[00:00:02] WELCOME, EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. [1. CALL TO ORDER] THAT'S RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS AND GIRLS. [APPLAUSE] HARD WORK. WE'RE GOOD. WITH THAT IF EVERYBODY COULD RISE AGAIN AND PLEASE, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FLAGS RIGHT OVER HERE. PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. HATS OFF. READY, BEGIN. ROLL CALL, MR. DUFF. [4 a. Presentation to the La Verne Little League Teams] WELL, WE HAVE A CELEBRATION TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS, GIRLS, GIRLS AND BOYS FOR THE WONDERFUL SEASON. CONGRATULATION TO THE COACHES, THE FAMILIES. YOU GUYS WERE AMAZING. AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ON. FIRST OFF, WHICH IS OUR GRACE NAPOLITANO, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN. AND SHE IS SHE PLAYED SOFTBALL AND ALSO HER DAUGHTER, I THINK, PLAYED COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL. SO SHE'S REALLY JAZZED ABOUT THIS. AND SHE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY TO YOU GUYS, PLUS SOME PRESENTATIONS. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY HELLO AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TEAMS. THEY'RE TO BE COMMENDED. THE PARENTS, THE COACHES, EVERYBODY INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING YOUTH IN SPORTS. WE DON'T CELEBRATE WHAT THEY DO GOOD AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAMS. AND THERE ARE SOME CERTIFICATES THAT WERE ISSUED. DO YOU HAVE THEM MAYOR. YES, MA'AM, WE DO. OKAY. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN. ALWAYS WITH THAT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A LITTLE BIO AND THEN I'M GOING TO BRING THE COACHES OUT AND TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM. AND AS ALWAYS, GIRLS FIRST. SO LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL ALL-STAR TEAM TO GO TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES. WE GOT ANOTHER ONE. HELLO. THIS IS REALLY LOUD. I LIKE IT. OKAY. LA VERNE WENT 8 TO 0 AND OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY A COMBINED MARGIN OF 95 TO 2. A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] COME ON. COME ON, COME ON. TO MAKE THEIR TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA EVEN MORE SATISFYING WAS THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO BEAT ARIZONA TWICE TO GET THERE. IN 2021, IT WAS ARIZONA WHO ENDED THE LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL. THIS YEAR, LA VERNE BEAT ARIZONA TWICE AND DID SO BY A MARGIN OF 20 TO 1. THE TEAM WAS MANAGED BY CHRISTIAN TORRES AND WAS COACHED BY MIKE MANN AND LORETTA WASHINGTON. THE TEAM ROSTER IS AS FOLLOWS. I'M GOING TO HAVE MR. MANN AND KRISTEN COME UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE TEAM ROSTER. COME ON UP. I WANT TO SAY, TOO, THAT WE WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE TEAM AND ALL OF OUR COUNCIL AND THE CITY. WE PUT BANNERS UP, SO WE'RE JUST EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT DO WELL, JUST IN ALL OF OUR TEAMS THAT JUST COMPETE. AND WE'VE JUST GOT THIS. WE'RE A SMALL LITTLE CITY, BUT WE'RE TINY BUT MIGHTY AND WE REALLY DO A GREAT JOB. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU. KRISTIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND COACHES. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANKS FOR HAVING US. A LOT OF OUR GIRLS, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE SOME BUSY SCHEDULES AND WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. SO WE HAVE STRONG REPRESENTATION HERE, THOUGH. WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM HERE. THOSE ARE OUT HERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY. MIKE WILL KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATE. PEYTON MANN, PEYTON IS OUR YOUNGEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM. SHE CAME OUT AND SHE HUNG WITH A BIG GIRLS AND WE WERE VERY PROUD AND SHE WAS A HUGE INSPIRATION TO OUR TEAM. SHE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS HER FATHER. PROUD FATHER. WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER? LANEY SWEENEY, OUR CATCHER. THE FORCE BEHIND THE PLATE. COME ON UP, LANEY. OKAY. LANEY PLAYED TWO YEARS WITH US AND SHE CAUGHT A LOT OF INNINGS AND NEVER COMPLAINED. [00:05:06] AND SHE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR VERY AND HAD A HUGE BAT. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER. GOOD JOB, LAINEY. TO PLAY ONE MORE TIME. AGAIN, SHE'S SHE'S NOT AGED OUT, SO MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE SHE MIGHT DO IT AGAIN. AINSLEY DORNIC. AINSLEY DORNIC. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT WITH US. AINSLEY IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR 11 YEAR OLDS. LEFTY PITCHER. SHE SHE THREW ON THE MOUND FOR US QUITE A BIT. AINSLEY WAS GREAT. SHE IS NOT HERE. YEAH. AARON GARCIA. SHE WAS A RETURNING PLAYER, BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. SHE WAS OUR OUTFIELD AND SHE WAS A GREAT PART OF OUR TEAM. SHE IS NOT HERE, YAY, AARON. LEILA WASHINGTON IS ALSO A SECOND YEAR PLAYER IN THE SERIES WITH US. LEILA HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SHE WAS THE FORCE AT SECOND BASE LEADOFF HITTER. SHE LED US IN BATTING. DON'T LET HER SIZE FOOL YOU. SHE LET US IN THE BATTING AVERAGE IN THE WORLD SERIES. RYAN TORRES. RYAN IS ALSO RETURNING PLAYER. AND LAST YEAR, RYAN PITCHED FOR US THIS YEAR. SHE PLAYED SHORTSTOP FOR US. UTILITY? YES. AVA FISHER. AVA'S NOT HERE. AVA WAS OUR THIRD BASEMAN, AND I'M BUMMED SHE'S NOT HERE EITHER, SO. BUT AVA WAS AWESOME. YEAH, AVA. I'M SOPHIA [INAUDIBLE]. SHE WAS ALSO A LEADING FORCE IN CENTER FIELD AND ALSO OUR SECOND STRING CATCHER. NOT HERE. KYLIE CHAVEZ. KYLIE HELD IT DOWN AT FIRST BASE. KYLIE HAD A HOME RUN IN THE WEST REGION. MAYBE BIG RBI, STATE, OK. SHE IS NOT HERE. ZOE COLBURN. ZOE WAS ONE OF OUR PITCHERS AND OUTFIELDERS, AND ZOE ALSO LET US IN THE WORLD SERIES WITH BATTING AVERAGE. NOT HERE. ADRIAN ORTIZ, OUR SPEED DEMON. YES. COUNT ON HER TO GET IN. YOU CAN COUNT ON ADRIAN TO GET IN A PICKLE OR SOMETHING CRAZY. AND ALSO, ONE OF OUR BEST OUTFIELDERS, ADRIAN, IS A SECOND YEAR RETURNER. SHE PLAYED WITH US LAST YEAR IN THE SERIES AS WELL. KATIE COLD IRON, OUR PITCHER, OUR LEAD P ONE. SHE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT. KATIE HELD IT DOWN ON THE MOUND VERY WELL FOR US. SO WE WANT TO GIVE HER A PLUS FOR SURE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BAILEY OSBOURNE, BAILEY HIT A HOME RUN. AND IN THE, IN WEST REGION. WAS THAT WHAT IT WAS? WHICH GAME WAS THAT? ERIC TO NEVADA. SHE HIT A HOME RUN AND ALSO PLAYED OUTFIELD FOR US. GOOD JOB, BAILEY. MIKE MANN. MIKE WAS OUR FIRST BASE COACH AND ALSO LIFE MENTOR. COUNSELOR. TEEN MOM, RAPPER, TEAM COMEDIAN. KNOW LOTS OF LOTS OF TITLES, BUT NOT ALL RAP. NO RAP. YEAH. YEAH, FOR SURE. MIKE WAS A BIG PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE VENTURE, AND WE WOULD HAVE DIED WITHOUT HIM. AND WHERE IS SHE? LORETTA, WHERE ARE YOU? LORETTA WASHINGTON. YES, YES. LORETTA, THIS IS HER THIRD COACHING RUN WITH ME. WE DID A RUN WITH SOME OLDER GIRLS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. BUT LORETTA, THIS IS HER THIRD RUN. AND LAST YEAR WAS A COACH WITH US IN THE SERIES. AND IT WAS IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HER BY OUR SIDE. AND ALSO, WHERE'S BRANDON? BRANDON THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT BRANDON EITHER. BRANDON WAS A HUGE PART OF IT. WHEN IT CAME TO BRANDON'S TIME, RESOURCES OR BELIEF LIKE IT WAS UNLIMITED WITH HIM. SO THANK YOU, BRANDON. APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU GUYS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PART IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND WE WERE GETTING UPDATES ALL THE TIME. AND IT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF. ALL OF US DO. I MEAN, I COACHED SOCCER FOR LORD KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS AND I WAS INVOLVED IN BASEBALL AND WATER POLO AND TENNIS AND VOLLEYBALL WITH THE KIDS. WE JUST LOVE THIS, THAT WHEN THESE CHILDREN DO WELL, THAT AND DO EXTREMELY WELL, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THEM. [00:10:06] AND IT WAS GREAT YOU GUYS WERE PUMPING THIS WITH INFORMATION. IT WAS LIKE EVERY SECOND WAS GOING ON. ANYTIME YOU HAD A FUNDRAISER OR ANYTHING WAS GOING ON. AND I WILL SAY TO THE PARENTS, YOU GUYS ROCK SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOU GUYS NEED TO THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THEY GOT YOU THERE. AND THESE PEOPLE UP HERE MADE SURE YOU WERE SAFE, EVEN IF YOUR BATS DIDN'T COME WITH YOU, WAS IT? YEAH. EVERYTHING CAME ON THE BUS, THE KIDS, EVERYTHING EXCEPT THEIR BATS. YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, REALLY? SERIOUSLY. BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU NEED TO SPEAK ON THIS WOMAN HERE. JUST BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MIC. AH KRISTEN ALONG WITH BRANDON, MIKE AND I AS WELL A FEW YEARS AGO HAD THIS VISION, RIGHT? SHE EXECUTED ALONG WITH HER SUPPORT. ALL OF THIS MANIFESTED IT FOR THESE GIRLS. GIRLS REALLY MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN AND CONTINUES TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN. AND SHE'S THE MOST HUMBLE LEADER THAT WE COULD BE BLESSED WITH, YOU KNOW, SO I SHE NEVER GETS ENOUGH CREDIT AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT CREDIT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK I WANT TO GET SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK, BUT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOME PICTURES OF THEIR FAMILY REAL QUICK AND THEN WE CAN DO THE BOYS. YES, WE WANT DO PICTURES. I WANT TO GET TO YOU GUYS FIRST. I KNOW YOU GOT IT. IS IT A GOOD ONE? ARE YOU SURE? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. OKAY. OUR NEXT CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. JUSTIN, THANK YOU. OKAY. WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK I NEED MY EYEBALLS. LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SENIOR BASEBALL. NOW THAT I CAN SEE, SENIOR LITTLE LEAGUE IS THE HIGHEST DIVISION OF LITTLE LEAGUE AND IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR ANY YOUTH PLAYER TO PLAY AND POSSIBLY ADVANCE THE WORLD SERIES. LITTLE LEAGUE HAS HAD SENIORS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND THIS YEAR THE TEAM ADVANCED THE FURTHEST OF ANY TEAM. THEY WENT UNDEFEATED IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND ADVANCED TO THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT. IN DISTRICTS, THEY BEAT POMONA TWICE TO WIN THE DISTRICT TITLE AND ADVANCE TO THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT. IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT, THEY WENT 4 TO 1 TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT. IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THE TEAM WENT 4 TO 2 TO ADVANCE TO THE WEST REGION TOURNAMENT. THESE ARE A LOT OF ADVANCES GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ALREADY FOR THAT. LET'S GO. [APPLAUSE] IN THE WEST REGION TOURNAMENT, THE TEAM WENT TWO TO TWO. THE TEAM IS MANAGED BY BRANDON MOLDER AND WAS COACHED BY JOSHUA ALBA AND KEVIN DUFFIELD. THE TEAM ROSTER IS AS FOLLOWS. COACH'S COME ON UP. YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THESE NAMES. CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS. CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM AND FAMILY. OH, THANKS. WHAT? CAN I PUT THIS RIGHT HERE? SURE. SURE. YEAH. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT, WELL, FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME IN ATTENDANCE TODAY AND ALSO TO THE GIRLS. ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. I LOVE FOLLOWING YOU GUYS ON THIS JOURNEY. AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. AND AS YOU GUYS GO ALONG IN YOUR LIVES, YOU'LL REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THESE MOMENTS WERE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THAT. AND KRISTIN, PHENOMENAL JOB. IT'S BEEN A RIDE. IT'S BEEN A RIDE. SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. AND MIKE HAS ACTUALLY INSPIRED THEM THAT ONE NIGHT WHEN WE CALL THEM IN OAKLAND. YEAH. SO THE GIRLS WILL HAVE. YEAH, WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT. BUT HEY, JUST REAL QUICK ON THE JOURNEY. SO JUST FOR FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING SENIORS SO I KNOW TIM ALLUDED TO, WE'VE HAD IT FOR FIVE YEARS. SO WHAT SENIORS IS, IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF BASEBALL. MAJORITY OF THE PLAYERS ARE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS. BUT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL THIS SEASON IS THAT MOSTLY FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS, IT'S JUST BEEN BENITA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS. THIS YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR. WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED OUT TO OTHER AREAS AND WE'RE SENIORS. WE'RE ALLOWED TO ABSORB DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, SO WE HAD MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS REPRESENTED WITHIN THE AREA. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY COOL TEAM. THE PARENTS, IT'S A WILD RIDE BECAUSE IT GETS THROWN TOGETHER SO FAST. THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT IFS AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. AND FOR YOU GUYS TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU GUYS DID TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, I KNOW THE BOYS ARE THANKFUL FOR IT, BUT WE'RE THANKFUL FOR IT AS WELL. SO AROUND THE CLASS, ALL THE PARENTS. [00:15:07] AND ULTIMATELY I'VE COACHED WITH THESE GUYS THE LAST TWO SEASONS AND COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM BECAUSE I GOT A HECTIC SCHEDULE AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A LOT OF THE GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WHEN YOU GUYS PICKED UP THE SLACK AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. WE LEANED ON EACH OTHER FOR DECISIONS IN THE GAME AND IN SUPPORT. THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY. THEY GO THE VANS UP TO UP TO OAKLAND. SO OBVIOUSLY IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THOSE BOYS WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THERE. WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF A LOT OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS UP THERE AND OAKLAND, TO SAY THE LEAST. AND THROUGH ALL OF THAT, WITHOUT THEIR LEVEL HEADS AND WITHOUT US COMING TOGETHER AND FIGURING OUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANS, WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED UP THERE. BUT THANK GOD WE GOT OUR VOICE THERE AND BACK HOME SAFE. SO WORK FOR THAT. AND THE GAMES. THE GAMES ARE TOUGH. SO YEAH, WE ONCE WE DID WIN THAT STATE TOURNAMENT TO MAKE IT TO THE WEST REGION, BUT IT WASN'T EASY. WE HAD TO WIN FOUR GAMES IN THREE DAYS AND WE CAME BACK AND WON A NAIL BITER AT THE END. WE'RE DOWN. WE ARE DOWN. YEAH, WE WERE DOWN THREE RUNS IN THE LAST INNING AND WE ENDED UP COMING THROUGH WITH SOME CLUTCH HITS. I THINK IT WAS CORBIN HIT UP THE MIDDLE THAT THEY GOT US THROUGH AND WE WENT ON A DOUBLE STEAL TYPE OF DEAL AND HESTER CAME ACROSS AND SCORED THAT. AND I THINK DOMINIC GARCIA WAS ON THE ON THE BASELINE AND OUR I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THE PLAY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INTERNET. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS. BUT IT WAS A GOOD PLAY. BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL WE GOT. SO FIRST OF ALL, HEY BOYS, THANKS. GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL AGAIN. HAVEN'T SEEN THESE BOYS IN A LONG TIME, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THESE FRESH FACES. I COULDN'T IMAGINE DOING THIS WITH ANOTHER GROUP. YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME, TRAVELING UP TO OAKLAND AND SEEING YOU GUYS PLAY AND COMPETE AND BATTLE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST GELLING AND BONDING AND HAVING FUN IN THE HOTEL ROOMS. THAT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS HAD FUN. I THINK A LOT OF YOU GUYS MAYBE HAD A LITTLE TOO MUCH FUN, BUT DEFINITELY MEMORIES WERE MADE AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY LITTLE SPIEL. NOW WE'LL GO OVER THE ROSTERS. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT NUMBER ONE. CARTER ALBA. CARTER ALBA IS OUT THERE. HE'S ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. SO HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. BUT CARTER WAS OUR CATCHER COMING [INAUDIBLE] CLUTCH HITS. SO GOOD JOB, CARTER. THAT'S HIS DAD RIGHT THERE. SECOND GUY, DOMINICK GARCIA, HE WASN'T AT SCHOOL TODAY, WASN'T FEELING WELL, SO HE STAYED HOME. BUT DOMINIC ALSO WAS A CONTRIBUTOR ON OUR TEAM, MIDDLE INFIELD. SECOND LEAD OFF TYPE OF GUY. SO HERE'S ONE OF THOSE CROSS SCHOOL GUYS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AN INTEGRAL PART, RIGHT. HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS KID. NOT ONLY DID HE PLAY ON OUR SENIOR TEAM, HE WAS A HE WAS AN UMPIRE AT OUR LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL. ASHTON ROMERO. ASHTON ALSO WAS THE ONLY ONE I THINK THERE WAS TWO HOME RUNS HIT IN THE WEST REGIONS AND ASHTON HIT ONE OF THEM. IT WAS A SHOT TO THE LEFT CENTER GAP HIT THE NET. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NET, I'D STILL BE GOING, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, YEAH, I HAD A BABY. THIS GUY PLAYED WITH US LAST SEASON. I CAME BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR, PITCHED HIS BUTT OFF. WITHOUT HIM, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ADVANCED THROUGH AS FAR AS WE DID. WHERE IS HE? RIGHT HERE NOW, JACK. JACK REED. I MET HIM. HE WAS JUST HERE. I TALKED TO HIM. HI. JACK REED MET HIM. ALL RIGHT. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, HE WAS A STUD FOR US, MAN. HE WAS A LEADER. HE WHEN HE WASN'T ON, HE WAS CONSTANTLY JUST HYPING GUYS UP ON THE BENCH, HYPING GUYS UP ON THE FIELD. AND I'M ACTUALLY SAD TO HEAR THAT WHEN WE CAME BACK TO SCHOOL, I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS GUY AT PRACTICE. I'M LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? WHERE IS HE AT? THEY'RE LIKE, COACH SENIOR'S WAS HIS LAST HURRAH. I GO, WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE'S HIS SWINGING THE STICK, MAN. HE WAS RUNNING HARD. HE WAS PLAYING WELL. I MEAN, HE WAS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THAT. RIGHT NOW HE'S DONE. SO THEN WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE TRACK THE OTHER DAY, I KIND OF GAVE HIM A LITTLE TROUBLE. I SAID, IF YOU WERE TO LET ME KNOW IF IT WAS YOUR LAST YEAR WHILE WE WERE AT RG, LIKE EVERY GAME, AND HE WAS LIKE, NO, COACH. I WAS JUST HAPPY TO BE THERE. BUT HE'S A HUMBLE, HUMBLE KID. HE'S GOING TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE. MATT HESTER. SO. BECAUSE THEY'RE GROWING. THIS KID'S BEEN WITH US FROM FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD HAVE PLAYED. THE SENIORS WITH US LOVE WATCHING HIM GROW UP THROUGH THE LITTLE LEAGUES. AND I GOT A GOOD A PIECE TO SEE THESE KIDS GROW UP FROM, YOU KNOW, THE MINOR DIVISION OF LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BLESSED ENOUGH TO SEE THEM CONTINUE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS. BUT THIS KID'S BEEN BEEN A JOY TO BE AROUND. HE'S A HUMBLE KID AS WELL, A GREAT TEAM PLAYER, LITERALLY WITH A UTILITY GUY FOR US, LITERALLY PLAYED EVERYTHING. PROBABLY MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT HE'S DEFINITELY CAUGHT FOR US, BUT NOT THIS YEAR. [00:20:02] BUT PITCH AND WE NEED HIM TO COME IN AND PITCH, PITCH THIS OUT OF SOME CLUTCH, CLUTCH SITUATIONS WHEN WE'RE OUT OF PITCHING. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, HE GOT A HE HIT AND I THINK HE'S A FAN OF A LADY FAN OVER HERE. MR. CORBIN DUFFIELD. AND. I GOT NICE HAIR. YEAH, HE DOES. HE GETS THAT FROM HIS MOM. THERE YOU GO. SO THIS GUY IS NOT HERE? I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT HE WAS OUR SHORTSTOP. HE'S A GAMER. DID WHAT? YEAH, HE CAME TO AND PITCHED FOR US, TOO. A LOT OF THESE GUYS OUT HERE CAME IN THREW OFF THE BUMP AND GOT US OUT OF INNINGS. THIS GUY IS NOT HERE, BUT HE'S A STARTER. WE REALLY APPRECIATED HIS SUPPORT AND HIS PLAY. DIEGO VASQUEZ. NEXT KID. SAME THING. I SEE THIS KID GROW UP THROUGHOUT THE LEAGUE AND, YOU KNOW, GOT CLOSE WITH HIS FAMILY AND COMES FROM A GREAT, GREAT FAMILY. GREAT SET, GOOD GOOD MORALS, GOOD VALUES ON THIS KID. AND HE'S A GOOD KID. AND TO WHERE WE SEE THIS GUY REALLY JELL AND GROW AND PROSPER, HE'S WORKED SUPER HARD OVER THE LAST FEW SEASONS TO KIND OF REFINE HIS GAME AND STRENGTHEN THE AREAS THAT HE NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN. AND HE CAME OUT THIS SEASON. HE WAS A THREAT FOR US. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HE CAN DO. HE'S ALSO PLAYED WITH US A FEW YEARS ON OUR. THE JUNIOR TEAM IS BASED IN MONTOYA. WELL, YEAH. YEAH. AND HE'S A CELEBRITY. HE'S A CELEBRITY, I GUESS. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY'S NOT HERE, BUT HE WAS OUR OUTFIELDER CENTERFIELDER, LEADOFF GUY. HE DID A LOT OF STUFF FOR US. GOT HURT, SO IT WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP, BUT OBVIOUSLY, HE CONTRIBUTED TO A POINT TO WHERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE HIM, IT'D BE TOUGH TO MAKE IT. SPENCER SAVAGE. NEXT KID, MAN, HE'S A STUD. AND I LOVE THIS KID. HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM. HE CAME NEW TO THE AREA. YOU KNOW, LAST SEASON, I WAS ON MY FRESHMAN TEAM. ABSOLUTE STUD. I LOVE HIS ATTITUDE, WORK ETHIC. HE'S A HE'S A GAMER, AGAIN HE DID WHATEVER HE ASKED US TO DO. WHAT WAS THE LEAD UP GUY, THREE HOLE GUY PLAYING THE INFIELD, PLAYING IN THE OUTFIELD. COME IN AND PITCH. NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS. YES, COACH COACHING. HE DID IT WITH A SMILE AND GRITTY. I LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYS, AUSTIN OWENS. YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU. YOU. WHERE WE AT? OH. ALL RIGHT. THIS KID RIGHT HERE. HE'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE, TOO. I MEAN, HE PLAYED THEM ALL. I THINK HE PLAYED ON OUR INAUGURAL INTERMEDIATE TEAM. TELL ME WHO IT IS. THEY DON'T KNOW. HE PLAYED ON AN INAUGURAL INTERMEDIATE TEAM. HE KIND OF GREW UP WITH THE RANKS WITH US AND. HE WASN'T ORIGINALLY GOING TO PLAY AND THINGS WORKED OUT IN HIS SCHEDULE AND HE WAS ABLE TO PLAY FOR US AND BOY DID HE HELP. WHEN YOU GET DOWN IN THESE TOURNAMENTS, YOU GET LOW ON PITCHING AND YOU NEED VERSATILITY AND GUYS THAT CAN DO IT ALL. AND HE CAME UP AND HE HELPED US OUT. HE PITCHED ME SOME TOUGH GAMES. I THINK WHEN WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE WITH OAKLAND, WE NEEDED TO BRING IN ANOTHER GUY, KIND OF CHANGE THE PACE. AND HE CAME IN AND HE DID A GREAT JOB. GAVIN REIFF. THIS GUY IS NOT HERE. BUT AGAIN, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE, PLAYED IN A LOT OF HANDS. WE GOT A LOT OF GUYS. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING HERE. SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT A LOT MORE ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON COMING. THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT TO THE SENIOR LEAGUE WESTERN REGION SOUTH. SO WE NEED DEPTH. RIGHT? AND WHAT WE GOT IS DEPTH ON THIS ROSTER. WE'VE GOT HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. I CAN JUST FOLLOW HIM OVER AT CIRCLE K HE WAS GETTING A POLAR POP ON THE WAY TO HIS NEXT ON THE WAY TO HIS NEXT EVENT. HE HE'S STRETCHED THIN, BUT HE'S A STUD, TOO. HE'S GOING TO BE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. HE'S GOING TO BE BACK IN THE DIAMOND LATER THIS MONTH. BUT HE'S WORKING HARD AND HE'S JUST GOT COLTON PEREZ. THIS GUY IS ANOTHER LA VERNE KID, LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE. SEEING HIM GO UP THROUGH THE RANKS TO HELP OUT MANAGING COACH ON TEAMS. AND AGAIN, TO SEE THESE KIDS COME THROUGH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN SPECIAL. I THINK HE WENT AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT. [00:25:01] AND THEN HE CAME BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY. AND HE'S A VERSATILE PLAYER. RIGHT. AND HE PLAYED MULTIPLE POSITIONS FOR US. AND A LOT OF THE TIMES, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS, TOO, WHERE IF HE WASN'T PLAYING, HE NEVER HAD HIS HEAD DOWN. HE WAS ALWAYS IN THE GAME. HE WAS A LOUD CHEERLEADER. AND THEN WHEN HE GOT IN THERE, HE GOT A HOT BAT. HE WAS A GUY THAT WE COULD COME OUT AND COUNT ON FOR A CLUTCH HIT. AARON DURAN. CONGRATS, YOU. HEY, MAN, I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT KID, ANOTHER CROSS, ANOTHER CROSS SCHOOL KID, RIGHT? I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COACH THIS KID PRIOR TO THIS SEASON. I HEARD A LOT ABOUT HIM. AND WHEN HE SHOWED UP TO THE FIELD, HE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT. I MEAN, HE RUNS. WHAT? HE COMES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SWAG. HE'S GOT YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST THAT TYPE OF GUY. REMINDS ME A LOT OF SPENCER. SO WE HAD. WITH HIM AND SPENCER IN THE OUTFIELD WE HAD IT LOCKED DOWN. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF WORRY ABOUT A BALL THAT GOT HIT THROUGH THE GAP OR A BALL THAT GOT HIT OUT THERE. WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO GET TRACKED DOWN. HE'S FAST, HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR US ON THE BASES. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS JUST A GOOD GUY, GOOD GUY IN THE HOTEL RIGHT. DIDN'T, WAS ALWAYS SUPER POLITE AND WE APPRECIATED HIM. I REALLY ENJOYED HAVING HIM ON THE TEAM FROM DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL, JORDAN YOUNG. ALL RIGHT. OR WE JUST CALL THEM JY. THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, GUYS. 15 MORE TO GO. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT QUAD. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY, ANOTHER LA VERNE. I GREW UP IN THAT. GREW UP IN THE RANKS. CAME THROUGH AGAIN. DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COACH THEM, BUT HAD A CHANCE TO COACH WITH THEM AROUND HIM LAST SEASON. LIKE WHAT I SAW ON THE PRACTICE FIELD WHEN HE CAME OUT TO THE FIELD, A SUPER IMPRESSED AGAIN. AND THESE KIDS WERE JUST A LOT OF YOUR PARENTS. GREAT, RAISED REALLY, REALLY GOOD KIDS. I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER, MORE POLITE GROUP, HUMBLE. THAT'S JUST WHAT THESE GUYS ARE. THEY KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO LOCK IN. THIS GUY, AGAIN, PLAYED EVERYWHERE. I MEAN, HE DID WHAT HE PLAYED IN THE INFIELD. HE PLAYED IN THE OUTFIELD. HE HIT MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE LINEUP. AND IN THE END, HE CAME UP WITH SOME CLUTCH HITS. HE PITCHED A COUPLE, I THINK, STRONG GAMES FOR US IN THE IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT AND THEN EVEN IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT. HE DID A GREAT JOB. HE CAME DOWN AND FOUGHT FOR ONE GAME TO HELP US GET GET, GET THROUGH THOSE FOUR GAMES IN THREE DAYS. JD RODRIGUEZ BERNAL. GRETCHEN, THANK. HE'S. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY. SAME THING. ANOTHER LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE KID GOT TO KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY OVER THE YEARS. AGAIN, GREAT FAMILY. GREAT KID. DAD SUPPORTS THE LITTLE LEAGUE. HE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE COACHING, ALL STAR TEAMS AND REGULAR SEASON TEAMS. THIS KID WAS START GROWING UP IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND BE EVEN A BETTER PLAYER THAN HE WAS BACK IN LITTLE LEAGUE. AND THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR THIS GUY, IF HE CONTINUES TO WORK HARD, HE JUST HAS TO STAY AWAY FROM LIKE TICK TOCK CHALLENGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT IF HE STAYS FOCUSED, IF HE STAYS FOCUSED AND HE WORKS HARD THE WAY THAT HE HAS BEEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT OUT THERE WHERE AND HE'S SUPER SMOOTH WITH THE GLOVE, HE CAN SWING THE STICK. HE CAN DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT BASEBALL GUYS NEED TO DO. CODY WHITE. HERE YOU THAT WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST COUPLE OF GUYS HERE. I'M GOING TO SKIP TO THE ONE THAT'S NOT HERE. YOU WANTED TO START HERE? CAME THROUGH WITH SOME BIG HITS. TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF OUR LEADOFF HITTERS WHEN WE GOT UP TO THE WEST REGION. NORMALLY A CATCHER, BUT HE PLAYED THE OUTFIELD FOR US AND DID A GREAT JOB. DAN MUNOZ. ALL RIGHTY. HERE WE GO. NEXT GUY AGAIN, HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THIS KID OVER THE OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN I COACHED HIM BOTH AS FRESHMEN, DIDN'T GET TO COACH ONE MORE THAN I DID THE COACH ONE MORE THAN I DID THE OTHER. BUT EVERY CHANCE I GOT TO BE AROUND THIS KID, IT JUST PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE. EVERY SINGLE TIME HE SAW ME, IT WAS, HI, COACH. HOW ARE YOU, COACH? AND BOTH OF YOU GUYS SAID IT. OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY BOTH OF THESE KIDS ARE SUPER POLITE. THIS GAME WAS ALWAYS THERE. EVEN WHEN I CAME THROUGH ON CAMPUS LATE. HE WOULD ALWAYS PAUSE AND SAY HELLO. [00:30:01] HIS FAMILY WAS OPENED UP THEIR HOMES TO US FOR A TEAM DINNER WHILE WE WERE STUCK IN THERE. WE CAN ONLY EAT SO MUCH HOTEL FOOD AND MCDONALD'S, AND WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THEY HAD FAMILY UP THERE IN OAKLAND, OPENED UP THEIR HOMES. WE NEEDED THAT GETAWAY. AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE STUD. HE WAS A PITCHER FOR US. HE STRUGGLED IN ONE GAME. BUT THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT HIM IS NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS, HE KEEPS A SMILE ON HIS FACE. HE WORKS HARD. HE CAME BACK IN THE SECOND GAME AND LITERALLY PITCHED THE GYM. WE JUST COULDN'T GET IT DONE FOR HIM WITH THE BATH, BUT HE ABSOLUTELY PITCHED BY THE BEST GAME I'VE EVER SEEN THIS KID PITCH. THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR HIM AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. CAMDEN FARINA. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GOT A CHANCE TO COACH THIS KID LAST YEAR. I'VE KNOWN ABOUT HIM FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? JUST THROUGH JOSH AND KEVIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THROUGH THE BASEBALL CIRCUIT. HIS BROTHER CAME THROUGH BENITA. BUT IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE STUD FOR US. GREAT FAMILY. LIKE I SAID, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH HIM AND ALL OF YOU GUYS. AGAIN, SUPER POLITE, HUMBLE, SUPER HARD ON HIMSELF AT TIMES. SOMETIMES TOO MUCH, THOUGH. AND HE'S BEEN WORKING ON IT. HIS CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN BUILDING AND HE'S COME THROUGH SO, SO CLUTCH FOR US TO GET THROUGH HERE. HE PLAYED ANY ROLE WE ASK YOU TO DO, EVEN SHORTSTOP AT TIMES, RIGHT? AND HE STILL REMINDS ME OF THAT. BUT HE PITCH SOME HUGE GAMES, CAME IN AND SET THE GAME DOWN WHEN WE NEED TO. GOT THE CLUTCH HIT, STOLE THE EXTRA BAG, TOOK THE EXTRA BASE. HE'S AGAIN GRITTY, GAMER, HUMBLE KID, MAN. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES IN THE FUTURE. JARED KOZMA. OH, YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND THE NEXT TEAM IS GOING TO COME IN. SO FOR THE NEXT ROSTER MEETING. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I GOT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU, PARENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELL, WE'LL DO AWAY WITH THE QUESTIONS. LET'S LINE UP AT YOUR TALLEST. NOT SO TALL, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING. AND THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING COUNCIL MEETING. SO YOU GUYS CAN ALL STAY OR YOU CAN GO RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE RECESS. HOW'S THAT? THANK YOU ALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE TEAMS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.