Arcata 10/11 All Stars (left to right): Sierra Baldwin, Brodie Sargent, Finn Murphy, Riley Mosher, Xavier Finnegan, Mason Nickols, Nick Parker, Aero McDonald, Alex Gorge, Hudson Mierau, Abram Rau, Isaiah Levy.  Not shown: Head Coach Mike Smith and assistant coaches Marty Conti, Frank Bisio, and Buzz Parker.

The 10- and 11-year-olds pictured above are headed to Petaluma for the NorCal State Little League Championship Tournament after a thrilling 13-11 victory over Chico last night in the District 1, Section 2 All Star Championship Final.

The Arcata All Stars have been on quite a run in recent weeks. After earning a tournament victory here in Humboldt County (aka District 26), the All-Stars headed to Redding for the 2015 California District 1 Section 2 Little League All-Star tournament. There they went 3-0, beating Red Bluff 10-3, Chico 5-4 (with a walk-off single) and finally Chico again in the championship game.

Assistant Coach Buzz Parker told LoCO that the team has been fueled by “really good support in the community,” including travel expenses donated through a gofundme campaign. 

After the local tournament, Parker said, “We just had really good momentum, and we took that to Redding.”

Below is a video of Parker’s son, Nick, throwing the final pitch in last night’s game. You can check out the team’s Facebook page here, or donate to the gofundme campaign to help pay for the upcoming trip to Petaluma.