Led by several Pacific Palisades players, the Yankees won the Rustic Canyon Little League baseball championship on June 22, thanks in part to the last-inning heroics of back-up catcher Seth Wexler. Wexler, a third-generation Palisadian who attends Marquez Elementary, hit a walk-off three-run home run to beat the Red Sox, 5-4, and clinch the title’one of several clutch hits for Coach Mark Palmer’s squad. Palmer’s son Ryan, a crafty left-hander from Lincoln Middle School, pitched six scoreless innings in the playoffs. Rounding out the team were Henry Siegel from Paul Revere; Tristan Knight from Malibu Middle School; Matt Kaufman from St. Matthew’s; Sawyer Paulson, Alexander Brown and Rafi Bono from Marquez Elementary; Charlie Dillon from Topanga Elementary; Sam Harrison from Palisades Elementary and Adam Czer from Lighthouse Academy.
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