Led by Player of the Year Sean Reynolds, Redondo’s back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Division 3 championship team topped the list of South Bay high school honorees for the spring season.
Whether on the mound or at the plate, the 6-foot-8 Reynolds played a key role for the Sea Hawks (31-2) who were ranked No. 7 in the nation by USA Today Sports’ “Super 25 Expert Rankings.”
As a starting pitcher, the right-handed Reynolds won four playoff games including a 2-1 victory against Woodbridge in the championship game when he tossed a five-hitter to finish the season with a 13-0 record.
At the plate, Reynolds batted left handed and hit .366 with nine home runs and 34 RBI scoring 37 runs.
Reynolds will likely forego a college career at Rice University after being selected in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Miami Marlins.
Redondo coach Jeff Baumback earned CIF-SS Division 3 Coach of the Year honors and senior Jason Dicochea and junior Danny Zimmerman were named to the All-CIF team.
Zimmerman, the Most Outstanding Player in the Bay League, batted .443 with a school-record 11 home runs and 39 RBI. As a pitcher, he was 6-1 with a 1.67 ERA.
Dicochea was a key at the shortstop position and a sparkplug as the Sea Hawks’ leadoff hitter, batting .395 with 42 runs scored.
Mira Costa was represented by senior Trevor Franklin, the Bay League’s pitcher of the Year. Franklin finished the season with an 8-2 record and 1.59 ERA and was one of only two pitchers to beat Redondo during the season.
Also named to the Division 3 team was El Segundo junior outfielder Jake Palmer, who batted .398 with 23 RBI, 32 runs scored and 29 stolen bases.
West Torrance senior outfielder Cody Wissler made the CIF-SS Division 4 team after being named the Pioneer League’s MVP. He batted .459 with five home runs and 38 RBI.
Softball
Redondo seniors Allison Betty and Kat Ung were named to the CIF-SS Division 3 softball team after leading the Sea Hawks to the championship game.
The All-CIF selection was the third for Ung who overcame an injury to win 18 games and strikeout 194 batters with a 1.32 ERA. She also batted .355 to help the Sea Hawk offense.
Betty had a stellar season as an infielder and led Redondo with a .493 batting average hitting three home runs, scoring 23 runs with 14 RBI.
Mira Costa junior infielder Emily Eudy made the team after batting .552 with six home runs and 29 RBI.
Bay League MVP Steffi Best represented Palos Verdes after posting a 14-8 record, 0.34 ERA and 254 strikeouts. The senior set career and single-season school records for strikeout and also batted .474 with two home runs and 22 RBI.
In Division 4, North Torrance pitcher Alyssa Loza was named Player of the Year after leading the Saxons to the CIF-SS Division 4 championship tossing a three-hitter against her former Torrance High teammates. She finished with a 20-2-1 record, 1.06 ERA and 209 strikeouts.
Loza’s battery mate Desiree Moreno was an All-CIF selection after batting .472 with seven home runs, 33 RBI and 30 runs scored.
Torrance was represented by left fielder Cece DeCosta (.392, 10 home runs, 23 RBI) and pitcher Marissa Moreno (23 wins, 1.01 ERA, 252 strikeouts).
Bishop Montgomery senior infielder Andrea Guzman (.529, 23 RBI) made the Division 5 team and Chadwick senior Nicole Shearin (.643, 16 RBI) was named to the Division 6 squad.
Boys Volleyball
Manhattan Beach was well represented on the CIF-SS Division 1 team led by Loyola setter Casey McGarry who was named Player of the Year after leading the Cubs to the CIF title and 30-3 record.
Teammates and fellow Manhattan Beach residents JP Reilly and Jack Truman were also named to the team along with Mira Costa seniors Roy McFarland and Jackson Wedbush, who led the Mustangs to the CIF Southern California Regional championship.
Palos Verdes outside hitter Brad Maricle was also a Division 1 selection.
El Segundo’s Stephen Moye made the All-CIF Division 3 team.
