Little League TOC, All-Stars tournaments medal champions

Sites have been set for the upcoming California Section 7 Little League championship tournaments. District 66 Little League will host three divisions: 12U, Junior and Senior. East County District 41 will host the Intermediate Division and 10U Division while El Centro District 22 will host the 11U Division tournament.

The section tournaments feature the all-stars champions from the four districts.

The Junior and Senior divisions get under way Saturday, June 27, at District 66’s Spring Valley field, 1312 Sweetwater Lane.

The Junior Division lineup (ages 12-14) runs through July 2 and includes District 41 Singing Hills, District 42 Imperial Beach, District 66 Spring Valley and District 22 Imperial.

The Senior Division lineup (ages 13-16) runs through July 1 and includes District 66 Spring Valley, District 41 Jamul and District 42 Park View.

The 12U Division is scheduled to run July 11-16 with teams to be determined. Teams are also still to be determined for the 10U and 11U divisions as district play tees off.

District 41 will host the 10U All-Stars and Intermediate sectional tournaments while District 22 will host the 11U All-stars sectional tournament.

The Intermediate (50/70) lineup includes ages 11-13 and provides a bridge between Little League’s younger field dimensions and those of the older age divisions.

District 42 tournament play starts Saturday, June 27, in all three divisions: 10U, 11U and 12U. Chula Vista American and Little League and Eastlake Little League will serve as field sites.

Park View Little League will host championship games in all three divisions on July 5. A double-elimination format applies.

Eight teams are entered in both the 10U and 11U divisions while seven teams are entered in the 12U division.

The 10U and 11U divisions stop at the state level while the other divisions hold national championship tournaments.

District 42: Around the horn
Even though the bulk of the competition is still ahead, a lot has already transpired. The Tournament of Champions competition featured six divisions: 6U, 7U, 8U, 9U, Minor and Major. The three older all-stars divisions — Intermediate, Junior and Senior — also got underway.

TOC semifinals and championship games started June 18 at Imperial Beach Little League and concluded Monday and Tuesday at the same site.

Semifinal games in the 6U division produced two winners: Sweetwater Valley 12-7 over Park View and Eastlake 17-7 over Imperial Beach. Sweetwater Valley defeated Eastlake, 9-2, in Saturday’s division championship game.

Semifinal games in the 7U division took place last Friday. Park View eliminated Imperial Beach 12-0 while Sweetwater Valley blanked Eastlake by the same score. Both winners advanced to Monday’s championship game.

Sweetwater won 10-6.

Semifinals games in the 8U division took place Saturday. Park View shut out Eastlake by a score of 9-0 while Sweetwater Valley topped South Bay 11-1 to set up Tuesday’s division final between Park View and Sweetwater Valley.

Sweetwater Valley won 9-7.

Semifinal games in the 9U division took place on June 18. Eastlake defeated Sweetwater Valley 12-0, while Park View defeated South Bay 7-2. Eastlake went on to blank Park View 12-0 in Saturday’s division championship game.

Semifinals in the Minor Division and Major Division both took place on Saturday.

In the Minor Division, Park View defeated South Bay 15-1 while Sweetwater Valley edged Eastlake 9-8 to set up Monday’s division championship game.

Sweetwater Valley won 8-5.

Semifinals in the Major division featured Eastlake over Chula Vista American by a score of 11-8 and South Bay over Park View 6-4 to set up Tuesday’s division final.

South Bay won 6-1.

Sweetwater Valley won four of the six TOC divisions.

More to come
|The three upper-age all-stars divisions wrapped up district play Saturday at Park View Little League to provide a head start on the marquee 10U, 11U and 12U divisions.

“It’s heartwarming to see kids start Little League in the 6U Division, and years later see them participate in the older divisions,” District 42 administrator Ernie Lucero said. “At this point in their Little League journey, I’m hopeful these young teens will continue playing ball after Little League. Some will go on as players for their school, and others are now serving as umpires for District 42 tournaments.”

The older age divisions in District 42 appear to be gaining more interest.

Eastlake kicked off Saturday’s triple-header with a 1-0 win over Sweetwater Valley in the Intermediate Division. Eastlake finished 4-0 in the six-team tournament to punch its ticket to the Section 7 tournament hosted by District 41.

Eastlake’s championship run included prior victories against Imperial Beach (19-3 in the first round), Park View (14-12 in the second round) and Sweetwater Valley (6-5 in the winners bracket final).

Sweetwater Valley defeated Park View, 22-6, in the challenger bracket final.

Imperial Beach extinguished a drought of 27 years without an All-Stars championship game victory in the Juniors Division after squeezing past Chula Vista American 4-3.

CV American led 3-2 before Imperial Beach rallied to take the lead late in the game and held on.

“Hard work and practicing gave us the start we needed to win the tournament,” IB manager Josh Najera said.

Angel Sanchez threw 92 pitches with six strikeouts while E.Z. Najera came into close out the game with 17 pitches and two strikeouts in the seventh inning.

In the hitting department, Gabriel Krenzel tied the score with an RBI and Jonathan Sanchez then put Imperial Beach in the lead. Dominic Najera and Eli Magana also drove runs.

Logan Hinojos pitched five and two-thirds innings for CVA, tossing 94 pitches with seven strikeouts. Josh Juarez had two RBI.

CVA made the most of three hits in the game.

Seven teams participated in the division. Imperial Beach defeated Eastlake, 1-0, in the first round and kept the momentum going with a 14-4 win over Southwest in its second game. IB out-slugged Sweetwater Valley, 10-3, in the winners bracket final to earn a berth in the division final.

IB allowed 10 runs in the four games while scoring 29 runs.

King Sanchez threw a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts while Angel Hernandez notched the game-winning RBI in the 1-0 win over Eastlake.

Dom Najera had a big day at the plate in the 10-3 win over Sweetwater Valley by going three-for-four with four RBI.

Park View had no trouble scoring runs in the Senior Division championship game after plating five runs in the top of the first inning and tacking on five more runs in the second inning for a commanding 10-run run.

Zachary Phillips, who just completed his sophomore year at Otay Ranch High School, belted a three-run home run to expand on a 7-0 lead in the second inning.

Park View used four pitchers in the game, Jude Lopez started on the mound, followed by Trevor Mariscal. Noah Medina took over in the bottom of the fourth inning and Ian Puente pitched the final fifth inning in the run-rule contest.

Phillips went two-for-three at the plate with five RBI while Alexander Solis also went two-for-three with four RBI.

Park View will now represent the district in the upcoming Section 7 tournament.

Will Bleisch serves as manager while coaches include Dennis Diaz and Marco Roman.

The newly crowned district champions look to make a statement this summer after out-scoring opponents 48-4 in an imposing 3-0 run through the bracket.

“We have pitching, defense and power — we have the whole package,” Bleisch said. “We just have to trust each other to get it done.”

Park View defeated South Bay 21-3 in its first game and out-scored Eastlake 12-1 in its second game in the six-team tournament.

Sweetwater Valley dropped a high-scoring 22-19 decision to Eastlake in the first round and battled back with victories over South Bay (9-4) and Eastlake (5-0) in the double-elimination tournament to reach the championship game.

Park View Little League’s boundaries include Otay Ranch, Olympian and Mater Dei Catholic high schools.

Lopez and Medina also just completed their sophomore seasons at Otay Ranch while Puente and Mariscal both just completed their junior seasons there.

Route 66
California District 66 Little League serves parts of both South County (National City, Paradise Hills) and East County (Spring Valley, Lemon Grove) and southeast San Diego.

District administrator Rolland Slade said the district has contracted from 10 leagues to eight for the 2026 season. Las Palmas and National City American combined as did Encanto and Skyline. 

The California District 66 lineup now includes San Diego American, San Diego Southeastern, Encanto, Las Palmas, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Twin Hills and Valley De Oro.

“Our numbers overall have remained the same … I believe that is because of the addition of softball,” Slade said. “Lemon Grove and Las Palmas have developed solid programs.

“The softball teams are go directly from district to state. Lemon Grove will be sending teams to the 8-9-10 (10U), 9-10-11 (11U), Little League (12U) and Junior League tournaments. Las Palmas will be sending a team to the Senior League softball state tournament.”

On the youth baseball front, District 66 has concluded its own Tournament of Champions competition as well as all-stars play in both the Junior Division and Senior Division. The 10U, 11U and 12U all-stars divisions start up play this weekend.

Last year’s Senior Division champion Lemon Grove/Spring Valley combo team — the Sixtye6ers — advanced to the Senior League World Series tournament in Easley, S.C. after compiling a blistering 22-1 tournament run.

The team’s titles included those at the District 66, Section 7, Southern California state and Western Region levels. The team finished 1-2 at the international drfaw tournament with a 9-7 win over the Texas Southwest Zone champions and 7-1 and 7-2 losses to South Carolina District 1 host team.

The South Carolina team went on to win the United States division en route to a runner-up finish against Caribbean Zone champion Puerto Rico.

Overall, Lemon Grove Little League posted a highly successful 2025 season with eight championship banners across baseball and softball.

This year’s TOC baseball champions included Encanto in the both the Minor and Major divisions and San Diego American in Juniors.

Encanto defeated Lemon Grove, 12-7, to take home the Minor Division banner while Encanto defeated Twin Hills, 11-0, to capture the Majors pennant.

San Diego American defeated Lemon Grove, 13-4, to win the Juniors banner.

Eastern exposure
California District 41 includes 14 individual leagues: Alpine American, El Cajon National, El Cajon Western, Fletcher Hills, Jamul, Julian, Lakeside American, Lakeside National, Mountain Empire, Rancho de Oro, Rios Canyon, Santee National, Singing Hills and West Hills.

District 41 TOC champions include Lakeside National (Minors), Rios Canyon (Majors), Rancho de Oro (Intermediate) and Rancho San Diego (Junior).

Lakeside National defeated West Hills, 7-2, to win the Minor Division title.

Rios Canyon defeated Fletcher Hills, 17-6, to win the Major Division championship.

Rancho de Oro defeated Rios Canyon, 23-3, to win the Intermediate Division banner.

Rancho San Diego defeated Singing Hills, 10-7, to win the Junior Division crown.

Singing Hills defeated Rancho de Oro to win the District 41 Junior Division All-Stars tournament while Rancho de Oro was scheduled to meet Jamul in the Intermediate Division championship on Wednesday, June 24.

California District 42 Little League Scoreboard

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Major Division

Pool A: Eastlake 2-0, Luckie Waller 1-1, Chula Vista National 0-2

Pool B: Park View 2-0, Chula Vista American 1-0, Southwest 0-2

Pool C: South Bay 2-0, Sweetwater Valley 1-1, Imperial Beach 0-2

Saturday, June 13
Eastlake 10, Luckie Waller 0
CVA 11, Southwest 2
South Bay 8, SVLL 0

Sunday, June 14
Eastlake 16, CVN 0
Park View 19, Southwest 6
South Bay 3, Imperial Beach 1

Tuesday, June 16
Luckie Waller 8, CVN 1
Park View 11, CVA 1
SVLL 11, Imperial Beach 8

Thursday, June 18
Chula Vista American 11, Luckie Waller 6
Park View 10, Sweetwater Valley 2

Playoffs: June 18-23
Semifinals: Eastlake 11, CV American 8; South Bay 6, Park View 4
Championship: Eastlake vs.South Bay 6, Eastlake 1

Minor Division

Pool A: Park View 2-0, Southwest 1-1, Chula Vista National 0-2

Pool B: Sweetwater Valley 2-0, South Bay 1-1, Imperial Beach 0-2

Pool C: Eastlake 2-0, Chula Vista American 1-1, Luckie Waller 0-2

Saturday, June 13
Southwest 8, CVN 2
South Bay 10, Imperial Beach 3
Eastlake 8, CVA 1

Tuesday, June 16
CVA 13, Luckie Waller 8

Sunday, June 14
Eastlake 16, Luckie Waller 14
Sweetwater Valley 4, South Bay 3
Park View 11, CVN 0

Wednesday, June 17
SVLL 13, Imperial Beach 0
Park View 18, Southwest 1

Playoffs: June 20-22
Semifinals: Park View 15, South Bay 1; Sweetwater Valley 9, Eastlake 8
Championship: Sweetwater Valley 8, Park View 5

6U Division

Standings: Sweetwater Valley 2-0, Imperial Beach 1.5-0.5, Eastlake 1-1, Park View 1-1, Chula Vista American 0.5-1.5, South Bay 0-2

Saturday, June 13
Eastlake 12, CVA 0
Imperial Beach 14, South Bay 2

Sunday, June 14
Sweetwater Valley 15, Eastlake 3
Park View 13, South Bay 6

Tuesday, June 16
Sweetwater Valley 13, Park View 11\
Imperial Beach 7, CV American 7

Playoffs: June 18-20
Semifinals: Sweetwater Valley 12, Park View 7; Eastlake 17, Imperial Beach 7
Championship: Sweetwater Valley 9, Eastlake 2

7U Division

Standings: Park View 2-0, Sweetwater Valley 2-0,Eastlake 1-1, Chula Vista American 1-1, Imperial Beach 1-1, South Bay 0-2, Luckie Waller 0-2

Saturday, June 13
SVLL 12, Eastlake 3
CVA 14, Luckie Waller 4
Park View 13, South Bay 0

Monday, June 15
Park View 16, Imperial Beach 2
Eastlake 13, South Bay 1

Wednesday, June 17
Imperial Beach 13, Luckie Waller 1
Sweetwater Valley 13, CV American 2

Playoffs: June 19-22
Semifinals: SVLL 12, Eastlake 0; Park View 12, IB 0 (Friday)
Championship: Sweetwater Valley 10, Park View 6 (Monday)

8U Division
Standings: Park View 2-0, Sweetwater Valley 2-0, South Bay 2-0, Eastlake 1-1, Imperial Beach 0-1, Southwest 0-1, Chula Vista American 0-2, Luckie Waller 0-2

Saturday, June 13
South Bay 15, Luckie Waller 3
SVLL 12, Chula Vista American 0
Park View 16, Southwest 0
Eastlake 16, Imperial Beach 5

Sunday, June 14
South Bay 7, CV American 3
SVLL 16, Luckie Waller 5
Imperial Beach 11, Southwest 5
Park View 7, Eastlake 0

Playoffs: June 20-23
Semifinals: Park View vs. Eastlake; South Bay vs. Sweetwater Valley (Saturday)
Championship: Sweetwater Valley 9, Park View 7 (Tuesday)

9U Division

Standings: Sweetwater Valley2-0, South Bay 2-0, Park View 2-0, Eastlake 1-1, Chula Vista American 0-2, Imperial Beach 0-2, Luckie Waller 0-2

Saturday. June 13
South Bay 15, Luckie Waller 0
Eastlake 9, Imperial Beach 3
Sweetwater Valley 11, Chula Vista American 1

Sunday. June 14
South Bay 9, Imperial Beach 1
Park View 8, Eastlake 5

Tuesday, June 16
Sweetwater Valley 15, Luckie Waller 0
Park View 7, Chula Vista American 5

Playoffs: June 18-20
Semifinals: Eastlake 12, Sweetwater Valley 0; Park View 7, South Bay 2
Championship: Eastlake 12, Park View 0

ALL-STARS TOURNAMENTS

Intermediate Division
Saturday, June 13
Eastlake 19, Imperial Beach 3
Sweetwater Valley 15, Chula Vista American 0

Sunday, June 14
Eastlake 14, Park View 12
Sweetwater Valley 26, South Bay 1

Tuesday, June 16
CV American 13, Imperial Beach 2
Park View 14, South Bay 2

Wednesday, June 17
Eastlake 6, Sweetwater Valley 5 (winners bracket)
Park View 13, CVA 8

Friday, June 19
Sweetwater Valley 22, Park View 6

Saturday, June 20
Championship: Eastlake 1, Sweetwater Valley 0

Junior Division
Saturday, June 13
Imperial Beach 1, Eastlake 0
Sweetwater Valley 15, Luckie Waller 0
Park View 8, Chula Vista American 2

Sunday, June 14
Imperial Beach 14, Southwest 4
Sweetwater Valley 14, Park View 9

Tuesday, June 16
Park View 23, Eastlake 4
CV American 12, Southwest 1

Wednesday, June 17
Imperial Beach 10, Sweetwater Valley 3 (winners bracket)

Thursday, June 18
CV American 15, Park View 8

Friday, June 19
CV American 15, Sweetwater Valley 14

Saturday, June 20
Championship: Imperial Beach 4, CV American 3

Senior Division
Saturday, June 13
Park View 21, South Bay 3
Eastlake 22, Sweetwater Valley 19

Monday, June 15
Park View 12, Eastlake 1 (winners bracket)
Sweetwater Valley 9, South Bay 4

Wednesday, June 17
Sweetwater Valley 5, Eastlake 0

Saturday, June 20
Championship game
Park View 15, Sweetwater Valley 0

California District 41 Little League Scoreboard

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

Minor Division

Games of June 6
Singing Hills 11, Santee National 5
Fletcher Hills 10, Lakeside American 0
Rios Canyon 22, Jamul 15
Lakeside National 13, Mountain Empire 1

Games of June 8
West Hills 7, Singing Hills 6|
Rios Canyon 4, El Cajon National 0

Games of June 9
Fletcher Hills 5, Alpine 4
|Lakeside National 11, Rancho de Oro 5

Games of June 11|
West Hills 7, Fletcher Hills 5
Lakeside National 14, Rios Canyon 0

Games of June 13
Championship: Lakeside National 7, West Hills 2

Major Division

Games of June 6
Alpine 8, Santee National 7
Lakeside National 12, Julian 1
Fletcher Hills 5, Rancho de Oro 4
Rios Canyon 16, Singing Hills 4|
Lakeside American 12, Mountain Empire 1

Games of June 8
West Hills 9, West Hills 7
Rios Canyon 11, El Cajon National 1

Games of June 9|
Fletcher Hills 9, Lakeside National 2
Jamul 6, Lakeside American 2

Games of June 11
Fletcher Hills 6, West Hills 2
Rios Canyon 2, Jamul 1

Games of June 13
Championship game: Rios Canyon 17, Fletcher Hills 6

Intermediate Division
Games of June 1
Lakeside National (1) 16, El Cajon National 9

Games of June 2
Rancho de Oro 13, Alpine 0

Games of June 3
Lakeside National (2) 11, West Hills (1) 1

Games of June 4
|Rios Canyon 10, West Hills (2) 7

Games of June 5
|Lakeside National (1) 11, Jamul 2

Games of June 7
Rios Canyon 6, Lakeside National (2) 5
Rancho de Oro 5, Lakeside National (1) 1

Games of June 9
Rancho de Oro 23, Rios Canyon 3

Junior Division
Games of June 5
Singing Hills 6, Rios Canyon 4
Rancho San Diego 4, Singing Hills 3

Games of June 7
Singing Hills 13, Jamul 2
Rancho San Diego 4, Lakeside American 0

Games of June 8
Championship: Rancho San Diego 10, Singing Hills 7

All-StALL-STARS TOURNAMENTS

Intermediate 50/70 All-Stars
|Games of June 14
Alpine 3, West Hills 1|
Lakeside National 10, Rios Canyon 0

Games of June 16|
Alpine 9, Jamul 8

Games of June 17
Rancho de Oro 7, Lakeside National 0

Games of June 18|
Jamul 11, Rios Canyon 3|
Lakeside National 10, West Hills 7

Games of June 21|
Rancho de Oro 11, Alpine 3
|Jamul 12, Lakeside National 3

Games of June 22
Jamul 7, Alpine 1

Games of June 24
Championship game: Rancho de Oro vs. Jamul (if necessary, June 25)

Junior Division|
Games of June 16|
Singing Hills 6, Rancho de Oro 1

Games of June 18|
Singing Hills 11, Rios Canyon 1

Games of June 19|
Rancho de Oro 10, Rios Canyon 0

Games of June 21
Championship game: Singing Hills defeated Rancho de Oro, score unavailable