Smedes Named Pacific Coast’s Most Valuable

Mike Smedes, a pitcher and outfielder for Laguna Hills High School who had a 7-2 record and batted .411 with 5 home runs, was voted the most valuable player of the Pacific Coast League in a vote of the league’s baseball coaches.

Smedes also set school records with 3 homers and 9 runs-batted in during a league game against Laguna Beach. The league champion Hawks dominated the selections with five players on the first team.

The coaches’ teams:

FIRST TEAM

Pitchers Ron Kortman Laguna Hills Mike Smedes Laguna Hills Infielders Mike Helm Laguna Hills Danny Lane Laguna Beach Dave Lowery Trabuco Hills Rob Milo Laguna Hills Outfielders Eric Brougher Woodbridge Rich Calsadillas Laguna Beach Chris Sheff Laguna Hills Catchers David Crain Laguna Beach Paul Grady Costa Mesa Skip Tanner Orange

SECOND TEAM

Pitchers--Jimmy Burke (Woodbridge) and Brian Smith (Orange); Infielders--Brad Collins (Trabuco Hills), Greg Ertel (Costa Mesa), Mel Lundquist (Orange), Ted Savage (Laguna Beach) and John Shetland (Trabuco Hills); Outfielders--Larry Holman (Trabuco Hills), Paul Maund (Orange), Justin Reyes (Costa Mesa) and Jason Thompson (Laguna Hills).