2009-07-31 / Sports
Simi summer sports teams scoring big
STORM’S A BREWIN’—The Simi Storm U-14 travel ball team won the Tourney by the Sea in Ventura on June 6-7. The victory qualified the group for Nationals in July. Pictured in the back row, from left, are: April Foster, Megan Ferber, Samantha Fassl, Lianna Moss, Maria Cutino, Emily Fassl and Alex Del Nostro. Front row: Kaitlin Orsini, Brianna Bosson, Sami Ohmie, Kelley McLain and Toni Chavez.
TIGERS ROAR TO TITLE—The Memphis Tigers were champions of the ages 7 to 9 division in the 2009 Boys & Girls Club spring basketball league. Pictured in the back row, from left, are: Coach Tyler Meek, Gutaj Boparai, James Rocco, Thomas Rocco and Ben Flaschner. Front row: Issac Dominguez, Emmanuel Schatzky, Jacob Magdaleno, Blake Hylton and Anthony Lacerte.
COMEBACK KIDS—The 2009 Simi Youth All-Stars Bronco 11B team won the 2009 Ventura Pirates Father’s Day Tournament in June, rallying from eight runs down in the championship game. Coaches, back row from left: Eddie Perez, Brandon Sciumbato and Bobby Jiron. Middle row: Robert Perez, Timmy Walgren, Grant Bunker, Shea Barry, Tony Laporte, Matt Sciumbato and Ryan Hoffenberg. Front row: Michael Cardenas, Jack Henderson, Ryan Pench and Bret Jiron (lying down).
STRONG SECOND—The Grace Brethren Lancers sixth-grade girls soccer team blocked and kicked their way to a league-best six wins, three losses and one tie, placing them in the championship finals, where they lost 3-0 against Heschel. Pictured in the back row, from left, are: Coach Spencer Ross, Shannon Blanck, Nia Velez, Kylie Van Meter, Emilee Garcia, Tiffany Renkenberger and Destiny Vallejo. Front row: Marissa Quadri, Sabrina Baker, Ali Suebert, Carina Amador and Reegin Bullard.
VALLEY VICTORS—The Simi Youth All-Stars PONY 13B won the 2009 North Valley Invitational Tournament in Granada Hills, beating East Valley in the final game, 13-1. Pictured in the front row, from left, are: Avion Barrera-Herron, Christian Hatrak, Blake Barry, Austin Fields, Dillon Ramer and Jason Fine. Middle row: Austin Goslin, Blake Groff, Eric DesRoches, Reno Dubreuil, Garrett Reiner and Nicholas Gambino. Back row: Coaches Michael Fields, Mike Fine and Joey Fine.
HOLDING THE HARDWARE—The Simi Valley Baseball League Minor White Sox team won first place in the 2009 Tournament of Champions on June 21. The team also won the SVBL Minor Division title with a record of 21-1. Pictured in the front row, from left, are: Connor Kubeisy, Tyler Panattoni, Kyle Campbell, Tanner Shobe, Dante Ramirez, Niko Ramirez, Samuel Jones, Chris Campbell and Andrew Alvarez. Back row: Manager Tony Ramirez, coach Bo Daniels, coach Kevin Shobe and head coach Brad Jones. Not pictured are Benjamin Lang and Jacob Bonilla. 

