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Torrance Babe Ruth team coasts to final

By
Tony Ciniglio
on August 27, 2009 8:52 PM |
The Torrance Babe Ruth 13-15-year-old All-Stars have advanced to the Babe Ruth World Series final in Longview, Wash., crushing Centralia, Wash., 12-0.

Torrance advances to Friday's 6:05 final against the winner of the semifinal between Tallahassee-Leon, Fla., and Nederland, Texas.

Pitchers Johnny McLaughlin (Bishop Montgomery) and Daniel Timmerman (West Torrance) combined on a six-hit shutout. McLaughlin fanned six in five innings to record the win.

McLaughlin also drove in three runs and Timmerman two for Torrance, which broke the game open with a six-run third inning to take a commanding 10-0 lead.

Torrance has outscored its opponents, 33-14, in the World Series.

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Taking it to the next level

By
Tony Ciniglio
on September 3, 2008 12:10 PM |

The Harbor College baseball team is sending 16 sophomores to four-year colleges and universities. Here is a breakdown:

Division I
Ben Rowen- Virginia Tech. University
Ivan Lopez-  Northern Iowa University
Carlos Pinedo- Northern Iowa University
Gerald Washington- Alabama State University
Devonte Odums- Alabama State University
 
Division II
Eric Nafkie- UC San Diego
Dean Mraz- UC San Diego
Justin Robles- UC San Diego
 
Division III
Miguel Mena- Chapman University
 
NAIA
Steve Correa- Mt. Mercy College
Luis Vizcaino- Lindenwood University
Rene Rodriguez- Lindenwood University
Jacob Turner- Biola University
 
Focusing on academics:
Kianoa Aliviado- UCLA
Braulio Velasquez- CSUDH
Dustin Warren- USC
 

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Redondo hires new baseball coach

By
Tony Ciniglio
on August 22, 2008 11:53 PM |
 

Cassidy Olson certainly has some big cleats to fill.


Olson, a former UCLA baseball player, has been named the head baseball coach at Redondo High, becoming just the school's third head coach in the last 38 years. He follows in the footsteps of local coaching icons Harry Jenkins and Tim Ammentorp, who resigned Aug. 1 after serving the last 20 years at Redondo.


Olson, 33, was the hitting coach at Harbor College last season. Before that, he was an assistant coach and a junior varsity coach under Mike Neily at Mira Costa for five years. This is his first head coaching gig.


Olson knows it is a challenge to take over a program with a rich history, but says he is "excited to carry on the Redondo tradition."


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Talent in South Bay pipeline

By
Tony Ciniglio
on August 22, 2008 11:49 PM |
 

Don't look now, but there appears to be some serious baseball talent coming up through the ranks.


The Torrance 13-15-year-old All-Stars captured the Babe Ruth World Series in Van Buren, Ark., with a dominant display of pitching and power. The team consists of local up-and-coming stars from throughout the South Bay, including Torrance, Palos Verdes, West Torrance and Mira Costa.


To read about their 15-0 rout of Westbrook, Maine, in the final, click here.

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Tony Ciniglio

Tony Ciniglio is an 11-year veteran at the Daily Breeze and is the Prep-JC Editor. Ciniglio graduated from Malibu High (home of the mighty Sharks) in 1997 as part of the school's second graduating class before attending powerhouse Pepperdine (Class of 2001), thus shattering any reader's preconceived notion that he has any personal bias when it comes to South Bay Preps.

E-mail Tony at tony.ciniglio@dailybreeze.com.

Dave Thorpe

Dave Thorpe was a self-proclaimed, slightly above average baseball player back in the day at Torrance's West High, who went on and had an unspectacular, injury-riddled stint as a third baseman at El Camino College. Trading bat for pen, Thorpe wrote sports for the Long Beach Union newspaper at Long Beach State University, then worked as the sports editor for the Palos Verdes Peninsula News for seven years before climbing down the Hill to the Daily Breeze, where he has been a sports writer covering local sports for more than two years.

E-mail Dave at dave.thorpe@dailybreeze.com.

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