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Past teams played on:  Diamondbacks, Mariners, Twins, Red Wings, Knights, Red Sox, White Sox and Nationals

Favorite Coach: Jeff Pratto   High School likely to attend: Huntington or Edison

Other sports you play: Snowboard, Wakeboard, and football

Goals and Aspirations:  Become a professional baseball player and play for the Angels.

What I will miss about OVLL:  Playing pick up games.

Fondest memory at OVLL: Hitting a walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 6th inning and playing All-Stars

Message to OVLL:  Practice as hard as you play!

5/7/11 Majors Division:  Braves 4 Phillies 0
By:  Jennifer Sievers

     BraydonSalzman pitched a shutout on Saturday giving the Braves another win.Thestarting Pitcher for the Phillies was Christian Catano.  The Braves scored one run in the first inning when Jason Mayorga hit a double to bring home Braydon Salzman.  Max Kaplan came in to relief pitch for the Phillies in the bottom of the 4th, followed by Phillies pitcher A. Meyerin the bottom of the 5th inning.  The Braves' Jackson Roder made a couple of great plays at Second Base to keep the Phillies from scoring any runs.
   The Braves increased their lead in the 5th inning when Braydon Salzman hit a double to bring in James Williams.  Then Braydon scored when the third-baseman for the Phillies made an error. Nathan Crocker also hit a double in the 5th tobring in Jason Mayorga and to bring the final score to Braves 4 Phillies 0.

5/3/11 Minor A Division:  Red Wings 8 vs. Bees 7 
by:  Liz Putman

      The Bees scored quickly in the two first innings with JaredReyes and Daniel Mayorga scoring. The Red Wings’ bats started heating up in the bottom of the third to tiethe game at 2-2. The Bees came right back and took the lead again at the top ofthe fourth. The Red Wings’ bats, still hot, came back to score 5 runs with ahard hit double by Kyle Nelson that scored both Nick Barbisan and NoahMadole.  Elijah Blake also contributed byhitting a hard line drive that scored both Kyle Nelson and Mark Stites. TheBees battled back the next two innings to tie the game again at 7-7. The RedWings bats kept swinging. Kyle Nelson came right back tohit another double and score the winning run.

5/7/11 Minor B Division:   Hooks 6 vs. Mets 5  

by:  Laurie Skorheim

The Hooks picked up the victory in Saturday's nail bitter game against the Mets. Mets came out strong with some aggressive base running by Nathan Skorheim, Jimmy Campbell, Danny Gallardo and Tristan Kennedy. Lucas Pantel showed his dominance on the mound for the Mets, with 5 strike outs and a double play. Grady Carter hit it to the fence with the score tied up in the 5th inning, 5 to 5. In the end, the Hooks got the final run in the bottom of the 6th to win the game, 6 to 5. 

5/5/11 Minor C Division:  Raptors vs. Lugnuts (no score kept)

by:   Kathy Melvin

      Strong pitching by both teams dominated the first fewinnings of the game, with the Raptors Rielly Bradley throwing three strikeoutsin the top of the third.  The Raptorsbats warmed up in the bottom of the third to bring three runners home.  An impressive double play by the Lugnuts 2^ndbaseman Jim Legg  and 1^stbaseman James Jones ended the inning.

      The Lugnuts responded with a rally of their own in the 4^thinning, bringing 4 runners home, followed with strong pitching by Evan Knife ***tired the Raptors with three strikeouts.  

      The fifth inning was a showdown, with the Lugnuts bringingin another runner before being stopped by Raptors pitcher Quinn Ortiz, whothrew a strikeout and caught a pop fly, and Jack Rockefeller who fielded agrounder and got the forced out at third. With two outs in the bottom of the fifth, the Raptors surged with arally led by Owen Sideris, Bradley, Ortiz, Rockefeller, and Samuel Cohen,bringing home a few more runners.

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1. California Pizza Kitchen/OVLL Fundraiser ~ May 2, 3 and 4th (flyers are in your mailboxes or download from our website)
2. Please remind your manager and scorekeeper to report game scores to: OVLLscorekeeper@yahoo.com
3. Lifeletics ~ Parents Night Out Fundraiser - Saturday, May 7th (see attached flyer)
4. A big "Thank You" goes out to Letty and Tom Forth and Joy and Kent Madole for leading our 2011 Sportsmanship Awards!
   
   Monday, May 2nd
   Snack Bar - Aeros @ 4:45 arrival
   Supervisor- Stasie Ryan
   Officer OD- Joy Madole
   Umpires:
   Minor A - Mets (base) -Rays (plate)
   Minor B - Blue Claws (base) - Riverbandits (plate)
    
   Tuesday, May 3rd
   Snack Bar - Diamond Jaxx @ 4:45 arrival
   Supervisor- Lisa Windisch
   Officer OD- Mike Monroe
   Umpires:
   Minor A - Mudcats (base) - Rockies (plate)
   Minor B - Grasshoppers (base) - Volcanoes (plate)
    
   Wednesday, May 4th
   Snack Bar - Hooks @ 4:45 arrival
   Supervisor - Becky Capelouto
   Officer OD - Eric Fetherstone
   Umpires:
   Minor A - Hooks (base) - Angels (plate)
   Minor B - Rattlers (base) - Bats (plate)
    
   Thursday, May 5th
   Snack Bar - Lookouts @ 4:45 arrival
   Supervisor- Shelley Sebby
   Officer OD - Dana Lux
   Umpires:
   Minor A - Diamond Jaxx (base) - Nationals (plate)
   Minor B - Riverdogs (base) - Knights (plate)
    
    
   Friday, May 6th
   Snack Bar - Mets @ 4:45 arrival
   Supervisor - Amber Martinez
   Officer OD - Sean Keegan
   Umpires:
   Minor A - SeaDogs (base) - Braves (plate) Minor A field
   Minor B - Scrappers (base) - Express (plate)
    
   Saturday, May 7th
   8:45 - 11:15 a.m. - Naturals - no supervisor yet
   11:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Rockhounds - Denise Cianca
   1:45 - 4:15 p.m. - Lugnuts - Lisa Windisch
   4:15 - close - Iron Birds - Rodella Hurtado
    
   Officers of the day:
   Steve Blokdyk
   Ian Donoho
   Tony Cianca
   
    
   Saturday Umpire Shifts:
   Minor A games:
   9:00 a.m. - Naturals (base) - Dodgers (plate)
   11:30 a.m.- Hooks (base) - Phillies (plate)
   2:00 p.m. - Mets (base) - Rays (plate)
   4:30 p.m. - Mudcats (base) - Rockies (plate) - Majors field

Past teams played on: T-Ball Pirates, Farm Team Astros, Minor C Red Sox, Minor B Dodgers, Minor A Bees (twice), Majors Cubs, Majors Rays

Favorite Coach: I am lucky to have all great coaches  High School likely to attend: Huntington Beach

Other sports you play:  Soccer and Basketball

Goals and Aspirations:  I would like to play high school sports.

What I will miss about OVLL:  Just being there.

Fondest memory at OVLL: It was an honor to represent OVLL on the All-Star team and in the TOC with the Cubs.

Message to OVLL:  Thank you to everyone that volunteered their time to make OVLL great. I especially want to thank my managers: Tod Carter, Dan Chambers, Eric Smith, Jeff Pratto, Eric Willis, Tony Cianca, Tod Minato, and Steven Blokdyk.