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2015 ALL-CIF BASEBALL TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr.
Pitchers
Drew Finley Rancho Bernardo Sr.
Imani Abdulla Madison Sr.
Tim Holdgrafer La Jolla Sr.
Jagger Acosta San Diego Sr.
Catcher
Conrado Diaz San Ysidro Sr.
Will Hail Christian Sr.
Infield
Tyler Nevin Poway Sr.
Dillon Paulson Santa Fe Christian Sr.
Jack Dashwood St. Augustine Sr.
Reese Berberet Fallbrook Sr.
Daniel Schneemann Bonita Vista Sr.
Outfield
Gilbert Suarez San Ysidro Sr.
Mickey Moniak La Costa Canyon Jr.
Alfonzo Rivas La Jolla Country Day Sr.
Kyle Stowers Christian Sr.
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr.
Pitchers
C.J. Stubbs Torrey Pines Sr.
Alex Tovalin Otay Ranch Sr.
Ricky Reynoso Bonita Vista Sr.
Andy White Fallbrook Sr.
Ethan Abrams La Costa Canyon Sr.
Grant Shives Francis Parker Sr.
Joey Magrisi Rancho Bernardo Fr.
Catcher
Dean Nevarez Eastlake Sr.
Myles Emmerson El Capitan Sr.
Infield
Dylan Robertson La Jolla Country Day Sr.
Angel Estrada Eastlake Sr.
Kevin Bristow Poway Jr.
Lee Mutter Helix Sr.
Outfield
Gage Canning Ramona Sr.
Jonah Davis Francis Parker Sr.
Player of the Year
Tim Holdgrafer, La Jolla
Coach of the Year
Mike Mitchell, Christian
Duncan heading to Oregon
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| Tristan Duncan is heading to the University of Oregon next year |
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
LAKESIDE (6-11-15) — El Capitan’s junior pitcher-shortstop TRISTAN DUNCAN has committed to the University of Oregon. He will play for the Ducks following his senior season in 2017.
Duncan played as a middle infielder a large portion of the time for the Grossmont Valley League champion Vaqueros. He was selected to the 2015 All-East County first team as a right handed pitcher and the GVL second team.
Duncan turned in a 6-3 pitching record with 71 strikeouts in 12 games to go along with an ERA of 2.45 in 65.2 innings.
ALL-EAST COUNTY TEAM ANNOUNCED
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (6-7-15) — Competition in the East County this season was almost too close to measure.
Not that the local teams dominated anything in particular, as no team from the Inland Empire reached the semifinals except for Christian, which went on to take the San Diego Section Division III championship with a 29-2 record.
Undefeated in the Central League, the Patriots hit .414 (53-for-128) as a team in the playoffs.
Chistian’s MIKE MITCHELL was tabbed Coach of the Year.
The list of post-season awards were widespread after that. Helix pitcher-corner infielder LEE MUTTER was tabbed the EastCountySports.com Player of the Year, and Grossmont sophomore JACKSON HULETT was anointed Rookie of the Year.
Granite Hills pitcher KENNY LA PIERRE was named the Most Improved Player in balloting by the EastCountySports.com staff.
Christian outfielder JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD, who finished on a blazing hitting streak, came out of the shadows to earn Unsung Hero honors.
2015 ALL-EAST COUNTY BASEBALL TEAM
(As selected by EastCountySports.com staff)
FIRST TEAM
Pos Name School Ht Wt Yr
RHP Lee Mutter Helix 6-4 196 Sr.
RHP Kenny La Pierre Granite Hills 6-0 187 Sr.
RHP Daulton Barry Santana 6-3 155 Jr.
RHP Calvin Farris Grossmont 6-1 205 Jr.
RHP-1b Michael Byerline Grossmont 6-3 205 Sr.
RHP-INF Tristan Duncan El Capitan 6-3 200 Jr.
RHP-3b Enrique Keller Mount Miguel 5-11 185 Sr.
LHP-OF DaShawn Keirsey Helix 6-1 170 Sr.
LHP-OF Connor Konishi Helix 6-0 166 So.
C Myles Emmerson El Capitan 5-11 170 Jr.
C Will Hail Christian 5-11 195 Sr.
1b-C Jason Moorman El Capitan 6-1 210 Jr.
3b Jordan Verdon Granite Hills 6-1 165 Jr.
INF Jeff Houghtby Valhalla 6-1 210 Jr.
OF Andy Lowry Granite Hills 6-1 182 Sr.
OF Sam Melero El Capitan 5-11 168 Sr.
UTL Dawson McClanahan El Capitan 5-7 141 Jr.
Player of the Year: LEE MUTTER, Helix
Rookie of the Year: JACKSON HULETT, Grossmont
Most Improved: KENNY LA PIERRE, Granite Hills
Unsung Hero: JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD, Christian
Coach of the Year: MIKE MITCHELL, Christian
SECOND TEAM
Pos Name School Ht Wt Yr
RHP Daniel Vasquez Granite Hills 5-10 188 Sr.
RHP Andrew Brown Granite Hills 6-1 173 Jr.
RHP Garrett Yocom Valhalla 6-0 150 Sr.
RHP-1b Nathan Jarvis Christian 6-1 210 Jr.
RHP-OF Tristen Salinas Santana 5-10 160 So.
INF-RHP Jake Castillo Mount Miguel 5-10 160 Sr.
OF-RHP Austin Caole Monte Vista 5-10 195 Sr.
C Daniel Luckett Foothills Christian 6-3 170 Sr.
C Alex Estrada Mount Miguel 5-9 185 Sr.
1b-OF Nathan Ledford West Hills 6-1 175 Sr.
SS Matthew Richardson Helix 5-10 150 So.
SS Aidan Rasmusson Santana 6-2 160 So.
SS Trevor Howell Christian 6-0 155 Sr.
3b Jack Stronach Helix 6-4 180 Jr.
OF Jacob Odenkirk Santana 5-10 165 Jr.
OF Kyle Stowers Christian 6-2 185 Jr.
1b-DH Josh Esquibel Steele Canyon 6-1 170 Fr.
Fourth title in 2015 the sweetest for the Patriots
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| Photo courtesy of Coach Beezer. Christian High's Baseball team wins the CIF-San Diego Section Division III title. |
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
ALCALA PARK (6-6-15) — Christian wasn’t short of dramatics in Friday’s (June 5) San Diego Section Division III championship game at USD’s Fowler Park against Del Norte.
Fact is, the Patriots scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to squeeze out a 5-4 victory over the Nighthawks and take the crown. Christian earned its third section title in six years.
In their latest conquest, which hoisted their school record to 29-2, the Patriots overcame a 2-run deficit in the final frame as KYLE STOWERS hit a game-winning sacrifice fly to shower his teammates with CIF championship passes all around.
It wasn’t as easy as it sounds, though. Del Norte scored 3 runs in the top of the 7th, leaving Christian on the brink of defeat.
BRYCE JURRIES blanked the Nighthawks on 2 hits over the first five innings before caving in in the 6th.
But the Nighthawks came storming back, doing all of their scoring in the final two frames with an upset in mind.
After Del Norte wrestled the lead away from Christian with 3 tallies in the final frame, Christian made a last ditch comeback.
There was little time for Christian to hang their head, however, as No. 9 hitter NATE CAZARES blasted a leadoff home run over the 385-foot right field fence to tie it up.
Obviously stunned by the leadoff homer, the Nighthawks’ Parker Lappin then followed by hitting TREVOR HOWELL, which put the potential winning run on base. ZACH HOGUEISSON singled and Lappin hit another batter, WILL HAIL, to load the bases. Stowers stepped up and hit a sacrifice fly, allowing Howell to cruise home with the game winner, emptying the bench in a dogpile.
It was the third run that Howell scored in the game.
“I wanted to win this one for the seniors,” said Stowers, who delivered his 4th game winning RBI. “We’re a team that’s really worked on game situation hitting, and we came up big this time. They threw me a fastball up and in, and I was ready to jump on it.”
The last time the Patriots won a CIF title was in 1997.
“That was a really good team,” Patriots coach MIKE MITCHELL said. “Several members of that team came to the game today.”
Which team was better?
“This is probably the best team I’ve ever had,” the coach replied.
June 6, 2015
SDCIF Finals
PATRIOTS 5, NIGHTHAWKS 4
Del Norte ab r h bi Christian ab r h bi
Young lf-cf 4 2 3 0 Howell ss 1 3 1 0
Abrenica 2b 3 0 2 0 Hogueisson rf 3 0 2 1
Kidwell cf-lf 3 0 1 2 Hail c 2 0 0 0
Connors 1b 4 0 0 0 Stowers cf 3 0 1 1
Siaweleski dh 3 0 0 0 Ledgerwood 3b 2 0 0 0
Koehmstedt ss 0 0 0 0 Wehsener 1b 3 0 2 0
Falk p 1 0 0 0 Jurries p 3 0 1 0
Lavin pr 0 0 0 0 Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
Rollins rf 2 1 1 0 Meza 2b 3 0 0 0
Lappin cf-p 3 1 1 0 Cazares dh 3 2 1 1
Kimbrell c 2 0 0 0 Hester lf 0 0 0 0
Brower ph 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 25 4 8 3 TOTALS 23 5 8 3
Del Norte (16-17) 000 001 3 – 4 8 2
Christian (29-2) 101 010 2 – 5 8 1
(Two outs when winning run scored.)
GWRBI-Stowers (4).
E-Abrenica, Falk, Howell. DP-DN 1, Chr 1. LOB-DN 5,
Chr 7. 2B-Abrenica, Hogueisson. HR-Cazares (1) 7th,
solo. SB-Howell, Young. S-Hogueisson, Rollins. SF-
Kidwell, Hail, Stowers, Brower.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Del Norte ip h r er bb so
Falk 3.0 2 2 1 3 4
Lappin L(6-4) 2.2 5 3 2 1 1
Hylton 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Christian
Jurries 6.2 7 4 3 2 2
Jarvis W(7-0) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
HBP by-Hylton (Howell), by Jurries (Falk, Rollins),
by Lappin (Stowers).
Hylton faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Patriots in line for fourth title this year
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (6-3-15) — The Christian High Patriots mauled Mater Dei Catholic 16-6 in Tuesday’s (June 2) semifinals to qualify for the San Diego Section CIF Division III finals at USD’s Fowler Field on Friday (June 6) at 3:30.
Christian will be shooting for its third section title in six years if successful against the winner of Falbrook-Del Norte in Wednesday’s (June 3) semifinal.
“I don’t see it, but people criticize our 28-2 record, claiming that we don’t play a tough schedule,” noted Patriots coach MIKE MITCHELL. “We don’t choose who we play. It’s our job to beat whoever is on our schedule.”
Mitchell pointed out that his Patriots are 2-1 against the Top 4 seeds in Division III.
Even more impressive is the Patriots defeated Eastlake in the Aztec-Foothiller final, captured the City Conference Tournament crown and the Disney Tournament in Orlando, Fla.
The Patriots, ranked No. 3 in the county, ripped off 17 hits as they defeated Mater Dei for the third time this season. They wiped out a 3-0 deficit with an 11-run spread in the 3rd inning. Fourteen Patriots came to bat in that pivotal frame.
Leadoff man TREVOR HOWELL, a four-year starter, was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
“When we go on the field we expect to win,” said Howell, who has a scholarship to Utah Valley University of the Western Athletic Conference.
Christian established a school record with a 28-2 mark, breaking a 26-2-1 finish in 1997.
“We knew we had a good ballclub, going in,” said the Patriots’ CHRISTIAN MEZA, a four-year starter for the team. “It’s just been a matter of earning respect.” Meza, a middle infielder, went 2-for-3 with 2 hits, including a double and 2 RBI.
Howell, perhaps the most versatile player on the Patriots’ roster, stakes his talent as a shortstop. He played shortstop, catcher and pitcher against the Crusaders.
“I can’t think of a better way of finishing my high school career,” Howell said. “I’ve grown up catching – love the position because I’m involved in every play. But I don’t mind playing the other positions either. Whatever it takes for us to win, that’s what I want to do.”
Sophomore ZACH HOGUEISSON whacked a 2-run homer to cap the 11-run 3rd inning as the Patriots turned the game into a blowout.
Designated hitter NATE CAZARES was 3-for-3 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.
Centerfielder KYLE STOWERS chipped with a pair of doubles and 2 runs scored.
Probably the clutch hit of the game was a 2-run single to center by BRYCE JURRIES that broke a 3-3 tie.
June 2, 2015
SDCIF Semifinals
PATRIOTS 16, CRUSADERS 6
Mater Dei ab r h bi Christian ab r h bi
Velez c 2 1 1 0 Howell c-ss 4 2 3 2
Amaya p-rf 4 1 2 1 Gershow ph 1 0 0 0
Calamanares ss 4 1 2 0 Hogueisson rf 4 1 2 2
Villafranco 2b 2 1 1 1 Jarvis ph 1 0 0 0
Skillman 3b 1 0 0 0 Hail p-c 4 1 1 2
Golembiewski rf 2 0 1 0 Stowers cf 4 2 2 0
Rodlahn 1b 4 1 1 0 Ledgerwood lf 2 3 1 0
Lopez cf 4 0 2 2 Wehsener 1b 3 1 1 1
Ireland dh 2 0 0 0 Jurries 3b 4 1 2 3
Machado lf 0 0 0 0 Meza ss-2b 3 3 2 2
Aleksandravicius lf 2 1 0 0 Cazares dh 3 2 3 2
Griffin 2b 0 0 0 0
Contreras ph 0 0 0 0
Neilsen ph 1 0 0 0
Keltner lf 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 6 10 4 TOTALS 34 16 17 14
Mater Dei (11-22) 2 0 1 001 2 – 6 10 0
Christian (28-2) 00(11) 320 x – 16 17 1
GWRBI-Jurries (5).
E-Meza. DP-Chr 1. LOB-MDC 9, Chr 4. 2B-Ledgerwood,
Stowers 2, Meza, Cazares. HR-Hogueisson (4) 3rd, one
on. SB-Velez. S-Skillman. SF-Villafranco.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Mater Dei ip h r er bb so
Amaya L 2.2 8 8 8 1 1
Bracamontes 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
Golembiewski 3.0 6 5 5 2 2
Christian
Hail 2.1 5 3 2 3 2
Bessone W(4-1) 3.2 2 1 1 2 2
Howell 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
HBP-by Amaya (Meza). WP-Amaya 2, Golembiewski 2.
2015 ALL-CENTRAL LEAGUE BASEBALL
Team Champion: Christian
(Selected by League Coaches based on Conference Statistics only)
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr.
Will Hail Christian Sr.
Josh Pizzo Clairemont So.
Justin Ledgerwood Christian So.
Trevor Howell Christian Sr.
Kyle Stowers Christian Jr.
Mike Jarvis Clairemont Jr.
Tate Samuelson Serra So.
Kevin Britt Serra Sr.
Josh Leaser Coronado Jr.
Ryan Meoni Coronado Sr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: WILL HAIL, Christian
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: JOSH PIZZO, Clairemont
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr.
Michael Cortez Clairemont Jr.
Zach Hogueisson Christian So.
Chase Wehsener Christian So.
Nathan Jarvis Christian Jr.
John Gershow Christian Jr.
Sean Szalapski Serra So.
Zach Weller Coronado Jr.
Michael Butcher Coronado Jr.
Eddie Torres Serra Sr.
Ross Milo Clairemont Jr.
2015 ALL-GROSSMONT HILLS LEAGUE BASEBALL
Team Champion: Granite Hills
(Selected by League Coaches based on Conference Statistics only)
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr.
RHP Kenny La Pierre Granite Hills Sr.
RHP-1b Lee Mutter Helix Sr.
LHP-OF Connor Konishi Helix So.
RHP-1b Michael Byerline Grossmont Sr.
3b Jack Stronach Helix Jr.
3b Jordan Verdon Granite Hills Sr.
INF Jeff Houghtby Valhalla Sr.
OF-LHP DaShawn Keirsey Helix Sr.
OF-P Daniel Vasquez Granite Hills Sr.
OF Andy Lowry Granite Hills Sr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LEE MUTTER, Helix
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: KENNY La PIERRE, Granite Hills
CO-ROOKIES OF THE YEAR: ANDREW BROWN, Granite Hills and
JACKSON HULETT, Grossmont
CO-COACHES OF THE YEAR: JAMES DAVIS and COLE HOLLAND
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr.
RHP Andrew Brown Granite Hills Jr.
RHP-OF Calvin Farris Grossmont Jr.
P Jackson Hulett Grossmont So.
3b-RHP Cole Henderson Valhalla Jr.
C Hunter Isbell Helix So.
1b Dillan Shrum Granite Hills Jr.
3b Adam Lopez Grossmont Jr.
SS Matthew Richardson Helix So.
INF Evan McCarthy Grossmont Jr.
OF Matthew Bagdasar Steele Canyon Sr.
Honorable Mention
Granite Hills: Michael Diffley (Sr.), Izzy Gomez (Sr.), Michael Cartwright (Sr.).
Grossmont: Braeden Barr (Sr.), Tiger Guerrero (Sr.), Jayden Lombardo (So.).
Helix: Joe Toilolo (Sr.), Steven Alba (So.), Keaton Chase (Fr.).
Steele Canyon: Geovanny Quiros (Fr.), Sergio Alcarez (Jr.), Josh Esquibel (Fr.).
Valhalla: Lewis Dirkes (So.), Domenic Donato (Jr.), Brock Mosier (Jr.), Garrett Yocom (Sr).
2015 ALL-GROSSMONT VALLEY LEAGUE BASEBALL
Team Champion: El Capitan
(Selected by League Coaches based on Conference Statistics only)
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr.
RHP Daulton Barry Santana Jr.
RHP-INF Enrique Keller Mount Miguel Sr.
RHP-OF Tristen Salinas Santana So.
C Myles Emmerson El Capitan Jr.
1B-C Jason Moorman El Capitan Jr.
SS-C Andrew Gonzales Monte Vista So.
SS Aidan Rasmusson Santana So.
OF Sam Melero El Capitan Sr.
OF-RHP Kris Aguilar West Hills Sr.
UTL Dawson McClanahan El Capitan Jr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: MYLES EMMERSON, El Capitan
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: DAULTON BARRY, Santana
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: DAWSON McCLANAHAN
COACH OF THE YEAR: RIGO LEDEZMA, Santana
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr.
RHP Dylan Wannamaker El Capitan Jr.
RHP-3b Tristan Duncan El Capitan Jr.
1b-LHP Nathan Ledford West Hills Sr.
2b Reece Hernandez Santana Jr.
C-INF Alex Estrada Mount Miguel Sr.
INF Mitchell Miller Santana Jr.
OF-LHP Colton Calvert Santana So.
OF-RHP Eric De La Rosa Mount Miguel Sr.
OF-1b Clay Cromwell El Capitan Sr.
OF Jacob Odenkirk Santana Jr.
Honorable Mention
El Cajon Valley: Carlos Mejia (Sr.), Jesus Favela (Fr.).
El Capitan: Dalton Jennings (Sr.), Chance Colson (Jr.), Victor Carlino (Jr.).
Monte Vista: Tyler Williams (Sr.), Matt Gonzales (Jr.).
Mount Miguel: Jake Castillo (Sr.), Johnny Nicasio (Jr.), Miguel Orozco (Jr.)
Santana: Christian Mendez (So.), Jerry Alesi (So.), Nik Mora (Jr.).
West Hills: Aaron Barkley (Jr.), Gabriel Shubert (Jr.), Steven Tilley (Sr.), Alec Scalco (Sr.), Donovan McCrystal (Sr.).
2015 ALL-OCEAN LEAGUE BASEBALL
Team Champion: Foothills Christian
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr.
Daniel Luckett Foothills Christian Sr.
Konnor Von Der Lieth Foothills Christian Jr.
Ezra Sims Foothills Christian Jr.
Bailey Link Foothills Christian So.
Ryan Quinn Foothills Christian Sr.
Isaac Shoshoni San Diego Jewish Academy Sr.
Aaron Perez San Diego Jewish Academy Sr.
James DeLucia Army-Navy Academy Sr.
Gustavo Padilla Rock Academy Jr.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: DANIEL LUCKETT, Foothills Christian
PITCHER OF THE YEAR: KONNOR VON DER LIETH, Foothills Christian
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr.
Tim Gray Foothills Christian Sr.
Josh Lewis Foothills Christian Sr.
Mark Profeta Foothills Christian Jr.
Cody Brown San Diego Jewish Academy So.
Jake Berkson San Diego Jewish Academy So.
Matt Pasternack San Diego Jewish Academy So.
Lucas Howes Army-Navy Academy Jr.
Blake Howard Army-Navy Academy Jr.
Jordan Mitchell Rock Academy Jr.
HONORABLE MENTION
Nathan Yeager Foothills Christian Sr.
Trevor Smallwood Foothills Christian Fr.
Bailey Lewis Foothills Christian Fr.
Jordan Battaglia San Diego Jewish Academy So.
Sebastian Mayer San Diego Jewish Academy Fr.
Mark McKee Army-Navy Academy Sr.
Noah Brown Army-Navy Academy Jr.
Sam Wade Rock Academy So.
Junior Alvarez Rock Academy Jr.
Only one left standing from the eight that started
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
EL CAJON (5-31-15) — The Christian High Patriots, the top seeded team in the San Diego CIF Division III playoffs, is the lone East County team still active in post-season play.
The 3rd ranked Patriots (27-2) will host Mater Dei Catholic in Tuesday’s (June 2) semifinal at 3:30. If the Patriots conquer the Crusaders for the second time in tournament play, they will advance to the finals on Friday (June 5) at USD’s Fowler Park at 3:30. If the Patriots stumble on Tuesday, they will face Mater Dei again at 3:30 on Wednesday (June 3) in a home game.
On Saturday (May 30) St. Augustine eliminated Granite Hills in the Open Division 2-1 in nine innings, and Point Loma knocked out El Capitan 5-3 in the Division II quarterfinals.
ST. AUGUSTINE 2, GRANITE HILLS 1 – It’s somewhat amazing that the Granite Hills Eagles failed to find a way to sideline St. Augustine in Saturday’s (May 30) Open Division San Diego CIF quarterfinal.
Consider the facts: The Eagles out-hit the Saints 10-4 in nine innings. Granite Hills left 10 runners on base and the Saints left 2.
Bottom line is St. Augustine made the most of its 4 hits, and Granite Hills did not.
The Saints (23-10) won the game in the 9th inning when Dante Gutierrez slashed a two-out solo homer.
That blow spoiled the complete game pitching of the Eagles’ ANDREW BROWN, who walked none and struck out 8.
JORDAN VERDON was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the 5th inning. The Eagles, however, wasted a double by SEAN ROSS and a triple by DANIEL VASQUEZ.
Verdon hoisted a sacrifice fly in 5th inning to tie the game 1-1.
It was a typical Granite Hills game this season where the Eagles missed numerous scoring opportunities, despite out-hitting the majority of their opponents.
The Saints’ Sean Coyne was tagged for 10 hits but refused to buckle except in the bottom of the 5th.
Granite Hills finished with a disappointing 17-12 record.
POINT LOMA 5, EL CAPITAN 3 — The Vaqueros, who live by the comeback, couldn’t hit the gas pedal until the final frame in Saturday’s (May 30) San Diego CIF quarterfinal.
They edged Point Loma 4-1 in the first round of the Division II playoffs, but couldn’t repeat the effort in the quarterfinal elimination game against the Pointers.
Trailing 5-0 in the 7th frame, the Vaqueros (23-9) challenged the Pointers (18-13) as DALTON JENNINGS walked and advanced to second on a bunt single by SAM MELERO. With two outs MYLES EMMERSON notched an infield single to load the bases.
JASON MOORMAN, who was 3-for-4 in the game, then slashed a 2-run single. VICTOR CARLINO was hit by a pitch to force in a third run. But that’s as far as the Vaqueros would go as they left the bases stranded as the game ended.
Pinch-hitter KEN OHLHAUSER had a triple in the 7th inning in the comeback bid.
Vaqueros pitchers CHANCE COLSON, JORDAN FRANTZ and SEAN DUNNE allowed 8 hits and 4 earned runs. They struck out only 3 but didn’t walk a batter.
“It was an amazing season for us,” said Vaqueros head coach CLAYTON CURO. “We won 11 straight to gain a share of the (Grossmont Valley) League championship, and 12 straight, considering we got our first post-season playoff game in three years.”
Fifteen seniors will return to the El Capitan team next year so the prospects are golden.
“I’m excited for next year but I really would like to thank the coaching staff that I had this year,” Curo added.
Curo added a special acknowledgement to former El Capitan and now Grossmont coach JORDAN ABRUZZO.
“I want to thank him for getting me into this position,” Curo said. “I’m happy to be where I am and I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Jordan.”
May 30, Saturday
SDCIF Quarterfinals
Open Division
SAINTS 2, EAGLES 1
St. Augustine ab r h bi Granite Hills ab r h bi
Madsen cf 4 0 0 0 Diffley ss 3 0 0 0
Greene c 4 0 0 0 JoVerdon 3b 4 0 2 1
Gutierrez rf 4 2 2 1 Shrum 1b 4 0 0 0
Dashwood 1b 4 0 2 1 Lowry rf 4 0 2 0
Fullen 3b 2 0 0 0 Vasquez cf 4 0 2 0
Anderson lf 3 0 0 0 Agerbeek dh 3 0 1 0
Stalker ss 3 0 0 0 Gomez c 0 0 0 0
Murasky 2b 3 0 0 0 Ross lf 4 0 1 0
Fontes dh 2 0 0 0 Cossio 2b 3 0 1 0
Barrett dh 1 0 0 0 Brown p 3 1 1 0
Omahen 2b 1 0 0 0
Gandy 2b 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 2 4 2 TOTALS 30 1 10 1
St. Augustine (23-10) 000 100 001 – 2 4 1
Granite Hills (17-12) 000 010 000 – 1 10 1
GWRBI-Gutierrez.
E-Diffley, Dashwood. DP-SA 2. LOB-SA 2, GH 12. 2B-Ross,
Dashwood. 3B-Vasquez. Gutierrez (4) 9th, solo. S-Fullen.
SF-JoVerdon.
PITCHING SUMMARY
St. Augustine ip h r er bb so
Coyne W(6-1) 8.0 10 1 1 3 5
Rabago Sv-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Granite Hills
Brown L(5-4) 9.0 4 2 2 0 8
HBP by-Brown (Coyne), by Coyne (Brown).
DIVISION II
POINTERS 5, VAQUEROS 3
Point Loma ab r h bi El Capitan ab r h bi
Lemel cf-p 4 0 1 0 Melero cf 4 1 1 0
Urbon dh 4 2 2 1 McClanahan lf 3 0 1 0
Huber 3b 4 1 1 2 Emmerson c 4 0 1 0
Pappas 1b 3 0 1 0 Moorman 1b 4 0 3 2
Perez ph 1 0 1 0 Cromwell dh 3 0 1 0
Palmer 3b 3 0 0 0 Summers ss 0 0 0 0
Rogozenski lf 3 0 0 0 Champlin rf 4 0 0 0
Vanarsdale ss 1 0 0 0 Duncan 3b-ss 3 0 1 0
Yackly 2b 3 1 0 0 Jennings 2b-3b 1 1 0 0
Arlington ph 1 1 1 0 Larwa ss 1 0 0 0
Amberg c 3 0 1 1 Ohlhauser ph 1 0 1 0
Calloway pr 0 1 0 0
Carlino 2b 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 30 5 8 4 TOTALS 28 3 9 3
Point Loma (18-13) 000 130 1 – 5 8 0
El Capitan (23-9) 000 000 3 – 3 9 0
GWRBI-Amberg.
E-None. LOB-PL 6, EC 10. 2B-Pappas, Moorman, Urbon.
3B-Ohlhauser. HR-Huber (2) 5th, one on. S-Cromwell.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Point Loma ip h r er bb so
Robinson W(3-1) 6.2 8 3 3 2 5
Verhees 0+ 1 0 0 1 0
Lemel Sv-2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
El Capitan
Colson L(6-4) 4.1 6 3 2 0 1
Frantz 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
Dunne 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Verhees faced 3 batters in the 7th.
HBP by-Verhees (Carlino). WP-Robinson. Balk-Dunne.
Patriots say "Walk the plank, Matie!"
By Bill Dickens
© East COunty Sports.com
EL CAJON (5-30-15) — Throughout the season coach MIKE MITCHELL’s Christian High Patriots have been criticized for being over-ranked, despite their 27-2 record, which is the best record in the county.
But the Patriots – the top-seeded team in Division III of the San Diego Section playoffs – continue to raise eyebrows as they defeated Oceanside 6-3 on Friday (May 29) in the second round of the San Diego CIF playoffs.
The Patriots had to scramble in forcing the Pirates to walk the plank.
Christian leadoff hitter TREVOR HOWELL was 3-for-4 with a run scored.
ZACH HOGUEISSON had two hits, as did KYLE STOWERS and JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD.
The hit parade continued with CHASE WEHSENER, who was 2-for-3 with an RBI and BRYCE JURRIES, who delivered the biggest punch going 2-for-2 with 3 RBI.
But NATHAN JARVIS put the strong arm on the Pirates, surrendering only 2 hits and no earned runs as he hoisted his record to 7-0.
JOHN GERSHOW toiled the final two innings for Christian to pick up the save.
Christian, on Tuesday (June 2) will host the winner of the 11 a.m. Oceanside-Mater Dei Catholic game Saturday (May 30). The game on Tuesday will be at 3:30 on the Patriots diamond.
LA COSTA CANYON 3, GRANITE HILLS 1 — Rubbing elbows with the big boys in the Open Division of the San Diego CIF, Granite Hills came up short against host La Costa Canyon in Friday’s (May 29) second round, forcing the Eagles to tumble into the consolation bracket.
Granite Hills, champions of the Grossmont Hills League, put on an anemic offensive effort against the Mavericks, and now stand one loss away from the end of its season.
Granite Hills will host St. Augustine (22-10) on Saturday (May 30) at 11 a.m. on the Eagles diamond in an elimination game.
JORDAN VERDON hit a 7th inning home run to keep the Eagles from suffering a shutout at the hands of the top-seeded Mavericks (25-6). Other than that, however, they struggled to put together any kind of rally.
SAN YSIDRO 6, EL CAPITAN 5 — The visiting El Capitan Vaqueros (23-8) missed a chance to knock off second seeded San Ysidro in Friday’s (May 29) San Diego CIF Division II playoff quarterfinal.
Fact is, the Vaqueros carried a 5-4 lead into the 6th inning. And that’s when they slipped on the soap.
The Cougars (29-3) tied the game in the 6th and put away the victory on a bases loaded bloop single to left centerfield by Herman Alvarado with two outs in the bottom of the 7th, propelling San Ysidro into Tuesday’s (June 2) semifinal at 3:30.
San Ysidro will play the winner of the El Capitan-Point Loma game, which will be played at 11 a.m. on Saturday (May 30) Lakeside. If the Vaqueros come up short, their season will end.
In the loss to San Ysidro MYLES EMMERSON drove in 3 runs with a double, and JASON MOORMAN clubbed a 2-run homer to keep El Capitan in the game.
The Vaqueros’ pitching was sub-par as they were unable to maintain a lead down the stretch, and thus must defeat Point Loma on Saturday (May 30) to keep their post-season hopes alive.
POWAY 8, HELIX 5 – The youthful Highlanders were eliminated from post-season play by Poway (19-13) in Friday’s (May 29) second round of the San Diego Section Division II playoffs.
“It was a sad day for us,” said Helix coach COLE HOLLAND. “We have battled throughout the season. I’m disappointed but at the same time very proud of our baseball team.”
The Titans used a pair of home runs from Tyler Nevin and Kevin Bristow to help eliminate Helix from tournament play.
Sophomore left-fielder CONNER KONISHI was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in the losing cause for Helix.
Leadoff Matthew Richardson was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBI for Helix, which ended the season (18-11).
The future is nothing but glowing for the Highlanders, however, as the Helix junior varsity, coached by DENNIS CONYER, finished the season 29-0.
“That’s a pretty good record, no matter what record you’re playing at,” said Holland. “We’re pretty excited about our future.”
CENTRAL 15, FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN 3 — No other information was provided.
Open Division
MAVERICKS 3, EAGLES 1
Granite Hills ab r h bi La Costa Canyon ab r h bi
Diffley ss 3 0 0 0 Moniak cf 1 1 0 0
JoVerdon 3b 3 1 1 1 Alazard 3b 3 0 1 1
Shrum 1b 2 0 1 0 McClure ss 3 0 1 1
Lowry rf 3 0 0 0 Potter 1b 3 0 0 0
Vasquez cf 3 0 1 0 Orr c 2 0 0 0
Brown dh 3 0 0 0 Casper rf 3 0 1 0
Ross lf 3 0 1 0 Anthony rf 0 0 0 0
Cossio 2b 1 0 0 0 Labar 2b 3 0 0 0
Gomez c 1 0 0 0 Teisher dh 2 1 1 0
Cummings c 1 0 1 0 Aiken lf 2 1 1 1
Gandy cr 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 23 1 5 1 TOTALS 22 3 5 3
Granite Hills (17-11) 000 000 1 – 1 5 1
La Costa Canyon (25-6) 001 020 x – 3 5 0
GWRBI-Alazard.
E-Cossio. DP-GH 1, LCC 2. LOB-GH 5, LCC 5. 2B-Aiken.
HR-JoVerdon (5) 7th, solo. S-Cossio.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Granite Hills ip h r er bb so
LaPierre L(5-3) 4.3 5 3 3 3 3
Cartwright 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
La Costa Canyon
Kawaja W(6-1) 7.0 5 1 1 0 2
HBP-LaPierre (Kawaja).
Division II
TITANS 8, HIGHLANDERS 5
Helix ab r h bi Poway ab r h bi
Richardson ss 4 1 2 2 Wagenfeller dh 4 0 0 0
Konishi lf 4 1 3 1 Nevin 3b 3 1 1 1
Stronach 3b 3 0 0 1 Singer 2b 2 1 1 0
Mutter p-1b 4 0 2 0 Bristow 1b 3 1 1 2
Keirsey cf-p 3 0 2 0 Pellegrino cf 3 1 2 0
Isbell c 4 0 1 1 Banjac lf 2 2 2 0
Ozgundez dh 2 0 0 0 Blanscet rf 3 0 0 0
Kovalcheck pr-rf 0 1 0 0 Lyons c 2 2 1 1
Toilolo 1b 1 0 0 0 Dooney ss 3 0 1 1
Chase rf 2 1 1 0
Alba 2b 3 1 0 0
TOTALS 30 5 11 5 TOTALS 25 8 9 5
Helix (18-11) 120 002 0 – 5 11 2
Poway (19-13) 132 002 x – 8 9 0
GWRBI-None.
E-Richardson, Toilolo. DP-Hel 3. LOB-Hel 9, Pow 4.
2B-Richardson, Singer, Pellegrino. HR-Bristow (5)
3rd, one on, Nevin (5) 1st, solo. SB-Richardson,
Chase.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Helix ip h r er bb so
Mutter L(3-2) 5.2 8 8 5 2 3
Keirsey 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Poway
Huett 1.2 7 3 3 1 1
Thomas W(1-0) 5.1 4 2 2 1 3
HBP by-Thomas (Mutter), by Mutter (Huett, Thomas).
WP-Keirsey.
Division II
COUGARS 6, VAQUEROS 5
El Capitan ab r h bi San Ysidro ab r h bi
Melero cf 4 1 1 0 Rodriguez cf 4 2 2 0
Summers ss 3 2 1 0 Torres 3b 4 1 3 0
Emmerson c 4 0 1 3 Suarez p-lf 4 1 1 2
Moorman 1b 3 1 1 2 Diaz c 2 0 0 0
Cromwell dh 1 0 0 0 Alvarez ss 2 0 0 1
Ohlhauser rf 2 0 0 0 Alvarado 2b-p 4 1 3 2
Carlino 2b 2 0 0 0 Lopez lf-2b 2 0 0 0
McClanahan lf 3 0 1 0 Cortez 1b 2 0 0 0
Jennings 3b 3 1 1 0 Reyes rf 0 0 0 0
Corona rf 3 1 0 0
TOTALS 25 5 6 5 TOTALS 27 6 9 5
El Capitan (23-8) 003 020 0 – 5 6 1
San Ysidro (29-3) 004 001 1 – 6 9 0
(Two outs when winning run scored.)
GWRBI-Alvarado.
E-Emmerson. LOB-EC 5, SY 7. 2B-Emmerson, Saurez. HR-
Moorman (3) 5th, one on. S-Lopez. SF-Alvarez.
PITCHING SUMMARY
El Capitan ip h r er bb so
Wannamaker 5.3 7 5 5 2 2
Duncan L(6-3) 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
San Ysidro
Suarez 2.1 3 3 3 4 5
Alvarado W(7-0) 4.2 3 2 2 0 2
HBP by-Duncan (Alvarez). WP-Duncan. PB-Emmerson 2.
Division III
PATRIOTS 6, PIRATES 3
Oceanside ab r h bi Christian ab r h bi
SSandoval c 4 0 0 0 Howell ss 4 1 3 0
Niederhauser lf 4 0 1 0 Hogueisson rf 4 1 2 0
Peat-Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Hail c 4 0 1 1
ASandoval dh 3 1 0 0 Keltner pr 0 0 0 0
Nelums 3b 0 0 0 0 Stowers cf 4 1 2 1
Morace 2b 1 1 1 0 Ledgerwood lf 2 2 2 0
Lloyd pr 0 0 0 0 Rosenthal pr 0 0 0 0
Romero rf 3 0 0 0 Hester rf 0 0 0 0
Grant p 3 1 1 1 Wehsener 1b 3 1 2 1
Ruiz p 0 0 0 0 Jurries 3b 2 0 2 3
Martinez ss 2 0 0 1 Meza 2b 2 0 0 0
Camarena cf 2 0 1 0 Gershow dh-p 3 0 0 0
Jarvis p 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 25 3 4 2 TOTALS 28 6 14 6
Oceanside (17-13) 030 000 0 – 3 4 1
Christian (27-2) 400 020 x – 6 14 2
GWRBI-Jurries (4).
E-Nelums, Howell, Meza. DP-O’side 1, Chr 1. LOB-
O’side 7, Chr 7. SF-Jurries, Martinez.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Oceanside ip h r er bb so
Grant L(4-3) 5.0 13 6 6 2 3
Ruiz 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Christian
Jarvis W(7-0) 5.0 2 3 0 1 1
Gershow Sv-1 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
HBP by-Jarvis (Peat-Davis). WP-Jarvis 2, Grant.
Division IV
CENTRAL 15, FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN 3 - No other
information reported.
Defense the key to El Capitan's First Round victory
By Bill Dickens
© Wast COunty Sports.com
LAKESIDE (5-28-15) — A trio of defensive gems by El Capitan helped the Vaqueros support the 5-hit pitching by TRISTAN DUNCAN as El Capitan defeated former Major League pitcher-coach David Wells and his Point Loma Pointers 4-1 in Wednesday’s (May 27) first round of the San Diego Section Division II playoffs.
First year coach CLAYTON CURO acknowledged that defense was the key to the victory for his Vaqueros (23-7), which gave El Capitan its 12th straight win.
“Our defense was magnificent,” said Curo. “Three of our defensive gems were standout plays.
Left fielder DAWSON McCLANAHAN made a diving catch down the left field line that probably took away two runs. He laid out on the play and stunned the crowd.
“That was quite a catch,” Curo noted.
Another defensive standout was turned in by the first baseman, JASON MOORMAN, who dove to his left side to take away a double.
The Golden Glove effort was turned in by second baseman VICTOR CARLINO, which, if he were a Major Leaguer would have made the ESPN highlight reel.
“It was a three-hopper up the middle,” Curo recalled. “Carlino gloved it behind second base. He went to the right cut in the grass – all the way it looked like it was going to be a base hit. He got his glove on the ball and turned around and threw off balance to first base to hit Moorman in the glove.”
Curo noted that his players were in awe, probably because this was a Derek Jeter type glove-and-throw kind of play.
Carlino made the throw as he was falling away to the left field side, but still made an on the fly throw to first base.
The Vaqueros scored three runs in the first two innings.
MYLES EMMERSON was 2-for-2 with his 3rd home run of the year and an RBI double to ignite the Vaqueros offense.
SAM MELERO slugged a triple and drove in a run in the 2nd inning.
GRANITE HILLS 12, VISTA 3 — Granite Hills scored a season high 12 runs as they vanquished visiting Vista in Wednesday’s (May 27) San Diego CIF Open Division first round playoff action.
For the Eagles this was an offensive scoring spree that featured 14 hits as Granite Hills scored in all but one inning.
It was a series of hat tricks for the Eagles as ANDY LOWRY, ROBBIE AGERBEEK and ANDREW BROWN punched out 3 hits apiece to the Eagles 14-hit assault.
“I knew we were capable of being a good hitting ballclub but it’s taken until late in the season to prove it,” said Granite Hills coach JAMES DAVIS.
Granite Hills took a 7-0 lead in the first two innings.
“I knew we could hit like this,” said Lowry, who is headed for the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He was 3-for-3 with 2 RBI.
He had plenty of company as DANIEL VASQUEZ was 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.
ANDREW BROWN was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and 2 runs scored in the 14-hit attack.
Granite Hills will advance to face top seeded La Costa Canyon in Friday’s (May 29) second round of double elimination play.
CHRISTIAN 9, MATER DEI CATHOLIC 4 — The top-seeded Christian High Patriots mowed down the visiting Mater Dei Crusaders in Wednesday’s (May 27) San Diego CIF Division III first round play.
The Patriots (26-2) pounded out 14 hits to support the complete game pitching of BRYCE JURRIES (7-0).
There wasn’t a whole lot of suspense involved in this one as the Patriots took a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning. KYLE STOWERS, who later hit his 6th home run of the season, singled in TREVOR HOWELL with a base hit that ricocheted off the starting pitcher.
Stowers was 4-for-4 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI.
JUSTIN LEDGERWOOD continued his torrid hitting over the last eight games with a 2-for-4 effort. During that span he batted .667 (16-for-24) with 13 RBI. He drove in one of the Patriots’ runs against Mater Dei.
Christian will host No. 5 seeded Oceanside (7-12) on Friday (May 29) at 3:30.
Christian turned the game into a blowout in the 6th inning as WILL HAIL singled and Stowers hit his 6th home run to extend the Patriots to 5 runs.
LA JOLLA COUNTRY DAY 8, HELIX 1 — The Helix Highlanders got hammered by La Jolla Country Day in Wednesday’s (May 27) San Diego CIF Division I playoffs.
“This was definitely LJCD’s most complete game of the year,” said Torrey’s coach John Edman.
Alfonso Rivas threw a complete game 5 hitter at the Highlanders, striking out 7 and walking only one.
Helix avoided the shutout with a run in the final frame. LEE MUTTER was hit by a pitch and moved to second on a walk to DaSHAWN KEIRSEY. HUNTER ISBELL then doubled to left to score Mutter with the only Helix run.
SAN DIEGO 12, FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN 3 — Foothills Christian stumbled in a lop-sided first round bout with San Diego in the section Division IV playoffs on Wednesday (May 27).
No other information was available.
Wed., May 27
SDCIF First Round
Open Division
EAGLES 12, PANTHERS 3
Vista ab r h bi Granite Hills ab r h bi
Koller cf 4 1 2 0 Diffley ss 4 1 0 0
Eagan lf 3 1 1 0 JoVerdon 3b 2 3 2 1
Ornelia rf 2 0 0 1 Shrum 1b 4 1 1 2
Rosas ph 1 0 0 0 Lowry lf 3 2 3 2
Lee c 2 0 1 1 Vasquez p-cf 4 2 2 3
Medina ph 0 0 0 0 Agerbeek dh 3 0 3 2
Luna cf 4 0 1 1 Gomez c 0 0 0 0
Haus ss 3 0 0 0 Ross rf 3 0 0 0
Ramirez pr 0 0 0 0 Brown cf-p 3 2 3 0
Nyenhuis cf 4 0 0 0 Cartwright p 1 0 0 0
Longoria 2b 1 0 0 0 Cossio 2b 2 1 0 0
Morris ph 1 1 1 1 Omahen 2b 1 0 0 0
Aguilera 2b 1 0 0 0
Stoner dh 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 29 3 7 4 TOTALS 30 12 14 10
Vista (20-11) 000 030 0 – 3 7 2
Granite Hills (17-10) 251 220 x – 12 14 1
GWRBI-Shrum (3).
E-Haus, Luna, JoVerdon. DP-Vista 1. LOB-Vista 10,
GH 9. 2B-JoVerdon, Lowry, Brown 2. 3B-Vasquez. SB-
Lowry. SF-JoVerdon, Shrum.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Vista ip h r er bb so
Miller L(6-4) 2.0 7 7 7 1 2
Lofting 2.0 5 4 2 1 1
Scalvo 2.0 2 1 0 2 2
Granite Hills
Vasquez W(5-2) 4.2 5 3 3 4 1
Cartwright 1.1 2 0 0 0 2
Brown 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
HBP-by Miller (Lowry, JoVerdon). WP-Miller.
Division I
TORREYS 8, HIGHLANDERS 1
Helix ab r h bi LJCD ab r h bi
Richardson ss 2 0 0 0 KWeisz ss 3 2 1 1
Kinoshi p-lf 3 0 1 0 Rivas p 4 0 1 1
Stronach 3b 3 0 0 0 Coden p 0 1 0 0
Mutter 1b 2 1 1 0 Robertson 3b 4 1 3 1
Keirsey cf 2 0 1 0 Nance 1b 2 1 1 1
Isbell c 3 0 2 1 Esselstrom dh 4 1 1 0
Toilolo dh 2 0 0 0 Petty-Hull rf 4 1 2 1
Kovalcheck pr 0 0 0 0 Bee lf 3 1 2 3
Chase rf 2 0 0 0 ZWeisz cf 1 0 0 0
Ozgundez rf 1 0 0 0 Kawano 2b 3 0 1 0
Alba 2b 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 21 1 5 1 TOTALS 28 8 11 8
Helix (18-10) 000 000 1 – 1 5 0
La Jolla Country Day (20-8) 011 123 x – 8 12 1
GWRBI-Bee.
E-KWeisz. DP-LJCD 4. LOB-Hel 5, LJCD 8. 2B-Isbell,
Rivas, Robertson, Bee. SB-Robertson, Nance. S-Bee.
SF-KWeisz.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Helix ip h r er bb so
Konishi L(8-2) 4.2 10 5 5 1 1
Tsutsui 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Sanchez 1.0 2 3 3 1 2
La Jolla Country Day
Rivas W(8-1) 6.1 4 0 0 0 7
Coden 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
HBP-by Sanchez (Nance), by Coden (Mutter). WP-
Sanchez 2.
Division II
VAQUEROS 4, POINTERS 1
Point Loma ab r h bi El Capitan ab r h bi
Lemmel cf 4 0 1 0 Melero cf 2 1 1 1
Urbon ss 3 0 0 0 Summers ss 3 0 1 0
Huber 3b 2 0 0 0 Larwa ss 0 0 0 0
Perez c 3 1 1 0 Emmerson c 2 2 2 2
Pappas dh 3 0 0 0 Moorman 1b 3 0 2 0
Regozenski lf 3 0 1 1 Cromwell dh 2 0 0 0
Van Arsdale 1b 2 0 0 0 Ohlhauser rf 2 0 0 1
Wilson rf 2 0 1 0 Carlino 2b 2 0 0 0
Palmer ph 1 0 1 0 McClanahan lf 3 1 1 0
Young 2b 0 0 0 0 Jennings 3b 2 0 0 0
Yeckley 2b 2 0 0 0
Arlington ph 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 1 5 1 TOTALS 21 4 7 4
Point Loma (16-13) 000 100 0 – 1 5 1
El Capitan (23-7) 120 010 x – 4 7 2
GWRBI-Ohlhauser (2).
E-Summers, Carlino, Perez. DP-PL 1, EC 1. LOB-PL
6, EC 5. 2B-Emmerson. 3B-Melero. HR-Emmerson (3)
5th, solo. SB-Summers. S-Jennings.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Point Loma ip h r er bb so
Arnold L(1-1) 4.0 6 4 4 4 4
Verhees 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
El Capitan
Duncan W(6-2) 7.0 5 1 0 1 8
Division III
PATRIOTS 9, CRUSADERS 4
Mater Dei ab r h bi Christian ab r h bi
Velez c 4 1 2 0 Howell ss 3 2 1 0
Amaya dh 2 1 0 0 Hogueisson rf 4 1 2 0
Machado cf 0 0 0 0 Hail c 4 1 2 0
Chavez pr 0 0 0 0 Rosenthal pr 0 0 0 0
Calamanares ss 4 2 2 1 Stowers cf 4 3 4 3
Villafranco 2b 3 0 2 3 Ledgerwood 3b 4 1 2 1
Lopez p-cf 3 0 0 0 Wehsener 1b 3 0 1 1
Rodlahn 1b 3 0 1 0 Jurries p 3 1 1 1
Golembiewski rf 3 0 0 0 Meza 2b 2 0 1 1
Skillman 3b 3 0 1 0 Cazares dh 3 0 0 0
Flores pr 0 0 0 0 Hester lf 0 0 0 0
Ireland lf 3 0 1 0
TOTAL 28 4 9 4 TOTALS 30 9 14 7
Mater Dei Catholic (9-21) 003 001 0 – 4 9 3
Christian (26-2) 313 002 x – 9 14 0
GWRBI-Stowers (3).
E-Machado, Villafranco 2. DP-MDC 2, Chr 1. LOB-
MDC 5, Chr 6. 2B-Meza, Calamanares. HR-Stowers
(6) 6th, one on. SB-Howell, Hogueisson.
S-Wehsener. SF-Meza.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Mater Dei ip h r er bb so
Lopez L 3.0 9 7 5 1 2
Chavez 3.0 5 2 2 0 0
Christian
Jurries W(7-0) 7.0 9 4 4 2 5
WP-Jurries 2.
Division IV
CAVERS 12, KNIGHTS 3
Foothills Christian (23-6) 001 002 0 – 3 7 6
San Diego (18-10) 051 024 x – 12 12 2
(No further information available.)
Konishi breaks play-in game open with a two run double
By Bill Dickens
© East County Sports.com
LA MESA (5-27-15) — The No. 7 seeded Helix Highlanders (18-6) took a 2-1 lead in the 1st inning of Tuesday’s (May 26) SDCIF Division I play-in game against Santa Fe Christian, finishing with a 6-2 victory.
The Highlanders broke the game open in the 4th inning with 4 runs, extending their lead to 6-1. With two outs STEVEN ALBA and MATTHEW RICHARDSON both walked. CONNER KONISHI doubled to left, scoring Alba. JACK STRONACH was intentionally walked and LEE MUTTER was hit a pitch, scoring Richardson. DaSHAWN KEIRSEY hit a line drive double to right, scoring both Konishi and Stronach.
Keirsey scattered 7 hits over seven innings while striking out 8. The effort raised his record to 5-3.
The Highlanders advance to Wednesday’s (May 27) first round of the double elimination tournament at La Jolla Country Day at 3:30 p.m.
FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN 6, HOLTVILLE 5 (10 inn.) — The Foothills Christian Knights pitchers KONNER VON DER LIETH and BAILEY LINK combined for a 4-hitter and didn’t allow an earned run over a 10-inning spread, and struck out 10 between the two of them in Tuesday’s (May 26) SDCIF Division IV play-in contest.
With the bases loaded and two out, Holtville tried the “hidden ball trick” at second base in the bottom of the 10th. It might have worked except the Vikings pitcher Octavio Loya was on the mound and was called for a balk. Game over as the Knights’ winning run came in.
DANIEL LUCKETT slammed his 6th home run with a runner on base in the 3rd inning to give Foothills Christian a 5-3 lead.
Foothills Christian took the lead 3-0 in the 2nd inning on a single by TREVOR SMALLWOOD and a 2-run single by RYAN QUINN.
CARLSBAD 4, VALHALLA 2 — In reality the Norsemen booted themselves out of Tuesday’s (May 26) SDCIF Division I play-in game against visiting Carlsbad at Eric Turgeon Field.
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Valhalla failed to capitalize on five hit batters by the Lancers’ pitchers, Ethan Emery and Justin O’Leary.
Valhalla left 9 runners on base – 5 of them in scoring position. Three Valhalla errors also led to 2 unearned runs and spelled doom for the Norsemen who finished the season 12-14-1.
The Norsemen’s pitching was respectable and good enough to win most games. Junior southpaw BROCK MOSIER scattered 8 hits and allowed only 2 earned runs in a five inning stint. The county’s most underrated reliever GARRETT YOCOM pitched two shutout innings and struck out one.
UNIVERSITY CITY 4, SANTANA 1 — The host Santana Sultans committed three back-breaking errors in Tuesday’s (May 26) SDCIF Division II play-in round loss to the Centurions of University City. The loss eliminated the Grossmont Valley League co-champions who finished the season 16-11.
Santana fell behind 4-0 in the 3rd inning but bounced back to score its only tally in the same frame. JACOB ODENKIRK walked but was forced out on a ground ball by REECE HERNANDEZ. Hernandez advanced to second on a wild pitch by UC pitcher Ken Waldichuk and scored on a base hit by TRISTEN SALINAS.
The hardluck loser on the mound for Santana was DAULTON BARRY, who surrendered 2 earned runs in five innings. Reliever COLTON CALVERT pitched two innings of shutout relief in the Sultans’ finale.
Santana finished the season 16-11. The bright spot for the Sultans, however, is they had no seniors and the whole ballclub returns.
POWAY 2, GROSSMONT 1 — The visiting Foothillers’ offense stalled in Tuesday’s (May 26) SDCIF Division I play-in game that eliminated Grossmont and sent Poway into Wednesday’s (May 27) double elimination tournament.
Grossmont (17-15) took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning as RYAN BARNES singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single to center by JONAS BUCHANAN.
Grossmont missed two other scoring chances, leaving a potential run at third base with less than two outs in the 2nd and 5th innings.
CALVIN FARRIS (5-4) had another strong pitching outing in five innings plus, surrendering 6 hits, one earned run, walked 2 and struck out 5.
MICHAEL BYERLINE pitched one shutout inning of relief, allowing only one hit.
Although the Foothillers were eliminated from the post-season, they return the majority of this year’s team.
“This was a tough loss but the future is bright at Grossmont,” said Foothillers coach JORDAN ABRUZZO. “I’m happy to be a part of that
Tues., May 26
SDCIF Playin Round
DIVISION I
LANCERS 4, NORSEMEN 2
Carlsbad ab r h bi Valhalla ab r h bi
Norton rf 4 1 1 0 Dirkes 2b 4 0 0 0
Luo dh 4 2 3 0 Van Antwerp cf 3 0 0 0
Buck 1b 4 0 1 0 Houghtby ss 3 1 0 0
McKenna 3b 3 1 1 1 Donato c 4 0 1 0
Valdivia 2b 2 0 1 0 CoHenderson 3b 3 0 0 0
Cullinan cf 1 0 0 1 Mosier p-rf 2 1 1 0
Walker c 3 0 0 0 Yocom lf-p 1 0 1 1
Rosenberg ss 3 0 0 0 O’Sullivan 1b 1 0 0 0
Tyree lf 3 0 1 0 Bassette 1b 0 0 0 0
Sullivan rf-lf 2 0 1 1
TOTALS 27 4 8 2 TOTALS 23 2 4 2
Carlsbad (16-13) 101 020 0 – 4 8 0
Valhalla (12-14-1) 011 000 0 – 2 4 3
GWRBI-Valdivia.
E-Mosier, Dirkes, Houghtby. DP-Val 1. LOB-Cbad 7, Val 9.
SB-McKenna, Norton, Valdivia. S-Bassette. SF-Cullinan.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Carlsbad ip h r er bb so
Emery W(5-2) 5.1 4 2 2 2 4
O’Leary Sv 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Valhalla
Mosier L(2-4) 5.0 8 4 2 1 4
Yocom 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
HBP-by Emery (Van Antwerp, Houghtby, CoHenderson, Yocom 2),
by Mosier (Valdivia, McKenna).
HIGHLANDERS 6, EAGLES 2
Santa Fe Christian ab r h bi Helix ab r h bi
Gerber rf 4 0 1 0 Konishi cf 3 1 1 1
Rydin 2b 4 1 1 0 Richardson ss 3 2 1 0
Stephens lf 2 1 2 1 Stronach 3b 3 2 2 1
Weaver ss 3 0 1 1 Alba 2b 2 1 0 0
Vandertie c 3 0 1 0 Keirsey p 4 0 2 3
Ogden 1b 3 0 0 0 Isbell c 3 0 0 0
Acosta p 2 0 0 0 Mutter 1b 2 0 1 1
Stehly 3b 2 0 1 0 Toilolo dh 3 0 1 0
Ledbetter cf 3 0 0 0 Kovalcheck dh 0 0 0 0
Ferraro p 1 0 0 0 Chase rf 1 0 0 0
Peterson 1b 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 27 2 7 2 TOTALS 24 6 8 6
Santa Fe Christian (23-7) 100 001 0 – 2 7 0
Helix (18-9) 200 400 x – 6 8 0
GWRBI-Stronach (1).
E-None. DP-SFC 1. LOB-SFC 6, Hel 9. 2B-Stephens 2, Keirsey,
Konishi. SB-Alba. S-Konishi.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Santa Fe Christian ip h r er bb so
Acosta L(6-4) 4.0 7 6 6 4 4
Ferraro 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Helix
Keirsey W(5-3) 7.0 7 2 2 1 8
HBP-by Keirsey (Stephens), by Acosta (Mutter), by Ferraro (Mutter,
Chase). WP-Keirsey.
TITANS 2, FOOTHILLERS 1 (complete box not available)
Grossmont (17-15) 001 000 0 – 1 5 3
Poway (18-12) 000 002 x – 2 7 0
Farris, Byerline (6) and Hindorff. Blaszyk and Lyons. WP-Blaszyk.
LP-Farris (5-4).
DIVISION II
Centurions 4, Sultans 1
University City ab r h bi Santana ab r h bi
Riecky cf 3 0 1 0 Odenkirk lf 3 0 0 0
Wahhab dh 3 1 0 0 Hernandez 2b 4 1 3 0
Lapp 1b 0 0 0 0 Salinas cf 3 0 2 1
Baumeister ss 3 1 2 1 Alesi 1b 3 0 2 0
Ruthenberg lf 4 1 0 0 Rasmusson ss 3 0 0 0
Waldichuk p 4 1 1 0 Mendez rf 3 0 0 0
Owens c 3 0 0 1 Mora c 2 0 0 0
Salas 2b 4 0 2 0 Miller 3b 2 0 0 0
Martinson rf 3 0 1 1 Jackson dh 2 0 0 0
Gafford 3b 3 0 1 0 Baza ph 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 4 8 3 TOTALS 26 1 7 1
University City (17-13) 103 000 0 – 4 8 1
Santana (16-11) 001 000 0 – 1 7 3
GWRBI-None.
E-Odenkirk 2, Miller, Waldichuk. DP-UC 2. LOB-UC 10, Sant 10.
2B-Hernandez, Alesi, Martinson. HR-Baumeister (4) 3rd, solo.
SB-Wahhab. SF-Owens.
PITCHING SUMMARY
University City ip h r er bb so
Waldichuk W(5-2) 6.2 7 1 1 4 5
Baumeister Sv-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Santana
Barry L(5-6) 5.0 7 4 2 2 4
Calvert 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
HBP-by Barry (Waldichuk). WP-Waldichuk.
DIVISION IV
KNIGHTS 6, VIKINGS 5 (10 inn.)
Holtville ab r h bi Foothills Christian ab r h bi
JFlores lf 4 1 0 0 Link ss-p 5 0 1 0
Zamora rf 5 0 1 0 Von Der Lieth p-2b 4 1 1 0
Munoz ss 4 2 1 2 Luckett c 3 2 1 2
Rodriguez 1b 5 1 2 2 JLewis 2b-ss 4 0 1 0
De La Rosa 3b 3 0 0 0 Sims lf 5 1 2 0
Lizle dh 3 0 0 0 Gray 3b 4 1 1 0
Peracta c 2 0 0 0 Profeta cf 4 0 0 1
Loya 2b-p 5 1 0 0 Smallwood 1b 4 1 2 1
Abotti cf 5 0 0 0 Quinn dh 3 0 1 2
Carey rf 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 5 4 4 TOTALS 36 6 10 6
Holtville (13-13) 003 020 000 0 – 5 4 0
Foothills Christian (23-5) 032 000 000 1 – 6 10 5
(Two outs when winning run scored.)
GWRBI-None.
E-FC 5. DP-Holt 1. LOB-Holt 7, FC 5. 2B-JLewis, Rodriguez.
HR-Luckett (6) 3rd, one on. SB-Zamora, Luckett, Gray,
Smallwood. S-Lopez 2, Quinn.
PITCHING SUMMARY
Holtville ip h r er bb so
Lopez 2.0 6 5 5 1 2
Loya L(2-3) 7.2 4 4 1 2 6
Foothills Christian
Von Der Lieth 6.0 3 5 0 3 6
Link W(5-1) 4.0 1 0 0 2 4
HBP-by Von Der Lieth (De La Rosa), by Link (Peracta).
WP-Von Der Lieth. Balk-Loya.
CIF-San Diego Section Playoff schedules
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OPEN DIVISION: Games on Wednesday (May 27) at 3:30
8 St. Augustine (21-9) at 1 La Costa Canyon (23-6)
7 Torrey Pines (21-8-1) at 2 Rancho Bernardo (22-7)
6 El Camino (14-11) at 3 Cathedral Catholic (20-8)
5 Vista (20-10) at 4 GRANITE HILLS (16-10)
DIVISION I: Play-in Games on Tuesday (May 26) at 3:30
8 Carlsbad (15-13) at 9 VALHALLA (12-13-1)
Winner will face 1 Eastlake (23-6) on Wednesday
5 Bonita Vista (22-7) at 12 Ramona (17-12)
Winner will face 4 Madison (18-10) on Wednesday
11 GROSSMONT (17-14) at 6 Poway (17-12)
Winner will face 3 Rancho Buena Vista (14-13) on Wednesday
10 Santa Fe Christian (23-6) at 7 Helix (17-9)
Winner will face 2 La Jolla Country Day (19-8) on Wednesday
DIVISION II: Play-in Games on Tuesday (May 26) at 3:30
8 University City (16-13) at 9 SANTANA (16-10-1)
Winner will face 1 La Jolla (21-8) on Wednesday
5 Westview (18-12) at 12 Hilltop (12-16)
Winner will face 4 Scripps Ranch (14-13) on Wednesday
11 Mission Hills (14-14) at 6 Point Loma (15-12)
Winner will face 3 EL CAPITAN (22-7) on Wednesday
10 Brawley (13-11) at 7 Parker (18-11)
Winner will face 2 San Ysidro (27-3) on Wednesday
DIVISION III: Play-in Games on Tuesday (May 26) at 3:30
9 Mission Bay (14-15) at 8 Mater Dei (8-16)
Winner will face 1 CHRISTIAN (25-2) on Wednesday
12 Southwest-EC (11-14) at 5 Oceanside (16-12)
Winner will face 4 Escondido (16-4) on Wednesday
11 Coronado (12-16) at 6 Calexico (17-8)
Winner will face 3 Del Norte (13-15) on Wednesday
10 Valley Center (15-15) at 7 Canyon Crest Academy (7-21)
Winner will face 2 Fallbrook (20-9) on Wednesday
DIVISION IV: Play-in Games on Tuesday (May 26) at 3:30
9 Classical Academy (7-19) at 8 Classical Academy (13-10)
Winner will face 1 El Centro Central (18-7) on Wednesday
12 Holtville (13-12) at 5 FOOTHILLS CHRISTIAN (22-5)
Winner will face 4 San Diego (17-10) on Wednesday
11 High Tech-SD (12-9) at 6 Palo Verde Valley (11-12)
Winner will face 3 Sweetwater (18-11) on Wednesday
10 Clairemont (11-15) at 7 Mar Vista (8-19)
Winner will face 2 Bishop's (13-12) on Wednesday
DIVISION V: First Round Games on Tuesday (May 26) at 3:30
8 Liberty Charter (8-15) at 1 Calvin Christian (14-8)
5 Maranatha Christian (10-13) at 4 Hoover (12-11)
6 San Diego Jewish Academy (11-8) at 3 Army-Navy (10-8)
7 Borrego Springs (13-7) at 2 Calipatria (15-7)
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