05/16/2013 - The Independent

PAGE 10 - The Independent, MAY 16, 2013The Livermore Mystics 8th Grade AAU Girl's Basketball teamcompeted in the Modesto Magic Mother's Day Tournament.The team competed in the JV division, which is two levels upfrom their normal division. After two hard fought games andtwo victories the Mystics 8th grade team found themselvesin the championship game against a team made up of highschool sophomores. The players battled the entire game buta victory was not in the cards. Placing second in this divisionwas a sign of how much progress this team has made thisseason. Players are (back row Left to right) Alexandra Kerin,Kiara Steinhorst, Megan Sciascia, Katelyn Johnson, TaylorPeterson, Alexis Rivera, Kassidy Runestrand, Shannon Kai,Jessica Stahl; (middle row) LeRhae Sanders; (front row)Madissen Taylor, and Madeline Hyde.The Livermore Fusion U11 Girls Black team came together fora strong 3-0 win over Benecia Arsenal FC Yellow on Saturday.Both the offense and defense played well. The 3 goals werescored by Hannah Goodman, Audrey Fenner, and AlejandraJuarez. Pictured are Coach Isaac Robledo, Valeria Bond,Alejandra Juarez, Shae Hill, Kelsey Brumm, Hillary Huff,Kylie Neubauer, Audrey Fenner, Alysia Greer, and HannahGoodman. Missing from the picture Lindsey Sutton.was very focused making nice contactwith the ball for a couple of great hitsRed Sox vs. Pirates: Another winfor the Red Sox with the game ballgoing to Joshua Nixon. Joshua wasan HR away from the cycle, he threwa runner out at first from right field,and struck out 3 of 5 batters in the 5thinning to close out the game. KytlerGreen also had a terrific game. Kytlerpitched the 2nd inning striking out all3 batters. Kytler only threw 13 pitches.The Pirates also had a good showing.Kyle Johnson received the game ballfor excellent plays in the field includingcatching not one but two fly balls.Ben Rho had an excellent day on themound throwing the heat in the zone.Diamondbacks vs. Giants: TheD-backs' second baseman, ThomasSchnapp, made a great play for an out.Jacob Kelleher, continued the hold onruns with a remarkable play at first.Diamondbacks' pitcher Larry Wiselyhad a remarkable day on the moundwith a two inning 18 pitch effort. TheGiants' Matthew Ludwig had two nicehits and scored two runs for his team.Jacob Woods was the Giants' MVPfor making an incredibly stealth basesteal and sliding into third right inthe nick of time. However, it was theDiamondbacks who secured a win,with Michal West's incredible out ofthe park grand slam.A's vs. Giants: For the A's, NathanHernandez brought in 4 RBI's. GuyGates made a great defensive play inthe outfield. Both boys received thegame balls. The whole team playedwell and are really having some funout there. What a comeback for thelittle Giants. After being down in thefirst few innings, MVP Ray Castillogot things rolling with a couple ofnice solid hits. Castillo and teammateNathan Nagengast then managed acouple of steals and scored some runsfor the Giants. Braden Illingworth dida great job at pitching to stop the A'sfrom growing their lead and had a daringcatch to close out an exciting game.D-Backs vs. Pirates: The D-Backs'pitcher Tommy Wisely III had animpressive two inning 19 pitch outing.D-Backs' Coby Elola, CameronAngotti and Jacob Kelleher all chalkedup RBI's off of their big league swings.Diamondbacks' Michal West hit hisfirst home run of the season. The Pirateshad a great show at the mound withpitcher Graedon Beeler. On defensefor the Pirates, Ben Rho threw a batterout at first for a key out in the inning.The Pirates' game ball went to XavierArmas who hit a ball deep into left fieldfor a 2 RBI double and made somegreat plays at first base and catcher. TheDiamondbacks brought on their "A"game with doubles by Hayden Henry,Tommy Wisely III and Michal West.With the D-Backs working togetherthey were able to pull off some greatdefensive plays. Second basemanCoby Elola and Larry Wisely shutdowna run at first. Jacob Kelleher, ThomasSchnapp and Dominic Gozzo threwsome great strikes from the mound.With bases loaded and not being shyin the batter's box, James Theberge,Michal West, Tommy Wisely III andHayden Henry chalked up RBI's.Red Sox vs. A's: The entire RedSox team contributed. Game balls wentto Daniel Vergara and Ty Clappin.Daniel had a great night on the hill inhis second game as a pitcher fanning3 of 5 batters faced. He also made agreat play at SS. Ty had a terrific gameas well. Ty hit his first home run of theyear and was responsible for 4 soloouts in a row playing at 1st. For theA's, Guy Gates played well on offense,while Carlos Flores turned in a solideffort on defense.AAA Division: Giants 5, Diamondbacks4: Giants' pitcher AJMoore had an outstanding day on themound. He pitched 4 and 1/3 inningswith 11 strike outs and no runs allowed.The Giants' offense was alive withChristian Grenier, Garret Gomes andMichael Turpin recording a RBI Singleeach. Aiden Follis pitched 3 scorelessinnings for the Diamondbacks. AustinStatham stood firm at catching andJoey Gomez made a great play fromsecond base to Aiden Follis at homefor an out at the plate.Rangers 8, Giants 1: For theRangers: Justin Pestana was a rockon the pitchers mound only allowingone run when he pitched a completegame. Brayden Nunes smashed theball into center field bringing in anRBI and later stealing home. AnthonyMolleson caught a high pop-up at short.Thomas McKnight caught a pop-up inleft field and skillfully threw to 2ndbaseman Julian Quigley for a doubleplay. Julian Quigley had a great dayof hitting with a perfectly placed buntand a notable double. Joseph Mifsudhad the crowd cheering when he stolehome. For the Giants: Cooper Wilcoxhad an impressive hit in the 4th inning.Michael Turpin lead off the 6th inningand scored the Giants' only run.Rangers 12, Yankees 4: For theRangers: Justin Pestana pitched 2 inningsonly allowing 1 run and strikingout 5 batters. Collin McDowell was 2for 2 bringing in 3 runs. Julian Quigleyhad a great day pitching not allowingany runs in the 3rd inning and gettingthe ball to 1st base for 2 outs. ThomasMcKnight hit a powerful right field linedrive bringing in an RBI and advancingto 2nd base on throwing error. JosephMifsud was 2 for 2 on the day scoring2 runs and bringing in an RBI. Forthe Yankees: Shane Waechtler hit anotable double. Gio Fuentas had a greatoffensive day hitting a single. ColbyCairel also showed his skills with animpressive single.Diamondbacks 7, Rangers 6: Forthe Rangers, Julian Quigley scoreda run and drove in an RBI. JacobHutchinson hit a sacrifice ground ballto bring in an RBI and later scoredwhen he stole home in the 3rd inning.Anthony Molleson slid under thetag stealing home in the 6th inning.Gavin Powers played great defenseas catcher and offensively scored tworuns, one which he stole home. Forthe Diamondbacks, Joshua Kim had 2RBIs and Ryan Kelly had 2 runs and2 RBIs, including the hit that broughtin Joey Gomez for the winning run inthe bottom of the 6th inning. JeffreyPatterson got two outs on pop flies.Niles Moy got the game ball for hishard work and improvement throughoutthe season.Giants 5, Yankees 10: Matt Fiedorof the Yankees got the win pitching aperfect 4 innings, backed by some greatdefensive plays by Cody Franco, grabbing2 fly balls as well as making anout at 2nd base. The Yankees' bats werehot early on in the game, with ShaunSmith hitting a double and GiovanniFuentes getting a hit and eventuallystealing home. The Giants fought backduring the 5th and 6th inning scoring6 runs on hits from Gabriel Emfinger,Michael Turpin and Grady Harris.Rangers 9, A's 7: For the Rangers:Anthony Molleson made his pitchingdebut, striking out 7 batters in 3.5innings. Justin Pestana had a great offensivegame hitting two amazing linedrives and scoring two runs. JosephMifsud had two strong hits bringing intwo RBI's and scoring a run. ThomasMcKnight smashed the ball into rightfield bringing in an RBI and scoring arun. For defense, catcher Gavin Powersthrew to shortstop Caelob Stimpsontwice getting base runners out thatwere trying to steal 2nd base.Yankees 9, Diamondbacks 5: TheD'backs scored first with a 3 run firstinning, with Michael Anolin scoringthe first run. The Yankees came backwith 4 runs of their own to take thelead, led by great hitting by ShaunSmith (a single that he turned into atriple). Tyler Blue was 2 for 3 on theday, hitting 2 line drives to right field,helping the Yankees keep their winningdreams alive. The Yankees playedtough and only allowed a single run bythe DiamondBacks. The Yankees wentup on top for good in the 2nd inning byscoring 2 of their own. The game thenturned into a defensive battle with Diamondbacks'pitchers Jeffery Pattersonrecording 4 strikeouts. Shaun Smith ofthe Yankees had an excellent all aroundgame, making 4 infield catches for 4outs. Shane Waechtler also grabbed2 out of the air to help propel theYankees to the victory. Joey Gomezheld the Yankees with solid pitching,giving the Diamondbacks' bats time toregroup. The Yankees' pitching staffwere the real heros keeping things inreach, so kudos to Matt Fiedor, JoshFiedor and Ty Wetzel.A Division: Dodgers vs. A's: Forthe Dodgers: Dominic Hurtado madean excellent out at first base in thesecond inning. Jesse Trinta had threestrong hits with runners batted in.For the A's: Owen Swanson playedexcellent in the field and teammate CalDuarte connected for several nice hits.Dodgers vs. Giants: For the Dodgers:Nate Keaney caught two pop flyballs and made a nice out at thirdbase. Grant Scharnhorst slammed fourdoubles, one in each inning.For theGiants: Aiden Bessolo played a greatdefensive game with two outs. JoeMontoya had a great offensive gamewith a line drive double.Giants vs. A's For the Giant's,Matthew Stahl had a great offensivegame and Aiden Bessolo had a greatdefensive game with multiple outs atfirst base. For the A's Noah Jacobs hisgreat defense at third with unassisteddouble play. Jack W. Hansen for hisdefense while pitching.Giants vs. Padres: For the Giants,Tyler Laymon connected for threeincredible hits, including two doublesto lead the Giants. Aiden Bessiolorecorded three unassisted outs at first.For the Padres, Tristan Weed recordeda great out at first and Tyler Lahowewas responsible for some some outstandinghits.T-Ball: A's vs. Diamondbacks:The teams played their first coachpitched game of the season. For theLivermore Fusion U12 girls' Isabella LaRosa makes amove under pressure against an HSC Bolt opponent.The Fusion U12 girl's Maroon team remains in first placein spring league play.A's, Hayden Druba went 3 for 3 with 2RBI's and made two outs while playingfirst base. Andrew Rodgers also went 3for 3 with a base hit up the line, drivingin a run in the final inning.A's vs. Rockies: For the A's,Thomas Harris was a hitting machine.He went three for three in a coachpitched game bringing in 2 RBI's andwas a standout on defense. Jake Sekanyhit the ball hard at all 3 at bats, ending3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's.Giants vs. Cubs: The Cubs andthe Giants played a fantastic gameof coach-pitch baseball. The Giantshad great fielding and showed someexcellent hustle. For the Cubs, ChazPatterson hit a double in the secondinning scoring two RBIs and recordedtwo outs playing first. Elias Ferranwent 3 for 3, earned 3 RBIs,Diamondbacks vs Cubs: TheDiamondbacks played a great gameagainst the Cubs. The Diamnondbackshad several impressive plays andshowcased exceptional defense. Forthe Cubs, Talan Yorn had 2 amazingsingles and earned 1 RBI. GrahamShawler played an outstanding gamewith 2 singles, 3 RBI's, and a home run.Pitcher Justin Pastorius was impressiveon the mound.Livermore Girls SoftballLivermore Girls Softball Associationscores:U8: Lady Sharks vs. PrettyPumpkins: Pretty Pumpkins were leddefensively by Jenn Morrison, DakodaHood and Kate Hankins; StandoutOffensive players: Brianna Yen, BellaRivalie, and Anabella PedrettiGranada Little LeagueGranada Little League results:Minor A: Cardinals 8, Yankees0: A great job of hitting and excellentdefense by the Cardinals led to anotherexciting game. For the Cardinals, CodyJohnston played an outstanding game.He racked up three RBIs on two hits.He also did an excellent job on themound and held the Yankees hitlessover the last inning, with no earnedruns, walked none and struck outthree. There was great pitching by theCardinals as Parker Warner started thegame hot, Alden Schwartz carried thetorch, passing it to Hayden Borg whoturned it over to Johnston. Cardinalsalso had great defensive plays duringthe game. Borg made a fantastic snagand throw at third in the first inning. Inthe third, the Yankees were threateningwith runners on 2nd and 3rd with twoouts when Hudson Lehew made a greatcatch of a tough pop up behind the bagat first base. The Yankees played hardand made many excellent plays. NikkiPietro and Collin Scott were standoutspitching. Nathan Blanton contributeda lot to the team by making somegreat defensive plays. Jake Waltonwas a standout player and played anall around great game on offense anddefense.Athletics 5, Diamondbacks 1: JoeyKeeler was awarded game ball as hesingled sharply in his only at-bat, wasoutstanding behind the plate and atfirst base and showing great leadershipon the field. Lucian Wolf struckout 3 batters with his great fastball inthe top of the 1st. It was a hit paradein the bottom of the inning as the A’sscored all 5 of their runs. Adrian Vargaslegged-out a single to start the inningand was followed by a double by GavinBenitez. Lucian knocked them both inwhen he hammered a double to centerand scored after a single to right byOzzy Cervantez (2 hits on the day)and a long double to right by MarcoWilde. Consecutive sharp singles byAshton Baswell and Connor Rosalesplated the last 2 runs of the inning.Ashton alertly backed up a grounderto 3b in the 2nd inning and made theputout himself. Ozzy worked himselfout of the jam by striking out the final2 batters of the inning. Noah Olivierled off the 2nd with a hard single andwas followed by Joey’s shot to theright side. Wyatt Krauss was robbedof a base hit when he hit a line drivelaser at the pitcher in the same inning.Marco was effective on the hill with 2strikeouts, and was helped by the hustleof right fielder Tyler Fritz backing up1b on an errant throw. Marco made arunning basket catch of a pop-up atshortstop in the top of the 4th. Adrianstruck out the other 2 batters he facedto close out the game.Phillies 7, Rangers 3: The visitingPhillies were up to bat first. TommyChance started the game off with asingle. Luke Palma was up next andadvanced Chance with a powerfulsingle. Christian Clouser came throughwith a single to score Chance. HarmanDhillon came in to pitch. Dhillonheld the Rangers to one run. AdamLaurence pitched the second inning.The Phillies and Rangers were scorelessin the second inning. Keith Purvisstarted the third inning with a single.Dhillon hit a single to keep the rallygoing. Palma hit an RBI single to scoreDhillon. Cole Carnahan tripled to scoreChance and Palma. Clouser singled toscore Carnahan. Elliott Hall was onthe mound in the third. Hall held theRangers to two runs. Dylan Lee startedthe fourth with a single. Laurence hit ahuge RBI double to score Lee. Purvissingled to score Hall.AAA Division: Yankees 0, A's12: The A's defense and offense couldhardly make a mistake. Top defensiveA's players were pitcher Ryan Juricwith 6K, Cooper Meyer, who caught3 low fast flies, and Ian Silveira, whotagged an opponent on second base.Almost every player on the A's gota hit. Top offensive A's players wereRyan Juric with two triple hits, NoahVan Atta with a double, and NickLyndon with 3 runs scored.A's 11, Rangers 9: In a very competitivegame, the A's played a strongdefense and offense to come from behindfor the win. Top defensive playersincluded pitchers Ian Silveira (6K)and Ryan Juric (4K). Max Silveiramade two outs on first with one assistfrom Hunter Houghton. On offense,almost every player collected a hit.Top offensive players were CooperMeyer and Ryan Juric. The Rangersfought back hard. Their top defensiveplayers were Ben Morrisroe, MikeChristian, and Andrew Bates. Their topoffensive players were Mat Rocheleauand Kyle Drobick.Majors: Cardinals 10, Yankees0: The Cardinals' Zack Clark with 7K's, pitched a two hit shutout over 4innings. Zack Macintire recorded 3 K'sin the last inning to lead the Cardinalsover the Yankees. The Zack attackwas helped by teammates CameronSchrader with 2 doubles and 3 RBI'sand Zachary Clark with 2 doubles.The Yankees' pitcher Quinn Ayers,2K's, pitched four strong innings. TheYankees' offense was led by RileyVanTrease and Andrew Haley withsolid singles.Giants 11, Phillies 2: The lastgame under the lights for the 2013season awakened the bats of the Giants.Ethan Vincent led the attack witha single and a soaring double overthe right fielders head. Contributingto the hit parade were Logan Finch,Cameron Stephenson, Ryan Escover,Ian Rasmussen, Grant Borjon, JoshCollum, Diego Wilde and Joey Katen.The Phillies kept the pressure on theGiants throughout the game leavingthe bases loaded in the 1st and secondinnings. The third inning, the Giants'defense was solid with a great catchfrom Sawyer Demarest and an inningending double play, Grant Borjon toRyan Escover to Jordan Collum. IanRasmussen closed out the game witha solid pitching display.A's 0, Phillies 9: Seth Davis andGrant Blockley provided some excitementin the 5th inning with a single anda ground rule double. But it was not theA's day as they were only able to log4 hits. While the defense racked up 7errors and allowed 8 walks. MatthewReddick went 4+ strong, allowing 0runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. DillanMartinez came in to close, allowingonly 1 hit while recording 4 strikeoutsin 1 2/3 innings. Reddick was solid atthe plate as well, going 3-3 with an RBIand 3 runs scored. Logan Greenoughalso came up big with a clutch 2 RBIdouble in the 5th inning to put thegame away.Farm: Giants vs. Orioles: TheGiants played superbly in all aspectsof the game. They were led on offenseby Gavin Bates (four doubles—threeto the wall), Luke Schwarz (threedoubles—one a laser beam thatbounced over the left field wall),Thomas Cooper (batting in the cleanupspot laced an opposite field, baseclearing triple), and Jack Robbins (foursharply hit balls—two for extra bases).Dominic Franco stroked four singlesand played a gritty second base. JoeCooksey called a good game behindthe plate and contributed with twokey hits. Ava Schwarz made a terrificbackhand stab at the pitcher’s moundand twirled to her left, firing a striketo first base. Lukas Cusimano knockeddown several balls at third and midfieldand Natneal Leary thumped toropes into left center for hits late in thegame, when they were most needed.Giants vs. Red Sox: The Giantscontinued their streak of lights-outplay against the Red Sox last weekend.Conner Raridan muscled up on afastball in the third inning and crusheda pea-rod into left center that scoredtwo Giants. Alex Maciel turned on twoThe Livermore Aquacowboys swam at the 'PacificSwimming, 2013, 10 and under championships hostedby Sunn Swimming. The meet was held April 28, 2013at the Sunnyvale Swim Complex. Representing theLivermore Aquacowboys were Minh-Nha Kawamura (8),Daiki Nishikawa (10) and Taber Da Costa (10).pitches and deposited frozen ropes intoleft center, notching four RBIs. ScottyLineweber was a vacuum in centerfield, preventing extra bases on fouroccasions. Scotty also had a key singlein the third that scored two runs. GavinBates, Dom Franco and Luke Schwarzcontinued their dominance at the platewith 12 total hits—six for extra bases.Jack Robbins made a diving tag out toget a runner at third in the third inning.Thomas Cooper had a base clearingtriple in the first to set the game’stone. The Giants have 13 wins on theseason with two games to play. Theycontinue to dazzle Tri-Valley fansfortunate enough to see them in actionat Max Baer Park.Amador SwimmingJason Chen posted a pair of firstplace finishes to lead the AmadorValley High School varsity swimmingand diving team to a 109-71 victoryover cross-town rival Foothill. Chenwon the fly and breaststroke eventsfor the Dons.Chen was far from the only firstplace finisher for Amador. In a meetwhere the Dons quickly establishedtheir dominance, Amador got a firstfrom Anthony Jhong and a third fromAlex Gilchrist in the IM, and CameronKurotori and Kevin McLaughlin followedthat with a 1-2 in the 50 free.After Chen won the fly, BryanHughes took the 100 free and RJ Scott,Jordan Reznick, and Michael Brooksfollowed with a 2-3-4 in the 500 free.Nick Johnston recorded Amador'sother first place finish leading a sweepof the backstroke with Hughes andScott going 2-3.The Amador Valley High Schoolvarsity Dons kept it close for theduration of the meet but, in the end,they couldn't quite close the gap anddropped a 96-90 decision to cross-townrival Foothill.The Dons' divers Lauren Hall, andMorgan Fiske went 1-2 to give theswimmers a six point lead to start with,but the Falcons eliminated that quickly,going 1-2 in the medley relay. In thefirst individual event of the meet thetwo teams split the points with KirstenBrand finishing second for Amador.The Dons fell behind 36-26 afterthe IM despite Eva Chung's secondplace finish, but gained two pointsback when Iris Brand and Lily Gribbelwent 1-3 in the 50 free. For the rest ofthe meet, up until the final event, thetwo teams would continue to trade twopoint differences. Foothill gained twoin the fly and Amador picking up twoin the100 free when Iris Brand, AnnaParker, and Caitlyn Plattel went 2-3-Win gs of Fre edom Tou rCome on out people!‘An Keep ‘Em FlyingNo reservations needed for walk-through tours.See us online for times, directions and details.Scan code to see video of aircraft and moreinformation. Also landing in: Vacaville 5/29 - 5/31,Sacramento 5/31 - 6/2, Santa Rosa 6/5 - 6/7 andConcord 6/7 - 6/9. Go for a flight! Incredible!4. After the Falcons picked up two inthe 500, Amador gained two in the200 free relay.Trailing 74-66 and running out ofevents, the Dons needed a big performancein the backstroke and got it fromKirsten Brand who finished first, but noother Don could finish above fifth soAmador dropped, you guessed it, twopoints farther back. The same scenarioplayed out in the final individual eventwith Chung winning the Breaststrokeand Amador losing two points. Withthe deficit 12 points, the Falcons hadthe meet in hand before Amador gainedsix points in the 400 free relay.The Amador Valley JV Girls swimmingand diving team used their depthand talent to dispatch cross-town rivalFoothill without difficulty 127-59.The Dons finished first in seven of thenine individual events. No swimmerfinished first in more than one event.The Dons also swept a pair of events.The sweeps came in the 200 freewhere Ashley Person, Cynthia Tien,and Francesca Milana went 1-2-3, andin the 100 free where Rachel Bench,Lucy Bell, and Jacqueline Wood all gotto the wall before any Falcons coulddo so. Wood and Bench also went1-2 in the breaststroke. Bell went 1-2with Rebecca Pollitz in the 50 free,and Kaitlyn Schnierer and SophiaHolbrook did the same in the fly withMorgan Werder finishing fifth.The Dons final two first placefinishes were in diving, where LaurenKobayashi topped the field, and in the500 free where Baily Beanland got tothe wall first.The Amador Valley JV boysswimming and diving team dominatedFoothill by a 150-40 score. The Donsfinished first in every event and went1-2 or better in nine of 12 events.Sam Sornsen and Chris Azumastarted the meet out on a good footingfor the Dons by going 1-2 in the 200free. Alec Gauthier and Tom Sornsenfollowed up by doing likewise in theIM. After Eric Li won the 50 free, EvanLee and Gauthier went 1-2 in the fly.Sam Sornsen recorded his secondfirst place finish of the day in the 100free and was followed to the wallclosely by Li who finished second.Jeff Wang and Parth Subramanianrecorded another 1-2 for Amador inthe 500 free, and Wang, Lee, and BenOliver got the Dons only sweep of theday in the next event, the backstroke.In the final individual swimmingevent of the day, the breaststroke, PerryJia and Josh Cole went 1-2. ShawnO'Hare finished first in diving to roundout Amador's first place finishes.For FLIGHT RESERVATIONS or questions call:800-568-8924 or go to www.cfdn.org