Del Norte Little League All Stars, 10-12 Baseball

The Del Norte Little League 10-12 All Stars competed in the District Eight Tournament that started Friday, June 14 in Medford.

Del Norte opened up the tourney vs. the Medford Nationals with a 28-1 win.

Del Norte pitchers Colt Presler, Chase Bachmann. Damien Parras and Trevon Barber all pitched for Del Norte, giving up only two hits. In Game 2, on Saturday, DN played Brookings and again came out on top, 28-2. Game 3 Del Norte played Gold Valley and was victorious 11-1, Ernesto Gamez, Damien Parras and Colt Presler tosses a combined no-hitter. DN played in the Championship game, winning 16-6. The State Chamionship will be played July 20.

Manager Tyler Backmann expressed his pride with the youngsters. “ They came out swinging. We had 73 hits over shortened games.”