04/21/04
Today's players know of Encinal's tradition
Encinal High's main office sports a bulletin board filled with magazine articles, featuring 2003 National League Rookie of the Year Dontrelle Willis.
02/25/04
Remembering Willie Stargell
It was his first spring training.
Fresh out of Encinal High School and Santa Rosa Junior College, Willie Stargell declared he was "reportedly under the danger of being released even before I'd played in a regular season game. Apparently some people in the Pirate organization felt that I hadn't matured enough physically to handle the strain of minor-league ball."