Why has the Peninsula always been a hotbed for high school baseball talent? We asked six of the area’s best ballplayers to ponder that question, while also considering where the game might take them.
Peninsula Prep Baseball's Sweet 16
Rank
Team
Summary
1.
Valley Christian
Eight NCAA-Division I commits. On paper, who’s better?
2.
Mitty
Key pieces remain for another CCS run.
3.
The King’s Academy
Plata, Johnson, Trotter … Lions, Tigers and Bears, oh my.
4.
St. Ignatius Prep
Arms,
Date
Opponent
Time
Feb. 19
at Leigh
noon
Feb. 26
Elk Grove
5:30 p.m.
March 1
Buchanan
11 a.m.
March 4
Wilcox tournament
TBD
March 6
Wilcox tournament
TBD
March 8
Wilcox tournament
TBD
March 12
Wilcox
4 p.m.
March 15
Cardinal Newman
noon
March 18
Few teams anywhere feature the firepower of the Warriors, who return eight starters, including seven players who have already committed to NCAA-Division I programs.
Pitchers Quinten Marsh and Brock Ketelsen have committed to Stanford, while Rohan Kansa Kasanagottu (USC), Kole Laubach (UC-Santa Barbara), Hunter Fujimoto (Santa Clara), Forest Zelmer (Cal
