By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

The combined team from the Queen Anne, RUG and Ballard  Little League areas of Seattle finished fourth in the Junior League Basehall West Region tournament after taking an anticlimactic 14-1 loss to Northern California on Tuesday afternoon.

The squad came in with an impressive three-game tournament winning streak since opening the action in Bend, Oregon with a loss to Nevada last Friday.

Northern California goes on to play Hawaii in a 9 a.m. Wednesday loser's bracket final for the right to take on Southern California for the championship at 9 a.m. Thursday.

The champion advances to World Series play in Taylor, Michigan.