2008-2009 Season

6.10.09

Brewers draft Cerro Coso's Franklin Romero, Jr.

Cerro Coso's Franklin Romero, Jr., was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round (616 overall), becoming the second in as many years to have his name called in MLB's First Year Player Draft.

“My heart just stopped for a minute,” said Romero in a phone interview. “I didn’t know what to do. I was out of my mind.”

Coyotes coach Dick Adams said he was ecstatic for Romero, who had scouts looking at his outfielder the entire 2009 season.
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5.14.09

Cerro Coso's Jake Orr signs on with Colorado State University-Pueblo

Cerro Coso catcher Jake Orr signed on to play with Colorado State University at Pueblo on Wednesday, continuing a long line of Coyotes who have moved on to play for the school.

Orr becomes the 18th player in 17 years to move on to Pueblo, formally Southern Colorado University. That outpaces the next two closest schools — St. Mary’s and Nevada — who each had eight.

“It’s the greatest opportunity I’ve had so far,” Orr said. “(Cerro Coso) really helped to to where I’ll be going next year and I’m pretty excited about it.”
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4.29.09

Coyotes get win in final home game

Cerro Coso went out on top in its home finale, defeating Victor Valley 15-4 on Tuesday.

The Coyotes will conclude the season on Thursday traveling to Victorville for a doubleheader. They need to sweep in order to even their overall record, which now stands at 20-22 (8-14 in Foothill Conference play).

Coach Dick Adams got all of his sophomore pitchers in the game, but not before starter Eugene Wright dealt for seven strong innings, giving up three runs on 10 hits with one walk and striking out 12.
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4.8.09

“That’s the best he’s pitched all season.”

Coyotes win twin bill in an offensive barrage

Cerro Coso did something against LA City in a doubleheader it really hasn’t done all year against opponents — the Coyotes responded to giving up runs with scoring more runs.
The results paid off with especially in game one with a 13-10 win, but were more dramatic in game two with a 22-5 thrashing.

“It was a good effort today, bouncing back on last week’s losses,” said coach Dick Adams.
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4.8.09

"I think he really came of age as a collage pitcher that day"

Salas deals but can’t prevent Chaffey doubleheader sweep

There was little more Cerro Coso coach Dick Adams could ask from his freshman starter, Nick Salas in game two against Chaffey.

The hurler kept his Coyotes in the game against Foothill Conference power Chaffey, but ultimately it wasn’t enough.

Cerro Coso lost both games of the doubleheader at Chaffey on Saturday, dropping Salas’ game 5-4 in 10 innings after losing game one, 9-1.
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4.2.09

"We just couldn’t get the big hit."

Cerro Coso falls to Chaffey, 13-8

A lack of consistent offensive production hurt Cerro Coso against Chaffey on Thursday, losing 13-8.

The Coyotes (15-16, 7-9 in Foothill Conference), fell behind early, but had chances to get back into the game.

“We’re just so inconsistent. We’re inconsistent on hitting; we’re inconsistent on pitching,” said coach Dick Adams.
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3.31.09

Coso overwhelms Aztecs

Cerro Coso completed its second Foothill Conference sweep on Saturday, defeating Barstow in a doubleheader, 12-2 and 10-7.

“We just told them we’ve got to get back on the winning track,” said coach Dick Adams. “We lost three last week, but you know, next week’s opponent is way better than these guys. Next week’s opponent is winning the league, so we can be spoilers and get after it. But you know we did what we had to do here which was win here.”
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3.27.09

“They didn’t give up.”

Coyotes smash Barstow, 19-7

Cerro Coso scored 17 runs in three innings en route to a 19-7 victory over Barstow on Thursday.

The Coyotes improve to 5-10 in Foothill Conference play (13-15 overall).

Coach Dick Adams said Barstow is struggling this year and this is an opportunity for the Coyotes to build up some momentum.
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3.25.09

“We would have needed to be flawless to win."

Cerro Coso falls in weekend DH

Cerro Coso played better against Mt. San Jacinto College on Saturday than in its series opener, but the Coyotes weren’t able to avoid a sweep, losing both games of a doubleheader.

Coso falls to 12-15 overall (4-8 in the Foothill Conference) thanks to 2-1 and 6-5 losses to the Eagles.

Eugene Wright gave up just four hits in game one, but an error the fourth marred what was an other wise stellar performance.
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3.20.09

"We’ll send Eugene Wright out there and we’ll send Nick Salas out there and we’ll go to war.”

Eagles tame Coyotes, 17-4

Cerro Coso gave up 11 runs in two innings as the Coyotes fell to Mt. San Jacinto 17-4 on Thursday.
The Eagles plated six runs in the second and five more in the third and cruised from there.

Cerro Coso meanwhile, struck out 14 times and didn’t have more than one runner on base until the fifth inning, when Markus Adams and Jake Smith both walked with two outs.

It wasn’t until the eighth when the Coyotes mounted a sustained offensive drive, with most of the starters out of the game.
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3.17.09

Coyotes take a bite out of AVC over the weekend

Cerro Coso earned its first sweep of the Foothill Conference over the weekend, defeating Antelope Valley  8-4 and 13-6 on Saturday.

The win put Cerro Coso’s record at 12-12 overall and 4-5 in conference play.

Eugene Wright survived an early barrage by the Marauders to earn the win. He went seven complete innings, giving up four earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out five.
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3.17.09

Swafford, Wolak deal in Cerro Coso’s 11-8 win vs. AVC

Solid pitching and opportunistic offense overcame seven Cerro Coso errors as the Coyotes defeated Antelope Valley College 11-8 on Thursday.

The win snaps a four-game Foothill Conference losing streak for the Coyotes. It also represents Cerro Coso’s second win in conference play.

The Marauders had just two earned runs out of their eight.
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3.10.09

“He kept us in the game.”

Roadrunners edge out Coyotes in weekend DH

Cerro Coso struggles continued over the weekend, dropping both games of a doubleheader against College of the Desert, 6-5 and 9-3.

The losses put Cerro Coso at 1-5 in Conference play (9-12 overall)

In game one, the Coyotes fell into a quick 5-0 hole after two innings before starter Karl Lorentson got into a groove and kept the Roadrunners off the boards.
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3.3.09

"These guys are going to beat some people in the conference. We needed the win."

Cerro Coso drops Foothill Conference twinbill

The Cerro Coso offense was flat on Saturday in a doubleheader against Foothill Conference foe, but for one of the games, the Coyotes still had good pitching.

Darren Travers pitched a four-hit shutout to propel the Coyotes to a 3-0 win in game one. Then the Wolverines enacted their revenge in game two, winning 9-6.

The split drops the Coyotes to 1-2 in Conference play, after dropping the series opener last Thursday.
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2.27.09

“We didn’t play that badly, but we made some key errors.”

Coyotes drop Foothill Conference opener

Cerro Coso gave up an early 4-1 lead to drop its Foothill Conference opener 18-4 to San Bernardino.

The Coyotes gave up 11 runs between the fourth and sixth innings to put the game away, knocking out starter Eugene Wright who went six and a third innings, giving up 12 runs, 11 earned, on 15 hits.

Coach Dick Adams said he was disappointed with the loss, which drops his team to 8-8 overall (0-1 in the Foothill), but credited San Bernardino with great situational hitting.
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2.24.09

"Give them credit for waking up. We woke them up early today."

CC stumbles against Ramblers

There wasn’t a whole lot for coach Dick Adams to feel good about following a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Golden West, save one thing: Karl Lorentson.

In game one, Cerro Coso watched its No. 2 starter get dinged up in an 11-2 loss. Game two, the Coyotes fell 15-10 after giving up seven runs in the first inning.

“We just didn’t play a good brand of ball,” Adams said. “ We didn’t play a good brand of ball at all. Anything that could go wrong, went wrong. (But) we still tried to hang in there and bang it in this case.”
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2.21.09

Cerro Coso drops twin bill to Golden West

Cerro Coso dropped its final pair of pre-conference games on Saturday, falling 11-2 in the first half of a doubleheader against Golden West and 15-10 in the late game.

Darren Travers took the loss in game one, throwing four and a third innings, gibing up eight runs, six earned, on 10 hits and no walks with one strike out.

The two teams battled through four innings, with the score tied at 2-2 heading into the top of the fifth when Golden West tagged Travers for six runs capped off with a three-run homer by Sean Burleson.
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2.20.09

"We’ve got to play better defense than that.”

6-run second sends Cerro Coso past Golden West, 17-7

Cerro Coso extended its winning streak to six games with a 17-7 victory over Golden West on Friday.

The Coyotes had 13 hits on the night with at least one from everyone in the lineup.

Larry Wagner led the hitting, going 3-5 with four RBIs and was a home run shy of a cycle. Jon Lewis and Markus Adams were the only other hitters with more than one base knock, each with two. Adams also had two runs scored.
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2.17.09

"This is a very good team and a very good program"

Cerro Coso wins in pair of walk offs

Cerro Coso needed two dramatic finishes to sweep Santa Barbara in a Tuesday doubleheader.
The first came in the bottom of the seventh and final inning of Game 1 when Franklin Romero scored from first on an errant pick off throw to lead the Coyotes to a 2-1 win.

The second came on a two-run walk off homer from Josh Gust to give Coso a 11-9 victory.

“Last year that team just lit us up,” said coach Dick Adams. “This is a very good team and a very good program. It was two good wins for us.”
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2.17.09

Cerro Coso wins game one of a doubleheader in wild fashion

An errant pick throw mixed with Franklin Romero’s speed allowed Cerro Coso to win game one of its doubleheader against Santa Barbara 2-1 on Tuesday.

Romero was hit by a pitch with no on and two out in the bottom of the seventh and final inning with the game tied 1-1.

Having to respect his speed, pitcher Jeremy Peterson attempted to keep him close to first but airmailed the ball into the bullpen.
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2.16.09

"Our catchers caught their buns off today"

Wright deals, Cerro Coso sweeps West LA

Cerro Coso got a three-hit gem out of Eugene Wright, then the defense took care of the rest in a doubleheader sweep over West LA College on Saturday.

Cerro Coso won the first game 4-1 behind Wright’s throwing a complete seven inning three hitter. The Coyotes struggled a bit at the plate in game two, but came to life in the eighth for four runs to win 5-4.

The win evens the Coyotes’ record at 5-5 heading into five tough games this week: A doubleheader today against Santa Barbara and a three-game series against Golden West starting Friday.
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2.13.09

"(This game) was a good measuring stick for what we can be"

Coyotes refuse to go down without a fight

Friday night started rough for Darren Travers and Cerro Coso, falling into a 9-0 hole in the first inning. But both he and the rest of the team bared down and defeated West Los Angeles 18-11 thanks to an eight-run fifth inning.

Things just didn’t go right for the Coyotes in the first inning. Travers loaded the bases with no outs on a soft-liner up the middle, an infield single and a hit batter.

He then gave up the hardest ball hit in the inning, a bases-clearing double to deep center, and then the wheels came off.
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2.11.09

Cerro Coso falls in pair of games

A lack of consistent offense spelled trouble for Cerro Coso in a twin bill against Bakersfield College and Taft, losing both 6-4.

Cerro Coso had just 10 hits between the two games, six of which game against Taft.

Coach Dick Adams said he needs to see more production out of the top of his lineup, but noted the team will get some help when German Barajas returns to the line up from a hand injury.
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2.6.09

"We’re just not the type of team that can score multiple runs in an inning"

Cerro Coso, Wright hit hard versus Grossmont

A less than stellar day at the plate for Cerro Coso exacerbated a less than stellar outing from one of its top pitchers against Grossmont, in an 8-4 loss.

Grossmont (7-1) did most of its damage in the sixth inning, when the team KO’d Eugene Wright, who recorded the first two outs before making an exit.

Coach Dick Adams said his starter still pitched effectively for the most part, but made a couple of mistakes that got hit hard.
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2.3.09

"They just did a superb job"

Coyotes shut out L.A. City

Just three days removed from its pitching getting shelled, the Cerro Coso hurlers came through with a 9-0 shutout over L.A. City on Tuesday.

The Coyotes (2-2) were coming off an 11-6 loss last Saturday when their starter didn’t make an out in the first inning against Oxnard.

On Tuesday, behind Darren Travers (1-0), Cerro Coso found a rhythm that couldn’t be disrupted, allowing the locals to even out their overall record.
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2.3.09

Coyote pitching shelled in loss to Oxnard

The Cerro Coso bullpen got an extended workout on Saturday against Oxnard, as starter Josh Orr was KO'd early during an 11-6 loss.

Orr was tagged for five runs without recording an out in the first inning, giving up just two hits.

Carl Lorentson nearly saved the day in the inning, coming in relief, getting a quick strike out and a pop out to the catcher with the bases loaded.
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1.30.09

"We made things happen for ourselves and beat a good team"

Wright deals in Cerro Coso 7-1 victory

The Cerro Coso baseball team rebounded in a big way from Thursday’s season opening loss, by defeating No. 12 Santa Barbara on Friday, 7-1.

Preseason All-American Eugene Wright went the distance, throwing a complete game five-hitter, giving up the lone run in the first inning.

From there he just cruised.

Coach Dick Adams had him on a 90 pitch count for the day, which he went over by 15, but his coach was more than willing to let him keep going.
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1.30.09

"In baseball, we let go of today and come back tomorrow and try again"

Cerro Coso drops season opener, 6-5

After taking a 5-3 lead into the eighth inning, Cerro Coso gave up three runs to Ventura to lose 6-5 in the Coyotes season opener on Thursday.

“We didn’t close things out,” said coach Dick Adams. “But we told the guys we learn from our wins and learn from our losses. In baseball, we let go of today and come back tomorrow and try again.”

Joe Zendejas took the loss, going two innings in relief, giving up three earned runs on three hits, two walks and a hit batter.
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1.28.09

"I really believe this is potentially the best group we’ve had in several years"

High hopes: No. 19 Coyotes look for a rewarding 2009 season

A pair of banners hang in right field commemorating the back-to-back Foothill Conference titles the Cerro Coso baseball team won.

They’re banners commemorating a pair of seasons that are now nearly a decade gone — decade longer than coach Dick Adams wanted to wait for his third.

And he hopes 2009 will end the drought and bring glory back to Cerro Coso baseball.
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1.20.09

Cerro Coso ranked in preseason poll

The Cerro Coso baseball team is ranked No. 19 in the California Community College Baseball Coaches Association preseason poll. This was the first time the Coyotes have been ranked since they won the Foothill Conference in 2001.

Cerro Coso joins Chaffey as the only two schools in the Foothill to be ranked in the top 20 poll. The Coyotes received 26 points, edging out Saddleback.
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11.18.08

Pair of Cerro Coso pitchers moving up to play Division I

Cerro Coso will be sending off two pitchers to greener pastures next fall, as Darren Travers and Eugene Wright each signed letters of intent on Wednesday to play Division I college baseball.

Travers will make a cross-country trek to the University of Buffalo. Wright will stay a little closer, heading to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Buffalo competes in the Mid-America Conference, which includes Western Michigan, Ball State, Kent State and Akron.

Cal Poly plays in the Big West Conference, which includes such baseball power houses as Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State.
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11.6.08

Coyote Baseball Clothing Fundraiser

Now you too can sport the blue! Support Coyote Baseball by sporting some of our athletic wear. Caps, T's, and sweats are available to show your support for our program. Children's sizes available in some items.  Support Coyote Baseball today! See order form for full details.

10.20.08

16th Annual Christmas Tree Sale Fundraiser

Each year the Cerro Coso Baseball team sells fresh-cut, top-quality Christmas trees as an annual fundraiser. If you are interested in supporting Coyote Baseball feel free to download the order form and return the completed form to Coach Adams by November 3rd. There are several types of trees to choose from and wreathes and garlands are also available. Pick-up date is Saturday, December 6th. See order form for full details.

This is a fundraising program, which is tax deductible, and best of all, supports your schools student athletes. You will receive a full refund if you are not completely satisfied.  Profits from the first 15 years played a significant financial role towards the building of our press box, snack bar, batting cages, and purchase of the scoreboard. With our current budget, we must use these profits for supplies (bats, balls, helmets, catchers gear, etc.). We appreciate your support.

8.12.08

Cerro Coso alumni baseball game/weekend

Cerro Coso will be welcoming back its past players for an alumni baseball game on Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. as well as hosting a golf day and dinner following the alumni game.

Sept. 19 tee times are available for Alumni Golf at China Lake Country Club.
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Cerro Coso Coyote Athletics
3000 College Heights Blvd. Ridgecrest, CA 93555
Contact Coach Adams for more information.

Last updated 11/10/2009