11-Year-Old All-Stars
The plaudits continued to pour in for three La Verne Little League teams who made great summer playoff runs. At the September 8, 2009 City council meeting, the teams and their coaches were honored by La Verne Mayor Don Kendrick and the City Council. Players also received commemorative pins from Micky’s Jewelry Studio and Dippin’ [...]
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Memo to La Verne Little League Parents: Herewith it will no longer be necessary to wash your child’s baseball uniform daily, keep your child out of the pool any longer, buy throat lozenges for yourself, or make up silly excuses as to why you have to leave work early every day.
Playing in its 13th post-season [...]
On Monday night at the Encino Little League complex, pitcher Robert Peterson went from a shelling to a Schilling, showing the same toughness as the Boston Red Sox pitcher who gutted out a victory over the New York Yankees on Oct. 19, 2004 — the famed “bloody sock” game in which Schilling pitched with a [...]
In perhaps their most improbable victory yet, the La Verne 12-year-old All-Stars rallied from a six-run deficit in the top of the sixth to tie the score 7-7 before winning in extra innings, 12-9, over a stunned Moorpark team at the Encino Park Little League Complex on Sunday afternoon.
The pivotal sixth inning started harmlessly enough. [...]
Sparked by two solo home runs from Isaiah “Ice” Carranza, the La Verne 12-year-old All-Stars exploded to an 11-1 victory over Hacienda Heights to claim the Section 3 championship game at Highlander Field in Hacienda Heights and earn a spot in the Southern California Divisional Tournament’s North Bracket, which begins this Saturday at 10 a.m. [...]
Thankfully, kids, unlike insurance companies, don’t know much about actuarial science, that dismal discipline that says in the end the percentages win out – that after scoring 20 runs one night, you’re lucky to score any the next!
It was exactly that script that was playing out on Tuesday night at the Hacienda Heights Little League [...]
Facing a win-or-go-home situation, and while their parents, friends and fans were still settling into their seats, the La Verne Little League 12-year-old All-Stars sent 17 batters to the plate, pounded out eight hits and scored 12 runs in the top of the first inning against what figured to be a tough West Covina squad.
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In the end, after all the singles, doubles and a home run, it was a walk-off little squibber that decided the outcome of a marathon game between the La Verne and Claremont 9-year-old all-stars on Monday night in Glendora.
Finding himself in the right spot all game long, lead-off hitter Tommy Delgado nubbed a ball toward [...]
Continuing a tradition of baseball excellence in the city, the La Verne Seniors Little League All-Stars (ages 15-16) won the District 20 championship by defeating Claremont 12-9 on July 11. The win, in extra innings, catapults La Verne into the Section 3 tournament against the District 18 and 19 champions. The tournament will be held [...]
Sometimes, as in a good book or movie, you save the best for last. That’s exactly the script the La Verne Little League 12-year-old all-stars followed as they scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning to pull away to a convincing 6-1 victory over San Dimas Friday night at Ted Green Park.
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