On the identical day Corona Centennial was enjoying Mater Dei in soccer, the sounds of baseballs coming off aluminum bats may very well be heard from the Centennial batting cage. Solely in sunny Southern California does baseball maintain going month after month. On this event, the Huskies are attempting to maintain up within the talent-laden Large VIII League that features powerhouses Corona and Norco.
Centennial, which completed in third place final season, has three sophomores who began and carried out nicely as freshmen: Infielder Ethan Miller (.298 batting common), infelder Ethan Lebreton (.304) and outfielder Jesse Mendoza (.314).
It was an Ethan-to-Ethan double play mixture at shortstop and second base for a lot of the 12 months. All that have hitting in opposition to the likes of Seth Hernandez and dealing with a Corona staff that had three first-round draft picks ought to repay within the spring.
One baseball participant absent was the beginning middle fielder, Jaden Stroll-Inexperienced, who was busy on the soccer area getting two interceptions and kicking two area targets in a 43-36 upset of Mater Dei.
“I’m everything. I’m the utility player,” Stroll-Inexperienced mentioned.
