Here is the roster, from little league all-stars, through high school and college: The 2007 - 12 year old Solana Beach Little League Team - State Of California State Champions -Western Region. Nearly all of the boys on the Solana Beach 2007 All Star Team played high school baseball and more than half of them played college baseball. The boys are now 22-23 years old, out of college and have entered the work force. Solana Beach leadoff hitter Chad Thurston rounding the bases. The winner of the championship game would advance to Williamsport, Pa., as the Western Region Champion for the 2007 Little League World Series.
The City of Solana Beach, primarily with the assistance of then-Councilman Joe Kellejian and the Solana Beach Little League, chartered buses from Solana Vista Elementary School to San Bernardino free of charge for Solana Beach Little League supporters and fans for each of the games in San Bernardino. Restaurants in Solana Beach, especially Chiefs and Tony’s Jacal, had watching parties for the game. Solana Beach played Chandler Arizona for the Western Region Championship. They entered the final game, which was televised on Aug. The “Beach Boys” from Solana Beach, now the California champions, played the state champions from Utah, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona. The Western Regional Tournament was held in San Bernardino where the players and coaches stayed in dormitories for 10 days. The Mighty-1090 Sports Radio show also covered their accomplishments.
Their games were played from June - August 2007 (33 games in all), and were extensively covered by the North County Times, Solana Beach Sun, Carmel Valley News, Del Mar Times and the San Diego Union Tribune. They defeated the Northern California champion (from San Jose) to finally become the State of California Champions (meaning the best little league team in the entire state of California). The story of these amazing kids racing through Little League District Tournaments in 2007 (District 31 champions, Section 6 champions, Division 3 champions and the champions of Southern California) was riveting San Diego County, especially North County.
(Above) Then (top) and now (bottom), 10 years later: Bottom row (l-r): Chad Thurston, Hayden Grant, Evan Schrieber, Trevor Semerdjian, Max Kesselhaut, Nolan Weinberg Back row (l-r): Coach John Peabody, Daniel Retizler, Jackson Balla, Coach Dan Schreiber, Coach Michael Thurston (missing Ryan McGee, Jackson Gentes, Robert Stuckey, Austin Abadir, Caleb Kreeger, Matt Kirkpatrick) Courtesy photos
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