Skyline Titan Baseball 2026 Season Finals

Our mighty Titans finished the season last week going 16-13 overall and in the OAL they finished 7-1. The season started out slow due to a tough pre-season schedule organized by Coach Marcel Johnson. Some tough losses early, but these proved to season the team and build chemistry, so much so by the end of the OAL season, they capped an OAL title beating Oakland Tech in a pitching dual 2-0 at San Leandro Ballpark.

This then led them to the CIF Norcal championship run in Division 5, where they ultimately lost in the semi finals to Pacific Grove 9-3 who in the Finals lost to Minarets 21-20.

A couple of key Titan Seniors will be missed....Isaac Okajima who will take his talents to Lewis and Clark in Portland, a strong NAIA program. Elias Hartog will also be missed and was a leader and a gutty competitor on the bump for the Titans this year. He will be heading to Cal Poly SLO, and has retired from baseball.

Coming back will be a young team led by Dekker Desmond who is the ultimate scrapper, playing OF, 1B, Catcher and pitching as well in relief from the left side.

There is also Dallas Tucker CF who will be a JR after 2 years on Varsity and super FR, Mako Wolff coming into his SOPH year. The team will be young but guaranteed to be hungry with the fine coaching of Coach Marcel.

Have a great summer Boys and keep on working hard!

Ballers Honor the Titans with a Commemorative Baseball Hat

Our local Oakland Ballers are selling a hat that commemorates the Titan Baseball History.   Get your hat now online or at a Ballers Game.

https://www.oaklandballers.com/shop/drop-zone/the-skyline

It’s time for Baseball my Fellow Titan Baseball Alum!

Thad Ferre from class of 1984 here to give you the latest on the program as of today!

1.Team

Had a nice chat the other day with Coach Marcel and some things to highlight about this year’s team/season:

• Veteran team with 10 Srs, 2 Jrs, and 3 Sophs…There are 5 very good Freshmen, but Coach will have them start on JV

• Pitching is their strength, but have some hitters too.

• Both Skyline and Oakland Tech remain the powerhouses of the OAL

• Oakland High, Fremont, and Castlemont expected to field teams as well

• The OAL schedule is out this week, but in the meantime you can find the pre-season schedule on Max Preps…

• Here it is: https://www.maxpreps.com/print/schedule.aspx?schoolid=5dcf6e4f-bb1e-4ba0-9c88-d73fff9ad3e3&ssid=1278779e-84df-4e60-8d03-db0024535aa6&print=1

• As you can see, 2 scrimmages this week v El Cerrito and Monte Vista, then 15 games thru end of March

• Coach Marcel has structured a very competitive schedule in pre-season with many games at home.

• I would like to highlight the one game on March 21, Saturday, to be played at the BALLERS Stadium in Oakland(AKA Raimundi Park), where Skyline will square up with Bishop O’Dowd.

• This is part of our own Bip Roberts, and his 2^nd annual Bip Roberts Classic to be played at Ballers Stadium March 20 and 21.  Looks to feature all local schools and their talents.  Thank you Bip for highlighting and supporting high school baseball in Oakland!

• Please have a look at Max Preps later this week or next to get the updated schedule which will include the OAL.

2.Field

Lots of cool things happening at the Skyline Baseball Field.  It has been a team effort as Coach Marcel and his team are out there taking really good care of the field doing field maintenance, weeding, raking and all that “sweat equity” to make it one of the best fields in Oakland.  Thanks also goes to Alumni players led by Will Mingram, Class of 87, who last year led the charge to install a new infield and irrigation system.  Mike Robbins, Class of 93 helped to donate equipment and tarps for the batter’s eyes.  Parent, Dan Desmond(son Decker Sr player), helped install new bleachers to make the fan experience more comfortable along with painting the backstops and dugouts. Also a shout out to Paul Yezzi, Class of 81 for his generous donation to get the scoreboard up and running.  

And finally, plans to honor our pro baseball players over the years, we are putting their names and numbers on the Left/Centerfield wall as our own “WALL of FAME”.  Including our beloved Coach Joe Panella, we have had 14 Titans play pro ball with 3 making it to the Big Leagues, Bip Roberts, Brian Johnson and Marcus Jensen

All names besides Coach Panella, Bip, Brian, and Marcus will include:

Scott Kimball, Howard Nichols, John Finn, Greg McKnight, Demetrius Beverly, Derrick Levingston, Charles Armstrong, JR Taylor, and Jace Turner. MSSING….Mo Castain’s who played for the A’s…looking for his SKYLINE Jersey numbers

Congrats Fellas!

Installation to be by 3^rd week of March and will put photos up in the website when done

3.The Future

A lot of us Alumni have been working hard to continue the Skyline Baseball greatness and keep it the shining star of Oakland HS baseball.

It takes a lot of work and yes some money.  We think the job Coach Marcel is doing is amazing, and with his hard work on and off the field, he is getting some great recruits to come play for Skyline. 

Your support will help us continue to maintain the field, update equipment, and uniforms.  Funding for Oakland HS baseball and sports in general is lacking and we are here to bridge the gap.   Here are two ways to donate

-via the donate button on our website www.skylinebaseballboosterclub.com...

And

-sending a check to Skyline Baseball Booster Club to

6615 Glen Oaks Way

Oakland, CA 94611

Thank you for your consideration and fyi, we are a 501c3 so all donations are tax deductible.