[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                OCEAN VIEW LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD CHAMPIONS

 Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I am very pleased to extend my best 
wishes and congratulations to the Ocean View Little League team from 
Huntington Beach, CA. On August 28, this team of 11- and 12-year-olds 
defeated Japan to win the Little League World Series championship in 
Williamsport, PA.
  It was a dramatic victory. With two outs and the bases loaded in the 
bottom of the sixth and final inning, first baseman Nick Pratto 
delivered a sharp single to center to score the winning run for Ocean 
View.
  Nothing could stop this team. Not their friendly rivals from 
Billings, MT, who pushed Ocean View to the brink of elimination by 
winning an extra-inning thriller earlier in the Little League World 
Series. And not Hurricane Irene, which brought rain to Williamsport and 
pushed back the final game by more than 3 hours. Ocean View defeated 
Billings on August 27 to win the U.S. championship and then outlasted a 
tough Japanese team 2-1 to win the final.
  Orange County, CA, has produced scores of major league baseball 
players, the 2002 World Champion Angels, and the Cal State Fullerton 
Titans, four-time winners of the College World Series. Now, for the 
first time, Orange County has a Little League World Series champion.
  This was a great victory for Ocean View's players and coaches as well 
as their families and the Huntington Beach community that supported 
their long march to the championship.

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