USA Baseball Tournament of Stars

At the Tournament of Stars in North Carolina, Anaheim Servite pitcher Cole Irvin threw four shutout innings while striking out seven on Thursday to lead his team to victory. Players are competing in a tournament trying to make the U.S. 18U national team. Camarillo pitcher Hunter Virant struck out two in an inning of relief. Lucas Giolito from Studio City Harvard-Westlake struck out five in four innings. Jeremy Martinez from Santa Ana Mater Dei hit two home runs for his team. For more information go to: USABaseball.com.

2011 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars presented by Major League Baseball

The Tournament of Stars (TOS) is made up of 144 of the nation's best ballplayers that are international age-eligible (born in 1993 or 1994) for 18U National Team consideration. They are invited to play for one of our seven National Member Organizations (AABC, American Legion, Babe Ruth, Dixie, PONY, NABF, RBI and USA Baseball) or via an "at-large" team selected by USA Baseball. Generally speaking, official invites for the tournament will be sent from the USA Baseball office in late April. These players form the pool of talent from which USA Baseball will select its 18U National Team to represent our country in international competition.
The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, June 21: Players arrive; event orientation
Wednesday-Saturday, June 22-25: Pool play
Sunday, June 26: Finals
Monday, June 27: Players depart

North - South Series Set

Palm Desert pitcher-infielder Brooks Kriske was named the most outstanding player in the North-South Series this weekend at San Diego State. Kriske is a USC commit. The South defeated the North, 5-1, on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep. Infielder Dallas Bacon of Newhall Hart was selected the most outstanding player for the South team.

Pitcher Bowdien Derby from Pasadena La Salle threw four shutout innings to help the South defeat the North, 7-0, in the second game of the North-South Series at San Diego State. Dallas Bacon from Newhall Hart had two hits and two RBIs. Cody Ramer from Simi Valley had two hits and two RBIs.


The California Baseball Coaches' Assn. North-South Series is set for Saturday and Sunday at San Diego State.

Here's the local players selected for the South: INF_John Schuknecht, Palm Desert; Dallas Bacon, Hart; Cody Ramer, Simi Valley; Dennis Morton, Temecula Valley; 1B_Gabriel Clark, North; Jackson Willeford, Ramona; C_Rawley Hughes, Foothill; Collin Yelich, Westlake; P_Tim Borst, Tahquitz; Zachary Jemiola, Great Oak; Bowdien Derby, La Salle; Brooks Kriske, Palm Desert; Anthony Shew, Mission Viejo; Gabriel Corniel, Narbonne; OF_Chris Nicholson, El Camino Real; Nick Vigo, Simi Valley.

East vs. West and North vs. South

There won't be a better all-star series matching top seniors-to-be and juniors-to-be than this weekend's Southwest Future All-Star Series at the Urban Youth Academy in Compton. Games matching East vs. West and North vs. South are scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. The championship game is Sunday at 5 p.m.

It's a who's who of top players expected to participate, including Mater Dei's Ty Moore, Chatsworth's Raul Camas, Harvard-Westlake's Lucas Giolito and Arden Pabst, Hart's Luke Persico, Edison's Timmy Lopes, Bishop Amat's Rio Ruiz, Gardena Serra's Dominic Smith, Alemany's Corey Sims, Valencia's A.J. Balta, El Toro's Tyler Brashears, Servite's Cole Irvin and Westlake's Collin Yelich.

Changes

Dave Lawn, the baseball coach at Anaheim Servite, is leaving to become the athletic director at San Juan Capistrano JSerra. Lawn will also become the associate head coach to Brett Kay. JSerra Athletic Director Jim Hartigan will focus on his duties as football coach.

In another change of duties, Dan Peters, a former Long Beach Millikan baseball coach, is the new athletic director at Mission Viejo Trabuco Hills