1. Brennan Allen, 2 Austin Benson, 3. Cameron Bogle, 4. Mackenzie Cahoon , 5. Kevin Clutter, 6. Dalton Cryderman, 7. Ryan Davis, 8. Joel Firman, 9. Tyler Hutto, 10. Jessie Keliiliki, 11. Bryan Mazzitelli, 12. Kyle Mollenberg, 13. Michael Parrott, 14. DJ Vallala .

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2009 WA.State Tournament

WA State Championship Photos

 

Game 1. Was a tough loss to D3 team Nisqually Basin LL 3-1. The rest of the write up to follow.

Game 2. Kent 9      Sno-Valley 3

Kent scored their first run of the game when lead-off batter Cameron Bogle scored on a ground ball to the right side by Jesse Keliiliki. They scored again in the third inning on an RBI single by Kevin Clutter to drive in Tyler Hutto from second base. Clutter would then shut down opposing batters in the first 2 innings by retiring all 6 batters. But the visiting Titans from Sno-Valley North came back to tie the game in the bottom of the third with hits from Matt Ortega, Jacob Gilles, and Nick Prather. D.J. Vallala then led off the fourth inning for Kent with a deep fly ball to the fence in center field for a double. This ignited the Kent offense for three more hits: Singles from Brian Mazzitelli and Keliiliki and another double from Bogle. This resulted in two runs to put Kent ahead by two once again. Mac Cahoon came in to pitch for Kent in the fourth inning. After giving up a walk to the lead-off batter who would eventually score, Cahoon pitch lights out for the rest of his three innings of work giving up no more runs and striking out three. He got a little defensive help from Mazitelli at second base for the first out in the fifth when Brian ranged to his left on the edge of the outfield grass to scoop up a ground ball and fire to first base for the putout. Kent had two outs with nobody on base in the sixth inning when they went on a two-out rally like no other. Keliiliki got on with a walk, stole second and then was hit in by Clutter who would advance to third on a single by Michael Parrot. Both Clutter and Parrot would score on miscues by the Titan's defense. Kent then scored three runs off four hits in the top of the seventh: Singles from Bogle, Clutter, and Parrot, and a triple by Keliiliki. Cameron Bogle came in to finish the game in the bottom of the seventh by allowing no runs and striking out two batters. He got defensive help from an outstanding play by third baseman D.J. Vallala who got a great jump on a foul ball that looked like it might be out of play, but D.J. managed to haul it in after sliding to stop just short of the fence along the third base side. Kent now faces Hazel Dell from District 6 on Wednesday evening (7/22) at 6:30 at Bothell High School.

 

Game 3. Kent 8  Hazel Dell 3     Kent now moves on to play a combination team from District 8 on Friday at 
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State Game 4, July 24, 2009 Kent  11      N. East / RUG  1

For Kent's fourth game of the tournament, they faced the host team from District 8 which is a combined team from Northeast Seattle and Roosevelt/University/Greenlake or N. East / RUG as they known on the bracket. The first two innings of this game started out for Kent the way the first two innings of all three other State tournament games have for Kent: Scoreless. But Kent's Defense has always kept them in every game. This game would be no exception. Kevin Clutter started the game on the hill for Kent and kept District 8 hitters at bay for three scoreless innings. He got help from short stop Cameron Bogle in the second when Cameron made a spectacular play ranging way to his right, making the backhanded grab and making a solid long throw to first base for the out. Two batters later, Austin Benson fielded a single in left field and threw a strike to catcher Kyle Mollenberg at home who would tag the potential go-ahead run. Bogle would start off a very long offensive half of the third inning for Kent with a single. His hit was followed by singles from Jesse Keliiliki, Kevin Clutter and Kyle Mollenberg sprinkled in between several walks and a couple of errors for a total of eight runs before the third inning was done. District 8 would get on the board in the fourth inning with back-to-back singles from Colin Bridges and Eric Luth. After that, Michael Parrot came into the game and struck out the next three batters in a row. In Kent's half of the fourth, Kevin Clutter would lead off with a single and then score on a single from Michael Parrot. Parrot would stymie District 8 hitters once again in the 5 th giving up just one hit and no runs. In the bottom of the fifth Benson reached first on a single, Keliiliki walked and Clutter hit another RBI single to score Benson. Keliiliki would score the winning run on an RBI bunt from Dalton Cryderman to end the game with the score 11 - 1. Kent has made to the final four teams in the tournament. They will now face East Jefferson on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at 2:00 at Bothell High School.

Game 5. July 25, 2009 Kent  5      East Jefferson  1 Now down to the final four teams in the tournament, Kent faced off with East Jefferson this afternoon in Bothell. East Jefferson got on the board early when their leadoff hitter, Lucas Dukek hit a double and then scored on a ground ball to third. Kent would answer in the third when, with two outs, Mac Cahoon hit a single, Brennan Allen was hit by a pitch, and then D.J. Vallala drove in Cahoon on a single. In the bottom of the third, East Jefferson had runners on first and second with just one out. Devin Manix then hit a high pop-up in foul territory to the right and way behind first base. First Baseman, Kevin Clutter, ran and just barely reach and catch the ball up against the fence, and then fired a bullet across the diamond to third base to get the runner tagging up from second base for the third out. Kent was unable to score in the fourth. But then in the bottom of the fourth with a runner on second with no outs, Short Stop Cameron Bogle took a ground ball and fired to first for one out, and then Clutter threw across the diamond to Vallala at third to get East Jefferson's runner who had rounded third and was trying to get back to the bag. This proved to be a crucial out as the next batter would single to right. Cahoon would get the final out of the inning by throwing three straight strikes. In the fifth inning, again with two out, Jesse Keliiliki hit a triple to deep right center field to score Austin Benson. Keliiliki was then hit in by Clutter on the next at bat to make the score 3 – 1. Unable to score in the sixth, Kent's defense came through again in the bottom of the inning when, with a runner on second and one out, second baseman, Michael Parrot snagged a line drive and quickly fired to second for the final out of the inning. Kent would tack on two more in the seventh. Austin Benson hit an RBI double to drive in Bogle who reached on an error. Clutter then singled up the middle to drive in Benson to put Kent up 5 – 1. Bogle then came in to pitch in the bottom of the seventh. Then with two outs, short stop Brian Mazzitelli ranged way to his left to somehow get to a ball that looked like it was going to be a base hit up the middle, and then fired to first for the final out. Kent now plays Evergreen from District 4 on Sunday, July 26 th at 2:00 at Bothell High School.

Game 6. Kent lost a heartbreaker to Evergreen 9-7 today and finish the State Tournament a very creditable 3rd. After losing their first game Kent fought hard all week. Congratulations boys on an excellent job !! Kent LL is very proud of the way you represented our league. A full summary of the game will be forthcoming.

Kent Reporter Newspaper Article

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District 10 Championship Tournament

Game 4, July 5, 2009

Kent 11  Soundview 1

Having lost their first game of the tournament, Soundview had a great run of three straight wins on an uphill climb to get to the championship game through the back door to face Kent in the District 10 Championship on Sunday. Starting pitcher Jesse Keliiliki retired the first two batters before giving up a double to Ryan Lensagrav in the top of the first. Ryan Davis then made a great catch in deep left field to end Soundviews turn in the first. After a few miscues by Soundview's defense, Cameron Bogle was able to score without the benefit of a base hit. Then, with one man on, Jesse Keliiliki hit an RBI double to deep left field. Kevin Clutter then followed with an RBI single to finish the scoring for Kent in the first. Keliiliki struck out three batters for a scoreless top half of the second. With one out in the bottom of the second, Cameron Bogle hit a triple to set up a squeeze bunt by Tyler Hutto for Kent's only score of the second inning. Both teams were scoreless in the third. Then, with two outs and runners on first and third in the top of the fourth, Michael Parrot came in to help get Kent out of a jam by getting the third out on a fly ball to center field. Kent scored three runs in the fourth with singles by Bogle, Keliiliki and Parrot. Both teams retired the first three batters in the fifth which included two of short stop Brian Mazzitelli's four infield putouts for the game. Soundview then got on the board in the sixth with back to back singles by Ryan Lensagrav and Hayden Smith followed by an RBI single from Jordan Love. That would turn out to be the only score in the game by Soundview. Dalton Cryderman came off the bench for Kent in the bottom of the sixth to hit a lead-off double. Keliiliki followed with a stand up triple. Kevin Clutter then hit Keliiliki in with an RBI single. Ryan Davis would come in to pinch run for Clutter and was able to score on a wild pitch. This made the score 10 – 1. Austin Benson then reached first after getting hit by a pitch. And finally, Kyle Mollenberg hit a walk off single to put Kent up by 10 to end the game in the bottom of the sixth. Kent Seniors now move on to the State Tournament at Bothell High School on Saturday, July 18 th . They will face the District 3 champions for their first game starting at 3pm.

Game 3, July 2, 2009

Kent 8  Federal Way American 3

On another beautiful night for baseball at Auburn's Brannon Park, Kent Seniors took on Federal Way American with an opportunity to advance to the District 10 finals. Kent got an immediate jolt in the first inning from Tyler Hutto when he stroked a ball into right field for a triple. Kevin Clutter then drove him in on a single for the first RBI of the game. Federal way then looked like they were going to follow suit when Clark Colvin Jr. led off with a double to left field. But Kent's defense was able to prevent any runs from scoring in the first. Kent's offense was not able to score in the second. But starting pitcher Kevin Clutter struck out the side. Jesse Keliiliki crossed the plate in the third for Kent's second run by singling, stealing, and then getting driven in on a single by Austin Benson. But Federal Way American made it a new ball game when their catcher, Blake Koler, hit a bases clearing triple with two men on in the bottom of the third. Not to be deterred, Kent followed with back-to-back doubles from Kyle Mollenberg and D.J. Vallala. After Vallala's RBI, Kent managed to score two more runs on errors. Then in the bottom of the fourth, Federal Way's Alec Dennis led off with a single and later scored on an infield out for their only run of the inning. Despite a lead-off single from Austin Benson to start the fifth, Kent was not able to score but they were able to play defense… Jessie Keliiliki made a diving gem of a catch as he sprinted in from Center field toward second base to deny Federal Way's lead-off batter of a base hit. That set the tone for the rest of the game as Kent would not allow any more Federal Way runs for the rest of the game. After a scoreless sixth inning, Kent scored three runs in the seventh on three walks, a hit batter, and a couple of errors. Michael Parrot closed out the game and did not allow a single base runner in his three innings of work. Kent now moves on to the district final which will be played at Brannon Park in Auburn at noon on Sunday, July 5 th .

Game 2, June 30, 2009

Kent 5  Steel Lake 2

After a scoreless 1 st inning for both teams, Kent got on the board in the 2nd inning after Michael Parrott doubled and later scored on a wild pitch. After a leadoff double in the 3 rd , Cameron Bogle was thrown out at home trying to score on a single by Tyler Hutto. Kevin Clutter then singled and both Ryan Davis who came in to run for Clutter and Tyler Hutto would score on Austin Benson's triple down the right field line. Benson would score on the next play off a single by Michael Parrott. Then, after a scoreless inning for both teams in the 4th, Steel Lake finally got on the board in the 5 th with 2 runs on 2 hits. Kent responded in the bottom of the 5 th by loading the bases for D.J. Vallala who worked a full count and fouled off 2 tough pitches from Steel Lake pitcher Ty Zumwalt before drawing a walk for Kent's 5 th and final run. Jessie Keliiliki started on the Mound for Kent , gave up just 1 earned run in 5 innings pitched, and struck out 7 Steel Lake batters. Cameron Bogle would come in to pitch the 6 th and 7 th innings to stymie Steel Lake 's offense by striking out 4 and giving up just 1 hit and no runs. The final score was Kent 5, Steel Lake 2. Kent Seniors now move on to face Federal Way American on Thursday, July 2 at 8:00 pm at Brannon Park in Auburn .

 

Game 1 v's South Hill ended prematurely with Kent winning 19- 0