The Palisades Predators, an all-star team consisting of 11-year-old PPBA players, was one of eight Southland teams invited to the Father’s Day tournament at the Big League Dreams’ replica fields in Mira Loma. The replica stadium in which the Predators were assigned to play was the Polo Grounds, longtime home of the New York Giants. The Predators’ roster consisted of Nathan Dodson, John Fracchiolla, Chris Groel, Charlie Jeffers, Jack Jordan, Austin Kamel, Chad Kanoff, Michael Lamb, Jackson Nethercot, Chris Sebastian, Hagen Smith, Taylor Stokes, Kyle Warner and Joshua Yoo. The Predators rallied from a 7-1 deficit against the West Hills Bomb Squad by scoring eight runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by inside-the-park home runs by Chris Sebastian and Jeffers and the pitching of Kamel and Stokes. Later Saturday evening the Predators showed their stamina by beating the Las Vegas Demons, 10-8. Pitchers Jeffers and Dodson combined for the victory. Playing for the championship of their pool, the Predators met the Mid-Valley Fear on Sunday. The Northridge-based Fear had racked up 34 runs in their two previous wins, but the Predators took a 4-2 lead into the bottom of the fourth inning. The Fear scored four runs in the fifth and held on for a 7-5 win.
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