Ontario boys receive GOL honors
By RAY RODRIGUEZ - ARGUS OBSERVER
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:49 PM PDT
ONTARIO - The Ontario baseball team saw some talent break through in 2007 and saw a postseason fall to the wayside after La Grande was swept by Mac-Hi on the last weekend of the season.
The Tigers finished with an overall record of 8-16 and ended the season in third place in the Greater Oregon League.
Senior J.T. Davis leads the way for Ontario on the first-team, as he finished the year with a team-leading .433 batting average along with five home runs and a league-leading 27 RBIs.
Davis not only did the job from the dish, he also stood out on the field, committing only one error on the season.
“He’s been a tremendous player,” Ontario head coach Les Horn said. “He’s one of our seniors and shows great leadership. He worked hard all four years to make himself as good as he could be. He turned himself into an athlete and that was really impressive about him.”
Davis finished third in voting for player of the year along with Mac-Hi’s Fermin Garcia and La Grande’s Landon Weaver.
Ontario freshman Josh Mejia was named to the first-team, as he turned in a solid first year and he was recognized with first-team honors for his play at four different positions.
Mejia played outfield, shortstop and second base, notched 31 hits and had a batting average of .380.
“On the year, he was a guy you can always count on to be on base and put the ball in play,” Horn said. “He played tremendous defense at four different positions. He did a great job defensively. He’s a building block for this team.”
On the second team, Junior hurler Ryan Laubacher logged in several innings of work, including a 177-pitch, 10-inning complete game against Pahrump. Laubacher finished with a 3-8 record on the year with 71 strike outs and posted a 4.60 earned run average.
“He’s our ace,” Horn said. “You’re going to hear a lot about him in the future. He’s going to get better and better and stronger next year. He’s going to have unlimited potential.”
Ontario junior Jake Davidson was named to the second team as a catcher along with Ontario’s other senior, outfielder Joe Buttice.
Bryson Sap, another junior, was also named to the second team and he contributed many runs and posted several big hits down the stretch.
Sap, who was named as an infielder, had a batting average of .290, hit two home runs, drove in 12 runs and scored 18 runs for the Tigers baseball team.
“He produced a lot of runs,” Horn said. “He scored a lot of runs and was huge for us. He was always producing runs and he had a high average with runners in scoring position.”
Junior hurler Guillermo Garcia was named to the honorable mention squad along with teammate Jake Turner, who was named as an infielder.
Sam Uyeki rounded out the Tigers’ selections, earning an honorable mention for his play as a designated hitter.
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