WASHINGTON, PA (August 10, 2022) - San Jose, CA, has won PONY Baseball’s West Zone to qualify for the 2022 DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series.

After making its first ever appearance last year, San Jose is excited to repeat as the West Zone champions and punch the city’s second ticket to the World Series. Shane Hall, who also coached the 2021 San Jose team, is excited to be back. 

“The West Zone championship is where they showed grit and determination…,” Coach Shane Hall said. “We dropped game one against Long Beach in a horrible fashion. Every game after that was an elimination game - something we haven’t faced since last season.”

Coach Hall couldn’t be more proud of his players after they battled their way out of the elimination bracket.

“This is an amazing group of very talented young men…,” Hall said. “They are one for all and all for one. Every player on this team strives to be the captain and not the MVP.”

After losing its first game in the West Zone tournament 12-0 to Long Beach, CA, San Jose won five games in a row to punch its ticket to Washington, PA. 

San Jose will play its first game in the 2022 tournament against Monterrey, MX, at 1:00 PM/ET on Saturday, August 13, at Lew Hays PONY Field in Washington, PA.

DICK’S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series

The DICK'S Sporting Goods PONY League World Series is an international youth baseball tournament played annually at Lew Hays PONY Field in Washington, PA. The World Series annually attracts 25,000 fans and contributes over $4 million to the regional economy, with all games livestreamed internationally via MLB.com. The tournament represents PONY Baseball's 13- and 14-year-old age division. PONY has over 500,000 players ages 3-23 in more than 50 countries. More information is available at plws.org.