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The AV's Youth Sports Connection
2009
Golden League Standings
Knight 12-2 Highland 11-3
Quartz Hill 10-4
Lancaster 9-5
Palmdale 8-6
Littlerock
3-11
Eastside 3-11
AV 0-14
Player of the Year - Shawna Wright, Lancaster, Sr
Pitcher of the Year - Aryn Feickert, Highland, So
FIRST TEAM
Vanessa House - Palmdale, Sr
Alena Murgatroyd - Quartz Hill, Sr
Kory Cascarella - Knight, Sr
Terra Parker - Littlerock, Jr
Shelby Steinkamp - Quartz Hill, Jr
Elizabeth Torres - Knight, Fr
Jessica Saldana - Palmdale, Jr
Jasmine Lopez - Knight, Jr
Abbie D'Errico - Highland, Sr
Felicia Scott - Lancaster, Jr
Mia Vierra - Quartz Hill, Jr
Alexis Taube - Highland, Fr
Taylor Pleasant - Knight, Jr
SECOND TEAM
Michelle Cannon - Eastside, Jr
Jocelyn Castro - Antelope Valley, Jr
Destinee King - Quartz Hill, So
Brandi Dawson - Knight, Jr
Dianne Acosta - Palmdale, Sr
Brooke Farrell - Quartz Hill, Jr
Elizabeth Velasquez - Lancaster, Sr
Ali Cason - Highland, So
Janell Oliveres - Littlerock, Sr
Mindy Greenwaldt - Highland, Sr
Julie Nixon - Lancaster, Jr
Briana Cooksey - Palmdale, Jr
HONORABLE MENTION
Teylyn Pineira - Antelope Valley
Jennifer Prather - Eastside
Ami Leonhardi - Highland
Shelby Slagle - Knight
Ashlie Newhouse - Lancaster
Breana Hunt - Littlerock
Caitlin Raskopf - Palmdale
Sammie Murrietta - Quartz Hill
2009 ALL GOLDEN LEAGUE TEAM
July 7th 2009
Four Local Softball Players Receive National Honors
The accomplishments of four local high school softball players did not go unnoticed by the national media.
Shawna Wright of Lancaster and Alena Murgatroyd were named to the All State Softball Team.
Adriana Perez of Paraclete and Kassie Benson of Rosamond were named to the All State Small School Team.
Wright of Lancaster was also named to the EA Sports All-American Team.
July 22nd, 2009
The AVGSA U12 girls won the 2009 Pacific Coast "C" regionals this past weekend in San Diego, Qualifying them for the California State Games.
The girls played 2 games on Friday, and continued in the winners bracket on Saturday. Saturday was a little more difficult, and they ended up playing 2 games in which they had to come from behind and win to stay in the winner's bracket.
AVGSA Girls Qualify for Regionals
Both games went to International Tie-Breakers, in which AVGSA came out on top.
The first tie-breaker was against Atascadero U12 and the second was against Fallbrook U12. The championship game was played against Rialto U12, with Rialto winning. 21-18. But, because it was a double-elimination tournament, and A.V. came in from the winner's bracket, undefeated, Rialto had to beat AV again. This time, the AV girls won easily 14-2.
This is the first AVGSA Team to win a Regional Tournament. Pictured above are,
Row 1 (Bottom) : Tasha Holman, Lendra "Spike", Kaylene Gully, Shae Metzgar, Taylor Sieffers
Row 2: (Middle): Angie Ochoa, Shaunice Grimes, Jessica Moreno, Alexxiss Diaz, Monica Williams, Dani Villanueva, Coach Susan Metzgar, Coach Tracy Holman
Row 3 (Top): Coach Calvin Jamison, Manager Jesse Rangel
Keyed by excellent defense, the Lancaster AV Phantom team won the Southern California ASA 18U B State Championship giving them a spot to play In the ASA 18U B National Championships which takes place in Lancaster at the end of July. The Phantom rolled through the tournament with an undefeated record (5-0) and outscored their opponents 41 - 9.
July 18th, 2009
Phantom Wins ASA "B" State Title
