Tryouts Finish on January 20

Our final week of tryouts begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 20 at Cadman Park. This is the last of three consecutive weeks of tryouts, with previous sessions on January 6 and 13. All players league age 7 and older need to attend at least two of our three scheduled tryout dates. "League Age" is the age your child will be on August 31, 2018.

Tryout times for all three weeks are as follows:
7-year-olds: 9 a.m. on the South field
8-year-olds: 10:30 a.m. on the South field
9-year-olds: 12 noon on the South field
10-year-olds: 1:30 p.m. on the South field
11-year-olds: 9 a.m. on the Padres field
12-year-olds: 10:30 a.m. on the Padres field
13- & 14-year-olds: 12 noon on the North field (Sat., Jan. 13 and Jan. 20 only)

Players should arrive at least 15 minutes before their tryout time if already registered to check in and receive their tryout number. Please arrive at least 30 minutes ahead of time if you still need to register. Players should bring cleats and glove, if they have them, and plan on tryouts lasting 60-90 minutes. 

As District 32 wrapped up All-Star play, both our Juniors and Seniors teams reached the finals of their tournaments and finished as runners-up for the titles. The Seniors lost to Peninsula 3-0 on Wednesday, July 9, while the Juniors fell 11-6 to Coronado on the same night.

Congratulations to both of these teams for getting as far as they did in their competitions. Our Hilltoppers family is proud of your efforts and accomplishments. Here is how all of our All-Star teams have fared this postseason:

9- & 10-Year-Old All-Stars:
Tournament being played at Clairemont Hilltoppers
Thursday, June 26 - Lost to University City, 12-2
Sunday, June 29 - Won a very exciting matchup with Mission Bay, 14-13 in the bottom of the sixth inning
Wednesday, July 2 - Lost a very exciting game to Pt. Loma, 11-8 in the last inning (eliminated)

10- & 11-Year-Old All-Stars:
Tournament being played at Mira Mesa
Friday, June 27 - Lost to Coronado, 11-1
Sunday, June 29 - Won a nailbiter against Mira Mesa, 10-9 in extra innings
Monday, June 30 - Lost to Clairemont Mesa, 14-8 (eliminated)

11- & 12-Year-Old All-Stars:
Tournament being played at University City
Friday, June 27 - Lost to Rancho Penasquitos North, 11-1
Sunday, June 29 - Beat Mira Mesa, 11-10, with a last-inning rally
Monday, June 30 - Lost to Mission Bay, 6-2 (eliminated)

Juniors All-Stars:
Tournament being played at Mira Mesa
Saturday, June 28 - Defeated Peninsula, 5-4, coming from behind in the last two innings
Tuesday, July 1 - Defeated Mira Mesa, 12-2
Sunday, July 6 - After leading for most of the game, fell 5-2 to Coronado
Tuesday, July 8 - Broke open a close game in the last inning, to defeat Presidio, 12-3
Wednesday, July 9 - Lost to Coronado, 11-6 (finish as District runners-up)

Seniors All-Stars:
Tournament being played at Mission Bay
Saturday, July 5 - Won a close one, 4-3, against Mission Bay
Sunday, July 6 - Pulled out another nailbiter, edging Peninsula, 8-7
Tuesday, July 8 - Lost to Peninsula, 8-2
Wednesday, July 9 - Lost to Peninsula, 3-0 (finish as District runners-up)

Congratulations to our 9/10, 10/11 and 11/12 teams, also. All three teams represented Clairemont Hilltoppers extremely well, and we are proud to have had you named as All-Stars. And thank you to the fans who came out to support all of our teams. You helped to make the experience special for our kids.

Three teams of younger Hilltoppers will be off representing our league the next two weekends in area tournamwents.

Two teams of 7- and 8-year-olds from Clairemont Hilltoppers will participate in the fourth annual Mission Bay Little League "Little Stars" tournament on June 14-17.

Our kids will be playing teams from throughout our District 32 with schedules as follows:

CHLL1 -- managed by Mark Bonner:
Friday, June 15, 5:00 p.m. vs. Mira Mesa 
Saturday, June 16, 7:30 a.m. vs. San Carlos
Saturday, June 16, 12:00 p.m. vs. Rancho Penasquitos National
Sunday, June 17, 10:30 a.m. vs. Presidio

CHLL2 -- managed by Joe Santo-Domingo:
Thursday, June 14, 5:00 p.m. vs. Mission Bay
Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. vs. University City
Saturday, June 16,  3:30 p.m. vs. Rancho Penasquitos American
Sunday, June 17, 3:30 p.m. vs. Point Loma

The following weekend, June 22-24, our 9-Year-Old team, managed by Tony Majam, will be competing at Scripps Ranch Little League in their second annual tournament. 

Their opening game in this tournament will be on Friday, June 22 at 5 p.m. They will also have games on Saturday and Sunday (three total), but times will be determined by the results of Friday's play. All games in this tourney will be at Jerabek Park in Scripps Ranch.

These have become great season-ending highlights for the younger players from our league, as they get a chance to play against new kids and at a different ballfield in a weekend full of baseball. 

Come out and cheer on all of these teams as they play tournament ball for the first time!

With Opening Day on Saturday, we will be doing a final cleaning and spruce-up on Friday afternoon, March 1st to get us to our bright and shiny best for the big day.

If you have any time between 2 p.m. and dark on Friday, come on down to Cadman and grab a broom, rake, hose, etc. No practices will be held at Cadman on that day, so we can focus on getting everything ready for the next morning, which kicks off with T-Ball games at 7:45 a.m. We are expecting to be on KUSI-TV on Saturday, so we of course want to show all of San Diego what a beautiful complex we have for Clairemont Hilltoppers.

Thanks very much to the parents and coaches who have worked so very hard the past few weekends to to get us close to being ready for the season. Show your appreciation for what they have done and what we have. Come out Friday and let's make Cadman Park sparkle on Opening Day!

What an exciting couple of weeks it was in our Farm, Minors, Majors and Juniors divisions.

Teams in these divisions participated in our playoffs during the first two weeks of June. With great plays and exciting games in every division, the results are as follows:

FARM DIVISION:
Friday, June 6th
Twins defeated Phillies
Orioles defeated Mets

Saturday, June 7
Winners of June 4 games played top two teams
Orioles defeated Rockies
Marlins defeated Twins

Wednesday, June 11
Marlins defeated Orioles for Championship

MINORS DIVISION:
Tuesday, June 3
A's defeated Rangers

Thursday, June 5
Braves defeated Giants

Saturday, June 7
Winners of June 3 & 5 games played top two teams
A's defeated Yankees
Cardinals defeated Braves

Tuesday, June 10
Game One - Cardinals 11, A's 10

Thursday, June 12
Game Two - Cardinals 6, A's 3
Cardinals are Minors Division champion and will represent CHLL in Tournament of Champions

Saturday, June 14, 12 noon
Final game of "Best Two of Three" playoff (if necessary)

MAJORS DIVISION:
Padres and Angels played "Best Two of Three" playoff
Tuesday, June 3 – Game One - Angels 3, Padres 2 in extra innings
Saturday, June 7 – Game Two - Angels 1, Padres 0
Angels are Majors Division champion and will represent CHLL in Tournament of Champions

JUNIORS DIVISION:
Red Sox and White Sox will play "Best Two of Three" playoff
Tuesday, June 3 – Game One - Red Sox 6, White Sox 5
Saturday, June 7 – Game Two - White Sox 9, Red Sox 4
Tuesday, June 10 – Game Three - White Sox 6, Red Sox 3
White Sox are Juniors Division champion and will represent CHLL in Tournament of Champions

Thanks to everyone for supporting our great teams!