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| Avon Grove Mustangs-- 11U Indoor Fall Classic Champs |
ASBA West Chester hosted a successful 11U Indoor Fall Classic Tournament during the weekend of November 13-14. The competition between area teams from PA and NJ was close and the games were tight contests. The talent level was excellent. The 11U team from Avon Grove won the tournament over the host ASBA West Chester team on Sunday in a well-played championship game, 4-0.
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| ASBA West Chester-- 11U Fall Classic Runner-up |
Please see below for the results of the tournament action and also for the All Tournament Team and Tournament MVP:
The 8 am game on Sunday was a back and forth battle that the Delco Tigers finally were able to win and put away the Hickory Bandits. Final score was 14-9.
The 9:45 am game was a 9 inning game between the Roxborough Rebels and the Central Jersey Lashers. Neither team was ready to go home and both played as hard as any teams in the tournament. After six innings, the time limit was up, so moving into the top of the 7th inning each team started with a runner on second and no outs. There were no runs scored after the first two extra innings. In the top half of the 9th, the Lashers were unable to score and in the bottom of the 9th, the Rebels were able to score to end the 9 inning battle. Both teams played as hard as they could. It was one of those games where you wished there was no winner and no loser. The final score was 5-4, Rebels.
The 11:30 am game was between the 2 seeded Avon Grove Mustangs and the Steel City Titans. Both teams had solid pitching performances with the final score being 2-0, Avon Grove.
The 1:15 pm game had All Star Baseball Academy WC match up against the Upper Providence Patriots again. The game the day before was decided by just 1 run. Both teams were ready to go in the quarter final game. UP threw their left handed pitcher again against ASBA and he again threw very well. Going into the bottom of the 5th inning ASBA was down but rallied to take a 6-4 lead. ASBA was able to hold on in the top of the 6th for the win and advance to the semi-finals.
The 3:00 pm game was the first semi-final game which was between Delco Tigers and ASBA WC which was another game that came down to the bottom of the 5th. ASBA found a way to come back and make the score 9-6, then held in the top of the 6th for the win.
The 4:45 pm game between Avon Grove Mustangs and Roxborough Rebels was to see who would be play ASBA in the finals. For the second straight game the Rebels went extra innings but fell short of advancing to the finals. The final score ended up 3-2 in 8 innings, with Avon Grove on top.
The 6:30 pm Championship game was between #1 seed ASBA WC and #2 seed Avon Grove Mustangs. Avon Grove and ASBA came out with great pitching for the first two innings. The Mustangs pushed 3 runs across in the top of the 3rd to take a 3-0 lead. ASBA then had bases loaded with no outs and but was unable to find a way to score. Avon Grove scored another run in the top of the 6th to make the score 4-0. ASBA had come back in their other 4 games but was not able to score against Avon Grove. The game ended with Avon Grove Mustangs 4 and ASBA WC 0.
Champion—Avon Grove Mustangs
Runner Up—All Star Baseball Academy West Chester
3rd—Roxborough Rebels
4th—Delco Tigers
Runner Up—All Star Baseball Academy West Chester
3rd—Roxborough Rebels
4th—Delco Tigers
"This was a great weekend of baseball and All Star Baseball Academy would again like to thank everyone for participating," said ASBA West Chester Manager Jake King, who hosted the tournament.
Avon Grove Mustangs--Tournament MVP—Austin Hoferer
All Tournament Team:
Hickory Bandits—Jordan Adair
Upper Providence Patriots—Jake Kelchner
Central Jersey Lashers—Brandon West
Steel City Titans—Luke Hess
ASBA West Chester—Stephen Morrison
Roxborough Rebels—Sean McCann
