Jaguars Play At Petco Park

The Valley Center Jaguars varsity baseball team was one of ten teams chosen to play in a CIF high school baseball game at Petco Park on Saturday, May 8.

The Jags took on the Ramona Bulldogs at 10 a.m., hoping to hang on to a share of first place in the Valley League. But the Bulldogs kept the Jags off the board in a 3-0 loss for Valley Center.

Here are some videos and photos from the game...if you would like a copy of any of the photos, feel free to either save them from this site (right click on the photo and choose "save photo as") or if you would like a higher resolution version, please e-mail me at sports@valleycenter.com and list the names of the photos you would like me to e-mail to you.

(videos by Dan Kidder, photos by Everett Bean)

VC Player Introductions:



Jeff Allen hits a foul ball that gets scooped up by third base coach Ron Sisler:



Eric Brothers battles through a tough at-bat as the dugout gets behind him:



Patrick Preston steals second base:



Garret Crispi drops down a sacrifice bunt:



Shonta Chaloux can't get the squeeze bunt down, and Preston gets caught at home:



Head coach Cliff Bernard talks to the team after the game:



Jeff Allen shares his thoughts on playing at Petco Park:



Stanton Upson talks about his experience playing at Petco:




The JumboTron displayed the team logos:


Coach Bernard submits the lineup card before the game:

The Jags get ready in the dugout:

The Jags line up for the National Anthem:

The Jags get pumped up before taking the field:

Jeff Allen makes the catch on a pop-up to shortstop:

Cody Beukelman delivers the pitch:

Beukelman follows through after the pitch:

Stanton Upson led off for the Jaguars in the bottom of the first:

Jeff Allen takes a good cut at this pitch:

Eric Brothers takes a big cut at this pitch:

The scoreboard after the first inning:

Shonta Chaloux gets ready at third base:

Brandon Dendy in right field:

Eric Brothers makes a sliding catch in left field (in front of the red sign):

Patrick Preston hit in the cleanup spot for the Jags:

Garret Crispi takes a hack at a low pitch:

Jeff Allen makes another catch at shortstop:

Colton Campbell drives a single down the third base line:

Brandon Dendy drops down a sacrifice bunt:

Stanton Upson takes off for first after dropping down a bunt (but the ball went foul):

Colton Campbell waits at third:

Stanton Upson takes a big swing and gets a piece of the ball:
Upson takes off for first as the ball stays fair:

Jeff Allen talks with Coach Sisler during a time out:

Ricky Eldridge makes a catch at first base:

Patrick Preston gets the sign behind the plate:

Coach Bernard meets on the mound with Beukelman and Preston:

The Jags in the dugout during the game:

Allen winds up for the pitch:

Allen follows through after the pitch:

Patrick Preston swings at this pitch:

Garret Crispi takes a swing to protect Preston's attempt to steal second:

Preston takes a lead off of second base:

Preston gets caught at home on the squeeze attempt:

Ryan Bracken gets set at first base:

Upson makes the catch in center field:

Dendy spins away to avoid colliding with Upson after the catch:

The teams shake hands after the game:

A good crowd from Valley Center came out to support the Jaguars: