The Stuff

Just a reminder: The Amateur Volleyball Assn.’s California Crown

Series gets underway this weekend at the southside of the Huntington

Beach Pier. Admission is free . . .

Congratulations to Huntington Valley Little League and its president,

Renee Aumiller, for running a good show when they hosted the Area 2 and

finals of the District 62 Little League Tournament of Champions. Aumiller

will be the first to tell you that it was a team effort, in organizing a

tournament that features eight local Little Leagues . . .

With the District 62 All-Star Tournament of Champions debuting this

weekend, Huntington Valley has named the All-Star teams that will vie for

their respective division titles.

In the Majors Division, Manager John Parmenter and coaches Rick

Thompson and Gary Bowman will field a squad consisting of Brian

Wiktorski, Chase Barnes, Austin Ray, Trevor Briggs, Michael Bogard,

Michael Mendez, Hunter White, Pablo McBeth, Cody Walker, Jimmy Queen,

Jenna Balester, Peter Bryson, Chad Heberden and J.T. Thompson.

The 9/10 Division All-Stars, headed by Manager Nick Mazzone and

coaches Barry Luke and Dave Folger, is comprised of Alex Barnes, Race

Parmenter, Dave Folger, Ryan Little, Nick Mazzone, Tim Higgins, Brian

Schwartz, Christian Slaton, Alex Holtz, Michael Chairez, Barry Luke,

Tanner Phillips, Jake Gordon and Matt Reza.

Manager Byron Morgan and coaches Joe Laning and John Ortega head a

Junior Division squad of Lucas Aumiller, Jarod Cipriano, DJ Drysdale,

Rick Eley, Shawn Eley, Nate Hill, Nick Huskins, Blake Kimmel, Joey

Laning, Frankie Mead, Zach Morgan, Andrew Mozeleski, Jimmy Romero and

Trevor Schulte . . .

Congratulations go out to The Heat, Huntington Beach girls softball

Under-10 Division team, for placing second at the Fountain Valley

All-Star Tournament last weekend.

The Heat defeated Irvine (9-2), Rancho Trabuco (13-1) and South

Huntington Beach (8-2), before defeating host Fountain Valley, 4-3, in

the semifinal round.

The team’s only loss was a 7-3 setback to Los Alamitos in the title

game.

Erica Congelliere was outstanding in the tournament as she belted a

three-run home run in each of The Heat’s first three games. She went 10

for 13 overall with 11 RBI and 13 runs scored. Other offensive leaders

included Jacqueline Kent with seven RBI, Kristen Mendez, Rebecca Sass and

Catherine Wakeman with five hits each and Hannah Thomas with a two-run

home run in the semifinal win over Fountain Valley.

Pitcher Catherine Wakeman struck out 23 batters in four games and

allowed just six earned runs in 23 innings, Mendez caught all five games

and threw out three base runners, and Sass, who played second base,

secured the semifinal win with consecutive unassisted outs to kill a last

inning rally by Fountain Valley . . .

Bryan Osuna and the California Dual Team put on a strong showing last

weekend at the National Cadet Freestyle Dual Meet Championships wrestling

competition held in Englewood, Colo.

The 14-year-old won all his matches, scoring five pins and two wins on

decision in Greco Roman wrestling, a style Osuna rarely wrestles.

The California team earned a silver medal in Greco Roman and a bronze

medal in Freestyle wrestling.

Later this month, Osuna will be in Fargo, N.D., to compete with the

California National team at the Cadet National Championships.