HotCornerDad,
I don't think Pony has bought into the new ages yet, although they'll probably have to.
This is my son's first year in Pony so I'm not that familiar with the all-star tournament formats but I expect that our league should do pretty well in Pony as they've got most of the best kids from a couple different leagues that each went pretty far back in Bronco a couple years ago. The 13yos are in a similar position plus they pulled in the LLWS pitcher who won the US championship game.