Lemon Grove Little League: Latest News!!

*** CONGRATULATIONS ***

LEMON GROVE BRAVES 

 2011 TOC MINORS CHAMPIONS 

Minors: Lemon Grove Braves defeated Valley De Oro (7 - 4)

TOC begins Monday, June 20, 2011

Majors hosted by Spring Valley Little League

Minors hosted by Las Palmas Little League

Juniors is hosted by LGLL

Please click on the Forms & Handouts link for Brackets and field addresses

Managers & Coaches: all equipment needs to be returned to the LGLL Equipment Shed (behind where golf cart is kept).

Drop Off Schedule:

Wednesday, June 15^TH               4PM - 6PM

Friday, June 17^TH                       4PM - 6PM

Saturday, June 18^TH                   10AM - 12PM

Saturday, June 25^TH                   9AM - 12PM

CONGRATULATIONS MAJORS RANGERS!  

Rangers defeated Braves in a close one 5-4.  Rangers now move on to represent Lemon Grove Little League in the TOC Tournament.

GOOD LUCK BOYS....MAKE US PROUD!

Tickets on sale now for a 32" Flatscreen TV

Drawing will be held on Closing Ceremonies - Saturday, June 18th

TICKETS 

1 for $5.00 or 3 for $10.00

All balances due for the 2011 season are due by June 4th.  If not payed your child/player will not be eligible for ANY tournament play including TOC (Tournament of Champions) or All Stars.  Tournament play is a privilege and all fees due must be paid in order to be considered/play.  You can pay at the snack bar or to the treasurer Ana Estrada. 

Also on June 4th is another movie night at LGLL.  Gates open at 7pm and the movie (Rookie of the Year) will begin at 830.  $2 per person.  The snack bar will be open.  Bring your chairs and blankets.  We will watch the movie on the caps field.

Have a safe and fun Memorial Day weekend.

Lemon Grove Little League
Board of Directors

ATTENTION: MINORS, MAJORS, AND JUNIORS

Those interested and are eligible to play for All Stars, please go to the "Forms & Handouts" link to review the 2011 All Star form

Please direct all questions to De Ann DeChellis via e-mail to tnaishs@gmail.com

LGLL thanks all of our 2011 League Sponsors:

Please click on the League Sponsors link for information on all of our great sponsors - Berry's Athletic Supply, Lemon Grove Transmission, J&L Janitorial Supply, DCH Honda, Coops West Terxas BBQ, Shakey's Pizza Parlor, Garrett Band Instruments, and American Family Kenpo

FREE Coaches Clinics featuring BaseballASAP
Sunday, January 30, 2011

For the fifth consecutive year, the Padres will host a FREE instructional clinic for youth baseball coaches at PETCO Park. The 2011 Coaches Clinics will be held Sunday, January 30, 2011 and will include instructional sessions for those who coach players aged 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12.

The 2011 clinic will be once again be conducted by Baseball ASAP, San Diego's premier youth baseball training organization specializing in private instruction, team training, seasonal camps, and coaches clinics. As the "ASAP" acronym stands for Accountable Student-Athletes Perform, Baseball ASAP programs foster personal development and growth through both academic and athletic activities.

Online registration has ended. Walk-ups are welcome, please arrive 30 minutes before the session you'd like to attend.

• 10:00 - 12:30 p.m. - for coaches of players ages 4-6
• 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. - for coaches of players ages 7-9
• 5:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Special Catchers Training Session
• 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. - for coaches of players ages 10-12

Lemon Grove POWERS past Norco!

With late information today that Lemon Grove (Section 7/ District 66) ace, Deandre Simpson was pulled early after the 1st inning of yesterday's start in order to preserve his "no rest required" due to pitch count, he was going to take the start again today.

Lemon Grove would bat first as the visiting team and wasted no time in putting up 2 quick runs against Norco LL, the same team they lost to on Sunday. It would stay 2-0 LG through the 2nd inning. Starter Simpson again leaving early to preserve his pitch status. Brad Moreno takes the mound and tries to fend off Norco.

Top of 3rd inning Lemon Grove bats E-X-P-L-O-D-E for 9 runs. Including a big blast by Simpson that may go down as the longest homerun hit and longest inning ever at La Sierra Little League. Score it Lemon Grove 11 - Norco 0 after 3 complete innings. Lemon Grove was trying to get out of there early after last night's game ended close to 11:30pm. With games ahead pitching is a concern for Lemon Grove, so changes with Brandon Weed coming in to pitch in the 4th. The score stayed locked at 11-0 after the 4th inning. Bottom 5 enter Esteban Liereas to try and close the door on Norco. Norco rallies to score 2 runs and force the 6th inning in lieu of early exit in the 5th.

Top of 6th inning, Lemon Grove batting, the bats are alive again as unsung hero Brad Moreno hits his second homerun in 2 days and scores 2 more. Then Simpson hits another homerun and plates 2 more runs. Lemon up 15-2. Lemon Grove would close out the top of the inning leading 17-2 with 3 outs needed to force the mercy rule. Lemon Grove gets the outs and wins the game as the crowd cheered, "Who Are WE?.......L-G!!!!!"

With the loss Norco is eliminated. While Lemon Grove advances to the championship round where they must win 2 games against Rancho Santa Margarita Little League to claim the Sub Division III South title. If they win on Wednesday night, then the "If" game would be forced since it would be RSM's first loss in the double elimination tournament.

Good Luck Lemon Grove - Game Time 7:00pm on Wednesday, July 28th at La Sierra LL in Riverside.

Lemon Grove's Run is Over.

Lemon Grove Little League Junior All-stars were eliminated in the Championship round on Wednesday night with a 5-1 loss to Ranch Santa Margarita Little League.

Playing in it's sixth game in the Sub Division III South tournament while battling through the loser's bracket appeared to be too much for Lemon Grove as the tired team did their best. While RSM, playing only two games prior to Wednesday's game, appeared to clearly be the rested team.

It looked like the game started well as Lemon Grove led off the game with a hit but failed to move the runner along. Several innings had opportunity but the bats did not provide the spark to get the runs across. Coupled with the small field dimensions of the La Sierra field, line drives to the outfield which may have been doubles elsewhere were just singles. Luck was not in it today for Lemon Grove. Congratulations to the team for a great long run deep into tournament play.

As always credit is to be given to the staff of Manager, Andre Simpson and his coaches Frank Nunez and Carlos Weed. The Staff at La Sierra Little League and District 24 complimented Lemon Grove for a great team and fan support. Everyone represented District 66 and Section 7 as true Champions. We are proud of them.

Hope is Alive for Lemon Grove

Facing possible elimination in Monday night's game, Ace, De Andre Simpson took the mound against Newmark Little League from Section 8/District 43 at La Sierra. Lemon Grove jumped out to a 3-1 lead after one inning. It stayed that way until they plated another run in the 4th to make it 4-1 Lemon Grove.

Lemon Grove added 2 more runs in the top of the 5th inning to make it 6-1 and then it got weird as unruly Newmark fans were yelling at the umpire for supposed bad calls. The Newmark pitcher objected as well and then got E-jected. Then the manager and his coach bumped the umpire and both of them were ejected. The game was postponed until the fans could be calmed. The game was finally resumed after a short delay.

Newmark made a run for a comeback and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning with one inning to go. Lemon Grove was shutout in the top of the 7th with the home team, Newmark coming up with a 6-3 score. Lemon Grove was able to survive and get out of there with a 6-3 victory.

Lemon Grove now advances in the Loser's bracket with another game tomorrow night, Tuesday at 7:00pm. Keep it going LG!

Junior League Update - 15 minutes down Freeway 15 and 91 from the Senior League tournament, Lemon Grove was taking up Day 2 against Norco LL at La Sierra Little League in the Junior League tournament. Lemon Grove had a rough first inning as Norco had a runner on, after a base on balls and Norco hit a homerun over the shallow center field fence to start the game 2-0. Starting pitcher Brandon Weed was replaced by Frankie Nunez in order to preserve days of rest needed for pitching. With one on, Nunez gives up another homerun to Norco and they lead the game 4-0. It was not looking good for Lemon Grove but there were 7 innings still to go. Nunez settled down and appeared to have his command back.

Top of the 3rd inning, Lemon Grove started a big rally with 2 men on and DeAndre Simpson coming up to bat, a line drive mishandled by the first baseman and Lemon Grove had its first 2 runs with Brad Moreno and Esteban Lieras crossing home plate, 2 RBI's Simpson. A pass ball gives Simpson second base and Nunez hits a single to score him. A popup and strike out strands 2 Lemon Grove runners on base and Lemon Grove get 3 runs in the inning. After 3 1/2 innings, the score was now 4-3 Corona with Lemon Grove knocking on the door.

The score stayed the same until the Bottom of the 6th inning as Norco was able to add an insurance run and make the score 5-3. Top of 7 and Lemon Grove needed a lift. That lift came from Moreno who hit a line drive homerun to make it 5-4. Rally time? No, 2 pop flies to right field made it 2 quick outs and the game ended on a Strikeout.

Lemon Grove now moves to the Loser's bracket and must win it the hard way. Their next game is on Monday, July 26th at 8:00pm at La Sierra. Good Luck!

Lemon Grove wins on the first day of Sub-Divsion III

Lemon Grove defeats Patriot/Mission Trails 11 - 1.

Next game, Sunday, Jul 25th at 5:30pm vs. Sect 9 Champion (Norco) at La Sierra LL.

A huge THANK YOU! to all for coming out and supporting Lemon Grove Little League's best opening day yet.  The Lemon Grove Patch did a write up on our festivities along with posting pictues of the days events on their website.  Click the following link to read and view the pictures:

http://lemongrove.patch.com/articles/game-on-little-league-season-begins-with-plenty-of-fun-for-everyone#photo-5241111