The Sunnyvale Sun
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All-stars begin District 44 tourney play
By Mike Barnhart
With more than 700 boys and girls from all 14 leagues and five divisions parading in their colorful uniforms around the diamond at Santa Clara University's Schott Stadium, the District 44 Little League celebrated the beginning of its all-star baseball season on June 28.
Many supporters began getting ready for All-Star Night festivities the day before, meeting together and decorating their cars.
"I am having so much fun," smiled Paula Mogliolo Fudally, the team mother of the Campbell major all-stars. "For some players, this is their 15 minutes of fame, and we want to make sure they have the time of their lives."
Many major division all-stars from throughout District 44 have been together since they were 8 years old.
"They have a special bond and they look forward to this time of year," Mogliolo Fudally noted, expressing sentiments shared by many parents. "For the 12-year-olds, this is the end of a special part of their lives. I am sure they will look back on these times with fond memories."
District 44's five double-elimination tournaments began with six major division games on June 29. Minor (ages 9-10), junior (13-14) and senior (15-16) play opened on June 30, and the 11's got under way on July 5. First-round major winners included Southern, Metro, Campbell, Tri-Cities and Moreland. First-round junior winners were Sunnyvale National, Cupertino National, Cupertino American and Moreland.
The rosters of the four Sunnyvale leagues follow:
Sunnyvale Southern
Seniors: manager Tony Tani, coaches Paul Gonzalez and Mike Louthan, Arian Afrasiabi, Michael Aguiar, Lawrence Aragon, Tyler Ataide, Joey Austin, Jerome Barclay, John Batinich, Robbie Chin, Chris Latini, Anthony O'Malley, Nathan Raff, Robert Ramer, Kurtis Swain, Darren Ustaris.
Juniors: manager Dave Kaefer, coach Dave Del Vecchio, Shane Bond, Tyler Bond, Ben Chang, Randy Cressler, Jason Dwelle, Matt Healy, Derek Huber, Eric Johnson, Jamal Lowe, Matt Maksim, Michael Marshall, Geoffrey Perkins.
Majors: manager Doug Warmke, coach Vic Rodrigo, Tony Carlotta, Niko Cepeda, Prudhvi Gadiraju, Johnnie Greco, Austin Gregory, Nikko Hill, Andy Ishii, Brenden Johnson, Owen Price, Victor Rodrigo, Brandon Ustaris, Nicolas Warmke.
10/11: manager Eric Davis, coach Blake Billiet, Steven Canale, Clayton Davis, Trevor Dos Santos, Henry Greco, Jon Hamada, Grant Huber, Aaron Johnson, Erik Krogstad, Travis Nichols, Tyler Pineda, Nathaniel Wong.
9/10: manager Steve Hance, coach Ken Bockholt, Justin Bockholt, Michael Cammarata, Thomas Casselman, Dylan Fealtman, Nick Felipa, Aaron Hance, Steven Kwan, Taiki Maeda, Abishek Rajkumar, Kyle Riemenschnitter, Andrew Shao, Quentin Warmke.
9-year-old friendship: manager Bob Wood, Justin Bockholt, Matthew Burke, Andrew Casselman, Dylan Fealtman, Nicholas Hance, Matthew Kelleher, Steven Kwan, Ben Larson, Dalton Miner, Kyle Riemenschnitter, Quentin Warmke, Bobby Wood.
8-year-old friendship: manager Mike Takahara, Matthew Burke, Andrew Casselman, Evan Chu, Trevor Enswiler, Nicholas Klein, Amit Kohli, Seth Krogstad, Kellie Lackey, Jake Larson, Dalton Miner, Jason Ralph, Joshua Takahara.
Sunnyvale National
Majors: manager Terence Rajah, coaches Steve Flores, Marlon Montano, Shawn Moudy and Bill Nowlin, Abraham Arias, Brian Zeng, Harrison Moudy, Tony Montano, Justin Rajah, Adam Verbrugge, A.J. Perez, Grant Shomberg Jake Collins, Kenny Fisher, Logan Nowlin , Ridge Fernandez, Lexy "Bubba" Winters.
Sunnyvale Metro
Majors: manager Gil Molina, Alex Bernauer, Daniel Chae, Alex Kwiatkowski, Brandon Farrell, Tyler Hawkinson, Nick Hoy, Joe Manuel, Davis Messer, Nicholas Molina, Sean Mulcahy, Bailey Owen, Matthew Rikimaru, Yuki Umeda.
10/11: manager Dave Ball, Thomas Ball, Max Brogley, Justin Chen, Hunter Haniger, Kevin Case, Jay Iyer, Zachary Tokuno, Michael Manriquez, Richard Reed, Shouvik Paul, Joe Caires, Anthony Deak, Katsuya Araki.
9/10: manager Ron Kundich, Bryce Farrell, Cole Kundich, Jordan Kassen, Jacob Hessler, Josh Chestnut, Drew Pfeifer, Sid Iyer, Nathan Tokuno, Kyle Avvakumovits, Jacob Otonari, Myles Wolf, Jeffery Boyanich, Arthur Pan.
Sunnyvale Serra
Seniors: manager Jeff Kamradt, Paul Kamradt, Kyle Soutar, Ryan Hu, Justin Matsuura, Sean Gambill, Nick Utley, Craig Taubman, Daniel Willems, Zach Snyder, Joey Whitworth, Kyle Lopez, Brennen Crawford, Devan Ramsour, Ryan Harryman.
Majors: manager Kevin Lyon, coach Devin Joos, Kevin Convissar, Curtis Currier, Peter Esparza, Jeffrey Hardy, Ashnti Hunter, David Item, Pablo Lozano, Todd Matsuura, Ross Slaney, Casey Douglas, Lawson Joos, Justin Lyon.
10-11: manager Melvin Hirata, coach Scot Strotman, David Almas, Bryan Erickson, Isaac Hirata, Andrew James, Joel Kitchen, Ryan Ozawa, Trevor Price, Derek Rositas, Michael Todd, Zachary Tolentino, Ron Yeshoshua, Drew Strotman.
9-10: manager Jay Cena, Kazuki Aihara, Willliam Palmer, Lane Robinette, Andrew Weisner, Edric Wong, Preston Heen, Jay Slaney, Brian Willems, Danny Takahashi, Justin Cena, Kieran Bradford, Kent Perry.
