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Times are Changing for Evans Baseball

Maynard Evans High School has had a rich winning baseball tradition, reaching its heights in the 1994 season with a victory over Dr. Phillips in the district tournament while reaching the district final.  In resent years however, Evans Baseball had fallen on tough times.

A lack of a Junior Varsity program for nearly nine years and six head coaches in four years left the program without a feeder program and future vision for Evans Baseball.

Times they are a changing for Evans Baseball.  A new coaching staff is in place with the sole purpose of returning Evans to its proper place as an elite program.  Head Coach Raymond Bornacelli is a 1989 graduate of Evans High School.  With thirteen years of head coaching experience, Evans Baseball is in good hands.  Along with Coach Bornacelli are Coaches Jose Lluberes, Julius McCoy, and Gabriel Martinez who combined have over sixty years of experience.

This past spring the baseball program made significant strides to reestablish a winning tradition.  Evans fielded its first Junior Varsity Baseball team in nine years and won one more game than the previous season.  Beyond wins and losses the program represented the school and Pine Hills community with pride and class.  The baseball program was recognized by opposing coaches, parents, administrators, and state officials for its sportsmanship on and off the field.

The future looks bright for Evans Baseball.  The program is on the rise.  Coaches are in place that are committed to Evans and the Pine Hills community.  Evans however needs the top student/athletes of Pine Hills to make the same commitment to our school and community.  We lose far too many of our top student/athletes to other  schools. Yet some of these same schools fight the Orange County School Board to keep them from rezoning with Evans.  United Evans will return to its past glory.

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