Canyon del Oro High School gradΒ Ryan Retz, who hit .345 with 12 home runs for the Tucson Saguaros last season, opened this year with the New Jersey Jackets of the Can-Am Independent baseball league. Retz, who was an all-Big South player at High Point University, was the Starβs 2009 All-Southern Arizona Player of the Year. Baseball is in his blood; his father, Tucson businessmanΒ Bobby Retz, was on Pima Collegeβs first NJCAA World Series baseball team underΒ Rich AldayΒ and later played at UTEP and was drafted by the Houston Astros in 1983. Bobby Retz was the first player honored on CDOβs βWall of Fameβ at the schoolβs baseball facility.Β
CDO grad Ryan Retz now in Can-Am Independent baseball league
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