EMA Juniors Claim California Division 3 Championship

EMA Junior All-Stars Headed to Regionals

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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