1998 Southern California Little League® Tournament Results

Southern California Divisional Tournament



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Southern California Divisional Tournament
Host - Fountain Valley
At Mile Square Park

Participating Teams:
Section 1 Champions
Section 2 Champions
Section 3 Champions
Section 4 Champions
Section 5 Champions
Section 6 Champions
Section 7 Champions
Section 8 Champions		 Santa Maria Westside (District 65)
El Monte American (District 18)
Palos Verdes Estates Lunada Bay (District 36)
Cypress Federal (District 29)
Yorba Linda Yorba Hills (District 56)
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard (District 21)
San Bernardino Newmark (District 43)
Rancho Bernardo (District 31)

Tournament Results:

Opening Round:
El Monte American 9, Santa Maria Westside 1
Cypress Federal 1, Palos Verdes Estates Lunada Bay 0
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 6, Yorba Linda Yorba Hills 4
San Bernardino Newmark 2, Rancho Bernardo 1

Loser's Bracket - Round 1 (eight teams remain):
Santa Maria Westside 4, Palos Verdes Estates Lunada Bay 0 (elim.)
Yorba Linda Yorba Hills 14, Rancho Bernardo 5 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals:
Cypress Federal 16, El Monte American 1 (4 innings; 10-run rule)
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 5, San Bernardino Newmark 1

Loser's Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain):
Yorba Linda Yorba Hills 12, Santa Maria Westside 7 (elim.)
El Monte American 4, San Bernardino Newmark 0 (elim.)

Loser's Bracket Semifinals (four teams remain):
El Monte American 2, Yorba Linda Yorba Hills 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Finals:
Cypress Federal 14, Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 6

Loser's Bracket Finals:
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 6, El Monte American 2 (elim.)

Championship Game:
Cypress Federal 11, Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 1 (4 innings, 10-run rule; TITLE)

Summary:

Cypress Federal edged Lunada Bay 1-0 in the opening round of the Southern California Divisional Tournament, then exploded for 41 runs over the next three games to claim its second divisional title of the 1990s. Like the 1990 Cypress all-star team, the 1998 club won the West Region Tournament and advanced to the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Following its win over Lunada Bay, Cypress routed El Monte American 16-1 to set up a meeting with Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard in the winner's bracket finals. Vineyard advanced with victories over Yorba Linda Yorba Hills (6-4) and San Bernardino Newmark (5-1).

Cypress built an early 10-0 lead against Vineyard, and held on for a 14-6 victory. Brian Pepperdine's first inning home run started the onslaught, and an six-run fourth inning rally increased the bulge to 10-0. Four Cypress errors in the bottom of the fourth inning allowed Vineyard to slice the deficit to 10-5, but centerfielder Pat Cassa ended the inning by throwing out a runner trying to score from second on a base hit. Cypress, which pounded out 10 hits and scored in five of the game's six innings, then re-built its lead and advanced to the championship game.

Vineyard dropped to the loser's bracket following its loss to Cypress Federal, but the Rancho Cucamonga club had more immediate concerns: three players, including the winning pitchers in their two divisional tournament victories, left the squad immediately following the Cypress loss to compete for the Rancho Cucamonga Dodgers in the American Amateur Baseball Congress World Series in Puerto Rico. Cucamonga had lost one player to a family vacation prior to the start of the divisional tournament, and would only regain its missing players if the club advanced to the Western Region Tournament.

Vineyard was able to advance to the divisional tournament title game by defeating El Monte in the loser's bracket finals, but Cypress left little doubt as to the outcome of the title game by scoring eight runs before Vineyard came to bat in the first inning. Cypress loaded the bases with no outs to start the game, then two-run doubles by Pepperdine and Alex Alba staked the District 29 champions to a 4-0 lead. After an error plated another run, Cassa belted a three-run homer to give Cypress an insurmountable 8-0 lead. Zach Wingo added a late homer for Cypress, and Matt Swims and Wingo combined on a three-hitter. Vineyard finished the game with only nine players, as their starting pitcher in the title game was taken to a local hospital as a precaution after a second inning line drive deflected off of his glove and hit him in the head.

Cypress Federal went on to rally past Woodinville West (Washington) in the Western Region championship game before finishing 1-2 in the U.S. pool at the World Series.

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Linescores:

  Winner's Bracket Finals 123456 RHE
Cypress Federal 20261314104
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 000501674
  Loser's Bracket Finals
El Monte American 000101230
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 20013x693
  Championship Game
Cypress Federal 81201190
Rancho Cucamonga Vineyard 0010132

1998 Southern California District Champions/Sectional Tournament Results:

District Champions
in Section 1		 District Champions
in Section 2
D13 - Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks)
D50 - Arroyo Grande
D61 - Hanford American
D63 - Ventura Foothill
D65 - Santa Maria Westside

Section 1 Tournament
Host - Thousand Oaks El Rio (District 13)

Tournament Results:
1 - Ventura Foothill 7, Arroyo Grande 1
2 - Conejo Valley 9, Hanford American 3
3 - Santa Maria Westside 10, Ventura Foothill 8
4 - Arroyo Grande d. Hanford American (elim.)
5 - Ventura Foothill 8, Arroyo Grande 3 (elim.)
6 - Conejo Valley 3, Santa Maria Westside 2
7 - Santa Maria Westside 11, Ventura Foothill 4 (elim.)
8 - Santa Maria Westside 8, Conejo Valley 4
9 - Santa Maria Westside 5, Conejo Valley 0 (TITLE)

 D16 - Glendale JWV
D17 - San Marino
D18 - El Monte American
D40 - Woodland Hills
D51 - Lancaster Parkview

Section 2 Tournament
Host - Lancaster Quartz Hill (District 51)

Tournament Results:
1 - Woodland Hills 11, Glendale JWV 4
Lancaster Parkview 4, San Marino 1
El Monte American 5, Woodland Hills 4
San Marino 14, Glendale JWV 2 (elim.)
San Marino 12, Woodland Hills 2 (elim.)
El Monte American 7, Lancaster Parkview 1
Lancaster Parkview 5, San Marino 1 (elim.)
El Monte American 3, Lancaster Parkview 1 (TITLE)
District Champions
in Section 3		 District Champions
in Section 4
D25 - Playa Vista
D27 - Lomita
D36 - Lunada Bay (Palos Verdes Estates)
D37 - Del Rey American (Playa Del Rey)

Section 3 Tournament
Host - Ladera (District 37)

Tournament Results:
1 - Lunada Bay 10, Playa Vista 0
2 - Lomita 1, Del Rey American 0
3 - Playa Vista d. Del Rey American (elim.)
4 - Lunada Bay 8, Lomita 2
5 - Playa Vista 10, Lomita 3 (elim.)
6 - Lunada Bay 11, Playa Vista 0 (TITLE)

 D29 - Cypress Federal
D38 - Long Beach Plaza
D60 - La Puente
D62 - Ocean View (Huntington Beach)

Section 4 Tournament

Tournament Results:
1 - Long Beach Plaza 8, Ocean View 0
2 - Cypress Federal 5, La Puente 3
3 - Ocean View 7, La Puente 5 (elim.)
4 - Cypress Federal 11, Long Beach Plaza 1
5 - Long Beach Plaza 8, Ocean View 4 (elim.)
6 - Cypress Federal 4, Long Beach Plaza 3 (TITLE)
District Champions
in Section 5		 District Champions
in Section 6
D30 - Tustin Western
D46 - East Anaheim
D55 - North Mission Viejo
D56 - Yorba Hills (Yorba Linda)

Section 5 Tournament
Host - West Yorba Linda (District 56)
At Valley View Park

Tournament Results:
1 - Yorba Hills 9, North Mission Viejo 0
2 - East Anaheim 3, Tustin Western 1
3 - North Mission Viejo 4, Tustin Western 3 (elim.)
4 - Yorba Hills 9, East Anaheim 5
5 - North Mission Viejo 9, East Anaheim 3 (elim.)
6 - Yorba Hills 5, North Mission Viejo 1 (TITLE)

 D19 - Azusa National
D20 - San Dimas
D21 - Vineyard (Rancho Cucamonga)
D23 - Chino American

Section 6 Tournament
Host - Fontana (District 21)
At Juniper Park

Tournament Results:
1 - Vineyard 12, Chino American 8
2 - San Dimas 2, Azusa National 0
3 - Chino American 7, Azusa National 0 (elim.)
4 - San Dimas 3, Vineyard 0
5 - Vineyard 10, Chino American 9 (elim.)
6 - Vineyard 8, San Dimas 5
7 - Vineyard 16, San Dimas 2 (5 innings; TITLE)
District Champions
in Section 7		 District Champions
in Section 8
D24 - Riverside Arlington
D28 - Vista American
D43 - San Bernardino Newmark
D49 - East Barstow
D58 - Yucaipa National

Section 7 Tournament
Host - Oceanside (District 28)
At Recreation Park

Tournament Results:
1 - East Barstow 5, Yucaipa National 2
2 - Newmark 3, Vista American 1
3 - Arlington 8, East Barstow 0
4 - Vista American 3, Yucaipa National 1 (elim.)
5 - Vista American 6, East Barstow 1 (elim.)
6 - Newmark 3, Arlington 2
7 - Arlington 5, Vista American 0 (elim.)
8 - Newmark 12, Arlington 1 (4 innings; TITLE)

 D22 - El Centro Sunbeam
D31 - Rancho Bernardo
D32 - Clairemont Mesa
D33 - San Diego Rolando
D41 - Santee Pioneer
D42 - Luckie Waller (San Diego)

Section 8 Tournament
Host - Escondido (District 31)
At Mountain View Park

Tournament Results:
1 - Santee Pioneer 4, San Diego Rolando 2
2 - Luckie Waller/Clairemont Mesa/Sunbeam wins
3 - Rancho Bernardo 8, Santee Pioneer 3
4 - Luckie Waller d. Sunbeam or Clairemont Mesa
5 - Clairemont Mesa 5, Santee Pioneer 4 (elim.)
6 - El Centro Sunbeam 8, San Diego Rolando 6 (elim.)
7 - Clairemont Mesa 4, El Centro Sunbeam 3 (elim.)
8 - Rancho Bernardo 3, Luckie Waller 0
9 - Clairemont Mesa d. Luckie Waller (elim.)
10 - Rancho Bernardo 17, Clairemont Mesa 10 (TITLE)



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