Mountain View (MVLL) and Tempe-Guadalupe (TGLL) played a thrilling game with MVLL finally winning 9-8.  MVLL led early 3-0, but TGLL fought back to take the lead 5-3.  MVLL tied it at 5, but with 2 runs in the top of the 6th and 1 run in the top of the 7th, TGLL led 8-5.  MVLL scored 4 runs in their final at bat in the bottom of the 7th to win the Arizona State Senior Baseball Championship.   

Congratulations to MVLL for winning their first State Championship.  MVLL will now travel to Salem, Oregon for the Western Region Tournament that starts on 07/31/06.  MVLL's first opponent will be Alaska (click this if you would like to be taken to that website). 

A complete State bracket may be downloaded by clicking on the headline above or the All Star Tournaments link at the left and selecting State Seniors Baseball.

Mountain View Little League, representing District #6, scored early and often as they beat Gilbert National East of District 14.  The final score: 17-0.

Tempe-Guadalupe Little League, representing District #13, used a similar game plan as they beat Holiday Park of District 2.  The final score: 10-0.

Mountain View and Tempe-Guadalupe played earlier in pool play with just 1-run separating these 2 fine teams.  The CHAMPIONSHIP game will be Saturday night (07/22/06) at Indian School Park in Scottsdale (4289 N. Hayden Road; on Hayden just north of Indian School Road) at 7:00 PM. 

A complete bracket may be downloaded by clicking on the headline above or the All Star Tournaments link at the left and selecting State Seniors Baseball.

• District #2 Holiday Park clinched first place in Pool B last night, but finished the tournament with a win tonight to have the only perfect record.


• District #6 Mountain View needed the help of District #12 Sunnyside to finish first in Pool A. Sunnyside beat District #5 Tanque Verde in the "Battle of Tucson." 


• Similarly, in the "Battle of Mesa," Gilbert National East of District #14 advanced as the second seed in Pool B after beating District #7 Mesa North Central.


• Tempe Guadalupe of District #13 took care of business tonight and finished second in Pool A.

The Semi-Finals are set for Friday night (please see below) at Scottsdale Stadium (Osborn & Civic Center).  The complete bracket can be downloaded from the "All Star Tournaments" link.  Hope to see you out there.

	ARIZONA STATE SENIOR BASEBALL POOL PLAY (10-Teams) JULY, 2006
POOL A							POOL B
TEAM			WIN	LOSS	Runs Allowed Ratio		TEAM			WIN	LOSS	Runs Allowed Ratio
D6 Mountain View1			3	1	0.679		D2 Holiday Park			4	0	0.407
D13 Tempe-Guadalupe1			3	1	0.560		D14 Gilbert National East			3	1	0.621
D5 Tanque Verde			2	2	1.360		D7  Mesa North Central			2	2	0.679
D12 Sunnyside			1	3	1.074		D1 Flagstaff Continental			1	3	0.630
D8 Bisbee			1	3	1.192		D4 Casa Grande			0	4	1.679

SEMI-FINAL #1 SINGLE ELIMINATION-SEED 1 POOL A Vs SEED 2 POOL B

SEMI-FINAL #2 SINGLE ELIMINATION-SEED 1 POOL B Vs SEED 2 POOL A

07/21/06

Stadium

5:00

D6-D14

07/21/06

Stadium

7:30

D2-D13

A revised bracket for the Senior STATE Tournament (10-teams) is now available by clicking on the All Star Tournament link to the left and choosing the State Senior Baseball link from the list.