Southern California District Administrators Association

During the Southern California District Administrator meeting at the 2020 West Region Round Table meetings in San Diego, California, the Southern California District Administrators voted to form an association and elected the first officers of the association. The current officers are listed below.

• Coordinator: Martin Hoover (CA 49)
• Vice Coordinator: Clay Berry (CA 33)
• Secretary: Marty Hoy (CA 25)
• Treasurer: Allen Pryor (CA 43)
• South Section Representatives: Kim Mowry (CA 41) and Ezio Petrella (CA 68)
• North Section Representatives: Jeff Ahrens (CA 51) and Bob McKittrick (CA 38)

Required Training for Volunteers

HEADS UP Concussion Training

To help ensure the health and safety of young athletes, CDC developed the HEADS-UP Concussion in Youth Sports initiative to offer information about concussions to coaches, parents, officials, and athletes involoved in youth sports. HEADS-UP Concussions in Youth Sports is a free online course available to coaches, parents, and others helping to keep athletes safe from concussions.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Each coach, administrator, and referee, umpire, or other game official of the youth sports organization shall be required to successfully complete the concussion and head injury and sudden cardiac arrest prevention education at least once, either online or in person, before supervising an athlete in an activity of the youth sports organization [CA HSC 124235(a)(5)(A)]. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) offers free online training on its web site.

Abuse Awareness Training

USA Baseball has approved training and certification for abuse awareness. The course can be taken from the training web site of USA Baseball. Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to print out a certificate of completion.

Southern California District Maps

A Google Map of all 39 districts in Southern California is now available. The Southern California District map has been generated using the current maps recorded in the Little League Data Center. The map can display a specific Section or District. It also identifies the District Administrator.

2022 Southern California Tournament Dates

Tournament dates for the 2022 International tournament for softball and baseball have been released by the West Region. Click the following links to download the baseball and softball charts.

Southern California Baseball Tournament Dates

Southern California Softball Tournament Dates

Little League Congress in 2022 Shifts from the West Coast to the East Coast

In an effort to celebrate and promote the 75th Little League Baseball® World Series, the Little League® International Board of Directors has made the decision to relocate the 28th Little League International Congress from Anaheim, California to Williamsport, PA. The Little League Congress will take place June 10-13, 2022. Visit Little League.org for information and FAQs on the 2022 Little League Congress.

Little League International Announces Expansion is postponed until 2022

In August 2019, Little League announced an expansion plan which would increase the number of teams participating in the Little League Baseball® World Series from 16 to 20 and the Little League Softball® World Series from 10 to 12. Two years later, Little League has announced that "due to the ongoing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, that included the cancellation of the 2020 Little League World Series and Regional Tournaments, the Little League International Board of Directors will postpone the expansion of the Little League Baseball® and Little League Softball® World Series until 2022." Therefore, the new Mountain and Metro Regions will have to wait until 2022 to crown their first champion.

The regions in the United States that will be affected the most for the baseball tournament will be the East and West Regions. Currently the West Region Headquarters in San Bernardino simultaneously hosts the the Northwest and West tournaments and sends the two tournament champions to compete in Williamsport. The restructuring of the regions will create a new region and tournament called the Mountain Region. The new Mountain Region will consist of Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. The Northwest Region will see the state champions from Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho while the West Region will include Arizona, Hawai'i, Northern California, and Southern California. We should expect that all three tournaments will run simultaneously in San Bernardino and the three tournament winners will advance to Williamsport for the Little League Baseball® World Series.

The Little League Softball® Regions will be restructured in 2022 and they will mimic the current structure of the baseball program. This means that the West Region tournament will be split to support the creation of the Northwest Region consisting of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. The West Region will be reduced to Arizona, Hawai'i, Nevada, Northern California, Southern California, and Utah. The San Bernardino will send the two tournament champions to the Little League Softball® World Series.

For additional information including the full restructuring and expansion details, visit LittleLeague.org to read the announcement and view the future bracket structure.