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Use of portable mounds for State Major Baseball Tournament
by pat.ryan＠wad2llb.org 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

All, The host league for the State Major Baseball tournament uses portable mounds on their fields. The mounds they use are True Pitch model 302 mounds. These are on Little League's approved list. They apparently just bought the mounds this year so they are in great shape (not cheap either). Tournament rules require that for games beyond District play the use of portable mounds must be approved by the Tournament Committee. For that approval they want to see concurrence from all of the districts participating in the tournament. I have sent you a separate email with instructions on filling out a Google Form to voice your approval or denial of using portable mounds. Please take a few minutes to fill out the form so that I can let Western Region (and all of you) know what your decision is. Thanks, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan(a)WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb =======================================

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9-11 Baseball State - WE HAVE A WINNER
by salterfamily8 02 Aug '23

02 Aug '23

Ladies and Gentlemen,It is my absolute pleasure to inform all of you that we have our 9-11 Baseball State Champ!!Congrats to D12 Richland National Little League!!!!They defeated D9 Bellvue Nation 3-2 in 6 innings. It was an absolute pleasure to host this tournament. I had an amazing time getting to know your teams this past week. Kim,There is first place medal headed your way!!Also, you may see a video of the D12 coaches dumping the entire water jug over the top of my head. They caught me as I was handing out T-shirts. :-)See you all in October!!Susie TuckerDA WA 11Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone

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Press Coverage for 8-10 Baseball
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 31 Jul '23

31 Jul '23

Hi All, We managed to score a couple press folks for the 8-10 Baseball tournament - they came out the week before and did a piece on the fields and the rebuild/redesign of those, then they came back for the semi-final and did interviews with tournament staff, then more came back for the championship game. The newspaper for the region did a gallery for the Sunday edition with a larger follow up story for the Tuesday edition. https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2023/jul/29/gallery-washington-little-l eague-8910u-state-tourn/ Regards JP DA WA5/13

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Final - Baseball 8-10 State
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 30 Jul '23

30 Jul '23

All, The Championship is in the books. Great day for baseball, great fans, players were excited, it was all good. Weather at game time was 80 degrees, light and variable winds, and 12% Humidity . Final Score Magnolia 3 Kirkland 7 Was a close game up until the 5th inning and Kirkland broke out 4 runs. Magnolia answered with one in the 5th but that was all they could do. The umpire crew was near perfect, and the folks to a person said it was one of the best tournaments they had been to. Thanks all for your help See you in October JP DA WA5/13

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3rd Place -Baseball 8-10
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 29 Jul '23

29 Jul '23

Hi All, Another glorious day in Othello… high today probably gonna be in the low-to-mid 90s. As we move into the last game(s), I’d like to thank everyone who has helped out… the guys from D4 early on helped and were a great presence on the field to help create well officiated and pleasurable games for all. Dave from D12 – Kim, thanks for this guy, he was the umpiring anchor during the mid week! And of course the team from D13 that showed up last night… Fresh off of State where they worked with World Series class umpires, and man does it show. I was proud of the D13 team that just volunteered… maybe all my whining and pushing is paying off. 😊 The fans have been great, not too much to complain about there… they were all very well behaved and some of them really learned the pleasures of “small town life”… I overheard two moms talking, one said to the other “You know when they say it takes 20 minutes to go somewhere, it’s really 20 minutes”…. Yep, that and if you live here, all your neighbors know where you are going, why you are going, what you are going to do when you get there, when you will be back, and who is going with you. And probably what you ate while you were there. Another mom said to a guy she was standing next to, who I think was a dad of a team mate, “You know, we really had to work to figure out what to do when we weren’t playing, but when we did, we spent more time doing it, I don’t think I’ve talked to my kids this much in a long time”. And she wasn’t complaining or being snarky. The players have been a joy to be around. Pure joy. It makes me remember why we do this. I want to thank all the families, presidents, boards, leagues, and DAs for sending such a good group over for the 8-10s. In the third place game: Magnolia 11 Mill Creek 3 The umps were great last night. Thank you to Mill Creek whose Managers and Coaches were very good and a pleasure to work with. Today the Championship game is between Magnolia and Kirkland at 10:00 Regards JP DA WA5/13

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9-11 Baseball State Tournament Day 7
by salterfamily8 29 Jul '23

29 Jul '23

Good evening!!Our Championship game is set!!! Tonight's results are below:Game 23 Elimination gameD1 Pacific 0D9 Bellvue 7I would like to give a huge shoutout to D1!!! They were a class act all the way through this tournament. Their parents, coaches and players were absolutely amazing! Doug, thank you for sending such an amazing group up here. They are welcome here ANYTIME!!! The teams are set for tomorrow nights championship game!!Congrats to D12, Richland and to D9 Bellvue!! Both teams have played some amazing baseball during this past week. Tomorrow should be a great game and I am super excited to watch!One quick side note, I was talking to the parents of one of our Anacortes Little League volunteers tonight. They are both originally from Kirkland. The father mentioned to me that he played for Kirkland Little League when he was 12. He then told me that he had a lovely chat with his old DA last weekend, while at our State tournament. Any guesses on who it was? If you guessed the one and only Mr. Bob Toigo, you are correct!! I won't tell you how old the gentleman is, but I will tell you that his son is a few years younger than I am. What a small world!! I hope you all have an amazing night and if anyone would like to come up for our Championship game tomorrow, it's at 6 pm at Marguerite and Don Daniels field in Anacortes. The more, the merrier! Susie TuckerDA WA 11Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone

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9-11 Softball.
by Glen Dickason 29 Jul '23

29 Jul '23

Woodinville won the state title over Kirkland 13-3. This was a really fun tournament to run. Everyone was friendly and seemed to have a good time win or lose.

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Day 6 wrapped up 8-10 Baseball
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

Hi All, Thursday is done and we see Bonney Lake depart in a tough loss to Magnolia Little League. Mill Creek gets sent to the losers bracket with Kirkland still on top. Weather is still good, food is still good, and the fields are still great. Gonna get WARM for Saturday though.high tomorrow (Friday) 89 and 93 on Saturday. The players are getting used to it by now . District 13 is sending over 3-4 umpires tomorrow and Saturday. these guys did the Juniors State Tournament - so we have a good solid crew for the last couple of days. Scores: Kirkland 14 Mill Creek 4 Magnolia 3 Bonney Lake 2 Third Place to be determined tomorrow! Regards JP DA WA5/13

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9-11 Baseball State Tournament Day 6
by salterfamily8 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

And then there were 3....We said good bye to a very awesome D8 team from NE Seattle tonight. They were absolutely wonderful throughout the tournament and I was sad to see them go.The winners bracket game did not disappoint. It was a great game from start to finish. My District UIC said to me in between innings, that he hadn't seen such an energetic crowd since he did the Championship game in San Bernardino in 2015! Here are your results for the day:Game 19 D1 Pacific 2D12 Richland 5Game 22D8 NE Seattle 2D9 Bellvue National 9Tomorrow will be D9 and D1 facing off to see who will play D12 in the Championship game on Saturday. Hope you all have a wonderful night!!!Susie TuckerDA WA 11Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone

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9-11 Softball
by Glen Dickason 28 Jul '23

28 Jul '23

In a great 3-2 game tonight, Kirkland eliminated Mukilteo. Mukilteo scored in the first and fifth as the visitors. Kirkland scored solo runs in the bottom of the fourth, fifth and sixth with a walk off single finishing a great game.

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