The Fountain Valley Youth Baseball Bronco A...

The Fountain Valley Youth Baseball Bronco A All-Star team powered

its way through the PONY Sectional Tournament last weekend in Garden

Grove to earn a first round bye in the upcoming Regional Tournament,

which will be held later this month in Whittier.

Fountain Valley defeated Placentia, Newport Harbor, and Los Alamitos

in a three-day span to run their win streak to 15 games.

Fountain Valley 15, Placentia 3

Thomas Marcin allowed just one run on four hits in four innings

pitched as Fountain Valley opened tournament play last Friday with the

rout. Garrett Leon had two doubles and three RBI, and Jason Croswell,

Jeff Roth, and Chad Blauer all had multiple RBIs.

Fountain Valley 7, Newport Harbor 6

On Saturday, Fountain Valley’s 13-game win streak was in jeopardy as

Newport Harbor scored four first inning runs. However, Fountain Valley’s

comeback began when Garrett Leon doubled home Jason Croswell and later

scored on a passed ball, and Cameron McMullen drove in Chad Blauer to

narrow the deficit to 4-3. But Newport struck for two more runs in the

third inning for a 6-3 lead, but Fountain Valley came within 6-4 when

Croswell scored. With relief pitcher Jeff Hann shutting down Newport over

the final three innings, the Fountain Valley bats came alive in the

sixth. McMullen doubled up the alley in left field, and Leon scored on a

fielder’s choice to make it a 6-5 game. With the bases loaded in the

seventh inning, Branden Lawson drew an RBI walk to tie the score, and

Hann drove in Croswell with the winning run.

Fountain Valley 12, Los Alamitos 2

Pitcher Jeff Roth held Los Alamitos to four hits with four strikeouts

in four innings, and reliever Thomas Marcin closed by allowing just one

hit in two innings as Fountain Valley rolled in the championship game. In

a collective effort offensively, Garrett Leon, Cameron McMullen, Jake

Mahlstedt, Kyle Mastel, Marcin, and Roth all had RBIs.