New City Little League 11-12 Softball All Stars Fly to Portland

The New City Little League 11-12 Softball All Stars are taking off on a flight across the country early Tuesday afternoon to participate in the 2011 Little League World Series in Portland, OR.

New City won the District 18 Title on July 1 against Nanuet. They then went on to win the Section 4 Title against Kensico a week later. They defeated Camden in the finals of the New York State Title Game on July 19.

At this point, the New City All Stars became the New York All Stars. After ultimately emerging from the East Region as champions, the New York All Stars became the East Region All Stars and booked their tickets to Portland. It has been a long journey for the 13 girls form Clarkstown and they have no intentions of stopping now.

Over $6,000 was raised by through local efforts to help parents and family members take the cross-country trip to deliver the support the team will need. More than 35 family members including parents, siblings and grandparents are making the journey to be at Portland's Alpenrose Stadium to cheer the team. 

You can follow the team on Facebook and leave a message of support or check on the latest news about the team. If you want to see the New City, NY and East Region Champions in action, log on to the Little League web site and click the “follow all the action LIVE!” link.

Schedule is as follows:

• Game against Lombardia LL from Milano, Italy at 2 p.m. PDT on Friday, Aug. 12
• Game against Wilkes County LL from North Carolina at 3 p.m. PDT on Saturday, Aug. 13
• Game against Muntinlupa LL from Muntinlupa, Philippines at 5 p.m. PDT on Aug. 14
• Game against Willow Creek LL from Beaverton, OR at 8 p.m. PDT on Monday, Aug. 15
•  Semi-finals on Tuesday, Aug. 16 at 4 p.m. EDT or 8 p.m. EDT.
• Championship Game at 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 17
• Semi-Finals and the Championship game can be seen live on ESPN2 or ESPN3.com