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2019 Orange County Baseball Player of the Year
2019 Orange County Baseball Player of the Year
Cameron Repetti: A Dominant Force
Cameron Repetti led Cypress High School to a historic Division 1 CIF-SS baseball championship in 2019. His exceptional performance both on the mound and at the plate earned him the prestigious title of Orange County Baseball Player of the Year.
Repetti was a force to be reckoned with, dominating opponents with his pitching prowess and clutch hitting. He finished the season with an impressive 11-1 record and a 1.21 ERA, striking out 93 batters while walking only 12. His offensive contributions were equally impressive, as he batted .371 with 39 hits and 26 RBIs.
A crucial moment in Cypress' championship run came during the Boras Classic, where Repetti's strong performance ignited the team's belief in their potential. His standout pitching in the Division 1 championship game against Harvard-Westlake sealed the deal, securing the title for Cypress.
Repetti's impact on the team's success was undeniable, and his recognition as Orange County's top player is a well-deserved honor.
Cameron Repetti was reliable all season for the Cypress baseball team.
He was especially reliable during the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
Repetti pitched 21 innings over five playoff wins as the Centurions won the Division 1 championship. He allowed only three earned runs, five walks and 14 hits and struck out 26.
He led the Centurions with 39 hits and 26 RBIs, batted .371 and struck out only seven times in 124 plate appearances. On the mound Repetti was 11-1 with a 1.21 ERA and 93 strikeouts with only 12 walks in 86 2/3 innings.
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For his great contributions to Cypress’ run to the Division 1 title and throughout the season, Repetti is the Register’s Orange County baseball player of the year for the 2019 season.
Repetti (6-3, 200), who played third base when he was not pitching, was the Empire League most valuable player. He signed with Cal State Fullerton.
Cypress finished 31-3 overall and went 10-0 in the Empire League. The Centurions concluded the season with 16 straight wins after a 1-0 loss to Orange Lutheran in the consolation bracket championship game of the Boras Classic South tournament.
Cypress’ Cameron Repetti (18) hits a double against La Mirada in the bottom of the eighth inning during a CIF-SS Division semifinals game at Cypress High School in Cypress on Tuesday, May 14th, 2019. The Centurions defeated the Matadores 1-0 to advance to the championship game. (Michael Ares, Contributing Photographer)
Repetti’s confidence that Cypress would win the CIF championship grew during the Boras Classic although two of the Centurions’ three losses happened in that four-game tournament.
“We really wanted to win that thing,” Repetti said of the Boras tournament. “We lost (6-3) to a good Mira Costa team in the first round and had to come back the next day and play Huntington Beach, one of the best teams in the country. We came back with a convincing (9-3) win after a really tough loss on the first day and so that’s when it became kind of like, ‘OK, we have a shot to end with a dogpile.’ ”
Repetti was the starting pitcher in the Division 1 championship game against Harvard-Westlake of Studio City at Dodger Stadium. He went 5 1/3 innings in which he gave up three hits, no runs, zero walks with six strikeouts. Cypress won the game 2-0, and that dogpile of celebrating Centurions indeed happened.
Cypress coach John Weber enjoyed watching Repetti mature this season into an outstanding player.
“He pitched his tail off all year for us and he dominated people,” Weber said. “From an offensive perspective, he didn’t put up earth-shattering numbers, but he was clutch for us. He did well at the end when we needed him to.”
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