Former HC at Florin from 2022-2024. 3x CIF playoffs participant. 2024 GSL league champions. 33-7 GSL 49-30 overall. 2x GSL Coach of the Year(2023,2024).
Humbled and blessed to receive the league Coach of Year for the 2nd year in a row. We couldn’t accomplish half the success without a great staff behind me. Thank you to
@deric_quigley
and the rest of the staff for the 6 day weeks of practice and preparation and year round program
Our season ended today at the hands of a very good Oakmont team. What a great year nonetheless. Winning the school’s first league championship in 27 years and finishing with a 17-9 overall record. Proud of what these guys accomplished!
@PremierPrepsNMP
@WCPSacramento
The final out today cumulating 3 years of hard work led to the 1st league title since 1997. So proud of these young men for all the sacrifices they made and trusting the process. Especially proud of our seniors who endured a tough 4-15 freshmen season.
WITH THE DECISION FROM THE CIF BEING FINAL ALL
@cifsjs
RULINGS HAVE BEEN OVERTURNED! Game 2 tomorrow at Buhach Colony. CAN’T thank our players, parents, families, community members, the baseball community and ALL who supported us throughout the last few days!
#TogehtherWithPurpose
Section champs again. NorCal champs, too.
Congratulations to Oakmont's Paul Martinez, who is the West Coast Preps Sacramento ⚾️ Coach of the Year! |
@ohshardball
Story:
Our varsity baseball staff at Florin HS is getting ready for the spring 2023 season by attending the 2023 ABCA convention in Nashville with longtime friend
@ohshardball
coach Paul Martinez. Great resource for all levels of coaching baseball.
@ABCA1945
#baseball
Congrats to Mason McNany c/o 2024 on a phenomenal year on the bump. Mason earned Sacramento Bee All Metro Honors after finishing 8-1 and 65 K’s, 43 innings. In the classroom he has 4.25 GPA. Hard worker on/off the field
@BUncommitted
@ArcBeaver_Bsb
@AHC_Baseball
@base
Florin wins 9-8 in the bottom of the 7th with a walk off base hit by junior Jesse Johnson in the 3rd place game today at the Surf City Classic in San Francisco against Washington HS of SF.
@SacBee_JoeD
@cameronsalerno1
#letsgo
#baseball
#team
Sacbee All Metro teams were released today and we got 3 guys on the team!
For the 2nd year in a row we got a 1st teamed in Martin Vega!
1st time in years we have 2 players landing on the honorable mention team! They are Derrick Smith and Jalon Johnson!
Thank you
@SacBee_JoeD
2023 Barnstormers Clinics are a month away!
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Members attend FREE & watch past clinics at ! ‘23 Barnstormers videos will also be added!
That feeling you get when new signage adorns your field. Grinding it out on/off the field…..getting ready for the 2023 Baseball season!
@SacBee_JoeD
@JohnHullEG
@ABCA1945
I remember decades ago attending my first realignment meeting with
@ohshardball
and no I’m hanging with his two adult kids at their first realignment. Full circle life moves fast!
Thanks Coach! I had a great talk with Coach Riley the other day! Got to learn the history of Florin during the 1990’s when you guys made the playoff 7 straight years, 2 league championships and 3 Delta Player of the Year Players(Alec Smith 99). Such great tradition you guys set!
Great way to start the weekend by beating one of the larger EGUSD schools vs. Cosumnes Oaks. Great job by the players and coaches. LHP Martin Vega C/O 24 and RHP
@DerrickSmtih9
C/O 24 combining for 5 shutout innings.
#NoArizona
#HuntingFastballs
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Good luck to
@Kdawiz3
and
@DelCampoBaseBll
as they take on Vanden this Wednesday for the Section Title! Amazing group of guys Coach D has led all year!
Big Congrats to former Florin Baseball Coach
@deric_quigley
! Him and his beautiful wife are having a baby girl. Notice how he opens up his stance and makes contact with his power away from contact. Definitely infield fly 😂
@_Derricksmith1
@masonmcnany4
@_JordanW2026_
1st game in 10 days and after knocking off some rust the bats came alive.
@_Derricksmith1
2x3 2B 3 RBI’s
@masonmcnany4
1x3 2B 4IP 8K’s
Martin Vega 2x3 RBI 2IP 4K’s
JaLon Johnson 2x3 2B 3 RBI’s
Hector Carrasco 2x3 2B RBI
@aydenlockhart
2x3
Next game Monday 3/11 at Rosemont HS 4pm
@NMPecoraro
@49ersSacHi
@NMPecoraro
the show was one of the few positive outlets supporting local HS sports. Not sure why the “powers that be” would chose to take your show off the air. Leadership with a vision would see how important your show is locally for kids. We really appreciated your coverage.
Thank you
@BestSpeedAllday
for the use of your facility today. Coach Smith is an alumni of Florin HS and we really appreciated his generosity and him sharing the history of Florin baseball with our guys. A true example of once a Panther Always a Panther!
#thejourneyback
One of my favorite days of the season is our swag day that we started 2 years ago when we took over a program who hadn’t made the playoffs in 20 years.…..outfitting the program with proper uniform attire to manifest success on the field is a must! Since then we finished back to
Q: How do we get HS and Travel coaches to work together?
Extend the olive branch and reach out
@BestSpeedAllday
A Florin Alum and one of the best baseball guys I know. Reaching out and working with him with our program has been a successful experience for our guys!
@ABCA1945
Big win for our program today over a resilient West Campus team in the
@WCPSacramento
game of the week! We improved to 4-0 in the GSL.
Next game tomorrow is a GSL tilt at Natomas HS. First pitch 4pm!
Martin Vega 2x3 2B 7IP 13k’s 3 hits 0ER CG
@_Derricksmith1
2x2 sac hit RBI
A good day at the plate resulted in a 18-4 win over Johnson to improve to 9-0 in league play and 15-7 overall.
@_Derricksmith1
4x5 2B RBI 5 SB’s 2.2 IP 5K’s
@_JordanW2026_
3x5 5 SB’s 3.1 5K’s
Tim James 2x3 2 RBI’s 3 SB’s
Ayden Lockhart 2x4 2B RBI 2 SB’s
Martin Vega 2x3 3B 3
Panthers wrapped up a perfect 4-0 week. 17-7 overall and 11-1 in league going against a 16-5-1 and 12-0 in league very good Lancer team for a 3 game series.
@SacBee_JoeD
@cameronsalerno1
Seeing these guys walk across the stage and into their future is one of the greatest feelings a coach can have. Congrats
@_Derricksmith1
@masonmcnany4
JaLon, Martin, Eduardo and Xavier…own the moment fellas and take the world by the horns!
These 6 guys will be dearly missed by my staff snd I. They bought in and paved the way for future Panthers. As always our seniors walk away with custom wood bats. Good luck in the future and we hope nothing but the best for each of you!
@SacBee_JoeD
@NMPecoraro
Coach Swopes explaining the difference between Aerial and Terrestrial types of players. “Not everyone is the same” “Coach your players accordingly”
@ABCA1945
JaLon Johnson’s 2 run HR sparked a big inning as Martin Vega K’d 13 batters in yesterday’s GSL win against Johnson. Panthers improve to 9-2 in GSL play. Next game this Wednesday for senior night at 4pm!
@deric_quigley
@NMPecoraro
@SacBee_JoeD
Defense and situational hitting were the highlights. We have to get better on 2 out hitting and being aggressive on 1st strike fastballs. Players came out ready to compete. C/O 2025
@DerrickSmtih9
pitch 2 innings of no hit baseball. No Arizona in this program
@BUncommitted
Adversity is our friend, a day after losing a tough one to an energized West Campus squad we decided to play some Clutch Ball and BBQ on this beautiful day. We’re more than a baseball team we are a family at Florin!
@deric_quigley
@DerrickSmtih9
@Emmanue68091748
@BestSpeedAllday
Congrats to my good friend and mentor Paul Martinez for being honored by the ABCA as a national regional coach of the year. Paul’s given so much to the game of baseball in his 30 year career. I’ve learned so much coaching with him that I apply today. Well deserved!
@ohshardball
Starting the week off with a 7-1 non conference win against Center HS to improve to 11-7 overall.
@_Derricksmith1
with a 7IP CG 1 run 5k’s day on the bump.
@_JordanW2026_
2x2 2B RBI
@masonmcnany4
2x4 RBI
Jalon Johnson 2x4 3B
Ayden Lockhart 3x4
@WCPSacramento
JV practice today grinding it out in the rain to improve their skill set. These kids really love the game of baseball. We couldn’t be more proud of their spirit and eagerness to become better!
@deric_quigley
@DerrickSmtih9
Congratulations to JaLon Johnson c/o 2024 on named 1st team All Metro by the Sacramento Bee. JaLon batted .429, 39 SB’s 35 hits, 6 2B’s, 3 3B’s and 1 HR with 21 RBI’s. JaLon is a 3.3 Student in the classroom. Hard worker on/off the dirt
@BUncommitted
@ArcBeaver_Bsb
@AHC_Baseball
A beautiful day for a doubleheader and a double W. Kids came back both games against Rosemont and show resiliency and grit to improve to 3-2 on St. Patty’s Day.
@JohnHullEG
@SacBee_JoeD
@deric_quigley
1st day of Winter Camp during our ASSETS Baseball Class in the books. Thank you to
@ABCA1945
for putting on those Barnstormers and
@TerpsBaseball
baseball staff with sharing your knowledge and hosting the event.