10-11 Albany #1

Willy Bass
Grady Camps
Nathan Greco
Jeremiah Holmes
Max Katz-Balmes
Dixon Layton
Marrion Love
Leo Pollack
Avery Tonkyn
Billy Treseler
Austin Warren
Jordan Williams
Manager: Carl Bass
Coach: Romell Williams

Front row (left to right): Jordan Williams, Austin Warren, Max Katz-Balmes, Billy Treseler, Avery Tonkyn
Back row (left to right): Dixon Layton, Willy Bass, Marion Love, Nathan Greco, Jeremiah Holmes, Leo Pollack

Albany #1 0, South Oakland 6

Albany #1 13, Alameda II 0
Leo Pollack and Nathan Greco combined to pitch a five hit shutout against Alameda II. Good fielding by Avery Tonkyn and Austin Warren helped contain the solid hitting Alameda team. Strong hitting by Jordan Williams, Marrion Love, Jeremiah Holmes and Leo Pollack let the Albany team head home early.

Albany #1 5, Clayton valley I 1
After suffering their first loss to Albany #2, the arms and bats were working for Albany tonight. Jordan Williams had a very strong outing on the mound holding Clayton Valley to one run through five innings. Leo Pollack came in to effectively close out the game. In the first inning, Willie Bass doubled to drive in two runs.  In the second inning, Marrion Love doubled to drive in two runs. In the third, a leadoff double by Willie Bass was followed by line drive singles by Jeremiah Holmes, Leo Pollack and Dixon Layton.

Albany #2 5, Albany #1 1

Albany 10-11 #2

Albany #2 12, North Oakland 19

Alameda #1 7, Albany #2 0

Oscar Brown was stellar on the mound as he held tournament juggernaut Alameda scoreless through the first three innings.  Jesse Nankin-Royer's sliding catch in left field and some solid play by Orion Lewallen at first base kept Alameda at bay.  Josh Friedkin flashed big leather in the Albany infield as well, while catcher Noah Bennett continued his excellent work behind the plate.  Elijzah Casanares' single and walks from Jack Ely and Liam Knowles were the offensive highlights for Albany, which moves on to play North Oakland in Concord tomorrow night (July 9) at 6 pm.

Albany #2 5, Albany #1 1

Liam Knowles and Cameron James combined to limit Albany 1 to one run with tremendous defensive support.  David Woodfin made several key plays in right field, Noah Bennett and Josh Friedkin were solid in the infield and Ihson Nassiri began a big double play late in the game which killed a rally.  Albany #2 played fundamental baseball walking only one batter and committing just one error.  Oscar Brown swung a big bat for Albany #2, driving in Josh Friedkin to tie the game in the third inning and knocking in two insurance runs in the fifth.

9 - 10 Albany #1 All-Stars
Nico Bilbao
Gianni Bloom
JT Freeman
Abe Hill
Joe Hudson
Miles Martinez
Clayton McDonald
Jake Schwartz
Chet Shemchuk
Cody Sim
Eli Townsend
Manager: Dale Freeman
Coach: Michael McDonald

Front row (left to right): Nico Bilbao, Chet Shemchuk, Jake Schwartz, JT Freeman, Eli Townsend
Back row (left to right): Mgr. Dale Freeman, Gianni Bloom, Miles Martinez, Abe Hill, Clayton McDonald, Cody Sim, Joe Hudson, Coach Mike McDonald

Albany #1 15 South Oakland 4
Albany #1 35 Pittsburg National 3
Albany #1 1 Alameda 5
Albany #1 5 Continental 7

 

9 - 10 Albany #2 All-Stars

 

Antioch 4, Albany #2 2

 

10s-11s #1 (Division II, Section I & District 4 Champion; Record: 11-1)


Players left to right: Jack Johnson, Matthew Mino, Kye Moffat, Alex Rowland, Nick Kubler, Jesse Barber, Ben Kleven, Arlo Rudy, Alex Oyle, Emmett Smay
Not Pictured: Collin Calloway, Daniel Dempster
Coaches left to right: Steve Sutcher, Marcelo Mino, Fred Oyle

District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 2 -- Albany 6 Clayton Valley #1 0
July 7 -- Albany 11 South Oakland 4
July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton Valley #1 1
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
(Albany wins championship.)

Section 1 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 17 -- Albany 3 Mark West 2
July 18 -- Albany 12 Vacaville Central 4
CHAMPIONSHIP
July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
(Albany wins championship.)

Division II Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
July 30 -- Albany 11 Saratoga 5
CHAMPIONSHIP
Aug. 2 -- Albany 2 Saratoga 1
(Albany wins state championship!)

Players:
Jesse Barber
Collin Calloway
Daniel Dempster
Jack Johnson
Ben Kleven
Nick Kubler
Kye Moffatt
Matthew Mino
Alex Oyle
Alex Rowland
Arlo Rudy
Emmett Smay
Manager:
Marcelo Mino
Coaches:
Alex Oyle
Steve Sutcher

Recaps:
July 2 -- Albany 6 Clayton Valley 0
Daniel Dempster, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Arlo Rudy combined on a 5-hit shutout. Emmett Smay paced Albany's offense
with two hits and two RBI. Nick Kubler recorded the last out by making a sliding catch against the right-field fence.
 
July 7 -- Albany 11 South Oakland 4
Albany opened up a tightly contested game in the sixth inning by exploding for seven runs on eight hits. The game
went into the sixth inning tied at 4-4 thanks to a 2-run blast off of the bat of Arlo Rudy in the top of the fifth.
Alex Rowland, Jack Johnson and Kye Moffat combined to go 8-for-12 with four RBI and five runs scored.

July 9 -- Albany 4 Alameda #2 5
July 10 -- Albany 6 Clayton Valley #1 1
July 11 -- Albany 15 Alameda #2 0
July 12 -- Albany 5 Alameda #2 0
After dropping to the loser's bracket by suffering a 5-4 loss at the hands of Alameda, Albany secured
its second consecutive district championship by winning its next three contests by a combined 26-1 score.
 
In the first game, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Matthew Mino took the mound and limited Clayton Valley to
one unearned run on two hits. Emmett Smay delivered the big hit, driving in two runs in the first inning to make the score 4-0.

Albany won the first game of the championship series, 15-0, behind stellar pitching from Arlo Rudy, who allowed only
three hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. Alex Oyle drove a ball to the fence in right center field during a
nine-run explosion in the ninth.
 
In the game that determined the district champion, Albany kept Alameda scoreless for the second consecutive day
behind great defense and dominant pitching performances from Daniel Dempster and Kleven. With Albany up 2-0
in the first and Alameda threatening to shorten the lead, Rowland caught a line drive to third and quickly flipped a
strike to pick off the runner at second. Another Albany double play stopped an Alameda threat in the bottom of the fourth
when Rudy fielded a grounder at second, stepped on the bag, and threw to first to end the inning. In the fifth inning,
with the score still close at 2-0, Rowland cut a runner down at home to preserve the shutout. Albany then got some
breathing room in the sixth by scoring three times. Mino scored his second run of the game on a Kye Moffat base hit to left,
then Smay brought home Collin Calloway and Moffat with a double. Dempster went 4 and 2/3 innings before giving way
to Kleven, who retired all four batters that he faced.

July 20 -- Albany 13 Benicia 10
Benicia 2 0 2 - 4 2 0 ... 10   9 0
Albany  1 3 1 - 0 8 x ... 13 12 2

Albany's 10s-11s became the youngest Albany team to ever win a sectional title when they rallied for eight runs --
six with two outs -- in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat Benicia, 13-10, in the Section 1 championship game and
move on to Division II (state championship) tournament, beginning next weekend in Fremont.

Benicia had pulled ahead, 10-5, going into the bottom of the fifth inning when Collin Calloway hit a two-run home run
to pull Albany to within 10-7. With two outs, Matthew Mino doubled and Alex Rowland and Jack Johnson walked. In
the game's key play, Mino scored on a close play at home on a wild pitch on Johnson's walk to make the score 10-8.
Kai Moffat hit the first of four straight doubles to make the score 10-9. Emmett Smay drove in the tying and go-ahead
runs with a double to right center, and Alex Oyle and Calloway added RBI doubles.

Ben Kleven, who got the victory in relief, got out of a jam in the top of sixth thanks in part to a tremendous play by
Rowland on a ground ball at third base.

July 27 -- Albany 13 Danville 9
Albany outlasted Danville in the first game of the Northern California state championship tournament. Arlo Rudy and
Matthew Mino each went 2-4. Rudy scored three runs and drove in two, while Mino scored two runs and drove in three.
Jack Johnson had the big hit of the game when he belted a 2 -run blast well over the centerfield wall in the fourth inning.
Albany's defense continued to impress with a second inning 4-6-3 double play. It cut down a runner at second
and then at home in the fourth inning. Albany pitchers Rudy, Alex Rowland, Ben Kleven and Daniel Dempster
struck out nine Danville batters.

Aug. 2 -- Albany 2 Saratoga 1
Albany took the lead in the top of the first inning when Matthew Mino hit a ground-rule double over the right fielder
with one out, then stole third and scored on a passed ball.
 
Albany scored its second run with two outs in the top of the 4th inning when Nick Kubler legged out an infield single,
and Arlo Rudy took the next pitch down the right field line for a run-scoring triple. In the bottom of the inning,
Saratoga got the first three hitters on, but Rudy struck out the next three Saratoga batters. He allowed one run on six hits
with five strike-outs and one walk in five innings.
 
Ben Kleven came on to pitch the sixth, and with a runner on first and no outs got a double play when Rudy caught a
line drive at second and threw to Alex Oyle at first to double off the runner. The next batter hit a ground ball that
Alex Rowland ranged to his left to secure, and the Albany third baseman fired to first for the final out.

10s-11s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 0 Lafayette 13
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 3 -- Albany 11 Clayton Valley #2 3
July 5 -- Albany 0 Clayton Valley #1 4
(Albany is eliminated.)

Players:
Henry Bazakas
Jacob Beckman
Michael Castillo
Christian Fargeix
Josh Goldman-Waters
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow
Ray Karam
Miles MacClure
Zach Obstfeld
Rowan O'Connell-Gates
Liam Pauley
Reilly Seban
Nick Sternad
Dylan Stevens
Alternate:
Sam Kreisberg
Manager:
Andy Hanauer
Coaches:
Paul Couenhoven
Chris McLean

Recaps:
July 3 -- Albany 11 Clayton Valley #2 3
Miles MacClure and Jacob Beckman combined to allow three hits -- Jacob pitched the final
3 and 2/3 innings
and did not allow a base hit.
 
Albany leapt out of the gate by having their first four reach base in the top of the first. Christian Fargeix led off with
a single, Nick Sternad walked, Daniel Hibbard-Lubow doubled, driving in two, MacClure tripled, driving in one, and
Zach Obsfeldt hit a hard line-drive sacrifice fly.
 
The hitting stars were: Hibbard-Lubow (3-3 with a single, double, triple and sacrifice fly and 3 RBIs), MacClure
(3-4 with a single, double, and a triple with 2 RBIs) and Obsfeldt (2-3 with a single, double, and a sac fly with 2 RBI).
Beckman and Ray Karam hit doubles.
 
The defense was stellar, with particularly strong play by Dylan Stevens at third base.
 

9s-10s #1 (Record: 3-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 9 Alameda #2 8
July 7 --  Albany 10 Continental 9
July 9 --Albany 9 Lafayette 7
July 11 --Albany 0 Alameda #1 10
LOSER'S BRACKET
July 12 --Albany 0 Lafayette 9
(Albany is eliminated.)

Players:Grady Camps
Nathan Greco
Max Katz-Balmes
Liam Knowles
Dixon Layton
Marrion Love
Ihson Nassari
Leo Pollack
Henry Rosenfeld
Avery Tonkyn
Austin Warren
Sevrin Weiss
Jordan Williams
Manager:
David Dhaliwal
Coaches:
Duane Focht
Romell Williams

Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany 9 Alameda #2 8
Albany rallied to beat Alameda on a 2-run walk-off single by Marrion Love in the bottom of the sixth inning. Alameda led, 8-3, going into the bottom of the fifth when Jordan Williams led off with a single, followed by three consecutive batters – Love, Liam Knowles and Henry Rosenfeld – safely reaching first base to score one run. Nathan Greco then hit a towering sacrifice fly to deep right center to score a second run. Max Katz-Balmes then hit a sharp grounder to shortstop which was bobbled, allowing another run to score, followed by another run-scoring ground ball up the middle by Austin Warren. With Albany now trailing by only one run, Williams struck out three batters to hold Alameda scoreless in the top of the sixth.  In the bottom of the inning, Grady Camps walked and reached third base on wild pitches. Williams then walked and stole second to set the stage for Love’s game-winning smash single in the hole between short and third.

July 7 -- Albany 10 Continental 9
Albany got off to a quick start by scoring five runs in the top of the first on aggressive base-running by leadoff batter, Max Katz-Balmes, and singles by Avery Tonkyn, Jordan Williams, and Ihson Nassiri.  In the top of the fourth, Sevrin Weiss and Henry Rosenfeld scored on a two-out single by Austin Warren and then Grady Camps knocked in Warren with a drive up the middle.  Weiss and  Rosenfeld both scored again in the fifth when Leo Pollack smashed a double over the head of Continental’s centerfielder. Continental came back with five runs in the bottom of the fifth to make the game close. Weiss made a game-saving, over-the-shoulder catch of a deep fly to center with the bases loaded to end the inning.  With Continental now trailing by only one run in the bottom of the sixth, closer Jordan Williams got three consecutive batters to ground out, but not without some great defense at second base from Avery Tonkyn.

9s-10s #2 (Record: 1-2)
District 4 Results:
WINNER'S BRACKET
July 1 -- Albany 17 Pinole-Hercules 7
July 7 -- Albany 1 Concord American 11

LOSER'S BRACKET
9s-10s: Albany 2 North Oakland 3 (7 innings)
(Albany is eliminated.)

Roster:
Willy Bass
Oscar Brown
Elijzah Casanares
Josh Friedkin
Jeremiah Holmes
Cameron James
Orion Lewallen
Theo Lewis-Miller
Billy Treseler
Andrew Whittemore
Manager:
Jami James
Coaches:
Carl Bass
Bill Treseler

Recaps:
July 1 -- Albany #2 17 Pinole-Hercules 7

Josh Friedkin pitched four solid innings for the win, and Willie Bass and Billy Treseler completed the mound work in the Albany win. Treseler, Friedkin, Bass, Jeremiah Holmes and Cameron James each recorded multiple-hit games, while outfielders Theo Lewis-Miller, Elijzah Casanares and Orion Lewallen were outstanding in preventing several hard hit balls from hurting Albany. Andrew Whittemore was solid at catcher and Oscar Brown smoked a key hit in the fourth inning to break the game open.

July 7 -- Albany #2 1 Concord American 11

Albany mounted their only scoring threat in the fifth, when Billy Treseler singled sharply to left, advanced to third on Jeremiah Holmes' booming double to left center, and scored on Cameron James' single.
Elijzah Casanares got two hits and continued his strong play in center field, and Orion Lewallen pitched well in his first outing of the tournament.

July 9 -- Albany #2 2 North Oakland 3 (7 innings)

Albany bowed out of the tournament despite an outstanding pitching performance by Cameron James, who allowed just three hits while striking out eight in four-plus innings. Albany built a 2-0 lead in the third with Jeremiah Holmes and Elijzah Casanares scoring. Casanares tallied on an exciting steal of home.  North Oakland rallied with two runs in the fifth to tie the game and won with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh for the win.  Casanares continued his hot hitting with two doubles and a single as he led Albany with seven hits for the tournament. Willy Bass had a perfect night at the plate and turned a clutch double play to end a North Oakland rally in the fifth inning.

Section 1 All-Stars
(double-elimination)

10s-11s #1
Entrants:
District 3: San Francisco National
District 4: Albany
District 35: Petaluma Valley
District 53: Benicia
District 64: Woodland American

Schedule:
WINNER'S BRACKET
First Round
July 19 (3 pm) Woodland American 4 Albany 3
Semifinals
July 19 (5:30 pm) Benicia 9 San Francisco National 7
July 20 (5:30 pm) Petaluma Valley 2 Woodland American 1
Final
July 21 (2:30 pm) Benicia 5 Petaluma Valley 4
LOSER'S BRACKET
Quarterfinals
July 20 (3 pm) Albany 9 San Francisco National 1 (San Francisco National is eliminated)
Semifinals
July 21 (11 am) Albany 9 Woodland American 0 (Woodland American is eliminated)
Final
July 22 (11 am) Albany 7 Petaluma Valley 4 (Petaluma Valley is eliminated)
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Game 1
July 23 (5:30 pm) Albany 7 Benicia 4
Game 2
July 24 (5:30 pm) Benicia 11 Albany 1
(Benicia advances to Division II -- Northern California -- championship.)

District 4 All-Stars
(double-elimination)

10s-11s #1 (COMPLETED)
WINNER'S BRACKET
Second Round
July 5 Albany #1 9 East County 2
Albany #1 secured a win in its opening game behind the strong pitching of Robert Wu, who went 5 2/3 innings yielding only two unearned runs on
three hits and recording four strikeouts. Offensively, Albany was led by Michael Rabin, who went 3-for-4 with three RBI. Joe Franco went 2-for-3,
and Wu went 2-for-4 with a double.

Quarterfinals
July 9 Albany #1 13 Pittsburg National 2
The key hit in the 1st inning was Robin Rosenberg's two-out double with the bases loaded. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Reed Thomas-McLean ended the game with a grand-slam home run in the 4th inning.

Semifinals
July 11 Albany #1 13 Walnut Creek #1 1

Final
July 13 Albany #1 5 Alameda #1 3
In a rematch of last year's 9s-10s championship game, Albany prevailed. James Stoner was the winning pitcher, and Joe Franco and Calvin
Bernard closes the game out.

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Game 1
July 16 Albany #1 5 Alameda #1 2 (9 innings)
Reed Thomas-McLean hit a three-run home run over the right-field dence in the top of the 9th inning to give Albany a 5-2 victory over archrival Alameda
and clinch its second 10s-11s District 4 title in the last three years.

Albany had taken a 2-1 lead in the top of the 6th inning, but Alameda promptly tied the score and had the bases loaded and no one out in the bottom of the
inning. Starting pitcher Robert Wu got out of the jame by inducing the next three batters to ground out.

In the top of the 9th inning, Shan Dhaliwal, the winning pitcher in relief, led off with a single, and Albany got a break with two outs when Wu was safe
at first base on an overthrow by the Alameda third baseman. Thomas-McLean followed with the big hit of the game.

In the bottom of the 9th inning, Alameda's first batter singled, and its second batter appeared to follow with another single to center field, but Robin Rosenberg
throw the Alameda runner out at second base. Dhaliwal retired the next two batters to send Albany on to the sectionals, beginning Thursday.

ALL-STARS
Calvin Bernard (Giants)
Noah Bremer (Cardinals)
Shan Dhaliwal (Cardinals)
Joe Franco (Giants)
Carl Jacobs (Giants)
Gideon Lebowitz (Athletics)
Cole Martiniak (Giants)
Michael Rabin (Giants)
Robin Rosenberg (Cardinals)
James Stoner (Athletics)
Reed Thomas-McLean (Athletics)
Robert Wu (Braves)
Manager: Matt Bremer
Coach: Joe Franco

10s-11s #2 (COMPLETED)
WINNER'S BRACKET
First Round
July 3 Albany #2 11 Clayton Valley #1 1

Second Round
July 5 North Oakland 7 Albany #2 5
Albany #2 played great in a hard-fought battle. Clutch hitting by Parker Denison, Kiran Siebel, and an off-the-fence two-run triple by Jake Bass
evened the game at 5-5 in the top of the fifth. Strong pitching by Sami Tuqan and Denison kept the team in the game only to fall short
in the end, losing 7-5.

LOSER'S BRACKET
Second Round
July 7 Albany #2 14 Antioch East 8
Good pitching from Jake Bass, Noah Amme and Parker Denison was capped off by Bob Ely's clutch close. Albany #2 swung the bats exceptionally well with good
hitting all around, and home runs from Noah Amme and Sami Tuqan.

Third Round
July 10 Albany #2 13 Pittsburg National 2
Albany came out strong in the first inning with runs from Eugene Heimann, Parker Denison, Kai Rasmussen and a home run by Bob Ely. Strong pitching by
Noah Amme, Sami Tuqan and Parker Denison shut down Pittsburg. A seven-run third inning with runs by Heimann, Tuqan, Amme, Denison, Ely, Rasmussen
and Jake Bass with excellent pitching by Tuqan and Denison in the top of the fourth secured the win.

Fourth Round
July 11 Albany #2 5 Concord American 15
The hopes of Albany #2 were dashed as they lost at Concord American. Despite strong hitting again, including a home run by Bob Ely, they
stranded about 10 base runners.

ALL-STARS
Noah Amme (Giants)
Jake Bass (Cardinals)
Parker Denison (Dodgers)
Bob Ely (Giants)
Eugene Heimann (Cubs)
Chris Mullaney (Braves)
Chris Nicas (Cubs)
Kai Rasmussen (Athletics)
Kiran Siebel (Cardinals)
Sami Tuqan (Braves)
Tony Wang (Athletics)
Manager: Carl Bass
Coaches: Rob Mullaney, Jon Ely

Section 1 All-Stars
(double-elimination)

9s-10s #1
Entrants:
District 3: San Francisco National
District 4: Albany
District 35: Mark West Youth Club
District 53: Benicia
District 64: Davis American

Schedule:
WINNER'S BRACKET
First Round
July 19 (5:30 pm) Davis American 5 San Francisco National 4
Semifinals
July 19 (5:30 pm) Benicia 8 Albany 5
July 20 (5:30 pm) Davis American 9 Mark West Youth Club 6
Final
July 21 (10 am) Davis American 7 Benicia 6
LOSER'S BRACKET
Quarterfinals
July 20 (5:30 pm) Albany 13 San Francisco National 1 (San Francisco National is eliminated)
Semifinals
July 21 (10 am) Mark West Youth Club 7 Albany 6 (Albany is eliminated)
Final
July 22 (4 pm) Benicia 14 Mark West Youth Club 1 (Mark West Youth Club is eliminated)
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Game 1
July 23 (5:30 pm) Davis American 1 Benicia 0
(Davis American advances to Division II -- Northern California -- championship.)

District 4 All-Stars
(double-elimination)


9s-10s #1 (COMPLETED)
WINNER'S BRACKET
First Round
July 3 Albany #1 18 Martinez 2
Matthew Mino, Alex Rowland, and Ben Kleven limited a formidable Martinez lineup to two runs in four innings. The Albany bats were on fire,
scoring multiple runs in all four innings. Arlo Rudy and Mino sparked the offense by batting a combined 7-for-7 with eight runs scored. Jesse Barber
turned in a defensive gem, racing back and making a leaping grab on line drive headed to right field.

Quarterfinals
July 7 Albany #1 12 Lafayette 3
Daniel Dempster pitched three shutout innings and Alex Rowland, Jack Johnson and Emmett Smay combined to go 8-for-12 with 6 RBI. Albany's defense was
highlighted by nice catches by Nick Kubler and Julien Scribner. Alex Oyle finished the game strong, throwing 1 2/3 shutout innings.

Semifinals
July 10 Albany #1 11 Alameda #1 5
Arlo Rudy pitched four strong innings, giving up only two runs while recording five strike outs. Alex Rowland broke open a close game late when
he drove a triple to deep right center that plated three runs. Ben Kleven had one hit in one official at bat but also walked twice and scored three runs.
Albany is one win away from moving into the 9s-10s championship game for the second year in a row and third time in the last four years.

Final
July 12 Albany #1 5 Clayton Valley #2 3
Alex Oyle, Daniel Dempster, Alex Rowland, and Ben Kleven combined to keep Clayton Valley to just three runs on four hits. With the team
trailing, 3-1, in the 4th inning, Matthew Mino came up with the bases loaded and two outs and lined the first strike he saw into the right center-field
gap to tie the game. In the 5th inning, Jack Johnson came to the plate with one out and a runner on second, and came through with a timely hit,
a ginormous blast over the center-field fence. The '07 10s are believed to be the first Albany team to win the winner's bracket at this age level.

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Game 1
July 16 Albany #1 2 Alameda #1 4

Game 2
July 17 Albany #1 10 Alameda #1 4

ALL-STARS
Jesse Barber (Twins)
Tyler Caldwell (White Sox)
Daniel Dempster (Cubs)
Jack Johnson (Devil Rays)
Ben Kleven (Reds)
Nick Kubler (Royals)
Matthew Mino (White Sox)
Kye Moffat (Twins)
Alex Oyle (Diamondbacks)
Liam Pauley (Reds)
Alex Rowland (Cubs)
Arlo Rudy (Twins)
Julien Scribner (Diamondbacks)
Emmett Smay (Mets)
Manager: Marcelo Mino
Coaches: Rich Caldwell, Fred Oyle


9s-10s #2 (COMPLETED)
WINNER'S BRACKET
First Round
July 3 Clayton Valley #2 10 Albany #2 0

LOSER'S BRACKET
Second Round
July 9 Albany #2 15 Clayton Valley #1 14
(Albany #2 wins continuation of game suspended by darkness last Friday.)

Third Round
July 9 Albany #2 1 Lafayette 8
(Albany #2 is eliminated.)

ALL-STARS
Jacob Beckman (Royals)
Michael Castillo (Reds)
Christian Fargeix (Devil Rays)
Raymond Karam (Royals)
Daniel Hibbard-Lubow (Royals)
Miles McClure (White Sox)
Collin McElyea-Calloway (Twins)
Zachary Obstfeld (Twins)
Rowan O'Connell-Gates (Royals)
Reilly Seban (Reds)
Scott Sowko (Diamondbacks)
Nicholas Sternad (Mets)
Teddy Swain (White Sox)
Manager: Steven Sutcher
Coaches: Paul Couenhoven, Andy Hanauer

Albany's 10s-11s recovered from a frustrating defeat in their opening game at home to win two games on the road in their tournament.

In the 9-2 win over Concord American, Garrett Freeberg and Adam Lieber each drove in two runs, and Peter Schneider, David Jacobs and Freeberg had two hits apiece.

Albany then rallied to beat Concord American's No. 1 team 6-5 Tuesday. Macabe Camps hit a home run over the center field fence to tie the score at 4-4, and Ryo Huntamer and Schneider followed with key RBI.

Players:
Colin Armstrong
Macabe Camps
Garrett Freeberg
Nathan Gill
Ryo Huntamer
David Jacobs
Clayton Langbein
Adam Lieber
Jack Robinson
Gabe Scaglione
Peter Schneider
Isaiah Smith
Coaches:
Marc Jacobs (manager)
Jack Huntamer

Results:
District 4
Antioch East 9 Albany 0
Albany 9 Continental 2
Albany 6 Concord American No. 1 5
Martinez 6 Albany 3

In their first season of postseason play, the 9s-10s matched the 11s-12s, winning six games in six days in the loser's bracket and advancing to the championship game, where they fell to Alameda (which swept the sectional title).

Albany put 74 runs on the board in the six wins. It gained revenge for a controversial loss to East County in its second game to win 13-3. Cole Martiniak went 3-for-3 and Reed Thomas-McLean was 2-for-2.

In Albany's 13-6 win over South Oakland, Calvin Bernard, Sami Tuqan, Robert Wu and Martiniak each had two hits in the victory. Martiniak had three hits and Matthew Mino and James Stoner two apiece in the 7-1 win over Walnut Creek that sealed a berth in the championship game.

Only twice in eight games did Albany allow more than three runs. Joe Franco pitched a complete game to help Albany defeat Walnut Creek.

Players:
Calvin Bernard
Noah Bremer
Shan Dhaliwal
Joe Franco
Carl Jacobs
Gideon Lebowitz
Cole Martiniak
Matthew Mino
Chris Mullaney
Robin Rosenberg
James Stoner
Reed Thomas-McLean
Sami Tuqan
Robert Wu
Coaches:
Matt Bremer (manager)
Brian Bernard
Joe Franco

Results:
District 4
Albany 11 Walnut Creek No. 2 1
East County 2 Albany 1
Albany 22 Pittsburg National 2
Albany 13 Pinole-Hercules 3
Albany 6 Antioch West 3
Albany 13 East County 3
Albany 13 South Oakland 6
Albany 7 Walnut Creek 1
Championship Game:
Alameda 8 Albany 2

11s Age Group All Star Team Champions California District 4

District Tournament Synopsis Antioch West  Pitching and defense that would fuel Albany through the tournament swept Albany past Antioch West in the opener on South Field at University Village on Tuesday. Daniel Supple struck out 11 on his way to a 3-hit shut out win. In the sixth, Antioch hit the ball hard, but hopes riding on a drive to right vanished when Garrett Freeberg made the catch runnning deep into the gap. Shortstop  Nick Lamb snagged a line drive for out number two, and an apparent ground ball single was scooped up by second baseman Jacob Kermish-Wells, whose throw to first ended the game. Alameda   On Thursday, baserunning and fire smoked Alameda, who opened with three runs in the first inning. But Paul Kennedy pirating extra bases and Garrett Freeberg dodging free of a run down kept Albany alive for a bat around 10-run second inning that saw Kennedy, Lamb, and Kermish-Wells each score two runs. Smoke from a warehouse fire in West Berkeley blanketed the field while Albany was hitting and expanding its lead in the last of the fifth. After a 45 minute delay, umpires called the game -- Albany's first to end because of fire. South Oakland  When games resumed after the Independence Day holiday, Jesse Santos struck out seven and held South Oakland to four hits and no runs through four innings. His double with two out in the third drove across what became the winning run. Daniel Supple and Paul Kennedy followed Jesse with bact-to-back home runs to stretch the lead. After Oakland scored three runs in the fifth, Zachary Chiang took the mound in relief and pitched  a three-up-three down sixth inning. Winner Bracket Final: Martinez 4, Albany 6 Championship Game: Martinez 1, Albany 6

California Section One Tournament 3rd Place

Sectional Tournament Synopsis San Francisco  From three runs down, Albany fought back to take a 5-3 lead into the middle of the sixth, when pitching and defense faltered for the first time, though second baseman Jacob Kermish-Wells turned his second double play of the game, a tag'm-out throw'm-out twin killing that left San Francisco trailing 5-4 with two out and none on.  But the next four San Francisicans reached base safely and two scored to send Albany to play its first post-season elimination game against Vacaville. Vacaville  Paul Kennedy said hello to Vacaville with a three run homer in the first inning. Jesse Santos struck out six in four shut out innings to earn his third tournament win. Gabe Scaglione retired Vacaville in order in the fifth inning, and Zach Chiang closed out the sixth with two strike outs. The game started at Noon and played out in 100 degree heat.   Benecia   Benicia scored two unearned runs early off starter Chris Dempster and loaded the bases in the third when Zach Chiang entered in relief to pitch out of the jam. Luke Rose scored twice for Albany to tie the score, 2-2. Gabe Scaglione relieved Chiang and shut out Benicia through the seventh, when Albany scratched out the win.   Nick Lamb reached on a throwing error and went to third on Luke Rose's single -- Luke's third hit of the game. When the shortstop fielded Jesse Santos' grounder and threw to first, Lamb broke for home. The catcher gloved the  relay throw in time, but Nick's hook slide eluded his tag. San Francisco   Although Albany's 14 hits were its most in any post season game, its pitching and defense could not contain San Francisco, whose scoring included five runs without a hit in the fourth inning. Daniel Supple had three hits, and Jake, Nick, Jesse, and Paul had two each.  Paul hit his third home run of the post season.  Albany hit first and went up 4-0 on Daniel's rbi double and Chris Dempster's two-run single. It rebounded back into the lead, 9-8, in the fifth with its own five-run outburst behind rbi singles by Paul, Nick, and Jesse, but San Francisco answered with six of its own on its next at bat.  Paul Kennedy launched a home run into the parking lot to score Albany's last run and mark its exit from the tournament with consument baseball style. . Pennant Winners Tom Miller, Chris Dempster, Jake Kermish-Wells (kneeling), Rick Gentry, Luke Rose, Nick Lamb Zach Chiang, Paul Kennedy, Gabe Scaglione, Daniel Supple, Garrett Freeberg Jesse Santos Coaches - Joe Supple, Marvin Lamb, Marco Santos

2005 All Star 10s Coaches from left: Marc Jacobs, Scott Robinson, Jack Huntamer. Players standing, left to right.  Jack Burley, Clayton Langbein, Sam Cheyette, Jack Robinson, Connor Davidson
Players taking a knee, left to right: Jasper Arasteh, Patrick Xu, Macabe Camps, David Jacobs, Ryo Huntamer, Noah Derish-Luby GAMES
June 27th in Clayton Valley ALBANY 13, Clayton Valley 10 June 29th in Clayton Valley ALBANY 10,  Alameda  4	July 5th in Clayton Valley Albany 6, Martinez 7 July 6th in Oakland ALBANY 12,  North Oakland 1
. July 7th in Alameda Albany 0, Walnut Creek 10

2003 Minor League All Star Teams: Blues and Unknown Onions
BLUES
	Blues Games July 1st on South Field Clayton Valley 8 Albany Blues   7 July 2nd on North Field Albany Blues 5 Antioch East  6 Not pictured: Miles McCreary, team mate Eric Riley, Manager Brian Bernard, coach Rich Caldwell, coach
Unknown Onions Coaches: Marvin Lamb, Weiming Wu, Marco Santos. Middle row: Avi Rosenblum, Eli Obstfeld, Simon Swanson, Peter Wu, Noam Moncayo Front: Nick Lamb, Myles Rabin, Garrett Freeberg, Ryan Masterson, Jesse Santos, Daniel Supple. (Absent: Ben Cerami, Kellon McGuire) Onions Games
June 30 at Martinez Unknown Onions 5 Lafayette 3 July 2 at Martinez Onions 22 Rio Vista 2	July 1 at Martinez Onions 2 Martinez 11 July 3rd at Martinez 6 p.m. Onions 4 Antioch East 14

2002 Minor League All Star Teams

Brian A. Bernard (Mets) Lucas c. Caldwell (Mets) Benjamin P. Cerami (Rockies) Frank O. Ely (Twins) Alexander J. Jones (Diamondbacks) Jeremiah A. Kreisberg (Devil Rays) Chase T.W.O.L. Lee (Reds) Coleman Lukas (Rockies) Miles Asher McCreary (Twins) Shoma Murakawa (Rockies) Joseph S. Riley (Devil Rays) Emerson Roberts-Donnelly (Reds) Jesse Schumacher(Diamondbacks) David F. Shor (Devil Rays) Leib R.L. Sutcher (Rockies) Coaches: Eric Riley Paul Cerami, Richard Caldwell Rally Games July 2d in Pittsburg Albany Rally 3 Pittsburg National 5 . July 8th in Pitsburg at 6 Albany Rally 2 Alameda.12 Ten Stars Roster: Jake Alaniz - Devil Rays Mark Arakaki - Rockies, Evan Bachteal - White Sox Tom Cone - Diamondbacks, Connor Freeberg - Reds , Jamel Freeman - Diamondbacks Cole Goodman - Devil Rays. Nick Greco - Mets, Kai Huntamer - Twins Danny Jacobs - Devil Rays, Kyle Kubler - Rockies, Marco Santos - Mets Coaches: Anthony Freeman and Marco Santos TenStars Games July 2d (South Field) TenStars 19 Martinez North 0 . July 10 (Alameda) TenStars 1 Clayton Valley 11 . July 12th at 6 in Concord TenStars 4 Antioch West 5 . July 5th (South Field) TenStars  5 South Oakland 3 . July 11th a 6 in Pittsburg TenStars 9 Alameda 2

	Coaches Scott McFaddin, Rob Mullaney, Anthony Freeman. Middle row players:Will Mullaney, Nick Kneafsey, Jay Healy, Roy Johnson, Matthew Peterson, Tyler McFaddin, Karl Van Dessel. Front: Jamel Freeman, Sebastian Barahona, Geoff Mahley, Kumi Yiadom, Kai Huntamer, Connor Freeberg. Not present: Dylan Mattingly. (Special thanks to Dale F. Mead for snapping the team photograph.) Roster Sebastian Barahona (Devil Rays) Connor Freeberg (Twins) Jamel Freeman (Diamondbacks) Jay Healy (Devil Rays) Kai Huntamer (Mets) Roy Johnson (Devil Rays) Nick Kneafsey (Twins) Geoff Mahley (Diamondbacks) Dylan Mattingly (White Sox) Tyler McFaddin (Devil Rays) Will Mullaney (Reds) Matthew Peterson (Giants) Karl Van Dessel (Twins) Kumi Yiadom (Rockies) Manager: Rob Mullaney Anthony Freeman, Coach Scott McFaddin, Coach Games July 3d (Tues) 6 p.m. on South Field Albany 8, Martinez South 5 July 6 (Friday) on South Field Albany 8, Concord American 12 July 10 in Pinole Albany 7, North Oakland 8 (7 innings) Albany eliminated.

Minor League All Star Teams

Middle Row: Chris Alaniz Ben Manlove Tyler Bremer Aba Lucien Kyle Azi Matthew Peterson Patrick Harrington Coaches -- Jeff Shipley, Matt Bremer, Marvin Lamb Front Row: Tom Mikkleseon Ben Powning John Hasse Kyle Shipley Chris Lamb Brandyn Adney Royals Roster: Brandyn Adney (White Sox) Christopher Alaniz (Cubs) Kyle Azi (Cubs) Tyler Bremer (Twins) Patrick Harrington (Reds) John Hasse ( White Sox) Chris Lamb (Devil Rays) Ben Manlove (Devil Rays) Tom Mikkleson (Reds) Aba Omodele-Lucien (Orioles) Matthew Peterson (Rockies) Ben Powning (Cubs) Kyle Shipley (Rockies) Coaches: Jeff Shipley, Manager Matthew Bremer Marvin Lamb Crimson Roster: Alexander Assia (Twins) Matt Bedrick (Reds) Christian Broderson (Reds) Jacob Cassman (Cubs) Whitman Cebulski (White Sox) Sam Helman (Rockies) Lucian Kahn (Devil Rays) Grant Long (Reds) Matt Marley (Twins) Spencer MacNamara (Orioles) Junna Murakawa (Orioles) Jacob Phillips (Devil Rays) Andrew Sutherland (Devil Rays) Coaches: Bob Broderson, Manager Jim MacNamara Bill Phillips Games July 5th (Wed) 6 p.m. Concord Continental 0 Albany 7 July 7th (Fri) 6 p.m. Alameda 7, Albany 2 July 12th (Wed) 6 p.m. Albany 2, Antioch East 7 [Albany eliminated] Games July 5th at Walnut Creet Walnut Creek 19, Albany 0 July 6th at Concord Albany 2, Concord American 6 [Albany eliminated]

1999 Minor League All Stars

Roster Bryce Kennedy (Devil Rays) Eli J. Wilkins-Malloy (Orioles) Lucas G. Cannon (Orioles) Jeremy Moore (Reds) Gabe Schnake-Mahl (Reds) Tyler Bremer (Reds) D'Angelo Wafer (White Sox) Maurizio Blanco (White Sox) Zach McEvoy (Rockies) Tom Beliveau (Rockies) Graeme Agate (Twins) Brendan Pickering (Twins) Francis E. Langbein (Twins) Coaches Pete Kennedy, Karla Rodebush, Dale Moore Games July 8th: Martinez 3, ALBANY 5 July 10: Walnut Creek 4, Albany 2 July12: Albany 12, Concord Continental 13 [Albany eliminated] Team Top Row: Lucas Cannon, Manager Pete Kennedy, Zach McEvoy, Tom Beliveau, Eli Wilkins-Malloy, D'Angelo Wafer, Coach Karla Rodebush. Bottom:Bryce Kennedy, Francis Langbein, Graham Agate, Gabe Schnake-Mahl, Brendan Pickering, Alina Schnake-Mahl. Absent:Jeremy Moore, Mauizio Blanco, Tyler Bremer, Coach Dale Moore.

1998 Minor League All Stars

Front -- Bryce Kennedy (Dodgers) Wiley P. Wyss (Rockies) Gabriel A. Pressnall (White Sox) Benjamin Johnson (Reds) Jonathon Pirkle (Rockies)  Joshua Jordan (Dodgers) Middle row -- Tom A. Supple (Rockies) Daniel Cassman (Twins)  Zander Newell (Giants) Kevin E. Klotz (Reds) Andrew Bender (Brewers) Corey Moffat (Cardinals) Back -- Joe Supple, David Preuss, Randy Jordan (coaches) Absent from photograph -- Alexander E. Jossens (Pirates) Robert L. Conroy (Reds) Games Albany 3, Alameda 9 Albany 18, Clayton Valley 15 Albany 7,  Pittsburg National 17 (Albany eliminated.)

1977 Minor League White Sox Tournament of Champions Winner Diane Giblin (third from left in back row) supplied the power hitting for this team, which won the minor league Tournament of Champions for Albany the second year in a row. One team intentionally walked Diane with the bases loaded! ... Future Albany High School varsity baseball coach Josh Freeman is the player with his smile upside down (second in from left side of the pennent).

1976 Tigers League Champion and District 4 Tournament of Champions Winner After the gender barrier imposed by Little League International was lifted, girls had an immediate impact on play. The local league's 20th anniversay season was highlighted by the minor league Tigers' championship in the post season District 4 Tournament of Champions.  The Tigers roster included Michelle Cummings (#9), Saiga Chowdry (#10) and Tracy Snyder. No pitching duels were included in the tournament run. The Tigers beat Pinole, 27-3; Antioch, 30-9, and Lafayette, 12-2. Coaches are Harry Benjamin, left, and Ernie Pimentel, right.