 Coach Chapman with the Wildcats in the pregame briefing. |
 Pitching Coach Joe L. Lopez observes the warm-up tosses by #15 Sean Hoelscher. |
 Now in the game, where the pitches count, Sean fires a fast ball. |
 Sean concentrates on the target area. Strike! |
 Nice rhythm by the pitcher at work. |
 And the ball is batted far in the outfield, where this young Wildcats makes the catch. |
 #5 Jeramie Marek checks out a low ball. |
 Marek drills the first hit of the game. |
 #10 Steven Vidaurri belts the baseball to the fence..., |
 and Jeramie Marek scores. Wildcats 1-0, and..., |
 #10 Steven has a stand-up double. |
 #23 strikes out -- out #1. |
 #12 strikes out -- out #2 |
 #6 strikes out, wait -- Paul drop the catch..., |
 no problem, Paul Flores recovers and fires to Bucky Bryant at first and in time. Out #3. |
 #12 Bucky Bryant drills the ball to the fence..., |
 for a stand-up double. |
 #16 Paul Flores hits a single. |
 Bat Boy Eron Voorhees checks out the good slide into the home plate. Wildcats 2-0. |
 #4 Justin Voorhees comes in as a runner for #16 Paul Flores who must don his catcher equipment. |
 #9 Shane Athans grounds out. |
 #5 Jeramie Marek drills his 2nd hit of the game. |
 #17 Ryan Duke, swing and misses, next pitch, he grounded out. |
 #11 from Holmes is history -- Out. |
 Here is Paul again, drops the ball, but throws to Bucky with plenty of time -- out. |
 #15 Sean Hoelscher gets a base-hit, and courtesy runner will be #8 Robert Cox. |
 From Tony's Skycam on the Bleachers top row, Melissa on the laptop, and Kellyn on her stat book. |
 Skycam video: #10 Steven Vidaurri swings and connects, going, going -- it's outta of the ball park! |
 Trot, trot to 2nd base goes Steven, then jog, jog to 3rd base..., |
 goes Steven, where he gets a congratulatory hand shake from Coach Steve "2x state champ" Chapman. |
 With Robert Cox and Steven Vidaurri scoring, the score is 4-0 --Wildcats. |
 Senior Wes Callihan earns a Walk. |
 The Incarnate Academy transferee Kristian Bueno also worked the pitcher for a Walk. |
 And the bases are loaded when Senior Paul Flores draws a Walk. |
 Running for Paul Flores will be senior Justin Voorhees, big brother of bat boy Eron Voorhees. |
 Senior Shane Athans drills a single, and knocks in two runners, Bueno and Bryant. And the rout is on. |
 Here's Bueno, can Bucky be far behind? |
 There's Bucky, remember in football, the job, he and Ryan Duke did on the Brenham Cubs? What a game. |
 And Shane's hit, brought a huddle to the mounds, as the fightin' Wildcats were pounding the Holmes' pitcher. |
 #5 Sophomore Jeramie Marek drills his 3rd hit of the game -- A double. Cool! |
 Justin running for Paul scores. |
 On first, #17 junior and short stop, Ryan Duke. |
 It is a long single for #15 Sean Hoelscher; there for a minute, it look like he might go for two bases..., |
 but he applied his brakes and scooted back to 1st Base. |
 And #9 Shane Athans scores. |
 And a runner comes to replace Sean at First Base. |
 The runner is #8 Robert Cox. |
 Junior Steven Vidaurri belts a single to go with his home run and double. Like Marek, Vidaurri has 3 hits in the game. |
 Vidaurri knocks two more runs in, and I have lost track. There is #5 Marek and #17 Duke walking to the dug out. |
 Steven on First. But really, it was Coach Salinas standing on the bag during the time out. |
 Wes Callihan drills a basehit. |
 And Robert Cox, #8, scores. |
 #30 Bueno swings and misses. |
 Lefty Bueno drills a basehit. |
 #10 Steven Vidaurri scores. What a Wildcats attack. |
 Here is the other runner, #2 Wesley Callihan. |
 Don't rub it! Show you are tough. Bucky gets bean-balled. |
 Senior Paul Flores hits again, a single this time. #5 Marek in going for his 4th straight hit, failed, and the Holmes nightmare inning comes to an end. |
 Is that Ryan catching the ball in front of Steven? Nice catch. |
 #2 Wesley Callihan does defense. He fires to Bucky in plenty of time for the out. |
 The region Basketball tournament contenders are: Valerie Perez, Kayla Naylor, and Brenna Smith. They are enjoying the blow-out game. |
 Check out Trey Slusher's hair style. That cool, Trey. |
 The Calallen Teens enjoying the game. That young man looks like another Hoelscher. |
 The Parent's section, They are cheering for their players. |
 Back row, Major, often confused as Jay Leno, front rown, Mr. Flores and Mr. Vidaurri. |
 No confusion here, that is #4 Justin Voorhees making a fine swing on the ball. |
 #4 Justin checks the low pitch, and ..., |
 that earns him a Walk to first base. |
 #13 Kris Guererro, nice stand, gets ready. |
 Kris slams the ball far, but it is long out. |
 #3 Ryan Harper gets a hold of the ball, and he is off to the races. |
 Ryan thinks of about trying for 2nd, but changes his mind. A basehit. |
 And #4 Justin Voorhees scores one for the fightin' Wildcats. |
 #6 Senior Jerry Perez on deck, swings and misses. |
 #6 Jerry Perez drills one to center field, base hit. |
 Jerry moving over to 2nd base. |
 #25 Casey Shick, junior, on deck. |
 Three good looking swings, and he is the 3rd out for the Wildcats' inning. |
 Changing telescope lens to normal lens, I focus on Valerie, Kayla and Brenna. |
 Finally in the 5th inning, San Antonio Holmes scores once, then twice, three and four. Final score 14-4, Calallen. |
 Game over. Coaches shake hands and go their way. |
 Coach Chapman in his post game de-briefing. |
 Bucky Bryant got the most medals. He had two homeruns in one game. He and Steven probably made All-Tournament. |
 Ryan Miller, and hard hitting tonight, Jeramie Marek. Nice 1st place Medals. |
 Casey, Steven and Skylar display their fine 1st Place medals. |
 A little more exercise for these two winners. |
 Let's see, looks like Cox, Marek and Hoelscher. |
 This group is easy, Miller, Paul, Steven and Kris. |
 Lady Wildcat Nicki Cruz and Paul Flores. |
 Check Robert Cox, he is doing all the work. |
 Mr. Flores, son Paul, and Nicki Cruz. Check Nicki's Jacket, 4 slashes on the letter "C". 4 year letterlady. Cool. |
 These fine ladies did an outstanding job on the chow line, and as well on the booster Club. Hip, Hip, Hooray! |
 The meals was delicious. And the another fine Calallen Annual Baseball Tournament comes to an end. Calallen Wins: 5 games to zero. |
