Nicholas Del Vecchio
Holy Trinity Building Foundation For Successful Future
by Eric Belyea Holy Trinity and the rest of the CHSAA are heading into one of the most anticipated seasons it has had in a while. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world was swept into a different direction, school and all their activities were cancelled, including their sports. Titans head coach, Dan Luisi is entering his fourth year with the program, he returned home to his alma mater, where he graduated back in 2005. excited about the group of seniors he has this season, since they got to sit under the learning tree of the group of 12 seniors who graduated last year. “Last year we had 12 seniors, that I was able to coach basically since I got to Trinity, and they knew what my expectations were and what I believed the program should be and how it should be ran”, Luisi continued; “with t...
Who Were The Top Performers at Monday’s College Showcase
For the second year, we partnered with Diamond Spikes Baseball and MaX Effort Baseball to host a college showcase on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The feel was much different in the pandemic world than last year. We had roughly half the players – who had their masks on throughout the duration of the event – and there was no spectators allowed aside from the 20 college coaches. I feel extremely fortunate that we were able to pull off the event despite the pandemic and I truly believe it will benefit many of the players who attended. The 2023s and 2024s were able to get their first or second experience playing in front of college coaches with every move and metric documented. For the 2021s and 2022s, they will certainly garner some interest from the coaches that were in attendance....
Recap of Day 1 of the Gameday USA All Star Weekend
Today opened up Gameday USA‘s All Star Weekend at Baldwin Park. The day began with player introductions, the National Anthem and an address from Gameday President Tony Cappel. After that, the players broke off into age groups and were evaluated by Gameday’s staff. They were measured by exit velocity, throwing velocity, 10-yard shuttle runs and infield practice. At 1pm, the games began and we covered the high school age players. The Red All Stars were victorious in both games, and here’s how it went down. Game 1: The Gold team got off to a quick 1-0 lead when Chris Valencia smoked a leadoff double to left field, advanced to third on an E6 and stole on the backend of a double steal attempt. The lead did not last long, though, as the Red All Stars tied it up in the top of th...
