Setting a new GOLD STANDARD!

The WASHINGTON POST ranked America's High School's and listed Bonita Vista High School far and away higher than Eastlake, Otay Ranch and Olympian High School's academically.  Why does anyone choose to go anywhere else academically?

Listed under America's Most Challenging High School's Bonita Vista out ranked her rivals by nearly 400 schools nationally.  

Jay Mathews article writer RANKED BVH #590 IN THE NATION and #80 IN THE STATE!!!! Eastlake is ranked #899 in the nation and Otay Ranch is #1068 while Olympian is not listed.

BONITA VISTA DOES MORE WITH LESS!

IMAGINE WHAT COULD BE DONE

IF THE SCHOOL WAS ON

A LEVEL

PLAYING FIELD! 

STAY GOLD!

The Bonita Vista Barons Baseball Club swept through Saturday's play-offs with victories over Hilltop and Otay Ranch to win the club championship for the South Bay. The night cap 7-2 victory over Otay Ranch crowned the Barons and capped off a 17-6 season where the Club won 12 of 15 games at home and 5 of 8 on the road.

Competing againstsome of SanDiego's finest program's like Cathedral Catholic, St. Augustine, University City, and La Jolla, this club team showed their metal all season long.

Gaining the coach's recognition this year, Kevin McCann, Roman Martinez, Blake Flippen, Isaac Shoshoni, Ricky Reynoso, and Carlos Sandoval were instrumental in all of the Club Team's achievements. 

These players will take a couple of weeks off before jumping into an 18-20 game summer schedule. Watch and challenge these players to get better, hopfully a couple of MESA League Championship's are in their future.

Congratulations

Club Team (Class of 2015)

2012!

On Thursday May 17th the Junior Varsity Barons defeated Hilltop 5-3 running thier season record up to 19 wins with only 7 losses. Even more impressive, the squad posted a 9 win season in league losing only one game in MESA League play.  The Barons JVs were a solid group of players that played consistently all season long.

Their next competition begins in a few weeks as they move up a division and start preparing for varsity level play. These diamond ballers play an 18 game schedule with a few tournaments sprinkled in for competative measure.

Coach Nealy hosts the boys in a road trip to Barona for some big eating. The boys collected funds all season based on their version of the Kangaroo Court and will use the funds to EAT all the can at the big buffet.

Congratulations JV Barons for their fine season in 2012.

The Barons compete against the best of the county in their opening tournament of 2012. This year's Hilltop-Lolita's Tournament has most of the pre-season top Ten teams entered to win.  The Barons face-off against the numbers 1, 3, 6, 8, & 10 teams before getting to the Metro Conference Tournament.

You can read more about the pre-season top ten and the players to watch via the Union-Tribune article.

The Barons coaching staff asked the players to appreciate the competition and to "stop and smell the coffee".  Playing this tough schedule may take its toll on the won-loss record but it will also prepare the team for the grind of the league schedule.

AAU AFTERSCHOOL SESSIONS SCHEDULE

All Players:ALL LEVELS

Monday: 3pm -- Stretching and agilities 'til 3:45. Weight room 'til 4 pm. Baseball Skills and Drills 4-4:45 (Outfielder emphasis).

Tuesday: 3pm -- Stretching and agilities 'til 3:45. Weight room 'til 4 pm. Baseball Skills and Drills 4-4:45 (Infielder emphasis).

Wednesday: (Optional Workout) -- Hitting Emphasis

Thursday:

Position Players: 3pm -- Stretching and agilities 'til 3:45. Weight room 'til 4 pm. Baseball Skills and Drills 4-4:45 (Team Drills).

Pitchers and Catchers: 3pm -- Per Coach Warlop (Mechanics emphasis)

Fridays:

Position Players: 3pm Conditioning and optional hitting.

Pitchers and Catchers: 3pm -- Per Warlop (Bull pens, etc.)

At this U.S. Baseball Academy Spring Training, players learn from some of the area’s top high school coaches. Hitting, fielding/baserunning and catcher sessions are offered through grade 12. Pitching sessions (baseball only) are offered for grades 1 through 8.

This is not a lecture clinic. With a low player-coach ratio, each hitter and pitcher gets individual attention in a small-group atmosphere for one hour per week. An average hitting session includes about 30 players with six or seven experienced and professionally trained coaches. Pitching and catching sessions have smaller numbers and the same player-coach ratio. And with numerous age-specific sessions, instruction is specially tailored for each ability level.

Overall, it’s the type of intense, professional instruction that young players don’t normally have access to especially in the South Bay area.

August 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, & 31

The Barons Baseball Club presents a freshman baseball camp for all BVH freshman with aspirations of playing baseball at Bonita Vista High School.  The camp is for all freshman that are NOT playing a fall sport.

The camp begins at 4 PM each day and ends at 6 PM. Registration is August 22 beginning at 3:30 PMat the snackbar behind homeplate. Parents are welcome.

The Freshman Camp emphasizes the fundamnetals of playing Barons Baseball and introduces the rigors of playing high school championship level baseball to the first year high school-aged players.  Our freshman teams have posted ten years of winning baseball. Our JV team has won or shared the league honors, 6 of the last ten seasons, while or varsity group is defending two time champions of the Mesa league with this seasons co-championship. In recent years, Barons Baseball won the league in 2008, 2010 & 2011. We were quarter finalists in CIF in 2009 & 2010 and reached the round of eight in 2011.

The cost of the afterschool AAU camp is $100. There will be an opportunity to pay early and save $10. This fee includes a camp tee shirt, camp insurance and a 1-year AAU membership which is necessary for Fall and Winter Ball workouts and games. The coaches for this camp are the high school coaches. Led by Coach Gervais;  the camp staff includes both the head coaches for JV and Freshman levels as well as the assistants from all three teams. Camp counselors aiding the coaches are returning varsity players. 

This camp eases the transition for all participants into our after school Barons Baseball Club, which begins activities in September. More information will forthcome during the camp and at our introductory meetings, TBA.

 See flyer for camp details and registration information..

Here are the records and names in the Hall of Champions record book for Bonita Vista baseball:

1986  David Woodhouse -- CIF Hall Of Champions Media Player of the Year

1981  Most Innings Played in One Game,  (Mar Vista 10 v Bonita Vista 8 , 5/21/1981) record is 18

1980  Most Homeruns in a Game,  6 (Bonita Vista v. Marian HS, 3/28/1980) -- record is 9

1980  Most Triples in a Game, 4 (Bonita Vista v. Marian Catholic) -- record is 6

1986-1988  Ted Erhardt -- Most Stolen Bases Career 73 -- record is 115

2008-2010 Hector Montes -- Highest On-Base Pct. Career, .607 -- record is .658

2009  Hector Montes -- Highest On-Base Pct. Season, .663 -- record is .670

1986  Ted Erhardt -- Highest On-Base Pct. Season, .662 -- CIF Record is .670/School Record is .663

2010  Hector Montes -- Most Base on Balls, Season, 42 -- CIF Record!

2010  Hector Montes -- Most Base on Balls, Game, 4 -- record is 5

1985  Billy Miller -- Most Saves, Season 8 -- record is 13

1988  David Woodhouse -- Best Winning Pct. Season, 1.000 (10W --0L) -- record is 16W--0L

1985-1988  Randy Abshier -- Most Innings Pitched Career, 214 -- record is 300 2/3

Alumni Alert: If you know your team record for a specific year, please email the results to mail@bvbaronsbaseball.com

Larry Roberts

1967-1984

1975  (2A Division CIF Runner-Up)

John Gibbs

1985-1988

Ron Pietila

1989-1990

Bill Goetz

1991

1992 (3A Division CIF Runner-Up)

Dan Hodges

1993-1998

Bill Goetz

1999-2002

Brian McBride

2002-2003

Kyle Smock

2004  9W-- 14L

2005 10W-- 13L

Vincent Gervais 

116 Wins -- 66 Losses: .637 Winning Pct.

2006  17W -- 10L (Mesa League 3rd Place)

2007  18W-- 10L (Mesa League 2nd Place)

2008  19W-- 11L (Mesa League Co-Champions)

2009 19W-- 13L (D5 Lions tournament Champions, Mesa league 3rd Place, CIF DII Semi-Finalist)

2010 24W-- 10L (Mesa League Champions, CIF Div. I Semi-Finalist)

2011  19W-- 12L (Mesa League Co-Champions, CIF Div. II Quarter Finalists)