The Dos Pueblos Little League Junior All-Stars kicked off the District 63 tournament with a 10-4 win over Santa Paula on Thursday at Goleta Valley South Little League.
The game was called after six innings due to darkness.
Following two scoreless innings, DPLL cracked the scoreboard first with an RBI single by Taylor Young that scored Noah Connolly.
Santa Paula then answered in the bottom of the third with a trio of runs to jump out to its first lead of the game at 3-1.
In the top of the fourth, Lazlo Csordas came through with a two-out, bases-loaded double that scored all three runs and gave DPLL the lead back at 4-3.
After an answer by Santa Paula tied it up at 4-4, DPLL regained the lead after a pair of walks and a double by Stone Saunders in the top of the fifth.
It was all DPLL for the remainder of the game, scoring four more runs and holding Santa Paula scoreless en route to the 10-4 win.
Young, Reed Bitter and Marcus Carbajal contributed on the mound for DPLL, totaling seven total strikeouts. Offensively, Saunders, Csordas and Nick Salcido collected two hits apiece.
DPLL will continue District tournament play when they take on Fillmore LL on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Goleta Valley South Little League.
The DPLL Juniors All-Star team members are Reed Bitter, Marcus Carbajal, Lazlo Csordas, Noah Conolly, Carter Denier, Max Means, Jonah Pepper, Jaxson Russell, Nick Salcido, Stone Saunders, Isaac Tellez, Austin Wang and Taylor Young.
