Following a shocking victory on the state championship, the Dublin 12s Little League softball team has now won nine games in a row – including the postseason – after defeating Southern California's Quartz Hill 7-3 on the Little League West Region Tournament in San Bernardino on Saturday.
Dublin will proceed to challenge the West Region's top powers in Sunday morning's second game against Utah's Washington Little League. If they win this week's tournament, Dublin will secure a spot within the World Series in Greenville, North Carolina in August.
According to the league's website, the team is the one softball program within the league's Tri-Valley district. DLL founded the softball division in 2022, and that is the league's first 12-man team to qualify for the West Region tournament. Last 12 months's 12-man team got here close, placing second behind Almaden Little League of San Jose.
While Little League International covers the prices of the young athletes’ participation within the World Series, Vanessa Cahee, the mother of certainly one of the players, has GoFundMe to finance travel expenses in the course of the competition in San Bernardino.
Almost the entire team's players attend Wells Middle School in Dublin, while one other attends Christensen Middle School in Livermore.
You can see Dublin play Utah tomorrow at 9am. survive ESPN+or follow the live broadcast on Game changer Smartphone app. Games will proceed each day until Thursday, July 26.
Six teams are participating within the Western Region tournament:
Arizona-Wilcox Little League
Hawaii – Little League in Honolulu
Nevada-Washoe Little League
Northern California – Dublin Little League
Southern California – Quartz Hill Little League
Utah-Washington Little League
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