Seaview teams set for Minor A final

It will be an all-Seaview affair in the title game of the District 62

Little League Tournament of Champions Minor A Division final.

Seaview, represented in the tournament by the unbeaten Pirates and

Yankees, had both teams advance to the final after scoring

semifinal-round victories Monday.

The Pirates, who won the Seaview Minor A crown, improved their

season record to 25-0 Monday with a 4-1 victory over Robinwood No. 1.

The title game was played Wednesday night at Huntington Valley

Little League.

Seaview Yankees 10, Ocean View 0 The Yankees scored a mercy rule victory over the Dodgers, the No.

2 entry from Ocean View, to reach the championship game.

Tony Giovinetti was solid on the mound as he allowed just one hit

in three innings. Relief pitcher Brett Bryant closed on the mound as

the game was halted after four innings by the 10-run rule.

Matt Kibby led the offense with a double and single, Jonathan

Kenny doubled and Giovinetti, Brandon Hastings, Jonathan Steele,

Nolan Heyer and Eric Sickle each singled.

In addition to beating Ocean View, the Yankees have defeated Costa

Mesa American and Robinwood in tournament play.

Seaview Pirates 10, Westminster 0

Nick Pedavilla, Charlie Miller and Drew Daily combined on a

one-hit shutout to send the Pirates onward.

The trio struck out eight in a game halted in the fourth inning by

the mercy rule.

Daily and Scott Orel each had a two-RBI double and Pedavilla, Ryan

Bleile and Alexander Barone each singled to start an early Pirates

rally.

In earlier tournament action, the Pirates defeated the Huntington

Valley Padres, 7-4 and the Robinwood Reds, 4-1.

In other Minor A games:

Robinwood 10, Costa Mesa American No. 2 0

Mitch Huffman delivered a grand slam during an eight-run third

inning as the Reds, champions of Robinwood, rolled past the Costa

Mesa American Mariners in a game halted by the mercy rule after four

innings.

Minor A scoreboard:

Seaview 7, Huntington Valley No. 2 5

Huntington Valley No. 2 2, Ocean View 1

Seaview 11, Westminster No. 2 0

Robinwood 4, Fountain Valley No. 2 3

Costa Mesa American No. 2 4, CM National 3

Seaview No. 2 10, CM American 3

Robinwood No. 2 2, Fountain Valley 1

Huntington Valley 8, CM National No. 2 6

Ocean View No. 2 6, Westminster 2

Seaview No. 2 14, Robinwood No. 2 8

Ocean View No. 2 7, Huntington Valley 2

Minor B Division

The Tigers, the No. 2 entry out of Ocean View, won their first

three games to advance to the division final against the No. 1 team

from Costa Mesa National.

The Tigers edged Costa Mesa National’s No. 2 team, 4-3, in

Monday’s semifinal round.

An all-Ocean View final was denied by Costa Mesa National which

won Monday’s other semifinal game by outscoring Ocean View No. 1,

13-10.

The division final was played Wednesday night at Huntington

Valley.

Ocean View No. 2 13, Fountain Valley 3

Nolan Biegel and Christian Abe paced a potent offense and the

Tigers turned in an error-free game on defense in downing Fountain

Valley.

Biegel and Abe each came up with three hits off Dodgers pitching.

Clayton VanDoren and Abe shared pitching duties for the Tigers and

were backed by key defensive plays by Jack Strickler, Brandon Wooten,

Matt Butler, Christopher Smith and Greg Schooley.

Ocean View No. 2 12, CM American 3

A nine-run fifth inning by the Tigers distanced them from Costa

Mesa.

Rory Magee started the decisive inning with an RBI.

Other scores:

Ocean View 7, Huntington Valley No. 2 5

CM National 5, Robinwood 4

Huntington Valley No. 2 10, Seaview 9

Ocean View 4, Fountain Valley No. 2 2

CM National 16, CM American No. 2 2

Robinwood 14, Westminster No. 2 4

CM National No. 2 6, Huntington Valley 1

CM American 10, Robinwood No. 2 10

CM National No. 2 10, Westminster 0

Huntington Valley 6, Seaview No. 2 5