California District 42 Little League has commenced play in the 10U, 11U and 12U all-star brackets as sectional play in the Intermediate, Junior and Senior divisions wraps up. Baseball is being joined by softball locally as District 42 South Bay Little League hosts the 11U and 12U-D Southern California state championship tournament.
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Eastlake Little League’s Intermediate Division (50/70) district championship team ended its all-star run with an 11-9 loss to District 41 champion Rancho de Oro in Tuesday’;’s Caifornia Section 7 championship game. Eastlake needed to win to force a best-of-three double-elimination game and appeared on its way with an early 9-2 lead. But the District 42 champions couldn’t maintain it.
Rancho de Oro opened the championship series with an 8-2 win over Eastlake on Monday.
Imperial Beach’s District 42 Junior Division championship team also suffered a setback on Tuesday with a 15-3 loss to District 66 champion Spring Valley. Imperial Beach opened the four-team tourney with a 12-3 win over District 41 champion Singing Hills on
District 22 champion Imperial will now face Spring Valley in the Section 7 championship game on Saturday but fell, 6-5, to District 22 champion Imperial on Sunday to drop to the challenger bracket. Tuesday’s loss eliminated the District 42 champions. Instead, Spring Valley will face Imperial in Thursday’s championship game.
Spring Valley eliminated Singing Hills, 6-5, on Sunday. Imperial edged Spring Valley, 6-5, in the teams’ opener on Saturday.
District 42 Senior Division champion Park View walloped its opening two opponents in Section 7 play: 15-0 over District 41 champion Jamul on Sarturday and 12-1 over District 66 champion Spring Valley on Sunday to advance to Wednesday’s championship game against Spring Valley, which eliminated Jamul with a 19-3 victory in Monday’s challenger bracket final.
If a double-elimination game is necessary, it would be played on Friday.
District 66 Spring Valley Little League hosted both the Section 7 Junior and Senior tournaments.
Softball
District 42 South Bay Little League is hosting this year’s 11U and 12U-D Southern California state championships with teams from District 17 (San Marino National), District 18 (East Alhambra), District 20 (Pomona American), District 22 (Calexico), District 24 (Reid Park), District 25 (Culver City), District 42 (South Bay), District 49 (Sunset Community), District 51 (West Lancaster), District 66 (Lemon Grove) and District 71 (Fontana Elks).
The 11U tournament runs through July 5 at Max Field while the 12-D tournament runs through July 9 at the same site.
11U bracket scores (opening round):
Reid Park 17 (D24) 17, Culver City (D25) 11
South Bay (D42) 19, West Lancaster (D51) 6
Sunset Community (D49) 7, San Marino National (D17) 3
Lemon Grove (D66) 17, Fontana Elks (D71) 2
South Bay next plays Wednesday against Reid Park. The winner advances to the winners bracket semifinal on July 4, followed by the championship game on July 5.
Lemon Grove advances to play Sunset Community in second-round play also on Wednesday. The tournament schedule is compact with three games scheduled on July 4, the final on July 5 and the if-necessary game on July 6.
The 12U-D schedule runs July 7-9. South Bay plays Calexico in its opener and East Alhambra on July 8 and Pomona American on July 9 to complete pool play. Bracket play from the four pools, starts July 11 in San Bernardino and is equally quick with four games on Julky 11 and three games (semifinals and final) on July 12.
The 10U softball SoCal tournament at Carl Nielsen Park in Los Angeles, is June 29 to July 12. Lemon Grove and South Bay are both entered. South Bay opened with a match-up against La Serna (D24) on June 29 while Lemon Grove is slated to meet Hesperia American (D49) on Thursday, July 2, and plays Calexuci D22) on Monday, July 6. South Bay takes the field for a second time against Quartz Hill (D51) on Tuesday, July 7.
The 10-team Junior League softball tournament is scheduled July 5-14 at Kessler Park in Bloomington. South Bay opens against Banning Pass (D58) on Monday, July 6, while Lemon Grove meets West End (D43) also on Monday.
The nine-team Senior Division tournament is scheduled July 9-15 in Hemet. Las Palmas opens against Tri-Valley (D58).
California District 42 Little League All-Stars Tournaments
10U ALL-STARS
Saturday, June 27
Chula Vista American 5, Imperial Beach 0
Sweetwater Valley 11, Luckie Waller 0
Eastlake 16, Southwest 0
Park View 6, South Bay 2
Sunday, June 28
Sweetwater Valley 10, Chula Vista American 1
Eastlake 6, Park View 1
Imperial Beach 6, Luckie Waller 1
South Bay 10, Southwest 1
Tuesday, June 30
Park View 11, Imperial Beach 1
Chula Vista American 2, South Bay 1
Thursday, July 2
Sweetwater Valley vs. Eastlake (winners bracket), 5 p.m
Park View vs. South Bay (challenger bracket semifinal), 5 p.m.
Friday, July 3
Challenger bracket final, 5 p.m. (Park View)
Sunday, July 5
Championship game 10 a.m. (Park View)
11U ALL-STARS
Saturday, June 27
Chula Vista American 10, Southwest 0
South Bay 9, Imperial Beach 6
Sweetwater Valley 15, Chula Vista National 0
Eastlake 5, Park View 1
Sunday, June 28
Chula Vista American 18, South Bay 1
Sweetwater Valley 10, Eastlake 0
Southwest 14, Imperial Beach 2
Park View 13, Chula Vista National 1
Tuesday, June 30
Southwest 3, Eastlake 0
Park View 9, South Bay 2
Thursday, July 2
Chula Vista American vs. Sweetwater Valley (winners bracket), 5 p.m.
Southwest vs. Park View (challenger bracket semifinal), 5 p.m.
Friday, July 3
Challenger bracket final, 5 p.m. (Park View)
Sunday, July 5
Championship game, 11 a.m. (Park View)
12U ALL-STARS
Saturday, June 27
Park View 17, Luckie Waller 2
Sweetwater Valley 11, Chula Vista American 2
South Bay 10, Imperial Beach 0
Sunday, June 28
Park View 8, Eastlake 4
Sweetwater Valley 7, South Bay 1
Chula Vista American 8, Imperial Beach 3
Tuesday, June 30
Eastlake 6, Chula Vista American 3
South Bay 11, Luckie Waller 0
Thursday, July 2
Park View vs. Sweetwater Valley (winners bracket), 5 p.m.
Eastlake vs. South Bay (challenger bracket semifinal), 5 p.m.
Friday, July 3
Challenger bracket final, 5 p.m. (Park View)
Sunday, July 5
Championship game, 2 p.m. (Park View)
California Section 7 Tournaments
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
Monday, June 29
Rancho de Oro (District 41) 8, Eastlake (District 42) 2
Tuesday, June 30
Championship: Rancho de Oro (District 41) 11, Eastlake (District 42) 9
Note: Rancho de Oro wins section championship
JUNIOR DIVISION
Saturday, June 27
Imperial Beach (District 42) 12, Singing Hills (District 41) 8
Imperial (District 22) 6, Spring Valley (District 66) 5
Sunday, June 28
Spring Valley (District 66) 6, Singing Hills (District 41) 5
Imperial (District 22) 5, Imperial Beach (District 42) 3
Tuesday, June 30
Spring Valley (District 66) 15, Imperial Beach (District 42) 3
Thursday, July 2
Championship: Imperial (District 22) vs. Spring Valley (District 66). If necessary, July 3
SENIOR DIVISION
Saturday, June 27
Park View (District 42) 15, Jamul (District 41) 0
Sunday, June 28
Park View (District 420 12, Spring Valley (District 66) 1
Monday, June 29
Spring Valley (District 66) 19, Jamul (District 41) 3
Wednesday, July 1
Championship: Park View (District 42) vs. Spring Valley (District 66). If necessary, July 3
California District 66 Parade of Champions
Tournament of Champions
Minor Division: Encanto 12, Lemon Grove 7
Major Division: Encanto 11, Twin Hills 0
Junior Division: San Diego American 13, Lemon Grove 4
All-Stars champions
Junior Division: Spring Valley 7, San Diego American 6
Senior Division: Spring Valley defeated Encanto (scores unavailable)
Softball champions
10U Division: Lemon Grove
11U Division: Lemon Grove
12U Division: Lemon Grove
Junior Division: Lemon Grove
Senior Division: Las Palmas
