El Segundo All-Stars Open Play In Little League World Series

LOS ANGELES COUNTY -- The all-star team from El Segundo begins play in the Little League World Series today, the second team from Los Angeles County to advance to the event in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania since 1995.

El Segundo qualified for the World Series by defeating the all-star team from the San Ramon-based Bollinger Canyon Little League, 3-1, in the championship game of the West Region Tournament on Friday night at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino.

El Segundo opens World Series play by facing the all-star team from the New Albany (Ohio) Little League, the Great Lakes Region champion, in the modified double-elimination tournament. The game will be televised by ESPN and 4 pm PT. A watch party was planned for Rock & Brews El Segundo on Main Street.

El Segundo is 14-1 in four tournaments this summer. It lost to the all- star team from the Sherman Oaks Little League, 4-3, in the opening game of the championship series of the Southern California State Tournament July 31, then won the rematch, 3-2, later that day.

El Segundo is the first Los Angeles County team to win the West Region Tournament since 1994, when the all-star team from the Northridge Little League won and went on to win the U.S. championship with a team including future USC and NFL quarterback Matt Cassel.

One other team from Los Angeles County has qualified for the Little League World Series over that span. The all-star team from the Torrance Little League qualified for the Little League World Series in 2021 when the series was limited to U.S. teams because of the coronavirus and each of the top two teams from the eight U.S. regions advanced to the World Series instead of just the
champion.

LA County teams have won the Little League World Series three times. The all-star team from the Granada Hills National Little League won in 1963 and teams from the Long Beach Little League won in 1992 and 1993.

-- City News Service