PREP BASEBALL 1992: ORANGE LEAGUE Western

Western

1991 RECORDS OVERALL LEAGUE 3-22-1 1-14

COACH RECORD AT SCHOOL Jeff Broussely 0-0

RETURNING STARTERS YR. POS. B-T Paul Adrian Sr. OF R-R Isiah Cadena So. P L-L Jeremy Conkle Sr. SS R-R Raul Gonzalez Sr. C R-R Chris Holiday Jr. IF R-R Jeff Livingston Jr. P R-R Brian Norris Jr. CF R-R

TOP RETURNERS: None

TOP NEWCOMERS YR. POS. B-T Ray Benefiel Sr. OF R-R Art Garcia Jr. P R-R Albert Porter Jr. OF L-L Tomas Ramirez Sr. OF R-R

OUTLOOK

On the bright side, first-year coach Broussely inherits a team that returns seven starters. On the dark side, those players won only one league game last season and produced little offense. Broussely fears this season could be no different. “We don’t have enough proven offensive players,” he said. But the coach figures the Pioneers will stay in games with good pitching, and they have three of the best young pitchers in the league. Cadena, Holiday and Livingston performed well last season, and each has at least two seasons left in the program. If all three pitchers are consistent this season, and Norris, Benefiel and Porter deliver on the promise they’ve shown with the bat, the Pioneers could contend for a playoff spot. Last season’s league race was wide open, with four teams finishing within two games of each other. And Broussely thinks it could be close again this season. “Brea-Olinda should be considered the front-runner,” he said. “But everyone should be able to compete for a playoff spot.”