Congratulations to Fool Kount as they won The SC Westside 8 and under coach pitch tournament this past weekend! The team is coached by Paul Rosa and has 9 Briarwood players on it. Great job boys!!!

Alex Adame

Noah Aguilar

Devin Baddo

Angel Martinez

Geremy McCollough

Robert Padilla

Jacob Read

Paul Rosa Jr.

Jake Serpa

Hit, Run, Throw winners.

Majors

Run- Cory Barraclough

Throw-Terrance Lewis

Hit-Justin Contreras, Jacob Adame

Minors

Run-Matthew Camp

Throw-Brian Silveira

Hit-Victor Acevedo

Farm

Run-Matthew Staples

Throw- Nathan Santos

Hit-Josh Iuilo

T-ball

Run- Andrew Castillo

Throw-George Bouldt

Hit-Jason Silviera

Red /Blue game

Great game played by both the Red and Blue Farm teams as they battled out a 6 inning game on the Major field. The Blue team ended up on top 5-3 in a well played game by both teams.

Adult Softball game

Led by Romeo Baddo and Miguel Zendejas's 3 homers each, (yes 3 each) the old washed up softball players beat the other old washed up softball players team in convincing matter. Paul Adame's neck is still on ice from watching all his pitches go over the fence...

Raffle

Thanks for all the great donated raffle baskets and congrats to all the winners.

Below are the tournaments and dates Briarwood will be hosting.  We need volunteers to run these.  Please look at the dates and positions needed and let me know what you can do.  

June 15^th-Minor TOC’s 5:30pm

June 19^th-Minor TOC’s 5:30pm

June 27^th-9/10 Allstars 2pm

June 30^th-10/11 Allstars 5:30pm

July 1^st- 11/12 Allstars 5:30pm

July 3^rd-9/10 Allstars 5:30pm

July 6^th-10/11 Allstars 5:30pm

July 14^th-10/11 Allstars 5:30pm (championship game)

July 15^th-10/11 Allstars 5:30pm (championship game)  If necessary 

Field prep-drag field, water down infield, secure bases properly, mark the playing field (foul lines; batter’s, catcher’s and coach’s boxes; first base alley; and out-of-bounds line), rechalk batter’s box after infield practice, put flags out including USA
Tournament Director: Must have knowledge of all tournament rules and regulations.
Announcer and scoreboard person
Scorebook and pitch count keeper
Snack bar staff-4 per day
Clean up 

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If you can help please send email to Stephanie/Ann/Melissa (g-smccollough@comcast.net, aborgiacamp@mac.com, melissam_dean@yahoo.com) 

Postseason Brackets for District 44.  Briarwood will host games and needs volunteers.

2009 District 44 Brackets

Congratulations to Wilcox Varsity Baseball on another successful season. They were Co- league Champs this year and are currently in the 2nd round in CCS.

Former Briarwood players on the roster are:

Kyle Johnstone-White Sox

Ruben Zendejas-Pirates

Frankie Contreras-Pirates

Nick Morehead-Pirates

Paul Hernandez

Kenny Ask-Cardinals

Joe Souza-Pirates

Tim Filipe

Willie DiBenedetto-White Sox

Called up for CCS:

Cole Harvey-Pirates

Justin Foley-Pirates

Opening Day is this Saturday March 14th.  All teams need to be at the field in uniform at 8:00. 

Introduction of 2009 Board and Teams.  Introduction and flag presentation of 2008 Minor and Major TOC Champs and 2008 District 44 and Section 5 11/12 All Star Champs.

First Pitch

Play Ball!!!!

Tryouts or player evaluations are necessary to properly place players in their proper division.  You must attend at least one tryout, players are more than welcome and even encouraged to attend both.

The tryout consists of fielding 3 grounders at the shortstop position and throwing to first base. They will also get 3 fly balls in the outfield and they will then throw the ball to 2nd base.  The tryout concludes with the player getting 3 swings at the plate from an adult pitcher and on the last swing must run the entire bases.  Once this is complete the player is allowed to leave.

Please have your child come in proper baseball attire ( cleats, baseball pants or sweat pants)  and with their own gloves ( please have their names on there). The league will supply bats and helmets for the tryouts that need to be returned.

Managers then evaluate the players and usually within one week of the final tryout they will draft teams and each player will try and be placed in their proper playing division.

Majors- This is a highly competitive division where players are from ages 10-12. We usually only have 4 teams and players that are chosen to a team could play on that team up until their 12 year old year.

Minors- Minors usually has 5-6 teams and ranges from ages 8-11. Our Minor division re-drafts the teams each year.

 Farm- Farm has between 4-6 teams each year.  Ages usually range from 7-10 (in some cases where players haven't played before). Farm is instructional and uses the softer baseball.

T-ball- T-ball has between 4-5 teams each year. Ages are 5 and 6, some 7 year olds may play t-ball at the parents request. Players hit off the tee for part of the season and then are pitched to by the coaches.

Congratulations to the Briarwood 11/12 All Stars as they are District 44  and Section 5 Champs! 

They now advance to the Northern California State Championships in Alameda!

                  11/12 Yr Old All Star Team

                Manager: Frank Contreras    Coach: Paul Renucci          

           Anthony Aguilar           Chad Anderson              Joseph Bernhardt

            Micheal Brown            Garrett Chitwood            Garrett Ciuk

            Justin Contreras         Stephen Jaramillo            Wesley Paulson

            Adam Rios                Joshua Smith                 Trevor Tanquary

BRIARWOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY

I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUCE THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY MANY YEARS BRIARWOOD HAS WON BOTH DIVISION TOC CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES IN DISTRICT 44

THE PIRATES DEFEATED THE HOMESTEAD YANKEES LAST NIGHT IN A GAME WINNING SCORE OF 8-0.  THE PIRATES DID NOT GIVE UP ANY RUNS IN THEIR TOC RUN..........THIS WAS A GREAT 3RD WIN FOR THE PIRATES IN 4 YRS................THEY NEED A GREAT BIG CONGRATS AS THEY PRACTICED HARD ALL YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH THIS SUCCESS. 

OUR ALLSTARS AND WINNING TOC TEAMS WILL BE AT ALL START NIGHT  COLLECTING THEIR LEAGUE TROPHIES THAT WILL BE DISPLAYED ON OPENING DAY 2009 AND THE WHOLE 2009 SEASON. 

 

 

Family and Friends of Briarwood EL Camino Little League

I would like to inform all of you who have not heard the great news...............Briarwood A's have won the District 44 Minor Division TOC Championship Flag................

The A's capture their title yesterday in a very well played game by all 13 players of the A's team against the always tough Westside Mets.  As President of this league I have to express how very honored I have been to have been  represented by the kids of this team.  They played a very hard game with control and discpline, they all held their heads high and played with class.  They were ahead  the whole game and WS's Mets came back to tie the game in the bottom of the 6th inning which forced our A's into extra innings.  By staying in control by all team members, coaches and fans the team was able to focus on making plays and winning the game.   Much needed CONGRATULATIONS TO THE A'S TEAMS.

Our Briarwood Team has not caputure that Minor Division TOC Champs title in at least 6 years.  GOOD JOB BRIARWOOD A'S!!!

NOW 

The Briarwood Pirates are playing tonight in the Major Division D44 TOC championship game.  The Pirates could use some of that BWOOD family power.  Briarwood is facing a tough Homestead LL Yankees in the D44 Ship game tonight at Moreland LL.  Please come out and wear your BWOOD gear.  Lets bring the house to Moreland and show our BWOOD pride!

Good luck to the Pirates as they tried to capture their 3rd title.

Hope to see some of you there tonight!

Chris

Congratulatuions to Wilcox High School baseball team for winning the CCS title.  Wilcox, whose starting line-up consists of mainly ex- Briarwood players, has now won 4 CCS titles in the last  nine years.

Playoffs begin Tuesday June 3rd.  We will be using a new format this year for both the Minor and Minor divisions.

Game 1  Seed 4 @ Seed 3

Game 2  Winner of game 1 @ Seed2

Game 3  Winner of game 2 @ Seed 1    Best 2 out of 3

Highest seed is ALWAYS Home team.  Check the website for dates and times.

Wilcox Varsity and Frosh/Soph teams both won league Championships this past week.

Former Briarwood players played significant roles in helping them achieve this accomplishment. Good luck to varsity as they advance to the CCS Finals.

Former Briarwood players on the Varsity team.

Kyle Barraclough

Ivan Rodriguez

Ruben Zendejas

Jacob Johannsen

Eric Lumbert

Trevor Scott

Kyle Johnston

Marcello Estrella

Joseph Souza

Frosh/Soph

Nick Morehead-moved up to Varsity for CCS

Frankie Contreras-moved up to varsity for CCS

Paul Hernandez-moved up to Varsity for CCS

Cole Harvey

Kenny Ask

Christian Rodriguez

Willie DiBenedetto

Justin Rios

Justin Foley

Jared Flores

Tim Felipe

Briarwood needs help with Sponsorships. If you should bring in a Sponsor value of $350.00, see how this will help you with your SIGN UP FEES. For information on this, please call and leave a message at 243-BASE. Thank you