Welcome to West Sacramento Little League

The Giants win The Pennant....The Giants win The Pennant...The Giants win The Pennant.....

(West Sacramento) - July 2nd at Bridgeway Lakes Field. The West Sacramento Giants defeated the North Natomas Blue Tigers to bring the Coveted District 6 Junior Division TOC Banner to West Sacramento.

With a 10-5 Victory

The Tigers jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, But persistence in hitting and base running brought the West Sacramento Junior Division Giants back to overcome the 3 run early deficit.  Steadily building up runs to reach a 5 run lead.

Congratulations to the Giants for winning.

3 of the 4 final TOC teams were from West Sacramento

Next Stop.... ALL STARS... the all star tournaments begin next week.

the Juniors begin Monday at Inderkum in North Natomas 

the 11-12 year olds Begin Monday at Washington Little League

the 9-10 year olds Begin Monday at Rio Linda

the 10-11 year olds begin on the 11th at Antelope

come out and support the West Sacramento All Star Teams!!!

2009 JR All Stars

• Christian Irwin
• David McKeever
• Jacob Pridmore
• Logan Snyder
• Michael Andreotti
• Byron Farrell
• Nathan Martinez
• Kyle Perry
• Andrew Prizmich
• Jordan Regino
• Justin Rozell
• Thomas Salvino
• Brett Tolson

1st Game JULY 6th 5:30pm at Inderkum HS in North Natomas

The 2009 All Star Teams have been announced

Congratulations to these players that have been chosen to represent our League in the All Star Tournaments

9/10 yr olds

• Jacob Engstrom
• Jacob Rapp
• Jake Regino
• Matthew Andreotti
• Sergio Cornejo
• Andrew Guerra
• Alexander Halford
• Aurillio Munoz
• TJ Rapp
• Austin Roberts
• Angelo Velazquez
• Ryan Walstad
• Benjamin Whitaker

11 Year Olds

• Travis Barton
• Coleton Brenner
• Robert Capel III
• McHenry Chao
• Jack Graham
• Joshua Holland
• Austin Jacobs
• Ethan Mayberry
• Ryan Mitchell
• Jefferson Rhinehart
• Julian Vega
• Casey Whitsell
• Jesse Zalasky

12 Year Olds

• Tanner Dodson
• Kevin Burkes
• Quinn Connolly
• Alex Dodd
• Logan Funkner
• Mason Funkner
• Kristian Heptner
• Michael Link
• Austin Miller
• Brian Rinetti
• Bryan Torres
• Aaron Tyson
• Jake Yeager

First of all Congratulations to ALL of the players that participated on teams in the West Sacramento Little League this year:

We are ALL Proud of EVERY one of you.

For trying your best, even when discouraged.  As you all grow up each year and learn a little more about baseball, develop better skills, and improve as players, your parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and friends are so proud of you.  with each game your skills get a little better.  As you all look back on your year played in little league this year, remember how you started your first few practices, and your first game.  then compare yourself to your last game.  Did you grow as a player? Did you become a better hitter, fielder, pitcher, catcher, runner?  Did you learn what to do in more baseball situations?  Did you make some new friends?  Did you learn more about teamwork and sportsmanship? What it takes to play together as a team and win or lose to be proud that you played your best?  I think all of you can answer YES to one or more of these questions.  If you can then we as adults who volunteered our time for you are happy that we had a chance to enrich your lives.   From your parents who brought you to every practice and game, bought you that new glove or bat that you wanted, to the teachers that had to try to teach you school things on your game days when you were so excited for that final bell to ring so you could put on that uniform and get out on the field and play some baseball, to the coaches and managers who spent their time this year to teach you the skills you needed to do your best, to the parents who volunteered their time to work in the snack bar to give you that bag of popcorn or rainbow sno-cone after your game, to the board members who volunteered numerous hours to organize, plan, and work to make sure you had nice fields to play on, good umpires to call your games, make sure you were safe out on the field.  All of these adults who do these things, do it all for you, the players.   To see you all grow each year is our reward for our committment.

Tonight I spent the evening in the press box keeping the score book and announcing my son's last league game.  I look back on that first practice over on the coach pitch field and recognized all the growth I have seen in my son. 

So if you young players get discouraged and don't feel you are good enough to play baseball, Don't give up, just do your best and have fun, you will continually get better and better at baseball.  If you end your season better than you started it, then you have a great reason to be proud of your accomplishments.

I urge all of you to sign up for Fall Ball.  It is a great way to improve your playing ability.  It is much more instructional and easy going than the spring season.  You get to play other little league teams.  You get a chance to play those positions you didn't get a chance to play much.  There is a link on this page to register for Fall Ball.

On behalf of the entire board of directors

I thank you all for your participation in Little League this year.

David Kamminga,

Minister of Information, Web"master", Voice of West Sacramento Little League

Tonight the AAA Bats versed the AAA Rivercats and the Major Dodgers versed the Major Cardinals

All 4 teams played their best and provided all of the fans with a fantastic baseball experience.

The Champion of the AAA Division is the Rivercats in a 7-4 Victory over the Bats with 2 homeruns. One by Ryan Walstad and one by Michael Lamoureaux

Congratulations to the AAA Rivercats!

On the Major Field both pitchers (Alex Dodd and Quinn Connolly) went the distance and provided all the fans with a very close defensive game. The winner with a score of 3-2 The Cardinals advance to the District 6 TOC. 

A Homerun by Kristian Heptner off of a pitch by Quinn Connolly kept the game very exciting.

The District 6 TOC is Hosted by West Sacramento Little League this year.

It Starts June 20th.

We are looking for parents to help work at the game, come out and work in the Snack Bar, Help get the field ready to play, Keep Score, Pitch Count.  There is always plenty to do at a tournament, You can also get those hours needed for your work deposit by helping out.

email: westsacll@frontiernet.net for more information

Once again congratulations to the AAA Rivercats the 2009 AAA Champions

and the Cardinals the 2009 Major Division Champions and Advancing to the TOC

Come out and help put the TOC tournament on and support the Cardinals.

Thank you

The Board of Directors.

Coming Soon!

Little league action photos by Sharp-Eye Images for sale at the ball park near the snack bar. 

Starting Tuesday May 26th and continuing till the end of the season.

Please stop by the table before or after your games.

We accept cash or checks.

Images will be available at the table sorted by Player Available for IMMEDIATE purchase

www.sharp-eyeimages.com

2009 FALL BALL Registration

The 2009 Fall Ball Season

Practices will begin during the last half of August.

Games During the Months of September and October.

It is a VERY Instructional League and a great chance for players to improve their skills.

Last year there was no scorekeeping and players got to try new positions and really get some extra help to become better baseball players

You will play in your next year's age group (12 year olds this year will play in Juniors Team)

Fee is $55.00

At Last The Junior Game Schedule

In order to be more relevent and less complicated this includes only games played by West Sac Teams.

If you are interested in the complete schedule please email me

westsacll@frontiernet.net

The General Meetings which are MANDATORY for EVERY MANAGER

April 7, 2009 8:00 pm

May 5, 2009 8:00 pm

June 2, 2009 8:00 pm

These meetings are held at the VFW Hall - 905 Drever Street, West Sacramento

Thank you to all the Volunteers, Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and mostly to the Players for making the 2009 Opening Day a Huge Success

http://www.eteamz.com/WestSacLL/albums/

There are some Photos located in the Albums Section - Courtesy of De'Onna Jack

The 2009 Snack Bar Schedule

The Snack Bar is the major source of income for our league.

It is how we keep the fields in great shape and keep our playing fees low.

Please volunteer and show up to work in the snack bar at your teams assigned dates.

Managers: YOU are responsible to insure that the snack bar is manned by 5 people on your assigned dates.

Thank You

The Board

The 2009 Team List with Sponsors

If interested in Managing a WSLL team, the Volunteer AND Manager applications must be completed and submitted to the league secratary along with a copy of your valid CA Driver's License. 

Applications are not considered complete unless a three of these documents are received.  Potential Managers must undergo and pass a background check. 

The deadline to submit your application for manager is January 20, 2009.  All manager applications received by the deadline will be given first priority.  All manager applications received after the deadline will be put on a waiting list and considered on an as needed basis. 

Please submit your completed application to

Brenna Howell, WSLL Secretary, 2881 Call Court, West Sacramento, CA 95691.  

NOTE: Submitting a completed application by the deadline does not guarantee you a manager position.

Just a reminder that we share our park with neighbors.

 Please be respectful of the property of others.

REMINDER: Do Not park on the corners of the streets surrounding the playing fields.  The West Sacramento Police Department has been issuing warnings and WILL WRITE CITATIONS for parking on the corners of the streets.

Thank you for your cooperation!

The Umpires of District 6 are hosting an Umpire Clinic

 This Saturday March 1st from 10:00am to 2:30pm at:

North Natomas Community Park

260 Cagney way 

Near the intersection of Crest Drive and Dan brook Drive.

Please arrive on Time .

Our league is always looking for new umpires.

New Category........Action Photos of games

click on link to go to photos by De'Onna Jack

Scroll down to find your game on left side of screen.

Please use this chart to determine players "Little League" age for the 2008 season

Little League Baseball requires ALL volunteers coming in contact with the players fill out applications and go through a background check.

 This is done for the safety and security of the players.

If you are interested in Managing/Coaching a team.

Please fill out this application and return it to a board member with a copy of your drivers license.  You can bring it to the next general meeting

The following is a letter from the West Sacramento Police Department regarding parking at Memorial Park and in the surrounding residential neighborhood.  Please note that the WSLL Board fully supports WSPD and requests that all participants at the park abide by local parking laws.

M E M O R A N D U M

To:              West Sacramento Little League @ Memorial Park
From:          West Sacramento Police Department

It has been recently brought to my attention there are reoccurring parking violations around Memorial Park.  I fully understand parking is a rare commodity in the area but never the less we all need to comply and do our best to make sure the park is an enjoyable place to both visit and live around.

I am in the process of communicating with the traffic/engineering department to come up with a solution to better mark and post areas of NO Parking and/or Handicap Parking.

I have also asked police officers and parking enforcement officers to take more of a "Zero Tolerance" in issuing citations to those drivers who park their vehicles in direct violation of local laws or in areas that are clearly posted or marked.

We all want to enjoy the park and the memories the games leave us with but a parking ticket or an injured child or adult for that matter is not part of the plan.

What I'm asking, if you haven't guessed already, is to let your board members, coaches, players, family and friends know that when they come to the park enjoy what it has to give but before they leave their vehicle make sure that it is legally parked.  Also due to limited parking in the area they may have to start their experience with a little walk.

Thanks for listening,

Trent Tyler
Traffic Sergeant
West Sacramento Police Dept.
(916) 617-4957