Redwood Baseball Team starts up fall ball and prepares for the upcoming season.
By: Clara Houser
Mateo Alonzo, ‘24 is a returning varsity member of the Redwood Baseball team. He says, “Fall ball is basically just a ton of conditioning, running, and just getting ready for the season.”
Isaac Esquivel, ‘25, further describes their practices so far. He says, “We condition, strengthen, train to the weight room during the pre-season. We’re consistently on the field Mondays, Wenesdays and Thursdays, just getting better everyday.”
Esquivel says, “Last year we were out here a lot, and it helped us get ready and it showed when that time came around. We were 15 and 0 in league and had a good winning record and hopefully we build off of that.”
Joel Llerenas, ‘24, says, “Fall Ball helps us build bonds as a team. So it’s not like a team you’re playing with, it’s more like a brother.”
Llerenas also shares what he hopes to see in the season. He says, “I’m trying to go out with a bang. Trying to bring home a valley championship.”
Jaxon Griffiths, ‘25, expresses the impact of Fall Ball to him personally. He says, “We get more work in, it just gives us more of an advantage and we get more connected as a team and a lot more practice.”
Jack Volchko, ‘26, shares the challenges of the upcoming season. He says, “We lost like a lot of seniors last year, so like there’s going to be a lot of people having to step up.”
Volchko also says, “I was on JV last year, so I’m excited to see what Varsity’s like.” He continues, “I play basketball so its kind of cut short because of basketball.”
Easton Rogers, ‘24, says, “I think we’re going to do great, I mean the sky’s the limit. We have the guys to make a run in the championship but execution is all that matters, so we’ll see if we can get it done.”
Clara Houser
Clara Houser is a first year senior journalist. She enjoys learning American Sign Language (ASL) and hopes to pursue a career in the interpreting or ASL teaching field. She's excited to be covering sports and sharing stories with Redwood.