Houston 5A Baseball

History

This Electronic Media Site was founded on February 15, 2000 as the Houston High School Baseball Score Board by Randy Byers of Houston, TX and became Houston 5A Baseball on February 22, 2001. Houston 5A Baseball is dedicated to 5A High School Baseball coverage in the Houston Metro area and is the only media of its kind in the game of High School Baseball. Promotion of the game of High School Baseball, it's Players, Coaches, and Volunteers is the site's goal. Houston5ABaseball.com has promoted and provided media coverage of such players as Josh Beckett (Spring High School), James Loney (baseball) (Elkins High School), Clint Everetts (Cypress Falls High School), Scott Kazmir (Cypress Falls High School), Brad Lincoln (Brazoswood High School), Matt Albers (Clements High School), Troy Patton (Tomball High School), Kyle Drabek (The Woodlands High School), Joe Savery (Lamar High School), Kevin Ahrens (Spring Branch Memorial High School), and thousands of other players throughout the Houston Metropolitan area.

Community

Many legendary Houston High School Baseball Coaches have been featured on Houston 5A Baseball and commended for their priceless services to the local youth community.

Rocky Manuel, Bellaire High School, 800 career wins.
Dale Westmoreland, Magnolia High School, 600 career wins.
Rick Carpenter, Elkins High School, 500 career wins.
Woody Champagne, Cypress Fairbanks High School, 500 career wins.
Mike McGilvray, Lamar High School, 500 career wins.
Herb Espinosa, Clements High School, 500 career wins.
James Teel, Waltrip High School, 400 career wins.


Houston 5A Baseball is the home of the annual TASO-Houston Baseball Umpires Scholarship Tournament. The tournament is widely known as the largest High School Baseball tournament of it's kind generating over $50,000 in revenues annually with 95% of revenues awarded to students each year in the form of scholarships.


Houston 5A Baseball deploys professional writers, photographers, and broadcasters to venues throughout the Houston Metropolitan area each season as well as accepting countless hours of work delivered by trusted volunteer members of the High School Baseball Community. A unique trust has been established between media (Houston5ABaseball.com), and the community prompting many to get involved. With over 5000 members, Houston 5A Baseball has realized year around coverage of the sport including comprehensive coverage of in-season and off-season events. For one week each June, Houston 5A Baseball writers, and photographers call the pressbox at Round Rock's Dell Diamond home as they cover the entire UIL State Championships from Classifications 5A to 1A.