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 20-9-1 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.

Starting this weekend there will be 6 Mavericks playing and coaching in the Div I College World Series Tournament.  Good Luck Mavericks make LCC proud.

1.  Max McNabb - LHP USD

2.  Garrett Hughes - LHP Stanford

3.  Michael Swanner - RHP Pepperdine

4.  Danny Bethea - C St. Johns

5.  Matt Hall - C/DH Cornell

6.  Brad Marcelino - Asst. Coach USD

The La Costa Canyon Mavericks will host two baseball skills camp for players age 9-13.  The camp dates are June 25th-28th and July 16th-19th.  For more information contact us at LCCmaverickbaseballcamp@gmail.com

In Saturday's CIF Playoff Elimination Games:

Division II:  Valhalla  5   Helix  3;     Westview   4   Steele Canyon  3

Division I:   Carlsbad  4  Torrey Pines  2;  Rancho  Buena Vista  4  Granite Hills   0

The Avocado West League teams continue their strong showing in the CIF Playoffs.

The Mavericks faced off against the Valhalla Norsemen in second round play of the 2012 CIF Playoffs.  The Norsemen proved they were a serious contender when they started the game with 3 straight singles, a deep sacrifice fly and a perfectly executed suicide squeeze to score 2 runs in the top of the first inning.  The Mavericks replied in the bottom of the 1st with a run of their own after Martin hit a long double and then scored on an overthrow error.

In the 4th inning the Mav's added 2 more when Winters hit, Miller reached on an error and Schrieber pushed a run in with a basehit.  In the 5th the Mavs scored two more when Solomon started the inning with a triple down the right field line.   Balderas followed with a base on balls and Winters collected another RBI with a single.  The Mav's had yet another 2-run inning in the 6th when Martin and Balderas both had singles and Winters pushed them both across the plate with a double.  The game ended with a final score of 7-2.

After facing adversity in the first inning, Andrew Hinkle gathered himself and was almost unhittable for the rest of the game.  He gave up 4 hits on the day (just 1 after the first inning), and he struck out 9 batters.  He got the complete game victory.

The Mavericks will now play on Tuesday at 3:30 against Valhalla.   (See brackets below.)