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Class of 2009 National Rankings
Top 10, Class of 2009
#1 - Matthew Purke
LHP
6-3 170
Spring, TX
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#2 - Donavan Tate
OF
6-3 200
Cartersville, GA
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#3 - Tyler Matzek
LHP
6-3 185
Mission Viejo, CA
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#4 - Mychal Givens
SS/P
6-2 185
Tampa, FL
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#5 - Jacob Turner
RHP
6-4 205
St. Charles, MO
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#6 - Shelby Miller
RHP
6-3 195
Brownwood, TX
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#7 - Matt Davidson
3B
6-3 205
Yucaipa, CA
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#8 - Max Stassi
C
5-10 187
Yuba City, CA
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#9 - Zach Wheeler
RHP
6-4 180
Dallas, GA
Class of 2009
Top 10, Class of 2009
#10 - Keyvius Sampson
RHP
6-1 185
Ocala, FL.
Class of 2009
 
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CLASS OF 2009  (Look for frequent updates!)
Top 1,510 HS Prospects        Updated: 2/4/09 5:16pm
2009 Prospects - State By State    Updated: 2/4/09 5:10pm  
2009 Prospects - State By State Rankings    Updated: 2/4/08 5:10pm
Class of 2009: College Commitments
Updated: 11/18/08 5:00pm
Top 250 2009 High School Prospects by Position        Posted: 10/23/07 1:00pm
 
Class of 2010  (Look for frequent updates!)
Top 500 2010 High School Prospects        Updated: 2/20/08 3:30pm
2010 Prospects - State By State    Updated: 12/4/08 3:30pm
2010 Prospects - State By State Rankings    Updated: 12/4/08 3:30pm
 
HS Class of 2011: Top 25 Prospects      Updated: 12/16/08 10:45pm
Top 25 2011 High School Prospects        Updated: 12/16/08 10:45pm
 

Rawlings and Perfect Game USA Announce
Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams

Annual awards recognize the top senior athletes at the high school level.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (March 18, 2008) - Rawlings Sporting Goods® announced today its annual Rawlings Preseason All-American and All-Region Teams to recognize the top 400 high school baseball athletes in the U.S., while also showcasing their abilities to collegiate and professional scouts. In partnership with Perfect Game USA, the world’s largest scouting report service, Rawlings is devoted to distinguishing “THE FINEST IN THE FIELD” with the these two prestigious awards.

Mike Thompson, Rawlings Vice-President, said, “These selected athletes are being recognized for their skill, athleticism, and dedication to their game which allows them to perform to the highest level of game play. With more than 240,000 high school athletes in the nation, these players represent the very best in their class.”
Rawlings-Perfect Game Preseason All-American and All Region Teams
  Posted: 3/27/2008 10:00pm

CRACK OF THE BAT
 
Danny Coulombe: An Arizona Pitcher to Watch
by Jim McDonald
This is all you need to know about Danny Coulombe: Anytime he pitches, Scottsdale Chaparral has a chance to win. A great chance. This year, Coulombe has been virtually unhittable. So far, he is 7-0 for the 18-6 Firebirds with an earned run average under 0.7 and an amazing 109 strikeouts in 51 innings pitched. He has walked just 11. On April 22 in a 9-1, one-hit victory over Phoenix Paradise Valley he struck out 20 of a possible 22 hitters (one reached base on a dropped third strike).

It might be the most dominant pitching performance over an extended period in the storied history of Chaparral baseball, a program that has produced Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox and Brian Bannister of the Kansas City Royals. Chaparral, frequently ranked in the nation’s top 20 high school programs, also has sent Charles Brewer to UCLA and Ike Davis and Jason Jarvis to Arizona State, among others.
Crack of the Bat
  Posted: 4/24/2008 10:00am
 
Tyler Chatwood: All Over The Field
by David Rawnsley
The high school class of 2008 is unusually full of extremely-talented two-way players. The list starts with first-round talents such as OF-RHP Aaron Hicks (Woodrow Wilson HS, Long Beach, CA), RHP-3B Tim Melville (Wentzville Holt HS, Wentzville, Mo.) and 3B-RHP Ethan Martin (LaGrange, Ga., HS) and goes deep into the prospects lists.

Maybe the most versatile talent in the 2008 class, though, is a player that you might as well call a four-way player. That would be SS-CF-C-RHP Tyler Chatwood of Redlands East Valley High in Yucaipa, Calif.

Taylor Chatwood: All Over The Field      Posted: 4/04/08 1:15pm

Top 2,125 High School Prospects
Top 2,125 2008 High School Prospects        Updated: 6/2/08 4:45pm
2008 Prospects - State By State    Updated: 6/2/08 4:45pm  
2008 Prospects - State By State Rankings    Updated: 56/2/08 4:45pm
2008 College Commitments List     Updated: 6/2/08 4:45pm
Top 1000+ 2008 High School Prospects by Position        Posted: 10/23/07 1:00pm

Preseason All-America Checklists by Position
All-America Checklists by Position     Posted: 2/26/2008 2:30pm

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL 2008
 
High School Baseball Notebook 5/28/08
By Jeff Simpson
 
Florida, Nevada Schools Set the Tone
With the 2008 high school baseball season starting to wind down, it looks as if Florida’s No. 1-ranked American Heritage High (31-2) and Nevada’s No. 2 Bishop Gorman High (41-3) will finish the year at the top of the PG Crosschecker Top 50 High School rankings, with both schools claiming state championships. The two teams began the year ranked 1-2.

The next three spots in the latest PG Crosschecker rankings all stayed the same with New Jersey’s Don Bosco Prep (26-0), Florida’s Lake Brantley (30-4) and Texas’ Plano West (36-1) rounding out the Top 5.
High School Notebook    Posted: 5/29/08 9:00am
 
Top 50 Teams
Top 50 High School Baseball Teams    Posted: 5/27/08 12:00pm
2008 High School Baseball Rankings/Notebook Archives    Updated: 5/29/08 9:00am
 
Preseason Top 100 Teams (with team previews)
By Jeff Simpson
1. AMERICAN HERITAGE HS, Plantation, Fla. (23-6)
American Heritage High is a clear-cut choice as the nation’s No. 1 high school team. In fact, it may arguably have the greatest collection of talent on one high school team in the last decade—or at least since a Seminole (Fla.) High that featured first baseman Casey Kotchman went wire-to-wire in 2001, winning 31 straight games.

The Patriots are loaded at virtually every position and feature a pair of Aflac All-Americans in senior 1B-LHP Eric Hosmer and senior C Adrian Nieto. Hosmer (.380, 10 HR), an Arizona State recruit, is the nation’s top-ranked prep hitting prospect and almost a cinch to be drafted in the first round in June. Nieto (.376-5-18), one of the top catching prospects in the country and a South Florida recruit, is also a target in the early rounds of this year’s draft.
Preseason Top 100 High School Baseball Teams    Posted: 2/29/08 10:30am
Final Top 100 High School Baseball Teams    Posted: 6/23/08 2:30pm
 
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