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2012 ISSAQUAH LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS

Come cheer on the Issaquah Little League All-Star teams in their upcoming Tournament as they battle against the 14 Leagues in District 9. All of the All-Star players can be found on our Issaquah All-Stars page and you can stay up-to-date with the brackets on the District 9 home page.

10s Team: Manager Ted Lee and the 10 year old team take on Redmond North LL at 3:00 pm, Saturday, June 30 on Field 3 at Hartman Park in Redmond.
11s Team: Manager Drew Herbolich and the 11 year old team play Snoqualmie Valley LL at 3:00 pm on Saturday, June 30 on Field B at Big Finn Hill Park in Kirkland.
Majors Team: Manager Kyle Buckner and the Majors team drew a Bye and thus play the winner of Snoqualmie Valley LL vs Eastlake LL at 9:00 am, Sunday, July 8 on Field A at Everest Park in Kirkland.
Juniors Team: While one of our Issaquah Juniors team won the District Championship for the regular season tournament, we were not able to gain enough commitments to field an All-Star team.
Softball 9/10 Team: Manager Jay Rippel and a combined Issaquah/Sammamish team take on Bellevue LL (combined) at 6:00 pm Saturday, June 30 at Beaver Lake Park in Sammamish.
Softball Majors Team: Three Issaquah Majors players are playing on a combined team with Redmond team at Cedar Crest High School in Duvall.

Congratulations to all our Issaquah All-Stars and good luck in the District 9 Tournament!

Washington District 9 Little Leagues include over 12,000 players and cover the cities of Bellevue, Carnation, Duvall, Fall City, Issaquah, Kirkland, Mercer Island, North Bend, Preston, Redmond and Sammamish:

Bellevue East
Bellevue Thunderbird
Bellevue West
Eastlake
Falls
Issaquah
Kirkland American
Kirkland National
Mercer Island
Redmond North
Redmond West
Sammamish
Snoqualmie Valley
Sno-Valley North

Posted 6/28/2012

FORMER ISSAQUAH LITTLE LEAGUER NAMED KINGO 4A PITCHER OF THE YEAR

Former Issaquah Little Leaguer, Brandon Mahovlich, was named the KingCo 4A pitcher of the year by the Seattle Times. Brandon played in Issaquah Little League from ages 5-12 (1999-2006) and is currently a Senior at Issaquah High School. This season Mahovlich was 6-1 with six complete games and a 0.80 ERA heading into Class 4A state playoffs. Through 52-1/3 innings, he struck out 70 and allowed just six earned runs.

Posted 6/5/2012

CHAMPIONSHIP DAY

End of the Season Celebration and Championship Day is June 9th

Issaquah Little League has a lot to celebrate this year-great baseball, good times and new artificial turf fields. Join us Saturday, June 9th to celebrate with your team at our end of the season party at Dodd Field. Between noon and 1:30pm, we will have a baseball bash that includes:

A short ceremony beginning at noon to thank our sponsors and donors for making the new artificial turf fields possible. Each ILL team will be recognized and take the field while the IHS band plays baseball-themed songs. (Please arrive by 11:45am.)
Games and contests such as a dunk tank and speed pitch booth to measure how fast you can throw. Dunk your coach or your biggest rival!
Free food! Hot dogs, chips, drinks and more.
Rhubarb, the Tacoma Rainiers mascot, and other surprises.
Championship baseball games before and after the bash. AAA and Coast play in the morning followed by the Majors in the afternoon.

What better way to celebrate your season than by having a party already planned and waiting for you! Bring your team out, bring some blankets to sit on, watch some great baseball, and enjoy our incredible baseball community. See you June 9th.

Posted 5/22/2012

ISSAQUAH JUNIOR 14U TEAM IN FIRST PLACE!

The Issaquah Little Leagues Junior 14 year old team is atop the eight team District Nine Junior 14 division with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses. The team is a composite of Issaquah and Bellevue Thunderbird players.

Last Saturday, Issaquah beat a good Giants team from Redmond by a score of 4 to 1. Colton West, Bryce Hughes, Connor Schilling, Chris Vandermolen and AJ Riley combined for the pitching win. Great pitching and defense was the key to the Issaquah victory. Issaquah shut down the Giants running game, pitcher West picked a Giants runner off of first base, then catcher Vandermolen threw out at second a Giants runner attempting to steal. Catcher Thomas Sikkema also threw to third base to pick off a runner at third. While Issaquah shut down the Giants' running game, Issaquah runners advanced almost at will, with numerous steals of second. Josh Eastern, Johnny Starcevich and Hughes all also swiped third base to set up the four Issaquah runs. Starcevich lead the Issaquah efforts at the plate with 2 hits in 3 at bats. Hughes, Schilling, Eastern, Vandermolen and West each had one hit a piece.

AJ Riley came in to pitch with two outs in the last inning and the tying run at the plate. With one pitch, he got the batter to ground the ball back to the right of the mound. AJ made a great play diving to his right, stopping the ball and from his knees threw the runner out at first to end the game.

Issaquah combines a potent offense, outscoring their opponents in eleven game 133 to 46 with solid pitching, great defense and a first class running game.

Posted 5/22/2012

PICTURE DAY

Below is the photo schedule for Picture Day on Saturday, April 28th @ Dodd Field (by the batting cage).

Posted times are tentative as Managers may reschedule so please confirm with your Manager the confirmed time.
Managers and Coaches: If you need to reschedule your picture time, please send an email to kevin@starimages.org.

Managers will hand out photo packets with order forms for your team shortly. They will also have plenty of extra order forms at photo day as well. Parents can also pre-order at this link http://starimages.org/reorders.asp prior to photo day.
A copy of the Picture Order Form can be downloaded here.

Photo Magnets - ***New for 2012***
Every player will receive a FREE photo magnet this season as part of your registration fee!
If you wish to have more than one magnet of your player, you can order additional magnets in the picture packet.

PHOTO SCHEDULE (SATURDAY, APRIL 28th @ DODD FIELD)

Time	Manager	Team	Division
07:42AM	Dirk Jongejan	Orioles	Majors
07:48AM	Ron Odegard	Mets	Majors
07:49AM	Charlie Gough	Wildcats	AAA SB
07:54AM	Dustin Stadel	Pirates	Majors
08:01AM	Kyle Buckner	Giants	Majors
08:06AM	David Hancock	Yankees	A
08:12AM	Eric Martorano	Dodgers	AAA
08:18AM	Erin Eaton	Dodgers	TBall
08:24AM	Jeremy Briggs	Red Sox	TBall
08:31AM	Brian Atkins	Marlins	TBall
08:36AM	Brandon Leavitt	Cardinals	TBall
08:42AM	Greg Crockett	IVE1	AA
08:48AM	George Merlock	Red Sox	A
08:54AM	Freya Thoreson	DBacks	A
09:01AM	Josh Rataezyk	Cubs	A
09:06AM	Michael Sturm	Athletics	Majors
09:12AM	Stuart Thieme	Mariners	Majors
09:18AM	Stuart Thieme	Phillies	TBall
09:24AM	Mark Dow	SS2	AA
09:31AM	Troy Hartzell	GR2	AA
09:36AM	Jeremy Kiefer	CR1	AA
09:42AM	Dan Wilson	Pirates	AAA
09:48AM	Randy Wolfe	CR2	AA
09:54AM	Gabriel Dorta	Rangers	Majors
10:01AM	Brett Lowry	Phillies	Majors
10:06AM	Michael Githens	Phillies	AAA
10:12AM	David Pennington	Giants	TBall
10:15AM	Jeff Anderson		AA SB
10:18AM	Tanya Orlando	Mariners	TBall
10:24AM	Ryan Fletcher	Rangers	AAA
10:31AM	David Fleischman	Cubs	TBall
10:36AM	Richard Eastern	Red Sox	AAA
10:42AM	Jay Clark	Reds	TBall
10:48AM	Glenn Meyer	GR1	AA
10:54AM	Tila Reynolds	Reds	A
11:01AM	Ryan Hess	Tigers	TBall
11:06AM	Ryan Hess	Cardinals	AAA
11:12AM	Pat Nangle	Marlins	AAA
11:18AM	Jeff Gouge	MH	AA
11:24AM	Evan Chan	SS1	AA
11:31AM	Tim Mehling	Mets	A
11:36AM	Brett Ross	IVE2	AA
11:42AM	Andrew Shute	Braves	A
11:48AM	Christopher Prochazka	Mariners	AAA
12:01PM	John Hillock	Cardinals	Coast
12:06PM	Rick Chapman	Athletics	Coast
12:12PM	Kirk Dickinson	Cubs	Coast
12:18PM	Tony Vierra	Mariners	Coast
12:24PM	Kyle Buckner	Rangers	Coast
12:31PM	Kevin Theis	Nationals	A
12:36PM	Jason Ramsey	Rays	A
12:42PM	Chris Sfanos	Phillies	A
12:48PM	Scott Sutherland	Giants	A
12:54PM	Mark Budos	Mariners	A
1:01PM	John Brooke	Dodgers	A
1:12PM	Robert Ashby	Rockies	Coast
1:15PM	JP Liddle	Phillies	Coast
1:18PM	Michael Githens	Tigers	Coast
1:24PM	Mike Fritch	Huskies	AA SB
1:31PM	Amy Huryn	Cougars	T-Ball
1:36PM	Mike Warner	Golden Bears	SB T-Ball
1:42PM	Lindsey Kauzlarich	Ducks	AA SB
1:48PM	Dan Weeks	Wildcats	AA SB
1:54PM	Connie Bellas	Huskies	AAA SB
2:01PM	Paul Bernado	Sun Devils	Majors
2:06PM	Kevin Kearns	Sun Devils	A SB
2:12PM	Jay Rippel	Golden Bears	SB Coast

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL DAYS


Little League Baseball Days University of Washington Husky Ballpark
On May 12th and May 27th, Coach Lindsay Meggs and the University of Washington Baseball Team would like to invite you and your Little Leaguers to attend the "Little League Baseball Days." These events will be held at the home field of the Huskies of the University of Washington in Seattle. In order to promote Little League Baseball, as well as the college baseball experience, Little League Baseball and Softball has worked with various colleges and universities resulting in these institutions providing a "Little League Baseball Day" at the collegiate level. It is on this day that young athletes of all ages will get to experience the game of baseball at its finest. They will have the complete game experience from the warm up to the game-ending play.
Washington Baseball Days Saturday, May 12th at 2:00 pm vs. UCLA Sunday, May 27th at 1:00 pm vs. WSU
On Game-day: Little League players (8th grade and younger) are welcome to receive free general admission for both University of Washington games. Coaches, parents and family may purchase additional tickets through the UW ticket office at gohuskies.com or 206.543.2200. Everyone is encouraged to wear their uniform to the game. Team coupons must be requested for free admission at http://www.gohuskies.com/ot/wash-basebl-day-2012.html and seating is limited. Group tickets may be purchased for $3 with groups of 15 or more at 206-543-2200 or grouptix@u.washington.edu. Little Leaguers (in uniform only) are invited to join the teams on the field for the National Anthem All Little Leaguers and kids are invited to run the bases postgame FREE Husky Baseball posters (while supplies last)
On behalf of Little League Baseball and Softball, I urge you to take advantage of this wonderful opportunity. Please feel free to contact the Husky Ticket Office or me if you have any questions. We hope to see you there! Sincerely, Sara Thompson Director of Softball Development - Little League International Ronny Bush Marketing Assistant rbush@ica.washington.edu
Little League Website http://www.LittleLeague.org Washington Huskies http://www.gohuskies.com

Posted 4/6/2012

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS

Does your Little Leaguer want to be on the website? You can help! Send us pictures of your players and teams throughout the season and we'll try to post them up here. Please remember, we will only post pictures of players who expressed their permission to do so during the registration process.

Email your photos to web@issaquahlittleleague.org with the following information:

Player Name(s)
Player Team
Player Division
Brief Description (i.e. game or practice information)

Posted 3/24/2012

IHS EAGLES CLINIC

Over 70+ Coast and Majors players braved the weather on March 18th to enjoy a fun-filled day with the Issaquah High School Team.

Thanks to Coach Reese and all the IHS players for a great camp!

Little Leaguers can check the season schedule to attend Varsity home games to cheer on the Eagles Baseball team.

Posted 3/19/2012

ISSAQUAH EAGLES BASEBALL CLINIC

RAIN OR SHINE -- Get your Coast or Majors Little Leaguer out to work out with the Issaquah High School Eagles baseball team. A variety of stations to work on everything from hitting, pitching, fielding and throwing. A fun afternoon of working out with one of the state's premier high school baseball programs -- right here in Issaquah on the new IHS turf baseball field.

There is no need to register. Just show up with your baseball attire and bring your glove!

When: Sunday, March 18
Where: Issaquah High School Baseball Field
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Immediately following the Clinic, watch the IHS Baseball team put on an Exhibition from 3:00pm to 3:30pm. All ages welcome.

Posted 3/13/2011

TURF AT DODD FIELD

What started off as a dream over a year ago has become a reality. Spearheaded by the countless hours put in by Greg Crockett and Matt Miller, along with friends and families of Issaquah Little League who all share the extreme distaste for baseball played in mud, turf fields are being installed at Dodd Field North and Dodd Field South in preparation for the upcoming 2012 Little League Season. Follow our progress here.

Don't forget - it's not too late to contribute!

Posted 2/18/2012

ISSAQUAH LITTLE LEAGUE APPRECIATION DAY AT DICKS SPORTING GOODS

Dick's Sporting Goods is holding a one-day team shopping event at the Renton Dick's Sporting Goods store location on Saturday, March 3rd from 9am - 8pm.

Every member of your organization attending this event will receive a little league coupon sheet with discounts for baseball and softball equipment. In addition to these discounts, you will receive an additional 15% off your entire purchase on this weekend. This equals roughly 25% off your baseball purchases and 15% off everything else in the store.

Please bring this letter with you to the event and make sure to check in at the Little League table when you arrive, where we will have raffle prizes, snacks and extra coupons in case you forget!

Posted 2/17/2012

2012 SOFTBALL COACHES CLINIC

The 2012 Softball Coaches Clinic will be held on January 21, 2012 at Dempsey Indoor at the University of Washington. UW players and the entire coaching staff will be there to demonstrate skills and drills. Send an email to softball@issaquahlittleleague.org if you plan to attend so we can get a group rate.

Posted 11/28/2011