Little League Baseball's California District 14 Crowns Little League and Junior All-Star Champions
In what can only be described as two exciting Championship games, Little League Baseball's California District 14 has crowned Champions in the Little League (11-12/Major) and Junior All-Star Tournaments on Saturday, July 9.
Both games were played at Gomes Elementary School, home of Mission San Jose Little League (MSJLL) and featured teams from Niles-Centerville Little League (NCLL) and MSJLL in each Tournament Final.
In the Little League Tournament, NCLL and MSJLL battled through 5 innings to a 5-5 tie. In the top of the 6th NCLL rallied to score 5 runs to break the game open and defeat MSJLL 10-5, to become California District 14's Little League All-Star Champion.
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Over at the 90' diamond, NCLL and MSJLL met for the second time in two days. NCLL had come through the Winner's Bracket undefeated, but were beat by MSJLL - coming from the Elimination Bracket - on Friday, July 8, 4-1. This set up a Winner-Take-All-Final for Saturday.
Saturday's game remained close throughout and entered extra-innings after a 5-5 through 7 innings. In the top of the 8th, NCLL was unable to score. In the bottom of the 8th, MSJLL had a runner on third base, who scored on a sqeeze play, giving MSJLL the California District 14 Junior All-Star Championship.
The NCLL Little League All-Star team will represent District 14 in Little League's California Section 3 Little League All-Tournament, hosted by California District 57. The Tournament will have representative from the four other Districts from the Section: California District 67 (Central Valley between Stockton and Modesto), California District 57 (Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties), California District 45 (Hayward in the East Bay, from San Leandro in the north to Union City in the south) and California District 52 (mid-peninsula area south of San Francisco). Their first game will be in Danville on Saturday, July 16 at 2:00pm. The full Section 3 Little League All-Star Tournament Bracket Schedule can be found in the Handouts section.
MSJLL's Junior All-Star team will represent District 14 in Little League's California Section 3 Junior All-Tournament, hosted by California District 67. Their first game will be in Tracy on Saturday, July 16 at 11:00am. The full Section 3 Junior All-Star Tournament Bracket Schedule can be found in the Handouts section.
Congratulations to both NCLL and MSJLL on their 2011 California District 14 All-Star Championships!
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