It’s that time of year again—the local Little League teams have started out on the road to Williamsport, Pa., home of the Little League World Series. On Saturday, June 21, the Santa Clara Westside 12U All Stars opened up the round robin pool play with a home game against the annually tough Los Altos All … Read more
The Santa Clara Westside 12U All Stars beat the heat Thursday afternoon by beating Moreland in quick fashion. Westside needed only four innings to win via a 10-run rule, which, given the fact this level has a pitch limit for pitchers, is certainly an additional value to any victory. Westside didn’t have to have any … Read more
The Westside Major Division Padres needed just two-and-a-half innings to defeat the Cupertino Giants in their Tournament of Champions (TOC) matchup. With home field advantage, the Padres took the field first and starting pitcher Naithik Viswajith stayed calm and composed despite a couple of unlucky hits dropping in behind him. With the bases loaded and … Read more
It may have been a minor-level playoff game between the Westside Yankees and Royals on Tuesday evening, but the matchup ended up having major drama all the way into extra innings. Tied up at nine runs each after six full innings, the visiting Yankees would add three runs in the top of the seventh and … Read more
Both Santa Clara Little Leagues in Briarwood and Westside advanced through the District 44 pool play and into the final four, double-elimination tournament. Briarwood found itself in the slightly larger pool of five teams, going 3-1 in pool play to finish second place in pool “B” behind first place Sunnyvale (4-0). Westside, meanwhile, went 2-1 … Read more
Santa Clara Westside improved to 2-0 in pool play on Tuesday afternoon with a thumping of Sunnyvale Metro. The 12U All Stars from Santa Clara jumped out to an early advantage by dropping a five spot in the top of the first. Alec Howell led off the game with a single to center, one of … Read more
The regular season is over. The league playoffs are over. That means it’s time for TOCs (Tournament of Champions) and All Stars for the local Little Leagues here in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale. The Westside 12U All Star players got in their first practice together on Monday, sans four players still practicing with the A’s. … Read more
The District 44 All Star tournaments are underway and the early signs are positive for Santa Clara Westside fans. It appears quite likely that all three Westside teams are bound to have a successful summer of baseball based on the impressive win by the 11U team on Tuesday. The 11U team showed strong depth in … Read more
The Westside Major Division Dodgers defeated the Briarwood Diamondbacks Saturday afternoon to take home the District 44 Tournament of Champions Championship. It was as epic of a Little League game as one will ever see, a rare treat in fact, a 1-0 pitcher’s duel. Typically speaking, at this level, passed balls, wild pitches and errors … Read more
With their 19-13 win over the Diamondbacks on Monday, the Red Sox have earned a berth in the Westside Little League championship. The Westside minor Sox will now take on the Yankees in a Little League version of the Big League, East Coast rivalry for the right to move onto the Tournament of Champions. Getting … Read more