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THIS FOR TEENS.IT JUST, IT HELPS BECAUSE TEENS RIGHT NOW ARE LIKE, WE'RE SUFFERING.
LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING OUR OWN PROBLEMS. SO LIKE, KNOWING THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY CARES ENOUGH TO SET THIS UP FOR US, IT, IT HELPS A LOT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AT THE TEEN SUMMIT WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
WE NEVER STOP GRINDING SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAININGS.
UM, AND ACTUALLY SHARED ROLL CALL.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
AND ASHLEY STICKLER IS NOT HERE THIS EVENING.
SHE HAS GOT AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
SHE'S NOT A BIT FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER.
I THINK THAT COVID THING CAUGHT HER, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND SPEAK TO THE PUBLIC? UM, NOW THAT THE MICROPHONE'S ON, UH, REGARDING THIS EVENING, OR WE'LL JUST MOVE RIGHT ON INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS.
NO PUBLIC CARDS OR IS THERE ANY MEMBERS? WE HAVE NO MEMBERS ONLINE MAYOR, SO NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR PROGRAM AND WE HAVE A PRETTY EXCITING THING GOING ON TONIGHT, DON'T WE? YOU GUYS READY? OKAY.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, RECOGNITION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SPRING SUMMER SPORTS TEAMS, THE VINEYARD LITTLE LEAGUE.
TONIGHT THE CITY WELCOMES THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA VINEYARD LITTLE LEAGUE.
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE TWO OUTSTANDING TEAMS FOR YOUR, YOUR PROFESS PROFESSIONALISM AND IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS IN BASEBALL THIS YEAR.
THE FIRST TEAM WE'RE RECOGNIZING TONIGHT IS THE VINEYARD LITTLE LEAGUE 11 U ALL STARS FROM THE LITTLE LEAGUE DISTRICT DIVISION 71 WHO PLAYS FIRST THIS SEASON AS BOTH DISTRICT AND SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS.
YEAH, LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THE, THE TEAM WON SECTIONAL SECTION FIVE TOURNAMENT ADVANCED AS SECTION CHAMPIONS TO REPRESENT THE LEAGUE AND THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TOURNAMENT PLAY AT STATE FOR THEIR AGE DIVISION.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP ONE OF YOUR ALL STARS, YOUR LEADER, RICK FONTANA AND BRETT PASQUA, WHO BOTH AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA INTRODUCE AND, UH, CALL THEIR OWN PLAYERS AND THE MANAGERS.
I'M GONNA HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO RICK.
YOU COULD STATE WHOEVER THAT BE.
BRENT'S THE COACH, RIGHT? IS THIS ON? YEAH, ACTUALLY COACH IS BRETT BUTLER.
SO WHY DON'T YOU COME UP? BRENT BRENT'S THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT AND THE MANAGER OF THE 12-YEAR-OLD TEAM.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE IT TAKES A LOT TO MAKE ALL THIS HAPPEN.
AND, UM, SO BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE THE BOYS, I WANNA RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF, UH, PEOPLE THAT DO A LOT FOR US.
UM, WE WERE FIRST TIME FOR DISTRICT 71 AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA THAT WE HAD NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO UMPIRES GO TO THE WORLD SERIES.
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HE WENT TO THE JUNIOR WORLD SERIES, JUNIOR SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES IN KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON.AND HE WAS ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, RIGHT? AND OUR OTHER ONE WAS JASON WEATHERFORD.
HE WENT TO WILLIAMSPORT FOR THE LOW LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
UH, JASON COULDN'T BE HERE BECAUSE HE GOT IN TROUBLE AT WORK FOR MISSING ALL THAT TIME DURING THE SUMMER.
SO HE'S WORKING IN ARIZONA RIGHT NOW AND OVERTIME.
SO I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOU, DAVE.
WE HAD, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD SEASON THIS YEAR.
UM, OUR DISTRICT RANCH CUCAMONGA GAINED A LOT OF KIDS.
EVERY, EVERY LEAGUE IN THE CITY GAINED MORE KIDS.
UH, THE DOWNSIDE IS WE LOST FIVE FIELDS.
UM, OUR, OUR FALL PROGRAM, WE'RE, WE'RE PLAYING 30% LESS GAMES BECAUSE OF THAT.
UH, RANCHO LITTLE LEAGUE DOESN'T HAVE A HOME FIELD AND WE'RE, WHAT, FIVE MONTHS FROM OPENING DAY? SO WE'RE SCRAMBLING THERE.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK.
'CAUSE WE JUST KEEP LOSING FIELDS.
SO, UH, BRAD IS OUR 9, 10, 11 ALL STAR COACH.
LIKE, UH, THE MAYOR SAID DISTRICT 71 CHAMPIONS, SECTION EIGHT CHAMPIONS, AND WENT ON TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT TO, UH, TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND OUR DISTRICT AND THEIR LEAGUE.
SO BRETT, BRETT, WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE THE BOYS.
COME ON UP AND INVITE 'EM ALL UP HERE SO THEY CAN.
EXTREMELY PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF BOYS ALL SUMMER LONG.
UM, SO VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID, THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU MADE, UM, AND THE WORK YOU PUT FORTH AND HOW YOU REPRESENT OUR LEAGUE.
WE HAVE CLAYTON BITLER, WILLIAM BOLANDER, JORDAN REMBISH, MATTHEW DOWER.
MADDOX GUTIERREZ, BRADEN, LESTER, ISAAC LOPEZ, MAX LOPEZ, ALEC MADANO AND OUR COACHES.
UM, COULDN'T HAVE NOT HAVE DONE THIS SEASON OVER THE SUMMER WITHOUT YOU GUYS.
WOO, BRENDAN CAGLE, JUSTIN KRUM, AND BRETT BYLER.
NOW I JUST, JUST ONE SECOND HERE.
WOULD YOU MIND DOING ME A FAVOR AND JUST SHARING, BECAUSE I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, MOST OF 'EM ALL KNOW 'CAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND VOLUNTEERS, BUT JUST HOW MANY GAMES DID YOU WIN WHEN YOU WENT INTO THIS, THE REGIONAL AND THEN ALSO AT THE STATE LEVEL? HOW MANY GAMES DID YOU HAVE TO PLAY? SO DISTRICT, DISTRICT LEVEL, WE HAD TO PLAY THREE INTO DISTRICT.
UH, SWEPT DISTRICT, SWEPT SECTIONALS.
PLAYED STATE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO AREA.
UH, WON OUR SECOND GAME AND THEN LOST OUR THIRD.
AMAZING STREAK THESE BOYS HAD THROUGH UNDEFEATED, THROUGH DISTRICT AND SECTIONAL.
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JOB.SO WE ALL COME DOWN HERE AGAIN ONCE, UM, AND COME ON DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF US.
AND, AND THESE LADIES JUST COME RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF US SO WE CAN GET SOME PICTURES.
ANY OF YOU FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO COME DOWN UP FRONT, GET SOME PICTURES.
COME RIGHT DOWN IN FRONT IF YOU WISH.
SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY, THAT WAY, THAT WAY, THAT WAY.
NOW WE GOT ANOTHER TEAM TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE HERE.
IN FACT, YOU CAN TAKE OVER THE MEETING FOR ME IF YOU WANT.
OKAY, OUR NEXT TEAM IS THE 11 U ALL STARS FIRST PLACE TEAM.
RICK, WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO WITH THE, WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE ALLSTAR TEAM, THE 12 AND UNDER, UH, MANAGED BY BRENT PASQUA.
THE, UH, AGAIN, THIS TEAM WAS YOUR DISTRICT CHAMPIONS SECTION EIGHT CHAMPIONS AND WENT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE STATE TOURNAMENT, FINISHING FIFTH IN THE STATE.
ALL RIGHT, WELL ON BEHALF OF, UH, UH, VINEYARD LITTLE LEAGUE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR FOR HAVING US, FOR CITY COUNCIL, FOR HAVING US.
UH, BUT ESPECIALLY, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO RICK FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU PUT INTO THE DISTRICT WITH ALL THE LEAGUES, WITH WINTER BALL, FALL BALL.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, A PART OF ALL OF THAT IS ALL THESE KIDS COULD ENJOY THE SUCCESS OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN.
I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO DAVID BURKE FOR THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN AS UMPIRES.
THIS, UH, DISTRICT SECTIONALS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU GOT YOU A LOT OF YOU GUYS, OR YOU GUYS WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES.
AND SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THANK YOU TO CELESTE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN.
YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE NEEDED SOMETHING, YOU GUYS ARE A PHONE CALL AWAY TO HELP US OUT.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS WHOLE FALL SEASON, WINTER SEASON.
SO WE SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM VERY MUCH.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE FAMILIES, THE PARENTS, AND OF COURSE THE SIBLINGS FOR ALL OF THE TIME THAT YOU GUYS PUT IN TO SACRIFICE THIS SUMMER, UH, TO BE HERE FOR YOUR SIBLINGS TO BE ABLE TO PLAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAD A SACRIFICE YOUR SUMMER, SO THANK YOU TO YOU, THE PARENTS, THE SIBLINGS, TO ALL OF YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THIS YEAR ALSO.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY ALSO, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PLAYERS.
UH, YOU GUYS HAD A TREMENDOUS SUMMER.
WE SET OUT ALL OF YOU GUYS, THE ELEVENS, THE TWELVES WE SET OUT WITH A VERY INTENTIONAL GOAL.
AND THAT WAS TO GO OUT THERE AND WIN DISTRICT TO GO OUT THERE AND WIN SECTIONALS AND THEN TO GAIN A SHOWING AT STATE.
AND YOU GUYS PROVED THAT ELEVENS YOU HAD A TREMENDOUS SHOWING AGAIN AT DISTRICT LEVEL, SECTION LEVEL AT STATE LEVEL.
YOU GUYS REPRESENTED THE LEAGUE, THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY.
UH, TO THESE TWELVES WE SET OUT TO MAKE MEMORIES THAT WE HOPE WE WOULD NEVER FORGET.
UH, WE WANTED TO PUT IN THE WORK.
UH, WE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING WE WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO GET TO THAT LEVEL, BUT WE JUST DIDN'T WANNA WIN DISTRICT AND SECTIONALS.
WE WANTED TO HAVE A SHOWING AT STATE THAT WOULD PUT VINEYARD ON THE MAP AGAIN AND TO PUT THE CITY ON THE MAP.
YOU GUYS WENT THERE, YOU GUYS DID NOT EVER ROLL OVER.
AND WE WENT THERE AND TOOK FORTH
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OUT OF HUNDREDS OF TEAMS IN LITTLE LEAGUE.I'LL JUST SAY I AM SO AGAIN BEYOND PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
UM, YOU GUYS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, SO THANK YOU BOYS.
AIDEN MAGANA, ELI ALEXANDER, RICKY CAMPOS, JACOB ALEXANDER, LANDON PASQUA, MATTHEW WATSON, AARON CHAVEZ, CRUZ, CHAR R MAVERICK RICHARDSON, JACKSON MEADOWS, AND ANDY LUCIO.
WE ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE WYATT MCID, WHICH WHO WAS A HUGE PART OF THIS TEAM WHO COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO WE DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO WYATT AND TOW WYATT'S FAMILY, HIS MOM AND SISTER FOR BEING HERE AND COACH DAVID MEADOWS.
WE ALSO HAVE THREE COACHES WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.
UH, JASON ALEXANDER, DEREK WATSON, AND BOBBY LUCIO.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR COACHES WHO HELPED OUT, UH, THIS ENTIRE SEASON.
YOU SAW THE DRILL BEFORE, RIGHT? YEAH.
PRETEND LIKE YOU LIKE EACH OTHER.
WHO'S IN THE SEVENTH GRADE? ANYBODY? YOU ARE.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPECIAL MEETING.
BUT BEFORE WE ADJOURN ONTO, UM, OUR, UM, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT STARTS AT SIX O'CLOCK.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY YOUR PARENTS AND FAMILIES, VOLUNTEERS, THE COACHES, THE MANAGERS, UH, EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT HELP THESE YOUNG MEN GO OUT AND PLAY A SPORT OF BASEBALL AND DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB BRINGING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RECOGNITION BACK TO THE HOME WHERE THEY LIVE.
THE TOWN OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE CITY.
WE'VE THANK YOU ENOUGH FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
IT COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT OF YOUR CHILDREN.