All-Star Tournament

Quito faired pretty well in all age groups.  The 9's won the championship (below) and the 12's made it to the semi-finals.

Quito 9's Win All-Start Championship!

Our 9 year-old All Stars won the District 12 All Stars Friday, July 10th by a score of 11-10 against Union LL.  A great effort by all members of the All Star Team.  This is the first time in many years that Quito has won the 9's and what a sweet tournament it was, with only a single loss during the tournament.

Congratulations to the players and coaches of the 9's All Star Team!!! 

Mgr: Steve Brockett	Coach: NickRotler	Coach: Rick Pearce
Ethan Anderson	Adam Brockett	Lucas Goody
Grant Kohlsaat	Jason Munsch	Ricky Pearce
Cameron Rottler	Troy Rottler	Matthew Salvador
Hunter Schilperoort	TC Wegner	Moosey Byers

 Rhonda Wegner put together a video of the last game below and Keith Munsch wrote up the details of every game - check them out below.

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 1 Summary  - Quito wins game 1!

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 2 Summary  - Quito wins game 2 too! 

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 3 Summary  - Quito 9's are on a roll! 

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 4 Summary  - Another win!  

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 5 Summary  - Well, you gotta give um one...

   2009 8-9 All-Star Game 6 Summary  - Back on the winners band wagon!   

   2009 8-9 All-Star Championship Game Summary  - Quito wins the championship!!  

Red Sox - Blue win District 12 Minor's TOC!

Wow!  Another winning season for Quito with the AAA Red Sox (blue) winning the Minor TOC!!

The Quito Red Sox, managed by Rick Pearce, Steve Brockett and Mark Hidde, beat Saratoga by a score of 8 to 2.  Awesome!  Congratulations to a great team!!

Manager: Rick Pearce	Coach: Steve Brockett	Asst Coach: Mark Hidde
Callahan Bailey	Sean Ball	Adam Brockett
Connor Burke	Luke Byrnes	Corbin Castro
Nicholas Hidde	Andrew Joseph	Ricky Pearce
Benjamin Runkle	Frankie Wreaks

The entire Quito family is very proud of our kids!  Thanks for bringing home another TOC championship!!

  TOC Game Highlights 

AA Devil Rays win Quito Championship!

Blue Jays Seth Morgan pitched 3 great innings while the Devil Rays Brian Ross threw 3 scoreless innings bringing the score to 4-0 after 3 kid pitch innings.  There was great fielding by both teams for the last 3 innings, but in the end Nico Fiorillo caught the game ending pop up leaving the final score at 7-2 Rays.  Congratulations AA Champion Devil Rays!

Manager: Rick Pestana	Coach: Kent Cooper
Alex Brett	Connor Brett	William Cooper
Fallon Dexheimer	Cody Diez	Alber Drewke
Nico Fiorillo	Chris Leafstrand	Kenneth Lee
Jared Levy	Jared Pestana	Brian Ross

AAA Red Sox - Blue win Quito Championship!

 Cogratulations to the AAA Red Sox - Blue for taking the Quito championship with an outstanding 4 and 0 playoff record.  And to think, these guys were dead last in the seeding round!  Talk about getting your act together and quick!  Next year, we aren't gunna let you have 2 Red sox teams, though!

Manager: Rick Pearce	Coach: Steve Brockett	Asst Coach: Mark Hidde
Callahan Bailey	Sean Ball	Adam Brockett
Connor Burke	Luke Byrnes	Corbin Castro
Nicholas Hidde	Andrew Joseph	Ricky Pearce
Benjamin Runkle	Frankie Wreaks

Major's Phillies win Quito Championship!

Congratulations to the Major's Phillies for winning the championship series against the very tough Twins!  The Phillies won the first series against the A's 2 games to 0 and then took the Twins in 2 games to win the championship.  Great work Phillies!

Manager: Tom Hesse	Coach: Caro Sergio	Coach: Greg Spak
Christian Dunn	Bradley Fine	Josh Goble
TJ Goble	Hans Hesse	Zach Hovey
Michael Kenzler	Bobby Maldonado	Tony Maniglia
Andrew Morris	Bryce Ogata	Tyler Shaug

Quito di Bocce - The Numbers are in!

The primary purpose of Quito di Bocce is to raise money for the league so that we can keep our registration fees down.  Like the hitathon, we did not meet our goal of $15,000, but we did come very close!  All in all, we raised $13,463 for the league.  That compares with $14,499 last year.  Given the current economy, that's not bad at all! 

We want to thank all of you who donated and attended and send a very special "thank you" to the team of volunteers led by Nicole Stone who worked hours upon hours for months to pull this event together!  You are all very special people and we are lucky to have you in our league!

Quito di Bocce Pictures!

 Yes, there are pictures!  Check them out at http://picasaweb.google.com/QuitoLLPhotos/QuitoDiBocce2009?feat=directlink

 Qutio di Bocce Tournament Winners

Of course, Quito must always have some sort of competition and we we must always have winners!  For the Bocce Ball tournament, the winners are (drum roll please)..

1st Place - Druken De-Boccerie

•    Judy Schmidt
•    Heather Driscoll
•    John Byers Jr.
•    Paul Schmidt
•    Tom Driscoll
•    Gary Hovey

2nd Place – Orange Death

•    Deon and Debbie Boles
•    Terry and Melissa Hickman
•    Howard and Terry Mintz

3rd Place - Rockin' AA Rays

•    Brian and Lorilee Dexheimer
•    Rick Pestana
•    Cameron and Lisa Brett

Hit-a-thon Top Fund Raiser Highlight – Brockton Simpson!

 Many of our players hit the streets to help the league and we rose over $6,320 in total for the league.  Although that didn’t meet our goal of $8,000, it’s pretty darn good in our current economy!  Cameron Brett, President of Quito Little League said “It’s this sort of community effort that makes Quito Little League what it is!  During these difficult economic times we really appreciate everyone’s participation in our fundraising events!”

The top fund raising prize goes to Brockton Simpson, who collected $736.75 in donations!  For nearly 2 weeks, Brockton came home from school every day, put on his uniform and went door to door for 1 ½ to 2 hours soliciting donations for the league!  His brother, Tanner would accompany him on occasion.  

Brockton’s mom, Dawn Simpson, said “Neighbors would often question him about whether the money was really going to Little League and not candy and ice cream.”  She said Brock would merely tell them “I’m honest and I promise you that every penny will go to Quito Little League”.  Well, neighbors, the Quito Treasurer can attest to the fact that every penny did come to the league!

When asked how he felt about his son’s efforts, Brockton’s dad, Greg Simpson, said: “I’m just so proud of him.  He wanted to throw out that first pitch at the San Jose Giants game and give something back to the league he loves.  He worked hard every day!”

Brockton wins the grand prize of a Microsoft Xbox game console and gets to throw out the first pitch at this weekend’s San Jose Giants game.  Way to go Brockton!  Thank you for your contribution!  We are so happy to have you and your family in the league!

Hit-a-thon Winners!