11-12 Team

 Results:

• Game 1 - Win vs. Freedom (4-3, 8 innings)
• Game 2 - Win vs. Soutwestern (15-4)
• Game 3 -

 Results:

• Game 1 - Win vs. Pantano (12-1)
• Game 2 - Loss vs. American (4-1)
• Game 3 - Win vs. San Xavier (15-14)
• Game 4 - Win vs. Santa Rita (9-6)

 Results:

• Game 1 - Win vs. Copper Hills (11-2)
• Game 2 - Win vs. Los Ninos (14-3)
• Game 3 - Loss vs. Sunnyside (17-14, 7 innings)

[ADVANCED TO THE SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT]

• Single Elimination Game 1: Win vs. San Xavier (12-4)
• Single Elimination Game 2:

Results:

• Game 1 - Win vs. Santa Rita (13-1)
• Game 2 - Win vs. Copper Hills (3-1)
• Game 3 -

Upcoming Registration Dates:

• Wednesday July 29 - 6-8pm at Chuy's
• Saturday August 1 - 10a-12p at Chuy's

Click the link (above) to go to the Fall Ball page to learn more about the upcoming Fall season and registration (including online registration).

Rincon is proud to name the following players as 2009 All-Stars.  Congratulations to each player and good luck to all of our teams.

There is a mandatory Parent Meeting for each team:

• 6/15: 11-12, 10-11 and 9-10 Teams - 7:00pm at Purple Heart
• 6/16: Juniors Team - 6:30 at Cienega

Each player will be sent an Welcome Email with further details.

Congratulations to the Cardinals

2009 Rincon Majors Champions!

Row 1 (Left to Right):  Seth, Cody, Breven, Luke, Ryon

Row 2 (Left to Right): Jorden, Marshall, Tyler, Brett, Matt, Brandon, Jaymon

Row 3 (Left to Right): Manager Jason, Coach Dudley, Coach Barry

Congratulations to the Storm

2009 Rincon AAA Champions!

Front: (Left to Right) Ryan, Josh, Leonard, Nick, Tanner, Danny, Charlie, Tyler, Mason, Jordan

Back: (Left to Right) Coach Jon, Manager Nick, Coach Ken

Congratulations to the Knights

2009 Rincon AA Champions!

Front: (Left to Right) Luke, Chris, Ben (behind Chris), Luis, Tucker, Sammy, Dylan, Curtis, Weston, Nolan, Dakota (behind Nolan), Bryan, Brendon (standing behind Bryan)

Back: (Left to Right) Coach Luis, Manager Sam, Coach Curt

"Have you ever been faced with a barrier due to someone else’s negligence or bad judgment?"

So starts an essay written by Rincon Little Leaguer, Brandon Smith.  The essay was written as a submission for a contest called "Breaking Barriers in Sports, in Life."  Honoring the anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball in 1947, students are asked to write an essay about a barrier they have faced.  Using one or more of Jackie's nine values, students explain a personal barrier they overcame. 

Brandon tells his own inspirational story best ... you can view a video of it he produced on YouTube at this link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEthpd8Ph7o. (Kids, get your parents permission.)

Brandon won 1st Prize in the essay contest.  As a result, Jackie's daughter Sharon came to Brandon's school to honor him.  Then the Arizona Diamondbacks hosted him as a special guest at a recent game.  He met players in the dugout, received an award on the field and watched the game from behind the D-Backs dugout (within full view on the Fox Sports broadcast).

Rincon Little League sincerely thanks Brandon for his inspiration and example of Little League's values of Character, Courage and Loyalty.

The season kicked off with a great Opening Day Ceremony, parade of teams, jumping castles, food and the first game of the season between the Dodgers and the D-Backs.

At Opening Day, Rincon recognized two special folks who have each served Little League for the past ten years.

Jill Gonzales and Garett Cunningham have each given of themselves endlessly.  Without these two individuals, Rincon Little League would not be the outstanding League it is. 

 Thank you, Jill and Garett.

If you are interested in any of our Capital Improvement Projects (i.e. our new scoreboard below) or in sponsoring a specific team, please complete the Sponsor Application linked below and contact us at Rinconbaseball@yahoo.com.

Our new scoreboard is installed and operating!  The scoreboard was kindly donated by Dr. Andrew Rosen, a local orthodontist who has enhanced the smiles of many Rincon Little Leaguers.  Thank you, Dr. Rosen!

http://www.bracesbydrdrew.com/default.asp

Thank you also to Garett Cunningham and his crew from G&J Development, Kyle & Sons Electric and Kenneth Rosson for their work to install the board.

Thank you to Coach Freddie Ocasio and his team (Anthony Sanders, Blake Eager and Mike Ferris) for an awesome Pro Clinic.  Here are some photos of the kids learning from the Pros (thanks to the Garcia Family for the images).