LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

The La Costa Canyon High School campus opened in September of 1996.  The end of the 2018 season marked the Mavericks 22nd season of baseball.  Twenty two seasons have produced an impressive array of CIF Championships, league championships, tournament victories, and national rankings.  The list of accomplishments includes:

One CIF Division II Championship - 2012

Two CIF Division I Championships - (2003 and 2004)

Two CIF Open Division 2nd Place finish (2014 and 2015)  

Two CIF Division I 2nd place finishes (1997 and 2008)

One CIF Open Division Semi-Final finish (2013). 

Six Avocado league championships (1998, 1999, 2000, 02, 03, 10)

Six Avocado West league championships (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)

National Number One ranking (2003 by studentsports.com)

Cal-Hi sports State Number One ranking (2003)

Two top-five Cal-Hi sports state rankings (2003 = #1, 2004 = #4)

CIF record for the most wins in one season at 32 (2003)

CIF record for the most consecutive wins at 27 (2003)

Nine Pirate / Falcon Tournament Championships

Two North County Tournament Championships

One San Diego Lions Tournament Classic Division Championship (2002)

One Hilltop Tournament Championship (2015) 

Selected to play in first ever high school baseball game at Petco Park (2008 vs RB) 

Overall cumulative school record is 494-207-2 (.703.7).

In 2003 Cal Hi sports named Justin Machado as its California State High School Baseball Coach of the Year. In 2010 Coach Machado was recognized for reaching a milestone 300th career win.  In early 2015 Coach Machado reached the 400 career win mark.

The Mavericks have never had a losing record and they have advanced to the CIF playoffs every year, reaching the CIF Division I finals in 4 of their first 14 years. In 2011 the Mavericks lost in the semi-finals in their first Division II appearance and in 2012 the Mavericks beat Rancho Bernardo for their first CIF Division II Championship. In 2013 the Mavericks reached the semi-finals of the first Eight team Open Division CIF Playoffs. In both 2014 and 2015 the Mavericks lost in the Finals of the Eight team Open Division CIF Playoffs. 

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The 2016 College & MLB Alumni updates are available by clicking the Maverick Alumni menu item on the left,   Paul Oseguera (2002),  Danny Bethea (2008), Garrett Smith (2008), Garrett Hughes (2009), Will Swanner (2010) Michael Swanner (2010) and Phillip Evans (2011) continue their pursuit of a professional baseball career. On August 12, 2010 Will Swanner became the first Maverick to be signed by a Major League team right out of La Costa Canyon High School. In June of 2011 Phillip Evans became the second Maverick to be signed by a Major League team right out of La Costa Canyon High School. In June of 2016 Mickey Moniak was the number one pick in the MLB draft and signed with Philadelphia.