News and Announcements
Our District is located in San Diego California and is comprised of 15 leagues. Our area covers parts of San Diego and La Mesa from Balboa Park to Mount Helix from Highway 94 to Highway 52. Please take a look at our League Boundaries Map for further details.
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2010 All-Star Tournament Information
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Did you know that there are 5 levels in the All-Star Tournament? The first level is District. The second level is Sections. The third level is Divisions. In Southern California, since there are many leagues, Little League has divided Southern California in half and have 2 tournaments called Sub-Divisions. After Divisions are Regionals and finally the World Series. The lower divisions, 9/10s' and 10/11's end their tournaments at the Divisional Level. If you would like to know all the dates and locations of the various tournaments, take a look at our 2010 All-Star page. |
All-Star Division (State) Tournament
The 3rd level of the 2010 All-Star Tournament is called "Divisions or State." In Southern California, since there are many leagues, Little League has divided Southern California in half and have 2 tournaments called Sub-Divisions. D33 is proud to host the 10/11's Baseball Southern California State Sub-Division games at Chollas Lake Little League. The winner of this tournament will advance to District 23 in Upland for a best two out of three. We are equally proud to host the Southern California Junior Softball State Championship games at Rolando Little League (King Field). Below you will find information for both tournaments hosted by D33. We will update the brackets nightly.
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10/11's Sub-Division Baseball |
Junior State Softball |
Below is information on other D33 teams, who have advanced in the All-Star tournament, that are playing at other locations around Southern California.
Rolando Little League Major Softball - Landcaster
Introduction: Welcome Letter
Host: District 51 Softball
Brackets: Major State Softball
Directions to: Monte Vista Little League
North Park Senior League Baseball - Corona
Host: District 72
Brackets: SR BB Sub Div III Brackets
Directions to: El Cerritos Sports Complex
Patriot League/Mission Trails Junior League Baseball - La Sierra
Host: District 72
Brackets: Junior BB Sub Div III Bracket
Directions to: La Sierra Little League
All-Star Section Tournament
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The 2nd level of the 2010 All-Star Tournament is call "Sections." has ended. Congratulations to all the teams from D33 for your effort and your sportsmanship that you showed during the tournament. Good luck to North Park Seniors, Patriot League/Mission Trails Juniors and Rolando Little League Softball in Divisions. |
Congratulations to North Park for winning the 2010 Section 6 All-Star Tournament
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Senior League Baseball
Final Brackets: Senior Brackets
Congratulations to North Park for winning the Section 6 All-Star Tournament and advancing to Divisional Tournament at Corona National Little League. First game is Saturday, July 24 at 6 p.m. against winner of Section 8 tournament.
Junior League Baseball
Brackets: Junior Brackets
Congratulations the Patriot League/Mission Trails for winning the Section 6 Division All-Star tournament. They now advance to the Sub-Division tournament hosted by District 24 beginning on July 24th in Corona.
Little League Baseball
Final Brackets: Little League Brackets
Mission Trails fought their way all the way to the Championship game but came up short with a loss to District 70.
10/11's Baseball
Final Brackets: 10/11's Brackets
The All-Star tourament ends for La Mesa National with a loss to District 32
9/10's Baseball
Final Brackets: 9/10's Brackets
The All-Star tournament ends for Tierrasanta with a loss to District 31
9/10's Softball
Final Brackets: 9/10's Softball Brackets
The All-Star tournament ends for North Park Softball girls with a loss to District 70
All-Star District Tournament
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Below is information for the District All-Star Tournament. Congratulations to all the winners. |
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Final District All-Star Brackets |
District All-Star Information
Little League Resource |
2010 District All-Star Winners
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Congratulations to Mission Trails for winning the 2010 Little League District All-Star Tournament
Congratulations to La Mesa National for winning the 2010 District All-Star 10/11's Tournament
Congratulations to Rolando for winning the 2010 District All-Star Little League Softball Tournament
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Congratulations to Patriot League/Mission Trails for winning the 2010 District All-Star Junior Tournament
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Congratulations to Joseph Perretta of North Park Little League and Max Ramirez of Chollas Lake Little League for completing the 2010 Junior Umpire School at Western Region headquarters in San Bernardino. Joseph and Max had a great time at the weeklong school and are ready to show off their skills. Way to go boys! 
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Congratulations to our Post-Season Umpires
We are proud to have umpires from our District chosen to do Post-Season Tournaments. Congratulations for being selected for post-season assignments in 2010. Thank you for your hard work and we are very proud of you.
Bob Cordero: Has been chosen to umpire at the Big League Softball Regionals, July 27th thru 31st. in Palmdale, California (District 51).
Dan Hrigora: Has been chosen to umpire at the Big League Softball World Series, August 4th thru 11th in Kalamazoo Michigan (District 2)
The Coaches Box
Each month Little League publishes a newsletter called "The Coaches Box". Articles are written about various subjects that pertains to little league families and players. Below are a couple of articles that we thought you would enjoy.
Teaching Youngsters How to be Good Sports
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
We’re living in an age where the preservation of traditional values can no longer be taken for granted. It seems we need to have reminders (books, movies, magazine articles, newspaper articles, internet blogs, etc) to maintain our awareness of the importance of preserving the basic human values that are essential to the survival of a community. Read Story
Noticing Progress: The Key to Keeping Kids in Youth Sports
By Darrell J. Burnett, Ph.D
Research in the 90’s (Jeziorski, 1994) indicated that kids who stay in sports tend to stay in school, get better grades, and show better behaviors. It makes sense, then, for us to know something about what it takes to motivate kids to keep playing sports once they've started. Read Story
District 33 Sponsors
Stadium Golf Center and Batting Cages
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PARENTS AND PLAYERS: DON'T FORGET TO ASK FOR YOUR
"9 TOKENS FOR $9 DOLLARS!" SAVINGS CARD
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Stadium Golf Center and Batting Cages is once again excited to be a proud partner of District 33 Little League Baseball for the 2010 season. We have 10 baseball batting cages and 4 softball cages and we are open 7am-10pm every day! Our state of the art, arm throwing machines are provided by Master Pitch - the industry leader. Come down, hit a home run and have fun... at Stadium Golf Center and Batting Cages! Click here for directions to Stadium Golf Center and Batting Cages.
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Murray Lampert Construction
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American Elite Baseball Academy
Due to Reggie's support to District 33, we would like to extend his services to our membership. Reggie Waller can be reached at (858) 863-4105 or by email at mailto:scoutreg@aol.com
Mike Action Photos
Mike is proud to have been a part of District 33 since 1999 as a Manager and then a photographer. He will be taking action photos and league photos again throughout the regular season up through TOC and All Stars. He is also available to hire for family portraits, weddings, and other events as well. Please contact Mike at (619) 708-6235 or visit his web site MikesActionPhotos.com or his selling site at MikesActionPhotos.photostockplus.com to view and purchase photos online. District 33 is Permanently Represented at Western Region
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District 33 is now represented at Western Region headquarters in San Bernardino forever. The District purchased a Bollard for the North parking lot. You're asking yourself, what the heck is a Bollard? Well here is the story behind the WR Bollards.
Jim Gerstenslager, Western Region Director, was given a directive by Williamsport to create a barrier between Little League Drive and the northern parking lot of the Western Region complex. It had been suggested that a series of posts and a sturdy chain would stop vandals that were using the area for their own personal enjoyment with no regard to the Little League’s property. An idea was concocted that a series of concrete baseballs and softballs would certainly due the job but the cost did seem out of the question. However, after some research and some negotiation Western Region found a company that was local to the complex and would delight in creating the diverters for them.
District 33 Bollard Plaque |
| Congratulations to Jacob, Jack and Darren District 33 would like to share the accomplishments of three boys from our little league family who on June 28th went out and won the 40th Annual OMBAC Junior Over the Line World Tournament 9-11 age division. The 3 boys in the picture represent Mission Trails, Rolando and San Carlos Little Leagues. The boys from left to right are: Jacob Balesteri (MTLL), Jack Stronach (Rolando) and Darren Henry (SCLL). Way to go guys!! |
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A Video Message From Little League International
To view more videos from Dugout, please click on the following link....http://www.youtube.com/user/DugoutTheMascot
Sincerely,
Little League International
P.O. Box 3485
539 US Route 15 Hwy
Williamsport, PA 17701-0485
Phone: 570-326-1921
Fax: 570-326-1074
2009 Local League Opening Day Ceremonies
| After a long winter that included many hours devoted to field maintenance, coaching clinics, finding out what are the new hot items to sell in the concession stand and working on game schedules for all your teams without any conflicts. The time has come for the players to take to the fields. Good luck to everyone and hope you have a great season. Please send us a few photos of your Opening Day ceremonies to district33@cox.net and we'll post them for everyone to enjoy. |
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Volunteer Builders Set Things Right
Kearny Mesa Little League recently went through some rough times getting their Snack Shack rebuilt. With the help of Michael Turko for KUSI NEWS, they were able to get their Snack Shack finished in time for the upcoming season. It is great when the community comes behind us and supports our efforts. I want to thank Mario Torres, President of KMLL, for staying on course and getting this done when everything looked impossible just a few short months ago. Please take a look at the video that aired on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 on the KUSI Turko Files.
Clay Berry
District Administrator
Ca District 33
2009 Padre Clinic Re-Cap
by Clay Berry
The Padres hosted a coaching clinic taught by Al Price from Big Al Baseball on January 25th, 26th and 27th. Sunday (1/25) was the largest one-day clinic that Big Al had taught and the three day combined attendance of 1055 was also a record. The Padres were great host with every clinic held on the Petco Park field, it was a real treat for all those who attended. There were 11 Little League Districts that sent coaches as well as all the Pony Youth Organizations in San Diego County. District 33 by far had the best turn out with over 35% of those present from our District. In just counting those that attended from Little League, District 33 had over 40% of the attendees.
This was the sixth year that Big Al has come to San Diego and every year attendance has grown. This is the third year that the Padres have hosted Big Al and the first that District 33 did not host Big Al. However the new partnership between District 33, the Padres and all youth ball in San Diego worked so well we look forward to the coming years and continuing this relationship. Special thanks are owed to the following people. Ned Kern who organized the volunteers and was instrumental in every aspect of the clinic and was a major contributor to the success of the clinic. Michele Anderson VP San Diego Padres that coordinated the clinic from the Padres end. Michele worked extremely hard to make this a success and far exceeded our expectations in every way as our host. Finally to Big Al for sharing his talents with all of those that attended and made every session a special time for each of the attendees. Be sure to take a look at our Big Al Clinic Photo Album and The Padre's 2009 Coaches Clinic Photo Gallery .
AGLL "Little Padre Fields" Dedication
The dedication ceremony for the newest "Little Padre Fields" was held at Allied Gardens Little League on Saturday, December 6th, 2008. It was a good time for everyone. The folks at AG would like to share some of the photos of the ceremony with everyone in District 33. You can view the press release from the Padres, and see a few more photos from the event on the Padres website.
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Our Trip to the 2008 Little League World Series
by Bonnie Akashian
Bonnie, Levon and Alex Akashian along with Clay and his wife Elisa attended this year's Little League World Series in Williamsport PA this summer. Bonnie has been so kind to share some of her insights and photos of her recent trip with all of us.
Our trip to Williamsport was quite an experience. One of the reasons we went to Williamsport this year was to watch our friend Mark Bernstein from our neighboring District 31 umpire. We were lucky weather wise, experiencing for the most part, wonderful weather. The first day of the tournament was the one day with rain. Although only one game was rained out, unfortunately, it was Mark’s 8:00 p.m., prime-time plate. It’s amazing to watch the grounds crew in action. If we had that much rain, we wouldn’t have played for a week! It was a very crowded tournament this year with record breaking crowds. We watched games in both stadiums but the original stadium, Lamade Stadium, is by far nicer and more comfortable than Volunteer Stadium, which opened in 2001. Alex spent a lot of time in the pin trading area but admitted that he enjoyed trading pins more in San Bernardino. That’s probably because he’s known in San Bernardino. They do an amazing job at this tournament, using hundreds of volunteers including ushers. Of course, they need the ushers because parts of each stadium are not open to the general public and someone has to police this. Dugout appears at every game and does a wonderful job. We learned that Dugout is actually two different women and there are two uniforms, one with teeth and one without. Both of them do a great job with the players, umpires and fans and everyone has a great time with Dugout. Many of the games we saw were wonderful games. Hawaii played an amazing semi-final game and won in the 6th inning. Unfortunately, Mark would have gotten the championship plate if Hawaii had lost. Thankfully, Hawaii finished it off and won it all. One of the things that is interesting at the World Series is not only the difference between the American teams and the International teams, but the difference between the International teams themselves. Japan and Mexico were on a different playing level than Italy or Canada. There are many different levels of little league represented there. The day of the championship game was humid! That was the worst day we had. I’m glad the weather waited until we were heading home to change. It was a wonderful experience and I would recommend the trip to any person involved in Little League. If any of you decide to go, Levon, Clay and I would be happy to share what we learned with you.
Adam Bender's Amazing Story
Adam Bender, 8, is one of several kids who plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park in the state of Kentucky. What makes Adam stand out is that he plays one of the toughest positions on the field with only one leg. Because of cancer, he had his left leg amputated when he was one. Adam doesn’t use a prosthesis, and only uses crutches when he reaches base for the Astros.
Since the story of 8-year old cancer survivor Adam Bender was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, and on http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/420950.html, on June 1, 2008, the one-legged catcher has been invited to throw out first pitches at a Chicago White Sox game, a Cincinnati Reds game, a Houston Astros game, and has been invited to a Garth Brooks benefit in Las Vegas. He is also being profiled for a story that will air on ESPN. On Sunday June 6, 2008, Adam threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Adam Dunn of the Reds. Take a look at the inspirational Video and Interview with Adam Bender.
District 33 is Permanently Represented at Western Region
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District 33 is now represented at Western Region headquarters in San Bernardino forever. The District purchased a Bollard for the North parking lot. You're asking yourself, what the heck is a Bollard? Well here is the story behind the WR Bollards.
Jim Gerstenslager, Western Region Director, was given a directive by Williamsport to create a barrier between Little League Drive and the northern parking lot of the Western Region complex. It had been suggested that a series of posts and a sturdy chain would stop vandals that were using the area for their own personal enjoyment with no regard to the Little League’s property. An idea was concocted that a series of concrete baseballs and softballs would certainly due the job but the cost did seem out of the question. However, after some research and some negotiation Western Region found a company that was local to the complex and would delight in creating the diverters for them.
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District 33 Bollard Plaque |
| Congratulations to Jacob, Jack and Darren District 33 would like to share the accomplishments of three boys from our little league family who on June 28th went out and won the 40th Annual OMBAC Junior Over the Line World Tournament 9-11 age division. The 3 boys in the picture represent Mission Trails, Rolando and San Carlos Little Leagues. The boys from left to right are: Jacob Balesteri (MTLL), Jack Stronach (Rolando) and Darren Henry (SCLL). Way to go guys!! |
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A Video Message From Little League International
To view more videos from Dugout, please click on the following link....http://www.youtube.com/user/DugoutTheMascot
Sincerely,
Little League International
P.O. Box 3485
539 US Route 15 Hwy
Williamsport, PA 17701-0485
Phone: 570-326-1921
Fax: 570-326-1074
2009 Local League Opening Day Ceremonies
| After a long winter that included many hours devoted to field maintenance, coaching clinics, finding out what are the new hot items to sell in the concession stand and working on game schedules for all your teams without any conflicts. The time has come for the players to take to the fields. Good luck to everyone and hope you have a great season. Please send us a few photos of your Opening Day ceremonies to district33@cox.net and we'll post them for everyone to enjoy. |
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Volunteer Builders Set Things Right
Kearny Mesa Little League recently went through some rough times getting their Snack Shack rebuilt. With the help of Michael Turko for KUSI NEWS, they were able to get their Snack Shack finished in time for the upcoming season. It is great when the community comes behind us and supports our efforts. I want to thank Mario Torres, President of KMLL, for staying on course and getting this done when everything looked impossible just a few short months ago. Please take a look at the video that aired on Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 on the KUSI Turko Files.
Clay Berry
District Administrator
Ca District 33
2009 Padre Clinic Re-Cap
by Clay Berry
The Padres hosted a coaching clinic taught by Al Price from Big Al Baseball on January 25th, 26th and 27th. Sunday (1/25) was the largest one-day clinic that Big Al had taught and the three day combined attendance of 1055 was also a record. The Padres were great host with every clinic held on the Petco Park field, it was a real treat for all those who attended. There were 11 Little League Districts that sent coaches as well as all the Pony Youth Organizations in San Diego County. District 33 by far had the best turn out with over 35% of those present from our District. In just counting those that attended from Little League, District 33 had over 40% of the attendees.
This was the sixth year that Big Al has come to San Diego and every year attendance has grown. This is the third year that the Padres have hosted Big Al and the first that District 33 did not host Big Al. However the new partnership between District 33, the Padres and all youth ball in San Diego worked so well we look forward to the coming years and continuing this relationship. Special thanks are owed to the following people. Ned Kern who organized the volunteers and was instrumental in every aspect of the clinic and was a major contributor to the success of the clinic. Michele Anderson VP San Diego Padres that coordinated the clinic from the Padres end. Michele worked extremely hard to make this a success and far exceeded our expectations in every way as our host. Finally to Big Al for sharing his talents with all of those that attended and made every session a special time for each of the attendees. Be sure to take a look at our Big Al Clinic Photo Album and The Padre's 2009 Coaches Clinic Photo Gallery .
AGLL "Little Padre Fields" Dedication
The dedication ceremony for the newest "Little Padre Fields" was held at Allied Gardens Little League on Saturday, December 6th, 2008. It was a good time for everyone. The folks at AG would like to share some of the photos of the ceremony with everyone in District 33. You can view the press release from the Padres, and see a few more photos from the event on the Padres website.
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Our Trip to the 2008 Little League World Series
by Bonnie Akashian
Bonnie, Levon and Alex Akashian along with Clay and his wife Elisa attended this year's Little League World Series in Williamsport PA this summer. Bonnie has been so kind to share some of her insights and photos of her recent trip with all of us.
Our trip to Williamsport was quite an experience. One of the reasons we went to Williamsport this year was to watch our friend Mark Bernstein from our neighboring District 31 umpire. We were lucky weather wise, experiencing for the most part, wonderful weather. The first day of the tournament was the one day with rain. Although only one game was rained out, unfortunately, it was Mark’s 8:00 p.m., prime-time plate. It’s amazing to watch the grounds crew in action. If we had that much rain, we wouldn’t have played for a week! It was a very crowded tournament this year with record breaking crowds. We watched games in both stadiums but the original stadium, Lamade Stadium, is by far nicer and more comfortable than Volunteer Stadium, which opened in 2001. Alex spent a lot of time in the pin trading area but admitted that he enjoyed trading pins more in San Bernardino. That’s probably because he’s known in San Bernardino. They do an amazing job at this tournament, using hundreds of volunteers including ushers. Of course, they need the ushers because parts of each stadium are not open to the general public and someone has to police this. Dugout appears at every game and does a wonderful job. We learned that Dugout is actually two different women and there are two uniforms, one with teeth and one without. Both of them do a great job with the players, umpires and fans and everyone has a great time with Dugout. Many of the games we saw were wonderful games. Hawaii played an amazing semi-final game and won in the 6th inning. Unfortunately, Mark would have gotten the championship plate if Hawaii had lost. Thankfully, Hawaii finished it off and won it all. One of the things that is interesting at the World Series is not only the difference between the American teams and the International teams, but the difference between the International teams themselves. Japan and Mexico were on a different playing level than Italy or Canada. There are many different levels of little league represented there. The day of the championship game was humid! That was the worst day we had. I’m glad the weather waited until we were heading home to change. It was a wonderful experience and I would recommend the trip to any person involved in Little League. If any of you decide to go, Levon, Clay and I would be happy to share what we learned with you.
Adam Bender's Amazing Story
Adam Bender, 8, is one of several kids who plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park in the state of Kentucky. What makes Adam stand out is that he plays one of the toughest positions on the field with only one leg. Because of cancer, he had his left leg amputated when he was one. Adam doesn’t use a prosthesis, and only uses crutches when he reaches base for the Astros.
Since the story of 8-year old cancer survivor Adam Bender was published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, and on http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/420950.html, on June 1, 2008, the one-legged catcher has been invited to throw out first pitches at a Chicago White Sox game, a Cincinnati Reds game, a Houston Astros game, and has been invited to a Garth Brooks benefit in Las Vegas. He is also being profiled for a story that will air on ESPN. On Sunday June 6, 2008, Adam threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Adam Dunn of the Reds. Take a look at the inspirational Video and Interview with Adam Bender.
View District 33 Boundaries in a larger map
View District 33 Boundaries in a larger map
