OC Register`s Rancho Canyon News Article

OC Register`s Rancho Canyon News Article

SPORTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014
RANCHO CANYON NEWS
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RA N C H O C A N Y O N
SC O R E B O A R D
TRABUCO CANYON LITTLE
LEAGUE
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF SANTA MARGARITA HIGH BASEBALL
Members of the Santa Margarita High baseball program commemorate the first Life Without Limits exhibition game with members of the Angels and Pirates of the Rancho Santa Margarita Little League Challenger Division on April 4 at the high school.
SANTA MARGARITA BASEBALL WELCOMES
CHALLENGER DIVISION PLAYERS
Game celebrates shared love of sport.
STAFF REPORT
T
he Santa Margarita
High baseball program welcomed the
Angels and the Pirates of the Rancho
Santa
Margarita
Little
League Challenger Division
for the first Life Without Limits exhibition baseball game
April 4 at Santa Margarita
Catholic High School.
The event began with a
warm-up on the field, with
each varsity player paired up
with a Challenger Division
player. Members of the Eagles’ junior varsity, freshmen
and frosh-soph teams cheered
from the stands.
The exciting, hard-fought
and mostly-fun two-inning
game ended in a tie. There
was a post-game gathering
celebrating sportsmanship
and the common love of baseball.
STANDINGS (As of Tuesday)
AA 1) Cal 9-3; 2) Stanford 7-5; 3) LSU 6-7; 4)
Fresno State 5-7; 5) Texas Tech 4-9
Home Run Leaders: 1) Colton Dahl (LSU) 1
AAA (Final First Half) 1) Miami 10-1; 2) Oklahoma State 7-4; 3) Air Force 5-4-1; 4) Virginia 5-5; 5) Arizona State 3-7-1; 6) Long
Beach State 1-10
AAA (Second Half) 1) Miami 6-0; 2) Arizona
State 4-2; 3) Air Force 4-3; 4) Virginia 3-3;
5) Oklahoma State 1-5; 5) Long Beach State
1-6
Home Run Leaders: 1) Jason Baum (Miami)
3; 2) Luke Harom (Virginia) 1
Majors (Final First Half) 1) North Carolina
10-0; 2) Oregon 7-3; 3) Ole Miss 6-4; T-4)
Notre Dame and Long Beach State 3-7; 6)
Clemson 1-9
Majors (Second Half) 1) North Carolina 5-1;
T-2) Ole Miss and Notre Dame 4-2; 4) Oregon 3-3; 5) Clemson 2-4; 6) Long Beach
State 0-6
Home Run Leaders: T-1) Alonzo Tredwell
(North Carolina) and Cody Schrier (North
Carolina) 6; 3) Matthew Harrington (Clemson) 5; T-4) Alec Bank (Ole Miss) and Trevor
Allensworth (Notre Dame) 3; T-6) Anthony
Vassilian (Long Beach State), Zachary Hundley (Ole Miss), Adam Goodbrand (Notre
Dame) and DJ Van Atten (North Carolina); 5)
J.J. Young (Ole Miss), Logan Sturm (Ole
Miss), Justin Williams (North Carolina), Drew
Barragan (Long Beach State) and Jaden
Price (Ole Miss) 1
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA
LITTLE LEAGUE
Members of the Santa Margarita High baseball program cheer
on the Angels and Pirates of the Rancho Santa Margarita
Little League Challenger Division at the first Life Without
Limits baseball game, planned to be an annual event.
STANDINGS (As of Tuesday)
AA 1) Alabama 9-2; 2) Florida State 5-4-3; 3)
Notre Dame 4-4-3; 4) Miami 3-5-2; 5) LSU
2-6-2
AAA 1) Notre Dame 10-5; 2) LSU 10-6; 3)
Miami 4-9-1; 4) Alabama 1-13
Majors 1) Alabama 10-5; 2) LSU 7-9; 3) Miami
6-9; 4) Notre Dame 4-11
TIJERAS CREEK LITTLE LEAGUE
STANDINGS (As of Tuesday)
AA 1) Orioles 11-0-2; 2) Royals 7-3; 3) Nationals 5-4-1; 4) Angels 4-6-1; 5) White Sox 3-5-1;
6) Dodgers 2-7-2; 7) Tigers 2-7
AAA 1) Brewers 11-2; 2) Red Sox 10-4; 3)
Angels 8-4-1; 4) Braves 2-10-2
Majors 1) Yankees 9-4; 2) Giants 9-6; 3)
Cardinals 7-6; 4) Angels 6-8
Home Run Leaders: 1) Joey Morenc (Yankees) 6; 2) Brady Pincura (Cardinals) 4; T-3)
Aidan Woodring (GIants) and Ayden White
(Giants) 1
LADERA RANCH LITTLE LEAGUE
Santa Margarita High players Nick Wallace, Malachi Ospina,
Joseph Leonor and Ryan Clark gather with Rancho Santa
Margarita Little League Challenger Division players Kristin
Kukuda and Daniel Cohen during the baseball game April 4.
Santa Margarita High baseball players JJ Carr, far left, Nick
Meyer, right, and Griffin Canning, far right, enjoy the game
with Rancho Santa Margarita Little League Challenger Division player Jackson Trujillo, left, at Santa Margarita High.
CELEBRATING A CHAMPIONSHIP
COURTESY OF RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA NATIONAL JUNIOR BASKETBALL
The Fighting Irish are
this year’s Rancho Santa Margarita National
Junior Basketball Division 3 (third to fourth
grade) champions. The
Irish posted a perfect
10-0 record and won its
championship game in
overtime. Members of
the team include: back
row, from left, assistant
coach Todd Nelson,
Kaitlyn Hedge, Jenna
Nelson, Keisheana Cerussi, Audrey Van Winkle, Tori Balser and
coach Chip Balser; front
row, from left, Sara
Asad, Catherine English, Avery Relph, Linsea Strauch and Tatum
Bigelow.
STANDINGS (As of Tuesday)
AA Preseason American T-1) LSU, Notre
Dame and Arizona 1-0; T-4) Miami, Florida
State and Kansas 0-1
AA Preseason National T-1) Michigan, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M 1-0; T-4) Georgia, Auburn and Arizona State 0-1
AA Season American 1) Florida State 10-0;
T-2) Miami and Kansas 8-2; 4) Notre Dame
7-4; 5) Arizona 3-7; 6) LSU 2-8
AA Season National 1) Oklahoma State 8-2;
2) Texas A&M 5-5; 3) Auburn 5-6; 4) Michigan 4-6; 5) Georgia 1-9; 6) Arizona State
0-10
AAA 1st Half American (Final) T-1) Orioles,
Cardinals and Reds 8-2; 4) Nationals 6-3-1;
5) Pirates 5-5; 6) Angels 3-7; 7) Tigers 1-9
AAA 2nd Half American T-1) Orioles and
Pirates 4-0; 3) Angels 2-0-2; 4) Cardinals
3-1; 5) Reds 2-1-1; T-6) Nationals and Tigers
2-2
AAA 1st Half National (Final) T-1) Marlins
and Braves 7-3; 3) Giants 5-5; 4) A’s 4-6; 5)
Rangers 3-6-1; T-6) Yankees and Dodgers
2-8
AAA 2nd Half National 1) Giants 2-2; 2)
Marlins 2-2-1; 3) Athletics 2-3; 4) Rangers
1-2-1; 5) Braves 0-3-1; 6) Dodgers 0-4; 7)
Yankees 0-5
Majors 1st Half American (Final) 1) Pirates
8-2; 2) Yankees 5-5; 3) Angels 4-5; 4) Dodgers 3-6
Majors 2nd Half American 1) Angels 3-1; T-2)
Yankees and Dodgers 2-2; 4) Pirates 1-3
Majors 1st Half National (Final) T-1) Red Sox
and Orioles 6-4; 3) Giants 5-5; 4) Tigers 2-8
Majors 2nd Half National 1) Orioles 4-0; 2)
Red Sox 3-1; 3) Tigers 1-3; 4) Giants 0-4