Porterville Pair Are NorCal Player/Pitcher of Week #1

Porterville College's duo of Josh Myers and Chris Blanco are the CCCBCA NorCal Players of the Week #1 (Jan. 23-25).

At designated hitter, the freshman Myers, from Idaho Falls, Idaho, slugged home runs in each of the three games the Pirates played, a win over Rio Hondo and a split v. Diablo Valley.

Batting 5-for-10 (.500), all of his hits were for extra bases as he added a triple, a double while also driving a grand slam among his round-trippers. He had 7 RBI and slugged at a 1.700. Myers stole a base and hit a sacrifice fly as well.

Blanco, a freshman from Denver, Colo., is the region's top pitcher after firing a 7-inning, complete-game, 4-hit shutout v. DVC, a 3-0 Porterville win on Jan. 24 in the nightcap of a doubleheader. Blanco struck out nine, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 60 of his 98 pitches for strikes. 

- Courtesy CCCBCA