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Sweetwater Valley All Stars advance to Little League World Series after routing Hawaii

nbcsandiego.com · 15h · first reportShare

The Sweetwater Valley Little League all-star team has advanced to the World Series after beating the Kawaihau Community Little League 11-3 Friday evening in the West Region Final. Next up for the Sweetwater Valley all-stars is the Little League World Series in Willamsport, PA next week. Friday’s game in San Bernardino was a rematch of Sweetwater Valley’s 6-0 victory Tuesday in its most recent game. in that game, Isaac Ramirez pitched a one-hitter and went 2-for-2 and scored twice for the Bonita-based Southern California champions. Kawaihau Community of Kapaa, Hawaii, the Hawaii state champion, earned its spot in the championship game with a 5-2 victory over the Chandler National Little League all-star team, the Arizona state champion, in an elimination bracket game Wednesday. Going into the West Region Final, Sweetwater Valley was 14-0 in its four tournaments, outscoring its opponents 103-12, but did have two 2-1 victories in the Southern California State Championship. With Friday’s wi