Local all star team to compete in regional tournament

Rob Branson, coach of Ontario Fastpitch All-Star's girls 10 and under team, stopped by the council meeting Tuesday night to tell everyone that the team has been invited to play in a regional tournament this weekend in San Diego.

This is the first regional invitation for many girls on the team, Branson said.

Teams from Northern and Southern California will compete in this tournament, which is by invitation only. The girls were invited after playing in a tournament in Beaumont the previous weekend, he said.

Initially, the team thought they were out of it after losing -- in fact some of them were crying, he said.

But later on that day, Branson said, he got the invitation.

"Sometimes, even when you lose, you win," he said.

Just then, Mayor Paul Leon chimed in.

"Did you say they were crying? There's no crying in baseball, softball," he said.