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• Coming from behind to claim the District 52 championship in Belmont; 
• Overcoming sweltering heat and tough opponents to win the Divisional championship in Rosedale; 
• And finally needing to beat Santa Cruz TWICE to take the Northern California Division title.

The drama continues for this group of 11 and 12-year-olds from Belmont and Redwood Shores as they face the West's toughest teams in the 2013 West Tournament in San Bernardino, August 2 - 10.

Players and coaches departed for SoCal Wednesday morning following a rally and last-minute fundraiser at Jamba Juice in Redwood Shores.

The winner of the West Tournament goes on to play in the Little League World Series. How's THAT for a summer vacation?

And talk about drama---BRS parent Debbie Anderson explained how it works getting to "the big show" in Williamsport. 

"The winner---the boys and the coaches--will be flown by Little League directly to directly from San Bernadino to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA," said Anderson.

Belmont resident and BRSLL fan Steve Hayes has been following the team's progression through tournament play and explained how the West Tournament works:  (All games will be broadcast live on ESPN3)

Each of the six participating teams play at least four games. Based on a random selection process Belmont plays Chandler AZ (4PM FRI), Wailuku Maui, Hawaii (9AM Sun), St. George UT (11:45AM Mon) and Chula Vista, So CA (8PM Wed.).
The records of the four game qualifying round are used to determine the four teams going into the semi-final games - those two semi-finals will be played on Friday Aug 9 at 2PM and 6PM. The winners of the semi-final games will face each other on Sat Aug 10 at 6PM. All of the games will be broadcast on ESPN stations - the first three games will be on ESPN3 for more info go to - http://www.unpage.org/west/wrn-dir2013.htm