The El Monte American Junior All-Stars created history Saturday. The Pioneer Park residents became the first District 18 hardball team ever in any division to advance to a regional tournament with a dramatic 13-12 comeback victory over Rancho Santa Margarita.
They won the clinching game in the Sub-Division series even though they trailed 11-5 as late as the fifth inning. In the best of three tournament, EMA won the first game handily 10-3 and then rallied to win the second game 4-3.
El Monte American will start Regionals in Laguna Niguel Tuesday night. They will play six games against other state winners in the Western Region.
El Monte American Little League Juniors Baseball
Manager: Sergio Juarez
Coaches: Armando Verdugo & Antonio Ruiz
Players:
Nicolas Brown
Gabriel Juarez
Antonio Ruiz
Noeh Martinez
Fernando Rosales
Ricardo Perez
Gabriel Soto
Bryan Velasquez
Cesar Torres
Kevin Fuentes
Armani Garcia
Diego Palomino
Johnny Alvarez
Armando Verdugo
League President: Teresa Farfan
Jr. Baseball VP: Hector Farfan
District 18 DA: Milan Mrakich
District 18 ADA: Claudia Barron
District 18 ADA: Diane Bowen
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