Few in La Verne Little League's more than half-century of history have carried a Divisional banner, signifying the team's status as one of the very best baseball squads in the entire state of California.
At the conclusion of the La Verne 11-year-old all-star team’s long post-season, League President Brian Shively sent out this note to all in the community who have been following the boys this summer:
The La Verne Little League 11-year-old All-Star team finished its last tournament for 2010, dropping two close games to Rancho Rancho San Diego, [...]
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It was a game for the ages, even if the kids playing the game were 11-year-olds.
Consider this. Only two players on Rancho San Diego put the ball in play the entire night against La Verne. Every out La Verne recorded against Rancho San Diego was via a strike out. As the home team, Rancho San [...]
Led by the arm and bat of Nick Peifer, the La Verne Little League 11-year-old all-stars squeezed out an 8-6 victory over Orange to win the Sub-Division III north tournament on Wednesday night, propelling the team into the state championships against the Sub-Division III south winner this Saturday at 5 p.m. at Homer F. Briggs [...]
The La Verne 11-year-old all stars used their successful jump-on-‘em- early, pounce-on-‘em-late formula to throttle Orange, 6-2 last night, and earn a berth in the finals of the Sub-Division III Little League championship at Homer F. Briggs Memorial Park in Ontario. They’re off today while they await the winner of the Orange-Goleta Valley game tonight.
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Playing on its biggest stage yet – the Sub-Divisionals – the La Verne Little League 11-year-old all-stars defeated Goleta Valley South 10-1, backed by an unbeatable combination of pitching, offense and defense.
Riding the big left arm of A.J. Woodall and his dozen strike-outs, the La Verne 11-year-old All-Stars defeated the Upland Nationals 4-0 to force a final, winner-take-all game tonight that will send the champion to the Sub Division III playoffs in Ontario, Calif.
Woodall was a monster on the mound for La Verne. He struck out [...]
Balls were jumping off the bats of La Verne hitters with such velocity and ferocity last night that Little League officials may have to call an arborist to inspect the damage to all the palm trees just beyond the outfield fences. In all, the 11-year-old La Verne All Stars smashed six home runs en route [...]
Benefiting from a couple of big bookend innings — the first and the last where they scored four runs each — El Monte American held on to defeat the La Verne Senior all-stars 10-7 at New Temple Park in South El Monte on Saturday night.
Trailing 10-4 in the bottom of the seventh, La Verne mounted [...]
FRANKLIN LOAN CENTER GAME OF THE WEEK: La Verne-San Dimas Instant Classic Comes Down to Final Swings
With one swing of the bat, the La Verne 12-year-old all stars saw the curtain come down on the season as Austin Isenhart blasted a three-run homer over the left field in the top of the sixth to propel San Dimas to a come-from-behind 11-9 win over their cross-town rivals to clinch the District 20 [...]
Instead of a walk-off single or home run to win the game, the La Verne 12-year-old all star team won with a slide-and-throw tag-out at home plate to preserve a 7-4 win over Claremont and earn the right to meet undefeated San Dimas in the finals tonight at Pelota Park.
With runners at second and third [...]
