11-YEAR OLD CAL RIPKEN

CONNECTICUT STATE TOURNAMENT

WELCOME TO WOODBRIDGE, CT –

PROUD HOST OF THE 11 – YEAR OLD

CAL RIPKEN CT STATE TOURNAMENT !!

ALL GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT THE WFBL’S

ACORN HILL BASEBALL COMPLEX

{LOCATED AT 85 ACORN HILL ROAD EXT.} …

WE PLAN TO PROVIDE A GAME BY GAME SUMMARY OF ALL GAMES PLAYED

IN THIS TOURNAMENT, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH OUR WEB SITE

ON A DAILY BASIS, SO KEEP TUNED FOR UPDATES …

OPENING GAMES OF THE TOURNAMENT – JULY 19^th

{PLAYED ON A VERY HOT & HUMID DAY}

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF DAY 1 …

NEW CANAAN 16 … BETH – WOOD 9

A SEE – SAW BATTLE THAT SAW 3 MAJOR SCORE CHANGES …

NEW CANAAN ROCKETED OUT TO A 6 – 0 LEAD AFTER 1 ½ INNINGS,

ONLY TO SEE BETH – WOOD STORM BACK TO TAKE AN 8 – 6 LEAD

INTO THE TOP OF THE 3^rd INNING … NEW CANAAN NEVER GAVE UP

AND BROUGHT THE GAME OPEN WITH A 5 RUN 6^th INNING TO WIN

THE GAME, 16 – 9 … HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EXCITING GAME FOR

NEW CANAAN WERE LED BY A GRAND SLAM HOME RUN OFF THE BAT

OF MAX WILSON IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st ; MATTHEW TOTH LED NEW

CANAAN WITH 4 HITS (INCLUDING 2 HOME RUNS) AND 5 RBI’S.

MICHAEL DUNN – WEISS PITCHED THE FINAL 4 INNINGS FOR

NEW CANAAN, LIMITING BETH – WOOD TO ONLY 1 RUN DURING THAT SPAN.

BETH – WOOD WAS LED BY MICHAEL YUAN, RYAN HAUSER AND DEVIN BELENSKI WHO HAD 2 HITS EACH AND KYLE MATTEI & JESSE CALA WITH A HIT APIECE.

NEW CANAAN MOVES ON TO PLAY SOUTH MERIDEN IN THE WINNER’S

BRACKET ON SUNDAY, JULY 20^th AT 10 AM …

BETH – WOOD GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY

SALEM ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21^st, AT 5:45 PM

SOUTH MERIDEN 8 … SALEM 0

WILL KSZYWANOS WAS THE STAR OF THE GAME FOR SOUTH MERIDEN,

ONLY GIVING UP A SINGLE HIT WHILE PITCHING THEM TO A COMPLETE

GAME 8 – 0 VICTORY OVER A SCRAPY TEAM FROM SALEM. WILL

RECORDED 14 STRIKEOUTS IN THE 6 INNINGS HE PITCHED …

WILL ALONG WITH PETER STANDISH, JAKE PAPACODA AND TYLER

LOGAN EACH HAD 2 HITS TO LEAD THE SOUTH MERIDEN ATTACK –

MATT LaROSE OF SALEM BROKE UP THE NO HITTER IN THE TOP OF

THE 6^TH WITH A SHARP SINGLE TO RIGHT CENTER FIELD …

IN THE 3 INNINGS HE PITCHED FOR SALEM, ZACH ANDOSCA ONLY

ALLOWED 1 RUN --

SOUTH MERIDEN MOVES ON TO PLAY NEW CANAAN IN THE WINNER’S

BRACKET ON SUNDAY, JULY 20^th, AT 10 AM …

SALEM GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY BETH – WOOD

ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21^st, AT 5;45 PM

DANBURY 4 … GREENWICH 1

A BATTLE OF THE PERENNIAL CAL RIPKEN POWERS – BOTH TEAMS

PLAYED EXCETIONALLY WELL BUT DANBURY PROVIDED A BIT

TOO MUCH FIRE POWER AS THEY WON A CLOSE GAME, 4 – 1 …

DANBURY WAS LED BY THE COMBINED PITCHING OF COREY BROSZ

AND PETER ROSETTI TO LIMIT A STRONG GREENWICH TEAM

TO ONLY 1 RUN. MICHAEL SCHWEITZER LED DANBURY WITH A

HOME RUN IN THE 2^nd INNING AND AN RBI SINGLE IN THE

TOP OF THE 6^th ; JOHN CARTEGENA ALSO ADDED AN RBI SINGLE

FOR DANBURY …

GREENWICH WAS LED BY STRONG PITCHING FROM KYLE DUNSTER

AND WILLIAM O’BRIEN – WILL O’BRIEN ALSO KNOCKED IN

GREENWICH’S ONLY RUN WITH A SINGLE IN THE 1^st INNING, GIVING

GREENWICH IT’S ONLY LEAD OF THE GAME ; BILLY

O’MALLEY AND SEAN MARKS ALSO HAD A HIT FOR GREENWICH …

DANBURY MOVES ON TO PLAY NEWTOWN IN THE WINNER’S BRACKET

ON SUNDAY, JULY 20^th, AT 10 AM …

GREENWICH GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY

HEBRON ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21^st, AT 5:45 PM …

NEWTOWN 5 … HEBRON 2

GREAT GAME FROM THE START – NEWTOWN EXPLODED FOR 4 RUNS

IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st INNING BEFORE AN OUT WAS RECORDED BUT

HAD TO HANG ON AGAINST A SCRAPY TEAM FROM

HEBRON TO WIN 5 – 2 …

NEWTOWN WAS LED BY JULIAN DUNN WHO HIT A 3 – RUN HOME

RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1^st TO GIVE NEWTOWN A 4 – 0 LEAD

(A LEAD THEY WOULD NEVER RELINQUISH) – COLTON SMITH

AND VIRGIL PROCACCINI EACH HAD 2 HITS FOR NEWTOWN TO

LEAD THEIR ATTACK. VIRGIL AND JIM PARKER COMBINED TO PITCH

ALL 6 INNINGS FOR NEWTOWN …

TYLER BRETT LED HEBRON WITH A SOLO HOME RUN IN THE TOP

OF THE 4^th INNING – KYLE O’CONNOR HAD 2 HITS FOR HEBRON

BUT THE STRONG PITCHING FROM NEWTOWN WAS A BIT TOO MUCH …

NEWTOWN MOVES ON TO PLAY DANBURY IN THE WINNER’S BRACKET

ON SUNDAY, JULY 20^th, AT 10 AM …

HEBRON GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY

GREENWICH ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21^st, AT 5:45 PM …

DAY 2 (JULY 20^th) RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS – ANOTHER HOT & HUMID DAY

BUT LUCKILY THE GAMES WERE SWITCHED TO THE MORNING !!

NEWTOWN 2 … DANBURY 1

WHAT A PITCHER’S DUEL FOR BOTH TEAMS WITH GREAT DEFENSE – THIS

PROVED TO BE ANOTHER EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN 2 POWERFUL PROGRAMS

WITH NEWTOWN COMING OUT ON TOP 2 – 1 … DANBURY TOOK A 1 – 0 LEAD

IN THE TOP OF THE 3^rd BUT NEWTOWN RALLIED WITH 2 IN THE BOTTOM

OF THE 5^TH AND HELD ON FOR THE WIN …

NEWTOWN WAS LED BY THE STRONG 6 – INNING PITCHING OF

CONNOR ROCHE, WHO ONLY GAVE UP 4 HITS AND 2 WALKS. COLTON

SMITH HAD AN RBI DOUBLE FOR NEWTOWN IN THE 5^th FOLLOWED BY AN RBI

SINGLE BY JIM PARKER THAT ICED THE GAME … DANBURY WAS LED BY

COREY BROSZ WHO PITCHED 3 SCORELESS INNINGS AND BY JOHN

CARTEGENA WHO HAD AN RBI SINGLE IN THE 3^rd TO GIVE DANBURY

THE LEAD AT THAT TIME.

NEWTOWN NOW MOVES ON TO PLAY NEW CANAAN IN THE WINNER’S BRACKET

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, July 21^st, AT 5:45 PM …

DANBURY GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY THE WINNER

OF THE BETH – WOOD / SALEM GAME ON TUESDAY EVENING,

JULY 22^nd, AT 5:45 PM …

NEW CANAAN 10 … SOUTH MERIDEN 5

ANOTHER WONDERFUL GAME TO WATCH – NEW CANAAN JUMPED OUT TO A 3 – 0

LEAD IN THE 3^rd ONLY TO SEE SOUTH MERIDEN SURGE BACK TO TIE IT

IN THE TOP OF THE 4^th. NEW CANAAN THEN SCORED 7 UNANSWERED RUNS

IN THE 3^rd, 4^th & 5^th INNINGS BUT SOUTH MERIDEN NEVER GAVE UP AND

ANSWERED WITH BACK – TO BACK HOME RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 6^th

BEFORE LOSING 10 – 5 …

NEW CANAAN WAS LED BY MATTHEW TOTH WHO PITCHED 3

STRONG INNINGS, HIT HIS 3^rd HOME RUN OF THIS TOURNAMENT,

ADDED AN RBI SINGLE AND SCORED 2 RUNS. CARSTEN BERGER ADDED AN RBI

DOUBLE AND BRENDAN HILL AN RBI SINGLE FOR NEW CANAAN IN THE 5^th --

SOUTH MERIDEN WAS LED BY THE STRONG PITCHING OF MATTHEW GREENWOOD,

WHO PITCHED WELL INTO THE 5^th INNING BEFORE TIRING IN THE HEAT.

KYLE PELCHER HIT A 3 – RUN HOME RUN IN THE TOP OF THE 4^TH TO TIE

THE GAME ; THEN IN THE TOP OF THE 6^th, DIMITRI O’DONNELL AND DEVON

KENNEY HIT BACK – TO – BACK BLASTS TO BRING SOUTH MERIDEN WITHIN

5 BUT COULD NOT GENERATE ANY MORE OFFENSE.

NEW CANAAN MOVES ON TO PLAY NEWTOWN IN THE WINNER’S BRACKET

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23^rd, AT 5:45 PM …

SOUTH MERIDEN GOES INTO THE LOSER’S BRACKET AND WILL PLAY

THE WINNER OF THE HEBRON / GREENWICH GAME ON TUESDAY

EVENING, JULY 22^nd, AT 5:45 PM …

WE HAD ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR BASEBALL ON JULY 21^st –

PHIL MARCOUX (CT CAL RIPKEN STATE COMMISSIONER)

WAS ON HAND TO ENJOY THE GAMES …

HERE ARE THE GAME SUMMARIES :

BETH – WOOD 9 … SALEM 7

BETH – WOOD STARTED OUT VERY STRONG SCORING 7 RUNS IN THE BOTTOM

OF THE 1^st INNING BUT SALEM HUNG IN THERE, NEVER GAVE UP AND RALLIED

BACK BUT JUST CAME UP A BIT SHORT, LOSING 9 – 7 …

BETH – WOOD WAS LED BY KYLE MATTEI WHO HAD 3 HITS AND PITCHED

THE LAST 2 INNINGS IN RELIEF. EVAN LUMPINSKI & MAX HURWITZ

ALSO ADDED HITS FOR BETH – WOOD AND JESSE CALA TURNED A NICE

DOUBLE PLAY IN THE 2^nd INNING TO SQUASH A SALEM RALLY…

SALEM HIT THE BALL HARD ALL GAME LONG – THEY WERE LED BY MATT

LaROSE AND MICHAEL MORGAN WHO HAD 2 HITS APIECE (MORGAN HAD

A 2 RUN TRIPLE IN THE 5^th) BUT THEY JUST CAME UP SHORT AGAINST

A GOOD BETH – WOOD TEAM …

BETH – WOOD NOW MOVES ON TO PLAY DANBURY IN THE LOSER’S

BRACKET ON TUESDAY, JULY 22^nd, AT 5:45 PM …

GREENWICH 10 … HEBRON 3

GREENWICH STARTED THE GAME BY SCORING 2 RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st,

FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 2 IN THE TOP OF THE 2^nd BUT HEBRON BATTLED BACK

WITH A RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2^nd BEFORE GREENWICH PUT THE GAME

AWAY WITH 5 RUNS IN THE 4^th TO WIN 10 – 3 …

GREENWICH WAS LED BY KYLE DUNSTER WHO WENT 3 FOR 4 WITH 2 DOUBLES

AND SCORED 3 RUNS. BILLY O’MALLEY AND MICHAEL GENARO ALSO LED

THE GREENWICH ATTACK WITH 2 HITS APIECE. DUNSTER / BARRETT /

O’BRIEN COMBINED TO PITCH A STRONG GAME TO LIMIT A POTENT

HEBRON OFFENSE TO ONLY 3 RUNS …

HEBRON WAS LED BY TYLER BRETT WITH A HOME RUN BLAST TO RIGHT

CENTER IN THE 2^nd AND JEFFREY HALLBACH & EVAN LINDQUIST

EACH WITH A HIT APIECE.

GREENWICH NOW MOVES ON TO PLAY SOUTH MERIDEN IN THE LOSER’S

BRACKET ON TUESDAY, JULY 22^nd, AT 5:45 PM …

WE ARE SORRY TO SEE BOTH SALEM AND HEBRON GO BUT CONGRATULATE

THEM ON A GREAT TOURNAMENT BY REACHING THE STATES AND WISH

THEM MUCH LUCK THE REMAINDER OF THEIR SEASONS …

RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED ON TUESDAY, JULY 22^nd …

2 OF THE BEST GAMES WE HAVE SEEN TO DATE IN THIS TOURNAMENT !!

BOTH GAMES WENT DOWN TO THE LAST OUT, BOTTOM OF THE 6^th INNING –

THE FANS WERE REALLY INTO BOTH GAMES, SO WHO COULD HAVE

ASKED FOR ANY MORE EXCITEMENT …

DANBURY 4 … BETH – WOOD 3

WHAT A WELL PLAYED AND HARD FOUGHT GAME FROM THE 1^st PITCH,

WITH GREAT FIELDING AND DOUBLE PLAYS BY BOTH TEAMS …

BETH – WOOD JUMPED OUT TO AN EARLY 2 – 0 LEAD ON A HOME RUN

IN THE 1^st INNING BUT DANBURY ANSWERED WITH A HOME RUN OF

THEIR OWN TO TIE THE GAME IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1^st ; BETH – WOOD

WENT AHEAD 3 – 2 IN THE TOP OF THE 2^nd BUT DANBURY AGAIN ANSWERED

BACK WITH A HOME RUN IN THE 4^th TO TIE IT … GAME STAYED TIED

UNTIL THE BOTTOM OF THE 6^th WHEN DANBURY SCORED THE

WINNING RUN ON A 2 OUT PINCH HIT SINGLE TO WIN 4 – 3 …

DANBURY WAS LED BY COREY BROSZ AND MIKE SCHWEITZER WHO BOTH

HIT HOME RUNS FOR THE WINNERS (SCHWEITZER WITH 2 HITS) AND

STRONG PITCHING BY BROSZ AND PETER ROSETTI. KEVIN NOVELLA

PINCH HIT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6^th WITH RUNNERS ON 1^ST & 3^RD

AND LACED A 2 OUT SINGLE TO CENTER TO WIN THE GAME FOR DANBURY,

PROPELLING THEM INTO THE NEXT ROUND …

BETH – WOOD WAS LED BY MICHAEL YUAN WITH A HUGE 2 – RUN HOME RUN IN

THE TOP OF THE 1^st TO TEMPORARILY GIVE BETH – WOOD THE LEAD ALONG

WITH HITS BY KYLE MATTEI AND KOLBY SANTOS. BILLY EMERY AND MATTEI

PITCHED VERY WELL FOR BETH – WOOD AGAINST THIS STRONG DANBURY TEAM.

DANBURY NOW MOVES ON TO PLAY AGAINST GREENWICH IN THE

LOSER’S BRACKET GAME ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23^rd, AT 5:45 PM …

GREENWICH 2 … SOUTH MERIDEN 1

ANOTHER NAIL BITTER OF A GAME (PITCHER’S DUEL) THAT WENT DOWN

TO THE LAST OUT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6^th … SOUTH MERIDEN

JUMPED OUT TO A 1 – 0 LEAD IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2^nd BUT

GREENWICH FOUGHT BACK TO TAKE A 2 – 1 LEAD IN

THE TOP OF THE 4^th THAT THEY NEVER RELINQUISHED …

GREENWICH WAS LED BY THE PITCHING OF KYLE DUNSTER AND WILLIAM

O’BRIEN WHO COMBINED TO HOLD SOUTH MERIDEN TO JUST 4 HITS.

THEY SCORED BOTH THEIR RUNS IN THE 4^th ON HITS BY SAM BARRETT,

O’BRIEN AND MICHAEL GENARO …

SOUTH MERIDEN WAS LED BY THE STRONG PITCHING EFFORT OF

WILL KSZYWANOS, WHO WENT ALL 6 INNINGS, STRUCK OUT 11 AND

ONLY GAVE UP 3 HITS (ALL IN THE 4^th INNING) – KSZYWANOS ALSO HIT A

CLUTCH DOUBLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6^th WITH 2 OUTS AND KYLE

PELCHER FOLLOWED WITH A SHOT TO RIGHT CENTER THAT LOOKED LIKE

WAS GOING TO TIE THE GAME BUT WAS RETIRED FOR THE LAST OUT

ON A GREAT CATCH BY THE RIGHT FIELDER …

GREENWICH NOW MOVES ON TO PLAY AGAINST DANBURY IN THE

LOSER’S BRACKET GAME ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 23^rd, AT 5:45 PM …

WE ARE SORRY TO SEE ANOTHER 2 TEAMS GET ELIMINATED (BETH – WOOD

AND SOUTH MERIDEN) BUT THEY BOTH GAVE IT THEIR BEST EFFORTS

AND PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL. WE CONGRATULATE THEM ON A GREAT

TOURNAMENT AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST !!

RESULTS OF GAMES PLAYED ON FRIDAY, JULY 25^th,

AFTER 2 STRAIGHT DAYS OF RAIN, WE HAD 2 FABULOUS GAMES

ON A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IN WOODBRIDGE !!

HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS …

NEW CANAAN 7 … NEWTOWN 3

NEWTOWN OPENDED THE SCORING WITH A 2 – RUN HOME RUN

IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st AND ADDED A 3^rd RUN IN THE TOP OF

THE 2^nd TO TAKE A 3 – 0 LEAD … HOWEVER, NEW CANAAN WAS

NOT TO BE DENIED ON THIS DATE AND STORMED BACK WITH

5 RUNS IN THE 3^rd AND 2 MORE IN THE 4^th TO HANG ON TO A

7 – 3 WIN OVER A WELL COACHED NEWTOWN TEAM …

NEW CANAAN WAS LED BY WILLIAM BURGER, WHO HELD

NEWTON SCORELESS OVER THE LAST 4 INNINGS AND HAD

8 STRIEKOUTS. MATTHEW TOTH AND ERIK JAGER EACH

HIT HOME RUNS FOR NEW CANAAN AND WENT 2 FOR 3 AT

THE PLATE ; MAX WILSON AND ANDREW PENCHUK ALSO

HAD 2 HITS FOR NEW CANAAN IN THIS WINNING EFFORT …

NEWTOWN WAS LED BY JULIAN DUNN WHO WENT 2 FOR 3

WITH A MONTEROUS HOME RUN IN THE 1^st TO GIVE

NEWTOWN THE LEAD. VIRGIL PROCACCINI AND NICK

LOTRECCHIANO ALSO HAD HITS FOR NEWTOWN …

NEW CANAAN NOW MOVES ON INTO THE WINNER’S BRACKET

AND WILL FACE THE WINNER OF THE DANBURY / NEWTOWN

GAME ON SUNDAY, JULY 27^th, AT 10 AM …

AS THIS IS NEWTOWN’S 1^st LOSS, THEY DROP DOWN INTO

THE LOSER’S BRACKET TO PLAY DANBURY ON SATURDAY,

JULY 26^th, AT 10 AM …

DANBURY 4 … GREENWICH 2

WHAT A NAIL BITER – RIGHT DOWN TO THE LAST INNING !!

GREENWICH FORGED AHEAD WITH A 2 – RUN HOME RUN IN

THE TOP OF THE 3^rd BUT DANBURY NEVER GAVE UP, SCORING

1 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5^th AND 3 IN THEIR LAST AT BATS

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6^th TO WIN A THRILLER, 4 – 2 …

DANBURY WAS LED BY THE STRONG HITTING OF GEORGE

BIELIZNA, WHO HIT A WALK OFF 2 – RUN HOME RUN TO

DEEP RIGHT CENTER TO WIN THE GAME FOR DANBURY ;

GEORGE ALSO HAD A SINGLE AS WELL. PETER ROSETTI WAS OUTSTANDING IN RELIEF, HOLDING GREENWICH SCORELESS

THE LAST 3 INNINGS ALOOWING ONLY 1 HIT. JOHN

CARTEGENA AND MICHAEL SCHWEITZER ALSO HAD

KEY HITS FOR DANBURY IN THE 6^th, WITH SCHWEITZER’S

DOUBLE TO DRIVE IN THE TIEING RUN …

GREENWICH WAS LED BY KYLE DUNSTER, WHO HIT A

MOMOUTH 2 – RUN HOME RUN TO DEEP LEFT TO GIVE

GREENWICH THE TEMPORARY LEAD OF 2 – 0. DUNSTER

ALSO PITCHED WELL, SHUTTING DOWN A STRONG DANBURY

TEAM AND HOLDING THEM SCORELESS THE FIRST 3 INNINGS.

WILLIAM O’BRIEN AND THOMAS POVINELLI ALSO HAD

HITS FOR GREENWICH.

DANBURY MOVES ON IN THE LOSER’S BRACKET TO FACE

A TOUGH NEWTOWN TEAM ON SATURDAY, JULY 26^th, AT 10 AM …

WE ARE SORRY TO SEE GREENWICH GO, AS THEY PLAYED

THEIR HEARTS OUT, AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST FOR

THE REST OF THE SEASON !!

ONLY 3 OUT OF 8 TEAMS ARE LEFT STANDING –

VYING FOR THIS MOST COVETED TITLE !!

RESULTS OF THE GAME PLAYED ON SATURDAY, JULY 26^th,

FOR THE LOSER’S BRACKET FINAL – WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

MORNING FOR A GAME !!

HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS …

DANBURY 4 … NEWTOWN 0

WHAT A PITCHER’S DUEL FOR BOTH TEAMS – EXCELLENT FIELDING

KEPT THIS GAME CLOSE RIGHT TO THE END. DANBURY AVENGED AN

EARLIER DEFEAT BY NEWTOWN IN THIS TOURNAMENT, TOOK ADVANTAGE

OF A FEW PASSED BALLS AND SCORING RUNS IN THE 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 6^th

INNINGS TO WIN 4 – 0 …

DANBURY WAS LED BY THE STRONG PITCHING OF COREY BROSZ AND

PETER ROSETTI WHO COMBINED TO HOLD A STRONG NEWTOWN TEAM

TO ONLY 3 HITS, COMBINING FOR A TOTAL OF 9 STRIKEOUTS ALONG

THE WAY. JOHN CARTEGENA, BROSZ, ROSETTI AND ELIJAH DUFFY

ALL HAD HITS FOR DANBURY …

NEWTOWN WAS LED BY THE SOLID PITCHING OF CONNER ROCHE, WHO

WENT 5 INNINGS AND ONLY ALLOWED 2 HITS. COLTON SMITH, JULIAN

DUNN AND ROCHE HAD HITS FOR NEWTOWN …

THEREFORE, DANBURY NOW ADVANCES ON TO PLAY NEW CANAAN

IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND …

NEWTOWN GAVE US A LOT TO THRILLS AND WE ARE SORRY TO SEE THEM GO – WE CONGRATULATE THEM ON A GREAT SEASON AND WISH THEM ALL THE BEST !!

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – MONDAY, JULY 28^th

NEW CANAAN 14 … DANBURY 4

WHAT A GREAT END TO A FABULOUS TOURNAMENT –

DANBURY STRUCK QUICKLY IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st WITH 2 HUGE HOME

RUNS TO JUMP OUT TO A 3 – 0 LEAD AND IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE HEADED

FOR A WINNER TAKE ALL GAME THE FOLLOWING EVENING BUT NEW

CANAAN, BEING THE CONSISTENT TEAM THEY ARE, STORMED BACK WITH

RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1^st & 2^nd INNINGS TO TIE THE GAME BUT

TOOK THE LEAD FOR GOOD WITH AN 8 RUN 3^rd TO SEAL THE

WIN FOR NEW CANAAN …

NEW CANAAN WAS LED BY THE HITTING OF MATTHEW TOTH, BRANDON

ABATE, ERIK JAGER, MICHAEL DUNN – WEISS AND ANDREW PENCHUK

WHO HAD 2 HITS EACH ; TOTH AND ABATE HIT KEY DOUBLES IN

THE 3^rd TO SPARK THAT 8 RUN RALLY. TOTH PITCHED 4 STRONG INNINGS

AND WILLIAM BURGER CLOSED IT OUT IN THE 5^th NEW CANAAN …

DANBURY WAS LED BY COREY BROSZ AND KEVIN NOVELLA, WHO HIT HOME

RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE 1^st TO GIVE DANBURY THE TEMPORARY LEAD ;

NOVELLA AND MICHAEL SCHWEITZER CONTRIBUTED 2 HITS FOR DANBURY

IN THIS LOSING EFFORT PLUS JOHN CARTEGENA, PETER ROSETTI AND

DAN FIDDNER ALSO HAD HITS. COREY BROSZ AND PETER ROSETTI

PITCHED EXTREMELY WELL DURING THIS ENTIRE TOURNAMENT BUT

NEW CANAAN SIMPLY HAD A BIT MORE FIREPOWER IN THE END …

CAL RIPKEN CT STATE COMMISSIONER PHIL MARCOUX AND WFBL PRESIDENT

DWIGHT ROWLAND HANDED OUT THE TROPHIES TO BOTH

TEAMS IN A CEREMONY FOLLOWING THE GAMES …

BOTH NEW CANAAN AND DANBURY NOW GO ON TO REPRESENT THE

STATE OF CONNECTICUT IN THE 11 – YEAR OLD CAL RIPKEN

REGIONAL TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD IN NEW CANAAN STARTING

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1^st {NEW CANAAN AS THE HOST TEAM AND DANBURY

AS THE CT REPRESENTATIVE} … NEW CANAAN WON ALL 4 OF ITS GAMES

DURING THE STATE TOURNAMENT, BEATING SOME VERY GOOD TEAMS

DURING THIS PAST WEEK AND A HALF TO EARN THE RIGHT AT

BEING CROWNED AS STATE CHAMPS !!

TOURNAMENT MVP

IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CHOICE FOR THE TOURNAMENT STAFF

TO SELECT A MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (MVP) FOR THIS TOURNAMENT,

AS THE ENTIRE NEW CANAAN TEAM DESERVEDLY EARNED IT WITH

THEIR PLAY ALL WEEK LONG, BUT THE MVP TROPHY WAS GIVEN OUT

TO MATTHEW TOTH, WHO LED NEW CANAAN WITH 4 HOME RUNS,

BATTED OVER .600 AND WAS SOLID DEFENSIVELY IN THE FIELD.

IN CLOSING, BETH – WOOD WAS PROUD TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE

OPPORTUNITY BY CAL RIPKEN TO HOST THIS PRESTIGIOUS

STATE TOURNAMENT AND WE THANK ALL {8} TEAMS ALONG WITH

THEIR PARENTS / FAMILIES / FRIENDS WHO PARTICIPATED AND

WATCHED SOME VERY EXCITING BASEBALL ALL WEEK LONG.

FRIENDSHIPS WERE NOT ONLY REKINDLED BUT ALSO NEW ONES

MADE DURING THE WEEK, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

TO REACH THE STATES, THERE ARE NO LOSERS AS EVERYONE

WHO EXPERIENCES THE THRILLS OF PARTICIPATING IN A

TOURNAMENT LIKE THIS ONLY WALKS AWAY AS WINNERS

IN OUR EYES …

OUR SINCERE THANKS ALSO TO STATE COMMISSIONER PHIL MARCOUX

AND HIS ENTIRE STAFF FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND CONTINUED

SUPPORT TO MAKE CAL RIPKEN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TO PARTICIPATE IN !!