9-10 year old squad still battling
It was an exciting weekend on the All Star baseball diamond for a pair of local Little League teams, as the Cloverdale 9-10 year olds and Juniors took the field in their respective District 35 tournaments.
Fresh off a strong showing in last month’s Tournament of Champions, the CLL Junior squad didn’t fare as well in the All Star tourney, going two and out to finish their season.
Meanwhile, the CLL 9-10 year old All Stars continue to impress in their double-elimination tournament, winning two of three games to stay alive.
Following are the results of each All Star tourney.
Juniors
The CLL Junior team opened District 35 action on July 2 against a tough Santa Rosa squad, falling 13-5. Cloverdale dropped an 18-4 decision to El Molino the following day to end an outstanding season.
The CLL Junior squad was led by manager Matt Lemley and coaches Rick Scaramella and Darren Sibert. Players included Jesus Ceja, Evan Gehres, Diego Granados, Joshua Lemley, Anthonie Rebottaro, Dylan Scaramella, Keller Sibert, Matt Vellutini, Mitch Wilson and Collin Patterson.
9-10s
The CLL 9-10 All Stars opened the District 35 tournament (hosted by Rincon Valley) on July 1 in impressive fashion, emerging from a tense pitcher’s duel to beat Willits 5-1.
“This was a close game,” CLL President Christina Freenor reported. “Willits had some strong pitching but Cloverdale’s defense held them.”
The good guys had their hitting shoes securely fastened the next day against Ukiah, as Cloverdale pushed across 17 runs to force an early stoppage on the 10-run rule in a four-inning, 17-7 win.
The local stars ran into strong Petaluma American pitching on July 3, weathering their first tournament loss in a 10-0 setback. At press time The CLL squad was taking a holiday break before resuming tourney action on July 6 against either Rincon Valley or Westside.
The CLL 9-10 team is led by manager Ian Jones and coaches Thomas Beeson and Bobby Huls. Players include Nicholas Beeson, Diesel Cavallo, Carson Clark, Emilio Diaz, Corbin Drake, Alexander Hanes, Jordan Huls, Kolby Jenkins, Dylan Jones, Jason Moffett, Rylee Reasoner, Taylor Vann and Jackson Wurz.
