Sweetwater Valley Little League’s 12U all-star team left its mark on this year’s Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. The Sweetwater Sluggers banged out a tournament-best 15 home runs, including three in Thursday’s losers bracket semifinal game against Pearland West Little League.
But it wasn’t enough to carry the West Region champions past the Southwest Region champions, who countered the powerful-hitting Sweetwater Valley’s juggernaut squad with some power of their own and, as expected, excellent pitching.
The Texas East state champions rallied from three deficits in Thursday’s game to out-last the Southern California champions, 9-7, in a marathon eight-inning contest that ended close to midnight in the Eastern time zone.
Pearland West advances to meet Mid-Atlantic Region champion Red Land Little League from Lewisberry, Pa. in Saturday’s Little League World Series U.S. division championship game.
Sweetwater Valley finishes third out of the eight U.S. teams that began play in the 2015 LLWS.
As many as 40,000 fans are expected to be in Lamade Stadium when Texas takes on the juggernaut Pennsylvania team in Saturday’s U.S. title game, which is set for a 12:30 p.m. start Pacific time on ABC-TV.
Sweetwater Valley made many more fans than that around the world during their inspiring 21-game LLWS odyssey.
Tale of the tape
Sweetwater Valley entered the game leading this year’s Little League World Series home run count with 12. The Sweetwater Sluggers wasted little time in adding to that total as Lannom Walker blasted a three-run home run in the top of the first inning to get Sweetwater Valley out to a quick 3-0 lead.
Ben Gottfried, who shut down the Sweetwater Valley juggernaut in the teams’ initial meeting on Sunday with seven strikeouts, got the start in the teams’ rematch. He used his curve ball to tame the California District 42 champion in the first game but didn’t quite have it working to perfection in the second game.
Antonio Andrade coaxed a walk off Gottfried to start the game. He was forced at second on a grounder by teammate Levi Mendez but Nate Nankil followed with a line single to right field to put runners at the corners.
The brought up Lannom, the team’s leading hitter in the LLWS with a .643 hitting average. He served up a home run to Gottfried in Sunday’s initial meeting and proved turnabout was fair pay by promptly tagging one of Gottfried’s offerings over the fence for a three-run home run.
It was Lannom’s third home run of the LLWS and his 14th in all-star tournament play.
It didn’t take long for Texas to answer. Pearland West loaded the bases on SVLL starter Antonio Andrade with none out. Andrade hit two batters and allowed one base hit to set the stage for cleanup hitter Zack Mack, who blasted a 3-2 pitch over the left field fence for a grand slam home run.
Just like that, Sweetwater Valley – up by three runs to start the game – was suddenly down by a run with one swing of the bat.
Nankil took over for Andrade and two more runners reached base before Sweetwater Valley could record the first out of the inning. In all, six Texas hitters came up to bat before Carter Ostrom hit into a double play to take the steam out of the Pearland West rally.
Nankil walked the next batter but Raffi Gross fouled out to finally end the inning.
The teams combined for seven runs in the first inning and it looked as if the fireworks were on.
Ben Gottfried was one of the two Texas batters hit by a pitch in the first inning. Andrade’s pitch hit Gottfried on the non-pitching hand and the Texas hurler placed it under an ice bag between innings.
The injury did not appear to faze Gottfried when he came out to pitch the second inning as he struck out the side.
Nankil also settled down to strike out the side in the bottom of the second inning.
Sweetwater Valley sent the top of its order to face Gottfried to start the third inning and plated three more runs via the long ball to take a 6-4 lead.
The Sweetwater Sluggers’ top four hitters had gone 4-for-12 with zero home runs against Gottfried on Sunday. It was a much different story in the rematch.
Mendez led off the inning with a solo home run to tie the game. It was his third home run of the LLWS and 16th home run of the summer.
Lannom was later hit by a pitch and Jake Baptista followed with a two-run home run.
6-4 Sweetwater Valley.
Nankil responded with two strikeouts in the bottom of the third inning to hold Pearland West scoreless.
Gottfried walked the lead-off batter in the fourth inning but struck out the next three batters to rack up seven strikeouts in the game
Pearland West previously sent teams to the LLWS in 2010 and 2014 to establish itself as the power in the Lone Star State. They showed they weren’t going down without a fight by inching closer with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning
Mack, the hero with the first inning grand slam, stroked a two-out single to score Isaac Garcia, who had reached on a one-out base hit. Gottfried extended the inning with a two-out base hit.
Mack upped his RBI count to five in the game.
Gottfried continued strong on the mound. He retired the side in the top of the fifth inning while collecting two more strikeouts.
The Texans continued their comeback as Marco Gutierrez led off the bottom of the fifth inning with a home run to tie the game 6-6.
Cameron DeLeon, the next batter, was thrown out trying to stretch a double off the wall into a triple. The put out loomed large as Pearland West proceeded to load the bases.
Nankil reached the 85-pitch count on DeLeon’s double and departed in favor of Baptista, who promptly walked the first two batters he faced. Baptista struck out Garcia for the second out of the inning but Jarrett Tadlock followed with a smash that Nankil, now at third base, knocked down but could not make a play on.
That loaded the bases with two out. But Baptista bore down and struck out Gottfried to end the threat.
Gottfried reached the maximum pitch count after retiring the opening two batters in the top of the sixth inning. Garcia came on and issued a walk to Mark Cervantes but came back to strike out Nick Maldonado to end the inning.
Gottfried finished the game with 10 strikeouts and allowed just four hits. However, three of those hits went for home runs. (In two games against SVLL, Gottfried struck out 17 batters, walked two and allowed seven hits to go with a 3.48 ERA.)
Mack led off the bottom of the sixth inning for Texas. He drew a walk to put the tie-breaking run on base. But Baptista struck out the next batter and Mendez made a great play on a ball hit by Gutierrez to deep shortstop to throw out the Texas runner.
Baptista then closed out the frame with another strikeout.
Sweetwater Valley won its only extra-inning game in all-star play, nipping Oceanview, 7-4, in seven innings in the sub-division championship game.
This game would go eight innings.
Texas got its lead runner on in the bottom of the seventh inning via a walk, needing only to bring him around to win the game.
Gross looked to nearly win it by driving a ball to deep center field but Preston Fleming got under it to make the catch on the warning track. Baptista then struck out the next two batters to once again get out of a jam.
Nankil opened the top of the eighth inning with an infield hit and Lannom was barely nipped at first base on a slow infield roller. Baptista followed by ripping a ball to center field to plate Nankil for a 7-6 lead.
Though, Sweetwater Valley stranded Nankil at second base, it looked as if the California team finally had enough in its corner to avenge its earlier loss to the Texas and advance to the U.S. championship game.
But Pearland West sent its 3-4-5 hitters to the plate in the bottom half of the inning and, with Baptista experiencing some control problems, nothing appeared certain.
Gottfried led off the bottom of the eighth inning for Pearland West with a home run to tie the game. Baptista would not record an out in the inning.
Mack went up 3-0 in the count and drew a walk. Up next strode Caleb Low, who was 0–of-6 with five strikeouts in LLWS play.
But Low’s first hit in the Little League World Series was a memorable one: a walk-off two-run home run to center field to end the game and instead send the Southwest Region champions to the LLWS U.S. division championship game.
While Low’s homer proved to be the winning blow, the shot that ultimately did in Sweetwater Valley was Mack’s grand slam in the first inning.
Sweetwater Valley finished the game with just five hits and was held hitless for four innings during one stretch. The Sweetwater Sluggers scored six runs in regulation play and, for many teams that might be enough to pull out a victory. But they weren’t able to hold off the scrappy Texas team in a marathon game that had to be emotionally draining for both teams.
The heavy-hitting Californians were once again done in by excellent Texas pitching while their own pitching proved vulnerable at key junctures.
Andrade faced four batters and coughed up four runs to finish the tournament with an 18.00 ERA. Nankil did a heroic job in relief but gave up two runs in his final two innings on the mound. Baptista fought through adversity and looked to be the hero for Sweetwater Valley with his RBI single in the top of the eighth inning.
But they could not close out the game when needed most. Baptista faced three batters in the bottom of the eighth inning and, like Andrade’s opening act, failed to record an out.
In the first and last innings, Sweetwater Valley’s pitching simply evaporated.
Baptista pitched two-and-two-third innings, struck out six batters but allowed five walks, three hits and three runs. Nankil pitched four-and-one-third innings, allowed seven hits, struck out six, alked three and allowed two runs.
Garcia picked up the win for Pearland West. He pitched two-and-one-third innings, allowed one hit and one run while striking out three batters and walking one.
The game featured 25 strikeouts and seven home runs between the teams. Gottfried and Garcia combined for 13 strikeouts for Texas while Nankil and Baptista combined for 12 Ks.
Ironically, the Sweetwater Suggers were done in at their own game.Texas entered the game with just three home runs in LLWS play but slammed four against Sweetwater Valley in Thursday’s game. In fact, the Texans feasted off SVLL pitching by collecting six of their seven home runs and 17 of their 18 runs in the two games against the SoCal champs.
Texas out-hit California 12-5 in the teams’ climactic encounter. Sweetwater Valley managed six hits off the Texans in the first matchup.
While the game ended in disappointing fashion for Sweetwater Valley, the team can hold their heads high with their 19-2 record and third-place showing out of 7,000 teams in their age division.
Texas was the only team to defeat Sweetwater Valley Little League in seven weeks of all-star tournament play, and the Texans are headed to the LLWS U.S. division championship game.
Lannom and Baptista led Sweetwater Valley with three RBI in Thursday’s game while Nankil and Lannom each scored twice. Baptista led SVLL with two hits in the game.
Sweetwater Valley finishes LLWS play 3-2 while Texas improves to 3-1. Pennsylvania and Japan are both 3-0. Mexico is 4-1.
Mexico eliminated Venezuela, 11-0, in Thursday’s earlier international division game to meet Japan in Saturday’s international championship game.
The Pennsylvania-Texas winner will face the Mexico-Japan winner in Sunday’s climactic LLWS championship game.
Mexico’s Daniel Zaragoza allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six in five-and-two-third innings to dominate the Latin America Region champions on the mound.
At the plate, Alberto Bustos led the Mexicali team with four RBI, including a two_RBI double in the third inning and a home run in the fifth inning. Mexico scored three runs in the first inning and tacked on three more runs in the third inning.
Update:
Sweetwater Valley Little League is planning a welcome home gala at the league’s complex on Tuesday, Sept. 1., starting at 5 p.m. The public is invited.
Pennsylvania gives record crowd something to cheer for — 2015 Little League World Series United States championship title
It might be a bit trite to say that they came, they saw and they conquered. But that’s what essentially happened Saturday as a record 45,716 fans – most of them clad in red — descended on Lamade Stadium in South Williamsport, Pa. for the United State division championship game.
Most of the fan interest was focused on the Red Land Little League team from Lewisberry, Pa., the undefeated Mid-Atlantic Region championship team at this year’s Little League World Series.
Red Land did not disappoint its large fan base by recording a dramatic 3-2 come-from-behind victory over Pearland Little League, the Southwest Region champions from Texas. The Pennsylvania champions were considered big favorites in the game but had to claw back from a 2-1 deficit in what turned out to be a pitcher’s duel between Pearland’s Ryan Farmer and Red Land’s Cole Wagner.
Wagner, the poster boy for the Pennsylvania champions, struck out 11 batters and allowed three hits in five-and-two-third innings. He also hit a home run – his fourth of the tournament – in the first inning.
But it was left to Chayton Krauss to deliver the heroics with a walk-off single in the bottom of the sixth inning to score teammate Braden Kolmasnberger, who had walked to advanced to third base on a one-out single by Jaden Henline.
Henline had homered in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game 2-2.
Red Land manager Tom Peifer commented on the sea of fans, noting there were people as far as the eye could see. His team gave them something to cheer about.
By winning the U.S. championship title, the Pennsylvania team will return to the diamond on Sunday to face undefeated Japan in the LLWS championship game. Game time is noon PDT on ABC-TV.
Japan defeated Mexico, 1-0, in a seven-inning contest that decided the international division championship earlier on Saturday.
Texas was believed to have exhausted its pitching in squeezing past Southern California in Thursday’s losers bracket semifinal. But Farmer gave the Texas East champions a strong showing on the hill as he pitched five innings, allowed just two hits and struck out six batters. The only two hits that Farmer allowed were home run balls hit by Wagner and Henline. Farmer did walk two batters, one of whom scored what proved to be the winning run.
Marco Gutierrez pitched the final inning for Pearland, which was making its third trip to the LLWS since 2010. However, Gutierrez only lasted one-third of an inning before the Pennsylvania team ended the game with a rush of red.
Gutierrez struck out one hitter but gave up two hits. Farmer threw 64 pitchers while Gutierrez threw 12 pitches.
Texas tied the game in the top of the second inning as Zack Mack, the hero of Thursday’s win over Southern California with a grand slam home run, doubled. Tristan Schwehr singled to put runners at the corners and pinch runner Raffi Gross scored on a steal attempt when the throw to second base bounced off Wagner’s glove.
Scrappy Pearland took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning when Mack drew a free pass and Gutierrez doubled to score him all the way from first base.
But the lead was only temporary as Henline drove a ball over the right field fence into a sea of screaming red-clothed fans.
Wagner, who entered the U.S. championship game hitting .625, reached the 85-pitch limit after striking out the first two batters in the top of the sixth inning. He left to a standing ovation from the massive crowd. Henline entered the game in relief and threw four pitches to get the final out.
Henline wound up being the winning pitcher after Red Land rallied to claim the U.S. championship in the bottom of the frame.
It was the first U.S. LLWS title for a Pennsylvania team since 1990.
Wagner, who threw 14 first-pitch strikes, enters Sunday’s LLWS championship game hitting .545 with seven RBI. Adam Cramer, who had 13 strikeouts in Pennsylvania’s 3-0 win over Texas in the winners bracket semifinal on Aug. 26, is hitting .556. Henline, who is 3-0 with one save on the mound, is hitting .615.
Japan is also 4-0 after advancing through the international division bracket without a loss. The Tokyo team, which managed just two hits off Mexicali, scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning off Mexico starter Armando Verdugo.
Yugo Aoki scored the game’s lone run on a fielder’s choice. He and teammate Kengo Kikuchi had their team’s two hits in the game.
Verdugo and Japan’s Kabu Kikuchi each struck out 10 batters in dominant pitching performances. Kikuchi pitched seven innings and scattered four hits.
Mexico finished the tournament 4-2 and will face Pearland in the LLWS third-place game on Sunday (7 a.m. PDT, ESPN).
Sweetwater Valley Little League World Series Statistics
Hitting Average
Walker Lannom .588
Levi Mendez .412
Mark Cervantes .400
Nate Nankil .389
Dante Schmid .333
Jacob Bautista .312
Antonio Andrade .312
Nick Maldonado .222
Ariel Armas .200
Cameron Barbabosa .200
Isaac Artalejo .000
Preston Fleming .000
On Base Percentage
Mark Cervantes .625
Walker Lannom .611
Levi Mendez .444
Nate Nankil .389
Dante Schmid .333
Jacob Bautista .389
Antonio Andrade .389
Nick Maldonado .364
Carmeron Barbabosa .333
Ariel Armas .200
Isaac Artalejo .125
Preston Fleming .000
Slugging Percentage
Walker Lannom 1.176
Dante Schmid 1.083
Levi Mendez 1.000
Jacob Bautista .750
Antonio Andrade .688
Nate Nankil .667
Nick Maldonado .556
Mark Cervantes .400
Cameron Barbabosa .400
Ariel Armas .200
Isaac Artalejo .000
Preston Fleming .000
Hits
Walker Lannom 10
Levi Mendez 7
Nate Nankil 7
Jacob Bautista 5
Antonio Andrade 5
Dante Schmid 4
Nick Maldonado 2
Mark Cervantes 2
Ariel Armas 1
Cameron Barbabosa 1
RBI
Walker Lannom 9
Levi Mendez 7
Dante Scmid 7
Jacob Bautista 7
Nick Maldonado 4
Nate Nankil 2
Antonio Andrade 2
Runs Scored
Nate Nankil 10
Walker Lannom 8
Antonio Andrade 8
Levi Mendez 6
Jacob Bautista 5
Dante Schmid 3
Isaac Artalejo 2
Cameron Barbabosa 2
Nick Maldonado 1
Mark Cervantes 1
Home Runs
Walker Lannom 3
Levi Mendez 3
Dante Schmid 3
Jacob Bautista 2
Antonio Andrade 2
Nate Nankil 1
Nick Maldonado 1
Pitching
ERA
Levi Mendez 1.64 (1-0 record)
Dante Schmid 3.43 (2-0 record)
Nate Nankil 2.77 (0-0 record)
Jacob Bautista 6.75 (0-1 record)
Walker Lannom 9.00 (0-0 record)
Antonio Andrade 18.00 (0-1 record)
Strikeouts
Levi Mendez 13
Dante Schmid 12
Nate Nankil 10
Jacob Bautista 6
Walker Lannom 2
Antonio Andrade 2
Walks
Jacob Bautista 5
Nate Nankil 3
Dante Schmid 2
HBP
Antonio Andrade 4
Levi Mendez 1
Little League World Series Game Changers
Player: Cole Wagner
Team: Red Land Little League
City/town: Lewisberry, Pa.
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Positions: Pitcher, first base
Bats/throws: Left/left
Hitting average: .625
On-base percentage: .727
Home runs: 3
RBI: 6
Runs scored: 5
Pitching: 10 strikeouts, 1 walk in 5 innings, 4.80 ERA
Player: Adam Cramer
Team: Red Land Little League
City/town: Lewisberry, Pa.
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Positions: Pitcher, outfield
Bats/throws: Left/left
Hitting average: .714
On-base percentage: .778
Home runs: 0
RBI: 3
Runs scored: 3
Pitching: 13 strikeouts, 2 walks, 3 hits in 5 innings, 0.00 ERA
Player: Jaden Henline
Team: Red Land Little League
City/town: Lewisberry, Pa.
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Positions: Pitcher, shortstop
Bats/throws: Right/right
Hitting average: .600
On-base percentage: .636
Home runs: 0
RBI: 3
Runs scored: 3
Pitching: 10 strikeouts, 3 walks in 4.1 innings, 5.54 ERA
Player: Ben Gottfried
Team: Pearland West Little League
City/town: Pearland, Texas
Region: Southwest
Positions: Pitcher, first base, outfield
Bats/throws: Right/right
Hitting average: .308
On-base percentage: .400
Home runs: 2
RBI: 3
Runs scored: 3
Pitching: 17 strikeouts, 2 walks, 7 hits in 10.1 innings, 3.48 ERA
Player: Eli Burwash
Team: Bowling Green Eastern Little League
City/town: Bowling Green, Ky.
Region: Great Lakes
Positions: Pitcher, shortstop
Bats/throws: Right/right
Hitting average: .400
On-base percentage: .455
Home runs: 1
RBI: 1
Runs scored: 4
Pitching: 15 strikeouts, 2 walks, 12 shits in 9 innings, 6.67 ERA
Field is set for 2015 Little League World Series
United States Championship Tournament
Great Lakes Region: Bowling Green Eastern Little League (Kentucky)
Mid-Atlantic Region: Red Land Little League (Pennsylvania)
Midwest Region: Webb City Little League (Missouri)
New England Region: Cranston Western Little League (Rhode Island)
Northwest Region: Wilshire-Riverside Little League (Oregon)
Southwest Region: Northwood Little League (South Carolina)
Southwest Region: Pearland West Little League (Texas East)
West Region: Sweetwater Valley Little League (Southern California)
International Championship Tournament
Asia-Pacific Region: Tung Yuan Little League (Chinese Taipei)
Australia Region: Cronulla Little League (Australia)
Canada Region: White Rock South Surrey (British Colombia)
Caribbean Region: Los Bravos de Pontezuela Little League (Dominican Republic)
Europe-Africa Region: AVRS Secondary School Little League (Uganda)
Japan Region: Tokyo Kitasuna Little League (Japan)
Latin America Region: Cardenales Little League (Venezuela)
Mexico Region: Seguro Social Little League (Mexicali)
Little League World Series Schedule
All times Eastern (3 hours earlier for Pacific time)
Friday, Aug. 21
Opening Round Games
International Bracket
Europe-Africa 4, Caribbean 1
Latin America 5, Australia, 2
Mexico 1, Canada 0
Japan 7, Asia-Pacific 5
United States Bracket
Southwest 1, Northwest 0
West 14, Great Lakes 2 (4 innings)
Southeast 7, New England 1
Mid-Atlantic 18, Midwest 0
Saturday, Aug. 22
Elimination Games
International Bracket
Australia 3, Caribbean 0 (Caribbean eliminanted)
Asia-Pacific 18, Canada 4 (Canada eliminated)
United States Bracket
Great Lakes 7, Northwest 5 (Northwest eliminated)
New England 8, Midwest 3 (Midwest eliminated)
Sunday, Aug. 23
Double Elimination Games
International Bracket
Latin America 7, Europe-Africa 0
Japan 3, Mexico 1
United States Bracket
Southwest 8, West 4
Mid-Atlantic 9, Southeast 8
Monday, Aug. 24
Elimination Games
Consolation game, Caribbean 7, Northwest 3
International division elimination game, Mexico 14, Australia 3
U.S. division elimination game, Great Lakes 4, Southeast 3
International division elimination game, Asia-Pacific 5, Europe-Africa 0
U.S. division elimination game, West 10, New England, 3
Tuesday, Aug. 25
Elimination Games
Consolation game, Midwest 18, Canada 6
International division elimination game, Mexico 11, Asia-Pacific 1
U.S. division elimination game, West 11, Great Lakes 3
Wednesday, Aug. 26
Double Elimination Games
International division game, Japan 5, Latin America 4
U.S. division game, Mid-Atlantic 3, Southwest 0
Thursday, Aug. 27
Elimination Games
International division elimination game, Mexico 11, JLatin America 0
U.S. division elimination game, Southwest 9, West 7 (8 innings)
Saturday, Aug. 29
Division Championship Games
International division championship game, Japan 1, Mexico 0 (7 innings)
U.S. division championship game, Pennsylvania 3, Texas 2
Sunday, Aug. 30
LLWS Placement Games
Third place game, Texas 6, Mexico 4
Championship game, Japan 18, Pennsylvania 11
Source: http://www.llbws.org/gameinfo/schedule.htm
Sweetwater Valley Little League 12U All-Stars
Tournament Game Log
California District 42 champions
Sweetwater Valley 28, Chula Vista American 0
Sweetwater Valley 19, Park View 1
Sweetwater Valley 18, Imperial Beach 0
Sweetwater Valley 14, Park View 0
California Section 7 champions
Sweetwater Valley 10, Lemon Grove 0
Sweetwater Valley 20, Rancho San Diego 5
Sweetwater Valley 18, Rancho San Diego 7
Southern California
South Division III champions
Sweetwater Valley 12, Orangecrest 5
Sweetwater Valley 6, Encinitas 2
Sweetwater Valley 7, Oceanview 4 (7 innings)
Southern California
Division III champions
Sweetwater Valley 9, Manhattan 6
Sweetwater Valley 18, Manhattan 5
Sweetwater Valley wins best-of-three series 2-0
Little League World Series
West Region champions
Sweetwater Valley 16, Hawaii 9
Sweetwater Valley 11, Nevada 2
Sweetwater Valley 11, Utah 1
Sweetwater Valley 12, Hawaii 10 (championship game)
Note: Sweetwater Valley advances to Little League World Series as West Region representative
Little League International
Western Regional Tournament
West Region teams
Arizona state champion: Chandler National North Little League
Hawaii state champion: Waipahu Waipio Little League
Nevada state champion: Henderson Paseo Verde Little League
Northern California state champion: San Jose Cambrian Park Little League
Southern California state champion: Sweetwater Valley Little League
Utah State champion: Santa Clara Snow Canyon Little League
Game Schedule
Sunday, Aug. 9
Arizona 3, Northern California 0
Southern California 16,Hawaii 9
Monday, Aug. 10
Utah 11, Arizona 1 (5 innings)
Southern California 11, Nevada 2
Tuesday, Aug. 11
West Region elimination game: Nevada 9, Northern California 3
West Region elimination game: Hawaii 12, Arizona 9 (7 innings)
Wednesday, Aug. 12
West Region elimination game: Hawaii, 14, Nevada 3
Thursday, Aug. 13
West region winners bracket final (semifinal), Southern California 11, Utah 1
Friday, Aug. 14
West Region elimination game (semifinal): Hawaii 15, Utah 0
Saturday, Aug. 15
West Region championship game: Southern California 12, Hawaii 10
Note: Southern California advances to Little League World Series
Sweetwater Valley 12U All-Stars
Team Roster
Players: Antonio Andrade, Isaac Artalejo, Ariel Armas, Jacob Baptista, Cameron Barbabosa, Mark Cervantes, Preston Fleming, Walker Lannom, Nicholas Maldonado, Levi Mendez, Nate Nankil, Braiz Ramirez, Dante Schmid
Manager: Ward Lannom
Coaches: Arturo Maldonado, Jaime Ramirez
Player Profiles
Isaac Artalejo
Bonita Vista Middle School
Age 13
Nickname: “Cachorro”
Antonio Andrade
Bonita Vista Middle School
Age 13
Nickname: “Double-A”
Nate Nankil
Bonita Vista Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “Nankil the ball”
Cameron Barbabosa
Bonita Vista Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “Shrimp”
Walker Lannom
Eastlake Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “The Talker”
Dante Schmid
Eastlake Middle School
Age 13
Nickname: “Big D”
Levi Mendez
Eastlake Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “Chip”
Nick Maldonado
Eastlake Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “Penguin”
Preston Fleming
Eastlake Middle School
Age 12
Nickname: “P-Diddy”
Mark Cervantes
Calvary Christian Academy
Age 13
Nickname: “Mark, Mark, Mark”
Ari Armas
Sacred Heart Academy
Age 12
Nickname: “Bugatti”
Braiz Ramirez
Coronado Middle School
Age 12
Nickname:”Tree”
Jake Baptista
Home school
Age 12
Nickname “Eyebrows”
