Giants

The Alameda 12 YO All Star team was able to bring home the Championship of the 4th annual Buckeye Classic hosted by Lafayette. The boys battled through 5 games often in temperatures over 100 degrees! The format of the tournament features the boys swinging wood bats which puts pitching and defense at a premium. Alameda was able to get key pitching performances from Zack King, Justin Leung, Jerick Griego, Eli Jones (struck out 9 in the Championship game), Jonathan Schnoebelen and Emmitt Phinney. Emmitt earned MVP honors by pitching in 4 of the 5 games and contributed all around including a championship clinching grand slam in extra innings. Key defensive plays by Jacob Price, Zachary Hayward, Sam Davis and Dayron Ricabal helped Alameda stay in tight games all week!