The 1999 La Verne All Star Team that played in the Junior Little League World Series in Taylor, Mich.
Although the players have been in action for a couple of weeks, the La Verne Little League officially kicked off the season on Saturday, March 19 with a fun and full day of festivities, including a complete slate of games. Not even darker-than-coal storm clouds could dampen this first-class show. About 9 a.m., a parade […]
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La Verne Little League tryouts start up later this month, but about 60 players got in some early work at a weekend mini-camp hosted by League president Brian Shively and Bonita High School head baseball coach John Knott. The younger division, ages 6-12, practiced Saturday and Sunday at Pelota Park, while the older boys, ages […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
