2008 Woodie Awards
Vaqs Slip in Season Closer Against Number One Cougars
Jake Madrigal
Issue date: 5/14/08 Section: Sports
With high hopes, the Vaquero baseball team entered its last game of the season on May 1 at home, against the College of the Canyons Cougars, but unable to pull through in the end, the Vaqs fell to a 8-5 loss.
Despite the loss, in support of his players, head coach Chris Cicuto said, "I'm proud of our performance today. We played hard, but just couldn't come through in the end."
As an unusually large crowd began to pour in on this last game of the season it looked as if the Vaqs has a good shot at taking down the number one ranked Cougars.
Entering the bottom of the second inning with zeros on the board for both teams, the Vaqs filled the bases quickly with two base hits and a walk, leaving sophomore Chris Arredondo the chance to draw blood first. Failing to score with a ground out to first, the Vaqs continued the 0-0 battle.
This did not drag the Vaqs down. Bouncing back from his failed at bat, Arredondo made an outstanding diving catch in center field to bring the Vaqs back to the plate.
Leading off the third for the Vaqs was sophomore Ellis "Elbow" Bowen who pumped up the team with a solid base hit, followed by freshman Lazaro Fantas' double that allowed Bowen to score, which was followed, by another double from sophomore John Degomez, sending Fantas in to score.
The Vaqs held and advanced their lead in the fourth by stopping the Cougars with bases loaded sending them back to the field. With the momentum on their side the Vaqs backed up their success in the third by scoring two more runs from two more doubles by Fanta and Degomez, causing the Cougars to pull their pitcher and bring in relief.
With the crowd on their side the Vaqs continued to play good defense and backed it up with some good pitching from Barret.
Just as things were looking good for the Vaqs, the Cougars proved why they were number one by scoring two on base hits caused by two errors, followed by a three-run homer by Cougars sophomore outfielder Brian Charnock. In a matter of seconds the Cougars were both back in the game and in the lead with the score 5-4.
Despite the loss, in support of his players, head coach Chris Cicuto said, "I'm proud of our performance today. We played hard, but just couldn't come through in the end."
As an unusually large crowd began to pour in on this last game of the season it looked as if the Vaqs has a good shot at taking down the number one ranked Cougars.
Entering the bottom of the second inning with zeros on the board for both teams, the Vaqs filled the bases quickly with two base hits and a walk, leaving sophomore Chris Arredondo the chance to draw blood first. Failing to score with a ground out to first, the Vaqs continued the 0-0 battle.
This did not drag the Vaqs down. Bouncing back from his failed at bat, Arredondo made an outstanding diving catch in center field to bring the Vaqs back to the plate.
Leading off the third for the Vaqs was sophomore Ellis "Elbow" Bowen who pumped up the team with a solid base hit, followed by freshman Lazaro Fantas' double that allowed Bowen to score, which was followed, by another double from sophomore John Degomez, sending Fantas in to score.
The Vaqs held and advanced their lead in the fourth by stopping the Cougars with bases loaded sending them back to the field. With the momentum on their side the Vaqs backed up their success in the third by scoring two more runs from two more doubles by Fanta and Degomez, causing the Cougars to pull their pitcher and bring in relief.
With the crowd on their side the Vaqs continued to play good defense and backed it up with some good pitching from Barret.
Just as things were looking good for the Vaqs, the Cougars proved why they were number one by scoring two on base hits caused by two errors, followed by a three-run homer by Cougars sophomore outfielder Brian Charnock. In a matter of seconds the Cougars were both back in the game and in the lead with the score 5-4.
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