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 Kevin Sandoval from second also.  A nice relay to the plate, a slide and cloud of dust 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.