All-State Baseball: Underclass

Arman Sabouri of San Jose Branham (left) went 15-1 and was one of the top juniors in Northern California while one of the top sophomores in Southern California was JSerra’s Royce Lewis. He also was voted Player of the Year in the ultra-tough Trinity League. Photos: Prep2Prep.com & @JSerraLionsBB.

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If one were to look over this year’s Cal-Hi Sports All-State Underclass Teams for baseball, it also might be a preview of next spring’s preseason state and national rankings.

Huntington Beach, which won the CIF Southern Section Division I title, will have three returning players who are first team all-state underclass with one other player on the second team. The second teamer, dazzling outfielder Dominic Abbdessa, also easily could have joined Hagen Danner, Logan Pouelsen and Landon Silver on the first team. It was one of the more tougher choices made.

The Oilers won’t have to look far for another team that also will be loaded with returning players next season. Fellow Orange County school JSerra of San Juan Capistrano had sophomore Trinity League Player of the Year Royce Lewis and junior Brady Shockey (who was on last year’s All-State Underclass team as a sophomore) on first team plus pitcher Jack Owen on second team (even though he was a sophomore last season).

Freshmen usually don’t get onto any of the All-State Underclass Teams because they are lumped together with juniors and sophomores, but two made it this time. Pitcher and State Freshman of the Year Joey Magrisi is on the second team thanks to some of his late playoff performances and being on the All-San Diego Section team. The other picked that high is infielder Brice Turang from Santiago of Corona.

Eric Yang of L.A. City Section champ El Camino Real was not the only junior to get onto the all-state underclass first team. Pitcher Jeremy Polon also has been given the same honor. The two also shared MVP honors for the L.A. City Section. Photo: ecrbaseball.net.

First Team Pitchers

Cole Cardey (Arlington, Riverside) Jr.
Jacob Castillo (San Dimas) Jr.
Hagen Danner (Huntington Beach) Soph.
Trevor Franklin (Mira Costa, Manhattan Beach) Jr.
Ryan Mauch (South Hills, Covina) Jr.
Jeremy Polon (El Camino Real, Woodland Hills) Jr.
Arman Sabouri (Branham, San Jose) Jr.

First Team Infield

Tommy Acuna (San Dimas) Jr.
Kevin Bristow (Poway) Jr.
Dylan Carlson (Elk Grove) Jr.
Andrew Daschbach (Sacred Heart Prep, Atherton) Jr.
Royce Lewis (JSerra, San Juan Capistrano) Soph.
Scott Ogrin (Valencia) Jr.
Logan Pouelsen (Huntington Beach) Jr.
Lane Pritchard (Red Bluff) Jr.
Andrew Vaughn (Maria Carrillo, Santa Rosa) Jr.

First Team Outfield

Cameron Deere (Harvard-Westlake, N. Hollywood) Jr.
Mickey Moniak (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad) Jr.
Blake Rutherford (Chaminade, West Hills) Jr.
Brady Shockey (JSerra, San Juan Capistrano) Jr.

First Team Multi-Purpose (Hitting, Pitching)

Hunter Bigge (Los Gatos) Jr.
Cooper Gallion (Redondo, Redondo Beach) Jr.
Grant Gambrell (Buchanan, Clovis) Jr.
Hunter Greene (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks) Soph.
Grant Nechak (Calabasas) Jr.
Landon Silver (Huntington Beach) Jr.
Jeremy Ydens (St. Francis, Mountain View) Jr.

Sophomore Spencer Torkelson of Petaluma Casa Grande already has USA junior national baseball experience. Photo: Petaluma360.com.

Second Team Pitchers

Blake Borror (Quartz Hill) Jr.
Joey Magrini (Rancho Bernardo, San Diego) Fr.
Kevin Milam (Heritage, Brentwood) Jr.
Leo Nierenberg (Bishop O’Dowd, Oakland) Jr.
Jack Owen (JSerra, San Juan Capistrano) Soph.
Michael Weisberg (Agoura, Agoura Hills) Soph.

Second Team Infield

Colby Freeman (Centennial, Bakersfield) Jr.
Tyler Freeman (Etiwanda) Soph.
Kody Gardner (Rio Americano, Sacramento) Jr.
Jayson Gonzalez (Bishop Amat, La Puente) Soph.
Carter Hayes (Carmel) Jr.
Alejandro Lara (Vanden, Fairfield) Jr.
Andrew Martinez (St. Francis, Mountain View) Jr.
Jamal O’Guinn (Sanger) Soph.
Spencer Steer (Millikan, Long Beach) Jr.
Spencer Torkelson (Casa Grande, Petaluma) Soph.
Brice Turang (Santiago, Corona) Fr.

Second Team Outfield

Dominic Abbadessa (Huntington Beach) Jr.
Matthew Acosta (Ayala, Chino Hills) Jr.
Matt Frazier (Clovis North, Fresno) Jr.
Jack Large (Beyer, Modesto) Jr.
Calvin Mitchell (Rancho Bernardo, San Diego) Soph.
Garrett Mitchell (Lutheran, Orange) Soph.
Kaiser Weiss (Oxnard) Soph.

Second Team Multi-Purpose (Hitting, Pitching)

Saxon Andross (Serrano, Phelan) Jr.
Jake Holton (Los Gatos) Jr.
Matt Manning (Sheldon, Sacramento) Jr.
Danny Zimmerman (Redondo, Redondo Beach) Soph.

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