Warriors 13U

The Warriors 13U team defeated the Saints by a score of 3-0 in a hard-fought battle that showed the Warriors at their best against the other dominant 13U Mid-Valley team. The Warriors’ Esdras Solorzano pitched four excellent innings and Austin Aguilar came in to close out the Saints. Brian Harley had the at-bat of the day, fouling off five pitches with a full count before pounding a double into left field. With only one Mid-Valley game left to play, the 13U Warriors, under Coach Ryne Tacker, are 8-1 and have an eight-game win streak.

Warriors 12U

The Warriors 12U team played a double header at Mid-Valley, winning game one against the Arsenal by a score of 8-3, and tying the E3 team by a score of 4-4 in the second game. In the first game, Kai Moran knocked in four runs rallying the Warriors to an 8-3 victory in five innings over Arsenal last Sunday. He singled in the third inning and doubled in the fifth inning.

In the second game, the Warriors 12U team took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The opponents, E3, had two-run rallies in the third and fourth innings. Down 4-1 in the fourth inning, the Warriors scored a run when Joo reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second base, moved to third on a ground out and stole home. In the top of the fifth inning, the Warriors mounted a rally. Alexander Saul walked, Teagan Disharoon singled and Ava Yood Howard reached on a bunt. Light Rake shut down E3 in the top of the sixth inning to preserve the tie for the Warriors.

Warriors 11U Blue

The Warriors 11U Blue team finished its regular season at Mid-Valley with two wins in a double header. The team closed the regular season with a 6-2-1 record, and were undefeated playing in their age bracket.

In their first game, the Warriors 11U Blue team out-hit and out-scored Los Angeles-based BCAttack by 11-3 and 7-2, respectively. Warriors pitchers Kai Moran, Daniel Tovar and Connor Rice threw hitless innings, with Moran earning the win and closer Boon Fay getting the save. Utility man Daniel DiMaggio was a big highlight, going 2-for-2 with an RBI, one run and three stolen bases.

In the team’s second game, the Warriors beat Santa Monica Arsenal by a score of 10-7. Establishing a 10-1 lead by the fourth inning allowed the Warriors to give new pitchers game experience in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings, when Arsenal rallied for six runs. The rest of the game was also a team effort with every player contributing at least one run or an RBI.

Warriors 11U Orange

The Warriors 11U Orange team fell 6-5 to the SoCal Monarchs last Sunday during a game in Encino. The team fought back from 4-1 and 5-3 deficits in the last inning and tied the score 5-5. In the bottom of the last inning, however, the Monarchs won on a sacrifice fly to deep right field despite a well-executed relay and a close play at the plate. The Warriors had strong pitching performances by the starter, Zach Harris, and two relief pitchers, Wesley Siciliano and William Allen, as they held the Monarchs to only three earned runs. The defense also snuffed out rallies to keep the game close. With one out in the top of the final inning, William Crain hit the game tying RBI on a fielder’s choice.

Warriors 10U Blue

The Warriors 10U Blue team beat the Rockstars by a score of 6-1 in six innings on Sunday in Mid-Valley play behind the strong hitting of Diego Marin, who went two-for-two. Marin singled in the first inning and doubled in the fourth inning. Pitcher Tanner Mahon brought the heat, holding the Rockstars hitless over three innings, while allowing no earned runs, walking one and striking out eight batters. The Warriors didn’t relinquish its lead after scoring three runs in the first inning, including an RBI double by Seamus O’Malley and two singles by Mahon and Marin. The Warriors increased the lead with three runs in the fourth inning. Marin doubled, plating Mahon to start the inning and was followed by Jonah Henry’s single, scoring Marin.

Warriors 10U Orange

The Warriors 10U Orange team unofficially lost to the Stars by a score of 9-4 in Mid-Valley play. However, the Warriors recorded a win by forfeit due to the Stars showing up 45 minutes late to the 8 a.m. game. Warriors highlights included Finn Disharoon smacking a double into centerfield, scoring Roman Bello, and a quick-thinking Max Kim turning a Stars single into an out by throwing to first base from right field. The one-two punch of the Johnson brothers continues to be fruitful. It was the third game in which the brothers batted back-to-back, and they again delivered. Mike Johnson walked and stole a base. Luke Johnson followed up with a single to right field driving in Disharoon, as well as his brother.

Warriors 9U Blue

The Warriors 9U Blue team (5-4) beat the undefeated Toluca Thunder, marking the first win against the Thunder for the squad. The team effort included heads-up plays in the field and big hits from Oz Rubinson, Oscar Noxon and Owen Dufelmeier. Joseph Norris was the starting pitcher for the Warriors, throwing three strong innings and giving up only one run and striking out five batters. Emmett Showers kept things tight from the mound in the fourth inning, but the Thunder’s bats came alive in the fifth inning, tying the game at 6-6 going into the final inning. With two runners on base, two outs and two strikes, Luther Tostrud hit a triple into right field for the Warriors, and eventually scored making it 9-6 going into the bottom of the sixth inning. Muze Beale closed the game with three quick outs, handing Toluca its first loss of the season.

Warriors 9U Orange

The Warriors 9U Orange team fell early Sunday morning to ASAP for the third time this season by a score of 11-0. The team showed tremendous improvement from its previous meeting against ASAP. The orange team had a stellar pitching performance from Chris Appel, who went two strong innings and only surrendered two earned runs. The Warriors’ bats stayed quiet the entire game. The lone offensive standout for the Warriors was Benny Buckley, who singled and stole two bases. The Warriors showed determination and improvement, however, and if not for a poor third inning, would have produced a different outcome on the scoreboard.

Warriors 8U

With two quick outs on pop-ups fielded by Warriors second basemen Cameron Griffin and third baseman Chase Landau, and while protecting a hard-earned 6-3 lead, Warriors 8U pitcher Matthew Hoegee zeroed in on Wyatt Kline behind the plate, hoping to get the last out of the game and earn the 8-U Warriors’ first-ever victory at Mid-Valley against the dominant East Valley Eagles. As Hoegee reared back to throw, a five-plane squadron of vintage World War II combat planes buzzed Field 6A, but the Warriors were so focused that they barely noticed. The Eagle’s three-hole hitter smoked a line drive to right field, where Edward Maxam picked it up on one hop and threw it to Jackson Eisenhauer at first base to end the game. Nate Severy had the hit of the game, launching a double to deep right field and plating the Warriors’ first run. Kline led the team with two hits, an RBI and a pitch that hit the batter, which he turned into a run as well. Hoagie hit a bomb to center field that the Eagles’ prevented from being a home run with a fielder slamming into the fence.

Warriors 7U

The Warriors 7U team split its double-header, falling to the Black Widows by a score of 12-3 and beating the Dynamite 8-3. In the first game, the Warriors’ Ryder Engelhardt sparked the offense in the first inning with a screaming line drive down the right field line for a two-RBI double. Ben Williams also recorded an RBI in the game with a line drive single to right center. Starting pitcher, Will Suslow, had a multi-hit game going two-for-two. Suslow was phenomenal on the mound, striking out three batters and limiting the potent Black Widow offense to only three runs in two innings.

In the second game, the Warriors’ pitchers put the opponents on their back as they dominated the Dynamite all game striking out 10 hitters.

Torres set the tone, striking out the side in the first inning and adding another strike out in the second. Great discipline at the plate and a timely single by Rogan Monoghan surged the Warriors to a 6-0 lead through the first two innings, and the Warriors didn’t look back as they cruised to an 8-3 victory.