Eagle Pass Little League Baseball Minors 9 Year Old All-Stars Clinch District 35 Championship
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Copyright 2014, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc.
The high flying Eagle Pass American Little League Baseball Minors 9 Year Old All-Stars clinched the Texas District 35 Championship defeating the Eagle Pass American Little League Baseball Minors 10 Year Old All-Stars 10-7 on Saturday, July 6, 2014, at Henry Staten Field in Eagle Pass, Texas, on the outstanding pitching of Mathew Elizondo and Luis Kancheff and solid defensive play.
The Eagle Pass 9 Year Old All-Stars win over their older Eagle Pass 10 Year Old All-Stars is historic because it is only the second time in the history of Texas Little League District 35 that a younger aged team defeated an older aged team from the same city and league. In 2009, the 13 Year Old Juniors defeated the 14 Year Old Juniors to advance to Sectional.
The young talented Eagle Pass 9 Year Old All-Stars exploded for six runs in the first inning to take a commanding lead in the game which they never relinquished throughout the game. In the bottom of the fifth inning with the score 8-7 in favor of the Eagle Pass 9 Year Olds, the local 9 Year Old All-Stars plated two runs to extend their lead to 10-7.
Mathew Elizondo started the game for the Eagle Pass 9 Year Old All-Stars and tossed an impressive two and one-half innings before Luis Kancheff came in relief to shut down the Eagle Pass 10 Year Old All-Stars who were beginning to rally in the top of the third inning. Elizondo and Kancheff combined to hurl a gem of a game.
The Eagle Pass 9 Year Old All-Stars now advance to the Little League Sectional Tournament in Fredericksburg, Texas during July 9-13th and their first tournament game is on Wednesday, July 9th, at 8 P.M. against nemesis San Antonio McAllister Little League.
The Eagle Pass American Little League Minors 9 Year Old All-Stars include Luis Kancheff, Mathew Elizondo, Tavare Chavez, Derek Ruiz, Jose Duran, Jr., Aidan Lopez, Alan Vielma, Juan Martinez, Jorge Aguilar, Jose Carrillo, Joaquin Olivas, Omar Rodriguez, Eli Tamez, and Eulises Olveda.
Team Manager is Tavare Chavez and Assistant Coaches are Julian Elizondo and Jorge Aguilar.
The Eagle Pass American Little League Minors 9 Year Old All-Stars went undefeated in District 35 competition (4-0) defeating Carrizo Springs, Del Rio National, and the Eagle Pass 10 Year Old All-Stars twice enroute to winning the championship.
The Eagle Pass American Little League President is Pedro Ramirez and the Texas Little League District 35 Administrator is Gerald “Gerry” McCrary.
The Eagle Pass Business Journal congratulates the Eagle Pass American Little League Baseball Minors 9 Year Old All-Stars on winning the District 35 Championship and wishes them the best of luck at the Sectional Tournament in Fredericksburg, Texas during July 9-13th. Go Eagle Pass!
