Tuesday, November 20

Chris Bohannan to Louisiana Tech

Monday, November 12
6 Graduated Seniors to Begin College Baseball

Chris Viegas to USD

David Rowse......University of the Pacific
Brian Budd....San Diego State
Chris Viegas.....University San Diego
Chris Bohannan....Louisiana Tech 
Sam Jones.....Allan Hancock College
Jason Stoddard...Diablo Valley College

David Rowse to UOP

Cory Krisman shown pitching had a hot bat in San Diego

Saturday, August 11
Smoke Knock off New York 5-4 in Extra Innings..Finish 7-2 in World Series
The Smoke knocked off New York behind the stellar pitching of Michael DeGroot, Josh Bowen, and Robby Le Clair  5-4 to go 7-1 in the tournament. J.R. Graham had 2 key hits in the game. Catcher Kyle Felix did a fantastic job all tournament. In the nightcap, the Smoke were knocked off by an all-freshman in college team and finished the tourney 7-2 and in 5th place out of 24 teams. The Summer ended with this fantastic tournament performance. Great Job to the entire team.

Wednesday, January 10
Robby Le Clair gets 3 wins in one tournament for Smoke Record
Robby Le Clair, a pitcher who did not pitch much in his high school season, gained confidence and became the go to guy as the Smoke season concluded in San Diego. He picked up a win in his only start and another two wins in extra inning relief.

Saturday, August 5
Sam Jones Complete Games Leads Smoke to 4-2 Win over ABD Bulldogs
The Smoke improved to 2-1 in the USABF tournament behind the complete game win of Sam Jones against Southern Cal powerhouse ABD Bulldogs. A 1-1 tie after 4 was keyed by perfect execution by the Smoke. David Rowse worked a leadoff walk. Ryan Moura then bunted him over. Kyle Felix came off the bench to pinch hit with a double to give the Smoke the lead. After a full count walk to Chris Viegas,  adouble drove in two more insurance runs. The story of the game was Sam Jones who pitched an amazing game keeping the Bulldogs off balance. Coach Joel called it one of the best pitching performances of the entire summer. Game #1 of the tournament went to the Smoke behind David Rowse. The Smoke won 5-4 in the bottom of the 7th. The second game of the tourney as part of the DH, went to Washington in a slugfest 15-9.

Wednesday, July 18
Congratulations to Chris Bohannan on Signing with Louisiana Tech
Congrats to Smoke RF Chris Bohannan (Acalanes High) for signing with Louisiana Tech University during his Monday visit following the Perfect Game Georgia tournament. Coach Joel spoke with the coach during the tournament and he was very excited about the prospect of having Chris play for his team. Chris is an outstanding young man and we cannot be happier for him.

Louisiana Tech plays in the WAC and is coached by Wade Simoneaux. We look forward to seeing Chris when playing San Jose State, Sacramento State and Fresno State. Louisiana Tech finished in 5th place in league in 2006 and had an overall record of 33-25.

Michael DeGroot pitches gem

Saturday, June 30
Chris Viegas Goes 3 for 3 in Smoke 10-0 rout of Trombly Bulldogs in Firecracker Tourney Opener
David Rowse and David Hurlbut combined on a 5 inning no-hitter as the Smoke pounded out 10 hits in a 10-0 rout of this Southern California team. CF Chris Viegas led the offense with 3 hits.
There was hitting up and down the lineup. Aaron Headrick, J.R. Graham, Brian Budd and Chris Bohannan had several hits also.
David Rowse was dominating on the mound in his opening game start.
There was only one baserunner for Trombly Baseball on a walk and that player was then picked off first on the next pitch.
Aaron Headrick gets the start in game #2 against the host Orange County Renegades at 8:15 a.m. at Golden West College on Saturday.

Tuesday, June 13
Smoke Complete Sweep of Oaks 7-3

Ace Lefty Hurlbut

Behind the pitching of Josh Bowen and Ryan Moura, the Smoke defeated the Oaks in the 2nd game of the mini-series 7-3. J.R. Graham (single, 2 Run Homer) and Brian Martin keyed the offense. David Hurlbut will be getting the next start.

Brian Martin had one of the all-tiime high Smoke batting averages

Wednesday, June 13
Cal Smoke Beat Oakland Oaks 13-2 at DVC

David Rowse Pitches Complete Game versus Oaks

Staff Ace David Rowse pitched a complete game in the 13-2 Victory over the Oakland Oaks on Monday evening.
Aaron Headrick was the offensive player of the game.

Offensive Player of the Game: Aaron Headrick

Wednesday, June 13
Smoke Outslug Golden Era 24-7
Instead of it being an an 18 and under game as originally scheduled, it turned out that Golden Era had to send their 16 year old team due to conflicts. The Smoke were without their 18 year olds due to trips and graduations. So it ended up being the Smoke 16/17 vs the Golden Era 16. A close 9-6 game quickly turned ugly as the Smoke pounded out many hits to go along with quite a few walks for a final score of 24-7. Aaron Headrick and Brian Martin each had 4 hits.

Coaches

Saturday, June 23
A.J. O'Malley's Triple and David Rowse's 2 Hitter pace Smoke to 2-0 Start in Sac Tourney
A.J. O'Malley paced the offense with a triple and Smoke ACE David Rowse pitched a 2 hitter to pace the Smoke to a 2-0 victory. The Smoke finished in the semi-finals in this 19U Legion tournament.

SMOKE WIN SO-CAL CHRISTMAS CLASSIC!
With 2 very clutch games, the Smoke won their second straight out of town tournament this fall.
The Smoke came out swinging, pitching and playing defense earning a 1st place bye in the playoffs.

Tourney MVP- Aaron Headrick (Game saving Save in Semi-Finals, Complete Game 15 K in championship, excellent leadoff hitting)

WRITEUP FROM SO-CAL SUPERSERIES:
The 18U division had some teams from far and near as the California Smoke traveled down from Northern California and the Stanislaus Edge came in from Central California. Southern California was represented by four different counties with teams from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. The action heated up early with the California Smoke coming out smokin' to go undefeated in pool play with a pretty good offensive showing. Meanwhile on the other side of the bracket the Upland Yankees were going undefeated themselves with some pretty good pitching supporting the cause. At the beginning of the championship round Irish Baseball and the Terminators started to make some noise early with some early wins but there was a feeling over the weekend that the early favorites to clash in the finals would be the Upland Yankees and the California Smoke. Being in the finals is nothing new to the very talented and well coached Yankees so the title tilt was nothing new to the Yankee crew. The Smoke rolled into the championship game undefeated and after all the smoke cleared the California smoked edged out the Yankees 3-1 to earn the tournament bragging rights and take the hardware back to Northern California. Congratulations to the California Smoke on a very well deserved Super Series Championship title. The top two teams in this earned berths to the Super Series Winter National Championships.

SMOKE WIN ARIZONA TURKEY SHOOT!
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: SMOKE 10    MESA ARIZONA 6

Win #1: Winning Pitcher- Greg Ditmer
Win #2: Winning Pitcher - Ryan Moura
Win #3: Winning Pitcher - John Anderson
Win #4: Winning Pitcher - David Rowse

Offensive Players of Note: J.R. Graham (key RBI's in tournament)
On Base Every Time you looked up: Kevin Sininger (ultimate leadoff batter)
Defensive Players of Note: Jason Stoddard(tough play defensively)
All Around Performance: Aaron Headrick (pitches well, plays defense and gets on base)
Momentum Change Performance: Greg Ditmer (shutout innings against So Cal power Colton during 3 run deficit comeback)
Most Valuable Player: David Rowse (2 excellent pitching performances and leadership)

David Rowse Accepts Scholarship
Senior Smoke Lefthander David Rowse has accepted a well deserved scholarship to the University of Pacific where he will join
UOP Team Captain and former Smoke Captain Bobby Saunders. According to Coach Joel, "David is an incredible young man and is a great pickup for UOP. I have had the opportunity to coach against David and I certainly prefer having David on my own team. He is a confident talented player and he brings energy to his entire team."

Smoke Finish at 3rd place in State - Final Record 36-16

Down to 11 healthy Players...the Smoke still place 3rd in State

Great Season Smoke!!!!

End of season Smoke Article


BELLA PARK VS OXNARD 10:00 a.m.
OAKLAND VS CHICO 12:00 p.m.
DEER VALLEY VS LODI 2:00 p.m.
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For using Yahoo Maps or Mapquest (enter the following address):
180 California Drive, Yountville, CA 94599.

"Here We Go" - Smoke Open at Noon on Saturday
AND THEN THERE WERE 6 (six teams remaining in State of California Jr Legion Baseball):

10:30 a.m. Showup time in Yountville
12:00 p.m. Smoke vs Chico

(if win game at 2 p.m. on Sunday, if lose game at 10 a.m. on Sunday)

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Directions to Field:
Highway 29 past Napa, Follow thru to Yountville, Left at stop sign, go under freeway,
go down the road to stop sign, r at stop sign, follow road down, pass swimming pool and ballpark will be on right. pass ballpark to parking lot.

Very important: No Swearing anywhere in Yountville including in the dugout, please represent Northern California with class. No sideways or backward caps and NO talking during the National Anthem. I also ask that players leave their jewelry at home including earrings and remind players that no alcohol, drugs or chewing tobacco is allowed and will result in your dismissal from the team. This tourney is put on by Veterans of our country. They have given their lives for our freedom and deserve our full respect.

ALL PLAYERS ARE TO ARRIVE FULLY UNIFORMED WITH CAP ON STRAIGHT AND YOUR JERSEYS TUCKED IN. NO CHANGING ON SITE ALLOWED. YOU SHOULD ONLY HAVE YOUR CLEATS IN YOUR BAG.



Smoke Heading to Yountville
The Oakland Smoke will be playing in the State Championships for American Legion beginning Saturday in Yountville. This is a true State Championship with Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley, Northern California and the Bay Area competing for the right to go on to the Western Regionals in Oregon. There are only six teams left in the entire state still playing Jr Legion baseball.

This Oakland Smoke team has been a true team effort. Not only have they won 34 games this season, but have beat some of the best teams in the area: Clayton Valley, Amador Valley and San Ramon Valley.

During this tourney, the pitching performances of Chris Cobb vs Clayton Valley and Rob Howard vs SRV (the Blacksox) were truly outstanding and allowed the Smoke to win 4 straight in the losers bracket after the opening loss to Palo Alto. The clutch hitting of Chris Steele, Rylan Sandoval, David Williams and Jason Huber helped the Smoke make this run. One cannot say enough of Justin Sterling's "sterling" performance this summer.
Danny McDaniel came through with some good hits and pitching when it was most needed and Niko Wahl cleared the fences with a game-over home run. Tim Amato, Ryan Moura and Deren Rehr-Davis each had games where they delivered key hits. TJ DiFrancesco who is injured has been a supportive member of our team on the bench. Brian Emanuele, Chris Perri, Kevin Ruma, Josh Bowen and Brian Dodson all contributed greatly to this outstanding season.

A never give up attitude was there from top to bottom. Coach Joel told the parents in the 7th inning, "it ain't over yet". He believed, the players believed, the parents believed and maybe even Amador Valley believed. A stranger, more inspirational comeback has not been seen in summer baseball with the entire postseason on the line.

I hope you all remember this day...it was one of the best ever....and prepare for a great opportunity in Yountville. It was a proud day for the Oakland Smoke.

Smoke with 25-6 League Record headed to Area Playoffs
The Oakland Smoke (30-12, 25-6) are headed to the Area Playoffs which start on Tuesday July 27th or Wednesday July 28th at Deer Valley High School in Antioch. This is the 1st Oakland Smoke team to reach the 30 win plateau in the 10 year history of our organization.

7 Run Rally in Bottom of 7th Sends Smoke to State Playoffs
The Oakland Smoke were down 8-2 to the #1 seed Amador team from Pleasanton with 3 outs left in the Smoke season. But the Smoke managed a remarkable rally capped off by a two-out bases loaded single by Deren Rehr-Davis driving in the tying and winning runs.
SMOKE 9   PLEASANTON 8

The Smoke now move into the State Championships in Yountville as one of 6 teams left in the State of California. Great job Smoke.

A practice will be scheduled on Wednesday. Stay tuned for time and place on this website.

Coach Joel outside Aloha Stadium

Will the Smoke Return to Hawaii ?
One of the greatest Smoke moments was throwing out the tying runner with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th at the plate in the final game of the round-robin to send the Smoke to the championship game of the Best of the West Tourney where the Smoke won the Title.

Smoke Baseball Champs

SS Chris Steele Sets Sights on Another Strong Year
Chris Steele was the anchor of the 2003 Smoke Infield at shortstop.
He only made 2 errors in 128 chances and hit .386 on the season. His game winning opposite field homer against the all-college team from Brentwood ended the 2003 Smoke season with a fantastic finish. He now looks to join some talented new players along with returners Williams, Cobb, Perri, Emanuele, Kennealy and Sterling for a challenging 2004 season.

Smoke Go 4-1 in Reno for 1st Place Tie
The Smoke played excellent ball going 4-1 in Reno and might have gone 5-0 if not for a 4 a.m. false fire alarm on a different floor in the hotel which kept everyone outside for an hour. The highlight was several come from behind wins including a great victory over an 18 and 19 year old team from Folson. Great job Smoke!

Smoke Take 2nd Place in USSSA Tourney

Cal Bear Cameron Johnson

The Oakland Smoke showed well taking 2nd place out of the 10 team tourney. The top two finishers qualify for the World Series in Florida. We will now have a backup but we expect to make the Area playoffs in Legion.

Best Performance: Cameron Johnson- 15 strikeouts versus the Reds



Smoke Advance to Area Playoffs
The Oakland Smoke finish their regular Season with an 18-8 record (7-5 league). They received the 3rd out of 4 district bids to participate in the American Legion Area playoffs in Palo Alto beginning July 23rd. The schedule will be on the website after the July 22nd seeding meeting. A practice will be held at O'Dowd on Monday July 22nd ,4-6 pm. The coaches will then go to the 7:30 seeding meeting. Be prepared for a 4 or 7 p.m. game on either the 23rd or 24th. The tourney runs thru Sunday 28th. GAME SCHEDULE TO BE UPDDATED ON WEBSITE BY 10 PM MONDAY NIGHT!!!!!

District 9 Teams to Playoffs:
Antioch, Danville Hoots, Smoke, Walnut Creek

Teams Eliminated: Clayton Valley, Concord and Martinez

Smoke Knock off District 9 #1 Seed before Bowing Out
The Oakland Smoke finished a successful inaugural year in American Legion with a 19-10 record. They made the Area Tournament and knocked off District 9's #1 Seed Deer Valley/Antioch 12-8, before being eliminated.

Smoke Sweep 4th of July Tourney with 5 Wins!!!
The Oakland Smoke took all five games of the Humboldt July 4th Tourney to Finish with the Championship!!!

The Smoke offense outscored the opponents
63 to 19! The Smoke have now won 12 of their last 14 games to improve to 16-6.

Scores:
Game #1:Smoke 11 Deer Valley 4
WP: Johnson
Game #2: Smoke 18 Anderson Valley 10
WP: Amato
Game #3: Smoke 10 SF Legion 0
WP: Hunter
Game #4: Smoke 12 Humboldt Legion 2
WP: Hanson
Game #5: Smoke 11 West Sacramento Legion 4
WP: Demir

GREAT JOB OAKLAND SMOKE!!!!!

Smoke Crush Clayton Valley
Behind the two-hit pitching of Tony Amato,
the Smoke demolished Clayton Valley 11-0 in a slaughter-rule shortened five inning game.
Defensive gems from Nick Meyers and Pat Mulshine highlighted the best performance of the summer by the Smoke.

Oakland Smoke Begins New Legion Season
The Oakland Smoke begins the 2002 Summer Season on June 6th. It looks to be a promising season as two of the Bay Area's hottest high school teams combine: Head-Royce (22 straight wins- Div A) and Bishop O'Dowd (9 wins in last 11 league games in Div 3A).
Senior Cameron Johnson returns to Smoke as its #1 ace pitcher. Matt Capell returns in his 3rd year on Smoke to the mound after playing mostly catcher at O'Dowd. Capell was the 2001 Smoke closer. Rounding out the pitching staff are Eric Walterhouse (#1 pitcher O'Dowd), Danny Balich (back from the DL), Stephen Flynn, Sean Hunter, Tony Amato, Nick Meyers, Sean Kennealy and Matt Palley.
The infield is led by Senior Smoke returner Stephen Flynn who will play 2nd and SS. Key additions to this years Smoke infield are Catcher Matt Fahey, one of the best young catching prospects in northern california and slick fielding SS Jesse Barnes. Eric Walterhouse, the 1st team All-League sophomore from O'Dowd, will play 1st base and pitch. Junior Pat Mulshine will solidify an already strong infield at 3rd base.
The outfield is anchored by Senior Nick Meyers, Dominic Ruma, Cameron Johnson and Matt Banks.
Young dynamic role players on this years team include Tommy Hanson, Matt Palley, Sean Kennealy and Tyson Ross.


De La Salle Players Add Strength to Smoke Roster
Pitchers: Kevin Blanc and Jordan McCormack
Outfielders: Mike Sansoe and Kenny Evoniuk
Catcher: Joe Dimas

Is there any connection between the Smoke "S" and the team color green and the De La Salle Spartans? Coincidence or maybe not.

Outfielder Kenny Evoniuk Fires up Team!

CF Brendan Burke Brings Love of Game and Emotion to Smoke
Dragon MVP Brendan Burke looks to carry on with his .471 batting average and 1st team all league season with Dragon co-captain Bob Saunders this summer on the Oakland Smoke.

Smoke Play Close to National Champs, Lose 5-4
The Smoke played their best game of the Long Beach Tourney losing 5-4 against the Encinitas Reds, the 2000 Connie Mack National Champions.

SMOKE- GOLDEN WEST TOURNEY CHAMPIONS
The Smoke finished the 2001 season with 3 wins in a row including a stirring come from
behind win in the bottom of the seventh to
defeat Central Valley 2-1. Jordan McCormack
pitched a gem of a game and Matt Capell's 2 out base hit scored Stephen Flynn from 2nd on a bang-bang play at the plate. In the championship game, the Smoke defeated Stanislaus 6-3 behind the pitching of Matt
McBride and Matt Capell. Stephen Flynn was the defensive player of the day and Cameron Johnson was the offensive player of the day.
Congratulations to all Smoke players on a fantastic tournament and becoming the 1st Smoke team to win 20 games in a very tough and challenging season.   Coach Joel

Smoke Beat Santa Rosa - Tie for League Regular SeasonTitle
With a 6-4 come from behind win in our final regular season game, the Smoke (6-5 League) finish the regular season as co-champions with Santa Rosa (5-4 League). The Smoke have now won 5 of their last 6 games with a sweep of North Bay and a convincing 10-2 win over the Stanislaus Heat.


Smoke Beat Oaks in Battle of Oakland 16-7
After a 3-3 tie in the first game featuring the Connie Mack Oakland Smoke vs. the AAU Oakland Oaks, the Oakland Smoke fought back
from a 4 run first inning deficit with 15 hits to win 16-7. The turning point of the game was a perfect strike to the plate throw by Smoke outfielder Ken Evoniuk preventing the Oaks from building on the 4 run first inning. The hitting hero in this Cal Berkeley (Golden West) tourney game was Sam Geaney who went 4 for 4. Stephen Flynn and Bobby Saunders added 3 hits apiece. The Smoke now are in a position with 2 wins to win the tourney. Solid pitching by Matt McBride, Kevin Blanc, Jon Kelchner and Cameron Johnson in the 4 games have left the Smoke in a strong postion to go for the tourney title as they have many rested arm left.

Smoke Win 2000 4th of July Tournament
Behind the quality pitching of Greg Chapman,
Cameron Johnson, Matt Radosevich and Matt Capell, the Smoke won the 2000 Palo Alto 4th of July Tournament. Every starter on the team contributed to the offensive explosion as the Smoke pounded out 13 hits to defeat the Lafayette Generals 10-6.

Smoke to Play Difficult Summer Schedule
2001 Smoke Schedule

Smoke Captain Jon Marshall leads 2000 Squad
Veteran Catcher Jon Marshall leads the 2000 Smoke squad as they enter 3 tournaments this summer: San Diego, Palo Alto and Sacramento.

1998 Smoke Stars to Colleges

	Riesenfeld and Graves

Ben Clayton who pitched the Oakland Smoke to the Best of the West Championship in Hawaii, is a starting pitcher for Wake Forest and doing quite well. He pitched a no-hitter already this season. See related article.
Ben Clayton's No Hitter


Andrew Riesenfeld and Kevan Graves are at Virginia and Dartmouth

Smoke Finish as Regular Season Connie Mack Champions
The Smoke Baseball team (8-2 league) finished in 1st place in league play for the first time in their 4 years in Connie Mack. The 19-3 trouncing of the Mustangs set a team record for runs scored (19) and base hits (25). The Smoke have officially qualified for the #1 seed in the NORCAL playoffs and will receive a 1st round bye.
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