Bishop O'connell Baseball

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Anonymous wrote:Their website only has last year's roster up for varsity and jv.

+1. It lists last year’s roster but their current grade so it looks like no freshman made it. But that isn’t correct. We know multiple boys who were on the JV team when they were freshman.

So all the 10s were freshman last year. I assume they took a similar number of freshman this year. Always thought it was easier to make DJO JV than Yorktown.

I heard Yorktown JV cuts were brutal this year. So many excellent players.

They have their Final cut today. Varsity was yesterday.

I thought I heard Yorktown was having a freshman team this year. Is that not correct?

I think you’re confused because for JV this year they called for eighth and ninth graders. It’s not a “freshman” team, it’s the JV team.

[Anonymous]

Bishop OC had like 10 transfers come in this year. It might of bumped some kids out of the program. It's hard sustain recruiting 8th graders if you are just bringing in transfers to take their spots.

[Anonymous]

Do people really want to pay 20-25K to go to a school that will replace you with someone down the road?

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Anonymous wrote:Their website only has last year's roster up for varsity and jv.

+1. It lists last year’s roster but their current grade so it looks like no freshman made it. But that isn’t correct. We know multiple boys who were on the JV team when they were freshman.

So all the 10s were freshman last year. I assume they took a similar number of freshman this year. Always thought it was easier to make DJO JV than Yorktown.

I heard Yorktown JV cuts were brutal this year. So many excellent players.

They have their Final cut today. Varsity was yesterday.

I thought I heard Yorktown was having a freshman team this year. Is that not correct?

I think you’re confused because for JV this year they called for eighth and ninth graders. It’s not a “freshman” team, it’s the JV team.

8th graders have been able to try out for JV for years. I think this year there were close to 20 of them. 4 were chosen to play JV. Last year there were 3, and the year before 5, I believe. Sophmores - Seniors tryout for V and when the sophmores don't make V they go back to JV tryouts. I don't think any public schools have freshman teams. There is not enough field space.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their website only has last year's roster up for varsity and jv.

+1. It lists last year’s roster but their current grade so it looks like no freshman made it. But that isn’t correct. We know multiple boys who were on the JV team when they were freshman.

So all the 10s were freshman last year. I assume they took a similar number of freshman this year. Always thought it was easier to make DJO JV than Yorktown.

I heard Yorktown JV cuts were brutal this year. So many excellent players.

They have their Final cut today. Varsity was yesterday.

I thought I heard Yorktown was having a freshman team this year. Is that not correct?

I think you’re confused because for JV this year they called for eighth and ninth graders. It’s not a “freshman” team, it’s the JV team.

All of the APS HS have JV teams with 8th, 9th and 10th graders.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their website only has last year's roster up for varsity and jv.

+1. It lists last year’s roster but their current grade so it looks like no freshman made it. But that isn’t correct. We know multiple boys who were on the JV team when they were freshman.

So all the 10s were freshman last year. I assume they took a similar number of freshman this year. Always thought it was easier to make DJO JV than Yorktown.

I heard Yorktown JV cuts were brutal this year. So many excellent players.

They have their Final cut today. Varsity was yesterday.

I thought I heard Yorktown was having a freshman team this year. Is that not correct?

I think you’re confused because for JV this year they called for eighth and ninth graders. It’s not a “freshman” team, it’s the JV team.

8th graders have been able to try out for JV for years. I think this year there were close to 20 of them. 4 were chosen to play JV. Last year there were 3, and the year before 5, I believe. Sophmores - Seniors tryout for V and when the sophmores don't make V they go back to JV tryouts. I don't think any public schools have freshman teams. There is not enough field space.

Its more nuanced than that... this year they specifically called for 8th and 9th graders to try out for JV. No Freshman were even considered for Varsity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do people really want to pay 20-25K to go to a school that will replace you with someone down the road?

I pay 60k/yr for my kid. TO stay away from parents like you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do people really want to pay 20-25K to go to a school that will replace you with someone down the road?

I pay 60k/yr for my kid. TO stay away from parents like you.

I am happy for your situation. You make a 60,120,or 180K investment for your child to have an experience that could be changed by a scholarship athlete coming in to replace your child. I bet your tune would change. Mr. 60K

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do people really want to pay 20-25K to go to a school that will replace you with someone down the road?

I pay 60k/yr for my kid. TO stay away from parents like you.

I am happy for your situation. You make a 60,120,or 180K investment for your child to have an experience that could be changed by a scholarship athlete coming in to replace your child. I bet your tune would change. Mr. 60K

What are you even talking about? Kids go to schools like DJO for education/envt not for sports opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bishop OC had like 10 transfers come in this year. It might of bumped some kids out of the program. It's hard sustain recruiting 8th graders if you are just bringing in transfers to take their spots.

+1. Many current parents NOT happy. They supported the program for two years only to have their kids recruited over by junior transfers out of the travel program run by the coach. So not cool.

[Anonymous]

If your team is run by the primetime guys, it’s going to be scummy and gross. Lack of integrity is kind of their thing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bishop OC had like 10 transfers come in this year. It might of bumped some kids out of the program. It's hard sustain recruiting 8th graders if you are just bringing in transfers to take their spots.

+1. Many current parents NOT happy. They supported the program for two years only to have their kids recruited over by junior transfers out of the travel program run by the coach. So not cool.

Yikes. What school did they come from? Insane that there are transfers at the high school level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Bishop OC had like 10 transfers come in this year. It might of bumped some kids out of the program. It's hard sustain recruiting 8th graders if you are just bringing in transfers to take their spots.

+1. Many current parents NOT happy. They supported the program for two years only to have their kids recruited over by junior transfers out of the travel program run by the coach. So not cool.

I don't mean to come off insensitive with this post but my kids have gone through this process and I think this advice needs to be heard. Players and families need to understand that at the WCAC High School Varsity level, the Coaches job is to put the best team on the field every year and to win games. Players need to take the position that they are replaceable and the coach is always looking for better players that will help him/her win. It could be that the kid who is already in the program continues to develop into the better player or they can find someone outside the program who is better. The transfer route is certainly a much quicker and easier option for a coach. And it only gets worse with every level that a player moves up. There are no guarantees for playing time. There is very little loyalty. The sooner you can get your arms around that fact, the better off your player is going to be moving forward. If you want to play this game at a high level, you need to learn to focus on your own development and providing tangible value to a team. If you perform and you are a good teammate, you make yourself harder to replace. But don't believe for a minute that they aren't trying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their website only has last year's roster up for varsity and jv.

+1. It lists last year’s roster but their current grade so it looks like no freshman made it. But that isn’t correct. We know multiple boys who were on the JV team when they were freshman.

So all the 10s were freshman last year. I assume they took a similar number of freshman this year. Always thought it was easier to make DJO JV than Yorktown.

I heard Yorktown JV cuts were brutal this year. So many excellent players.

They have their Final cut today. Varsity was yesterday.

I thought I heard Yorktown was having a freshman team this year. Is that not correct?

I think you’re confused because for JV this year they called for eighth and ninth graders. It’s not a “freshman” team, it’s the JV team.

8th graders have been able to try out for JV for years. I think this year there were close to 20 of them. 4 were chosen to play JV. Last year there were 3, and the year before 5, I believe. Sophmores - Seniors tryout for V and when the sophmores don't make V they go back to JV tryouts. I don't think any public schools have freshman teams. There is not enough field space.

Its more nuanced than that... this year they specifically called for 8th and 9th graders to try out for JV. No Freshman were even considered for Varsity.

Same as last year. It's not new. 8th graders have been allowed to try out for JV in any sports that the APS middle schools don't have for years. It's a terrible rule and was made when they didn't have enough kids in high school, but now there are way too many and freshman and sophmores got cut to make way for these freshman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your team is run by the primetime guys, it’s going to be scummy and gross. Lack of integrity is kind of their thing.

Agreed. You can search on here for stories about an especially scummy one.