San Lorenzo Valley Little League
All-Stars
Jonah Shabry had a terrific performance in the 9-10 year-old All-Star game, pitching 42/3 innings and striking out 11 in a 1-0 shutout. The winning run was scored on a walk with the bases loaded in the sixth inning. Robbie Carling doubled in the second inning.
Taj Yanez had a fantastic game in the 8/9 year-old All-Star game, pitching five innings and striking out 12 in a 6-2 victory over Aptos. Scotty MacCool, Justin Rudrow, Tanner Murray and Howard Forehan all doubled in the game and Rudrow had three RBIs.
7-8 year-old Tournament of Champions
The San Lorenzo 7-8 year-olds finished third overall after being eliminated in a heartbreaking game shortened by an imposed two-hour time limit in the middle of the fifth inning with SLV leading Watsonville-American 12-10.
By rule, the score reverted to the score of the last completed inning, at which time Watsonville was up 10-8. It was doubly hard on the young team when the scorekeeper mistakenly announced SLV the winner before realizing the impact of the rule book.
The team had previously defeated San Juan/Aromas 15-1 and Live Oak 9-5 before their first loss to Scotts Valley, a 1-0 decision.
Minors TOC
The Padres played three more games than any other team in the tournament to make the championship game, where they had to face the Scotts Valley Astros twice.
On Saturday, after defeating the Gilroy National Giants the night before, 11-4, the Padres headed to San Juan Bautista for the 10 a.m. contest.
The Astros scored five early runs, but in the third inning, the Padres answered back with four runs of their own.
Taj Yanez, Elliot Brown, JT Matsuoka, and Tanner Murray all had hits, and pitcher Jack Gentry and the defense then held the Astros to three scoreless innings as the Padres piled on 11 more runs for a 15-8 victory.
Gentry tripled in the sixth with the bases loaded and Ben Kanter also tripled with two on in the inning.
The next day, the Padres got up to do it again and faced a tough pitching performance from Astros starter Jake Kim, who struck out six in four innings, giving the Astros the 9-3 win. The Padres finished the tournament with a 7-2 record.
Majors TOC
The Dodgers took second place to a tough team from Pajaro Valley.
The Dodgers came on strong in their first contest of the tournament, defeating the Scotts Valley Giants, 4-1. After blowing out the Gilroy Giants, the Dodgers faced the Pajaro Valley Cubs, who, playing as well as the boys in blue, beat the Dodgers, 11-1.
However, the Dodgers bounced back, defeating the Santa Cruz Cubs 2-1, which put them into the championship game against their nemesis, the Pajaro Valley Cubs. The Cubs pitchers tossed a no-hit shutout to hand the Dodgers second place.
Scotts Valley Little League
Scotts Valley’s AAA Division Astros and the town’s 7-8 year old all-star teams both one their respective tournaments last week, and the other Scotts Valley all-star teams got off to a strong start this week.
Scotts Valley Astros 9, San Lorenzo Valley Padres 3
Trevor Ponos was 3-for-3 with two triples and a double and Kyle Raymond and Eli Bjorklund had two hits to win the AAA District 39 Tournament of Champions. The Padres scored their runs in top of the fourth when Tanner Murray, Jack Gentry, Adam Peters and Conner Sawtelle singled before Scotts Valley’s Jacob Kim struck out two to end the threat. The Astros came back in the bottom of the inning when Ponos tripled home two and Seth O’Brien drove him home on a sacrifice fly, and took the lead in the fifth when Chris Copriviza, Bjorklund, Eain Lopez, Ben Acker, Raymond, Kim, Ponos and O’Brien strung together consecutive hits to score six runs.
Scotts Valley 7-8s 10, Watsonville American 7-8s 3
Scotts Valley bumped up against the five-run-per-inning maximum in the first and fourth innings to win a five inning contest stopped because of the lopsided score. Garrett Hormel doubled home Soren Burns and Trevor Wiechmann in the first, and doubles by Ryan Bariteau, Garrett Fisher and a single by Jordan Hendricks completed the scoring. In the fourth, Hormel, Ryan Bariteau, Fisher and Jaxson Haynes hit safely, then three walks and a single by Christopher Shaw brought in five runs.
Scotts Valley 12s 12, Santa Cruz National 12s 0
Scotts Valley pitchers combined for a no-hitter, recording nine of their 12 outs on strikeouts. Ryan Traulsen was the main star with two home runs, including a grand slam in the first inning and finished with six RBIs. He was also the starting pitcher who left in the third with arm trouble. Colton Marshall and Jake Carli also had two hits for Scotts Valley.
Scotts Valley 11s 8, Pajaro Valley 2
Jimmy Danels hit an RBI single in the second inning to break a tie and Scotts Valley never looked back from there. Sawyer Stemm pitched a complete game, allowing only two hits and three walks and two earned runs. Nick Carli, Jacob Wiechmann and Drew Collishaw had two hits each and Jacob turned in several great defensive plays at second.
Scotts Valley 10s 16, Live Oak 10s 1
Travis Lane pitched a complete game win, fanning nine while allowing only two hits and no runs. Trevor Ponos led the hit parade with four hits, including a triple, Jacob Utic and Gregory Neiger had three hits each, with two doubles for Neiger. Utic had three RBIs while Lane and A.J. Streller had two RBIs each. Nick Reyes, Owen Rockow, Seth O’Brien and Georgia Parsons all scored twice each.
