| 2006
CIF BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS PHOTO GALLERY | TO
CONTINUE TO THE PREP BASEBALL
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CLICK HERE. | | DIV.
II FINAL -- GROSSMONT 3, MONTGOMERY 2 (8 inn.) |
| Photos
by Greg Eichelberger | | |
| Derek Baum lifts
a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th inning... | | ...which
scores Bryan Haar with the game-winning run... | | ...
which ignites the celebration for the Div. II champions... | | ...as
winning pitcher A.J. Griffin hoists the "hardware"... | | ...
the fourth CIF title captured by head coach Rob Phillips. |
| Photos
by Travis Downs | | |
| Bryan Haar
is blinded by his helmet upon stealing second base
in the 8th inning. A throwing
error on the play allowed Haar
to advance to third base, eventually scoring
the winning run. | | Justin
Mason, who entered the ballgame as a late-inning defensive substitute at shortstop,
cleanly handles an 8th-inning grounder. | | P
A R T Y - T I M E ! |
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| DIV. III FINAL -- VALHALLA
4, CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC 1 |
| Photos
by Greg Eichelberger | | |
| Jeff Sopata lines a
2-run single to left in the 1st inning
for a quick 2-1 Norsemen lead over the
Dons. | | Starting
pitcher Bobby Wilkins allowed just four hits
over five innings of work to garner
the victory. | | Pinchrunner
Jonathan Alfano scores one of two
insurance runs in the 5th inning. | | Big
brother David Frank gives little bro' Trevor Frank
a giant hug of congratulations
in the postgame hoopla. | | Norsemen
head coach Steve Perdue 'do that funky chicken.' |
| Photos
by Adolfo Villanueva (click
here) | | |
| The "Usual
Suspects" raced to a 5-0 mark in the playoffs. | | Along
the rail of the dugout, several Norsemen await the final out. | | Tomas
Karagianes steals second base in 3rd-inning action. |  |  | Jason
Kutzler is forced out at second base (left), but he breaks-up
the double play
attempt with a hard slide in the 3rd inning. | | Jeff
Sopata receives instruction from
Norsemen assistant coach Troy Perdue. | | | | Eric
Julienne (top photos) fires a pitch to catcher David Frank. | | Greg
Garcia gets dirty with the second run
on Sopata's first-inning basehit to left
field. | | The
"Usual Suspects" capture first title in school's 34-year history.
(so
we posted the picture twice!) | | The
coach and the hardware. | | CIF-San
Diego Section commissioner Dennis Ackerman (left) offers congratulations. Ackerman's
son, Dominic, helped the Poway Titans upend the Fallbrook Warriors, 6-2, to capture
the Div. I championship. |
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