Whittier Rotary All-Star softball, baseball rosters finalized
Five players from La Serna High School's CIF Southern Section championship softball team, and three players from St. Paul's championship finalist baseball team highlight the rosters for Wednesday's Whittier Rotary All-Star baseball and softball games scheduled at York Field.
The games, with teams designated as Red and Blue, feature seniors from the area who competed for their schools this past season and were nominated by their coaches.
Team rosters for the softball game which is scheduled for a 3:15 p.m. start:
Red team: El Rancho -- Joanna Avila (pitcher), Rochelle Romero (lf), Natasha Sanchez (1b/p)
La Habra -- Melanie Bensema (c/3b), Paige Gomez (ss/p).
La Serna -- Katrina Castaneda (2b), Holly Consterdine (p), Kelsey Marker (p/1b), Amanda Perez (1b/p/3b), Brooke Putich (cf/c)
Montebello -- Doralicia Loza (of/inf)
Pioneer -- Alyssa Hernandez (1b/3b/c), Jessalyn Trujillo (of)
Whittier -- Michelle Apodaca (of), Ariana Atwater (2b/p/Util), Julie Rodriguez (of), Lauren Saenz (of/p)
Coach: Ginger Larsin (La Serna)
Blue team: California -- Cassaundra Davis (c/of), Marissa Rangel (ss/cf)
La Mirada -- Vanessa Alvarado (1b), Katarina Arreguin, Vanessa Gutierrez (Util), Erika Meyer (c/1b)
Santa Fe -- Andrea Bueno (p), Jessica Davis (p), Courtnie Everidge (cf), Brittany Poirier (3b)
Schurr -- Esther Lomeli (3b), Danielle Lugo (1b/p/rf), Crystal Ruiz (cf)
St. Paul -- Tara Allis (ss), Kaelynn Armenta (p/1b), Ashley Larios (c), Alle Madrid (rf).
Coach: Cassandra Morales (St. Paul)
Team rosters for the baseball game, which is scheduled for a 6 p.m. (or about 20 minutes following softball game) start:
Red team: La Habra -- Bryan Aanderud (2b),Jonathan Mendoza (of)
La Mirada -- Josh Bryan (1b), Matt Rush (1b)
La Serna -- Austin Estrada (cf0, Steven Oertel (3b/ss), Casey Serna (p/DH), Victor Soto (p/of)
Santa Fe -- Rudy Casillas (ss), Frank Corona (of), George Mendoza (c), Rolando Najera (of)
Sonora -- Steven Cerda (p/cf), Julian Duran (ss), Sean Mosher (p)
Whittier -- Jacob Cokely (ss/2b), Brett Esslinger (of), Phil Hughes (p/1b/of), Brandon Terrazas (2b)
Coach: Arlie Kearney (Whittier Christian)
Blue team: California - Raul Garcia (ss), Tyler Leibert (p/1b), Enrique Murillo (3b), Gilbert Murillo (c/p/of)
El Rancho -- Ernie Aguilera (ss), Aaron Flores (1b), Ray Madrid (cf), Christopher Villalobos (p/inf)
Montebello -- Chris Franco (ss/p), Steven Pienado (of)
Pioneer -- Tony Hernandez (c/3b), Steven Real (ss/cf)
St. Paul -- Casey Flores (1b/p, Bobby Santoyo (p), Will Thomas (of)
Whittier -- Vincent Arizmendi (3b), Jovany Avila (c/3b), Sean Magana (p)
Coach: Brent Lavoie (Whittier)
Anybody missing that shouldn't be (remember, only seniors)?
Which team has the most talent?
And, brielfy, why?
it is the santa fe coaching
they did have a lot of talent especially when they had the best infielder in the league(rudy casillas #2).Luckily this year hendy will sit out and wont coach. lets see how they will do
If you look at Santa Fe fielding four seniors for the baseball all star game you got to figure they had some talent on the baseball team. What did that talent get them, a 2-13 season. So if the team has talent the problem must be coaching. When will someone finally step up and look into the baseball program at Santa Fe and have some changes made. Year after year good talent is wasted with poor coaching and the administration stands by and does nothing. Why???
Nothing against the Sonora players, but why is a SCHOOL out of the area being represented? Do you think the OC All Star game has any players from Whittier?....HELL NO!...However; the same two players are playing in the OC All Star game tonight.
Didn't any of "the powers that be" do their homework?
You gave away two spots that could have gone to LOCAL BOYS.
Once again, a glitch in the system.