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Little League Baseball's California District 14 Crowns Little League and Junior All-Star Champions

In what can only be described as two exciting Championship games, Little League Baseball's California District 14 has crowned Champions in the Little League (11-12/Major) and Junior All-Star Tournaments on Saturday, July 9.

Both games were played at Gomes Elementary School, home of Mission San Jose Little League (MSJLL) and featured teams from Niles-Centerville Little League (NCLL) and MSJLL in each Tournament Final.

In the Little League Tournament, NCLL and MSJLL battled through 5 innings to a 5-5 tie. In the top of the 6th NCLL rallied to score 5 runs to break the game open and defeat MSJLL 10-5, to become California District 14's Little League All-Star Champion.

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Over at the 90' diamond, NCLL and MSJLL met for the second time in two days. NCLL had come through the Winner's Bracket undefeated, but were beat by MSJLL - coming from the Elimination Bracket - on Friday, July 8, 4-1. This set up a Winner-Take-All-Final for Saturday.

Saturday's game remained close throughout and entered extra-innings after a 5-5 through 7 innings. In the top of the 8th, NCLL was unable to score. In the bottom of the 8th, MSJLL had a runner on third base, who scored on a sqeeze play, giving MSJLL the California District 14 Junior All-Star Championship.

The NCLL Little League All-Star team will represent District 14 in Little League's California Section 3 Little League All-Tournament, hosted by California District 57. The Tournament will have representative from the four other Districts from the Section: California District 67 (Central Valley between Stockton and Modesto), California District 57 (Tri-Valley area of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties), California District 45 (Hayward in the East Bay, from San Leandro in the north to Union City in the south) and California District 52 (mid-peninsula area south of San Francisco). Their first game will be in Danville on Saturday, July 16 at 2:00pm. The full Section 3 Little League All-Star Tournament Bracket Schedule can be found in the Handouts section.

MSJLL's Junior All-Star team will represent District 14 in Little League's California Section 3 Junior All-Tournament, hosted by California District 67. Their first game will be in Tracy on Saturday, July 16 at 11:00am. The full Section 3 Junior All-Star Tournament Bracket Schedule can be found in the Handouts section.

Congratulations to both NCLL and MSJLL on their 2011 California District 14 All-Star Championships!

 

2011 winners have been crowned in Little League Baseball's California District 14 Tourmanent of Champions.

In the final round of the California District 14 Minor Invitational, on June 23 at Newark Junior High School (home of Newark American Little League), Mission San Jose Little League (MSJLL) defeated Niles-Centerville Little League (NCLL) 5-1 to claim the California District 14 Minor Championship title.

On Tuesday, June 21, in the Senior TOC at Gomes Elementary School, home of Mission San Jose Little League (MSJLL), Niles- Centerville Little League (NCLL) 1 defeated MSJLL 1 (Giants) 11-6 to claim the District 14 Senior Championship title.

At Newark Memorial High School - home of NNLL, played on Tuesday, June 21, the Junior Tourmanent of Champions final saw Fremont American Little League (FALL) beat NCLL 12-8 for the District 14 Junior Championship title.

Congratulations to the Champions and all participants in the District 14 Tournament of Champions.

NCLL will be hosting several District 14 TOC (Tournament of Champions) and All-Star Tournament games over the next several weeks (see games hosted by NCLL below).  When hosting these games, District 14 requires leagues to have additional personnel on hand to make the games run smoothly.  We need your support to fill the following positions: Snack Shack, Tournament Directors, Game Announcers, Field Prep, Ball Chasers/Gophers.  Click here for a description of each position.

Please consider volunteering any amount of time you can to help support our league's hosting responsibilities.  Responsible teens would be ideal for most positions.  Any Board member will be happy to help complete the necessary paperwork for any student's volunteer hours.

Please e-mail Cole Casey & Bill Brown to volunteer for any position at one or more of the games listed below.  Your help and support is GREATLY appreciated.

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 NCLL PARKING REMINDER 

          

The NCLL parking lot at the end of Orangewood is for general vehicle parking.  DO NOT PARK in front of the black access gate leading to the fields and batting cages or the area adjacent to the gate entrance blocked by cones. This area must remain clear to allow for the passage of Emergency Vehicles in the event of an emergency.  Please do not park or drop off passengers beyond the gate.  Only Board members and vehicles with a valid handicap placard are allowed to park inside the gated area.  Also, the apartment complex next to the field is off-limits.  Their spaces are reserved for their tenants.  We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

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