Ocean View All-Stars roll

Mike Sciacca

The Ocean View Little League 9/10 All-Star team showed last week it

has no intention of relinquishing the District 62 title it won last

year.

Ocean View launched its bid for a repeat run by routing host

Fountain Valley, 12-2, in the first game of the 9/10 tournament. The

Area 1 game was played at Mile Square Park.

The Area 2 competition is being played at Huntington Valley Little

League.

Ocean View’s offense generated 14 hits in the 10-run victory.

“Before the game, we told the kids that if we could shut them down

in the top of the first inning and come back with four or five runs

in the bottom-half [of the inning], it would put them in a deep

hole,” Ocean View manager Gorden Gates said. “Jumping out to that

early lead helped us to relax and get into the flow of the game.

“Once we got the momentum going for us, we were tough to come back

on. Every game is a tough one, and getting this first one under our

belt will go a long way to succeeding in the tournament. With this

age group, confidence is an important factor and our kids gained a

lot of it with their performance today.”

Ocean View’s offense had plenty of offensive standouts in the

game.

Tyler Mildenberg went three for three with two doubles and scored

four runs, Zachary Gates went four for four with a pair of doubles

and three RBI, Casey Hayes homered among his two hits and finished

with four RBI, Grant Mayeaux doubled twice and drove in a run and

Jake Arledge had a home run and drove in two runs.

Max Gibbs and Ben Drolet also had hits in the 14-hit attack.

Hayes pitched three solid innings and gave up one run on two hits.

Gibbs finished up the fourth inning and yielded a run but not a hit.

In other All-Star games:

Majors Division

Huntington Valley 11, Costa Mesa National 1

In an Area 2 game at Inspirational Field, host Huntington Valley

easily disposed of Costa Mesa National in a game called after five

innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Huntington Valley led, 9-0, through three innings against an

error-plagued Costa Mesa National squad.

C.J. Hollingsworth went the distance and gave up just five hits in

recording the win.

Costa Mesa American 7, Seaview 4

In the first Area 2 game at Inspirational Field, Seaview jumped

out to a 2-0 lead but couldn’t hold off Costa Mesa American.

Hits by Charlie Miller, Matt Kibby and Drew Daily allowed Seaview

to grab the early lead in the second inning.

Costa Mesa American gained control of the game by scoring seven

runs over the next two innings.

Upcoming games

Tournament play continues Friday and concludes with the

championship series in each division Tuesday through July 14, if

needed.

In Majors and 9/10 division action, all Area 1 games will be

played at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley, and all Area 2 games

will be played at Huntington Valley Little League.

The championship series in each division will be played at Mile

Square Park.

The Junior Division All-Star tournament, composed of teams from

Westminster, Seaview, Huntington Valley and Fountain Valley, is being

played at Westminster Little League.

Scoreboard

Majors Division

Area 1

(At Mile Square Park)

Robinwood 2, Ocean View 1

Westminster 5, Fountain Valley 1

Area 2

(At Huntington Valley)

Costa Mesa American 7, Seaview 4

Huntington Valley 11, Costa Mesa National 1

9/10 Division

Area 1

Ocean View 12, Fountain Valley 2

Robinwood 22, Westminster 0

Area 2

Seaview 5, Costa Mesa American 4

Huntington Valley 6, Costa Mesa National 2

Junior Division

(At Westminster)

Westminster 4, Fountain Valley 1

Robinwood 16, Huntington Valley 1

The schedule

Majors Division

Friday (5 p.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Saturday (10 a.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Monday (5 p.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Tuesday (5 p.m.)

(At Mile Square Park)

Championship Series

Wednesday (5 p.m.)

(At Mile Square Park)

Championship Series

9/10 Division

Friday (5 p.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Saturday (10 a.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Monday (5 p.m.)

Area 1 and 2 games

Tuesday (5 p.m.)

(At Mile Square Park)

Championship Series

Wednesday (5 p.m.)

(At Mile Square Park)

Championship Series

Junior Division

(At Westminster)

Saturday

Game at 10 a.m.

Game at 1 p.m.

Monday

Game at 5 p.m.

Wednesday

Game at 5 p.m.