BASEBALL: All-Star game
Maranatha High School co-coach Kiko Garcia is putting together an All-Star baseball game featuring the top underclassmen in the San Gabriel Valley.
The 2008 Kiko Garcia Sports Training All-Star game will be held on at Alhambra's Moor Field on Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m.
Practices will be held June 9 and June 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Field at Brookside Park in Pasadena. There will also be practices June 10 and June 12 at 6 p.m. at 369 Fair Oaks in pasadena.
The foundation is set up to help keep kids off the streets through sports and sports training. It plans to eventually branch out to conduct all-star games for other sports.
North Team
Coaches: Barry Bacon, Temple City: Mack Paciorek, San Marino
Players
Cody Regis (Glendora), Adam Plutko (Glendora), Eric Smith (La Canada), Shane Ravenelle (South Pasadena), Eric Johnson (Maranatha), Dylan Covey (Maranatha), Dusty Sanderson (Temple City), Justin Smith (Temple City), Jacob Hoogey (Crescenta Valley), Sean Elliot (Crescenta Valley), Anthony Psaltis (Crescenta Valley), Kevin Jones (Northview), Richard Pedroza (Northview), Eddie Pedroza (Northview), Tim Smoley (Arcadia), Bryce Rutherford (Arcadia), Richard Killbury (Monrovia), Antonio Lopes (El Monte), Chandler Caldwell (San Marino), Michael Thomson (San Marino), Mike Bottala (La Salle), Nick Gentili (St. Francis), Nathan Berntein (Pasadena), Thomas Jenson (San Dimas), Josh Leyland (San Dimas), Kevin Ponzo (San Dimas).
South Team
Jon Hernandez (West Covina), Dennis Orozco (Bell Gardens), Anthony Millan (Montebello), Christian Madrid (Schurr), Jose Rodriguez (Bosco Tech), Robert Wiley (Western Christian), Dennis Sutton (Western Christian), Cody Heaton (Alhambra), Raymond Palafox (Burroughs), Manny Acosta (S. El Monte), Martin Rodriguez (Baldwin Park), Jose Amaya (Garfield), Matt Sanchez (Wilson), Nick Bergarra (Bishop Amat), A.J. Dupree (Burroughs), Miguel Gonzalez (Wilson), Christian Rosario (Alhambra), Cody Doyle (South Hills), Alex Guerrero (Montebello), Jake Bailey (Charter Oak), Jerry McClanahan (Bishop Amat), Brady Zuniga (Bishop Amat), Calvin Chambers (Gabrielino),
Matt Munoz (Covina), Arias Gerrado (Baldwin Park), Michael Santos (Bosco Tech), Paul Paez (Bishop Amat).
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Maranatha supporter: please take the high road. Allow God to use this disappointment in your life to build character.
kiko is bomb!!!
Marnatha people stop crying damn, if your own coach doesent put it a good enough word to get u in the game he started, then oviously the player didnt deserve to be on the team
Baseball Gods -
Whenever there are teams like this, there are always going to be very talented players that are left off of the rosters. I am one parent who is disapointed that his son is not a part of this game mostly because of fact that my son knows many of the guys on the teams. For the most part though, he does deserve to be playing in this game and has the stats to show for it. The problem is, this is an opinion generated "All-Star" game and obviously there is a limit to the amount of players that can come from each team.
As a result of things like this, all I can say is Thank the good Lord for Football!
FYI,
know that Kiko Garcia himself didnt pick the teams. All schools in the San Gabriel Valley were contacted about this game. From there all kids were nominated by there coaches. Along with stats from Max Preps all nominations were given to the Head Coaches of the North and the South. The head coaches then picked the kids they felt and the kids coaches felt were worthy of playing in this game. From this list of guys is some kids going to be worthy of making the team absolutly, is there other guys that should be on this list? Probably. If all coaches from all schools contacted us maybe the list would be a little different.
We are a non-profit organization set up to help keep kids off the streets through sports and sports training. Looks like were accomplishing that.
I like to know how this guys were selected, some of the boys are good ball players, however, there are few others that are not included? Are the few out of town and can't play? I would hope so, or else this pick up game don't mean much if the best of the aarea were were not invited.
BG: Dylan Covey from Maranatha is on the team. What else do you want? There seems to be quite a bit of talent on that team.
I know more than several of these players and several of these programs, and I only wonder why they are limited as they are. I know players that have been excluded, several from Marantha, and schools excluded, including other local private schools. I am forming my own All-Star Game. I will let people know more about it and its "foundation" than this.
FYI
The dinner on June 7th to help raise money for the all-star game on June 14th, has been postponed to a later date. If anyone would like to donate money to the foundation to help put this game on please send to 369 fair oaks ave Pasadena, 91105
thanks
Kiko