Is H.S. ball worth the time?

[obbay]

Not to de-rail the thread, most boys and girls sports share facilities, so improving the fieldhouse helps everyone. Improving the football field helps field hockey, and (both) lacrosse teams.
Baseball team has a field that is for their exclusive use.
Softball team gets a slowpitch/beer-league field, 2 or 3 miles from the school.
There is a run down field beside the HS that has plenty of room and could be turned into a first class field, but it remains un-maintained. It was used by the freshman and JV teams, but now i dont think even Little League uses it anymore.

 

[MNDad]

Not to de-rail the thread, most boys and girls sports share facilities, so improving the fieldhouse helps everyone. Improving the football field helps field hockey, and (both) lacrosse teams.
Baseball team has a field that is for their exclusive use.
Softball team gets a slowpitch/beer-league field, 2 or 3 miles from the school.
There is a run down field beside the HS that has plenty of room and could be turned into a first class field, but it remains un-maintained. It was used by the freshman and JV teams, but now i dont think even Little League uses it anymore.

Doesn't hurt to try. Assuming you've talked to the HS AD and/or Principal and that didn't go anywhere here's the link to file a complaint with the OCR. If you want more info DM me. I'm not an expert, but I've stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html

 

[vicimus]

Just heard announcer on OK vs WA game say Paige Lowary (OK) never played TB and only threw fastballs her 4 years in HS! SMH.

DD is a freshman pitcher/starter on a *B* conference H.S. team that just finished its first winning season in six years (brag: in large part to her pitching and hitting 3rd, since she was the only freshman starter). The problem is that in our area, high school softball is a joke, her coach is clueless, and the level of play is one step up from rec ball (seriously).

On the other hand, DD is on a club that has developed more div I players in the area than any other, including getting a free ride to a freshman this year at my DD's #1 school.

DD just turned 14 in Jan, since she started school a year early, so she's the only H.S. player on her 14U team, although she did play up with the 16U team some in the fall.

H.S. practices take up a lot of time (practices 5 days/week, 2 hours/day plus games plus playoffs), and there were many conflicts with her club team workouts (3-4 days/week) and tournaments (3-4/month), although she tried to do both to the extent possible, but her grades were negatively impacted a bit (only so many hours in a week!).

To what extent to div I coaches look at H.S. accomplishments in areas where H.S. ball is a joke?

At this point we are contemplating DD just putting all her time into her club team who knows how to develop div I players and whose coach is connected to the div I coaches, since the H.S. coach has developed ZERO div I players.

Thoughts?

 

[rdbass]

Not sure the announcers know what they are talking about:
Competed for Iowa Slammers, Birmingham Thunderbolts, and I-Club Blue club teams
See this:
https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4715

 

[Cannonball]

Not sure the announcers know what they are talking about:
Competed for Iowa Slammers, Birmingham Thunderbolts, and I-Club Blue club teams
See this:
https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4715

Why should they be any more accurate on this type of information? LOL

 

[vicimus]

Maybe I misheard and/or she meant to say that she never *pitched* in TB.

Not sure the announcers know what they are talking about:
Competed for Iowa Slammers, Birmingham Thunderbolts, and I-Club Blue club teams
See this:
https://mutigers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4715

 

[MNDad]

Maybe I misheard and/or she meant to say that she never *pitched* in TB.

Depending on the context they could be right. Iowa plays HS ball in the summer and looks like she was a guest with the T-Bolts. So if they said she wasn’t on a regular or traditional TB team it could technically be correct. More likely they were just talking out of their rear ends.