Tournament of Champions

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2010 Tournament of Champions

Congratulations to the Albany Little League Divisional Champions!

Juniors: Beavers

Aidan Gadberry

Ben Velasquez

Benjamin Kleven

Carl Jacobs

Chris Mullaney

Julien Scribner

Kye Moffat

Matthew Mino

Miles S. MacClure

Parker Denison

Reilly Seban

Manager: Michele Bachmeier

The Beavers were knocked out of the Tournament of Champions by eventual TOC winner South Oakland Little League.

Majors: Cardinals

Aaron Brumels

Cameron James

Elijzah Casanares

Ethan Seder

Jack Ely

Jaxon Stuhr

Joshua Friedkin

Nathan Greco

Sevrin Weiss

Shail Sierra-Koncar

Theo Lewis

Thomas Roche

Manager: Duane Greco

The Cardinals won three games in the TOC before falling in the championship game to Concord American Little League

Triple A: Rays

Aidan Williams

Charley Ross

David Barer

David Noland

Evan Mallah

Gabriel Raulet

Jin-Young Heo

Michael Bales

Michael Noland

Rowan Craig

Stephen O'Brien

Tate Hoyer

Manager: Ed Noland

(first row) Stephen O'Brien #12, Tate Hoyer #3, David Noland #2, Evan Mallah #5, Aidan Williams #1, Michael Bales #9

(second row) Charley Ross #8, David Barer #10, Gabriel Raulet #7, Michael Noland #6, Rowan Craig #11, Jin-Young Heo #4

(back row) Keelan Williams - bench coach, Ed Noland - manager, Griff Williams - coach, Mark Mallah - coach

The Rays had a good run at the Tournament of Champions, winning our first two games against Lafayette 12-2 and South Oakland 11-3. We then took a

loss from a strong Alameda team in the Semi-final 7-1. Along the way every player contributed in what was the Rays' trademark - 'total team effort'.

All 12 players hit safely in the tournament and turned in several excellent defensive plays.

#1 Aidan Williams scored often, played solid second base and pitched well in the third game.

#2 David Noland drove in runs, tracked down fly balls in left field and played strong at third base.

#3 Tate Hoyer hit lead-off, scored often and made nice plays at third base.

#4 Jin-Young Heo had multiple hits, played solid short stop and was the winning pitcher for game #2.

#5 Evan Mallah was on base often, played solid at the catcher's spot and tracked down everything in center field.

#6 Michael Noland hit safely in every game, was the winning pitcher in the first game and played a solid short stop.

#7 Gabriel Raulet hit well, scored and stopped everything hit to him at second base and in right field.

#8 Charley Ross drove the ball to the outfield for a triple in the third game, pitched and held down first base with some impressive glove work.

#9 Michael Bales hit well, scored runs and was a rock behind the plate, with multiple throw outs.

#10 David Barer's bat was hot. He had 3 hits in the second game and played All Star defense at first base.

#11 Rowan Craig crushed an inside to park Home Run in the first game and played solid out field through out the tournament.

#12 Stephen O'Brien hit safely in every game, scored often and was strong at third base.

Double A: Orioles

Aidan Price

Angelo Gilbert Jr

Atticus McWhorter

Blake White

Cian Chee

Dominic Treseler

Elliot Skinner

Max Brewer

Nathan Skinner

Riley Kirkman-Davis

Shayne Shiralian

Sonja Stott

Tyler Chace

Manager: Monte Stott

Congratulations to all teams on a great season!

2008 TOC

Juniors

Left to right: Marquess Valdez, Jack Robinson, Peter Schneider, Daniel Baldassare, Eli Schwartz, Robert Bermudez (with sunglasses),
Marcellus Love (with catcher's gear), David Jacobs, Garrett Freeberg, Patrick Xu, Nikko Edwards, Sam Cheyette
Missing: Jamie Mullan, Rylan McCommons
Coaches (not shown): Marc Jacobs, Joel Freeberg, Scott Robinson

June 24 -- Albany Mission Reds 19 Martinez Red Sox 5
June 26 -- Albany Mission Reds 11 North Oakland Athletics 1
June 28 -- Albany Mission Reds 10 Concord American 0
(Albany wins third straight Juniors TOC championship.)

The Mission Reds took the Junior Division crown with a convincing 10-0 victory over Concord American.
Albany sent nine batters to the plate and scored five runs in the second inning on singles by Nikko Edwards, Peter Schneider,
Marquess Valdez and a double by Marcellus Love. The Mission Reds scored another five
runs in the sixth on hits by Patrick Xu, Garrett Freeberg, David Jacobs and doubles by Marcellus Love and Daniel Baldassare
for the final margin of victory. Schneider got the win by pitching a complete game shutout, yielding
only two hits and one walk. No Concord American runners reached second base.

The Mission Reds opened the tournament with a 19-4 victory over Martinez in the quarterfinals on June 24. Albany trailed
3-2 before scoring three runs in the second, nine runs in the third and five more runs in the fourth inning for the final
margin of victory. In the semifinals, the Mission Reds also won easily by a score of 11-1 over North Oakland. Albany
took the lead in the top of the first inning by sending nine men to the plate and scoring five
runs. Xu pitched a complete game victory, giving up only two hits and one unearned run.

The Mission Reds completed a 21-5 season by winning its final six games, all of which were elimination games.

Majors
June 21 -- Albany Cubs 8 East County Red Sox 1
June 23 -- Albany Cubs 5 Clayton Valley 4
June 25 -- Albany Cubs 8 Walnut Creek 4
June 28 -- Albany Cubs 4 Alameda Nationals 3
(Albany wins first Majors TOC championship.)

AAA
June 23 -- Albany White Sox 4 Clayton Valley White Sox 7

2007 Double A Championship

Three videos of the 2007 Double A Championship between the Indians and Yankees.

Video courtesy of www.fdigital.net

The entire video takes about 25 minutes to view.

2007 Tournament of Champions

District 4 Tournament of Champions
(single-elimination)

JUNIOR LEAGUE
June 23 Albany Beavers 20 Lafayette 3
June 25 Albany Beavers 10 Concord American 7
June 27 Albany Beavers 8 East County 4
June 30 CHAMPIONSHIP: Albany Beavers 6 North Oakland Giants 3
(Albany Beavers repeat as District 4 TOC champions!)

MAJOR LEAGUE
June 23 Albany Athletics 7 Pinole-Hercules 5
June 25 Antioch West 11 Albany Athletics 6

AAA
June 22 Albany White Sox 22 Martinez 3
June 26 Albany White Sox 14 East County 4
June 28 Albany White Sox 14 Concord American 7
June 30 CHAMPIONSHIP: Albany White Sox 6 Lafayette Angels 10

2006 Tournament of Champions

District 4 holds a championship each June for the league champions of area Little Leagues, offering an opportunity for more players to experience the thrill of postseason play.

2006 Junior TOC Champions

2006 Beavers Win.JPG

The Albany Junior League’s Beavers:
Back row (L-R): Coach Brian Bernard, Avi Rosenblum, Conrad Petraborg, Jake Alaniz, Marco Santos, Will Rasmussen, Nick Greco, Coach Duane Focht, Manager Marco Santos;
Front row: Miles McCreary, Doug Hartman, Justin Maxwell, Frank Ely. Missing: Brian Bernard, Jay Gong, David Shor.

The Albany Junior League champion Beavers won the District 4 Junior League TOC with a 10-0 victory over Concord American's champion in the final. All 10 Beavers reached base safely at least once. Justin Maxwell and Avi Rosenblum both went 3-for-3, while Will Rasmussen, Nick Greco, Marco Santos, Conrad Petraborg and Jake Alaniz went 2-for-3.
The Beavers also beat champions from South Oakland (11-1) and Clayton Valley (10-4) to finish the season 18-4-1 -- a complete turnaround from 2005 when they were 2-14.

Little League
The Athletics beat Walnut Creek (3-0) and North Oakland (7-1) to advance to the championship game of the District 4 Major League TOC, where they lost to the Antioch West Pirates, 2-1.

In the TOC, the Athletics got outstanding work from 12-year-old pitchers Daniel Supple, Griffin Goetz and Orion Read and 11-year-old Isaiah Smith. Supple led the As attack with a pair of homers against North Oakland. Jacob Kermish-Wells and Sam Quady provided some clutching hitting in the wins over Walnut Creek and North Oakland.

Triple A
The Mets, the AAA champions, were the third Albany representative in the TOC. They fell to the Concord American champion (16-15) in the first round of the single-game elimination tournament.