Preseason Preview: Big Valley Christian Lions
March 16, 2021
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COVID ended the 2020 season early throughout the State but as things progress quickly for the 2021 high school season, it’s time for us to preview teams from around the State in the Yearly Preseason Preview. Schedules are being adapted to fit the ever-changing landscape and though this season may look different than history has shown us, coaches/staff, players, families, and our team are preparing for 2021 to be as successful as possible.
We’ve submitted the Preseason Questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state and their responses have been flooding in. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be using their detailed insight on our team-by-team previews ahead of the 2021 season leading into the California Power 25 Rankings.
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With all that said let’s take a look at today’s Preseason Preview of the Big Valley Christian Lions.
TEAM:
Big Valley Christian Lions
HEAD COACH (years at school):
Rick Countryman (6)
OFFICIAL TWITTER:
CIF SECTION & DIVISION:
San Joaquin Section / Division 7
CONFERENCE/LEAGUE NAME:
Central California Athletic Alliance League
LAST YEAR’S RECORD:
4-0-1
# OF RETURNING STARTERS:
9
# OF RETURNING PITCHERS:
5
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS:
2021 SS/CF Cameron Butler - Cal Poly SLO
2021 OF Wyatt Thames - Biola
2021 INF Briggs Alavezos
2021 INF Thommy Brown
2021 OF Austin Burden
THE FUTURE:
2023 INF Logan Butler
SEASON OUTLOOK:
Returning all your starters is a great way to enter a shortened season and that’s what the Lions of Big Valley Christian are doing in 2021. Even as a smaller program (Division 7), the Lions return some serious talent and are expecting to be atop the Central California Athletic Alliance League being led by their deep senior class. With 5 returning arms, the pitching staff should be an asset and they’re going to have a lot of team speed that will cause havoc on the base paths and be able to cover ground for those arms. If this team can develop their younger talent, Coach Countryman’s Lions should once again be celebrating a strong season in 2021.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SHOWCASE | STATE | DATE | LOCATION |
Rising Stars Showcase - NorCal | CA | 06/08 | Islanders Field |
State Games ID - NorCal | CA | 06/15 | Islanders Field |
Rising Stars Showcase | CA | 06/22 | Hart Park |
Northern California ProCase | CA | 07/06 | McBean Stadium - Lincoln, CA |
SoCal ProCase | CA | 07/07 | Hart Park |
SoCal Academic Games | CA | 07/13 | Hart Park |
California State Games | CA | 07/16-07/18 | Islanders Field |
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