Page 15 Foothills Sentry JULY 2025 COMMUNITY SPORTS BY CLIFF ROBBINS AND CHAD CLINE Coach Tim Craycraft, left, presented Nolan Wyser, center, with the El Modena Male Athlete of the Year award at their all-sports banquet, as boys swim coach Nicole Clark, right, looks on. Sara Pinedo from El Modena started in the circle for the East All-Stars. El Modena’s Monica Garcia handles the hot corner in the East vs. West All-Star game. Auddrey Lira, VPHS, flies off the mound after coming in to pitch for the East All-Stars. Victoria Oropeza from Canyon rounds third, heading for home to score for the East All-Stars. The Shine: Play It Forward foundation is in remembrance of Coach Tom Shine, former El Modena athlete, teacher and mentor who demonstrated strength and a positive attitude during his courageous battle with cancer. It recognizes the athletes for their leadership, character, service and positive impact to the community. From left, Brenda Shine, Casey Shine, ElMo scholarship recipients Dylan Leslie, Ben Astor, Logan Carrera, Nolan Wyser, Kaitlyn Galasso and Lisa Shine. Brenda Shine welcomed former El Modena athlete Brett Johnson into the El Modena Hall of Fame. Jim Bollinger welcomed former ElMo athlete and coach Jessica Foley into the El Modena Hall of Fame. Coach Robert Calderon, left, presented Kaitlyn Galasso with the El Modena Female Athlete of the Year award at the sports banquet. El Modena holds Hall of Fame sports banquet East All-Stars come from behind The always-colorful Bob Rudy, the voice of El Modena, opened the Hall of Fame banquet, introducing the newest members of the Hall of Fame, Brett Johnson and Jessica Foley. Johnson was a multi-sport athlete at ElMo from 1982-85, playing baseball and football. Johnson was selected for football, as All-Century League, All-County, All-CIF and All-State in 1984. Johnson was on the CIF-SS Championship teams in 1983 and 84, and was named Most Valuable Player of the Orange County All-Star game. He lettered in baseball, 198335, leading the team in RBIs, stolen bases and batting average in 1985. Johnson received a scholarship to play at Arizona University, and was on the PAC-10 Rose Bowl Championship team Sara Pinedo from El Modena High started on the mound for the East All-Stars, and gave up four runs on three hits before giving way to Canyon High School pitcher Jordan Simmons in relief. Katelyn Galasso from ElMo jumped all over the first pitch, drilling a single to right in the bottom of the first inning. Auddrey Lira from Villa Park hit into a double play to end the inning, leaving two stranded. Elle McClosky from Mater Dei led off in 1986-87. Johnson graduated from ASU in 1991 and went into broadcasting. Foley was a multi-sport athlete, 2002-05, playing volleyball and softball. She was selected to the All-Century League softball team, 2004-05, leading the county with an 800-plus on-base percentage in 2005. She was named Most Valuable Player in 2005 and First Team All-County and All-CIF. Foley ended her prep career playing in the Orange County All-Star game. Foley was awarded an athletic scholarship for softball at St. John’s University. She returned to El Modena to coach 2007-15. Foley’s jersey #00 was retired in 2014. She was Mater Dei head coach 2017-19, leading the team to two League titles in 2018-19. the second inning with a triple. ElMo batter Monica Garcia’s sacrifice fly scored McClosky to gain one run back for the East All-Stars. Villa Park’s Lira took the mound in the third inning for the East All-Stars, retiring the side. The East scored four runs on five hits to take the lead, 5-4, over the West. The West rallied for three runs in the fourth inning to take back the lead, 7-5. With Jade Diaz from Canyon Awarded Athletes of Character were: Brodie Hitchens, football; Nathanial Phipps and Sophia Andrews, cross country; David Razon, water polo; Avery Owen, girls tennis; Alina Casares, girls golf; Monique Del Toro, cheer; Shaylan Morgan, pom; Emily Aufdemberg, volleyball; Kobe Oliva and Mackenzie Brehm, basketball; Alejandro Escalera and Jocelyne Perez, soccer; Cindy Teyul Cuc, water polo; Zackary Daniel and Elizabeth Alvarado, wrestling; Christian Tafua, baseball; Trent Senters, golf; Matthew Valencia Beltran and Ariana Kang, lacrosse; Kylie Tafua, flag football; Julianna Brower, softball; Joshua Poylio and Brianna Soberano, swim; Cristian Cortez, tennis; Matthew Reyes and Madison Tran, track and field; Aaron Buckley, volleyball. on base, Lira from VPHS hit a double, scoring Diaz, for the East to trail by a run. Garcia led off with a single in the bottom of the sixth, and was left stranded. The East rallied behind Mater Dei Sophia Rolon’s lead-off double; Rolon scored on a fielder’s choice to tie the game, 7-7. The 2025 game went into the record book as a tie. The South All-Stars in the preceding game won, 4-0, over the North All-Stars.
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