District 62 tournament winds down with title games

Mike Sciacca

Ocean View Little League will not repeat as the District 62 Tournament

of Champions.

Fountain Valley No. 1 saw to it that there will be a new district

champion in 2001, as it beat Ocean View’s top playoff entry, 12-4, Monday

at Costa Mesa American Little League.

Fountain Valley, which outscored its first three tournament opponents,

29-7, was to meet surprising Costa Mesa National No. 1 in Wednesday’s title game.

Costa Mesa National No. 1 prevented an all-Fountain Valley final by

beating Fountain Valley No. 2, 4-2.

Also on Monday, Huntington Valley No. 1 advanced to Wednesday’s final

by shutting out Fountain Valley No. 1, 3-0. The Marlins challenged

Seaview No. 1, a 4-2 winner Monday over Ocean View No. 2, 4-2.

In the Minor B final, it was another Huntington Valley-Seaview

showdown as Huntington Valley No. 1 whipped Costa Mesa National No. 1,

7-1, while Seaview No. 2 upended Huntington Valley No. 2, 9-2.

Ocean View, however, did manage to win the Senior Minor District 62

banner Monday by edging Westminster No. 1, 5-4, in the division final.

MINOR A DIVISION

Huntington Valley 3, Fountain Valley 0

The Marlins advanced to the division final by posting their first

shutout of the season.

Barry Luke and Tanner Phillips combined to one-hit Fountain Valley No.

1, and the duo was supported by the solid defense of third baseman Julian

Herrera and shortstop Michael Chairez.

Kyle Ball pitched all six innings for the Mets and gave up just four

hits, but the Marlins were able to capitalize on aggressive baserunning

to score two, first inning runs.

Rob Toth’s second-inning single scored Herrera for the game’s third

run.

Huntington Valley No. 1 2, Seaview No. 1 1

Trevor Carberry’s hard hit single to the right field fence in the

bottom of the eighth inning drove in Danny Hurtado (who had a leadoff

double) with the winning run for Huntington Valley in this second round

contest Saturday.

Huntington Valley pitchers Tanner Phillips, Barry Luke and Jimmy

Miller combined to strike out seven and give up three hits to the 33

batters they faced.

Seaview hurlers Donald Sneed, Kyle Boswell and Josh Amaral combined to

strike out 10 and yield just four hits to 36 batters.

The Marlins’ defense, led again by Chairez at shortstop and Bennet

Allen at second base, got out of a bases loaded jam with no out in the

fifth inning. Seaview catcher Brian Visnoski had an outstanding game

behind the plate as he stopped potential game winning runs for Huntington

Valley, including one with two out in the bottom of the sixth inning to

send the game into extra innings.

In other tournament games:

MAJORS

Ocean View 1 10, Robinwood 2 7

The Ocean View Mets used two grand slams and three home runs overall

to overcome a poor defensive outing to defeat the Robinwood Cardinals.

Ocean View No. 1 received grand slams from Michael Cherf, who homered

over the left field fence in the first inning, and Troy Davis, who also

homered to left in the fourth inning for a 9-2 lead.

Jon Grothe hit a solo home run in the second inning to give the Mets a

5-0 lead.

Grothe also singled twice, walked, added another RBI, scored three

runs and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on one hit and three

walks, with seven strikeouts.

Cherf also doubled, Jeff Hennes singled twice and Scott Melchert

closed the door on the Cardinals by striking out five in the final two

innings.

Usually a sound defensive team, the Mets committed eight errors, five

over the final two innings.

Other scores:

MAJORS

Ocean View No. 1 6, Seaview No. 2 1

Robinwood No. 2 6, Costa Mesa American No. 1 5

Fountain Valley No. 1 9, Huntington Valley No. 2 2

Westminster No. 1 3, CM National No. 2 0

Fountain Valley No. 1 8, Westminster No. 1 1

CM National 18, CM American No. 2 0

Ocean View No. 2 11, Seaview No. 1 0

Fountain Valley No. 2 5, Robinwood No. 1 3

Huntington Valley No. 1 5, Westminster No. 2 2

CM National No. 1 11, Ocean View No. 2 1

Fountain Valley No. 2 11, Huntington Valley No. 1 3