2006 WWBA Underclass World Championship

Steve Trombly not trying to stack a team to win.

Not the first time !!!!!

Beware of the glass houses. The Trombly team that I saw this summer wad tremendous. They however did not win the AABC much to my surprise. I will be calling Steve to see if he needs a SS.

The response has been pretty good. We will definately need more pitchers if we are going to make the trip. If you are interested, please contact me.

Our program's goal is to win during the summer. During the fall/winter we use this time to showcase players and evaluate players for our summer teams.

We are going to attend this tournament!

I will start filling out the roster so if you are interested please let me know.

Coach Merc,
We do need a SS!
Give me a call.

Lest i anyone thinks my above post was directed at TROMBLY it wasnt---I am saying it is not the first time a team tried to strengthen his roster in this manner---we all do it

Our roster is coming together nicely. We have added some very good players. We are still looking for pitchers and a middle INF.

Trombly- You have a PM

I got it and will contact you tomorrow.

We are having a metting tonight and will get a better idea of who is going with us from our program. We will then know how many more spots are open. I do know that we are still going to need more pitchers.

Here is what we need to complete our roster.....

(1) Catcher
(1) SS
(3) Pitchers

We have a pretty good group going and we look forward to this tournamet. It looks like we will have players from 5 different states playing w/ us. If you are interested in coming w/ us, please contact me. If you are a coach/player/parent and you will be there, I look forward to meeting you in Florida. This should be a great weekend of baseball.

Here is a tentative roster (as of 9/21). We are still finalizing some players and looking for another player or two.


Pierce Bily-SS/OF (’09 Orange Lutheran)
Kevin Chambers-LHP/OF (’09 Capo Valley)
Adam Hochanadel-RHP/INF (’08 Columbia, CT)
Clay Kysar-1B (’08 Farmington, NM)
Artie Lopez-C (’09 Santa Clara)
Jack Marder-2B (’09 Newbury Park)
Daniel Marrs-RHP/1B (’08 Richmond, VA)
James Munoz-RHP/UTL (’08 Orange Lutheran)
Brooks Pounders-RHP/3B ('09 Temecula Valley)
Ronnie Shaeffer-C (’08 Pacifica)
Tyler Smith-3B/2B (’08 Orange Lutheran)
Trey Stastny-RHP/OF (’08 Farmington, NM)
Nick Torres-RHP/3B (’08 Edison)
Tony Valliant-RHP/INF (’08 Rancho Bernardo)
Derek Waldron-OF (’08 Canyon)

We are still looking for another pitcher or two and a Catcher.

The roster is shaping out to be pretty good. It will be a fun 4 days of baseball in Florida.

Overall it was a very successful trip for us. We finished 3-1 and outscored our opponents 33-8. We treated it like a Showcase and let all of our players play and be seen.

We dominated our Pool and went into the playoffs as the #2 seed out of 52 teams.

Our pitchers did an outstanding job. They combined to pitch 25 Innings and only allowed 8 runs on 13 hits and they struck out 37.

Daniel Marrs is the #10 ranked player in the country for the '08 class. He showed why as he dominated on the mound and did a great job at the plate too. On the mound he hit 93 MPH and pitched 6 innings and allowed 1 run on 2 hits while striking out 9. At the plate he went 4 for 7 (.571 AVG) w/ a 3B, 2 2B's, and 5 RBI.

Brooks Pounders is the #2 ranked player in CA in the '08 class (behind Temecula Valley teamate Tony Calhoun). The 6'4/210 lbs sophmore showed that he also is a 2 way threat. At the plate he went 3 for 10 (.300 AVG) w/ 3 RBI, 3 BB's, and scored 5 runs. On the mound he hit 88 mph and pitched 5 Innings and allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits. Pounders struck out 9 and walked 2.

Gray Carden-RHP/OF ('08 Leesburg) threw a NO HITTER. Carden lives in Georgia, but came out to California this past summer to play for our program. He did a very well and we were excited to have him join us in Florida. He pitched 5 innings and gave up 0 runs on 0 hits to go along with 6 K's.

Kevin Chambers-LHP/OF ('09 Capo Valley) also showed that he is one of the best players in the country for the '09 class. He pitched 3 perfect innings in our opening game. He allowed no runs/hits/walk/baserunners to go along with 6 K's. At the plate Chambers went 3 for 6 (.500) w/ 3 RBI, 2 BB's and a HBP.

Ronnie Shaeffer-C ('08 Pacifica) did a great job for us behind the plate. Offensively he went 5 for 12 (.417 AVG) and had at least 1 hit in every game. Shaeffer also had a 2B, 6 RBI, and scored 3 runs.

Derek Waldron-OF ('08 Canyon) also had a good tournament. This was his 1st wood bat event and he went 4 for 10 (.400 AVG) w/ a 2B, HBP, 3 RBI and scored 4 runs.