Little League: All-Stars swing into action

Bryce Alderton

This weekend leaves no shortage of youth All-Star baseball games.

Take your pick from the Newport Harbor Baseball Association’s Bronco

All-Stars (ages 11-12) in the Dana Point Invitational to Newport Beach

Little League’s 9- and 10-year-olds in Mission Viejo, or the NHBA Pinto

teams in Garden Grove.

All-Star season has begun, with some teams having already played in

tournaments, while others don the All-Star jerseys for the first time.

The NHBA Bronco A and B All-Star teams are in Dana Point this weekend

for the Dana Point Invitational. The B team played Fountain Valley Friday

night at Del Obispo Park and will continue with a 2 p.m. game today and

an 11:30 a.m. game Sunday against Dana Point.

The A team, which recently registered an 11-1 victory over East Long

Beach and a 14-6 win over Garden Grove in the Los Alamitos Invitational

Tournament, plays a doubleheader today at 9 a.m. against Fountain Valley

and at 11:30 a.m. against Dana Point. It will also play at 2 p.m. Sunday.

The A and B teams will either play for third place at 7 p.m. and 4:30

p.m., respectively, Tuesday, or duel for the championship Wednesday at

4:30 p.m. (A) and 7 p.m. (B).

Also in the Dana Point Invitational will be NHBA’s Mustang All-Star A

squad (ages 9-10), which recently finished second in the Los Alamitos

Fish Fry Tournament. The A team opens the tournament at 9 a.m. today

against La Mirada 1, and will face Garden Grove 1 at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

NHBA’s Mustang B team begins tournament play at 2 p.m. today against

Los Alamitos and continues at 9 a.m. Sunday against Dana Point at Del

Obispo Park in Dana Point.

Both the Mustang A and B teams will either play for third place in

games Monday at 4:30 p.m. (B) and 7 p.m. (A), or duel for the tournament

championship Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. (B) and 7 p.m. (A).

NHBA’s Pinto B team faces Whittier’s B team today at 1 p.m. at

Westhaven Park in Garden Grove. The NHBA Pinto A team faces the Irvine

B-Seal Beach winner at 1 p.m. Sunday.

Newport Beach Little League’s American League Majors All-Stars battle

Rancho Niguel today at 9 a.m. at Hicks Canyon Park in Irvine in District

55 action, while the Minor A team (ages 9-10) plays today at noon at

Youth Sports Park in Mission Viejo.

The 9- and 10-year-old B team plays at 1 p.m. Sunday at La Paz Park in

Laguna Niguel.

The NBLL National Majors team kicks off District 55 play Monday at

7:30 p.m. at Hicks Canyon Park against the winner of the Laguna

Hills-Rancho Mission Viejo game played at noon today.

Costa Mesa American Little League and Costa Mesa National Little

League Majors and Minor A All-Star teams begin District 62 play July 6.

NHBA’s 13-year-old Pony All-Stars face Garden Grove at 10 a.m. July 7

at Amerige Park in Fullerton, while the NHBA Pony 14-year-olds, who won

four straight games to win the Corona del Mar Father’s Day Tournament,

get set to play Fountain Valley at 5 p.m. July 18 in Placentia.

The NHBA Bronco B team begins the District 2 Tournament against Los

Alamitos at 5 p.m. July 9 at Harvard Park in Irvine while the Bronco A

team opens at 5 p.m. July 11 at Harvard Park in Irvine.

The NHBA Mustang A team opens up District 2 play against St. Hedwig at

5 p.m. July 11 at Harvard Park in Irvine, while the NHBA Mustang B team

plays Placentia at 5 p.m. July 10 in La Mirada.

Costa Mesa’s Pony All-Stars (ages 13-14) will play July 16 at 5 p.m.

at Amerige Park in Fullerton.