Sports Briefs: Little League teams racing toward title games
The playoff field in the District 3 Little League All-Star tournament is getting narrower. In the quarterfinal round Thursday, Twin Cities beat Mill Valley, 2-0; West Marin beat Ross Valley 12-3; Tiburon Peninsula edged Gallinas Valley 5-4; and Novato South edged Novato North 3-1. Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, with the final on Sunday.
• Mill Valley Little League is aiming to remain undefeated with one game left before Saturday’s District 3 Junior All-Star Championships. Mill Valley (4-0) and West Marin (3-1) are in first and second place, respectively, and headed to a championship showdown at Alto Field in Mill Valley.
• Twin Cities can lock up a perfect record, while Novato teams are battling for second place ahead of Sunday’s District 9/10-year old All-Stars championship. Twin Cities (7-0), which has already virtually locked up a spot in the championship game, plays Friday against fourth-place Mill Valley (5-2). Meanwhile Novato North and Novato South, both 6-1, meet in a showdown to decide which team will face Twin Cities for the title.
• In District 3 11-year-old All-Star games on Thursday, Novato North defeated Tiburon Peninsula 8-3; Mill Valley shut out Gallinas Valley 12-0; Twin Cities edged San Rafael 1-0; and Novato South held off West Marin 15-9.
Softball
The Marin Summer Slam Girls Fastpitch Softball tournament will return Friday through Sunday after a nine-year hiatus. Twenty-five girls Bay Area fastpitch softball teams (8U to 12U) from Sonoma through Morgan Hill will play on Marin County dirt at Memorial Park in San Anselmo and at Redwood High School’s softball fields. Five Marin Tremors travel ball teams will be competing in the tournament. Games begin at 4 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park.
Announcements
Tam High quarterback Braden Young took to Twitter to announce his commitment to Claremont McKenna College. Young completed 100 of 134 passes for 1,391 yards and 12 touchdowns last season.
Cycling
Cyclists will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee Marin Century on August 5, but to kick off preparations for the event, there will be a kick-off Tour de France themed party at Pond Farm Brewery on Wednesday July 12, from 6-8 p.m., in San Rafael.
Marin Cyclists have been staging the Marin Century for 60 years, making it one of the longest, continuously running cycling events of its kind in the USA. The ride will start at Stafford Lake State Park, in Novato. From there, riders can choose to navigate the summit of Mt. Tamalpais, at 2,500 feet of elevation, or ride through rolling foothills of the nearby mountains, or finally, cyclists can choose to breeze along the nearby coastal waters of picturesque Tomales Bay.
For more information, please visit: https://www.marincyclists.com.