NCS High School Baseball - Patriots win 4-2

Game 2 Heritage High School Patriots vs. San Ramon Valley Wolves.  The eigths seed Heritage Patriots come out on top vs top seed San Ramon Valley Wolves.

2011 Heritage High School Varsity Baseball - NCS Game 2 vs (top seed) San Ramon Valley - Jack Jorgensen pitches a 3 hit gem over 5 2/3 innings!

2010- 2011 Carl B Casey Memorial Scholarship

Carl enjoying golf in Yuma, Arizona in February 2009

          My name is Mark Casey.  I am proud to be here in my dad’s honor to present the 1st annual Carl B Casey Memorial Scholarship Award.  My family established this scholarship in his name to help student athletes with a focus and desire to pursue higher education.

            My father was a baseball and golf fanatic. He loved both sports and enjoyed attending a good baseball game. More importantly, he always appreciated a player that worked hard on and off the field. Dedication, hard work, devotion and perseverance was my dad’s forte. This applicant showed that and we look forward to seeing their hard work pay off on and off the field during his college career.

            On behalf of my family, I would like to extend our personal best wishes to the FIRST recipient of the Carl B. Casey Memorial Scholarship, Robert Pereira.

         

Pat Casey

 John and Karen Mancuso & Family

 Mike and Roxanne Casey & Family

 Mark and Gina Casey & Family

In picture Mark Casey, Robert Pereira, Pat Casey

Robert Pereira honored with three scholarships

March 2011, Robert was first honored with receiving a substantial scholastic scholarship from Arizona State University and was accepted in to the W.P. Carey School of business.

May 2011 (Last night), Robert received two additional scholarships through Heritage High School.  The first one was awarded from the Heritage High School Baseball program (Rob was 1 of 3 players to receive a scholarship from the program). 

The second one was in honor of Carl B. Casey. Mr. Casey passed away last year and in his honor and for the love of baseball (& golf) the family created this scholarship.  Mr. Mark Casey introduced the award on behalf of his wife and mother who were also in the audience.  Mark informed the filled auditorium what his Dad's passions were and how this scholarship represents what his Dad liked to see in a player.   ... and the player selected as the first recipient of the award is Robert Pereira.  Wow, what a surprise and what and honor! 

Thank you to the entire Casey family, what an honor for Robert (& the entire Pereira family)... and congratulations to Robert for demonstrating the qualities most admired by a long time fan of baseball!

California Smoke Baseball Club announces 2011 Team Roster

May 2011, California Smoke Baseball Club announces 18U summer roster.  These players represent the best Northern California has to offer. There are players from 18 different high schools,  many of these veteran players have played in the prestigious invitation only  Norther California World Series - the younger players have been invited to the world series this year.

Several of these players have already committed to play college baseball, others will use the summer to impress the recruiters... and make their selection, soon.

 The Smoke have a 55 game summer schedule and is available on smokebaseball.com  There is a nice balance of 19U games (15 games),  younger programs (4 games) to go along with what many say is the toughest Connie Mack division in the State of California. The summer tournament schedule could not be tougher.  The Smoke play in an exclusive 19U tournament run by Top Speed, a 4th of July tournament filled with 19U teams in Reno, Nevada, the Delta Indians Tournament which has 24 teams and with a very challenging draw of Connie Mack teams from up and down the state, then the State Tournament for Connie Mack drawing the top 8 teams from Northern California.  The Smoke will conclude their summer in Oceanside at a tournament that has 24 teams - last year the Smoke played 11 games in 6 days.

All games this summer will be wood bat, only.

**The Media Guide for 2011 ***20th Anniversary Edition*** is AMAZING.  This year the guide was increase to 12 pages to cover former player e-mails about their Smoke experience and favorite game and the congratulation messages from college coaches.  It will be  a true collectors item for every Smoke player. Request your copy today!