WELCOME
TO THE 2020 BLAZERS BASEBALL SEASON OUR TEAMS ARE READY FOR ANOTHER EXCITING SEASON OF BLAZERS BASEBALL! Our amazing student-athletes have invested time, energy and effort so they can achieve their goal of representing Lebanon Trail High School both on the field and in the classroom.
LEBANON TRAIL 2020 MEDIA GUIDE
PRODUCED BY: GAMEDAY MEDIA
A very big thank you to Gameday Media! They did a phenomenal job with the overall design of our Blazers media guide, and were courteous and professional throughout the entire process. Also, thank you to all of our sponsors for their continued support of our athletic programs, and for purchasing ads in this media guide you are currently holding. Please patronize the businesses and services advertising in our baseball media guide and let them know how much Blazers fans appreciate their support of our teams! Be sure to tell them,
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Lastly, thank you for being at the game tonight and throughout the season. Enjoy the accomplishments of our student-athletes and the coaches, along with the efforts of the game officials. Your presence today lets them all know how valuable their participation is, and how much their Blazers community appreciates their hard work and commitment. Please play a role in the success of the game by being a positive and supportive fan. Thank you!
GO BLAZERS!
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B A S E B A L L
VARSITY SCHEDULE
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VARSITY SCHEDULE
DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
2/27
Princeton Tournament: Red Oak
Princeton (Turf)
4:45 PM
2/28
Princeton Tournament: Garland
Princeton (Turf)
2:30 PM
2/28
Princeton Tournament: Berkner
Princeton (Turf)
4:45 PM
2/29
Princeton Tournament: Celina
Princeton (Grass)
2:30 PM
2/29
Princeton Tournament: Argyle
Princeton (Grass)
4:45 PM
3/5
Wichita Falls Rider
Northwest
1:30 PM
3/5
Northwest
Northwest
4:00 PM
3/6
Decatur
Eaton
1:30 PM
3/6
Eaton
Eaton
4:00 PM
3/7
Eaton
Eaton
2:45 PM
3/10
Independence
Independence
7:00 PM
3/12
Independence
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
3/13
North Lamar
Dr. Pepper
8:30 AM
3/14
Mt. Pleasant
Independence
9:00 AM
3/14
Little Elm
Little Elm
3:00 PM
3/17
Frisco
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
3/20
Frisco
Frisco
7:00 PM
3/24
Lone Star
Lone Star
7:00 PM
3/27
Lone Star
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
3/28
Memorial
Lebanon Trail
1:00 PM
3/31
Wakeland
Wakeland
7:00 PM
4/3
Wakeland
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
4/7
Heritage
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
4/9
Heritage
Heritage
7:00 PM
4/14
Centennial
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
4/17
Centennial
Centennial
7:00 PM
4/21
Liberty
Liberty
7:00 PM
4/24
Liberty
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
4/25
Memorial
Memorial
1:00 PM
4/28
Reedy
Lebanon Trail
7:00 PM
5/1
Reedy
Reedy
7:00 PM HOME GAME
AWAY GAME
TOURNAMENT
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A MESSAGE FROM THE
HEAD COACH Attitude. Approach. Intensity. Toughness. This is our creed for the 2020 season as we are using the lessons of last year to build upon the tradition we started of expecting excellence on the field, in the classroom, and in our community. We were competitive a year ago, but I am counting on our returners and some newcomers to lead this team to success. I am so proud of this group of seniors as we celebrate our first graduating class at Lebanon Trail as they have built the foundation of excellence for this baseball program. I would like to thank our coaching staff, our administration, players, parents, community, and Game Day Media for making this media program a way to remember the hard work and dedication of all of those involved to make Lebanon Trail Baseball a great success. I look forward to the season and humbled to be a part of it.
Mike Palo Mike Palo Varsity Head Coach
COACHIN G STAFF
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LEFT TO RIGHT: MAT T HUGGINS, JAY S TORY, MIKE PALO, JULIAN JIMINE Z
Mike Palo >> VARSITY HEAD COACH Coach Michael Palo graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee, Kansas in 1997. He earned three varsity letters in baseball, three in soccer and one in basketball. He continued playing both soccer and baseball at Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas from 1997-2002. He is a three-time captain in baseball (2000-2002), earned Second Team and Honorable Mention All-Conference Awards in 2001 and 2002. Palo graduated with a degree in History with an emphasis in Secondary Education. His first high school coaching position was at Shawnee Mission North High School as head hitting coach and infielder's coach (2003). Before moving to California in 2005, he coached 16U and 15U summer ball teams in Kansas. He was the 9th grade baseball coach at La Sierra High School in 2006, moved to JV coach in 2007, and was a Varsity assistant in 2008-2010 working with hitters and infielders. He assumed head coaching responsibilities in 2011 and finished his tenure in 2014. In those four years, his Varsity team finished with a 56-28 record, four trips to the playoffs, reaching the Quarterfinals in 2013, First River Valley League Title for La Sierra in baseball since 2001, Co-Coach of the Year in 2014, and Coach of the Year for La Sierra High School in 2014. In the summer of 2014, he moved to Austin and spent two years as a volunteer assistant at Pflugerville Hendrickson High School. In April of 2016, he earned the Head Baseball Coaching job at Lebanon Trail High School and has spent the last three years building the baseball program. Coach Palo currently resides in Dallas with his wife, Carmen and their dogs Cleo and Chewy. Julian Jiminez >> VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH Coach Julian Jiminez graduated from Brazosport High School in 2008. Obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Houston in 2012 and a Master's degree from Concordia University-Irvine in 2016. Jiminez started his coaching career in 2012 at Westbury High School in Houston, then spent a year at Dickinson High School in 2013. He is currently heading into his 9th year of coaching. Coach Jiminez has spent the last six years at Brazosport High School in Freeport, Texas. Matt Huggins >> JV GREEN HEAD COACH I am in my first year teaching and coaching at Lebanon Trail coming from Clark MS where I spent three years. I currently work with the offensive line in football and also the head coach of the JV Green baseball team. A graduate from Texas A&M University in Math and Secondary Education, I am currently the Math Teacher at Lebanon Trail. I am a student of the game in both football and baseball trying to improve my education in the field of coaching to one day become a head football coach. I am married to Miranda, my wife of three years, and we currently reside in Allen with our dog, Aggie. Jay Story >> JV GOLD HEAD COACH After graduating from Northwest High School in Fort Worth in 2007, Coach Justin Story attended Angelo State University and graduated with a degree in Kinesiology. He and his wife then moved to The Woodlands in 2013 where he received his Master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Sam Houston State University and began his coaching career at Conroe High School. He was the assistant pitching coach and catching coordinator during his time there and he was still learning on a daily basis. Coach Story and his wife have a little girl, Jenna, and are very excited to be back home. Coach Story will also be teaching English III this school year and is very excited about the opportunity here at Lebanon Trail High School and can't wait to get started!
2020 LEBANON TRAIL BASEBALL
LEFT TO RIGHT: RYAN DARWIN, BAY LOR WIMBLERY
MANAGERS
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VARSITY TEAM PHOTO
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#
NAME
2 Mason Wicherts 3 Carson Gewin 6 Blake DeCastro 7 Aiden Simpson 9 Griffin Tarter 10 Lucas Rexin 11 Hawk Slovak 12 Jake Goldberg 13 Nico Cabutto 14 Izaiah Jacksonw 15 Keaton Belew 16 Ethan White 17 Alex Johnson 18 Drew Nagel 19 Fernando Davila (Captain) 20 Benton Fariss 22 Elio Castanuela 24 Jackson Thoele 27 Stone Slovak 28 Ethan Whaley
VARSITY ROSTER
YR
HT
WT
POS
SR SR SR SR JR SR SR SR SO SR SR JR JR SO SR SR SR JR SR JR
5'9 6'1 5'9 5'11 5'11 5'8 5'11 5'10 5'11 5'6 6'1 5'9 6'2 6'0 5'11 6'0 6'1 6'3 6'0 6'2
150 150 175 155 180 165 170 150 185 160 195 160 185 185 190 185 215 200 220 215
INF OF/P OF C C/INF/P OF/P P/OF INF OF/P OF P/OF INF/P INF/P INF/P INF/P P/OF INF/P INF/P OF/P INF
VARSITY SENIORS
2 Mason Wicherts SR 5'9 150 INF
7 Aiden Simpson
SR 5'11 155 C
12 Jake Goldberg
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3 Carson Gewin
6 Blake DeCastro
SR 6'1 150 OF/P
10 Lucas Rexin
11 Hawk Slovak
SR 5'8 165 OF/P
SR 5'10 150 INF
14 Izaiah Jackson
SR 5'9 175 OF
SR 5'6 160 OF
SR 5'11 170 P/OF
15 Keaton Belew SR 6'1 195 P/OF
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19 Fernando Davila (CAPTAIN) SR
5'11
27 Stone Slovak
190 INF/P
SR 6'0 220 OF/P
20 Benton Fariss
SR 6'0 185 P/OF
VARSITY SENIORS
22 Elio Castanuela
SR 6'1 215 INF/P
VARSITY UNDERCLASS
9 Griffin Tarter
JR 5'11 180 C/INF/P
18 Drew Nagel
SO 6'0 185 INF/P
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16 Ethan White
JR 5'9 160 INF/P
24 Jackson Thoele
JR 6'3 200 INF/P
17 Alex Johnson
JR 6'2 185 INF/P
28 Ethan Whaley
JR 6'2 215 INF
13 Nico Cabutto
SO 5'11 185 OF/P
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VARSITY UNDERCLASS
JUNIOR VARSITY GREEN
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VARSITY UNDERCLASS
#
NAME
YR
#
NAME
YR
2
Edric Boyce
FR
15
Ethan Fay
FR
4
Payton Wright
FR
16
Jake Tramel
FR
9
Aakash Desemsetti
FR
19
Holden Wilson
FR
11
Ben Johnson
FR
21
Doak Anderson
FR
13
Dylan Steele
FR
22
Sam Willingham
FR
14
Ethan Blakeney
FR
23
Carson Cox
FR
DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
3/4 3/4 3/5 3/5 3/6 3/6 3/7 3/11 3/11 3/18 3/18 3/21 3/21 3/25 3/25 4/1 4/1 4/8 4/8 4/15 4/15 4/22 4/22 4/29 4/29
Memorial Memorial Wakeland Timber Creek Jesuit Memorial Lone Star Independence Independence Frisco Frisco Newman Smith Newman Smith Lone Star Lone Star Wakeland Wakeland Heritage Heritage Centennial Centennial Liberty Liberty Reedy Reedy
Memorial Memorial Frisco Frisco Memorial Memorial Reedy Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Frisco Frisco Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Heritage Heritage Centennial Centennial Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Reedy Reedy
5:00 PM 7:00 PM 11:00 AM 3:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 11:00 AM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM
HOME GAME
AWAY GAME
TOURNAMENT
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JUNIOR VARSITY GOLD
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VARSITY UNDERCLASS
#
NAME
YR
#
2 3 6 7 8 9 10 12
Ayden Ressa Harrison Miller Xavier Donnellon Connor Belew Gavin Clark Logan Cheng Jake Springer William Nellis
SO SO SO SO JR SO JR JR
13 16 17 18 19 20 21
NAME
YR
Brendan Andregg Brodie Thompson Elijah Wilburn Clay Siegel Dylan Ledford August Chibnall Austin Kawecki
SO SO JR SO JR JR SO
DATE
OPPONENT
LOCATION
TIME
2/27 2/27 2/28 2/28 2/29 3/4 3/4 3/6 3/11 3/11 3/18 3/18 3/25 3/25 4/1 4/1 4/8 4/8 4/15 4/15 4/22 4/22 4/29 4/29
Grand Prairie Grand Prairie Trinity Midland Trinity Midland Frisco Memorial Memorial Chant Jv Independence Independence Frisco Frisco Lone Star Lone Star Wakeland Wakeland Heritage Heritage Centennial Centennial Liberty Liberty Reedy Reedy
Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Independence Independence Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lone Star Lone Star Wakeland Wakeland Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail Liberty Liberty Lebanon Trail Lebanon Trail
1:00 PM 3:15 PM 3:15 PM 5:30 PM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM
HOME GAME
AWAY GAME
TOURNAMENT
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