The Long Beach PONY 13’s baseball team continued their winning ways over the weekend, collecting three victories and earning them a place in the Super Regional Final Four to be played tonight.
An overall victory at the Final Four this week will put Long Beach PONY in the World Series. The team won the World Series in 2008 and was a runner-up in 2007.
“With this win, I feel the Long Beach magic is back!” said coach Stacy Ybarra. “The kids played as a team and the results were fantastic.”
The squad defeated West Covina with a 5-2 win on Friday night behind a complete game from Connor Dunlap, then picked up an 8-4 win over La Costa on Saturday night and a walk-off RBI from Max Whitt gave them the 3-2 win over Simi Youth A on Sunday. Before this weekend, the Simi team had not lost in two years.
“This was a very big win for us, a real character builder,” said coach Jerry Barham. “Simi Youth was a great opponent, but the team never gave up and our successful execution at the end got us this very big win.”
The team plays tonight at Amerige Park in Fullerton to kick off the Super Regional Final Four. Of the four remaining teams, the second and third finishers will advance to the next Zone tournament while the overall winner earns a bye into the PONY World Series. Tonight’s game starts at 7:30pm.