East Barstow Little League softball team in championships
HESPERIA • The East Barstow Little League Softball Senior All Stars will be playing in the Section 8 championship game at Hesperia Community Park in Hesperia Friday.
The all stars will take the field at 8 p.m. and face the winner of the Colton vs. Fontana game from Thursday evening. Barstow won two straight games to advance into the championship of the double elimination tournament, avoiding the losers bracket and extra games. If Barstow loses today they will play a 10 a.m. rematch on Saturday.
Barstow first beat Wildwood of San Bernardino 11-9 on Tuesday, and then squeaked past Colton in with a 9-8 extra inning victory on Wednesday. Barstow trailed 8-4 in the seventh inning, but added four runs, including two on a triple from Kayla Strauss, to force an eighth inning. Strauss again came through for the team late. She hit the ball to second base, but the ball was fumbled allowing the winning run to score for Barstow.
If Barstow wins the championship they will advance to the Divisional round.