Athletics

The Angels defeated the White Sox Monday night to take the 2004 Minors Junior Championship. Congratulations to both teams!

The Majors and Minors All-Stars, announced at Sunday's Year-End Picnic, will have one more chance to show off their talents this week. On Tuesday, the Majors All Stars will square off against each other. Leon Egozi will manage one team, and Greg Thomas will manage the other. The teams will have a practice on Monday. On Thursday, the Minors All-Star Teams will divide up and play their game. George Vallejo will manage one team, and Howard Vernick will handle the other. The teams will practice on Wednesday.

On Sunday, June 6, two championship games will be played. At Taylor at 1:30, the Devil Rays will face the Red Sox for the Minors Championship. At 2:00, the Angels will visit the White Sox at Uleta for the Minors Junior Championship. Congratulations to all four teams for having survived this far!!

The Dodgers defeated the Cardinals, 10-3, in the Majors Interleague championship game on Thursday. The Dodgers were led by the strong pitching of Jonathan Elovic, who held the scrappy Cardinals at bay. The Cards made it to the big dance by edging the Astros, 4-3, in extra innings on Wednesday. After the Astros' Henri Thomas and the Cards' Robert Mufson battled to a 3-3 draw over the regulation 6, the Cards scratched out the game winning run in the bottom of the 7th. Last week, the Majors Dodgers, led by Tournament Team Manager Kevin Rafferty, emerged from the playoffs as the sole remaining undefeated team on Tuesday by beating the upstart Astros, 9-4. Congratulations to all!! It's been a great playoff.

Welcome to our newest news page, with (hopefully) everything you need to know about this year's Little League Tournament. For even more information, check out the official Little League International Tournament site, and our own District 8 site. Go NMBOLL!