Maverick County Little League Junior Softball All-Stars Seek Southwest Regional Championship July 22-25, 2022
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2022
The undefeated Maverick County Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Stars (8-0) will seek the Little League Junior Softball Southwest Regional Championship during July 22-25, 2022 in Albuquerque, New Mexico against state champion teams from New Mexico, Colorado, Texas East, Louisiana, Host Team from Albuquerque, and Texas West (Maverick County).
After sweeping the District 35 Championship, Texas West Section 3 Championship, and the Texas West State Championship the past three weeks going undefeated (8-0), the mighty Maverick County Junior Softball All-Stars will face more competitive teams as each team is either a state champion or the host team of the City of Albuquerque. Nonetheless, the Maverick County All-Stars are confident they have the talent and leadership to take the Little League Junior Softball Southwest Regional Championship and advance to the Little League Junior Softball World Series.
The Southwest Regional Championship gets underway on Friday, August 22 in Albuquerque, New Mexico with Game One being between the Host Team from Albuquerque against the New Mexico State Champion followed by Game Two between Texas East versus Colorado.
Maverick County Junior Softball All-Stars first game is on Saturday, August 23 at 9 a.m. (Mountain Standard Time) against the winner of Game One between the Host Team from Albuquerque and New Mexico State Champion. Depending on whether they win or lose their first game, Maverick County will either play their second game on Saturday, August 23 or Sunday, August 24. Should they win both games, they would advance to the Southwest Regional Championship game on Monday, August 25.
The Maverick County Little League Junior Softball All-Stars are composed of Claritza Leija, Emily Valdez, Mayte Figueroa, Sofia Gomez, Karina Gomez, Fatima Montiel, Elisa Gomez, Itzel Luna, Amber Espinosa, and Daisy Garcia. Team manager is Hector Leija and assistance coach is Harold Valdez.
The first Eagle Pass-Maverick County Little League Softball All-Star teams were two Majors (12 Under) teams at the Texas Little League District 35 Tournament in 2001 in the inaugural season of Little League Softball in Eagle Pass founded by local youth sports promoter and attorney, Ricardo E. Calderon, under former Eagle Pass American Little League President Armando Euresti and Texas Little League District 35 Director Gerald “Jerry” McCrary.
Since the 2001 founding of Little League Softball in Eagle Pass, two Eagle Pass Little League Junior (14 Under) Softball All-Star teams have qualified and played in the Little League Junior Softball World Series in Kirkland, Washington under Team managers Cesar Flores and later Willie Ruiz.
The Maverick County Little League Junior Softball All-Stars of 2022 seek to become the third team from Eagle Pass to advance to the Little League Junior Softball World Series. To get there, they will have to play one game, one pitch, one at-bat, one inning at a time and win the Little League Southwest Regional Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico this weekend.
The Eagle Pass Business Journal wishes the Maverick County Little League Junior Softball All-Stars all the best at the Little League Junior Softball Southwest Regional Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico during July 22-25, 2022.
Updated 07/23/2022.
