Placentia Pony 13-and-under team qualifies for World Series beginning Friday

Placentia Pony 13-and-under team players and coaches after winning the zone championship. (Photo courtesy Placentia Pony).

It’s been a memorable summer for the Placentia Pony 13-and-under team which is headed to the Pony World Series beginning Friday in Carlsbad.

The team swept the West Zone tournament in West Hills to capture the tourney title and reach the World Series. Placentia will face Vega Alta, Puerto Rico in their first game.

Placentia also placed second in regionals and second in the super regionals.

In the zone tournament, the squad defeated West Hills 5-4, Ceres Blaze 17-8, Heartwell all-stars 10-6 and Long Beach all-stars 5-2.

The manager is Spencer Oborn and coaches are Drew McMillan and Jerry Baranick.

Members of the team are:

Madden Zaha

Drew Baranick

Jackson Esparza

Keegan Glenn

Clayton Collier

Gavin Oborn

Max Mejia

Declan Godsey

Liam McMillan

Jordan Jeon

Adrian Jimenez

Brody Smith

Jayden Kim

Ten teams are in the World Series. Other teams are Altoona, Penn.; San Diego; Chiba, Japan; Chicago; Carlsbad; Brownsville, Tex.; Chinandega, Nicaragua; Tijuana, Mexico and Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

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