Sharpe’s winning hit lifts DPLL’s Cubs

The Dos Pueblos Little League Cubs won

D.J. Sharpe singled in the winning run to cap a four-run, two-out rally in the fifth inning, leading the Dos Pueblos Little League Juniors Division Cubs over the DPLL Yankees 5-4. The win captured the first-ever Greater Santa Barbara Youth Baseball Upper Division 2012 Tournament Championship on Monday at Goleta Valley South Little League. The four-day tournament included teams from Dos Pueblos, Goleta Valley South and Santa Barbara Pony leagues.The Cubs’ Austin Bull pitched five complete … [Read more...]

SB Riptide open up season with tourney championship

Santa Barbara Riptide

The Santa Barbara Riptide 11u baseball team participated in its first tournament last weekend in Oxnard. The Riptide is comprised of 11 year olds ranging from Santa Barbara to Santa Maria.The Riptide took the field in their first ever contest against the Westlake Stars. Santa Barbara jumped out to a 2-1 lead thanks to a leadoff walk by Toby Spach followed by an RBI double to leftcenter by Mason Boelter. Trevor Garcia followed that up with an RBI single to left. Westlake proved to be too much … [Read more...]

SB Riptide collecting championships left and right

Santa Barbara Riptides

Last weekend the 14u Santa Barbara Riptide Baseball team cruised to its 5th tournament championship in its last seven tournaments.The Riptide won the championship in comeback fashion by beating a very tough Mac Baseball team 9-6.With the Riptide trailing 5-2 heading into the bottom of the 5th, Luke Coffey lead off the inning with a double to deep centerfield. Andrew Rivera followed that up with an rbi single. Avery Tuck doubled to centerfield driving in Carter Soto and Andrew Rivera. … [Read more...]

Santa Maria Southside beats GVS for 10U section title

It was too much Trevor Garcia for the Goleta Valley South Little League Under-10 All-Stars Wednesday night.Garcia pitched allowed only one hit for 5 2/3 innings and hit a two-run homer to lead Santa Maria Southside to a 9-1 victory and the championship of the Section 1 All-Star Tournament at the Goleta Valley South complex.Mason Boelter had the only hit and scored GVS’s only run in the game. … [Read more...]

GVS 11U All-Stars fall short against Moorpark in section final

Jack Sofro ripped a grand slam and Evan Kling followed with a mammoth solo homer to start the game for the Goleta Valley South Little League 11-Under All-Stars on Tuesday night.But Moorpark fought its way back and scored two runs in the sixth inning to beat GVS 8-6 and win the Section 1 All-Star Tournament in Nipomo.Moorpark, with the help a two-run homer by Robert Fletcher and a three-run shot by Sawyer Stoehr, took a 6-5 lead in the second inning.GVS tied the score in the bottom of … [Read more...]

GVS 11U Stars erupt early, rout Santa Maria Northside

Goleta Valley South batted around in the first inning and scored nine runs en route to a 14-2 win over Santa Maria Northside to stay alive in the Section 1 11-Under Little League All-Star Tournament on Monday night in Nipomo.The game was called after the fourth inning on the 10-run mercy rule.Alex Furukawa and Bryce Quezada each had two hits in the inning. Sam Drew drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and Kevin Barker followed with another single for two RBIs. Furukawa, who led … [Read more...]

Goleta Valley South 10U Stars get rematch with SM Southside

Goleta Valley South Little League scored early and often in a 17-7 five-inning, mercy-rule win over Port Hueneme in an elimination game of the 10-Under Section 1 Tournament on Monday.Goleta Valley South earns a rematch with Santa Maria Southside on Wednesday for the title. GVS lost to Southside 11-9 last weeekend. A GVS win on Wednesday would force a second title game on Thursday.Ian Cope scored four runs, Luke Roberts went 2-for-3 with four runs and two RBIs and Jack Johnson went … [Read more...]

Dos Pueblos blanks Orcutt in 12U sectional opener

Jake Yamasaki hit a solo home run and went 3-for-3 to lead the Dos Pueblos Little League 12-Under All-Stars to a 5-0 win over Orcutt National in the first game of the Section Tournament in Moorpark on Saturday.Wyatt Boyle and Austin Bull combined on a three-hit shutout and struck out 10. Boyle struck out three batters in two innings and Bull fanned seven in four innings of work.Dos Pueblos jumped on Orcutt for three runs in the first inning, all with two outs. With the bases loaded, … [Read more...]

GVSLL 11-Under All-Stars win section tourney opener

Alex Furukawa and Trey Tank each had two hits, and four Goleta Valley South pitchers shut down Santa Maria Northside’s offense in a 6-1 victory Saturday in an opening-round game of the Little League Section 1 11-Under All-Star Tournament in Nipomo.Goleta Valley scored five runs in the fifth inning to put the game away.Furukawa drove in two runs.Jake Sofro, Kevin Barker, Colter Nisbet and Tank held the high-powered Santa Maria offense to five singles, striking out 7 in 6 … [Read more...]

Nichols’ pitching leads DP past Goleta Valley South for District 63 title

DP 12U Stars

Matt Nichols had his curve ball working, and the Dos Pueblos Little League 12-Under All-Stars rode his clutch, compete-game performance and beat Goleta Valley South 3-1 Wednesday for the District 63 Tournament championship at Girsh Park.Nichols struck out six, didn’t allow a walk and gave up one run and five hits.“You got to give credit to Matt Nichols,” Goleta Valley South manager Dan Feldhaus said. “He was throwing his curve ball for strikes and we were having trouble hitting … [Read more...]

Goleta Valley South 10U All-Stars roll to district title

Goleta Valley South Little League’s 10-Under All-Stars broke open a tie game with a big fourth inning and romped to an 11-1 win over Montalvo to win the District 63 Tournament championship on Tuesday night.Luke Roberts doubled in the go-ahead run and Chris Abbott singled in a run as GVS pulled away. The team was declared the winner after expanding its lead to 10 runs in the fifth inning.Andrew Guardino and Jackson combined to pitch the victory. … [Read more...]

Kling slams door on DP, sparks GVSLL 11U Stars to District 63 title

Goleta Valley South Under-11 All-Stars show off District 63 championship banner.

A two-out scoring eruption in the second inning provided the spark that carried the Goleta Valley South Little League Under-11 All-Stars to the championship of the District 63 Tournament.Sam Drew started things off with a bunt single and Evan Kling capped the six-run explosion with a grand slam as Goleta Valley South beat Dos Pueblos 8-1 for the district title and a berth in the sectional tournament.After Drew beat the throw to first on his bunt, he came home for the first run of the … [Read more...]