Josh Enciso of PacWest peeks over his shoulder before delivering his pitch. CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE OR SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW MORE
PacWest prevailed over South Highline American, 3-1, to capture the District 7 Major Little League Tournament of Champions championship.
The victorious Dodgers and American's Nationals both went into the tournament as the winners of their respective charter titles and had to survive single-elimination action to get to Monday's final at the Normandy Park City Hall complex.
Josh Enciso threw the entire game for the Dodgers to earn the victory, striking out 11 South Highline American hitters.
Jason Fenster of the Nationals also went the distance on the mound, only to take the loss in the low-scoring contest. He struck out nine Dodgers hitters.
PacWest of SeaTac and Burien scored solo runs in the second, third and sixth and the Nationals put their only run on the scoreboard in the sixth.
Dylan Shaw singled and later scored on a wild pitch for PacWest in the second, then John Kemp doubled and scored in the third.
Mark McClean singled and came around to score an insurance run in the sixth.
Gregor Dovich walked and scored for American in the sixth.
Players for the victorious Dodgers are Ethan Weets, Trenton Brown, John Kemp, Josh Enciso, Dylan Shaw, Mark McClean, Will Roberson, Alonzo Zaragoza, Matt Perkins, Aaron Fhong, Tim Elliott and Stella Fosberg.
Now that the regular season teams are done, next up in the District 7 Little League world are the charter All-Star tournaments.
Both the Majors and age 10 and 11 tournaments begin Saturday at the Bar-S fields in West Seattle (above Alki Point).
The PacWest complex will host the age 9 and 10 and Juniors (age 13-14) tournaments starting Saturday, July 6.