The Calexico Dynasty 12u Travel Team won the 1st Annual Baja Softball Beach Bash this past weekend.

Led by Coach David Jimenez, the Calexico Dynasty team went undefeated against the best players in the Ensenada area including 2 All-Star teams.

“This was the best coached team with the most disciplined players we’ve ever faced” said Baja Softball League Director Charles Tawil. “It was a pleasure hosting this outstanding team with their first class players, coaches, and parents. They are definitely something to model ourselves after and something for our players to learn from.”

In the 10u division, the Baja Softball League Ensenada All-Stars went undefeated to take the 1st place trophy against the Mexicali Chicas, Tijuana Marios, and San Luis Rio Colorado.

“In the finals, we faced an excellent opponent in the well coached and disciplined Mexicali Chicas” said Baja Softball League Director, Charles Tawil “They gave us everthing they had to challenge us all the way and made the victory even more sweet to savor because of the intensity of the competition.

The championship game final score was 7 – 2 in favor of the Baja Softball League Ensenada All-Stars.

The All-Stars players worked super hard to reach the mountain top. To get them there was a super big effort by the parents and coaches “It was not easy. We all faced many obstacles that made getting to the top hard on us and made many sacrafices so that the kids would have a chance to be competitive and give them a shot at a title run. For me, it was a pleasure to guide them to the top” said Tawil “but in the end, it was truly all the players. They truly earned it through hard work, determination, and effort.

Congrats to the 2009 Baja Beach Bash Champions!

Softball Update

BAJA SOFTBALL BEACH BASH THIS WEEKEND
The Baja Girls Softball League hosts the 1st Annual Baja Softball Beach Bash Tournament. Teams from Calexico, Mexicali, San Luis Rio Colorado, Tijuana, and Ensenada will be participating in both 10 and Under and 12 and Under divisions. Games Start at 10am on Saturday and End on Sunday with the 12 and Under Finals at 1:30pm and the 10 and Under Finals at 3:00pm. There will be food, fun, and softball. The public is invited to come watch the best young players in Mexico play against the first US team to visit and play in Ensenada.

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ENSENADA 12U ALL-STARS PLAY IN TIJUANA
Last week, the Ensenada 12u All-Stars played the Tijuana Marios winning 12-5. In the other game the Tijuana 14u All-Stars beat the Ensenada 12u All-Stars 14-9.

TIJUANA MARIOS VISIT ENSENADA
2 weeks ago, the Tijuana Marios 10u team visited Enenada to play 2 friendlies. Ensenada 10u All-Stars won 12-6. In the other game, the Ensenada 12u All-Stars beat the Marios 19-9

EQUIPMENT
This past week, we received a shipment of equipment courtesy of many leagues in California for our house league that starts this August. The donationa drive was organized by Cindy Casey and her husband, Dave Casey. We also received a nice gift bag for the kids from Doc. Patch. Thanks guys, the suppport for our kids is greatly appreciated in the biggest way.

SUMMER CLINICS
We hold practices for beginners and intermediate players on Mondays and Wednesdays all summer long from 4pm to 7pm at the field in El Sauzal. For more information, just contact us via telephone at 646-174-7863 or send us an email at info@bajasoftball.com

WINTER LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Our 12 game winter season starts up again as follows;

• Sat. Aug 15: Board of Directors Winter Elections, 10am
  
• Sat. Aug. 22: Tryouts for ages 6 – 12, players born from 1996-2002 are welcome.
• Mon. Aug. 24: Coaches to Draft players. 7pm to 10pm
• Sat. Aug. 29: Opening Day and First Game of the season
• Sat. Nov. 21: Championship Tournament and Closing Ceremonies
• Sat-Sun Dec. 5: Baja Softball Winter Beach Bash Tournament for 12u and 10u

The Fokitas Smash and Thrash the Bat Girls to Take League Championship

After beating the Calaveritas 8-2 in the Semi-Finals earlier in the day, the Fokitas rolled into the championship game confident playing the # 1 ranked Bat Girls for the Baja Girls Softball League Championship.

From the start, the Fokitas took it hard to the Bat Girls starting with a tight defense led by Pitchers Veronica Fonseca snf Anna Maria Villavincenzio along with notable play from Daniela Hadar Hernandez, Jacqueline Castillo, Alejandra Mendoza, Fernanda Higuera, Esmeralda Magallanes Sandez, Valeria Jasani Vazquez Siraitare, Alma Lizardo, Selina Romero Solis & Martha Orozco. They simply were making plays on the ball shutting down the Bat Girls in the first inning and it continued for 6 straight innings.

At bat, the Fokitas were almost perfect. From the start, they were on fire getting hits from their full line up and creating offensive opportunities on every chance.

By the time the 3rd inning rolled around it was already 8-0 and the Bat Girls simply could not find their way in the batters box. Frustrated, they also began making uncharacteristic unforced errors on defense sealing their fate. The rout was on.

The game ended 15-2 with the Fokitas taking the Championship convincingly with the strongest performance of the year.

The Bat Girls lead by team captain Ana Claudia Lopez Cervantes had a super great season coming in first place during league play. But they met a hot Fokitas team who closed out the season on them strong giving the Bat Girls the 2nd place trophy.

The Calaveritas led by Aileen Gutierrez, Valerie Zamora, and Bianca Morales received the 3rd place finish by beating the Zooritas led by Maria Fernanda Rodriquez and Michelle Coral by a score of 8-6.

The Estrellitas came in 5th while the Panteras came in 6th place.

For more information on joining the league, visit the Baja Girls Softball League web site at www.bajasoftball.com

Stunning Upset Shocks Girls Softball Playoffs

It was a sunny day in El Sauzal on Saturday, but yesterday, the area was hit by a perfect storm.

In a stunning upset the # 6 Seed Zooritas defeated # 3 seeded Panteras in the first round of the Baja Girls Softball League playoffs 13 – 5. Led by pitchers Maria Fernanda Martinez and Michelle Coral and the big hits of Jennifer Martinez, Andrea Flores, Lizbeth Calderon, and Paloma Jimenez, the Zooritas, who only won 1 game during the regular season put together 6 innings of perfect softball against a team that featured two of the best pitchers in the league, Valeria Hernandez and Vannessa Vargas Nuñes along with premier hitters Isabel Pantoja and Ullvia Monica Damaso.

As major underdogs, the Zooritas put together a perfect game when it counted the most and shocked the heavily favored Panteras. “I can’t believe we played like that” said Zooritas Coach Maria de Jesus Lencioni. “We just played every inning well and made plays with enthusiasm” said Assistant Coach Mario Edgardo Núñez Castro.

“Our Panteras played good but we ran into a hot team. We made a few errors setting us back a little bit but we just could not get past their defense to score runs” said Coach Ivan Damaso. “They played a perfect game against us and they deserved the victory.

In the other first round game, the # 4 seed Calerveritas led by pitchers Valerie Zamora and Aileen Gutierrez with big hits from Bianca Morales, Daniella Perez, Reyna Radillo, dominated the # 5 seed Estrellitas led by pitchers Daryanna Velasquez , Joanna Sandoval, and Illiana Hurtado by a score of 13 – 4.

Both the Calerveritas and Zooritas advance to the semi-finals against the # 1 seeded Bat Girls led by Coach Christina Mayoterena and # 2 seeded Fokitas led by coach Patty Campuzano on May 30th at the Sports Fields in El Sauzal. The semi-final winners advance to the Championship game.

The following is the upcoming schedule

May 30th: SEMI-FINALS and FINALS
9am Bat Girls (1) vs. Zooritas (6)
9am Fokitas (2) vs. Calerveritas (4)

The Championship Game will be played at 11am

There will be 2 other games played to decide 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place in the tournament.

Ensenada’s Win over Brawley Wildcats of USA Makes Softball History

Mexicali Chicas meltdown in the Hot Sun

The 12u Ensenada All-Stars traveled to the California city of Chula Vista on Saturday May 9th to play in the International Friendship Games hosted by Councilman Rudy Ramirez of the City of Chula Vista.

In their first game they faced the very strong San Diego Elite and lost 13-4. Coach Mario Edgardo Nuñez Castro said “The San Diego Elite team was physically big. We’ve never faced such a big team and our players were intimidated at first. But we soon realized that we could stay on the field with them. The ASA rules were a bit confusing but we adjusted and played on and found a way to give our best effort. It was an excellent first game for us and we learned that we belong and could compete in the USA.”

In their 2nd game, the Ensenada All-Stars made softball history beating the Brawley Wildcats 4-3.

Brawley is located in the Imperial Valley of Southern California just north of Calexico. It was the first time in Ensenada youth softball history that they beat a team from the USA. Director of the Baja Girls Youth Softball League Charles Tawil said “we are proud of our players, coaches, and parents. They worked super hard for this event and to have such a great win over a travel team from the USA showed that we belong and can play with the best”.

In the 3rd game, they took it the Mexicali Chicas wining 10-8. Coach Mario Edgardo Nuñez Castro said “Mexicali had been beating us in the recent past. Today, we finally showed them that this is a new day and the Ensenada All-Stars are competitive and ready to meet the challenges of the future. With our new All-Star system of sending the very best players from our local Baja Girls Softball League, we will now always be able to put our very best players on the field against the outside competition and that is giving us a winning formula.”

In the last game fo the day, the rematch, they lost to the Brawley Wildcats 10-3 to secure the 3rd place trophy. Coach Mario Edgardo Nuñez Castro said “Everything was great. The girls played hard. They all played and fun. The kids were super happy to be part of such a great event and share the cultural exchange with the City of Chula Vista and the players from the USA.”

RESULTS FOR 12U

• ENSENADA ALL-STARS 10 Mexicali 8
• ENSENADA ALL-STARS 4 Brawley Wildcats 3
• San Diego Elite 13 ENSENADA ALL-STARS 4
• Brawley Wildcats 10 ENSENADA ALL-STARS 3

• May 3: Mexicali, Baja, Mexico (12)
• May 9: Chula Vista USA (12)
• May 22-24: Rancho Peñasquitos USA (10 y 12)
• June 4-7: Mira Mesa USA (10 y 12)
• June 27-28: El Sauzal, Baja, Mexico (10 y 12)
• July 3-5: Escondido USA (10 y 12)
  

Right: (Top) Valeri Zamora, Veronica Fonseca, Alexa and Alexis Coral, Illiana Beltran, Anna Maria Villavincenzio, Valeria Hernandez. (Bottom) Vanessa Nuñes, Aileen Guitierrez Paola Prada and Maria Fernanda Martinez.

The New Baja Girls Softball League of Ensenada has just announced that it’s brand new ALL-STAR teams will be traveling to San Luis Colorado, Sonora, Mexico on April 4-5 to participate in a friendly tournament for 12 & Under with teams from Mexicali, Calexico, Tijuana, and San Luis Colorado.

The league is sending two teams both 12 and Under along with it’s 10 and Under All-Star teams to play. The players are chosen from the very best of all of the league players at the end of each season by vote of the Board of Directors and Coaches.

“Its a fair way to pick the teams and it gives opportunity for every player in the league to compete for a spot each season” says Ivan Damazo, League Board Member and Coach of the 12 & Under All-Star Team.

The teams feature outstanding pitching and players chosen from the pool of players who play in the Baja Girls Softball Recreation League and voted in by the Coaches and Board of Directors. The 12 and Under Team features the pitching of Valeria Hernandez, Anna Maria Villavicenzio, Illiana Beltran and the double trouble twins Alexia and Alexis Coral.

The 10 and Under Team features pitchers Veronica Fonseca, Valeri Zamora, Vanessa Nuñes, Paola Prada, Aileen Guitierrez and Maria Fernanda Martinez.

“We have two strong teams and we think we can compete on the field with the other more established teams and associations” says Patty Campuzano, League Board Member and the Coach of the 10 and Under All-Star Team.

San Luis Colorado is located just south of Yuma Arizona.

For more information on the tournament, contact Director of Softball for San Luis Colorado Ms. Aidee Valdez at aideevaldez@hotmail.com

Right: (Top) Valeri Zamora, Veronica Fonseca, Alexa and Alexis Coral, Illiana Beltran, Anna Maria Villavincenzio, Valeria Hernandez. (Bottom) Vanessa Nuñes, Aileen Guitierrez Paola Prada and Maria Fernanda Martinez.

12 y Menos “Categoria C”

Bat Girls 9 Fokitas 2
Panteras 8 Zooritas 2
Calaveritas 11 Estrellitas 3

It was a super sunny Opening Day for our spring season 2009. The Baja Girls Softball League celebrated with a local band playing the national anthem, over 100 girls in attendence, coaches, and league leaders.

Results – 12u

Fokitas 8 Calaveritas 1
Zooritas 3 Estrellitas 3
Bat Girls 8 Panteras 1

STANDINGS