Arrowhead Little League in Glendale Arizona: TOPs All-Stars
Friday, July 10Arrowhead Wins 2009 TOPs Tournament!
Arrowhead won the TOPs Tournament Friday night when they faced their toughest opponent - The 4-0 Madison Cougars. Madison's starting pitcher was a beast, pitching harder than the hardest Arrowhead minor pitchers. Their starting pitcher struck out 10 of the first 13 batters and gave up no hits! Tanner Ray was the lone run to score thru the first four innings. He did it with a walk, two stolen bases and stealing home on a passed ball. Soon after, the top of the order got up again, this time on a mission: to get on base somehow! Chase Sowinski (on-base 3 of 3) worked him for 7 pitches and a walk, and Nolan Ruff worked him for nearly 15 pitches and a walk as he got to bat against the Madison pitcher twice due to a runner getting caught stealing while Nolan was at bat. Once the starting Madison pitcher was pulled, things got back to normal as they tried four more pitchers over the final two innings. Madison pitchers walked 8 of the final 15 Arrowhead batters and gave up 3 hits starting with Josh Sandoval in the 5th. Down 7-5 at the top of the 6th, the last two batters each hit RBI singles - Chase Sowinski got the game tying hit, bringing in Chase Orzechowski, and Nolan Ruff's hit brought in Josh Cobb for the game winning run!
Defensively Arrowhead pitched two of their stronger pitchers: Nolan Ruff and Grant Lung who combined to strike out 6 on 8 hits with 4 walks and 7 runs against. Arrowhead battled in the field as Madison hit the ball hard. Notable plays were caught fly balls by Kellen Ray (RF), Preston Godfrey (2nd) , and some well fielded grounders by Josh Sandoval, Chase Sowinski and Spencer Campman
Team stats: 8 runs, 3 hits, 4 rbi.
Friday, July 10
2009 TOPs Championship Photo
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Thursday, July 9
TOPs Defeats Shaw Butte 11-1 ~ Play for the TOPs Championship Friday
The Arrowhead TOPs team defeated Shaw Butte 11-1 in 4 innings to advance to the Championship game against Madison Friday night. The TOPs team played another all-around solid game. Some highlights...
Matt Ryan pitched the complete game facing 19 batters, striking out 3, with only one run against. High points of field play were a couple infield catches (Nolan Ruff 3rd, Grant Lung SS) and two catches in centerfield by Justin Meins. At the plate 4 batters batted 1.000 (Grant Lung, Kellen Ray, Tanner Ray, Chase Orzechowski), Josh Sandoval and Kellen Ray hit doubles, and Grant Lung and Carter Marks hit triples.
Team Stats: 11 runs, 13 hits, 8 rbi.
Next Game: TOPS CHAMPIONSHIP - Friday July 10th @ Shaw Butte - 7:30 PM vs. Madison.
Wednesday, July 8
Arrowhead TOPs Finish Pool Play with a 10-6 Win Over Diamondback LL
The Arrowhead TOPs team won their 3rd strait game, coming back from a 5-6 deficit in the 4th inning. They scored 5 (run rule) with no time left to start a new inning and won 10-6. Josh Sandoval and Matt Ryan had strong performances on the mound. They combined to strike out 7, with only 2 hits and 2 runs in 3 1/3 inning. At the plate big contributers were: Josh Cobb, who led off and finished with 2 hits & 2 RBI; Matt Ryan with two hits, an RBI and two stolen bases; Spencer Campman with 2 hits, 2 runs and an RBI. The team was pretty quiet in the field until the last inning where they turned a 9-3 for an out (Kellen Ray, RF - Spencer Campman, 1st) and Chase Orzechowski caught a fly ball on the run in left field to finish the inning 1-2-3.
Team stats: 10 runs, 11 hits, 8 rbi.
Next Game: Thursday July 9th @ Shaw Butte - 7:30 PM vs. Shaw Butte.
Wednesday, July 8
Arrowhead TOPs Wins Against Deer Valley LL 11-1
The Arrowhead TOPs team played a gem off a game against the Deer Valley TOPs team Tuesday night, winning 11-1. Some highlights are as follows... Nolan Ruff pitched 4 solid innings (2 hits, 1 run) that featured a 3 pitch 4th inning - that's one pitch to each batter - made possible by solid infield play (5-3 out, 5-3 out, 4-3 out) by Josh Sandoval (3rd), Chase Sowinski (SS), Matt Ryan (2nd) and Spencer Campman (1st). With one batter on base in the 5th, Josh Sandoval came in to close the game. He struck out the first batter he faced and got the second batter to hit into a double play (6-4-3, Grant-Preston-Chase O). This would turn out to be Deer Valley's final at bats. Additionally, two runners were caught stealing by throws from catcher (Chase Sowinski, Carter Marks) to 2nd (Grant Lung). Offensively, Kellen Ray, Chase Orzechowski & Nolan Ruff had multiple hits in the game and batted 1.000. Carter Marks, Nolan Ruff, Kellen Ray, and Grant Lung each had multiple base hits. The game ended when Arrowhead "run-ruled" Deer Valley in the 5th inning (ahead by 10 after 4 innings).
Team Stats: 11 runs, 12 hits, 8 rbi.
Next Game: Wednesday July 8th @ Shaw Butte - 5:30 PM vs. Diamondback LL.
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Arrowhead TOPs Team Photo in Uniform
Monday, July 6
TOPs Team Wins First 2009 Tournament Game Over Rio Vista 11-8
The 2009 Arrowhead TOPs team battled to win their first game Monday. Though they struggled with pitching at times (5 pitchers combined to walk 13 and hit 4 batters) the team opened up a big lead and made plays when they had to. Kellen Ray, Tanner Ray, Matt Ryan and Preston Godfrey each got hits and Arrowhead baserunners took advantage of 6 walks and numerous passed balls to advance bases and score 10 runs through the first two innings. Both innings were stopped at 5 runs (run rule). Another run was added in the 3rd inning on an RBI single by Preston. Grant Lung closed out the game on the mound, striking out 3 of the 5 batters he faced.
Team Stats: 11 runs, 5 hits, 4 rbi.
Next Game: Tuesday July 7th @ Shaw Butte - 7:30 PM vs. Deer Valley.
Wednesday, July 1
2009 TOPs Schedule & Info
The 2009 Arrowhead TOPs team will play 5 games in 5 days at the Shaw Butte Little League fields July 6-10. The schedule and rules can be found at www.SBLL.us. The schedule is also pasted below. Be sure and visit the Shaw Butte LL website so you're aware of parking issues at their fields.
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| 2009 TOPs schedule |
Friday, June 19
2009 TOPs All-Star Team
| Spencer Campman Joshua Cobb Preston Godfrey Grant Lung Grace Lyons Carter Marks Justin Meins Chase Orzechowski Kellen Ray Tanner Ray Nolan Ruff Matt Ryan Josh Sandoval Chase Sowinski
Blaine Godfrey - manager |
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