Fountain Valley Pony Blue All-Star team to Sectional

Fountain Valley Youth Baseball’s Pony Blue All-Star team has

qualified for the 2000 Sectional Tournament, which begins Friday in

Whittier.

The Pony Blue All-Stars qualified for the Sectional by beating Tustin,

13-3, behind the solid pitching of Brad Young, Josh Roth, and Sean Green,

with outstanding defense coming from shortstop Bret Burda. Leading

Fountain Valley in hitting were Roth (triple), Caleb Rogers (double and

two singles), and Don Spreeman.

“I attribute our team’s success to solid defense, team speed, and good

hitting,” Fountain Valley Manager Dennis Young said.

Fountain Valley advanced to the Sectional Tournament after placing

second at last weekend’s District Tournament. The Pony Blue All-Stars

bounced back from a tournament opening 11-2 loss to Saddleback, then

bounced back to defeat Newport Harbor Red, 9-8, Newport Harbor Blue, 7-4,

Los Alamitos, 11-1, and then Tustin, before being defeated again by

Saddleback, this time by a 7-2 score, in the final of the double

elimination tournament.

Other members of the Fountain Valley team include Tyler Hoffman, Rick

Gallegos, Josh Rogers, Tyler Simons, and Jared Bryan, and coaches Greg

Hoffman and Collin Simons.