San Ramon Teen Baseball Champs Bound For Babe Ruth World Series

San Ramon CA

03 August, 2021

7:29 PM

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SAN RAMON, CA — Teenage baseball players from the Tri-Valley Babe Ruth scored a state title last week, a feat that will send more than a dozen 14-year-olds from San Ramon, Pleasanton and Danville to the Babe Ruth World Series later this month. The winning teens will head to Ottumwa, Iowa on later this month, where they are set to begin the series with a game against 14-year-olds in Rapid City, South Dakota on Aug. 15. On Monday, a fundraising campaign was launched on GoFundMe to raise money for airfare, lodging and meals for the champs. The effort had raised $1,325 of a $60,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon. See the team's fundraiser here. The group's big win at the Pacific Southwest Regional tournament last week made it all possible, team representatives said. "Congratulations to the TVBR 14s for winning their Regional Championship! Now on to the Babe Ruth World Series. We're proud of you young men," Tri-Valley Babe Ruth wrote on its Facebook page. Late last month, San Ramon's Canyon Creek Little League took home the regional title for 8 to 10-year-olds after going undefeated at the Little League Northern California Championship tournaments. GoFundMe is a Patch promotional partner.