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Juniors Section 3 bracket (updated 7/15 7:45 pm)
Next Claremont Juniors game: 7/16, 5:15pm in Baldwin Park (13701 E Olive Street, Baldwin Park)
10 Year Old's - Host: Glendora American
Congratulations, La Verne wins District 20 9/10's Title
11 Year Old's - Host: La Verne
Congratulations, La Verne wins District 20 10/11's Title
12 Year Old's - Host: San Dimas
Congratulations, Glendora National wins Majors District 20 title!
Juniors - Host: Claremont
Congratuations, Claremont wins Juniors District 20 title!
Game Recaps
7/6, Juniors Division, Claremont vs San Dimas
Claremont’s Junior All Stars are two innings away from capturing the District 20 tournament championship, as they hold a 14-10 lead over San Dimas after completion of five innings of play on Friday at Griffith Park. The game will be played out Saturday morning at 11 a.m. with San Dimas batting in the top of the sixth inning. If San Dimas bounces back to win the game, a final championship game will be played immediately afterwards.
Playing as the visiting team, Claremont scored four runs in the first inning, highlighted by a two-run homer off the bat of Nate Patton. San Dimas scored four runs of its own in the bottom of the first to tie things up.
In the top of the second, Claremont added three more runs on RBI singles from starting pitcher Travis Moffat and catcher Ryan Swift, followed by a bases loaded walk by Chris Jameson.
Leading 9-5 in the fourth, Claremont saw San Dimas battle back with three runs of its own, to pull closer at 9-8.
Claremont erupted for five runs in the fifth, keyed by a bases loaded, opposite field double by Jake Gentry, scoring Gavin Derleth, Deven Velasquez and Cameron Dyar-Place. San Dimas came back with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 14-10 game before darkness halted play for the night.
{recap submitted by Bruce Little}
7/5, 9/10 Division, Claremont vs La Verne
Claremont's 10-year old All Star team had an outing it would just as soon forget Thursday night, falling to La Verne, 15-0, in the District 20 tournament hosted by Glendora American.
With the win, La Verne advanced to the championship game to be held on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Claremont will now play the winner of the contest between Glendora American and Glendora National in an elimination game on Friday, July 6th at 5:15 p.m.
La Verne pitchers Tyson Heaton, Trevor Caton and Sam Wolfe limited Claremont to just one hit in the contest -- a single from leadoff hitter Kellen Willmore. Claremont's best chance to break the shutout came in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Matthew Hinson drew a walk and took second on Willmore's single. Kaleb Green walked to load the bases, but La Verne was able to escape without damage as Justin Deal hit a hard line drive to center that was caught for the out.
{recap submitted by Bruce Little}
7/3, 10/11 Division, Claremont vs Glendora National
Claremont’s 11-year old All Star team saw its season come to an end Tuesday night, falling to Glendora National, 18-12, in an elimination game at the District 20 tournament hosted by La Verne.
Claremont held a 10-3 lead heading into the bottom of the third, but Glendora National scored 10 runs in the inning to go in front 13-10 and take command of the game.
Rylan Opatkiewicz went 3 for 4 with a double, and Reggie Retzlaff 2 was for 3, including a bases-loaded double in the third to clear the bases. Cayten Gardner and Matthew Dirckx also had a pair of hits for Claremont.
7/2, 9/10 Divsion, Claremont vs San Dimas
Justin Deal and Jacob Aldridge combined on three-hit shutout Monday night, as the Claremont 10-year old All Star team rolled to a 10-0, five-inning win over San Dimas in the District 20 tournament hosted by Glendora American.
Claremont will now play La Verne, a 13-2 winner over Glendora American, in a winner’s bracket game Thursday at 5:15 p.m. The winner will advance to the championship game on Saturday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Deal went a strong three innings, striking out seven, and Aldridge came in to pitch the final two innings, picking up a pair of strikeouts himself. Deal also helped himself at the plate, going 3 for 4, and Aldridge added a pair of hits.
Claremont banged out 14 hits in the game, led by leadoff hitter Kellen Willmore, who was 4 for 4 with a pair of RBI.
Willmore got things started quickly for Claremont, lining a triple down the first base line to open the game. With one out, Deal singled over third base to drive in the first run of the game.
Claremont made it a 3-0 game in the top of the second, as Willmore singled home Brendon Cannings, and Matthew Roebuck hit a sacrifice fly to score Eric Casas.
In the top of the third inning, Tyler Hentz led off with a walk and Aldridge doubled to left-center, putting runners at second and third. Kaleb Green was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. Cannings drew a walk to score Hentz, and one out later, Mae Key-Ketter singled to right, driving in Aldridge with Claremont’s fifth run. Willmore then singled home Green as Claremont opened a 6-0 lead.
Claremont batted around in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs highlighted by a two-run single from Hentz, which scored Matthew Hinson and Willmore, and RBI singles from Aldridge and Cannings.
{recap submitted by Bruce Little}
6/30, 10/11 Division, Claremont vs Pomona South West
Reggie Retzlaff was a one-man wrecking crew Saturday morning, going 4 for 4 with two doubles, one triple, and 7 RBI, as Claremont’s 11-year old All Star team downed Pomona Southwest, 18-2, in the opening game of the District 20 Tournament in La Verne.
Claremont will now play Glendora American, Monday at 5 p.m. in a winner’s bracket game.
Claremont’s offense batted around twice in just three innings, scoring 11 runs in the second and 6 runs in the third. That was more than enough offense for Claremont pitchers Matthew Dirckx, Damien Miller and Retzlaff, who combined for 8 strikeouts in the shortened four-inning game.
Claremont took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a ground out by Cory Smith, which scored Retzlaff who had doubled.
After Pomona tied the game on an unearned run in the second, Claremont sent 15 batters to the plate, scoring 11 times to take a 12-1 lead. Miguel Martinez, Marc Gonzalez, Cayten Gardner, and Rylan Opatkiewicz all had doubles in the inning.
Leading 12-2 heading into the bottom of the third, Claremont sent 11 batters to the plate, scoring six runs. Opatkiewicz led off the inning with a triple and scored on a base hit to right by Smith. A few batters later, Matthew Lach singled to score Dirckx, and Charlie Baggarly walked to force in Gardner. With the bases loaded, Retzlaff picked up his fourth hit of the game, a long triple to right-center to clear the bases and give Claremont an 18-2 lead after three innings.
Retzlaff then set Pomona Southwest down in order in the top of the fourth to finish the game.
{recap submitted by Bruce Little}
6/27, 11/12 Division, San Dimas vs Claremont
The Claremont 12-year old All Star team dropped its second game in the District 20 tournament Wednesday night, falling to host San Dimas, 15-6, in an elimination game.
Claremont trailed 6-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning, but got on the scoreboard thanks to a bases-loaded RBI single from Tommy Caravalho (who was 2 for 2 in the tournament) scoring Lenny Davis.
Pitcher Joe McGuire retired San Dimas in order in the top of the fourth, and Claremont rallied with three runs in the bottom of the frame to pull closer at 6-4. Lincoln Owers reached first on an error and Geo Espinoza doubled him to third. Ean Hafner reached first on an error, allowing Owers to score and Espinoza to take third. Moments later, Espinoza scored on a wild pitch to make it a 6-3 game. Brandon Frieson followed with a ground-rule double to left scoring Hafner and drawing Claremont closer at 6-4.
San Dimas rebounded with three runs of its own in the top of the fifth, highlighted by the second homer of the game from starting pitcher, Luis Hernandez.
Claremont had one last rally as Christian Settles opened the bottom of the fifth with an infield single, and Tyler Jaques followed with a two-run homer over the fence in right field, to make it a 10-6 game. Unfortunately, Claremont couldn’t hold San Dimas down in the top of the sixth, as San Dimas scored five times to seal the win.
(recap submitted by Bruce Little)
6/26, 11/12 Division, Claremont vs Glendora National
The 12-year-old All Star team opened tournament play Tuesday night in San Dimas, but came up on the short end of a 6-1 score against Glendora American. As a result of the loss, Claremont will play San Dimas, a 10-1 loser against Glendora National, in an elimination game Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.
Glendora American got a terrific pitching performance from starter Ryan Blomberg, who scattered six hits over 5 1/3 innings to earn the win. Blomberg made one mistake and that was throwing a fastball to Joe McGuire in the top of the sixth inning. Claremont’s reigning Home Run Derby champion promptly sent the ball over the center field fence to end Blomberg’s shutout bid.
Glendora American scored two runs in the top of the first inning off of Claremont starter Nathan Rodriguez. Trailing 2-0 in the top of the third, Claremont threatened to tie the game after Geo Espinoza singled and Lenny Davis blooped a one-out double over the first baseman’s head. However, Blomberg was able to get out of the inning with a pair of strikeouts.
Claremont threatened again in the top of the fourth inning. McGuire led off the frame with a single to center and Tommy Caravalho singled to right. With one out, Lincoln Owers laid down a perfect bunt single up the first base line to load the bases, but Blomberg was again able to get out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts.
Glendora American strung together a walk and four singles to score four times in the bottom of the fourth to take a 6-0 lead. McGuire and Daniel McCord pitched the final 1 1/3 innings for Claremont, allowing just one hit.
(recap submitted by Bruce Little)