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See the attached article about our Bruin's winning the California State American Legion Championship! The last time a Wilson team advanced to the Championship game was in 1966!! Our 2010 Bruins have done us proud!!

Please note the information at the bottom of the article.

The Beach Club on PCH is hosting a fund raiser for our Bruins to help offset the costs of this trip to Las Vegas. They will donate 20% of all receipts on Monday! The team and parents will also have a meeting that night so please stop by, say hello, and support our Bruins.

It's a Great Day to be a Bruin!!

Terry Kassien
1977 Moore League Champions

Wilson club now California champs

YOUTH BASEBALL: Bruins beat San Bernardino for title.

By Dave Werstine, Staff Writer

Posted: 07/27/2010 10:11:03 PM PDT

By all accounts, the American Legion State Tournament final in Yountville on Tuesday morning was not a great baseball game. But that was certainly OK with Wilson High.

The Bruins got another good start, this time from Ty Provenchar, and made fewer mistakes in an 11-5 victory over defending state champ San Bernardino to claim the tournament title and advance to the regionals.

"It was two tired teams out there today," said Wilson coach Andy Hall, noting nine errors in the game, four by his own team. "We just outpitched and outhit them a little. I think we outlasted them more than anything. They played two games yesterday and needed to beat us twice today.... We can call ourselves California state champions."

The victory moved Wilson into the eight-team double-elimination regional tournament, which begins Aug. 6 at Southwestern College in Las Vegas. The Bruins are the first local team since Los Alamitos in 2004 to reach the regionals. They are also the first Long Beach team since Peterson Post (Poly) to win the state title since 1963.

Even though Hall and the Bruins are drained after several weeks of competing, they were stoked to move on, especially when they heard about all the perks.

"We're going to Vegas!" Hall said. "They were talking about us getting on a plane next Wednesday and putting us up in a hotel. We are going to let it rip and see what happens." Wilson, which defeated San Bernardino in the state opener, scored three runs in the first inning and three more in the second to take a 6-0 lead. Doing a good part of the damage Tuesday was the red-hot Daniel DeWolf, who went 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs and finished the tournament 10-for-15 with nine RBIs and seven runs scored. Soloman Williams chipped in with a big two-run base hit. Provenchar went a solid eight innings, walking none and striking out three. His performance was good enough to give the Bruins an 8-5 cushion going into the final frame. The Bruins were gifted three runs in the top of the ninth to put the game away. They loaded the bases before the pitcher's pickoff attempt of third base went awry. The errant play allowed the ball to travel down the third-base line and Wilson to score three more runs to make it 11-5.

"I felt good about that (8-5 lead)," said Hall, who liked the six-run lead all the better. "That was like a three-run homer for free."

Sean Buckle closed out the game with a 1-2-3 ninth.

There will be a fundraiser for the Bruins' trip to Las Vegas Monday at 6:30p.m. at the Beach Club,

5755 E. Pacific Coast Highway

, which will donate 20 percent of the night's receipts to the team.

The Wilson High Bruins captured the California State American Legion Championship today!!! They went undefeted and will play in the Regional's next week. This is the first State Championship for a Long Beach team since 1963! Other winners were 1944 and 1930. I don't know what schools the other champions were from but it's believed this is the first Championship for Wilson!

Wilson 11-

San Bernadino 6 !!!

It's a great day to be a Bruin!!

SUNDAY-BRUINS WIN EXTRA INNING MARATHON TO STAY IN THE WINNERS BRACKET. - 11 innings, 32 total hits & 4 1/2 hours later the Bruins prevailed, 12-9 on Sunday afternoon with a total team effort. Visitors for the 2nd day in a row, the Bruins got on the board first with 2 runs in the 1st. Sean Buckle took the mound and gave one back with a home-run from the lead off batter. Bruin bats came back out in the 2nd with a 2 run homer by Buckle followed by a 2 run homer by Soloman Williams to give Wilson a 6-1 lead. Daniel DeWolf stayed hot going 4 for 4 with 3 walks, Riley Parker went 3 for 6 with 3 RBI's, Stefan Miladovich went 2 for 4 and the Bruins got key RBI hits by Ryan Emma and Tyler Vaughn when they needed it the most. Buckle worked behind most of the day but managed to leave after 7 with 10 strike-outs and a 7-4 lead, handing the ball to Britt Barmayer. After 2 walks and some timely hits, Merced was back in business and managed to tie the game eventually in the bottom of the 9th at 8-8 after Ryan Emma had given the Bruins another run in the top. Ty Provenchar came in to finish the 9th and a stellar defensive play by Daniel DeWolf saved the game & got them into extra innings. The 10th came and went for both teams. The Bruins came back up in the 11th sending 9 batters to the plate. With bases loaded and 1 out, Tyler Vaughn had a clutch hit to put the BruCrew ahead 9-8 to load the bases again. Buckle hit a triple to clear the bases to make it 12-8. Provenchar for the 2nd day in a row, shut the door in the bottom of the 11th after giving up a run. The Bruins will face Playa del Rey Monday in the semi final winner bracket game at noon. If they win, they'll play for the State Championship on Tuesday.

SATURDAY-BRUINS TAKE GAME ONE -AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT-YOUNTVILLE - The Bruins played the early game at Borman Field on Sat and came away with the first win of the tournament. It didn't come easy at the end. The Bruins scored 2 in the first inning on two errors by San Bernardino. Stefan Miladovich took the mound and threw 7 shutout innings, keeping the older San Bernardino team to ground and fly ball outs. Wilson bats were held pretty quiet except for Soloman Williams with 3 dbls and 4 RBI's on the day while Daniel DeWolf who went 3 of 4 with a walk. Stefan Miladovich and Sean Buckle added singles to the cause. The Bruins were cruising until the 8th with a 5-0 lead when the San Bernardino bats came alive and they scored 4 runs. Wilson came to bat in the 9th. With 2 on, Williams got his 3rd double of the day scoring Buckle and DeWolf to put the game at 7-4. Ty Provenchar came in to close the game out, giving up 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th, then shutting the door with a pop fly to finish the game. Final score 7-6.

AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT-YOUNTVILLE,CA. JULY 24TH-27TH. - The Bruins will be heading north to the beautiful Napa Valley to take part in the American Legion State Tournament next weekend. This will be the first trip since the 1999 season and the first time for Coach Hall and his staff. They will take part in the 6 team double elimination event over the course of 4 days at Cleve Borman Field. Good luck Bruins!

2010 Legion Playoff Bracket

CONGRATS BRUINS-AMERICAN LEGION AREA 4 CHAMPIONS! - Our Bruin team took the area 4 title in back to back 9 inning games against reigning champ Paramount on Sunday. The BruCrew lost the opener 3-2 in a pitching duel between the two teams with Chase DeJong on the mound. The Pirates found a few more holes while the Bruins struggled to string enough hits together to get more runs across. In the nightcap Stefan Miladovich threw a 7 inning shutout while the Bruins scored 3 runs, with key hits by Brett Harper, Tim Richards, an RBI double by Sean Buckle and a 2 RBI night by Michael Sidek. Ty Provenchar came in for a third straight game and closed the game out for the title. The team is headed to Yountville next weekend to represent Area 4 in the State Tournament.

Wilson finished strong by winning their final two games to finish 9-3 in the Moore League... It just wasn't quite good enough... Poly got beat by Lakewood to end their year at 8-4 for 4th place in the Moore League. Lakewood took first with an excellent season and 10-2 in the league, both losses coming at the hands of the Bruins.. So final standings:

Lakewood 1st

Wilson/Millikan tied for 2nd

Poly 4th

Update...Update.. Wednesday

is it... Wednesday we are all Poly Fans!!!

If you aren't following Moore League Baseball this year....you are missing a great season.

Lakewood has a nationally ranked team, however Wilson has beat them twice this year. Millikan for some reason has had our number this year and beat us twice... We split our games with the Jackrabbits...and now it all comes down to this week. Wilson needs to win it's last two games to finish 9-3 in the Moore League. Millikan is almost assured of a win next week to also finish 9-3. If Poly can somehow beat Lakewood this week, both Lakewood and Poly would also finish 9-3 for a four way tie for 1st in the Moore League.... That is right we all have to root for Poly this week... Go Rabbits!!!

UPDATE: Wilson got by a nail biter against Cabrillo..Only one more win to go 9-3. The Moore league ends on Wednesday... Millikan needs to beat Jordan, Wilson needs to beat Compton... Poly needs to beat Lakewood.. for a 4 way tie for first... Go Jackrabbits!!!!

Moore 09-10 Baseball Standings

Team	* W-L-T	* Pct.	W-L-T	Pct.	RF	RA	Strk	More
Lakewood	8-2-0	0.800	24-5-0	0.828	250	86	1 W	[+]
Millikan	8-3-0	0.727	15-13-1	0.534	150	128	6 W	[+]
Wilson	7-3-0	0.700	17-10-1	0.625	180	88	3 W	[+]
Long Beach Poly	7-3-0	0.700	14-10-1	0.580	167	121	1 L	[+]
Compton	2-8-0	0.200	7-15-0	0.318	103	213	8 L	[+]
Jordan	2-8-0	0.200	5-20-0	0.200	73	215	1 W	[+]
Cabrillo	2-9-0	0.182	5-16-0	0.238	69	161	3 L	[+]

If you missed Bruin Night @ Blair on March 26th, you truly missed one of the best high school baseball games to come to Long Beach in many years.

Enjoy some photos from the game and also some shots of the game in the stands and celebrating afterwards with the slide show at the bottom of the page. Remember you can keep track of Bruin Baseball for what is shaping up to be an incredible year. www.lbwilsonbaseball.org