Season ends for All-Stars

Huntington Valley Little League’s Major Division All-Star team had

its baseball season come to an end in a 7-5 loss to Tustin Western in

the Section 5 Tournament played at Curtis Park in Mission Viejo.

Huntington Valley got off to a quick start in jumping to a 4-0

first inning lead.

Barry Luke and Nick Mazzone started the game with consecutive

singles and singles by Race Parmenter and Tim Higgins led to three

runs. Tanner Phillips later grounded out to score Higgins.

In the second inning, Huntington Valley scored again when

Parmenter’s double drove in Devin Huskins who had reached base on a

fielder’s choice.

Tustin Western came back and eventually tied the game in the fifth

inning, then gained the victory when, with two outs and two strikes

facing him in the bottom of the sixth, Brandon Dupre hit his second

home run of the game.

Phillips and Richard Levinson made outstanding catches in the

outfield and Higgins caught a line drive and turned it into a double

play with bases loaded for Huntington Valley.

The loss was the second to Tustin Western, which defeated the

locals, 3-0, in a first-round game of the double-elimination event.

Huntington Valley scored one win in the tournament, a 15-4, rout

of La Palma.