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2009 CBI Tournament at Western Region Re-Cap
Final Brackets: 2009 CBI Brackets (Final)
| The second annual CBI Tournament was a great success. There were 8 leagues that participated, Mission Trails, Rolando, Tierrasanta, La Mesa National, North Park, Mid City, San Carlos and Lake Murray. We could not have asked for nicer weather. Each team was able to play three games. La Mesa National won the flag with a tough victory over Tierrasanta. The teams that played will go away with lasting memories and friendships that will last. One of the benefits from staying on site at Western Region Headquarters is the bonding that takes place among team members. The players loved playing in the same stadium that they see on television during the regional finals. We all had a great time. Congratulations to North Park's manager, Mike Candelario, who was presented with the CBI Manager's Sportsmanship Award. Mike is a great credit to his league and to Little League Baseball. |
La Mesa National Little League - 2009 CBI Champions
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2009 CBI Umpire Crew
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left to right: John Perretta (North Park) Tom Stoddard (Mid City) Olivier Wardenaar (D33 umpire staff) Charles Willkomm (Mission Trails)
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left to right: Bill Owens (D33 umpire staff) Alex Akashian (D33 umpire staff) Mark Beall (D33 umpire staff) Levon Akashian (D33 UIC)
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2009 District 33 Spring Tournament Re-Cap
Final Brackets: 2009 D33 Spring Tournament Brackets (Final)
The First Annual District 33 Spring Tournament was held Friday, March 27th thru 29th at Murphy Canyon Little League’s, Santo and Damato Fields. The tournament was a tremendous success as Major Division teams from eight District 33 Little Leagues participated. The Championship game was a thriller under the lights as the Padres from Kearny Mesa Little League came back from four runs down in the bottom of the sixth inning to earn the win from the Bears of Rolando Little League.
Congratulations to all the teams who played hard for each other during the event. Special gratitude goes out to the volunteer umpires who took time to work the games and ensure a fair and well played tournament.
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Kearny Mesa Little League - 2009 Spring Tournament Champions
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The 2008 Clay Be rry Invitational Baseball Tournament Re-Cap
The Clay Berry Invitational Tournament at Western Region was held on the March 28th thru March 30th. This was the first time that D33 used the Western Region facilities to host a tournament. While we hoped it would be a good time and a success, what took place far exceeded any expectations that we possibly had. We would like to thank all the managers, coaches, parents and players for representing their league and our District with such class. The standard of excellence we strive for in this District was clearly upheld at this tournament. Jim Gerstenslager, Western Region Director, complimented the conduct of our players in and around the facility. He was impressed with the attention to detail in regards to safety and believed it was the first time he had hosted and not spotted a safety violation regarding, catcher equipment, on-deck-batters, helmets or other issues. Needless to say he was very much impressed with the way our leagues conducted their business as well as themselves. A special "Thank You" goes out to Tom Stoddard, President of Mid City Little League, for the great work that he did organizing this inaugural tournament at Western Region. We are glad that Tom paid attention to Jim Gerstenslager's speech at last year's District Dinner. What a tremendous asset he is to our District. One area of concern we had going into this tournament was getting umpires. As it turned out we had so many great umpire volunteer we were able to use 4 umpires on each game. It ended up being a great experience for all the umpires that attended. All the games were well played and a few with some exciting endings. We had one young man from Mid City pitch a 6-inning perfect game only to lose in extra innings. We had an exciting game between Lake Murray and La Mesa National that was won on a late two run home run. Take a look at the CBI Brackets for the final results of the tournament. We also would like to thank Riddell for providing all the balls for the tournament and Powerade for providing sports drinks for every team. We hope that everyone who attended the CBI Tournament had a great time and can't wait to do this again. Congratulations to all the teams that participated and to La Mesa National White Sox for bringing home the flag.
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| Congratulations to La Mesa National White Sox for winning the Clay Berry Invitational |
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D33 would like to thank Mike Action Photos for taking the great shots of all the players at the CBI in San Bernardino. Please visit mikesactionphotos.com for instructions to access and view the CBI Tournament photos. Package deals are available or photos may be purchased directly from the site. Also, be sure to schedule Mike and his professional photo team to take some exciting action shots of your team this season.
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