All Four Mill Valley All-Star Baseball Teams Still Alive

Needing a victory over a tough Tiburon team in order to qualify for single-elimination play in the District 3 Little League All-Star Tournament Thursday night, the Mill Valley 11-12’s squad came through with its best effort of pool play, shocking the previously unbeaten team to earn a spot in Saturday’s quarterfinals.

In fact, all four Mill Valley entrants in the District 3 event have advanced to Saturday’s action, including the league’s Junior Division All-Stars, who are the top seed among the four semifinalists that will square off Saturday at Alto Field in Mill Valley.

Will Muir belted two home runs (one a grand slam) among three hits, scored three times and drove in six runs in the 11-12’s 13-4 stay-alive win over Tiburon. Joe Levin pitched the first four innings for Mill Valley, giving up only two hits.

Henry Newman, Ben Lampl (two doubles) and Oliver Krill (home run) each had two hits for the winners, who advance to play top-seeded Twin Cities at 1:30 on Saturday at Joe Wagner Field in Corte Madera.

“It was great to see our boys rally after some tough losses,” Manager Bill Lampl said of his 2-3 squad. “We are going into the playoffs feeling confident.”

Here’s a recap of each Mill Valley All-Star team’s results and Saturday’s schedule:

11-12-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Taylor Bentley, Nick Buerger, Matthew Copeland, Tommy Dawson, Jack Dickson, Ethan Frankel, Jack Harris, Ben Lampl, Ryan Leake, Joe Levin, Charlie Lubenow, Jake Marquis, Will Muir, Henry Newman, Jack Newell, Connor Norton, Brooks Ryder, Max Sherman, Sam Spiegelman.

Results: Mill Valley 3, Novato American 2; Dixie-Terra Linda 14, Mill Valley 11; San Francisco National 8, Mill Valley 1; San Francisco American 4, Mill Valley 2; Mill Valley 13, Tiburon, 4.

Note: Team finished in eighth place in pool play.

Single-elimination quarterfinals: Saturday vs. Twin Cities at Joe Wagner Field, Corte Madera, 1:30 p.m.

Junior Division All-Stars

Roster: Will Banks, Jeremey Bernstein, Gabe Bouchard, Brett Bowyer, Grant Campfield, Mason Collins, Will Coomber, Angelo DeLorenzi, Sammy Dorfman, Jack Elias, Jake Ferm, Ryan Hagfeldt, Sammy Huffman, Bennett Keane, Josh Khoo-Miller, Nick Petrov, Michael Praszker, Partick Shore, Dylan Takeyama, Henry Townsend, Asher Wenig.

Results: Mill Valley 7, San Francisco 2; Mill Valley 10, Twin Cities 1; Mill Valley 14, Dixie-Terra Linda 1; Mill Valley 4, West Marin 1.

Note: Team finished in first place in pool play.

Single-elimination semifinals: Saturday vs. Twin Cities at Alto Field, Mill Valley, 2:30 p.m.

10-11-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Jordan Baldwin, Jacob Berg, Nicki Brass, Tommy Civik, Ryan Copeland, David Fineman, Nicholas Johnston, Nikhil Kharkar, Patrick Knauer, Ben Lightner, Jack Loder, Kevin McDougal, Sam Pletcher, Kenny Quantara, Owen Schwartz, Lane Stervinou, Thomas Whalen, Ben Whitaker, Jackson Woods.

Roster: San Francisco American 19, Mill Valley 1; Mill Valley 7, San Francisco National 3; Mill Valley 14, Novato South 0; Mill Valley 16, Novato American 0; Mill Valley 4, Dixie-Terra Linda 2; Mill Valley 11, Novato North 1.

Note: Team finished in second place in pool play.

Single-elimination quarterfinals: Saturday vs. Novato North at Boyle Park, Mill Valley, 1:30 p.m.

9-10-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Alexander Bires, Cooper Carroll, Franklin Colburn, Bennett Flynn, Connor Finch, Matthew Fisher, Andrew Frame, Jack Hagfeldt, Josh Herz, Rex Hill, Jack Hildebrand, Julian Holden, Liam Howard, Owen King, Eli Larson, Jimmy McCormack, Jackson Moore, Oliver Morris, Joe Press, Zachary Van Vliet, Ben Wenig.

Results: Twin Cities 8, Mill Valley 6; San Francisco National 10, Mill Valley 0; Mill Valley 10, Novato South 4; Mill Valley 7, Tiburon 2; Mill Valley 12, Dixie-Terra Linda 8.

Note: Team finished tied for fifth place in pool play.

Highlights: Recorded their third consecutive win over previously undefeated Dixie-Terra Linda to close out pool play. Alex Bires pitched three scoreless innings and nine different Mill Valley players had hits, including doubles by Josh Herz, Andrew Frame and Jack Hagfeldt.

Single-elimination quarterfinals: Saturday vs. Dixie-Terra Linda at Gallinas Field, 4 p.m.

Coach Scott Larson’s thoughts: “(The victory over Dixie-Terra Linda) is a big win for us. Dixie is a great team and this is a real confidence-booster for our boys as we head into tournament play this weekend.”