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He was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 45th round of the draft, but opted to attend the University of Texas where he was named most valuable player of the NBC World Series. Drafted once again by the White Sox in the 9th round in , he was later traded to the Angels in A prospect in the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels organizations, Jason arrived in York during the York Revolution's inaugural season and helped lead the club to its first playoff and second-half division title in He was named to the York Revolution 10 year anniversary team.

Jason is the former head coach at Penn State York baseball. He has been an associate scout for the Milwaukee Brewers. He is also the owner and head of player development for the Backyard University Gamers.

Veteran Sports Dietitian with over 15 years of experience coaching athletes in nutrition. Rick Arnold - Scout. Robbie Moen - Texas, Midwest. Rodney Davis - Scout-West Coast.

Jason McLaughlin - Scout. Kevin Christman - Scout. Les McTavish - Scout- Canada. Matt Kinzer - Scout. Matt has over 30 years of experience in MLB as a player, player agent, area supervising scout, pro scout, international scout, advanced scout, Major League scout and sat on the USA Baseball Olympic committee. Louis Cardinal and Detroit Tigers. Gregory Whitworth - Scout. I started as an associate scout and then a part time scout for the Cincinnati Reds in while covering Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Alberta, CA.

In I went to the Houston Astros doing much the same job while being prepped for a fulltime position in Southern California at the end of I have been a fulltime scout with the Astros, Rangers, Mariners and Rays. Additionally I did draft research for a summer for the Dodgers. In I started building a unique draft database which I continue to update daily. My wife is Marian "Gg" Whitworth. I have six kids, five living and five grandkids all of whom I count as my greatest blessings.

Johnny Martinez - Scout. Arnold Brathwaite. Billy Gasparino. Bobby Heck. Brian Bridges. Dan Nellum. Danny Montgomery. Darin Everson.

Darnell Coles. Darren Fenster. David Post. They called on every former Warriors they could find still living locally and printed clip-and-return coupons in the Sunday Dispatch which had mail subscribers all over the country at the time. It worked.

Scores of former Warriors dating back to the beginning of the merger in paid dues to join the association. By the way, Marranca was on the first Warrior team. The association sponsored the championship rings from the season, as well as headsets for the coaches. They also run an annual golf tournament and sell value books.

The association sponsors a summer camp for kids to build interest down the grade levels. The upgrades paid off on the field. The Warrior program has won four District 2 and one state title since the Alumni Association was formed. The Ring of Pride is voted on by its membership based on excellence and leadership on the field, in the classroom and in the community. Tom Campenni is the VP of the Association. He is a major force behind our fundraising and serves as a liaison between our alumni and coaches.

And Frank Deangelo does a great job streaming the games. Coach Marranca knew what we needed. We are very blessed. Strong alumni participation is a key ingredient in successful high school football programs. The athletic director, head coach Randy Spencer and all the members of the coaching staff are former Warriors.

The undefeated Eastern Conference championship team will also be honored. Seniors on that team had a three year varsity record. They beat Pottsville in an epic game that is still talked about. BJ Stelacone : Quarterbacked the and teams, who won the WVC both seasons and had a combined record of He had 11 interceptions as a safety combined in his junior and senior seasons.

Graduated from DeSales in Bill Hastie : Hastie was a QB for two seasons in and When Lawall got Wyatt Menzel to pop out to shortstop for the third out of the inning, the right-hander settled in and found his groove.

He retired the final 13 batters he faced, five of them on strikeouts, and the Raiders managed to get two balls out of the infield during the stretch. If you let that break you down you are done. Melberger led off the fifth with a double to the gap in left-center. Noone roped an RBI double to left. Lawall and Morgan also walked, with Morgan's bringing in the tying run. Mathis ripped a single to left to score two to put the Warriors up, Now I have more confidence in the plate and on the field.

Lawall used all 11 of his pitches to set the Raiders down in the bottom of the seventh. Daub would have been ruled out regardless, due to interference.

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