IHSC Case Study

About three weeks ago, the Packer Varsity baseball team beat Berkeley Carroll school for the first time in twelve years and in glorious fashion. Tears streamed down my face as our winning run crossed the plate in extra innings, dust flying up as my teammates and I mobbed each other at the plate. Yet a few short days later, our team was blindsided by the news that St. Ann’s had pulled off back to back upsets to squeak their way into the playoffs ahead of us - just as our season seemed to be looking up, it was over.

In conclusion, Coach Gaines speech “Being Perfect” is a very powerful, emotional motivating speech, during the speech many rhetorical devices, along with a bunch of pathos are used. The Purpose is to motivate the players to play even harder the last two games of their championship

Nothing beat the overwhelming emotion of stepping up on the pitcher’s mound and hearing the chant of my name, my heart clawing its way out of my chest. Before throwing the first warmup pitch, my mind raced through the entire season. How, as a team, we have made history winning all three major tournaments in the high school level. We had beaten many top competitors and lost plenty crushing defeats as well. My mind pondered, which situation will I be in today, glorious victory or destructive loss. This is the feeling I lived for during high school, it was my sole purpose. However, this was merely one minute of that fateful day in which I played prodigiously trying to win a baseball game.

Get ready to cheer on your Chino Hills High Baseball team this year Huskies! Varsity coaches, Coach Kevin Chavez and Coach Sean Casey are looking to lead this year’s team to another winning season to capture first place in League. This year’s Varsity team has a deep pitching rotation that is essential for the team’s success. This rotation includes: Dakota Fine, Carson Conradt, Chris Chavez, Jacob Hobson, Ricky Walczak, Michael Rogers, Noah Calderon, Preston Kelly, and Mikey Rosales. The team’s offense will be capped by Cal State Fullerton commit Brett Borgogno and Chris Chavez’s power bat. The team’s biggest asset when it comes to winning will be playing “ small ball.” “ Small ball” is the element of the game that is seen as small, but effective,

"Today we ran into a great team," VCU coach Will Wade said. "Unbelievable performance by Hield there down the stretch. Every time they needed a big basket, he answered the bell. He's just a phenomenal player. Best player I've seen in college basketball. So I'm proud of our guys. We just didn't quite have enough."

At the end of the eighth inning we pick up the game with Kansas City leading the Minnesota Twins one to zero. Steve, sitting on the bench in the corner with a towel over his head in the Kansas City Royals dugout as his team is batting in the eighth inning, has thoughts that go back to his Little League days when his father Joe Ballard would say. “Don’t worry about the batter, play pitch and catch with the catcher. That’s how to win a game from the pitcher’s mound.”

“If we are shooting the ball well, we can beat anybody. The playoffs are fun and the kids are excited.”

In 2016, more than ever, the team was committed to and had one goal of winning. One of our biggest rivals was St. John’s College High School (SJCHS). My doubles partner and I played the last match of the WCAC championships against SJCHS. During the season, SJCHS was one of the hardest competitors we faced but walking onto the court on the final day of championships, my partner and I knew we would fight and win. After 45 minutes, I hit an ace and we won the match that put us in the lead to win the championships. October 30, 2016 was the single most exciting and overwhelming day for the team all season. Everyone’s hard work paid off.

They came in with pretty high hopes, and lots of confidence. But, the amount of cockiness they showed only added to our cockiness as well. Much like a chess match the mind games before the game even started was a whole game of its own. We won both the baseball game, and the chess match I might add. We took care of business from the opening pitch. GSL had brought everything they had, but it just wasn’t enough. This left us as the only unbeaten team left. Only 4 teams left in total, us, GSL, Maple Lake, and of course Watertown. Winning the first 3 games was quite the obstacle, but we overcame it, easier than it should have been. The biggest obstacle had yet to be sprung upon us. Our next game was just

IHSCA is a high school located in the heart of Pilsen. The school's goal is to foster the growth of young men and women in this community. Mr. Brown has launched a number of different sports programs at the school including the baseball team. His work has given students the chance to explore outside hobbies and build the foundation for personal growth outside of the academics of the school. Additionally,

When the official game clock hit 00:00, people began to flow out of the stadium. When I stood up out of my seat, I said my goodbyes and thanked all the coaches for the entire day. I wanted to make sure they knew that I genuinely enjoyed the visit, and how I really appreciated the fact that they took the time to show my parents and I around and spend the day with us.

With the season on the line, the seniors team had to win against St. Francis Xavier. Down by two baskets at the end of

"The pain that we've all gone through, the pain of losing is real. You can't camouflage it," said team head coach Brett Brown, who represented the 76ers on stage. "The city has been incredibly patient, tolerant, choose any word you want. I think this validates some of the pain we went through."

It was time to take the group photo with our trophy. The team gathered in rows and smiled. We took one holding up a one for first place and then with a double U for the win. Then the fan section surrounded us for a group photo. After we took individual photos and the crowd calmed down, we loaded the bus to return to Eureka in victory. We were escorted

The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.