THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The unbeaten (13-0) Valleyview Middle School baseball team poses with its trophy after Will Pauls shut out Heritage Middle School of Livingston, 3-0, in the championship game of the Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association post-season playoffs tournament at Valleyview on Monday, June 13, 2011. The perfect season is the first in Valleyview baseball history and the county title is the first since 1984.
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Photo by Carol Plucinsky
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Valleyview Middle School Baseball Roster - 2011
Players: Blair Barrows, Tyler Brosius, Brian Chegwidden, Ryan Chegwidden, Christian Fuentes, Luke Luzzi, Will Pauls, Brian Plucinsky, Chris Rupp, Dylan Shaw, Matt Tavarone, Luke Urbanik, Ryan Washington and Justin Weick.
Coach: Sean Plumb.------------------------------------------------
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2011 SEASON
Valleyview Coach Plumb knew
he had chance for strong team
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DENVILLE - Valleyview Middle School baseball coach Sean Plumb knew he "... had a chance for a strong team" after he conducted his tryouts earlier this spring for the 2011 squad.
"We were strong up the middle with eighth-graders back from last year and this was the best defensive team I've had in six years here," said Plumb days after his team completed the program's first unbeaten season with a 13-0 record by winning the Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association post-season playoff championship.
"This was also the best group of pitchers I have ever had ... we did not have guys who overpowered everybody, but they threw strikes and knew the defense would be there for them."
Valleyview pitching did not allow a run in three playoff games - Will Pauls threw a five-hit shutout in beating Heritage Middle School of Livingston, 3-0, in the title game; Pauls four-hit Bernardsville, 4-0, in the semifinal round; and Christian Fuentes pitched four innings and Luke Luzzi finished to combine for a five-inning, one-hit 12-0 victory over Mountain Lakes in the first round.
"The team played very well in the playoffs, of course, but there were two other victories during the regular season that stood out, too," Plumb said. "We beat East Hanover, 1-0, with a run in the top of the seventh and we came from behind to beat Brooklawn, 10-8, in 10 innings.
"East Hanover was big because this was a team we had struggled against very season since I have been here.
"And The Brooklawn victory was special because we were down 6-0 in the first inning and kept battling back before winning it in extra innings ... this showed the character of this team - they could have easily given up, but they kept fighting."
Asked to signal out his key players, Plumb offered the following:
"I'm not big on MVP or individual awards ... I believe everybody on the roster has a role on the team and the team was successful because everyone did his part ... we had a lot of players step up and have big games for us when we needed them."
Plumb is looking to build on this season and to establish a tradtion of winning baseball at the school.
"We have some good players coming to Valleyview in the next few years and I'm hoping this season will be the start of something big for Valleyview baseball," Plumb said. "I'm hoping the next couple of years we can build on what we did this year."
As for the 2011 team?
"This group is special," came the quick reply. "It is not easy going undefeated and that and the championship is something of which these players can be proud.
"I know I sure am proud of these boys."
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Pauls leads 13-0 Valleyview
to county championship
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DENVILLE - The Valleyview Middle School baseball team completed it first unbeaten season and won its first Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association post-season playoff championship since 1984 when Will Pauls shut out Heritage Middle School of Livingston, 3-0, in a game played at Valleyview here on Monday, June 13, 2011.
Pauls worked a complete seven-inning game, allowing five hits while striking out nine batters as Valleyview finished its season with a 13-0 record.
Pauls got in and out of his only jam of the game when Heritage loaded the bases with two outs in the top of the third inning and Pauls struck out the Heritage No. 3 hitter to retire the side and end the threat.
Valleyview scored twice in the bottom of the third when Tyler Brosius walked, stole second and took third on a single by Luke Luzzi. Luzzi stole second and Brian Chegwidden followed by reaching on an error that allowed both Brosius and Luzzi to score.
Valleyview made it 3-0 in the fifth when Brian Plucinsky drew a one-out walk, stole second, took third on a passed ball, and scored on a single by Pauls.
Heritage pitching limited Valleyview to three hits - singles by Justin Weick, Luzzi and Pauls.
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Pauls' 9K four-hitter puts Valleyview into title game
DENVILLE - Will Pauls pitched a complete-game four-hitter when unbeaten Valleyview Middle School defeated Bernardsville, 4-0, in the semifinal-round game of the Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association's post-season playoffs played at Valleyview here on Monday, June 6, 2011.
Paul struck out nine and walked only two (one intentionally) in the seven-inning game.
The victory puts Valleyview (12-0) into the county championship game that will be held Saturday, June 11, at Florham Park Middle School at 5 p.m.
Valleyview didn't score until the bottom of the fourth when Brian Chegwidden reached on an error and eventually scored on an overthrow of third base.
Valleyview got another unearned run in the fifth when Pauls singled, reached second one an error and came around to score on another overthrow.
Ryan Chegwidden, Brian Plucinsky and Christian Fuentes gave Valleyview two insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. Chegwidden singled and came around to score on Plucinsky's double and, after Pluncinsky took third on a passed ball, Fuentes followed with a groundout that brought home Plucinsky.
Pauls finished 2-for-4 with a run scored; Rupp was 1-for-3 with a double; Plucinsky finished 1-for-1 with an RBI double and a run scored; Ryan Chegwidden was 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored; Luke Luzzi and Justin Weick each finished 1-for-3; and Fuentes also had an RBI.
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Fuentes, Luzzi combine on one-hitter to beat Mtn. Lakes
DENVILLE - Christian Fuentes pitched four innings of one-hit ball and Luke Luzzi finished when unbeaten Valleyview Middle School defeated Mountain Lakes, 12-0, in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association game played at Valleyview on Tuesday, May 31.
Fuentes finished with two strikeouts and one walk and Luzzi finished the shutout with a 1-2-3 fifth with one strikeout in the game shortened by the league's mercy rule.
Valleyiew (11-0) scored scored all the runs it would need in the first inning when Christian Fuentes singled; Will Paul was hit with a pitch; Chris Rupp tripled home both runners; and Rupp then scored on an RBI goundout by Luzzi.
Valleyview made it 6-0 in the second inning when Matt Tavarone walked; Fuentes singled; Pauls brought Tavarone home with an RBI groundout; Rupp was hit with a pitch; and Luzzi followed with a two-run single.
In the third, Ryan Chegwidden and Ryan Washington walked and Tavarone was hit with a pitch to load the bases. Fuentes was hit with a pitch to force in a run; Pauls walked to force in another run; Rupp singled in two runs; and Luzzi singled home the fifth run of the inning to give Valleyview an 11-0 lead.
In the fourth inning, Tyhler Brosius singled, went to third on a two-base error and scored on a groundout.
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Valleyview returns to action with 5-0 victory
DENVILLE - The Valleyview Middle Schooll baseball team didn't let a little thing like a 12-day layoff interfere with its bid for an unbeaten season.
Showing none the worse for wear from having games and practices called off because of the recent run of wet weather in the area, Valleyview won its 10th game of the season in as many tries with a 5-0 victory over Pequannock in a game played at Valleyview on Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
Will Pauls started an worked six strong innings for the win, allowing but two hits and walking only one while striking out eight batters. Chris Rupp finished with a scoreless seventh inning in which he gave up one hit and struck out two.
Valleyview got the only run it would need in the bottom of the first inning when Christian Fuentes drew a walk and eventually scored on an error.
The game stayed 1-0 until the bottom of the fifth inning when Valleyview erupted for four big insurance runs.
Fuentes singled and Pauls grounded into a fielder's choice. After a strikeout for the second out of the inning, Tyler Brosius walked and Brian Chegwidden followed with a two-run double to right-center.
Ryan Chegwidden drove his cousin home with another double and, after Justin Weick walked, Matt Tavarone hit the third double of the inning - this one down the left field line - to drive in Ryan Chegwidden with the fourth run of the inning for Valleyview.
Rupp had the only multi-hit game for Valleyview as he finished 2-for-4 with a double. Brian Chegwidden was 1-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored and Ryan Chegwidden was 1-for-1 with a double, one RBI and a run scored.
Fuentes finished 1-for-3 with a run scored; Tyloer Brosius was 1-for-4 with a run scored; Tavaraone was also 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI; and Dylan Shaw was 1-for-2 with a double giving Valleyview five doubles in its eight-hit attack.
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Valleyview rallies for 10-8 win in extra innings
DENVILLE - The unbeaten Valleyview Middle School baseball team overcame a six-run first-inning deficit and went on to win a 10-inning, 10-8 decision over Brooklawn Middle School in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association game played at Parsippany on Wenesday, May 11, 2011.
Chris Rupp got the win when Valleyview (8-0) scored three times in the top of the 10th for the come-from-behind victory. Rupp came in to pitch in the second inning after Brooklawn had scored six first-inning runs and went the rest of the way, working nine innings and allowing two runs (both earned) on four his and five walks while striking out eight.
Trailing 7-6 going into the top of the seventh and last inning, Valleyview sent the game into extra innings when Tyler Brosius doubled, took third on an outfield flyout, and scored on Luke Urbanik's two-out single.
Neither team could break through until the 10th when Valleyview scored three times. Brian Chegwidden led off the inning with a double and, after an out, Ryan Chegwidden singled home his cousin for an 8-7 Valleyview lead. Christgian Fuentes followed with a double to put runners on second and third and Will Pauls singled to drive in Ryan Chegwidden with what proved to be the winning run. Rupp was walked intentionally and Brosius reached on an error that enabled Fuentes to score an insurance run.
After Brooklawn scored six times in the first inning, Valleyview chipped away with a run in the second when Luke Luzzi doubled and eventuall scored on a groundout by Justin Weick.
After Brooklawn made it 7-1, Valleyview got three runs in the top of the fifth when Ryan Chegwidden led off with a single; Fuentes followed with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Will Pauls; and Rupp homered for the third run of the inning.
Valleyview got two more runs in the top of the sixth when Brian Chewidden hit a one-out double, Matt Tavarone singled him to third and stole second, and both runners scored when Ryan Chegwidded followed with a single.
Fuentes finished 4-for-6 with a double and triple and one RBI; Ryan Chegwidden was 3-for-4 with three RBIs; Pauls finished 2-for-4 with two RBI; Rupp was 1-for-5 with a homer; Brosius was 2-for-6 with a double; Luzzi was 1-for-5 with a double; Urbanik was 1-for-3 with an RBI; Brian Chegwidden was 2-for-5 with two doubles; Brian Plucinsky was 1-for-3; and Tavarone was 1-for-2.
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Rupp, Pauls lead way to 7th straight win, 13-2
DENVILLE - Chris Rupp was 3-for-3 with a triple and four RBIs and Will Pauls pitched a two-hitter and was 3-for-4 with three runs scored when the unbeaten Valleyview Middle School baseball team beat Memorial (Hanover), 13-2, in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association game played at Black Brook Park in East Hanover on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.
Valleyview (7-0) held a 2-1 lead at the end of three innings and put the game out of reach with six runs in the top of the fourth inning and added another five runs in the fifth.
Pauls finished with a complete-game victory in which he allowed two runs (both earned) on two hits and only one walk while striking out six.
Brian Chegwidden opened the Valleyview fourth inning with a double, Blair Barrows followed with a single, and Ryan Chegwidden walked to load the bases. Christian Fuentes reached on an error as two runs scored and, after Pauls singled to reload the bases, Rupp singled in two more runs to give Valleyview a 6-1 lead. Pauls scored the fifth run of the inning on a wild pitch and Justin Weick singled home the final run.
In the fifth, singles by Fuentes, Paulls and Rupp accounted for the first run and then Ryan Washington, Brian Plucinsky and Brian Chegwidden each followed with RBI singles; and Matt Tavarone drove in the fifth run on a groundout.
Earlier, Pauls tripled and scored on Rupp's sacrifice fly for a first-inning run and Luzzi singled and eventually scored on a sac fly by Barrows for Valleyview's second-inning run.
With Rupp and Pauls combining for six of Valleyview's 14 hits, Brian Chegwidden also had a multiple-hit day when he finished 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and one run scored.
Fuentes was 1-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored; Luzzi was 1-for-2 with two runs scored; Weick was 1-for-3 with an RBI; and Barrows, Washington and Plaucinsky each finished 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run scored.
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17-hit attack shuts down Dover, 21-0
DENVILLE - The unbeaten Valleyview Middle School baseball team scored all its run in the first three innings and Tyler Brosius and Ryan Chegwidden coimbined on a one-hitter in a 21-0 victory over Dover in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association baseball game played at Valleyview here on Tuesday, May 3, 2011.
Valleyview (4-0) scored five runs in each of the first two innings and then put the game out of reach with an 11-run third inning before the game was halted after five inning by the mercy rule.
Brosius worked the first four innings and gave up a hit and a walk while striking out six. Chegwidden faced three batters in the fifth inning, striking out two.
Will Pauls, Luke Luzzi, Brian Chegwidden and Brosius each had multiple-hit games to lead Valleyview's 17-hit attack.
Pauls was 3-for-5 with three doubles, an RBI and three runs scored; Luzzi was 2-for-2 with two doubles, three RBIs and a run scored; Brian Chegwidden finished 2-for-4 with two doubles, three RBI and three runs scored; and Brosius was 2-for-4 with three runs scored.
Chris Rupp was 1-for-4 with four RBIs and three runs scored; Justin Weick was 1-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored; Ryan Washintong was 1-for-1 with an RBI; Matt Tavarone was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored; Luke Urbanik was 1-for-3 with a runs scored; Ryan Chegwidden was 1-for-1 with two runs scored; and Dylan Shaw had a double in his only official time at bat.
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Burrows' walk-off double beats Memorial, 3-2
DENVILLE - Blair Barrows hit a walk-off ground-rule double in the seventh inning to score Luke Luzzi and give unbeaten Valleyview Middle School a 3-2 victory over Memorial in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association baseball game played at Valleyview here on Friday, April 29, 2011.
Trailing 2-1 going into its final at-bat, Valleyview got its rally going when Justin Weick reached on an error. Luzzi followed with a triple to drive in Weick with the tying run and, after Brian Chegwidden was hit by a pitch, Barrows his game-winning double to right-center to bring home Luzzi and end the game.
The win was fourth of the season in a many starts for Valleyview.
Memorial took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second and Valleyview was held scoreless until the sixth inning when Christian Fuentes led off with a single, stole second, took third on a passed ball and, after Will Pauls walked, Fuentes scored when Chris Rupp reached on an error.
Memorial also scored on an unearned run in the top of the seventh to retake the lead at 2-1 and set up Valleyview's come-from-behind, walk-off victory.
Fuentes had two of Valleyview's five hits, finishing 2-for-3 with a run scored. Luzzi was 1-for-2 with his RBI triple; Barrows was 1-for-1 with his game-winning double; and Rup finished 1-for-3 with a double.
Fuentes started the game and went the first six-plus innings, going out in favor of Luzzi after walking the leadoff batter in the top of the seventh. Luzzi relieved and, after the Lenape runner scored on a stolen base and two throwing errors, he was able to get the next three batters out in order, two on strikeouts.
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Rupp, Fuentes, Pauls spark 18-hit attack in 13-4 win
DENVILLE - Chris Rupp was 3-for-5 with four RBIs and Christian Fuentes and Will Pauls each had three hits to highlight an 18-hit attack when Valleyview Middle School defeated Central School of Parsippany, 13-4, in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association games played at Central on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
Valleyview, which improved to 3-0 with the victory, scored four runs in the first inning, three more in the second and, after adding a single run in the fourth inning, put the game out of reach with a five-run flurry in the top of the seventh and final inning.
Rupp got his first RBI with the first of his three doubles in the first inning when he drove in Pauls, who had singled. Dylan Shaw, who finished 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs, followed with an RBI single; Luke Luzzi made it 3-0 when his double drove in Shaw; and Ryan Chegwidden followed with a single to drive in Luzzi.
Rupp got his second double and second and third RBIs in the second inning when Ryan Washington reached on an error, Fuentes singled and, after Pauls hit into a fielder's choice, Rupp followed with his two-bagger. Rupp scored when Shaw doubled for his second RBI of the game.
Luke Urbanik drove in Valleyview's eighth run with a fourth-inning single before Valleyview broke loose for five runs in the top of the seventh. Tyler Brosius doubled home a run, Pauls singled home another, Rupp doubled home his fourth run of the game, and the other two runs coming in on an error and an infield out.
Pauls was the winning pitcher, working the first six innings and giving up four runs (two earned) on seven hits and three walks while striking out five. Rupp finished up with a hitless and scoreless seventh while striking out one and walking two.
Also getting hits for Valleyview were Justin Weick (1-for-3), Brian Plucinsky (2-for-3) and Brian Chegwidden (1-for-3).
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Pauls RBI single, Rupp's hitless relief beat Mendham Twp.
DENVILLE - Will Pauls had two hits and drove in the winning run in a four-run second inning and Chris Rupp pitched 1.2 innings of hitless relief when Valleyview Middle School rallied for a 5-3 victory over Mendham Township in a Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association game played at Valleyview on Friday, April 15, 2011.
Trailing 2-0, Valleyview got its winning rally started when Justin Weick hit a one-out single and Luke Luzzi doubled to put runners on second and third. Brian Chegwidden followed with a single to drive in Weick; starting and winning pitcher Christian Fuentes hit a two-run triple to put Valleyview ahead, 3-2; and Pauls followed with a single to drive in Fuentes with what proved to be the winning run.
Mendham scored a run in the third to pull to within a run at 4-3 and then threatened again in the top of the sixth when it loaded the bases with two outs before Rupp got a strikeout to end the inning.
Valleyview (2-0) scored an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth when Ryan Chegwidden singled and scored on a double by Brian Plucinsky and Rupp retired Mendham 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh to end the game.
Pauls was 2-for-3 with an RBI to lead Valleyview's eight-hit attack. Fuentes was 1-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and a run scored; Ryan Chegwidden was 1-for-1 with a run scored; Weick was 1-for-2 with a run scored; Plucinsky was 1-for-1 with an RBI double; Luzzi was 1-for-1 with a double and a run scored; and aBrian Chegwidden was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Fuentes worked the first 5.1 innings, allowing three runs (earned) on six hits and three walks while striking out three. Rupp struck out two, walked two and got two of his four outs on strikeouts.
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Washington's two-run single key in Opening Day win
DENVILLE - Ryan Washington's two-run single in the fifth inning drove in what proved to be the winning runs when the Valleyview Middle School baseball team opened its season with a 9-4 victory over Delbarton in a Greater Morris Junior School Coaches Association game played at Valleyview on Thursday, April 14, 2011.
Starting pitcher Will Pauls got the victory, allowing but one run on four hit in four innings while striking out three and walking none. Justin Weick pitched the final three innings to finish.
Chris Rupp's first-inning sacrifice fly scored Will Pauls with the first run of the game. Brian Chegwidden drove in Tyler Brosius with another sacrifice fly in the second to give Valleyview a 2-0 lead.
Delbarton got on the board in the top of the fourth, but Valleyview answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the inning for a 4-1 lead.
Weick led off the inning with a walk and scored on Luke Luzzi's one-out triple. Blair Barrows followed with an RBI groundout as Luzzi scored.
In the fifth, Rupp was hit by a pitch and Weick singled and, after both runners moved up on a wild pitch, Washington delivered his two-run single that gave Valleyview its 6-1 lead.
Delbarton scored three times in the top of the sixth to close to within two runs at 6-4, but Valleyview came back with three runs of its own in the bottom of the inning to force the final 9-4 score.
Brian Plucinsky opened the inning when he reached on an error and Rupp followed with a double to put Valleyview runners on second and third. Luke Urbanick followed with an RBI single; Brosius singled to drive in the second run of the inning; and the third run came across when Weick hit into an RBI groundout.
Valleyview is right back in action on Friday, April 15, with a 3:45 p.m. home game against Mendham Township.
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VALLEYVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL: The 2010-11 Greater Morris County Group 3 champions, bottom row, left to right: Tyler Faccenda, James Jiang, Nick Vittorio, Jared Badalamenti and Luke Urbanik; top row: head coach Jim Whalen, Will Pauls, Brandon Siemion, Danny Bias, Arty Koroci, Matt Stark Christian Fuentes, Jake Voelkner, Jeff Wisniewski, Luke Luzzi, and team managers Ria Ryerson and Taylor Latorre.
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Stark, Kortoci lead the way
as Valleyview captures title
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DENVILLE - Matt Stark and Arty Kortoci each scored 18 points when the Valleyview Middle School boys basketball team completed its season with a 60-52 victory over Mendham in the title game of the Greater Morris County Group 3 Championships last month.
The team, coached by Jim Whalen, finished the season with a 12-1 record.
Brandon Siemion also scored in double figures in the championship game as he finished with 10 points. Will Pauls added seven points and Danny Bias, James Jiang, Christian Fuentes and Jeff Wisniewski also contributed to the victory.
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