Staff Reports
The four Hollister 9-10-year-old All-Star teams remained undefeated after the first two days of the District 9 tournament at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Hollister on Wednesday.
The Hollister National “B” team, managed by Mark Haworth of the Triple A Cardinals, beat Ferrasci 6-2 in the opening game Wednesday and then defeated North County 13-3 Thursday night in the second round.
The American “A” team, managed by Robert Fabing of the major league Yankees, began its tournament by pounding King City 1 Thursday.
Hollister American’s “B” team, led by manager Manny Amaral of the TOC champion Triple A Twins, won its opener 5-4 over Soledad.
Hollister National “A”, which returns five players from last year’s district championship team and is managed by Todd Freitas of the major league Cardinals, got 13 strikeouts from three pitchers in its victory over King City.
Tyler Fhurong struck out eight of the nine batters he faced in three innings before yielding to Andrew Breen, who struck out three and allowed one run in his one inning on the mound. Dylan Lomanto threw the bottom of the fifth inning and struck out two to close out the game, which was called due to the 10-run rule.
Fhurong had two hits, walked twice, and scored twice to spark the National team, which also had a hit and two runs from Lomanto, a double by Nathan Alvarez, and two runs scored by Matt Hawk.
Hollister National stays alive in 11/12 all-star tourney
The Hollister National 11/12 All-Stars overcame a late charge by North County to win their second game of the District 9 tournament 6-4 on Thursday. Hollister will play Hartnell at 5:30pm tonight at American Little League’s park in Salinas.
Starting pitcher Ryan Jacob scattered two hits, gave up one run, and struck out nine batters in five innings for Hollister, which is 2-1 in the double elimination tournament.
Hollister got on the board in the first innings after Matt Vallejo led off with a double to the right center field wall, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a fielder’s choice off the bat of Jacob.
In the second inning, Emmett King reached on an error and advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Andrew Donati. Keegan Bielejec followed with a double to the right field wall to put runners at second and third for Vallejo, who grounded out to first to knock in King.
Michael Breen doubled off the right field wall to score Bielejec and put Hollister National up 3-0.
Hollister pushed across two more runs in the fourth when Geronimo Sevilla hit an infield single, stole second, and scored on an Emmett King single. Andrew Donati hit a double to plate King and extend the team’s lead to 5-0.
In the fourth inning, Jacob singled and was driven home by a Tyller Smith double to add a sixth run for Hollister.
After North County pushed across a run in the top of the fifth on an error to make the score 6-1, Hollister was retired in order in the bottom of the inning.
Reliever Skyler King was touched for three runs in the top of the sixth, but a North County runner was thrown out at third base trying to extend a double into a triple to end the game.
If Hollister wins tonight, it will play again at noon on Sunday at Salinas Atlantic’s field.
Hollister Little League 2006 All-Stars
American League 11-12’s
– Jacob Cabral
– Cody Gessell
– Walter Irish
– Enrique Lopez
– Adrian Medina
– Jacob Moeller
– Mark Nakata
– Kellen O’Laughlin
– Tyler Quinby
– Dustin Rovella
– Marcus Sabatte
– Kevin Salvas
– Jacob Tonascia
National League 11-12’s
– Keegan Bielejec
– Michael Breen
– Andrew Donati
– Dylan Ito
– Ryan Jacob
– Emmett King
– Skyler King
– Jonathan Osborne
– Geronimo Sevilla
– Tyller Smith
– Adrian Soto
– Matthew Vallejo
– Zach Zanger
American League 11’s
– John Barrera
– Brian Becerra
– Richie Beltran
– Austin Blake
– Ryan Christian
– Ray Rueda
– K.C. Hansen
– Robert Henderson
– Dalan Hoskins
– Eddie Munoz
– Skyler Shaw-Fuss
– Craig Slibsager
– Zack Szyndrowski
National League 11’s
– David Achen
– Trevor Buller
– Danny Buzzetta
– Nicholas Chicoine
– Sean Corral
– Michael Fortney
– Michael Bocksnick
– Patrick Killeen
– Joe Larson
– Sage Leadem
– Justin Patterson
– Zack Tatar
American League 9-10 “A”
– Cody Asp
– Cody Cameron
– Christopher Cook
– Tony Diaz
– Mavrick Enz
– Conner Fabing
– Josh George
– Daniel Gonzales
– Jordan Lopes
– Marcos Perez
– Robert Soto
– Austin Wahl
– Dylan Yamasaki
National League 9-10 “A”
– Nathan Alvarez
– Cody Bohannan
– Andrew Breen
– John Canes
– Ben Cobb
– Tyler Fhurong
– Cody Freitas
– Matthew Hawk
– Hunter Haworth
– Dylan Lomanto
– Gregory Steinbeck
– Cade Vallejo
– Dillan Williams
American League 9-10 “B”
– Tony Amaral
– Damian Botelho
– Patrick Frusetta
– Corey Langley
– Chris Manderson
– Weller Maxwell
– Zackery Moeller
– Enrique Rodriguez
– Danny Souza
– Conner Starke
– Russell Tobias
– Brian Tobias
National League 9-10 “B”
– Gaelen Bannister
– John Batelle
– Brandon Granger
– Joe Hagins
– Joseph Huntley
– Cory Jacob
– Colter Bocksnick
– Riley Lange
– Quinn Mendoza
– Dominic Padilla
– Riley Phelps
– Joe Telles
All-Star Schedule and Results
11/12s
Thursday
Hollister National 6, North County 2
Saturday
Hollister American vs. Soledad at
Salinas Atlantic, 10am
10/11s
Wednesday
Hollister American def. Salinas
American 20-0
Hollister National def. North County 3-2
Saturday
Hollister American vs. North County at Salinas American, 10am
11s
Wednesday
Hollister American 3, North County 2
Saturday
Hollister American vs TBA at
American, noon
9/10’s
Wednesday
Hollister National B 6, Salinas Ferrasci 2
Hollister National A 11, King City 1
Hollister American B 5, Soledad 4
Thursday
Hollister American A 23, King City 0
Hollister National B 13, North County 3
Today
Hollister National A vs. Hollister American B, 5:30pm
Hollister National B vs. TBA, 7:30pm
Hollister American A vs. TBA, 7:30pm
8/9’s
Wednesday
Aptos def. Hollister American 14-9
Today
Hollister National vs. San Lorenzo Valley, 5:30pm
Tuesday, July 11
Hollister American vs. TBA
