All Stars capture first place
The Fountain Valley Pony A All Star team captured first place Sunday
at the Fountain Valley Pony Baseball Tournament.
The three-day tournament was played at Fountain Valley High.
The A all-star team roster is composed of several players from
Huntington Beach, as well as some from Fountain Valley.
The Fountain Valley Pony B All Star team finished in second place.
The Pony A all star team is composed of Danny Tierney, Tim
Higgins, Beau Amaral, Tab Pagter, Nick Mazzone, Jason Morash, Jacob
Springer, Brayden Kent and Kevin Nance of Huntington Beach, and Kyle
Schellenger of Fountain Valley, Ryan Miller of Costa Mesa and Deondre
Moss of Westminster.
The Pony B all star team players are Trevor Springman, Kevin
Mackey, Alex Holtz, Matt Jacinto, Richie Levinson, John Combest, Zach
Michaels, Houston Hill, Scott Martin, Daniel Zavala and Henry Owens.
The Pony A all-star team opened play Tuesday at the District
tournament. The score was not available at press time.
The Pony B all-star team opens District tournament play this week
in Garden Grove.
In other Pony Baseball action:
The Fountain Valley Mustang A All Star team opened the District
Tournament at West Haven Park in Garden Grove with a 3-1 record.
The all-star team scored mercy rule victories over Tustin, 18-4,
and Anaheim, 13-2, to start the tournament; lost, 2-1, to La Mirada
in its third game; then defeated Tustin again, 14-13, to stay alive
in the double-elimination event.
Fountain Valley played Seal Beach on Wednesday in an elimination
game, but the score was not available at press time.
A victory would advance the team to the Section Tournament in
Whittier on Friday.
In its tournament-opening, 18-4 rout of Tustin that was called
after four innings, Jacob Vega began the game with a home run and
finished with three hits overall. Wyatt Christensen, Scotty Weaver
and Brad Owen each scored three runs.
The 13-2 win over Anaheim saw Jonathan Marriott hit a home run and
drive n three runs, Joey De Marco triple and Nestor Linares double
twice to the fence.
Patrick Cromwell, Wyatt Heise and Aaron Vargas keyed the Fountain
Valley defense.
Although it outhit La Mirada, Fountain Valley dropped its third
tournament game, 2-1. Jacob Peralta allowed only two hits in six
innings, tying up La Mirada with his combination of great location
and tricky off-speed throws.
In its last outing, Fountain Valley held off Tustin, 14-13. De
Marco went four for four and drove in three runs and threw two solid
innings to close out the game. Christensen and Vega each had three
hits, Alek Torgersen doubled and singled, Brett Adams doubled and
Marriott scored three runs.
“This team can really hit the ball,” Mustang A All Star manager
Jim De Marco said. “What has surprised other teams is that the bottom
of our order can produce as much as the top.”
In racquetball action:
Samuel Barrera, 11, of Huntington Beach won the under-12 division
singles title and teamed with partner Stile Martin to take
first-place in the under-14 juniors doubles tournament at the 2005
World Outdoor Racquetball Championships.
The tournament, which drew players with various levels of
experience, from the professional ranks to juniors, was held at
Golden West College. Players came from as far away as Hawaii, Bolivia
and Colombia.
The other tournament winners were: under-18: Ryan Schneider;
under-14: Stile Martin; under-10: David Nguyen.
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