After battling wind, rain and cold at the Crown Dublin Easter Baseball Invitational from April 8-15, the San Ramon Valley and Monte Vista freshmen met each other in the championship game, and the Mustangs prevailed, defeating the Wolves 7 to 1.
Drew Bradshaw, Christian Jones and Steven Swift held the Wolves to 4 hits while Brian Barbour and Christian Jones led the offense for the Mustangs each with 2 RBIs. Joe Southwick led the Wolves with 2 hits and 1 RBI.
Ten Bay Area high school freshmen teams competed in this second annual tournament, organized by Roger Varon, head coach at San Ramon Valley, and coach Chuck Barnett of Monte Vista.
“The tournament is a fundraiser for both schools, and the kids love the competition,” Varon said. Crown Dublin and Total Sports were two major sponsors
The teams that participated this year were San Ramon, Monte Vista, Deer Valley, Logan, Las Lomas, Heritage, Clayton, Liberty, Bishop O’Dowd and California. All of the games were played at San Ramon Valley High School.
Stellar pitching and strong offense for San Ramon Valley carried them to three straight victories during the week.
Wolves pitchers Kyle Lapin, Chad McCormack and Scott Griggs were firing lots of strikes, holding the opposition to only three runs scored against them.
Nick Russo’s two homeruns and 4 RBIs against Bishop O’Dowd ignited San Ramon. Clutch hitting from Tony Hernandez (6), Chris Overstreet (5), Nick Russo (5) and Joe Southwick (5) helped carry the Wolves to the championship game.
The Monte Vista Mustangs sailed through the playoffs during the week. Outstanding pitching by Mark Appel, Patrick Garvin, Christian Jones, Steven Swift and Joey Wagman led the Mustangs to two shutouts with only one run scored against them.
Strong offense complemented strong pitching with Drew Bradshaw, Ray Roach, Grant Saunders and Steven Swift contributing to the Mustang’s victories. •
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