Cardinals Fly to Title
The Cupertino National Little League’s major division championship went down to the wire, with the Cardinals beating the Giants in the last two games of the best-of-three playoff. After the Giants won the opener 8-7, the Cards bounced back 2-0 in game 2 as pitcher Tate Boynton twirled a complete game, seven-strikeout effort, and then won 6-2 in the finale behind Willy Liou’s towering two-run home run. In the Tournament of Champions, the Cardinals lost a tough 12-10 decision to the Santa Clara Homestead Royals. Team members include, front row from left, Conner Nieh, Richard Kim, Anakin Trotter and Sudhit Rao; middle row from left, Anthony Yew, Tate Boynton, Sean Yang, Ling-Jet Chee, John Damozonio, Owen Lassa and Sean Fell; and back row from left, Willy Liou, coach Ken Yew, manager Steve Damozonio, coach Michael Trotter, coach Qing Yang and Robert Borrego.
