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Every Little League team is special.But there was something unique about this particular group of ballplayers from the Dos Pueblos Little League.As an all-star team, the players developed great chemistry and a winning formula when they were just 9 years old, and it continued on as they grew older and moved up in divisions.For the last five years, Brody Curtis, Daniel Dzierski, Brian Cho, Joshua Tedeschi, Nolan Soto, Alex Amaro, James Savage, Robert Gulvin, Isaac Rodriguez, Dylan Rohde, … [Read more...]

With its postseason life on the line, Goleta Valley South’s 10-11 All-Stars rallied for two runs in the sixth inning, scored six more in the seventh and pitched out of bases-loaded jam to outlast Quartz Hill 18-16 in an elimination game at the Little League Divisional State Tournament Monday night in Ontario.Kyle Gonzalez ended the wild game by getting the final Quartz Hill batter to line out to right field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh.Blake Katsev continued his hot … [Read more...]

Size mattered in Goleta Valley South League's second game at the Little League 10-11 All-Star Divisional Tournament in Ontario on Sunday.Goleta Valley South first faced a 6-foot left-hander from La Verne who threw consistently 63 mph on the radar gun and then a 5-11 reliever who had a nasty curveball and a fastball that was clocked in the 57-59 mph range."Needless to say base hits were hard to come by," said coach Dan Feldhaus after a 10-1 loss. "We struck out 10 times."Blake Katsev was … [Read more...]

Kyle Ownsby blasted a three-run homer to get Goleta Valley South's All-Stars off to a fast start, and the local 10-11 squad held on to get past El Segundo 9-7 in an opening game at the Little League Divisional Tournament on Saturday.El Segundo had the tying run on base in the last inning before Goleta Valley South was able to end the game.Blake Katsev had three hits and drove in two runs, while Carson Vom Steeg had two hits and two RBIs for Goleta Valley South, which plays again Sunday against … [Read more...]

Isaac Rodriguez provided the best remedy for his team and himself Saturday in the opening game of the Divisional Tournament in the  Little League Junior Division.Hobbled by an injured ankle, Rodriguez came off the bench and belted a three-run homer to help rally the Dos Pueblos All-Stars to an 8-7 victory over La Mirada in Ontario.Rodriguez added a two-run ground-rule double in the stirring comeback win.Dos Pueblos, champions of District 63 and Section 1 tournaments, trailed by six runs … [Read more...]

Trey Klopstein ended the drama for the Goleta Valley South Little League 10-11 All-Stars Tuesday night, striking out the final Moorpark batter with the bases load to preserve a 10-8 win that  gave them the Section 1 championship.It is the second straight section title for Goleta Valley South. The section covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.GVSLL now advances to the Division 3 Northern Sub-Division Tournament, hosted by Ontario Western LL, that includes section winners … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos couldn’t hold a lead in the seventh inning and dropped a wild 14-12 decision to Thousand Oaks to force a second championship game for the Little League Section 1 Junior Division Tournament championship.The two all-star teams will play Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Channel Islands High in Oxnard for the right to advance to the next level of postseason play.Sparked by 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief pitching from Joshua Tedeschi, Dos Pueblos staged a stirring comeback after trailing … [Read more...]

A Dos Pueblos rally fell short, and the local 11-12 All-Stars were eliminated by Moorpark, 6-4, in the Little League Section 1 Tournament on Monday night.Trailing 6-2 in the fifth inning, Dos Pueblos fought back on a RBI single by Dustin Demeter and a solo home run by John Wetzel. Tim Heiduk drew a walk and Kenny O’Donnell got his second single of the night to put the tying run on base.Moorpark made a pitching change and thwarted the DP rally.Dos Pueblos opened the game with two runs … [Read more...]