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Oregon  8

Irvine Diamond backs  1

Dominique Lincoln (Grant HS) had three hits and an rbi. Grant Newton (Bend HS) had three hits and two rbi. Donnie Bradley(Westview HS) had two hits.  Jacob Otness (Barlow HS) and Parker Vernon(Redmond HS) combined to allow just one unearned run.

Oregon  9

USA Select  9

Matt Grause (Crescent Valley HS) and Corey Van Domelen (Tualatin HS) had rbi singles.  Parker Vernon (Redmond HS) has a two run triple.

Oregon  5

AZ Players Academy  8

Corey Van Domelen (Tualatin HS) had a two run single. Dominique Lincoln (Grant HS) had two hits, and an rbi.

Oregon  5

CenCal Baseball  6

Taylor Burner (West Albany HS) had a two run double. Blake Montague had an rbi single.

Washington East  4

MVP Baseball  1

Ty Jackson (Southridge HS) had a two run single. Kurt Yinger (Camas HS) pitched 4 shutout innings with 5 strikeouts.  Kenton Brunson (Richland HS) pitched two shutout innings.

Washington East  7

Arizona Giants  8

Kasey Sargent(Shadle Park HS) had a rbi single.  Ryan Krustangel had two hits including a triple and two rbi.

Washington East  13

EDH Vipers  2

Ryan Krustangel(Ferris HS) had two hits including a double and two rbi. Kyle Wagner (West Valley HS), Bryce Jackson (Southridge HS) and Ian Sagdahl(Eastmont HS) had two rbi each. Cameron Alvarado (Moses Lake HS) and Zach Rapacz had two hits and an rbi each.  Chris Synoground (Hanford HS) had two hits including a triple. Kasey Sargent (Shadle Park HS) pitched 4 scoreless innings.

Washington East  4

AZ Total Baseball  5

Ty Jackson had two hits including a triple and two rbi.

Mac Gridley (Todd Beamer HS) had two hits.

Idaho  4

Alburquerque Baseball  6

Caleb Falck (Eagle HS), Taylor Combo (Lake City HS), and Kendall Motes(Skyline HS) had two hits each.

Idaho  2

Hardtke Baseball  8

Cody Hamlin (Timberline HS) struckout 8 in 4 innings.  Jason Pattis (Lake City HS) pitched two shutout innings. Jacob Cluff (Capital HS) had two rbi.

Idaho  5

AZ Pro  6

Allen Willey(Lewiston HS) struckout 5 in 3 innings.

Jake Jackson (Eagle HS) and Drew Turbin had two hits each.

Idaho  1

Central Coast Baseball  2

Patrick O’Brien(Eagle HS) and Allen Willey (Lewiston) combined to allowed two runs in 5 innings.

Washington West  4

West Coast Baseball  5

Robert Pehl (W.F. West HS) had two hit including a double two rbi.

Isaac Kim(Jackson HS) had two hits, an rbi, and stolen base

Cole Wiper (Newport HS) allowed one earned run in 2/23 innings

Washington West  6

Trombly Baseball  2

Isaac Kim(Jackson HS) had two hits and two stolen bases.

Matt Swenney(Lake Stevens HS) had three hits including a double and triple and three rbi

Robert Pehl (W.F. West HS) had two hits and two rbi

Michael McCall (Gig Harbor HS) allowed one earned run with 7 strikeouts in 5 innings.

Cameron Steffey(Sumner HS) allowed one earned run in 4 innings with 4 strikeouts.

Washington West  2

AZ Total Baseball  2

Parker Guinn (Gig Harbor HS) and Tyler Snell (Shorewood HS) had rbi singles.

Blake Snell(Shorewood HS) allowed one earned run in 4 innings with 4 strikeouts

Washington West  1

AZ Giants  5

Tyler Snell(Shorewood HS) had a single and two stolen bases.

Stephen Mahnken(Cascade Christian HS)allowed one earned run in three innings.

Two of Baseball Northwest’s teams made strong showings in the Arizona Sophomore Fall Classic. This tournament is a regular championship format unlike the Senior and Junior Fall Classic which are showcase event formats.  Oregon won their pool and competed in the championship round and Washington Green finish with at 3-1 record.

Washington Gold  2

Baseball Factory Blue  6

Brandon Brown (Eagle HS) allowed one earned run in 4 innings and had a triple

Austin Barr (Camas HS) had an rbi triple

Jackson Webb (Asotin HS) pitched two scoreless innings with two strikeouts

Washington Gold  0

Rawlings Elite  8

Trevor Cook(Central Valley HS) had a single.

Tyler Charlo(Lewiston HS) pitched a scoreless inning

Washington Gold  4

Arizona Angles  8

Jackson Webb (Asotin HS) and Austin Barr (Camas HS) had two run homeruns.

Washington Gold  4

IBAC  2

Derek Thompson ( Timberline HS) had two hits and two rbi

Slate Miller (Kelso HS) had two hits and an rbi

Clint Coulter (Camas HS) had an rbi double

Tyler Charlo(Lewiston HS)  allowed one earned run in 4 innings

Brandon Brown (Eagle HS) earned the save with 3 scoreless innings and 5 strikeouts.

Washington Green  6

Team One  0

Tyler Ridgeway (North Thurston HS) pitch a complete game 3 hit shutout.

Cody Smith(Rogers HS) was had two hits including a double and 3 rbi

Victor Mayorquin(Lake Washington HS) had three hits and two stolen bases

Washington Green  6

San Diego Gamers  5

Victor Mayorquin(Lake Washington HS) had two hits and a stolen base

Washington Green  3

Arizona Academy  5

Victor Mayroquin(Lake Washington HS) had three hits and two stolen bases

Theo Alexander(Lake Washington HS) had two hits including a triple

Washington Green  7

Arizona Crush  4

Reed Johnson(Tahoma HS) had two hits and Nate Mondou(Charles Wright Academy) had three.

Oregon  7

IBAC  0

Luke Merkel(Southridge HS),and Corey Pool (Beaverton HS), had a hit and rbi each and Kyle Henderson (Westview HS) had a hit and two rbi. Corey Pool (Beaverton HS) pitched 5 shutout innings.

Oregon  3

Quakes Baseball  2

Austin Kelly(Central Catholic HS) had three hits including a double and triple.  Lane Richards (Pendleton HS) had two hits. Carson Kelly(Westview HS) got the win with 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Oregon  7

Chandler Reds  7

Lane Richards (Pendleton HS), Carson Kelly(Westview HS), and Corey Pool(Beaverton HS) each had two hits.

Oregon  2

Team Anderson  4

Brendan Rooks(Summit HS) , Chris McDowell(Mt. Vernon HS) had two hits and Carson Kelly(Westview HS) pitched the complete game allowing one earned run.

Congratulations to Baseball Northwest alumni Brian Bruney as a member of the 2009 World Champion New York Yankees.

The right handed pitcher was a graduate of Warrrenton HS (Or.) in 2000.

AT ARIZONA SENIOR FALL CLASS IN PEORIA, ARIZONA

Washington West  8

ICBA                              0

Spencer Trautman pitched 3 shutout innings allowing only one runner.

Matt Kimmel (Redmond HS) has t two run triple.

Cather Ethan Yeo (Inglemoor HS) threw out three baserunners—two in one inning.

Willy Reel (Mercer Island HS) had a two run double.

Washington West

MVP Pathers

Shane Yarnell(Issaquah HS) pitched five scoreless innings.

Jacob Hoffman (Curtis HS) had a two run single, and David Bigelow had a rbi single.

Bo Cornish (Liberty HS) had two doubles and an rbi.

Washington West  8

Bellaire HS (Texas)  3

Matt Kimmel(Woodinville HS) had a homerun, a two-run double and pitched the final two hitless innings.

Jacob Hoffman (Curtis HS) had a two run single

Tyler Baumgartner (Central Kitsap HS) had two hits and three stolen bases.

Washington West  7

Chicago White Sox Scout Team  7

Brandon Boyle (River Ridge HS) allowed three unearned runs on one hit in four innings

Jacob Hoffman (Curtis HS) had back to back strikeouts to end the game and two hits.

Daniel Orr (Kingston HS) had two hits and an rbi

West Washington  9

Team Akadema  1

Brandon Boyle (River Ridge HS), Mitch Main (Bainbridge Island Hs), TJ Horsfall (Federal Way HS), Devin Ferguson (North Thurston HS), and Connor Jones (Woodinville HS) has two hits with Willy Reel (Mercer Island HS) and Horsfall driving in two runs each.

Spencer Trautman (Inglemoor HS) pitched 4 shutout innings giving him 7 shutout innings for the tournament.

Washington East  3

MVP Pathers  3

Sky Adams (Columbia River HS) allowed one run in 3 innings

Donnie Santos (Lewis and Clark HS) had an rbi single

Washington East 4

WY/CO Braves Scout Team  5

Dustin Huber pitched 7 innings

Donnie Santos (Lewis and Clark HS), and Gerhard Muelheims (St. Georges HS) had two hits each

Washington East  5

Arizona Dodgers Scout Team  6

Tim Roddy (Davis HS) allowed one run in 5 innings

Donnie Santos(Lewis and Clark HS) had two hits and an rbi

Washington East  3

Team Under Armour  2

Derek Peterson pitcher 7 innings allowing two runs with 7 strikeouts

Donnie Santos (Lewis and Clark HS) had a two run single

Washington East  4

Albuquerque Baseball Academy 3

James McKinnis (Kennewick HS) pitched 6 innings. Sky Adams (Columbia River HS) pitched two

shutout innings. Joe Arlt (Central Valley HS) had two hits.

Oregon  3

Arizona Pilots  5

Mark Lambson (Tualatin HS) allowed no earning runs in 5 innings

Christian Lichtenthaler had two hits including a double and Ben Straka (Churchill HS) had a two-run 2b

Oregon  4

Big Sky Baseball  4

Brad Birch(Churchill HS) had two doubles and two rbi.

Zane Yansick (Jesuit HS) had two hits and an rbi

Oregon  8

ABD  1

Brandon Drury (Grants Pass HS), and Zach Reser (Westview HS) had two hits each

Chase Anderson (Barlow HS) allowed no earned runs in seven innings.

Oregon  3

So Cal Yankees  5

Brad Birch (Churchill HS) allowed no runs in 4 innings.

Connor George (Tualatin HS) had an rbi double.

Oregon  5

ABA Texas/Oklahoma  0

Zach Nice (LaGrande HS) and Mark Lambson (Tualatin HS) each allowed one hit in 4 innings.

BBNW SOPHOMORE SCOUT TEAM TOURNAMENT

Washington West/Oregon  9

Montana  0

Tyler Ridgeway(North Thurston HS) pitched 4 perfect innings

Washington West/Oregon  1

Washington East  5

Tyler Rideway(North Thurston HS) had the only hit

Connor O’Neil (Southridge HS) allowed one run in 5 innings

Ryan Krustangel(Ferris HS) had two hits and two rbi

Washington West/Oregon  8

Montana  1

Josh Davis ( Emerald Ridge HS) had 8 strikeouts in 4 innings and Jeff Nelson (Rogers HS)had 4 strikeouts in 3 innings

Austin Kelly(Central Catholic HS) had a single, double and two rbi

Washington West/Oregon  3

Washington East  2

Reed Johnson (Tahoma HS) had two hits including a walk off double.

Jackson Webb(Asotin HS) allowed one run in 4 innings. Lane Richards(Pendleton HS) had two hits and an rbi

Washington East  10

Montana  4

Ryan Krustangel(Ferris HS)had three hits and 4 rbi. Alexander Allard(Mt. Spokane HS) struck out 7 in 4 innings

Washington East  14

Montana  4

Connor O’Neil (Southridge HS) had two hits and 4 rbi, and Chris Synoground (Richland HS)

ad two double and two rbi

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Idaho Juniors  9

Montana  4

Kendall Motes ( Skyline HS) struck out 5 of the 11 batters faced.

Caleb Falck (Eagle HS)   had three hits including two doubles

Patrick O’Brien (Eagle HS) has two hits including a triple

Idaho Juniors  4

Montana  5

Idaho  5

Players Baseball Academy  2

Brookx Andrus (Hillcrest HS) allowed one earned run in 4 innings with 7 strikeouts

Caleb Guerber(Lakeland HS) had two hits and an rib and stolen base

Spenper Dodd (Eagle HS) had a two run double.

Nolan McDonald (Jerome HS) had an rbi single

Idaho  4

Arizona Diamondbacks Scout Team  3

Nolan McDonald (Jerome HS) pitched 5 innings allowing one earned run

Devon Austin (Coeur d’alene HS) had a rbi double, and Spencer Dodd (Eagle HS) and Zach Reay (Blackfoot HS) had rbi singles

Idaho  2

Arlington A’s  3

Spencer Dodd (Eagle HS) and Tanner Daylong (Emmett HS) combined on 7 shutout innings and Daylong had two singles.

Idaho  1

Colorado Rockies Scout Team  5

Dean Cromwell (Skyline HS)and Taylor Daylong(Emmett HS) had singles

Idaho  2

Kansas City Sluggers  4

Zach Reay (Blackfoot HS) allowed one earned run in 4 innings.

Spencer Dodd (Eagles HS) had an rbi single

Grants Pass Miners vs. Ashland at Ashland

Grants Pass vs. Crater at Crater

BBNW Corvallis vs. BBNW Albany at Linn Benton CC

Redmond #1 vs. South Eugene at Lane CC

Churchill #2 vs. Sheldon #2 at Sheldon

Century vs. Kalama at Kalama

BBNW Portland Gray vs. Clackamas at Aldercreek Middle School

Baseball Northwest athletes performed extremely well in the SPARQ testing portion of the AZ Senior Fall Classic. Five of the top 10 SPARQ scores belonged to BBNW players. Matt Kimmel (Washington Green) led the way finishing #1 with an outstanding 86.14 rating. The nearest competitor was more than 3 points behind. Zane Yansick (Oregon) finished 3^rd with a score of 81.55 and Jacob Hoffman (Washington Green) finished 5^th with a 77.38. Devin Higgins (75.44) and Taylor Fitch (73.79) finished 8^th and 9^th respectively. More than 375 position players from across the country were tested at the Fall Classic.

Portoviejo, Ecuador: Team USA is off to a fast start at the 2009 COPABE Pan Am A Championships. Baseball Northwest’s Nate Mondou (OF/3B) from Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, WA is a member of the team that made the trip to Ecaudor. Two BBNW Athletes made the team trials, Austin Marty (INF) from Auburn Riverside HS joined Mondou as a 14U team tryout invitee. However, Mondou was the only Northwest player selected for the team.

Mondou is a current member of the BBNW’s West Washington Scout Team. He was only able to play in a few Scout Team games before heading east for the tryout and eventually all the way to Portoviejo, Ecuador.

In game one for Team USA, a 15-0 win over Nicaragua , Mondou was 2-4, with 2 runs scored and an RBI. In Team USA’s next two wins, 8-0 vs Panama and 10-0 vs Puerto Rico, Nate cooled off a little going 0-4 with 2 runs scored and a walk. He has started every game in the tournament and has been hitting in either the four or five spot in the lineup.

Team USA’s next game is Thursday against the host team from Ecuador at 7am Pacific Standard Time.

Baseball America has ranked two Washington high school seniors in their annual Pre-Season Top 25 Draft Prospects for 2010. Josh Sale of Seattle’s Bishop Blanchet HS is ranked #10 and Drew Vettleson from Central Kitasp HS is ranked #25. Sale is a power hitting outfielder whose stock continues to rise as he enters his senior year. Vettleson is a left-handed hitting outfielder with good power who displays his unique ability on the mound with the ability to pitch both left and right-handed. His fastball has been clocked in the low 90’s right-handed and in the mid to high 80’s as a lefty.

Drew has participated in a number of BBNW events including the Prospect Games and Northwest Championships while Josh was a member of the 2008 Prospect Games held in Seattle. They both were members of the Washington Nationals 2009 Area Code team. In the 2008 Area Code Games Sale hit for the cycle against the Chicago White Sox.

More than 60 high school juniors from the northwest are preparing to head south for the Arizona Junior Fall Classic. Four Baseball Northwest teams will be making the trip; Oregon, Idaho, West Washington (Washington Green) and East Washington (Washington Gold).  This showcase event is designed to give players a chance to perform in front of hundreds of college coaches from across the country. Every major Division 1 conference on the west coast will have representatives at the Classic as will schools from the Big 12, ACC, SEC and Ivy League. The Fall Classic is not for just Division 1 prospects, many of the coaches in attendance represent Division II, Division III and junior colleges from around the nation.

Games are played in a showcase style setting meaning all games are on a strict 2-hour time limit with each team sending no more than six hitters to the plate in any half inning. These rules ensure that no matter the competition level the games will move along and give each team a chance to showcase their players.

Team Idaho, Washington Green, and Washington Gold get things started Friday morning at 8am while Team Oregon begins play at 10:15 that same morning. Here’s a list of each teams schedule for the weekend.

Oregon

Friday              10:15am, 12:45pm

Saturday           3:15pm

Sunday             10:45am

Idaho

Friday              8:00am, 10:30am

Saturday           3:30pm

Sunday             10:15am

WA Gold

Friday              8:00am

Saturday           10:15am, 12:45pm

Sunday               10:45am

WA Green

Friday              8:00am, 1:00pm

Saturday           7:45am

Sunday             7:45am

Zach Nice (LaGrande HS) and Mark Lambson combined to shutout a ABA Texas in the last game of the Arizona Senior Fall Classic. The two combined for nine strikeouts and allowed only two hits.  Lambson finished the tournament with with a0.00 ERA in nine innings of work. Chase Anderson (Barlow HS) pitched a nice game against ABD (Southern California) on Friday going 7 innings and allowing zero earned runs and  Marist High School’s Zach Brandon pitched well against Montana on Friday morning striking out 8 in 5 innings.

Offensively for Team Oregon, Bo Cornish finished 4-8 with 5 walks and three extra base hits and Connor George went 4-10 over the weekend. Christian Lichtenthaler (West Albany) and Brandon Drury finished the tournament with a .333 batting average.

BBNW Oregon (special thanks to Larry Melzer for the photos)

Baseball Northwest has four teams involved in the AZ Fall Classic Showcase. Teams from Oregon, Idaho, West Washington and East Washington traveled to down south on Thursday to participate in the highly anticipated showcase tournament. While a number of northwest seniors have made commitments quite a few are getting some serious looks in the first two days of the event.

Baseball Northwest will be back in Arizona next weekend for the Junior Fall Classic and then again at the end of the month for the Underclassmen Fall Tournament.

SENIOR SCOUT TEAM TOURNAMENT

Washington East

Montana

Oregon/SW Washington  4

Montana  3

Brandon Drury(Grants Pass HS) had two hits and an rbi

Bo Cornish (Liberty HS) had two hits including a double and rbi

Chase Anderson (Barlow HS) allowed 2 earned runs in 6 inning with 6 strikeouts

Zack Reser (Westview HS) had the save

Oregon SW Washington  3

Washington East  3

Chase Anderson (Barlow HS) had a two-run double

Idaho  0

Royals Junior Scout Team  9

Carson Kelly (Westview HS) had three hits including at triple and 3 rbi

Sam Johnson (Westview HS) pitched the shutout

Idaho  1

West Washington  2

Ryan Peterson (Twin Falls HS) had three hits

Jacob Hoffman (Curtis HS) second hit—a walk off double won it for West Washington

Sean Moran(Lake Stevens HS)pitched 32/3 scoreless innings

Shane Yarnell(Issaquah HS) allowed one run in 5 innings

Ryan Beck(Todd Beamer HS) pitched 2 shutout innings

Royals Junior Scout Team  2

West Washington  10

Dominic Courcy (Centralia HS) and David Bigelow (Gig Harbor HS) had two hits and an rbi each

David Bigelow(Gig Harbor HS) and Matt Kimmel(Redmond HS) combined for the win on the mound.

Montana  5

Oregon/SW Washington  6

Brandon Snyder(Tualatin HS) and Zach Reser(Westview HS)had two hits and two rbi each

Brandon Drury (Grants Pass HS) and Bo Cornish(Liberty HS)had a rbi doubles

Montana

KC Royals Junior Scout Team

Oregon/SW Washington  1

Royals Junior Scout Team  7

Zach Nice (LaGrande HS) had two hits and an rbi

Mark Lambson (Tualatin HS) allowed two runs in 6 innings with 6 strikeouts

Idaho 3

West Washington  2

Brandon Boyle(River Ridge HS) pitched 5 innings.

East Washington  4

West Washington  5

Brandon Boyle(River Ridge HS) had two doubles.

Colton Boucher(W.F. West HS) pitched 3 scoreless innings.

Mitch Main(Bainbridge Island HS)and Dominic Courcy each stole two bases

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East Washington/Northern Idaho Juniors  7

Montana Juniors  0

Bryce Jackson had three hits and three rbi, and pitched two scoreless innings

Kenton Brunson pictched 3 scoreless innings

East Washington/Northern Idaho Juniors  4

Montana Juniors

Kasey Sargent pitched 4 scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts

Austin Willey (Lewiston HS) has two singles and two rbi

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Oregon/SW Washington Juniors  9

Oregon/SW Washington Underclassmen  1

Kurt Yinger (Camas HS) three 3 innings with 6 strikeouts

Taylor Sanders (Lake Oswego HS) had two hits including a two-run double

Marc Gallegos had two this including a double

USA Baseball announced its 2009 National Team Identification Series (NTIS) player selections on Friday, September 25^th via a selection show on usabaseball.com. It can be viewed there.  Four Baseball Northwest players were selected:  Jonny Locher, outfielder from Highline HS (Wa.), Carson Kelly, third baseman/pitcher from Westview HS (Or.), Austin Marty, infielder from Auburn Riverside HS (Wa.), and Nate Mondou, third baseman/pitcher from Charles Wright Academy (Wa.).

The NTIS concluded with a total of 60 games played, featuring close to 650 players from three different age groups (13u, 15u, and 17u) and 42 states across the country. Baseball Northwest was picked to represent the 8 northwest states in this years inaugural NTIS.  Using the NTIS as the identification vehicle, USA Baseball named eight players to the 2010 Tournament of Stars (18u): eight players to the 2010 16u National Trials Team: 24 players to the 2009 14u National Trials Team and 24 players to the 2010 14u National Trials Team.

The 2009 14u National Trials Team is the first of the NTIS-fed teams and events to take the field for USA Baseball.  After a training period from October 10-14, the team will leave for Ecuador for the COPABE “A” (14u) Pan American Championships where it is the defending gold medalist. Harty and Mondou will be part of this team.

USA Baseball is the National Governing Body of amateur baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).  The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic Team and World Cup Team, the USA Baseball National Team (Collegiate), the USA Baseball 18u, 16u, and 14u National Teams—all of which participate in various international competitions each year.

USA Baseball also presents the Golden Spikes Award annually to the top player in college baseball.

Day 1 of  Baseball Northwest’s Northwest Stars teams in the 2009 USA Baseball National Identification Series included individual player testing and and a 13-3 loss for the 13u Stars team vs. Midwest and a 4-4 tie for the 17u team vs. Mountain West.

Highlights include Eric Daniel’s (Olympia, Wa.) two run double and Anders Green’s (Sliverton, Or.) two singles for the 13u squad. As well as the 17u’s 5 scoreless innings by RHP Michael McCall from Gig Harbor HS (Wa.), two scoresless innings by Andrew Pullin of Centralia HS (Wa.) and a single and 2 SB’s for outfielder Zane Yansick from Jesuit HS (Or.), and a single and rbi for thirdbasemen Robert Pehl from W.F. West HS (Wa.).