Prep Talk: Fremont, Once Best In City Section Baseball, Plays For Division Iii Title

First-year shot coach Dino Flores of Fremont High teaches health, and for nan full semester, he had a freshman from Venezuela, Roiber Colmenares, sitting successful class.

One day, Colmenares asked Flores a unusual question.

“Hey Mr. Flores,” he said successful Spanish. “Do you cognize really I tin subordinate nan shot team?”

“Yes I do,” Flores said.

Colemenares told him playing shot was each he did successful Venezuela.

Then Flores had Colemenares show him really to section a crushed shot pinch an imaginary shot successful class.

“That’s erstwhile I knew we had thing special,” Flores said. “Just his activity you could show he’s a shot player.”

With Colmenares starring nan way, Fremont has precocious to look Hamilton successful Friday’s 2:30 p.m. Division III last astatine Stengel Field. The Division II last will person South East playing Roosevelt astatine 5:30 p.m. astatine East Los Angeles College.

“He’s our champion hitter and champion pitcher,” Flores said of nan 5-foot-8, 140-pound freshman.

Fremont utilized to beryllium a shot power, having won 5 upper-division City titles, nan past successful 1963. There besides was a 3A title successful 1992.

“The history is good documented,” Flores said.

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