PREP BASKETBALL 1993 / EMPIRE LEAGUE

LOS ALAMITOS

1992 RECORDS OVERALL: 11-15 LEAGUE: 5-10

COACH: RECORD AT SCHOOL Rob Megill: 17-34

RETURNING STARTERS YR. POS. B-T Cory Barnett Jr. SS R-R Vance Cunningham Sr. P L-L Caleb Kemp Sr. C R-R Ben Rada Sr. P R-R Neil Risler Sr. 2B R-R J.K. Thompson Sr. P R-R Jason Wucetich Sr. OF R-R

OTHER TOP RETURNERS: None

TOP NEWCOMERS YR. POS. B-T Bill Blackledge Jr. C-1B R-R Collin Burke Jr. 1B-OF L-R Miles Campbell Jr. P-1B L-L Derek Cunningham Jr. P R-R Max Montion Sr. OF R-R Josh Taylor Jr. 3B L-R

OUTLOOK

Why the Griffins have been so woebegone on the baseball diamond is one of the mysteries of recent seasons. After all their success in basketball and football you’d think a fine baseball season would follow. Not so. Not lately. Megill, in his third season at Los Alamitos, has won only 17 of 51 games in that span. Last season’s fifth-place league finish was fairly typical over the past few seasons. And now for the good news: At least one league coach predicts big things for the Griffins. If so, then it will probably happen because of the strong right arm of Rada. “He just throws BBs,” Esperanza Coach Mike Curran said. That’s a ringing endorsement if ever there was one. If Kemp is as reliable behind the plate as he was keeping Esperanza’s monstrous lineman Travis Kirschke out of the Los Alamitos backfield last fall, the Griffins should be set at catcher.