Fall ball is designed as an instructional season during the fall.  The season consists of about 10 games, played on Sundays from mid-September to mid-November.  Usually games are played against other MTLL teams as well as other leagues.  Games this season begin on September 14th and run through November 16th.  Cost is $40 and the age group if 7-12 (league age for 2009).  Basically this is kids who will be playing CAPS, Minors or Majors in the spring. 

There will be two signups at the San Carlos Rec Center:  One on August 9th from 12-2 PM and the second on Wednesday, August 13th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM.  For more information, contact Mike Fossler at fallball@missiontrailsll.com.

The Patriot league is having signups (for players who will be league age 13 or 14 in the spring) for a fall ball season.  The signup is on Saturday, August 23 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.  The signup will be at the Shira field (near the lake and next to San Carlos LL fields).  For more information, go to their website at Patriot League.

Mission Trails 9/10 team is now competing in the Section 6 Sectional tournament being hosted by Clairemont Hilltoppers Little League.  Section 6 brings together district winners from District 31, District 32, District 33 (ours), and District 70.

Results:

Game 2 (July 13th) : The season ended for the MT 9/10's with a close 4-0 loss.  The game was scoreless going to the 5th.  It was a fantastic run for the squad and the second straight year the 9/10 team made it to sectionals.  Congrats on a fine season.

Game 1 (July 12th) : MT lost a tough game today in 9 innings against Encinitas National Little League from District 31.  Final score was 8-3.  Next up is a game on Sunday, July 13th at 4:30 PM.

Tonight, Mission Trails had to come from behind to beat San Carlos and with the 2008 District 33 9/10 year old All Stars tournament.  MT was behind the whole game, but kept the faith and scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 6th to win 10-9.  James Burns hit a home run in the 5th to keep us within striking distance, and in the 6th the MT offense finally got rolling.  With the score 9-7, San Carlos turned a double play that looked like might take the wind out of the MT sails.  But the boys, coaches and fans kept the momentum going.  With two outs, runners at 2nd and 3rd, down 9-8, Keenan Toya then came up with the big blow.  His single to center scored the tying run and Manager/3rd base coach Bob Esquerra sent the runner from second also.  A nice relay to the plate, a slide and cloud of dust from the MT runner and the plate umpire throwing out the "safe" sign send the team and fans into a frenzy.  They had just come back and beaten a very tough San Carlos team who was on a 6 game winning streak.

Next up for the team is sectionals.  Sectionals brings 4 district winners together in a double elimination format tournament.  The sectionals will  be played at Clairemont Hilltoppers Little League.  First game is Saturday, July 12th at noon against the winner from District 31.  The team will also play on Sunday, win or lose, with the game time decided by the results of their game on Saturday.  The district 33 website has more information on this level of play and the other little league divisions.  The map to the Clairmont field is Clairemont Hilltopper Field.  The street address is 4280 Avati Drive, San Diego, Ca 92117.

District 33 is holding its All Star tournaments from June 26^th to July 10^th.  Mission Trails Little League will be hosting games for the 9/10 tournament on the Majors fields.  The full brackets are on the District 33 web site.  The district site also has information about where the district winners go to play their sectional rounds.  

Mission Trails is hosting games for the 9/10 tournament.  The games will be on 6/26, 6/27, 6/28, 6/29, 6/30, 7/2, 7/3 and 7/6.  If you can help with snack bar or fields or anything else, let Johnnie Perkins know.

For nightly updated District brackets, click Updated brackets.  For directions and addresses to the fields in the district, click District 33 field locations

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Little League (also known as 11/12 team) : RESULTS (4th place finish)

Game 5 (7/6) : The season ended today for the 11/12 in a great Little League game.  We lost 3-2 to San Carlos in extra innings.  The game was a classic pitchers duel as Steven Christian was dealing vs. a very good pitcher for San Carlos.  The loss ended a great season for the squad and they were basically 4th place in the district.  They had a 3-2 record with a tough loss in their first game and a tough last loss.  Congrats on the team for a great run.

Game 4 (7/5) : The 11/12 squad kept their run going with an 11-0 win over Murphy Canyon.  Connor Kleis, Trey Kell, and Gabe Madrid combined on the shutout.  Next up is San Carlos.  They play on Sunday, 7/6/2008, at 1:00 PM at the Lake Murray (Sunset Park) Majors field.  They are 1 of only 4 teams left in the tournament.

Game 3 (7/3) : Tonight the fans got their monies worth as the game went extra innings.  MT was the home team and had to score in the bottom of the 6th to tie the game.  After Rolando hit a booming home run in the 7th, MT again tied it.  They scored the winning run in the bottom of the 8th.  Next up, they play Murphy Canyon on Saturday, July 5th, at Rolando little league.  The game starts at 2:00 PM.

Game 2 (6/30) : Mission Trails broke open a close game with some clutch hitting.  Tommy Goodridge hit a three run homer, Matt Hull hit a grand slam and Steven Christian hit a towering two run shot.  Connor Kleis pitched all 5 innings in the 14-2 win over North Park.  Next game is on Thursday, 7/3, 5:30 PM at Chollas Lake little league.  They will play the winner of tonight's Kearney Mesa-Rolando game.

Game 1 (6/29) : Mission Trails lost a close first game to La Mesa National by a 5-2 score.  Garrett Jarvis hit a solo home run.  MT now plays on Monday, 6/30, at 5:30 PM at Rolando Little League.  Their opponent will be North Park.

First game is on Sunday, June 29th, 1:00 PM at Lake Murray Little League field (Sunset Park).  Opponent will be the winner of the Tierrasanta/La Mesa National game on June 28th. 

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10/11 team : RESULTS (3^rd place District finish)

Game 5 (July 3rd) : The season ended tonight for the 10/11 team.  They were beaten 9-1 by La Mesa National who handed them their only other loss.  They made a nice run after losing their initial game.  Congratulations to the boys and coaching staff on representing the league well.

Game 4 (July 1st) : After finally getting a day of rest, Mission Trails got back into action tonight.  There were no triple plays or home runs, but they did beat Allied Gardens by an 8-1 score.  Evan Durr pitched 5-2/3 innings and Sean Ybarrondo threw 1 pitch to finish the game.  This win puts MT in the third place game (loser gets third, winner advances to the title game) on Thursday July 3rd.  They will play at 5:30 at Murphy Canyon against the loser of the La Mesa National-Rolando game.

Game 3 (June 29th):  Mission Trails played for the 3rd day in a row.  And speaking of 3, MT turned a triple play that turned out to be a big turning point. Murphy Canyon had scored 5 in the first and had bases loaded with no outs in the second. A fly ball caught in right was then thrown home, the runner on second was well off the bag.  The throw there got the runner, then the guy on third went home.  Throw to the plate was in time for the old 9-2-6-2 triple play.  They beat Murphy Canyon 9-5 to advance.  They now play on Tuesday, July 1st @ Murphy Canyon field.  Their opponent will be Allied Gardens.

Game 2 (June 28th):  Mission Trails won a 3-2 nail-bitter against Tierrasanta.  They next play on Sunday (6/29) at 1:00 pm in another elimination game. They play at San Carlos Little League.

Game 1 (June 27th):  Mission Trails lost a close battle to La Mesa National by a 4-2 score on their home field.  The MT squad's next game will be on Saturday, June 28th at La Mesa National at 2:00 PM.  They will play Tierrasanta.  The loser will be out of the tournament while the winner will play again on Sunday (6/29 - 1:00 PM) at San Carlos. 

First game is on Friday, June 27th, 5:30 PM at La Mesa National versus La Mesa National.

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9/10 team :  RESULTS

Game 5 (July 7th) : Mission Trails lost a 11-5 decision to San Carlos which sets up a winner-take-all final game on Tuesday, July 8th.  Game will be at 5:30 at Serra Mesa field.  Come out and make some noise for MT and lets see if we can bring home the 9/10 banner for the second straight year.

Game 4 (July 5th) :  Mission Trails remained undefeated and moved to the championship game with a tough 4-3 win over Lake Murray.  MT scored the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the 6th.  Kris Aguilar provided strong pitching and a two run home run.  The championship game will be at 5:30 on Monday at Serra Mesa Little League.  If MT wins, they will be district 33 champs, if they lose, they will have to play again on Tuesday in a winner take all match.  The opponent won't be know until after the game on Sunday (which will be played at Mission Trails between San Carlos and Lake Murray).

Game 3 (July 1st) : Mission Trials moved into the winners bracket finals tonight with a win over La Mesa National.  MT will meet Lake Murray at Allied Gardens on Saturday at 2:00 PM.  Winner of this game moves to the finals where they would need to be beaten two straight in order to not win the title.

Game 2 (June 28th):  Mission Trails stayed in the winners bracket with a 13-3 win over San Carlos.  Kris Aguilar and Trevin Esquerra both hit home runs to help power the offense.  Next game is at Allied Gardens (note, this is a change from the original location) on Tuesday (7/1) at 5:30 pm. Their opponent will be La Mesa National.

Game 1 (June 26th):  Mission Trails won their first game 21-0.  Trevin Esquerra hit a home run.  Their next game will be Saturday at 10:00 am at Serra Mesa Little League.  They will be playing San Carlos who beat Tierrasanta 10-9.

First game is at 5:30 PM on Thursday, June 26th vs Murphy Canyon Little League.  This game will be played at the Mission Trails Major field.

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Juniors : RESULTS

Game 4 (July 6th) : The season ended today for the Juniors with a loss to North Park.  The team ended up with 3rd place in the district (out of 9 teams).

Game 3 (July 5th) : The MT Juniors ran into a tough Allied Gardens squad and lost a 10-5 decision.  Chris Rosa hit a 3 run home run but it wasn't enough.  They play on Sunday at Serra Mesa Juniors field against North Park.  The winner takes on Allied Gardens for the championship.

Game 2 (July 2nd) :  The Mission Trails Junior All Stars defeated Chollas Lake 9- 4 Wednesday night in the District Tournament.  They jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning.  Tyler Downs and Michael Kolek balanced out the offense on the rest of the day with each hitting a two run homer.  Sean Taylor pitched six crafty innings, and Chris Rosa set the side down in order in the seventh to close it out for the second straight game.  The MT kids play Allied Gardens on Saturday (7/5/2008) at 4:30 in the winners bracket finals at Shira Field.

Game 1: Mission Trails Juniors beat Serra Mesa 9-4.  Corbin Brown pitched 5 innings.  Their next game will be on July 2nd, 5:15 PM at Serra Mesa versus the Chollas Lake Juniors.

A team of 13 and 14 year old former MT players will compete in the Juniors tournament.  Their first game is on Sunday at 4:00 PM versus Serra Mesa at Serra Mesa.  Last year, the Mission Trails team won the district title.

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Seniors : RESULTS

Game 2 (July 6th) : The Patriot American team won a 19-6 decision over North Park.  The team will now play Serra Mesa with the winner getting a shot at the Patriot National team.

Game 1 (July 5th) : The Patriot American lost to a very good Patriot National team 4-2.  Their next game will be on Sunday against North Park.

A team of former Mission Trails and Allied Garden kids (15/16 years old) will compete for the Seniors flag as Patriot American.  The first game is on July 5th at 6:00 PM at Murphy Canyon.  They will play a team from San Carlos/Lake Murray (Patriot National).

The 2008 Mission Trails All Star teams have been announced.  These teams will represent Mission Trails in the District 33 All Star tournament which starts about June 26th.  Congratulations to those who were selected by their peers and coaches to represent the league.  Schedules will be posted when they are announced by the district.

2008 Mission Trails Little League All Star Teams
11/12 Team	10/11 Team	9/10 Team
Manager: Jim Goodridge	Manager: Tony Geraldi	Manager: Bob Esquerra
Coach: John Demko	Coach: Paul Durr	Coach: Bill Barrett
Coach: Kevin Kleis	Coach: Jon Fiato	Coach: Mike Graven
C.J. Cauzza	Jonathan Bruner	Kris Aguilar
Joseph Cesena	Matt Christian	Nico Armenta
Steven Christian	Devyn Comer	Steven Barrett
Andrew Demko	Brandon Downs	Aaron Bassoff
Nathan Eglin	Evan Durr	James Burns
Joshua Fitzgerald	Tommy Fiato	Trevin Esquerra
Tommy Goodridge	Jacob Giamanco	Michael Goodridge
Matthew Hull	Max Martinez	Jacob Halcon
Garrett Jarvis	James McElwee	Marshall Hull
Trey Kell	Nathan McGee	Thomas Rintoul
Connor Kleis	Richard Romero	Kevin Sandoval
Gabe Madrid	Sam Tucker	Brandon Tominello
Ryan Willkomm	Sean Ybarrondo	Keenan Toya

 

CUBS in D33 TOC finals!

The Minors Cubs are going to the finals of the District 33 team TOC tournament.  They will play Serra Mesa LL in the finals.  The game will be played at the San Carlos little league majors field.  Game time is 5:30 PM.  For Cubs manager Bob Esquerra, this is the second year in a row he has been in the finals (he won last year) and it is the third year in a row that a team from MTLL Minors has been in the District final.   For a link to all the District 33 fields, click District 33 field locations

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Mets and Cubs are going to the Semi-finals!  Both the Mets and the Cubs won tonight at Chollas Lake to advance to Wednesday's semi-finals.  Both games will start at 5:30 PM.  See the details below: 

In the Majors division, the Mets won on Friday night to win the league championship.  They will represent MTLL in the District 33 tournament beginning Monday at Chollas Lake.  They beat a very scrappy Pirates team by a 7-4 score.  This ended a great TOC run by the Pirates. 

In Minors, the Cubs beat the Red Sox on closing day to secure a spot in the district playoffs.  They begin pool play on Tuesday also at Chollas Lake.  Congratulations on all the teams that competed in the league TOC this year.

The brackets for the District tournament are listed below the TOC results.

Results :

Majors:  The Mets will play Monday, June 9th against host Chollas Lake #1.  On Thursday, they play Serra Mesa and then North Park on Saturday.  If they come in 1st or second in their pool, they will advance to single elimination play on June 17th.

Game 1 - MTLL got off to a great start in pool play.  Josh Fitzgerald hit a home run in the first inning to give us a lead.  He teamed up with James Burns to pitch a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts!  Final Score, MTLL - 6, Chollas Lake - 0.

Game 2 - MTLL beat Serra Mesa by a 9-1 score.  With the win, the Mets have clinched a spot in next Tuesday's quarterfinal game.  They play North Park this Saturday to determine if they are the #1 seed from their pool or the #2 seed.  The game starts at 2:00 PM at the Chollas Lake LL field.

Game 3 - MTLL beat North Park 10-0 to advance as the #1 seed from pool B.  James Burns hit a solo homer.  They next play on Tuesday in the single elimination quarterfinals.  They play at Chollas Lake again.

Quarterfinals: MTLL beat Tierrasanta #2 tonight by a 14-6 score.  Blake Burns hit two home runs and Bret Bendixen hit one to help power the offense. They will play on Wednesday (June 18th) at Lake Murray Little League (Sunset Park field) against a team from Allied Gardens.   The address is 5540 Lake Park Way, La Mesa, 91942. 

Semi-finals: The MTLL Mets season finally came to an end.  They lost 4-3 to a good Allied Gardens team.  Connor Kleis hit a home run in the first, but runs were tough to come by.  Congratulations to Jim Goodridge and his staff for preparing the boys and making a big run in the tournament.  They represented the league well.

Minors: The Cubs start pool play at Chollas Lake on Tuesday, June 10th against Mid City Little League.  Wednesday they play Chollas Lake and on Saturday finish pool play against Sunshine #2.

Game 1 - The Cubs won tonight by a 14-4 score in 4 innings.  Next up is Chollas Lake on Wednesday.

Game 2 - The Cubs beat Chollas Lake on Wednesday by a score of 15-0.  They meet Sunshine #2 on Saturday in their final pool game.

Game 3 - The Cubs beat Sunshine #2 7-0 in their first 6 inning game of pool play.  The advance as the # 1 seed and will play at also at Chollas Lake on Tuesday. 

Quarterfinals: The Cubs beat Tierrasanta by a 11-3 score.  The play again at Chollas Lake on Wednesday in the semi-finals against a Minors team from Rolando Little League.  The winner of this game will play in the finals at San Carlos Little League. 

Semi-finals:  The Cubs won by a score of 6-1 over Rolando. Trevin Esquerra hit a home run. Their game in the finals will be against Serra Mesa as MTLL will be seeking its second straight Minors TOC title.

Directions: Map to Chollas Lake Field

The District 33 TOC tournaments start on Monday June 9th. MTLL will send a Majors and Minors team. The Patriot league, made up of 13-14 year olds from MTLL, San Carlos, Allied Gardens and Lake Murray little leagues, will send 4 teams to the district tournament. Below is links to the district tournament brackets.

District 33 Majors Bracket

District 33 Minors Bracket

District 33 Juniors Bracket

District 33 TOC Rules Special Rules for the District tournament

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Majors and Minors will began their season ending Tournament of Champions (TOC) on  Tuesday May 27^th.  The winner of each tournament will advance to the District 33 TOC tournament.  Last year, the Minors Cubs won the District tournament.  The Mets have wrapped up the #1 seed in Majors, while the Indians will be #2.  Pirates and Padres will be the #3 and #4 seeds.  Standings were kept during the second half of the season for seeding purposed.  The Minors will use a pool play format which will guarantee each team at least 3 games. 

Some of the TOC rules are different than regular season.  Games are 6 innings with no time limit (except darkness for the weeknight games).  There will be no run limit per inning in Minors, but there is a 10 run mercy rule after 4 innings.  Thus, if a team is leading by 10 runs or more after 4 or 5 innings, it will be declared over.

Below is the schedule for 2008 MTLL Majors TOC.  Format is double elimination, so you keep playing until you have two loses.  Game 6 is the championship game, but if it is the first loss for the losing team (each team would then have 1 loss), game 7 will be necessary and will be for the title.  The championship team will advance to the District 33 team TOC which begins on Monday, June 9^th.

Game	Teams	Day	Date	Time	Comment
#1	Mets 13 - Padres 1	Tuesday	5/27	5:00 PM	#1 vs. #4
#2	Indians 6 - Pirates 9	Thursday	5/29	5:00 PM	#2 vs. #3
#3	Mets 3 - Pirates 0	Saturday	5/31	11:00 AM	Winner's Final
#4	Padres 3 - Indians 5 (8 Inn.)	Saturday	5/31	1:30 PM	Padres Eliminated
#5	Pirates 13 - Indians 5	Tuesday	6/3	5:00 PM	Indians Eliminated
#6	Mets 3 - Pirates 9	Thursday	6/5	5:00 PM	Pirates force final game
#7	Mets 7 - Pirates 4	Friday	6/6	5:00 PM	Championship Game

Schedule for 2008 Minors TOC.  There will be 2 games for each team of pool play.  The pool play results will seed the teams from 1-3 in each pool.  Then they will begin a single elimination round.  The number 1 seed from each pool will get a bye.  #2 from pool A will play #3 from pool B with the winner playing a #1 seed.  The championship game will be on closing day, June 7^th.  The winner advances to the District 33 tournament.  The past two years have been bountiful for MTLL Minors TOC teams.  In 2006, the MTLL squad was undefeated in pool play, won 2 games in the single elimination rounds and played in the final.  They played a close game, but lost for a second place finish.  Last year, the Cubs won all the way through to bring home the district flag.

NOTE: The Minors Championship game on 6/7 has been moved to 9:00 AM

Pool A	Pool B
Angels 1-1(#2 seed)	Red Sox2-0  (# 1 Seed)
Cubs 2-0 (#1 seed)	A's 1-1 (#2 Seed)
Orioles 0-2 (#3 seed)	Yankees 0-2 (#3 Seed)

Pool Play Game Results:

The following events are coming up in the days ahead:

• 2008 Annual MTLL Golf Tournament - May 18th.
• For families with children aged 13-16 who still want to play baseball, the Patriot League (made up of kids from MTLL, San Carlos, Allied Gardens, and Lake Murray) is available.  See their website (Patriot League) for more information.  For 17-18 year olds, contact District 33 as they may have a Big League program.
• For league forms (medical release, registration, and volunteer) check the Handouts section.

Keep checking the website for more information as the dates approach.