THIS IS THE OFFICIAL MAVERICK VARSITY BASEBALL WEB SITE. 

(Sponsored by the La Costa Canyon High School Baseball Parent Boosters.)

The La Costa Canyon Mavericks are nationally ranked and have a 19-9-1 record for the season.  The Mav's won the Avocado West League with a league record of 9-3. 

The Mavs are now playing in the 2012 CIF Playoffs, where they enter as the number 2 seed in the post season tournament. 

Game highlights from recent games can be found on the tab marked "My Site News".

To view stats for individual players just click on Stats, after arriving on the Stats screen, select "Combined" in the top left hand corner of the screen .  Coach Machado inputs all stats, and these stats can also be found on MaxPreps Baseball as well.

The JV and Freshman team schedules and team rosters are posted under those team menu items listed to the left.

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The La Costa Canyon High School campus opened in September of 1996.  The end of the 2011 season marked the Mavericks 15th season of baseball.  Fifteen seasons have produced an impressive array of league championships, tournament victories, and national rankings.  The list of accomplishments includes:

• Two CIF Division I Championships (2003 and 2004)
• Two CIF Division I 2nd place finishes (1997 and 2008) 
• Six Avocado league championships (1998, 1999, 2000, 02, 03, 10)
• Two Avocado West league championships (2011 and 2012)
• National Number One ranking (2003 by studentsports.com)
• Cal-Hi sports State Number One ranking (2003)
• Two top-five Cal-Hi sports state rankings (2003 = #1, 2004 = #4)
• CIF record for the most wins in one season at 32 (2003)
• CIF record for the most consecutive wins at 27 (2003)
• Nine Pirate / Falcon Tournament Championships
• Two North County Tournament Championships
• San Diego Lions Tournament Classic Division Championship (2002) 
• Selected to play in first ever high school baseball game at Petco Park (2008 vs RB) 
• Overall cumulative school record is 350-154-1 (.693) thru 5-16-12.
  

In 2003 Cal Hi sports named Justin Machado as its California State High School Baseball Coach of the Year. In 2010 Coach Machado was recognized for reaching a milestone 300th career win.  The Mavericks have never had a losing record and they have advanced to the CIF playoffs every year, reaching the CIF Division I finals in 4 of their first 14 years. In 2011 the Mavericks lost in the semi-finals in their first Division II appearance.

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The 2011 College & MLB Alumni updates are available by clicking the Maverick Alumni menu item on the left,   Paul Oseguera (2002), Mike Kenney (2004), Scott Clement (2004), Will Swanner (2010) and Phillip Evans (2011) continue their pursuit of a professional baseball career. On August 12, 2010 Will Swanner became the first Maverick to be signed by a Major League team right out of La Costa Canyon High School. In June of 2011 Phillip Evans became the second Maverick to be signed by a Major League team right out of La Costa Canyon High School.

LCC entered the 2012 CIF Playoffs as the #2 seed, giving them home field advantage against Ramona.  LCC jumped on the board with 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st after Martin and Solomon walked and Winters hit a line shot for 2 RBI's.  LCC added 2 more in the 3rd after Balderas walked, Miller singled, and Armstrong walked.  Lyon got an RBI with a bases-loaded walk and Martin drove in a run with an RBI single. 

Ramona posted 4 runs in the top of the 5th to tie the game.  Neither team could muster a run and the game went in to extra innings.  The Mav's scored in the bottom of the 9th when Balderas singled and Casas crossed the plate on a walk-off base hit single by Miller.  The final score was Mavs 5, Bulldogs 4.

Jake Schulz pitched 8 strong innings, giving up just 2 earned runs.  Drew Krassny spelled relief in the top of the 9th giving up no runs and earning the win.

The Mavericks now advance to the second round of CIF Playoffs, facing Valhalla on Friday at 3:30 pm at LCC.

  The Avocado West League Champion La Costa Canyon Mavericks received the No: 2 Seed and a Playin round bye in the 2012 CIF Division II Baseball Playoffs.  The Mavericks will host a First round game on Wednesday May 23rd at LCC.

   The 2012 Double Elimination CIF Playoff Brackets are on the CIF website and a link is included in the LINKS menu item on the left hand side of the page.

  The other Division II Seeds were Rancho Bernardo (I), Steele Canyon (4) and Helix (3). The Division II Playin Games on Tuesday May 22nd are:

San Marcos (13-15) at Bonita Vista (17-11); EC Southwest (16-11) at Westview (19-12); and

Valhalla (12-18) at Scripps Ranch (16-13); Hilltop (14-13) at Ramona (14-15).

  In Division I the top four seeds were: Vista, Rancho Buena Vista, Granite Hills and Torrey Pines.  Carlsbad fell to the 5th seed and hosts a Playin game against Otay Ranch on Tuesday.

  The top two seeds in Division III are Cathedral Catholic and El Capitan; while Santa Fe Christian is the top seed in Division IV.