Bronco Blossom Valley competition
Each Saturday, the Bronco teams have been competing with teams from South Bay in the Blossom Valley Fall League. We appreciate the welcome we have received from Greg Schlick and the Blossom Valley coaches. The games have been a fun combination of competitive baseball and instructional coaching. Our teams had a mixture of experienced players and new players, so coaching had to be versatile to meet everyone's needs. Our teams met a range of skill levels through the season, so the players were able to have winning experiences as well as play against teams performing at

In September and October, the teams used a weekly practice on Burnett to prepare for the Saturday games. Having the players' dads come out to help with team drills made a huge difference for teaching the new players. Without their help, the coaches would not have had a chance for some crucial one-on-one skill coaching with inexperienced players.

We have been able to provide a range of experiences to help these players "get to the next level". Pitchers are getting live game experience with umpires, balks, the dropped third strike rule, and the infield fly rule. The newer players are learning batting, fielding and throwing techniques, and defensive situations.  Everyone gets to bat and learn new positions on the field.

November 3rd - Morgan Hill Bronco teams go head-to-head
On Saturday, the Morgan Hill Blue Team took on the Red team at Burnett. The resulting showdown provided a morning of entertainment for the spectators as the two teams traded leads with timely hitting and defensive plays.

The Blue team scoring attack was paced by Travis Sammons (3 runs), AJ Wood (2 runs), Nathan Bonsell (2 runs) and Steven Facio (2 runs). Also scoring were Jesse Howser, Ethan Wrenn and Josiah Liardon. Ethan Wrenn led the Blue hitting with a base-clearing 3-RBI double and a single. Steven Facio added a double, and Nathan Bonsell and Jesse Howser also singled.

For the Red team, Brent Bottomley, Anthony Ivery and Sam Raney each scored twice. Andrew Wilcox, Garrett Taylor, Shea Carillo, Asa Jacob, Joseph Johnson, Patrick McLaughlin and Tyler McBride also scored for the Red Team. Andrew Wilcox's timely hitting drove in 4 runs with a double and a single. Anthony Ivery drove in two runs with a triple and a single, and Asa Jacob and Mikey McKague each added an RBI double. Nick Pignone drove in a run with one of his two singles, and Garrett Taylor drove in two runs with a sacrifice and an RBI single. Sam Raney, Shea Carillo and Patrick McLaughlin each added singles to the offensive attack.

Pitching for the Blue Team were Nathan Bonsell, Steve Facio and Travis Sammons.

Red Team pitchers were Andrew Wilcox, Anthony Ivery, Asa Jacob and Garrett Taylor.

November 17th - Morgan Hill Teams in Rematch
On the last day of Fall Ball, the Morgan Hill Red and Blue Bronco teams squared off in a rematch. The fans were not disappointed as the two teams showed they were ready to jump right into Spring Ball.

Josiah Liardon led the Blue Team scoring with 2 runs, and Travis Sammons, Steven Facio and Ethan Wrenn each scored. Ethan Wrenn led the Blue hitting with a double and two singles. Steven Facio added an RBI single. Trevor Marquez, Nathan Bonsell and Travis Sammons also singled.

For the Red Team, Garrett Taylor, Anthony Ivery and Asa Jacob each scored twice. Patrick Gustafson, Sam Raney, Brent Bottomley, Mikey McKague, Shea Carillo and Patrick McLaughlin also scored. Bottomley led the Red in RBI's with a 2-run double in his second at-bat. Gustafson, Ivery, Raney, Jacob, McKague and Nick Pignone also drove in runs.

Shea Carillo got the hit of the day for the Red team with a triple to right center. Andrew Wilcox's double capped a 3-hit day, Brent Bottomley hit a double and 2 singles. Anthony Ivery, Mikey McKague and Asa Jacob each got 2 hits. Garrett Taylor, Patrick Gustafson, Sam Raney each added hits.

The Blue Team's pitchers were Travis Sammons, Josiah Liardon, Nathan Bonsell, Steven Facio and Andrew Wood.

The Red team's pitchers were Garrett Taylor, Anthony Ivery, Shea Carillo and Asa Jacob. Taylor started off the Red team with two shutout innings on 4 strikeouts. Ivery pitched well, adding 4 strikeouts, and Carillo and Jacob pitched the last two innings, combining for 3 strikeouts.