Summerlin North Little League is now accepting applications for managers for the 2013 Fall Ball season. Click HERE to view and download the Manager Application.

There are no evaluations and drafts in Fall Ball. Managers put together most of their team, but some individual registrations will be accepted and placed on teams without full rosters. Teams will register and pay online. Each team manager will be responsible for securing their own uniforms. There are a few details being worked out, but here are some basics:

Based on interest, we may the following divisions in the Fall:

A: League Age 6-8. In this division, you are limited to (4) 8 year-olds, and managers may bring a maximum of 10 players. The remaining two players will be players who are assigned to your team based upon individual registration. You may bring no more than 2 players who do not live in SNLL boundaries.

AA: League Age 8-10. In this division, you are limited to (4) 10 year-olds and managers may bring a maximum of 10 players. The remaining two players will be players who are assigned to your team based upon individual registrations. You may bring no more than 2 out-of-boundary players.

AAA: League Age 9-11. In this division, you are limited to (2) 11 year olds and managers may bring a full roster (at least 12 and no more than 13 players). And no more than 2 out-of-boundary players.

Majors: League Age 10-12. Managers may bring a full roster but must carry at least 12 but no more than 13 players. And no more than 2 out-of boundary players.

50/70: League Age 11-13 playing on Trails 3 field.

(Note that Leage Age is player's age on April 30, 2014.)

The following players have been selected to the SNLL 9/10 ear-old All Star team:

standing l-r....
Brysen Arbuckle, James Hutchings, Dominik Reizler, Zach Culver,Taylor McFarland, Jacob Banghart

kneeling l-r....
Donovan Souder, Matt Seibold, Gage Fleming, Antonio Maillaro, Ethan Klingler, Chase Conrad, Jacob Gutierrez

back row...
Coach Thayne Klingler, Manager Mike Souder, Coach Eric Seibold

The following players have been selected to the SNLL 9/10 year-old All Star Team:
(Top row)
Miguel Guzman
Lucas Laurita
Noah Glaser
Jackson Hall
Matthew Gromny
Karthick Gondy

(Bottom row)
Chris Dietrich
Jack Stein
C.J. Smith
Bronson Mariano
Tommy DiLandri
Shane Taylor

(Not pictured)
Jaden Chamberlain

The 9/10 year-old All Star team is managed by Chris Trenton. The assistant coach is Joe Ayson.

The Major Mets had a very successful season, being in first place from the first game of the season to the Championship Game.  This was accomplished while 10 of the 12 players had the opportunity to pitch.  Unfortunately, Harrison Clayton, the only 10 year old on the team, broke his arm after a 2 hit game on April 13th and was lost for the season.  He was there in voice and spirit for the rest of the games.

The Mets beat the Marlins twice in the playoffs to claim the 2012 Major Championship.  The Championship Game was a pitcher's duel between the Marlins' Brandon Ashe and the Mets' Noah Williamson.  Through the top of the 5th inning, the game was a nail biter, with the Mets up 2-1.  In the bottom of the 5th, the Mets scored 4 runs on hits by Parker Sylvester, Williamson and Jacob Gutierrez, as well as two walks and an error.  After Williamson reached his pitch limit in the top of the 6th inning, Nick Smirk came in to get two strike outs to secure the Championship. 

We'd like to thank our eight - 12 year olds who's Little League careers came to an end at the conclusion of the Championship Game.  Most if not all of these players have been in our league since they started in T-Ball in 2006.  These players are Eli Duncan, John Gorey, Bill Grove, Jack Nicholl, Brandon Reeves, Nick Smirk, Parker Sylvester and Noah Williamson.

It turned out to be a best-of-three affair between the Indians and the Orioles in the Summerlin North Little League AAA Tournament.

The #2 seed Indians defeated the #1 seed Orioles 8-7 in extra innings in the second round of the playoffs, forcing the Orioles into the loser's bracket. Due to curfew, that game was played over two evenings!

The Orioles won out through the loser's bracket to earn a rematch with the Indians with the SNLL Championship on the line. The Indians erupted for 4 runs in the bottom of the first in that game and in the fourth inning found themselves with a 7-3 lead. But it was the O's who rallied late in that game, and an 8-run 5th inning contributed to a 13-7 final score, giving the Indians their first tournament loss and resulting in one final championship game in this double-elimination tournament.

The final game of the SNLL playoffs was a pitcher's duel in the first three innings, with the score 1-0 in the top of the fourth. But a huge rally by the Indians led to an eventual 5-2 lead heading into the bottom of the final inning. After the O's rallied to make it 5-4, with the tying run on third base and two outs, the Indians intentionally walked two batters to set up a force at any base. The first pitch to the Orioles' Jacob Banghart was looped into right field for a base hit. The O's Shane Taylor raced around third and slid into home plate, barely beating the throw, and the Orioles won in walk-off fashion. Congratulations to two evenly-matched teams who played hard and certainly earned their first- and second- place trophies!

After several lead changes, the Summerlin North Red Sox capped off a great season by defeating the hard charging Mets 13-12 in the finals of the AA Tournament. With the Mets leading 12-10 in the bottom of the fifth, the Red Sox rallied to cut the deficit by one run. First-year Little Leaguer Benjamin Reintjes made the game-winning play on a go ahead two RBI single to seal the victory. Congratulations to Manager Adam Winer and the entire Mets team for a great game – this was truly ‘one for the ages!’

Season highlights:

12-2 Regular Season (champions)

3-0 Tournament Play

2013 Tournament Champions

176 runs scored

12 home runs

Special thanks goes to the Hanratty Law Group (team sponsor), Coach Manny Abeyta, Kristin Norton, the AA Red Sox parents, and the SNLL Board of Directors for their support of Little League baseball.

The Summerlin North Little League 50/70 team recently finished in second place in the District 4 50/70 post-season tournament held on the Trails #3 field. The SNLL squad knocked off the higher seeded Spring Valley and Redrock Little League teams to finish second behind the tournament favorite, Western Little League.

Pictured in the team photo above are Manager Frank Williamson and players: Donovan Souder, Parker Sylvester, Noah Bolneo, Treiton Maybee, Brett Aquilera, Noah Williamson, Michael Peck, Jared Humble, Riley Griffith, David Ortega and Devin Martin.

SNLL would like to congratulate the SNLL 50/70 players and their parents for a great season of 50/70 baseball on the Trails fields.

Back Row:  Coach Mike Nicholl, Manager Jeff Sylvester, Coach Jeff Grove
Middle Row:  James Hutchings, Brandon Reeves, Jacob Gutierrez, Harrison Clayton, Noah Williamson, Eli Duncan
Bottom Row (L to R):  Billy Grove, Eric Ho, John Gorey, Jack Nicholl, Parker Sylvester, Nick Smirk

The Orioles recently won the SNLL AAA regular season championship with a regular season record of 14-3.
Pictured in the team photo above are:
Top row: Coach Dave Byerman, Manager Russell Taylor, Coach Ryan Erwin
MIddle row: Zach Adams, Will Byerman, Chris Frankot, Shane Taylor, Chase Camper, Braden Erwin, Jackson Shelvin
Bottom row: Taylor McFarland, Ken Thompson lll, Mace Cunningham, Chris Dietrich, Jacob Banghart

Top row: Coach Kevin Hanratty, Manager Joe Ayson, Coach Sean Tanko, Coach Gary Schofield
Middle row:  Sammy Ayala, Quint Wegner, Alex Del Rio, Ryan Schofield, Jacob Hanratty, Ben Reintjes
Front row: Andrew Ayson, Chuck Norton, Luke Yeager, Jackson Tanko, Owen Ohlson

 Summerlin North Little League would like to thank the following businesses for sponsoring the 2013 Spring Season t-shirt:

Good Guys Air Conditioning Repairmen
The Sunny Plumber
Klai Juba Architects
High Risk Pregnancy Center
Desert Green Landscaping
Sunburst Shutters & Window Fashions
Faith Lutheran Middle School & High School
Civil Squared Engineering

The SNLL Board of Directors would like to thank all of the players, parents, and coaches for a great 2013 Spring season. We will be posting information about the 2013 Fall baseball season on the SNLL website in the coming weeks.

As always, please feel free to e-mail SNLL at SummerlinNorthLL@gmail.com with suggestions of how we can become a better Little League.

Sincerely,
Russell Taylor
SNLL President