HomeMy WebLinkAboutPalm Desert High School (PDHS) Aztecs Baseball Team June 23, 2011Whereas, the Palm Desert High School Aztecs Baseball Team reached the
CIF Southern Section Division IV state championship for the second straight year
after edging Oaks Christian High School 2-1 on the College of the Desert baseball
field in the semi-final game; and
Whereas, the Aztecs won their last three playoff games before the final by a
combined four runs, with the quarter -final and semi-final victories both coming on the
last at -bat of the game, earning the team the nickname of "Cardiac Aztecs" by The
Desert Sun newspaper; and
Whereas, the team finished this year's baseball season with an outstanding
record of 28 wins, 5 losses; and
Whereas, the Palm Desert High School Aztecs Baseball Team was ranked
20th nationally in the Powerade FAB 50 ESPN Rise Rankings and 51h in the State of
California as of Friday, June 3, 2011.
Now, Therefore, I, Jean M. Benson, Mayor of the City of Palm
Desert, California, Do Hereby Proclaim the month of June, 2011, as
Palm Desert Aztecs Baseball Team Month
in the City of Palm Desert and urge all citizens to join with me in recognizing the
incredible talent and efforts of the Palm Desert High School Aztecs Baseball Team.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have
caused the Official Seal of the City of Palm Desert,
California, to be affixed this 91h day of June, 2011.
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John Schuknecht (leh) of Palm Desert High School is
safe sliding into homeplate from a double by Brooks
Another miracle comeback
while down to their last out
allowed the Palm Desert
High School baseball team
to edge Oaks Christian 2-1
on Tuesday in the CIF
Division IV semifinals. The
win put the Aztecs in the
finals for the second year in
a row.
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Kriske to tie the California Interscholastic Federation Palm Desert trailed Oaks Christian the
semifinal game against Oaks Christian High School. /
Wade Byars Palm Desert Sun entire game, after the Lions jumped out to a
1-0 lead in the first inning. Then pitcher
Travis Radke shut the Aztecs down,
wr'tten by allowing just three hits and a walk while striking out five.
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That was until the seventh inning.
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"I saw it coming. I saw (Radke) was tiring the last two or three
Sports innings," Palm Desert head coach Darol Salazar said. "I knew it
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was possible — we didn't see great opposing pitching. You've got
to outlast them and our pitcher finished and their pitcher didn't
finish."
A leadoff walk to John Schuknecht proved to be a fatal mistake. But
it appeared as though Radke might get out of the jam after he got
Kaz Halcovich to fly out and struck out Dave Schuknecht.
Then a double to center field by Brooks Kriske drove in
Schuknecht, and Kriske advanced to third on the throw to the plate.
A hard hit ball to second base by No. 8 hitter Cody Kabeary
handcuffed Oaks Christian second baseman Blake McFadden. He
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the pitcher know that."
Oaks Christian head coach Tim Penprase acknowledged that
Radke had begun to tire, "but if they were going to beat us in the
last inning, it was going to be against our best."
In a rare coincidence, former hockey great Wayne Gretzky's son,
Trevor, plays first base for the Lions while former Dodger and
Padre all-star Steve Garvey's son, Ryan, plays for Palm Desert.
Both legendary athletes were in attendance Tuesday.
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