Trevor Brown needs to beat his alma mater, Hart High, to win the Foothill League baseball title.
Brown, a first-year head coach at West Ranch, has his team at 8-3, which is tied for first place with Castaic going into Friday’s regular-season finale against Hart at West Ranch.
West Ranch defeated Hart 6-5 earlier this week.
Brown was a standout catcher for Hart, then went on to star at UCLA and played briefly with the San Francisco Giants.
They say catchers make the best managers, and Brown is another example of using his catcher’s experience to help with coaching.
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