EL SEGUNDO (CNS) - The all-star team from El Segundo will play for a berth in the Little League World Series Friday evening, facing its counterpart from the San Ramon-based Bollinger Canyon Little League in the championship game of the West Region Tournament.
The game is a rematch of El Segundo's 4-3 victory Saturday in the opener in the four-team tournament for both teams.
El Segundo hasn't played since defeating the all-star team from the Hilo Little League, the Hawaii state champion, 6-0, Monday.
Bollinger Canyon earned its spot in the regional's championship game with a 3-0 victory over Hilo Wednesday in the final of the elimination bracket in the modified double-elimination tournament.
The 6 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN. There will be a watch party at Rock & Brews El Segundo, with 20% of the sales going directly to the families of the players to help with travel costs.
The entire tournament is being played at Al Houghton Stadium in San Bernardino.
El Segundo is 13-1 in four tournaments this summer. It qualified for the West Region Tournament by winning the 10-team Southern California Divisional Tournament.
Bollinger Canyon is also 13-1 in four tournaments.
A team from Los Angeles County has not won the West Region Tournament since 1994, when the all-star team from the Northridge Little League won and went on to win the U.S. championship with a team including future USC and NFL quarterback Matt Cassel.
One other team from Los Angeles County has qualified for the Little League World Series over that span. The all-star team from the Torrance Little League qualified for the Little League World Series in 2021 when the World Series was limited to U.S. teams because of the coronavirus and each of the top two teams from the eight U.S. regions advanced to the World Series instead of just the champion.
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