UPDATE (8/3/09): It's been a long time. District 42 now has added another destination on the road to Williamsport in the Little League World Series. Park View Little League has accomplished the improbable, capturing the Division III Championship banner with a 19 - 12 come-from-behind victory over Torrance Little League from Section 4. The outcome in the back-and-forth game was in doubt until the very end, as the lead changed hands several times before Park View snuffed out rallys in the bottom of the fifth and finally closing it out in the bottom of the sixth with two runners on base. Click HERE to see the article about the team on the San Diego News Network. Park View now advances to the Western Region Tournament in San Bernardino, CA beginning at 12:30 PM on Friday August 7. All the scores will be updated daily on the Little League web site. Click HERE to check it out. Let's go Park View! Good luck! Stay tuned for more information about the games in San Bernardino.

In other Division III action, the All-Stars from Tustin Western (Section 5) captured the 10/11 year-old Southern California State Championship with another come-from-behind victory over Ladera Ranch (Section 10). Ladera had the lead at 5 - 4 before Tustin struck back to claim the 10 - 5 triumph. Congratulations to both teams for a very exciting Championship Series, and especially to Tustin Western for taking home the flag.

The other Section 7 Champions still playing, Rancho San Diego Little League from District 41, took home the Southern California State Championship in the 9/10 year-old division with a 4 - 3 win over Orange Little League (Section 5) in the finale of their three game series. Congratulations to Rancho San Diego!

Section 7 fared extremely well in the 2009 Division Tournaments with two Champions: Park View (Little League) and District 41's Rancho San Diego (9/10's), and three third place finishes (all three lost in the Championship game of the Sub-Division III Tournament): Sweetwater Valley (10/11's), Park View (Juniors) and District 66's Spring Valley (Seniors). The final brackets for all Division Tournaments are on the Handouts page. Congratulations to all five teams, you are all Champions in our eyes!

Now it's ON TO SAN BERNARDINO!!!

 An interesting side note: the Big League team (17/18 year-olds) from District 14 in Mexicali, Mexico has reached the semi-finals of the 2009 Big League World Series in Easley, SC. The semi-final game is scheduled for Tuesday August 4 at 1:00 PM PDT.

UPDATE (8/2/09): Two games for all the marbles on Monday. We'll start with the Little League Division. Park View's 11/12 year-olds came back with a vengeance on Sunday, handing Torrance Little League (Section 4) a 7 - 6 defeat, to square the series at one game each. The Park View victory sets up the winner-take-all Division III Championshhip game on Monday. Game time is 5:00 PM at Encino Little League.

Down in Imperial Beach, Tustin Western (Section 5) came from behind to hand Ladera Ranch (Section 10) a rare loss, 9 - 2, and pulling even in their series one game apeice. The 10/11 year-old Southern California State Championship will be decided on Monday at Imperial Beach Little League starting at 6:30 PM.

In case you were wondering, the Division III brackets from all the other divisions have been updated as well, and can be found on the Handouts page. The Juniors are finished (congratulations to Montalvo Little League (Section 1)), and the Seniors have not been reported as of this writing. The District 41/Section 7 team from Rancho San Diego is still alive, playing for the Southern California State Championship in the 9/10 year-old division. The "IF" game for that Tournament is Monday night at Newmark Little League. The "IF" game for the Seniors is being played tonight (Sunday). Results will be posted as soon as they are available. Keep checking back.

REMINDER: If anyone has high resolution team photographs of ANY of our District 42 Champions from this season, please email them to the District Info Officer at cad42@cox.net. Several news publications are asking for them to run in their papers. We do have the 9/10's from Park View, but we need all other Divisions of baseball and softball. Thank you very much!

UPDATE (7/30/09): The 2009 season came to an ubrupt finish for the Park View Juniors All-Stars at Murphy Canyon. The Section 7 Champs were derailed in their quest for a Division flag on Thursday night, falling to West Corona (Section 9) 10 - 7 in the Sub-Division III South final. The loss eliminates Park View from the Tournament. Congratulations to Park View for their incredible journey through the post season. It was a great ride. Congratulations and good luck to West Corona in the Division Championship Series against Montalvo.

UPDATE (7/29/09): Sub-Division III South Champions were crowned Wednesday night in two divisions, while a third will play the winner-take-all "IF" game.

 Park View's Little League All-Stars (11/12 year-olds) jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a convincing 16 - 1 win over Rancho Santa Margarita (Section 10). Park View walloped 8 shots out of the park on their way to capturing the flag. Park View advances to the best-of-three Division III Championship Series beginning Saturday at 10:00 AM at Encino Little League. The winner gets a trip to the Western Regional Tournament in San Bernardino. Good Luck Park View!

 Sweetwater Valley did not have such a happy ending. The 10/11 year-old All-Stars hung close with Ladera Ranch (Section 10) for four innings, but a grand slam and a walk-off solo shot put an end to Sweetwater's championship dreams in the bottom of the fifth, a 12 - 2 defeat that eliminated them from title contention. Ladera Ranch will advance to take on Tustin Western (Section 5) in the Championship Series that kicks off Saturday at 6:00 PM at Imperial Beach Little League. The winner is crowned the 2009 Southern California State Champions. Congratulations and good luck to Ladera Ranch! Congratulations to Sweetwater Valley on a great post season run! We enjoyed every minute of it!

 Park View's Junior All-Stars came back to force the "IF" game in the Junior Sub-Division III South Tourney with a 12 - 2 dusting of West Corona Little League (Section 9) at Murphy Canyon. The winner of Thursday'a game will advance to the Division III Championship Series against Montalvo Little League (Section 1), also at Murphy Canyon Little League. Good luck Park View! We're pulling for you!

UPDATE (7/28/09): The time for Game 1 of the 10/11 year-old Division III Championship Series has been moved back to 6:00 PM on Saturday August 1st.

District 42 is hosting the 2009 10/11 year-old Sub-Division III South Tournament, and the 10/11 year-old Division III Tournament (also known as the Southern California State Tournament) at Imperial Beach Little League from July 25 - July 30, and August 1 - 3. The Sub-Division III South Tournament includes the Section Champions from Sections 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Sweetwater Valley will be representing Section 7 in the Sub-Division Tournament. The winner of this Tournament will meet the Champions of the Sub-Division III North Tournament in a best-of-three format for the Southern California State Championship. Sub-Division III North consists of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. This is the final stop for the 10/11 year-olds in the Little League World Series. For more information, including the brackets and directions the Imperial Beach Little League, go to our Handouts page and look in the 2009 10/11 Division III BB Info section. As always, the brackets will be updated nightly, as I receive the scores. You can also scroll to the bottom of this page to check out the daily games and scores.

  District 42 is also represented in the 11/12 year-old and Juniors Sub-Division Tournaments. Park View Little League has teams vying for titles in both age groups. The winners of these Division Tournaments will advance to West Region Tournaments for the chance to go to the World Series. For more information on these and the rest of the Division III Tournaments, please check the 2009 Division III  Tournaments section on the Handouts page, just below the 10/11 year-old information. We will try to keep this updated as best as possible, since these scores are not always reported to us.