All-Stars Move On

PPBA Bronco 12U Squad Wins Section Tourney at Field of Dreams; 10Us Fall in Semis

By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor

The Pacific Palisades Baseball Association’s Bronco 12U All-Stars put on an impressive display of pitching and hitting on their way to holding the banner as Pony North Section champions last weekend at the Field of Dreams.

Back-to-back 10-0 shutouts by pitchers Tribe Edwards and Finny Viles landed Palisades a spot in the Region Tournament at Bob Kildee Park in Camarillo, where the team coached by Eric Foster, Todd Refnes and Mike Badt opens versus Newbury Park tonight.

Palisades began with an 11-5 triumph over Santa Monica, blanked Oxnard 10-0 on Friday and ousted Cheviot Hills 10-0 in the semifinals. In Sunday’s championship game against Westlake, Wyatt Foster doubled, singled and drove in three runs, Edwards  had a double and three RBIs and Ford and Boone Casady each singled and scored. The lineup also featured Duke Badt, Chasen Long, Ethan Davis, Lukas Lin, Lars Refnes, Colton Nassour, Wes Neumann, Will Monaco, Tommy Geraty, Jesse Wolfson and  Alex Noble. 

The Mustang 10Us, guided byBarry HoAire, Ollie Dunn, Sara Prokop and Blake Tucker, lost 3-1 to Agoura in the semifinals despite four innings pitched and a triple by

Jack Feil. Rounding out the roster were Christian DeMartini, Marlon Dunn, Sean Geraty, Derek Grossman, James HoAire, Beckett House, Ethan Montminy, Cy Murphy, Mario Knapp-Schwarzennegger, Jack Prokop, Hudson Tucker and Grant Tyler.  

Meanwhile, the Pinto 8Us, coached by Darren Wald, Cory Johnson, Adam Jaret and Sara Prokop, secured a spot in this weekend’s Super Region playoffs at Morrison Park in Moreno Valley by taking second at the Region Tournament in Simi Valley.

After making the finals of the District 4 playoffs in Newbury Park and winning the Section 2 bracket in Simi Valley the following week, the 8Us finished 2-1 in pool play, blanked Agoura 12-0 in the semifinals and took an early 2-1 lead against Simi Youth Red before falling 7-3 in the Region championship game.

The 8U roster consists of Zack Haynie, Ryder Wald, Ben and Joe Prokop, Jake Jaret, Luke Roozen,

Dash Mastantuono, River Baskauskas, Ryan Binder,

Brandon Gimelstob, Nicole Sacks, Will Feil, Owen Tyler, Luke Johnson and Daniel Gruft.

Fresh off their first-place showing at the Section 1 Tournament  in Newbury Park, Palisades’ Mustang 9U All-Stars beat West Hills (twice) and Toluca to reach the finals of the Region Tournament. Despite Sunday’s loss to Simi Youth Red, the “Nachos” advanced to the Super Region playoffs, which start today versus Fontana Blue at Creekside Park in Walnut. The roster consists of Henry Wyman, Perrish McGinn, Foster Badt, Sam Foster, Blake Milinovich, Max Yost, Remy Moore, Will Hill, Wil Hoffman, Benji Goodman and Jackson Moore.

Also advancing to Super Regionals are the Bronco 11U All-Stars, who went 3-2 in the Region playoffs in Camarillo and beat Simi Youth Red 17-2 to take third place. They open Super Region action today against West Covina at Kit Carson Park in Escondido.

Palisades’ Pony 13U All-Stars lost to Sylmar, Newbury Park and Santa Barbara in pool play last week at Bob Kildee Park in Camarillo and were not among the five teams moving on to the Super Region.