White and McDonald trailed 9-8 in the first round of the league tournament, but battled from behind with three runs in the top of the sixth and then held on to claim an 11-9 win over Referral Realty.

After pounding Able Printing 23-7 in the tourney semifinals, White and McDonald found itself behind again in the championship game against Winchester Ranch. This time it was an eight-run rally in the fifth innings that helped lift White and McDonald from an 8-5 deficit to an 18-10 win over Winchester.

White and McDonald held a 13-10 after five innings, thanks to a timely double play that stopped a potential Winchester Ranch rally in the bottom of the fifth. Then the champs' hitters went to work again in the sixth, putting five insurance runs on the scoreboard.

The Hard Way: Yoshihara Realty won the Lincoln Glen Little League major division championship this spring, and did it the hard way--fighting its way through the losers bracket of the league tournament. Yoshihara opened the tourney with a 1-0 loss to Paine Financial, but fought back to beat Ebert Construction 2-0 and the Letterman 9-1 before taking Paine twice--5-1 and 5-4. Members of the team included (from row, from left) Myles Oldroyd, Taylor Meeker, Andrew Whittney, Joey Guttadauro and Kyle McDowell, and (back row, from left) coach Todd Meeker Sr., Brian Bauer, Kyle Ray, Andrew Casalegno, Ben Nesmejanow, coach Xavier De La Rocha, Jason De La Rocha, Todd Meeker Jr., Alex Behrendt and coach Doug Ray.

The 'A' Team: White and McDonald won the 'A' division championship in the Lincoln Glen Little League. Team members included (front row, from left) Andrew Bullock, Reilly MacDonald, David Curry, Drew Valenzuela and Alec Varsamis; (middle row, from left) Carter Hackett, David De La Rocha, Alex Alvarado, Brian Johnston, Devin Spragg, Nick Dotzler and Audrey Haight; and (back row, from left) team parent Kristi Haight, coach Rob MacDonald and manager Peter Haight.