ELL 10-11 All-Stars Pin First Loss on Park View

The Encinitas Little League 10-11 All-Stars handily beat previously undefeated Park View LL 11-3 Wednesday night at the Chollas Lake LL field in San Diego, setting up a one-game showdown Thursday for the Southern California South Sub-Division championship.

The winner advances to the best-two-of-three series against the North Sub-Division winner for the overall SoCal 10-11 title.

Encinitas starter Ethan Paulson scattered eight hits in a complete-game effort, yielding two runs in the first inning but only one the rest of the way against a potent Park View offense.

ELL provided Paulson with plentty of offense, hitting five home runs, the first a two-run shot by Paulson himself. Keaton Carattini hit the first of his two homers later in the first, a three-run shot to put Encinitas ahead to stay.

Back-to-back round-trippers in the fourth inning by JJ Rytz and Jared Jackson padded the lead, and ELL's solid defense preserved the lead.

Thursday's title game is set for 5:30 p.m. at the Chollas Lake facility in the College Grove area of San Diego, where this weekend's North-South series is also scheduled to be played.