The Shetland 6U Mission Bay Youth Baseball All Star team recently made an impressive run all the way to the Super Regional tournament in West Covina playing in several tournaments along the way.

“We did okay in that first tournament, we put the team together, and then a week later they started that tournament,” said coach William Forero.

The team took part in a total of 21 games on their way to West Covina where they played for four days having to drive up north from San Diego on each occasion.

Following a tournament in Ramona, they then moved on to the Beach and Bay Tournament, which was held at the Tecolote and La Jolla baseball fields, winning the silver bracket. That impressive performance was a precursor to the Pony All Star Tournament before the Super Regionals. The team ended up finishing in the top eight in Super Regionals with their impressive run coming to an end against the team from Lancaster.

“This may have been the furthest that Mission Bay has gone in the all star tournaments,” Forero added. “These kids battled resiliently through a bunch of different tournaments making it from one to the next. Everyone in the community got extremely excited for the kids and how far we made it.”

Forero has been coaching for five years and has three children who play youth baseball as well as a nephew.

“Overall, a great experience for Pacific Beach and Mission Bay Youth Baseball,” Forero said. “I ended up coaching the all star team with a couple of other great coaches. We were able to put this motley crew team together and rack up some wins and also win some medals and some rings.”

Players on the team include Bode Burrows, Brady Foster, Brody Smith, Charlie Stephens, Christian Vierra, Greyson Nichols, Jack Humphrey, Jackson Dallin, Jake Dickey, Kolton Forero, Luca Dellerba, and Maxsevyn Forero. Coaches for the team were William Forero, Fernando Forero, Mike Burrows, and Tyler Smith.