The Palisades Pony Baseball Association’s Mustang 9 All-Stars won the Section Championship for the first time last weekend, beating Torrance American 11-10 on Saturday in the semifinals and beating Smith Park/Pico Rivera 16-1 in the championship game on Sunday. Bryant Reese pitched three innings Saturday, allowing one run, and added five hits, including four doubles. Justin Howard had four hits, walked twice and scored four times. Shane Skelly pitched a four-inning complete game in the final, allowing one unearned run. He also made a game-ending double play with the tying run on third base to preserve Saturday’s win. Nico Chapus had three hits and three walks in the tournament and pitched the sixth inning to record the save against Torrance American. Xander Hurley had four hits and two walks batting clean-up and pitched in relief on Saturday. Andrew Arth had four hits and Harrison Listen had three hits, including a three-run triple in Sunday’s final. Russell Cohen played second base and Nick Kerkorian played third base and threw a runner out at first from right field. Jack Sandifer pitched in relief Saturday. Rounding out the roster were Alyssa Wallin, Trey White, Jack Rocchio and Joe Suddleson. Jason Reese was the head coach and John Hurley and Mark Skelly were his assistants. Palisades continues its season in the Super Regionals in Los Alamitos this Saturday at 11 am. Also advancing to the Super Regionals was the Bronco 11s team, which defeated Monterey Park, Charter Oaks Silver and East Long Beach last weekend in West Covina. The Super Regionals open today in Fontana. In all, the PPBA fielded teams in the 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and Pony age divisions. The 10s (Mustang) squad hosted the Sectionals at the Field of Dreams complex last week but lost its first two games to Lynwood and Paramount.
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