Is it common place now for H.S. baseball teams to partner with travel ball organizations?

There was a big issue with a high school in California this past season due to stuff like this.

The travel org basically runs the HS program at Ganesha HS in Pomona, CA. They scheduled a showcase for the travel org out of state around the time of one of the HS playoff games. The coach and several players were originally going to skip the playoff game to fly to the showcase until the volume of the criticism got so loud they decided to play the HS playoff game.

That's an extreme occurrence, but I agree with your assessment of sketchy on the surface.

Most LA High Schools are playing under the LA Knights umbrella primarily for summer baseball which only lasts about 4-5 weeks anyway starting in late May

Catholic and Barbe are partnered with LA Knights and have been for several years

It keeps their teams together while developing for next high school season and it still allows for the top prospects to play another month in July away from their high school teams

Those running LA Knights are all based out of Mandeville

It’s pretty much just:

This particular travel team is made-up of only players from the same school. Their top players will still get to join higher level teams if his HS coach allows.

It’s common and a racket. Kid pays 1500 for 4-5 weeks of summer ball. Feels compelled because their coaches from HS will be the coaches of these teams… the knights give them a couple tee shirt jerseys and get all their teams to play in these tournaments.. the coaches get a nice check and the Knights bleed of their money.

It’s true. Deeply involved can sound nefarious but involved yes.

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They scheduled a showcase for the travel org out of state around the time of one of the HS playoff games. The coach and several players were originally going to skip the playoff game to fly to the showcase

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Absolutely pathetic

Ganesha's top pitcher is home schooled outside of Ganesha's district but still takes classes online at Ganesha. He will be a 1st round draft pick and has committed to LSU.

Ganesha High School's baseball team faced heavy accusations regarding amateur eligibility, as the majority of their roster was composed of travel ball players connected to head coach Jared Sandler. Critics and opposing coaches accused the program of bending rules by having players live outside the Pomona district and take online classes.The travel ball controversies and surrounding accusations were highly publicized:T

Critics argued that the team circumvented traditional transfer rules by fielding players who resided outside the district and took online courses outside the Pomona area.

Championship Drama: The situation reached a boiling point in May 2026 before the CIF Southern Section Division 2 title game. Rumors circulated that Ganesha's coach and nearly all the travel-ball players were going to miss the championship game to attend an out-of-state camp. The Pomona Unified School District's superintendent stepped in, and the team ultimately showed up. Ganesha went on to win the championship against Loyola High School.

It’s unfortunate but high school baseball has evolved from developing talent into collecting talent. Private and public alike and they use the travel organizations to facilitate this.. it was like this 10 years ago, albeit more subtle, and has only gotten wider..

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but involved yes.

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omg, a couple assistant coaches have "involvement" with the biggest baseball travel organization in there area!?!?!? SHOCK FACE.

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yes

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Then frick all the way off.