMarcus Smith hurled a four-hitter as Lubbock Monterey crushed Abilene High 12-0 in a District 4-5A baseball game Tuesday at Blackburn Field. His most accomplished player was Donnie Moore, who played 13 years in the major leagues before committing suicide in 1989. In 2008, Hart was named the NJCAA National Coach of the Year, American Baseball Coaches Association Junior College Coach of the Year, and Diamond Baseball Coach of the Year, as well as the JUCO World Series Coach of the Tournament. And I'm not saying Wylie doesn't, but I do think we're a little bit tougher. He also had a dropball that would drop three feet.. Bobby Moegle led Lubbock Monterey to four state titles. He tallied 54 hits, including nine doubles, eight triples and five home runs. We've got to compete every game.". Former Lubbock Monterey and Texas Tech baseball player Mike Gustafson has written a book about his famous high school baseball coach Bobby Moegle, the winningest high school baseball coach in Texas High School Baseball. Hes really a good man, Smith said. Dicky is 14 months younger than me, and we did everything together, Bobby said. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. … I've been asking the good Lord to put a big, bright, flashy road sign in front of me: Turn left, do this. They hit well. He notched 48 strikeouts in 57 innings. Box Score; Apr 22, 2023 @ 11:07pm. Villegas struck out three and walked three in going the distance for the Plainsmen. We probably felt like we were better prepared and better coached. "Baseball's been good to me, bud," Meador said. Moegles baseball machine kept rolling as he won his third state title in 1981 by beating defending state champion Pearland which was coached by former Monterey player Bill Bratcher. He had a .465 batting average and .596 OBP, tallying 33 hits. Playing for him was almost like playing for survival. Moegles players started making memories in 1960 and didnt stop for 40 years. Lubbock-Cooper (17-15, 10-5) leads the league, while Wylie (15-9-1, 9-5) is tied with Lubbock Coronado (17-10-1, 9-5) for second. Many high school football programs didnt have weight lifting programs in the 1960s, but Moegle was a forerunner with his baseball strength program. Growing up through some tough times during the Great Depression, Bobby and Dicky found an outlet in sports as kids in Taylor. In practice, when the Plainsmen would have mental lapses or too many misplays in quick succession, Moegle would stop the drill and send his players running to the road and back. Theyd all drop their gloves and take off. Moegle Field at Monterey High School. Henderson scored on a double steal. Beginning Friday in Midland, the four District 4-5A . Schulte was the district MVP with a .406 batting average and .529 OBP. Mar 9 12:00 PM @ Lubbock Coronado OBanion Field District Game #2 (FBC) Mar 10 12:00 PM vs Lubbock High Moegle Field District Game #3 (FBC) . It doesnt.. "A cultural moment' U.S. Soccer's Megan Rapinoe on upcoming Women's World Cup, The Worlds Biggest Soccer Clubs Are Coming To The US, Shot Putter Runs 100m Hurdles To Save Country At European Championship. Winning at a high level was a priority. Ive got to give it to our kids, Monterey coach Ralph Ramon said. The District 3-5A MVP, Garza went 7-1 with a 2.37 ERA over 62 innings. Monterey tied the game in the third. All rights reserved. H.S. At the time, you might not have realized what he had done but as you got older you realized it.. The game was stopped after six innings on the 10-run rule. It was a preview of things to come for the next 40 years, Smith said. I think he purposely made it so hard so wed get the idea that there was a lot to this game, said Dudley, who later coached at rival Lubbock Coronado High School. It didnt take long for the Lubbock Monterey players to realize that baseball under Moegle was going to be a whole lot different than anything they had experienced. With Martinez throwing a devastating curveball, Monterey beat Klein Oak, 5-4, in the state finals. The Lady Pirates are going to the State Tournament in San Antonio. Joining legendary Lubbock Monterey baseball coach Bobby Moegle are former San Antonio Cole and NBA star Shaquille ONeal, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, former Texas Longhorns running back Ricky Williams, former Dallas Cowboys running back Walt Garrison, former major league third baseman Eddie Mathews and former Texas Longhorns softball pitcher Cat Osterman. Our rankings may not reflect individual tiebreaker scenarios. He had four doubles, two triples, 15 RBI, 21 runs and seven stolen bases. 2023 www.reporternews.com. He had 50 hits, including eight doubles, two triples and seven home runs. He also had a .952 fielding percentage. Here are the pools and matchups for Division I. Again, the kid did a good job on the mound, Martin said. At the time, you might not have realized what he had done but as you got older you realized it.. Boys Cross Country. JaMarcus is a gritty kid, Ramon said. Moegle Field - Lubbock, Texas - Wikimapia 4 seed, took two of three games against Cooper. Id play football from Aug. 15 to Nov. 15, and then Id go into the gym and do baseball-related indoor stuff. To see player spotlights please become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 0:04 0:54 MIDLAND It wouldn't be a matchup of District 4-5A baseball teams without an order of drama. Practices were intense and the pressure was put on everybody. Lubbock-Cooper scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh. He went 8-0 on the mound with a 1.96 ERA and 65 strikeouts. "I've loved every single day. Lubbock vs Monterey | Baseball | 4/7 - MaxPreps Monterey returned to the state tournament in 1963 and continued to enjoy great success throughout the rest of the decade. . Hutcheson hit .368 with a .462 OBP, tallying 43 hits and 22 RBI. AHS won the game, despite making six errors. Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award, become a Dave Campbells Texas Football Insider. MLB History: How Many Perfect Games Have There Been? Meador missed the start of the season about 10 games recovering from back surgery. I remember Bellaire having the bases loaded in the sixth inning, and I told Donnie that if he struck out the next kid we would be in great shape, Moegle said. 7:00 PM @ Abilene Wylie High School. POSTGAME LIVE: Pete is in Wichita Falls Monterey battled back to cut it to two after three quarters. All but the Coronado game are on the road. The Plainsmen beat them 4-2 last month in Lubbock. Knowing the mental side of the game was as important as physically being ready to play. He paid his dues and won everything he could win. That's just how we approach it. The Plainsmen thrice made the regional final, most recently in 2019. ", All games at Midland College's Christensen Stadium, Game 3, if necessary: 30 minutes after Game 2, This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Lubbock-Cooper, Monterey baseball face district foes in third round, Select an account to sign in or manage a saved account on this device, Stephen Garcia and Nathan Giese, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock-Cooper, Monterey baseball face district foes in third round. Abilene Wylie High School . He finished with 32 RBI and 44 runs. Hart was the starting shortstop during Lubbock Monterey's successful run to the 1996 Texas 5A state . onships in 1972, 1974, 1981 and 1996, and won 33 district championships. It has to be a situation where, again, our kids will respond. WOODROW Brady Bennett drove in five runs and scored three more as Abilene High overcame Lubbock-Cooper 15-6 in a District 4-5A baseball game Saturday. In a district as tightly contested as theirs, the Plainsmen (20-17) have been in playoff mode for well over the month, with every game being important.