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California District 33

Our Little League District is located in San Diego California and is comprised of 14 leagues. Our area covers parts of San Diego and La Mesa from Balboa Park to Mount Helix from Highway 94 to Highway 52. Please take a look at our League Boundaries Map and League Finder to see which league you are in. 

Helping young people develop character, discipline and teamwork while maintaining physical and emotional well being through Little League Baseball.  

Maria Pepe Little League Baseball Legacy Series

The “Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series: A Girls with Game Experience” is set to return to the home of the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on June 6-8, 2025. The weekend-long event will once kick off with an opening evaluation clinic on Friday, June 6, and following the clinic, the 96 registered players will be divided into eight teams for the weekend’s event. Teams will play a minimum of three games each over the course of the weekend, with games being held in both Howard J. Lamade and Volunteer Stadiums. Housing accommodations will be provided in the dorms at the Dr. Creighton J. Hale International Grove, with chaperones provided by Little League International. As part of the overall experience, participants will also have access to other activities on the complex throughout the weekend and will be provided with meals during their stay at the event.

District 33 is honored to have two of our own participate in this year's “Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series: A Girls with Game Experience” in Williamsport, PA this summer.


Coral Nobiensky - 
 Is 10 year old (league age 11) and is in her 4th year at Allied Gardens Little League. Currently Coral is playing in Majors division alongside her 12 year old brother Bryce. Her favorite positions are 2nd base and pitcher. She's often leading all the cheers from the dugout and isn't shy about keeping the boys in line. While on the field, Coral plays with eagerness and is near-fearless ( jokingly, some players look 3 times her size) but she forges forward with heart and determination. When she's not on the field she can be seen foraging at the snack bar or helping the parents with all duties a baseball field needs. 

 

Proudly, Coral will be representing District 33 and AGLL in the Maria Pepe Little League Baseball Legacy Series: A Girls with Game Experience in Williamsport, PA this June. She's most excited about playing on the same field the Little League World Series is played on, and enjoying all the yummy food they're offering players has been mentioned a lot too. 

Away from the field, Coral plays club volleyball and has a nasty volleyball serve! (likely thanks to throwing a lot of baseballs).  She's gritty and fun and to sum her up is to couple her to a passage from a child's story that she enjoys to paraphrase: "If we can't go over it, we can't go under it, We've got to go through it". 


Laura Sheppard - Laura is the current UIC from Sunshine Little League. She has been selected as one of the 12 female umpires at the Second Annual Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, home of the Little League World Series for an incredible weekend of celebrating "Girls With Game"!

Laura also has been selected to umpire at the Junior League Baseball West Regional tournament in Bend, Oregon on July 24-31.  This is the level before the Junior League World Series, for players aged 12-14, and the West Region covers the 10 westernmost states in the U.S. If you would like to assist Laura with travel cost, she has set up a gofundme page.  All donations are tax deductible. 

If you would like to contribute to Coral and Laura, you can send any contributions to the District and we would split those funds between the two. 
Congratulations to Coral and Laura for representing our District at this year's “Maria Pepe Little League Baseball® Legacy Series: A Girls with Game Experience”.

Clay Berry 
District Administrator 
CA District 33 Little League Baseball

2025 Dinner

Our annual District Awards Dinner was held on May 3th at the Riverwalk Golf Course. Our theme for this year was "Masquerade" and many dressed the part. A special "thank you" goes out to Angela Engquist, D33 Event Coordinator for putting together another outstanding and memorable event.


The majority of our league board members were in attendance. We believe that everyone had a good time sharing stories and getting away from the baseball field for the evening. The Riverwalk Golf Course catering department provided a delicious buffet dinner for everyone to enjoy. 

Gifts cards were donated by leagues and were raffled off to lucky ticket holders and a 50/50 draw for $410.00 was handed out to one lucky winner. Congratulations to Kevin Jones from the Patriot League for having the winning ticket. Here is a picture of him receiving his cold hard cash from Sami Kern, D33 Treasurer.


Clay Berry, Pete Gregorivic, Mark Beall, David Graham, Nancy Hemmings and Randy Herold, 
had the honors of presenting the following 2025 awards to these outstanding volunteers in our local leagues. Be sure to thank the award recipients when you see them at the fields for all their hard work and dedication to the youth of San Diego.



The District Service Award

These awards are given to individuals nominated by their league, who have several years of outstanding service to their league. They have also impacted the District by serving the other leagues in some capacity, usually by being involved in tournaments or something District wide. The District Service Award recipients are...

 


Greg Spielman
North Park Little League

Brain Murphy
Patriot League


Corey Hazlewood
San Carlos Little League
Vanessa Teachout
Mission Trails Little League


The Umpire Leadership Award, Umpire Service Award & Rookie Umpire of the Year Award

These awards are given to outstanding umpires who are recognized for his/her skills and dedication to umpiring for that year. This year we have changed the Umpire of the Year to Umpire Leadership Award. This year's Umpire Leadership, Umpire Service & Rookie Umpire of the Year recipients are...

 
Umpire Leadership Award
Jared Schlossberg
North Park Little League
Umpire Service AwardAl Itri
La Mesa National Little League

Rookie Umpire of the YearTony Gonzalez
Patriot League
 

The Joe Schloss Memorial Coaches Award
This award is given to managers or coaches that demonstrate leadership in local leagues with Loyalty, Courage and Character. The Joe Schloss Memorial Coaches Award recipients are...


Derrick Teachout
Mission Trails Little League

Kevin Jones
Patriot League


Scott Simmons Leadership Award

The criteria for this award is for someone that has impacted the local league, especially in bringing about compliance to Little League rules and regulations. They have set a standard in regards to choosing managers and coaches with character, demonstrated a willingness to address issues such as poor sportsmanship either among spectators, coaches, managers or players. To demonstrate courage and character in dealing with issues at the local league level. The Scott Simmons Award recipient is...

 

Greg Spielman
North Park Little 
League 

 

The Jim Jones Award
This award is given to the outstanding volunteer in our District. It goes to someone that has showed commitment and sacrifice above and beyond. The Jim Jones Award recipient is...

 
Jose & Nicole Lopez
Sunshine
Little League

2025 Intermediate Mid Season Re-cap


North Park Intermediate Division Goats
Final IMS Brackets:  
2025 IMS Brackets (.pdf)

The North Park Goats have won the inaugural District 33 Intermediate Mid-Season Tournament  The District’s eight Intermediate teams from Mid City, North Park, and Sunshine Little Leagues competed in the first-ever tournament for this Division of Play.  The tournament witnessed five fun-filled days of exciting baseball at two different venues. Thanks to North Park and Sunshine for hosting the tournament.  More so, special thanks to the many dozens of people who gave so freely of themselves to make this tournament happen. Events like this are not possible without dedicated volunteers who prepare and groom the fields, serve as umpires, keep score, and cheer on the players.   The players gave their very best effort, and all played well.  In the end, the ‘’Goats” of North Park Little League remained undefeated throughout the tournament and were awarded the championship banner – Congratulations, Goats!

Mark Hopkins
Upper Division Rep
California District 33 Little League Baseball

2025 Gary Shira Memorial Juniors Tournament Re-Cap


Patriot League Jr Division Jumbo Shrimp
Final GSM Brackets:  
2025 GSM Brackets (.pdf)

The Gary Shira Memorial Juniors Tournament (11th Annual Junior Invitational Tournament) was held between April 24th and April 27th, 2025.  Eight Junior Division Teams from six leagues played twelve games on four different baseball fields over four days.  Special thanks to North Park LL, Serra Mesa LL, Sunshine LL, and Patriot League for hosting this time-honored tournament.  More so, many thanks and compliments to the legions of volunteers who gave so freely of themselves to make the tournament such a success!  Without our field maintenance volunteers, coaches, volunteer umpires, scorekeepers, and dedicated fans, events like this cannot happen.  This tournament witnessed four fun-filled days of exciting baseball!  All of the players gave their best efforts, and all played well.  In the end, the ‘’Jumbo Shrimp” of the Patriot League remained undefeated throughout the tournament and was awarded the championship banner – Congratulations, Jumbo Shrimp!

Mark Hopkins
Upper Division Rep
California District 33 Little League Baseball

2025 Clay Berry Invitational Re-Cap














San Carlos Major Division Mariners

Final CBI Brackets:  2025 CBI Brackets (.pdf)

Better late than never for the 2025 CBI Re-Cap. CBI is the second District tournament scheduled for the 2025 spring season. The weather was great and the players put on a show for the fans in the stands with some outstanding baseball.  

For many of the players, this is their first taste of the “next level” of baseball play, and without the help from the district staff and league volunteers, these players would not be afforded this opportunity, nor would the tournament have been the success that it was. Thank you, Andrea Ochoa (Serra Mesa) and Jen Cux Chan (Rolando), for making your fields available. Thank you Dave Graham for scheduling the umpires to cover all of the games.

Congratulations the San Carlos Mariners for capturing the 17th Annual Clay Berry Invitational flag!  

These District tournaments are not just for the players to get ready for the postseason, it also helps the managers and coaches know what to expect, what rules and guidelines to follow.  The tournaments also help prepare the scorekeepers, in showing the importance of making sure every change is documented in the scorebook.  These tournaments would not be possible without the all around support from everyone, for that we say thank you.

Carol Hill
2025 CBI Tournament Director

CA District 33 Little League Baseball

2025 Dorothy Dupont Memorial Tournament Re-Cap

 

San Carlos Major Division Royals
Final DDM Brackets:  2025 DDM Brackets (.pdf)
The 16th Annual Dorothy Dupont Memorial Tournament was originally scheduled for March 13th thru 16th but Mother Nature decided to rain on our parade, so we pushed it back a week to March 20th - March 23rd, 2025, at Murphy Canyon Little League Damato Field. Mother Nature rewarded us with blue skies and warm temperatures during the day but chilly at night.

The DDM Tournament is our first tournament of the season, and it was a great four days of baseball. This weekend wouldn’t have been possible without the support from Murphy Canyon LL Board of Directors. With only 6 board members on staff, all pitched in and helped us to get the tournament in the books. Our District Umpire staff made sure each game was covered.  Thank you to all the volunteers from each of the teams that helped with scorekeeping, pitch counting and announcing.

Congratulations to the San Carlos Royals for winning the 16th Annual DuPont Tournament!  Mission Trails Devil Rays battled till the end in the Championship game but came up a run short.

Carol Hill
2025 DDM Tournament Director
CA District 33 Little League Baseball


2025 Mandatory Training and Certifications

Requirements for the 2025 Spring Season, anyone who has contact with the players has to be an official Little League Volunteer. Here is the list of background checks and training you will need to complete in order to become a Little League Volunteer.

 
* Complete JDP Background Check
* Complete CA Live Scan
* Complete LITTLE LEAGUE Abuse Awareness Training
* Complete CDC Concussion Training
* Complete Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training
* Complete Little League Diamond Leader Training (Coaches)
* Attend a local league Coaches & Safety Clinic (Coaches)

New for 2025: 
All Volunteers are required to take Little League Abuse Awareness Training annually. No longer accepting USA Baseball or SafeSport. 


Volunteers will need to be certified once in Concussion Protocol and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol. This requirement has not changed.

Managers and Coaches are required to attend a Coaches and Safety clinic in order to be on the field with the players.

All training 
must be completed before any engagement with the players.  If you fall into one of these categories, you are required to produce the mandatory certificate showing that you have completed the required protocol. Managers/Coaches, please save and carry each of the certification certificates in your team binder.  All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.

If you have any questions in regard to this required training, please ask your League President or me. 


Clay Berry 
District Administrator 
CA District 33 Little League Baseball


Little League Abuse Awareness Protocol: (Yearly for All Volunteers)


1. (a) All Volunteers must complete the Abuse Awareness training annually provided by Little League. No longer accepting USA Baseball or SafeSport. All managers and coaches must carry documentation in their team binders that the course has been completed for the current year. All volunteers should carry a hardcopy or an electronic copy with them to all game/practice sites.

2. Please sign into your account at Abuse Awareness Training to complete your training.


Diamond Leader Training Program: (Required Once)


All Regular & Post Season Managers and Coaches are required to complete the Little League Diamond Leader Training Program prior to any contact with the players participating in any practices or games.


This program focuses on ensuring children have a positive, well-rounded experience on and off the field, this program is a FREE educational resource that provides coaches with an understanding of the impact that mental, social, and emotional well-being has in youth sports through detailed information, interactive scenarios, and a variety of additional resources.

Here is the link to the Diamond Leader training course.... LittleLeague.org//DiamondLeader


Concussion Protocol: (Required Once)


1. (a) California law requires that all volunteers, including managers/coaches, administrators and officials must complete an online concussion training at least once before supervising youth athletes; a certificate from a prior season is valid for this season. It takes only about 30 minutes to complete the training.

 

2. A concussion and head injury information sheet must be signed by both the athlete and a parent/guardian before the athlete initiates practice or competition. An existing form from the 2020 spring may be used if it’s available. The signed sheet must be carried with the player’s medical release and code of conduct form.

The online Concussion Protocol Training is at: https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/.


Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Protocol: (Required Once)

AB379 now requires the same protocols used for concussions in youth and high school sports to be used to help protect young athletes participating in school and community youth sports organizations from sudden cardiac arrest—the #1 killer of young athletes. Community youth sports organizations include an organization, business, nonprofit entity, or a local governmental agency that sponsors or conducts amateur sports competitions, training, camps, or clubs in which persons 17 years of age or younger participate.

The online Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Training is at: https://epsavealife.org/sca-prevention-training/


LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL BAT INFORMATION - USABAT STANDARD

USA Baseball Logo


As of January 1, 2018, the new USA Baseball Bat Standard was implemented. USABat Standard bats must be used in the Little League Major Baseball Division and below. Either USABat Standard bats or BBCOR bats must be used at the Intermediate (50/70) Baseball and Junior League Baseball Divisions. At the Senior League Baseball Division, all bats must be meet the BBCOR standard.

 

USABat Standards - Decertified Bats:


           
The Easton Ghost X 30/20 YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX 30/20 2 5/8” has been decertified by USA Baseball and is no longer an approved bat under the USABat Standard. This applies to the 30” (-10) length of the Ghost X YBB18GX10 and LL18GHX. All other certified lengths and drops of the Easton Ghost X USABat remain approved for play.


The BBCOR decertification process has been implemented on the following bat(s): 

          

·          Louisville Slugger Meta 33-inch 2020 model

            

·          Reebok - Vector TLS 33-inch model

           

          Marucci - CAT5 Squared 34-inch model 

           

·        Marucci - CAT5 33-inch model

           

·        Marucci - Black 33 & 34 -inch models
          

Please note that images are for reference only and are not guaranteed that the bat model in question looks exactly as these internet supplied images portray.

Full details on de-certified bats can be found at: https://www.littleleague.org/playing-rules/bat-information/decertified-bats/A full list of approved bats can be found at https://USABat.com

John Evans

Umpire in Chief
CA District 33 Little League Baseball

rev 6/4/2022