All Four Twin Cities All-Star Baseball Teams Still Alive

Two Twin Cities Little League All-Star teams captured first place in pool play for the District 3 Tournament.

The 11-12 All-Stars took advantage of a huge break – previously unbeaten Tiburon losing to Mill Valley on Thursday – to grab first place by themselves by smashing Novato South 21-0 to finish pool play 5-0.

They will return to Joe Wagner Field in Corte Madera on Saturday to face eighth-seeded Mill Valley in the quarterfinals of the single-elimination tournament that will determine the district champ.

Meanwhile, the 9-10 All-Stars saw an unbeaten run come to an end in a narrow 3-2 loss to Novato North, dropping Twin Cities into a four-way tie for first place at 4-1.

They will nonetheless advance to the quarterfinals Sunday at 11 a.m. at Gallinas Field against the winner of a tie-breaking game Saturday.

All four Twin Cities entrants in the district event advanced to the single-elimination portion of the tournament. Here are the results and schedule for each:

11-12-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Peter Bonomi, Nick Calzaretta, Zach Cohen, Andrew Colletti, RJ Cutkelvin, Clayton Demski, Brannon Dwyer, Andy Ehrenberg, Rusty McDonough, Reese Osborn, John Ryan, Will Sweeney, Alex Wilson.

Results: Twin Cities 5, Ross Valley 4; Twin Cities 3, San Francisco National 2; Twin Cities 7, Novato North 0, Twin Cities 17, West Marin 0; Twin Cities 21, Novato South 0.

Note: Team finished in first place in pool play.

Highlights: Zach Cohen and Clayton Demski combined on a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts in the win over Novato North. Cohen helped himself at the plate, belting a home run, triple and two singles, driving in three runs.

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

Junior Division All-Stars

Roster: Tyler Peck, Sarah Ihnken, Robby Warfel, Addison Brady, Nate Flax, Joe Matthews, Max Margulies, Michael Albinson, Patrick Quinn, Parker Bartlett, Mason Dean, Peter Nicosia, Dom Orsi.

Results: Dixie-Terra Linda 9, Twin Cities 5; Twin Cities 14, West Marin 6; Mill Valley 10, Twin Cities 1; San Francisco 16, Twin Cities 10.

Note: Team finished in fourth place in pool play.

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

10-11-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Henry Gardner, Nick Gardner, Thomas Geloso, Nicky Granovsky, Brady Kallas, Stephen Lightfoot, Cooper McLay, Buddy Myers, Sonny Myers, Jason Silberman, Teddy Snyder, Ben Syufy, Cale Tippett, Jack Wirth.

Results: Tiburon 13, Twin Cities 0; Twin Cities 3, San Francisco American 2; San Francisco National 12, Twin Cities 10; Novato South 5, Twin Cities 4; Twin Cities 8, Novato American 0; Twin Cities 7, Dixie-Terra Linda 3.

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

Single-elimination quarterfinals: Saturday vs. San Francisco National at Boyle Park, Mill Valley, 10 a.m.

Coach Steve Lightfoot’s thoughts: "I am excited about this team coming out of pool play. The boys are really coming together as a team and have great potential."

9-10-Year-Old All-Stars

Roster: Alex Aguerro, Marco Castillo, Josh Cohen, Ryan Jensen, Kyle Johnson, Joe Lewis, Chance Martin, Scott Matthews, Justin Neustaetter, Brennan Paganini, Danny Ryan, Dean Watson, Jacob Zimmerman.

Results: Twin Cities 9, Mill Valley 6; Twin Cities 5, Ross Valley 4; Twin Cities 10, San Francisco American 0; Twin Cities 6, West Marin 2; Novato North 3, Twin Cities 2.

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

Single-elimination quarterfinals: Sunday vs. San Francisco American, San Rafael or Tiburon at Gallinas Field, 11 a.m.