All Star Extravaganza – June 23-24, 2012
The annual All Star Extravaganza is the perfect for All Star teams to get a couple more games together as a team before their All Star tournaments start. Bringing together All Star teams from all over Southern California, teams are able to play new teams from regions that they might not get to normally face in regular All Star play, as well as travel teams.
8-Under East:
The 7-Under Chino Hills Thunder always seem to find themselves in the Championship games of 8-Under tournaments. These young men will be a force to reckon with when they are 8 years old. Coming into Sunday as the 1st Seed, they advanced to the championship game with a close 8-7 win. They would face Charter Oak for the Championship. Charter Oak continually has one of the strongest All Star programs in California, and this weekend was no different. They beat Southern California rivals Los Alamitos in a hard fought 3-2 game to advance to the finals. They were able to keep the momentum going with a 6-3 Championship win.
8-Under West:
Palisades sent two teams to compete in the 8-Under West division. Both teams went 2-0 on Saturday giving up just 8 runs in the four games that they played. They entered Sunday as the 1st and 2nd seeds. 2nd Seed Palisades was upset by the 3rd Seed Cheviot Aces. The 1st Seed Palisades had their backs though, and were able to take home the championship to cap off their undefeated weekend.
9-Under:
The 9-Under Championship saw a matchup of two undefeated teams. La Crescenta and Northside All Stars had given up just 10 and 11 runs respectively up until the championship game. Northside was able to keep their momentum going an walk away with the 1st Place trophy.
10-Under East:
Upsets was the word of the day in the 10-Under East division. 5th Seed Chino Hills Red upset the 4th Seed to advance to face 1st Seed Whittier Pony. They didn’t let that get in their heads though, and upset Whittier with a 9-5 win to advance to the finals. On the other side of the bracket, 3rd Seed Ladera Grays A had a great game against CY Black and squeeze by with a 1-0 victory to advance to the finals. Despite being their third game of the day, Chino Hills Red put up a great battle, but Ladera Grays fought to a 4-3 victory to win a hard fought (and stressful) championship.
10-Under West:
The 10-Under West was full of upsets as well on Sunday. 4th Seed Hart Blue won their quarter final game easily to advance to the Semifinals where they would face 1st Seed Newport All Stars. They kept their bats hot for a 6-3 win to advance to the finals. The other Semifinal game was a wild one. 2nd Seed Palisades and 3rd Seed Santa Monica had a slugfest, with Santa Monica edging them out 15-14. Santa Monica was unable to keep the bats alive in the championship game, and Hart Blue took home the win, and the upset 9-4
11-Under:
And the upsets don’t stop there. Every game in the Gold Division was an upset with the lower seed beating the higher seed. 5th Seed So Cal Panthers woke their bats up for Sunday’s games. They beat the 4th Seed, the 1st Seed to advance to the finals, and the 3rd Seed in the Championship Game to clinch first place. They outscored teams 30-12 in their three games on Sunday in their run to their underdog Championship.
12-Under East:
1st Seed Los Amigos Bronco didn’t plan on getting upset on Sunday. After going to 2-0 on Saturday, they remained undefeated on Sunday to clinch first place. They outscored their opponents 39-5 in their four games on the weekend, cruising to a championship.
12-Under West:
The Gold Division in the 12-Under West saw a Championship game between the 1st and 2nd Seeds. Both teams were undefeated heading into the final game, having only given up 14 runs total in the six games they played. The championship game was truly anybody’s game. 2nd Seed Corona Pony was able to beat 1st Seed West Covina Red 5-1 and claim First Place
13-Under:
The 13-Under division saw a healthy mix of All Star teams and Travel Teams. On Sunday, the Championship game was between a travel ball team and an All Star Team. Both Cal Crush and Cheviot Pony were undefeated headed into the final game. Cheviot Pony was able to shut out Cal Crush and take home the Championship.
Thank you to all the teams that played this weekend. We wish all the All Star teams best of luck in their All Star Season. Here is a list of the Champions and Runner Ups.
See you on the fields
-AC
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