Season Preview: Canyon Crest Academy Ravens
February 9, 2019
With the 2019 high school baseball season just around the corner in California, we have begun rolling out team previews from around the state. Today we focus on Canyon Crest Academy from San Diego Division 1.
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Team: Canyon Crest Academy
Nickname: Ravens
Section: San Diego Section, Division 1
League: Avocado West
Head Coach/Years at school: Ryan Mikkonen (5th Year)
Team Twitter Handle: @ccaravensbasebl
2018 Overall Record: 26-12, (9-6, 3rd Place in League)
2018 Postseason Finish: Division 2 Semi-Finalist
Number of Returning Starters: 4
Number of Returning Pitchers: 3
Top Returning Players:
'19 SS Kevin Micahels, '19 RHP/INF Jordan Goldmann, '19 OF Walker Matthews, '20 LHP/1B Cole Colleran
Other Players to Know:
'20 INF/P Eli Rejto, '21 INF Trey Becker, '21 C/INF Patrick Cunningham, '21 INF Adam Young, '21 LHP/OF Sam Garewal, '22 C Ethan Swidler, '22 RHP Spencer Dicken
College Commitments:
'19 RHP/INF Jordan Goldmann - Regis University, '19 OF Walker Matthews - Pacific, '20 LHP/1B Cole Colleran - San Diego
2019 Outlook:
Coming into 2019, Coach Mikkonen and the Ravens are feeling confident about where they are at. Mikkonen expects his team to make another deep run into playoffs with a strong pitching staff to lead the way. Led by '20 LHP/1B Cole Colleran, a San Diego commit, and '19 RHP Jordan Goldmann, a Regis University commit, the Ravens will have a solid one-two punch every week. Offensive production will be the big question for the Ravens coming up this season. Coach Mikkonen is expecting a bounce-back year from '19 SS Kevin Michaels after battling injuries last season. '19 OF Walker Matthews, a Pacific commit, is another guy Coach Mikkonen will look to for offensive production. There remain questions, but if the Ravens can have a few of the unproven players make leaps, look for this team to make another deep run in San Diego this year.
UPCOMING EVENTS
| SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
| Solano-Sac Junior Future Games Trials | CA | 02/24 | Vacaville Christian HS |
| SoCal Junior Future Games Trials | CA | 03/09 | O'Malley Field - Harvard Westlake |
| East Bay Junior Future Games Trials | CA | 03/24 | Athenian School |
| North Bay Junior Future Games Trials | CA | 04/28 | Clyde P. Smith Field - Cardinal Newman HS |
| Northern California Future Games Trials | CA | 05/26 | Islanders Field |
| SoCal ProCase | CA | 06/08 | Hart Park |