One baseball gets bronze
In their final tuneup before their trip to Cooperstown, N.Y., One–an U12 travel baseball team–entered the Summer Finish Tournament at the Big League Field of Dreams.
One opened up with the Saratoga Hornets and jumped out early. They kept the pressure on and built on the lead for the rest of the game. Strong pitching performances from Ethan Glenn, JD Clark, Ryan Alley and Adam Kimmel held the Hornets to two runs. Hot bats and some heads up offense took the sting out of the Hornets to secure the victory. The offense came from Alex Hamm, Alex Zwingle, Andrew Taylor, Jared Chan and Ben Case.
Next up for One was the Backyard Boyz, a team made up of players from all over Northern California. The Boyz jumped ahead early and slowly added to their lead throughout the game to win 6-1. One ended up with a four seed and kicked off the next morning with a 7:30 a.m. game with the Brentwood Boyz. The teams traded the lead back and forth for the first few innings. That was, until One brought in Evan Anderson to keep the Boyz off the base paths and allow One to build on their lead and win the game.
With their victory, One faced the Backyard Boyz again for their final game. The Boyz jumped out early and held the lead for the rest of the game. One finished in third place, winning bronze in the tournament, and looks forward to their trip to Cooperstown this weekend.
CYO basketball registration
Registration for CYO Youth Basketball, boys and girls grades 3-8 from Pleasanton and Sunol is now available online at www.ccopcyo.org.
Walk-in registration will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday at St. Augustine Hall, 3999 Bernal Ave., and from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 4001 Stoneridge Drive.
The second walk-in registration will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at St. Augustine Hall, 3999 Bernal Ave.
Late registration and evaluations are Sept. 7-9 at Pleasanton Middle School for boys and Harvest Park Middle School for girls. For questions, call Greg Thome at 462-8189. See website for further details.
BUSC U17 takes title at home
Ballistic United hosted the Summer Classic Tournament last weekend. After two days, the BUSC U17 United beat out 15 other teams to win the Boys U17 age bracket. In four games they only gave up one goal.
In the first game, United took down Bullard FC Blue 6-0. The dominant offense saw six different players score, with goals by Wes Moar, Alex Laughton, Phillip Bartlett, Andrew Noble, Derrick Walcott and Alex Blidy. In their second game, United again held the opponent scoreless while putting in two goals of their own. Laughton and Blidy scored one each for the win over Bay Oaks Scicluna.
Thanks to stellar defense, it only took one goal to win the third game, and Brandon Smith’s goal put United ahead of Walnut Creek Azzuri 1-0 and into the final. United faced Bay Oaks Gold for the tournament title. Smith scored his second and third goals of the tournament in the final game, putting United’s first two marks on the scoreboard. Darrick Walcott sealed the game with the third United goal, leaving the final score 3-1.
Rage plays strong in the Davis Shoot-Out
Both Rage 18U and U17 played at the Davis Shoot-Out youth soccer tournament last weekend.
The U17 AC team played well throughout the tournament, but had trouble scoring goals, finishing 0-2-1 over the weekend.
In their first game, the Rage fell 1-0 to the Heritage Strikers then dropped a 2-0 final against the ACC Mavericks in their second game on Saturday. Sunday afternoon, the Rage was able to find the back of the net when Breahna Berry scored, but they finished with a 1-1 final against the Santa Rosa United Fire.
Rage 18U tied for first in pool play with two wins and one loss. They did not move on to championship round due to goal differential in the tie breaker. On Saturday they won they first game 2-0 against Alameda Fury with Katelyn Golik and Jill Blandino scoring for Rage. Rage lost their second game 2-0 against the California Cougars.
In their third game against the undefeated team, they beat Santa Clara on a goal by Megan Davidson. Goalkeeper Megan Leoni and the rest of the defense held Santa Clara scoreless.
HP Spirit Squad dominates Cheer Camp
Harvest Park Middle School Spirit Squad won two first place awards, a third place and the Spirit Stick at the UCA Camp attended at UC Davis last weekend. Harvest Park was the only middle school in attendance.
Every day of the four day, three night camp, the Spirit Squad Team had the opportunity to bring home a “Spirit Stick” for being one of the most spirited teams at camp. They brought one back to the dorm every night and on the final day the team got to take one home.
They entered into the “Camp Champs” competitions on Tuesday in the freshmen and under category for cheer and dance. The team brought home first place, beating out other high school freshmen teams with their Camp Cheer Competition.
They also placed third in the Extreme Routine Competition and received a superior ribbon and first place in the freshmen and under category in the Home Pom Competition. With these first place trophies the girls are awarded the opportunity to attend the Pro Bowl in Hawaii and perform in the halftime show.
Seahawks begin all swim/varsity conditioning
The Pleasanton Seahawks’ Fall Swim and Varsity Conditioning sessions start Sept. 15 and run to Dec. 31. Both swim programs feature professional coaches, individual instruction, daily pool time (daily attendance not mandatory), and regular (optional) USA Swimming swim meets. For the eighth year in a row the Seahawks have been recognized as one of the top 75 USA Swimming teams in the nation. Swimmers of all abilities are welcome. Fall swim does not affect summer league eligibility. USA Swimming registration is included. For more information regarding Fall Swim or Varsity Conditioning with the Pleasanton Seahawks USA Swimming Team, email recruiting@pleasantonseahawks.org.
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