WOODCREEK LITTLE LEAGUE 2019 POSTSEASON REVIEW

Just some statistics to round out the 2019 Spring Season: 

And...19 inches of rain! 

District 54 Tournament of Champions

Juniors – Giants – Champions

Woodcreek hosted the Juniors District 54 TOC at newly-renovated Mahany Park. The Junior Division Giants, managed by Tim Peters, represented WLL. The Giants defeated Roseville West, Folsom American, and then defeated Maidu to take the D54 championship banner.

Majors – Indians – Runner Up

The Brett Tujague-managed Woodcreek Indians powered through Roseville West at Snowline, then rolled through Folsom American and Maidu B in east Roseville. In front of a raucus crowd at Maidu Park, the Indians fell to the Maidu D54 Championship game.

Majors – Yankees – 3^rd round

The Woodcreek Yankees, managed by Chris Murray, played at both Snowline and Maidu. The Yankees played three very competitive games, beating Ponderosa A and Ponderosa B before succumbing to Consumnes River in the 3^rd round.

District 54 All Stars

Juniors - District 54 Champions, Section 4 Champions, NorCal Tournament 4^th round 

Manager: Tim Peters and Coaches: Mike Shirk & Bill Catterlin

Players: Ashton Burnett, Brady Catterlin, Cody Cooper, Ethan Downie, Grant Gilley, Tyler Hutchinson, Matthew Leonard, Ethan Louie, Noah Madsen, Jackson Nichols, Jayce Peters, Aidan Purvis, Zy Style, and Jesse Whitfield

D54 Tournament hosts: Andy Scott, President; Philip McAvoy, Tournament Director; Aaron Madsen, Fields Director; Bryan Burchit, Assistant Fields Director

Similar to the TOCs, the Tim Peters-led Woodcreek Juniors All Stars dominated the D54 competition at Mahany Park. Woodcreek defeated Folsom National, Maidu, Roseville West, and Maidu again in the D54 championship game.

The Section 4 tournament was hosted at James Field in Auburn. Woodcreek outscored their opponents 50-5 and downed Carmichael, Land Park Pacific, and Auburn en route to the Section 4 championship banner.

Next for the Woodcreek Juniors was the NorCal Championship hosted by Visalia at Mt. Whitney High School. After an opening round loss to Livermore, Woodcreek battled past Gilroy and Santa Rosa before losing a close 4^th round game to Livermore.  

12's - 2nd Place District 54

Manager: Chris Lindsay

Players: Ishaan Dale, Chris Fisher, Evan Frantz, Eric Jensen, Brody Krupp, LT Lindsay, Will Munoz, Aaron Palmer, Caleb Peck, Dante Ruggiero, Bryson Ruiz, Connor Stephens. and Chase Yukawa

Lindsay’s 12 year olds all stars jelled quickly and battled a stacked D54 bracket at Folsom National’s Mann Park. After an opening round victory over El Dorado Hills, Woodcreek was sent to the losers bracket by last year’s 11s champions, Maidu. Woodcreek rallied back with wins over Consumnes River, Roseville West, Folsom American and Folsom National. In a well fought game Woodcreek fell 5-3 to Maidu. The Maidu squad went on to win the Section 4 and NorCal tournaments, advancing all the way to the semi-finals of the LLWS West Regionals. 

11’s – 4^th round District 54

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Manager: Philip McAvoy

Players: Alexander Baltazar, Jon Brooks, Zachary Davis, Jackson Gilley, Jack McAvoy, Maxwell Myhre, Jace Oliver, Keagan Price, Cody Scott, Lukas Shaw, Bodhi Tarrant-Weber, Jackson Whitesides, and Mason Zobel

The Woodcreek 11 year old all stars had a frenetic 2 weeks of morning and evening practices to prepare for D54 competition hosted by Folsom American at McFarland Park. McAvoy’s 11s had plenty of hitters and outscored their opponents 40-18. After losing a late lead to Maidu in game 1, Woodcreek’s pitchers shut out Consumnes River and Folsom National on consecutive nights in east Folsom. In a fourth round rematch with Maidu, Woodcreek thought they had advanced to the quarterfinals but a reversed game ending call sent the teams to extra innings, where Maidu outlasted Woodcreek 10-9 in 8 innings.

9/10's - 2nd Place District 54

Manager: Ryan Evangelho

Players: Preston Davis, Trevor Evangelho, Hudson Hanan, Ian Martinez, Evan Layton, Cade Mederios, Max Nereson, Jake Newkirk, Brody Sells, Sean Simeone, Dylan Stevenson, Noah Thompson, and Andres Valdez

The Woodcreek 10s entered D54 competition with lots of confidence when they walked onto the field at Roseville West’s Charlie Edwards Field. After a tough first game against El Dorado Hills, the Woodcreek boys battled through the losers bracket including convincing wins over Folsom National, Roseville West, Folsom American, Ponderosa, Lakeside and Maidu. In their 6-game win streak they outscored their D54 opponents 77-16. The 10s run came to end in the D54 championship game, losing to El Dorado Hills 10-6.

Thank you to all our Managers, Coaches and parent who dedicated so much time and spirit to the 2019 Season. We appreciate you! 

Extra special Thank you to our Tournament Director, Phil McAvoy who brought the Jr. District Championship and All Star Tournament to Mahany. It was a blast to have those Tournaments at Mahany and we appreciated all the work that went into it!