Junior League Softball Succombs to Naples Florida

Junior League (13-14 years old) Softball- Kirkland, Washington

Naples, Florida won over Bacolod 8-0. Naples showed their supriority
over the field. For some of the Naples girls this was redemption. In
2003 Naples played in the Little League Softball (12 and under) World
Series. Naples took a 10-7 lead into the last inning. Their opponent
Midway, Texas scored 9 runs while Naples failed to score in the last
inning.

Consolation however for Bacolod is that their two pitchers- Benjamin
and Belleza will still play in this division next year. So Bacolod
will be a strong contender next year. But they must first win the
Little League Philippine Series... where a Muntinlupa team will be
waiting for them !

Philippine Big League Softball Team

Philippine Big League Softball in Kalamazoo Michigan

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Philippine Junior League Softball Team

Senior League Action

Steal to home by Canada as Bernardo scrambles for the ball. Canada won 5 to 2 over the Philippines

Latest on Philippine Little League World Series Games

Its been a tough two days for the Philippines....

Little League Softball- Portland, Oregon

Curacao 5 Philippines 4

Our girls played tough. Twice Curacao took a two run lead... twice the Philippines fought back to tie the game. Curacao scored the winning run in the 4th inning. Alabang girls Maia Trinidad and Toni Ondrik had a hit and RBI each. Mady Lhuillier scored a run. Later today New Jersey and Michigan play the World Sereis Championship game. In yesterday's Semi-Finals Michigan beat Texas 2-0 and New Jersey won over Tennessee 5-1.

Senior League Baseball- Bangor, Maine

Virginia 12 Philippines 1

Luke Bernardo and Paolo Jalandoni contributed two out of three hits for the Philippines. Bernardo also had an RBI.


Canada 5 Philippines 2

Matt Reyes got a nit and RBI. Gian Jimenez delivered one hit. Paolo Jalandoni scored a run. This ends the Philippine campaign in Bangor.

Big League Softball- Kalamazoo, Michigan

California 3 Philippines 2
Philippines 6 West Virginia 2
Michigan Dist2- 3 Philippines 2

The tournament format calls for each team to play 8 games in 5 days. Philippines has played 5 games in the first 3 days. All three Philippines losses were by one run.
Junior League Softball- Kirkland, Washington

No game yesterday. The Philippines plays Florida later today in a battle of undefeated teams. The other teams in the group already have two losses each so both Philippines and Florida are almost qualified for the Semi-Finals.

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Little League Softball- Portland, Oregon

Tennessee 6 Philippines 5 extra innings

Our girls played well again but fell short against Tennessee.
Michigan, the top contender and Tennessee will represent Pool B in the
Semi-Finals. Semi-Finalists from Pool A are New Jersey and Texas.
Philippines will play Curacao in a battle of Pool 4th place teams.
Jill Tanaka pitched well. Alabang's Maia Trinidad had 2 RBI's.

Senior League Baseball- Bangor, Maine

Philippines 3 Maine 2

Paolo Mallari pitched well holding the home team Maine to 2 runs. RBI
by Alabang's Jian Jimenez. Alabang's Paolo Jalandoni had 2 hits.
Tonight they play against Virginia. Much better game compared to
yesterday's. Still in the running for a Semi-Finals slot.

Big League Softball- Kalamazoo, Michigan

Philippines 3 Puerto Rico 0
Michigan 2 Philippines 1

Double header for the Philippines today. Tough loss to Michigan.
Alabang's Tiffany Mathay and Wenchi Bacarisas playing for the
Philippines made up mostly of players from the UAAP.

Junior League Softball- Kirkland, Washington

Philippines 1 Ohio 0

Philippines represented by Bacolod now 2 wins no losses. Philippines
looking good to get into the Semi-Finals. The Philippines won the
championship in this tournament in 2003.

Little League Disaster Averted

The Junior Bacolod softball team is going to the World Series after all. After some quick action by Little League Philippines their slot in the annual championship event was restored. Newspaper reports this morning indicated that the team had been dropped by Little League authorities in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This action was taken as a result of the failure by the Bacolod Senior softball team (14 to 16 years old) to travel to their World Series event in Delaware. Last June the Senior Bacolod team won the right to play in the World Series by defeating Indonesia and Guam in the Asia Pacific Regional.

Little League Philippines however must not rest. There is a need to investigate thoroughly what happened to the Senior Bacolod team. Being winners of the Asia Pacific Regional their cost of travel to the World Series would have been covered by Little League International. The Philippines is sending five teams to various Little League World Series events in the United States this year. Several of the teams faced difficulties in obtaining United States visas. Partly this was because of the controversy last year where a Bacolod coach remained in the United States illegally.

Little League provides the best training and international exposure for youth baseball and softball players from the Philippines. Many players who participated in past Little League international competitions have gone on to represent the Philippines including members of the baseball and softball teams that won gold medals in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games.

Little League Philippines should conduct a thorough investigation of this controversy as well as those that have occurred in the past. There should also be more strict screening of teams that are to represent Philippine Little League in order to avoid future problems. We need to show Little League International that the Philippines has a good and reliable Little League program.