CONFERENCE CHAMPS!!! The 2023 Ohlone College Renegades are crowned Coast Conference Champions for the 6th straight year! The Gades were 3 games out first with 6 games left back on April 15th - they needed to win 6 straight games the past two weeks to pull off the miracle finish!
Brad Norton, like ALL of our players, is an amazing young man. That’s a credit to the MOM, Lisa (& husband Todd). Lisa passed away on Nov 13, 2017. Lisa, you are the BEST mom EVER. We know you are in Heaven watching over Brad, Erica, & the Gades. You will ALWAYS be remembered!
Ohlone Baseball is FAMILY - every player is forever a Renegade. Jackson Nystrom (2023) is one of the BEST players and persons we’ve EVER had. Recently, Jackson (currently playing at USF), was diagnosed with cancer. We ask prayers for his recovery. The Gades are here for you Nys!
Redshirting is taboo to many who think JC baseball will be easy. Last fall, our staff spoke to
@EmmittPhinney
about benefits of a RS. We had 6’3 to 6’6 guys all over the field; he could gain experience, strength, size. Yesterday was his first college AB; ball not found yet. 👏 💣
Former Ohlone second baseman Luke O’Brien (‘18, ‘19) has accepted an offer to play UCSD, who will transition to NCAA D 1 in 2021! Great day for OC second baseman’s (see previous 2 tweets!).
Game 36 — Ohlone 5, Skyline 2
Luke O’Brien lives every kid’s dream! Here it was...
Hitter? Luke O’Brien
Score? Tied 2️⃣-2️⃣
Inning? Top 9️⃣
Count? 3️⃣ balls, 2️⃣ strikes, 2️⃣ out
Pitch? Curveball
Result? 💣
Ohlone Dugout? 😜🎊🎈🎉
I got to spend a week coaching in Asia last year w/ Orange Coast HC John Altobelli. He was a WONDERFUL guy. I texted him at 11:00 this morn to offer comfort, knowing he was friends w/ Kobe Bryant. Found out 1 hr ago he was on the flight. May God bless you Alto. Devastating.
Congrats to the GOAT! Cam Calvillo has committed to Division I Gonzaga. Calvillo’s hard work saw him hit .364 this year, with 11 extra base hits and 15/16 SB’s. He has a +arm across the infield.
#Respect
#renegadeforlife
Ohlone Wins to advance to Super Regional again! Andrew Amato and Zac Patterson dominate on the hill while Brett Tressen drives in Max Heverly to win it! See the winning call on our Ohlone broadcast, featuring the call of Bob Borzone, our official OC voice!
Ohlone wins 3rd straight Conference Championship and 4th in 5 years!! Robert Chioino throws and catches the final out!
2015 💍
2017 💍
2018 💍
2019 💍
Lots of hard work, sacrifice, effort, and courage. Nice job guys... never take these moments for granted!!
Two guys came in & asked what they needed to improve on. We didn’t sugarcoat it. We were honest about their performance. Neither made excuses or got hurt feelings. Today, Cam Hegamin went 3-3; Payton Dupree hit a 2-out, 3-run, 9th inn game-tying HR. Love these moments of growth!
Congrats to Ohlone’s Niko Lombardi, on his commitment to Division I, Cal State Fullerton. Lombardi will be the fourth ‘Gade to sign with the Titans since 2018. Currently, he leads all of California with 19 runners gunned down is throwing out runners at a rate of 51 percent.
Sadly, CJ Romero, a very special young man who spent two seasons with Ohlone College, passed away last week. You will ALWAYS have a special place in our heart CJ. To his wonderful parents, Casildo and Dani, and his family, we love you. You will ALWAYS be part of the OC Family.
Announcing the 2024 Ohlone College Baseball Coaching Staff.
Billy Clontz returns to the OC for his 11th year, and serves as the team’s hitting coach. Highly-respected, Coach Clontz played at Western Oregon Univ, has spoken nationally, and also work’s with the infielders.
Announcing the 2024 Ohlone College Baseball Coaching Staff.
Estefen Valdez joins the OC for his first season and will serve as the program’s Outfield Coach. Coach Valdez is heavily involved with
@NorCalU1
Baseball and will also serve as the team’s Recruiting Coordinator.
Congrats to Ohlone Fr OF Jackson Nystrom. He is Ohlone’s 7th D1 commit (and third freshman) this summer. He is one of the BEST guys we’ve had here. He carries a 4.0 GPA, was First-Team All-American, finished w/ 16 doubles and 13 HR’s, and most imp, plays hard EVERY SINGLE PITCH!
Ohlone College Baseball was back in action for the first time today. A total of 18 Renegades signed off the 2022 team, so lots of new faces and lots of promise for our new 2023 squad.
I am speechless. This yr, we lost our ace to TJ, best reliever had PRP, starting 2B, SS, 3B missed over 50 games, & 2 wks ago, we were 3 gms out (w/ 6 left) & in 3rd place. Our guys NEVER quit, finger-pointed, made excuses. They FOUGHT, COMPETED, and WILLED THIS. (Cont’)
Congrats to Brett Tressen, who has been honored as Ohlone College’s Male Athlete of the Year for the 2018-19 school year. Brett led the Renegades to Conference, Regional, & Super Regional titles. He hit .378, slammed 14 doubles, 1 triple, and 7 homers, and started all 49 games.
All-Coast Conference Team announced! Ohlone has 14 players selected! Including Conference Pitcher of the Year and Conference Player of the Year!
Conference Player of the Year
Zach Patterson
Our 2023 season has ended. Ohlone finishes 29-13, wins a Conference title, and advances to Regional. Thank you to our players for the memories, parents for the support, and admin for their behind-the-scenes work. In the coming weeks, we’ll post our annual “End of Season Review.”
2018 Postseason Awards
2018 All Coast Conf Team
First Team
Ryan Walstad
Miguel Cazares
Justin Clark
Ryan Probst
Michael Gallagher
Peter Van Loon
Brian Martinez (below)
Stirling Strong
2nd Team
Dalton Vanhille
Andrew Amato
Hon Mention
Brett Tressen
Joseph Jennison
Thank you to Ryan Walstad on two amazing seasons!
75 Games
.320 (65-203)
11 Doubles, 6 Triples
55 Runs, 29 RBI, 37 Walks
12/17 SB
2 Championship Rings!
Signed with NCAA Division I Sacramento State!
@ryan_walstad
Congrats to the GOAT! Ohlone’s Stevie Hom has signed with Division I Texas A&M University - CC. Hom blasted 28 doubles, 5 triples, and 14 homers in 2 seasons here - our unquestioned leader took us to a Final Four and 2 conference titles.
#respect
#renegadeforlife
WALK OFF!
Ohlone boys do it again. Josh Algarin starts off 10th with single and stolen base and Shea Upton walks it off! Rosser, Linberg, Harper, Calvillo, and Tateno dominate on the hill. Ohlone 4, San Bernardino 3. Gades heading back to SoCal next week!
#benchmob
#justwin
Quiet locker room about 90 minutes before arrival time - Calm before the storm.
Ohlone boys take on San Bernardino today at 2:00 PM; look forward to a big crowd today!
Congrats to Freshman Will Linberg on his commitment to Division I CSU Northridge. This season, Linberg was one of the best bats in the Coast Conference. This is our 4th D1 commit the last two weeks - 3 more coming next week.
#RenegadeforLife
Lots of GREAT THINGS happening at Ohlone for our returners and incoming recruits. In 2024, you’ll see:
1) Championship Hill - 9 flagpoles, holding over 20 title banners
2) Installation of 4 high-def cameras which includes a software partnership with
@spiideo
3) New scoreboad!
HAVE A DAY!! Ohlone wins 2 games on Saturday (29-4 and 24-4) as they blast NINE HOMERUNS on the day. Jackson Nystrom homers three times and drives in 10 runs on the day. 💣 💣 💣
@JacksonNystrom
Ohlone has had 4 OF’s sign with Division I programs in the last 6 weeks - and another announcement (our 5th OF!) coming here soon. Ohlone has had 10 players sign with Division I programs since June 1st.
@CoastConferenc1
Ohlone 8, Cañada 6
Ohlone gut out a big 8-6 win. Comerford with 2 homeruns, Biehl 4-4, Khan with 5 IP for the win, and Ty Clappin for the 9th inning save.
It’s been a wonderful last five seasons (see below for 2015 - ‘19) — but 2020 was shaping up to be the best of all. Hoping all of our guys are doing well and excited about 2021.
Game 34
Ohlone 11, Canada 1
OC runs record to 28-6 and 12-0 in season. Up 2-1, Michael Gallagher BLASTS grand slam (see below)!! Andrew Amato gets win, Curtis gets 3 hits, Cole doubles. Probst triples and knocks in 5!
Thanks D I programs UCSB (
@JonesUCSB
), Santa Clara (
@chrispysix
), USD (
@MitchHolland10
) for coming out. Practices open to all 4-yr schls: Ethan Foley (91-93), Jayden Harper (87-88), Tucker Biehl (6’3, SS), Will Anderson (1B), Ray Hernandez (86-88), Mahi Tabata, many others avail.
Ohlone wins Game 1 of Super Regional with 18-6 victory over Fresno City College. Justin Clark, Brett Tressen, Zach Patterson, Max Heverly, Brad Norton, and Luke O’Brien all double. Nick Hurst hits his first career homerun.
Ohlone 9, West Valley 8
Ohlone Boyz do it again. Niko Lombardi blasts a walk-off homerun to win it in bottom of 9th over West Valley. The homerun gives the Gades a series sweep, winning all three this week.
Make that three!! Ohlone Baseball wins Pacific Coast Conference crown third straight year; and 4 of the past 5. Thank you to all fans, parents, professors, counselors, administrators who have supported Renegade Baseball!
Ohlone wins Friday (Josh Algarin; Grand Slam, 6 RBI) vs. Monterey, 17-5, capturing 6th straight title. Ohlone wins on Sat as well (Ethan Liao, 5 hits) over San Francisco, 11-3. Binyam Gebhardt closes out both gms. Gades moves on to CCCAA Playoffs now, taking on LMC next Fri/Sat.
That’s a wrap! Ohlone Boyz finish fall on a high note. Hitters grinding AB’s, defenders hunting outs, and arms hunting 15 or less. Binyam Gebhardt blasted a 9th inning HR to give the Gold a 3-1 on Fri. Now, it’s on to our Green and Gold World Series - 7-gamer series coming up!
Congratulations to Ohlone College 2019 second baseman Luke O’Brien, who received the prestigious Rawlings Gold Glove Award at the end the last season. Hardware has arrived!
CCCBCA announces Pre-Season All-American Team. Ohlone leads the state with 4 selections! Tyler Stultz (LHP), Ryan Robinson (RHP), Zach Patterson (OF), and Bradley Norton (SS). Game 1 on Jan 24!
Two-time All-Conference pitcher at Ohlone (2022, 2023), Ethan Shaver, gets the opening night nod for D1 UOP, and goes five innings for the win over UNLV.
Game 7 — Ohlone 16, Reedley 3. Zach Patterson hits grand slam and knocks in six. Dalton Vanhille hits 2 doubles and HR. Luke O’Brien homers. Amato moves to 2-0.
Ohlone ranks seventh in the Top 20 Community Colleges in the NATION. To determine where students can receive the best education at the cheapest rates, WalletHub compared more than 650 community colleges across 18 key indicators of cost and quality. Go Gades!
Thank you to Division I programs Cal Poly and UC Irvine for coming out to our practice at Ohlone on Friday. Ohlone had 10 D1 transfers in 2023 and have several top arms and players again in 2024. Please email Coach Curran for practice / scrimmage dates and times. All are welcome.
I’d like to express a sincere thank you to
@ABCA1945
for the opportunity to present (Creative Strategies to Induce Chaos and Improve Offensive Run Production) last month at the ABCA Convention. It was a true honor. Thank you esp to Bob Whelan and Ryan Brownlee (
@CoachB_ABCA
).
Always upgrading at “The OC”
☑️ (4) 4K Cameras being installed
☑️ Today, we approved $30,000 scoreboard
☑️ $50,000 Championship Hill done
☑️ New batters eye went up this morn
Moving forward 💪
Congrats to Ohlone’s Jayden Harper on his commitment to Fullerton. He will be the third Renegade in recent years to move on to Fullerton, joining Tyler Stultz (2021) and AJ Curtis (2018).
2024 Fall World Series XI
Many great names have been a part of the Fall World Series over the past 10 yrs. Nat’l JUCO Players of the Year Ryan Ruley (2017),
@Reds
24th Rder AJ Curtis (2018),
@Orioles
Peter Van Loon (2019), Pac 12 star Jeter Ybarra (2022). It’s starts today!
Collegiate Baseball lists their annual “Players to Watch” for 2018 in their January issue. Four Renegades make the cut!
Ryan Probst, CF
AJ Curtis, 1B
Miguel Cazares, SS
Brian Martinez, LHP
Hello
@elonmusk
- we’ve had 15 straight 3.0 GPA semesters (7 yrs!), longest win streak in nation (36), 30 guys sign scholly’s last 2 yrs, & win a LOT of championships. Apparently this is all “sensitive” though? Can you help us out? PS - love to invite you to our Jan home opener.
Congrats to Griffin Allen (
@IamGriffinAllen
) who today was selected as Week 5 NorCal Pitcher of the Week. On Saturday, Allen went 7 shutout innings against CSM, allowing just one hit, walking one, and striking out five.
The President of Ohlone College has notified us that our 2019 Renegades have been awarded the CCCAA Team Scholar Award. This prestigious honor is awarded for the highest GPA of the 88 CA JUCO teams. The 2019 ‘Gades finished with a 3.35 Team GPA & 20/26 players had 3.0 or better.
Ohlone 12, CSM 2
Ohlone Boyz win in dominating fashion. Griffin Allen (Big Cat) throws 7 shutout innings and Stevie Hom, Caovinh Nguyen, and Nino Vultaggio all blast homers. Three hits for Will Linberg.
@will_linberg
@TheStevieHom
@NinoVultaggio00
@IamGriffinAllen
CCCAA PLAYOFFS
For sixth straight year, and 7th time in 8 seasons, Ohlone heading on the the CCCAA Regionals. Ohlone plays a 3-game series with Los Medanos.
Friday, 2:00 PM
Saturday, 11:00 AM
Saturday, 2:30 PM
Ohlone’s Bradley Norton voted CCCBCA NorCal Player of the Week. He finished last week hitting .727 (8-11) with 2 doubles, 2 triples, 7 runs, and 8 RBI. Norton is signed with Rutgers, who plays in the Big 10 Conference.
Ohlone Baseball finally gets in Fall World Series VI. Coach Clontz’s Green Team wins title, 5-3.
MVP - Luke O’Brien
MVPitcher - Ryan Robinson
Gold Glove - Bradley Norton
Ohlone moves to 10-0 on the season with back-to-back 14-7 wins on Saturday. Hawaiian Shayden Sabagian provides spark and Sheppard, Heverly, Patterson, Cole, Palo, Steinhauer, Facteau lead the 35-hit day. Heinz and Chimenti with the wins on the bump.
@B_Sakowski_PG
The baseball world is small. Today, we learned that Fresno City College assistant coach Sam Flores passed away. Sam, like all the coaches and players at FCC, was a good man. May God bring you into his Heavenly kingdom today. The Ohlone Baseball Family is with
@FCCRAMSBASEBALL
Fall World Series XI
Green Wins Series, 4-1
Team Green captured the 11th annual World Series, w/ a 7-3 victory. Drew Gilbert (3 IP, 2 H, 1 R) got the win & Diego Menjivar closed it out. Coach Bill Clontz won his 7th World Series title. He was assisted by Ty Cuming & Ethan Foley.
Ohlone wins with some real fireworks. Brendan Comerford hits a grand slam (video) and Matt Leiterman sets five school records: most plate appearances (9), most at-bats (7), most times reaching base safely (8), most hits (6), and most runs scored (6) in a single game.
Remember this guy? That’s Anthony Garcia, closer for our 2017 Final Four Ohlone team that finished 42-7. Today, he threw a PERFECT GAME for NAIA Culver-Stockton College. Congrats Ant!
@WhatDidAntDo