Ian Kinsler became the fourth member of the Canyon del Oro 1997 State Championship team to win a Major League World Series championship Sunday night when the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 to clinch the 2018 championship.
1997 State Champions
Ian Kinsler, Chris Duncan, Shelley Duncan and Brian Anderson.
2000 State Champions
Ian Kinsler and Brian Anderson.
Shelley Duncan, 1998: New York Yankees (2009)
Chris Duncan, 1999: St. Louis Cardinals (2006)
Brian Anderson, 2000: Chicago White Sox (2005)
Ian Kinsler, 2000: Boston Red Sox (2018)
NOTE: Scott Hairston only played one year with the Dorados – his senior year – and that 1999 team, with Kinsler, Chris Duncan and Anderson, made the 5A quarterfinals.
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