The team overcame segregation and hardship and made history as the first all-Black team to make it to the 1965 Bronco World Series.
"We really didn't know what the fathers were really doing. We only knew they were trying to get a field for us to play," said North Valley Broncos player Anthony Davis.
Davis, a USC Rose Bowl Hall of Fame running back, was on the North Valley Broncos. He said his teammates didn't fully understand why they had to play on separate fields. "First they went to the quarter-finals, which were in Utah where they won there. This allowed them to advance all the way to Bedford, Massachusetts, where they played in the championship game," said Pacoima Historical Society board member Lon Grandison.To honor the team's accomplishments, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez dedicated the intersection of Dronfield Avenue and Osborne Street in Pacoima as the North Valley Bronco Little League Team Square.
"I didn't ever think this would be possible because when we were younger, they didn't do anything like this for us. Oh man, I can't even begin to explain," said North Valley Broncos player Ricky Chapron.
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