Hall Implement Wins 9/10 Year Old
Championship
Windham Little League - AAA
June 30, 2009
2009 Windham
Little League 9/10 Year Old AAA Champions
Front L-R:
Josh Pellowitz, Adam kelley, Ethan Spaulding, Tommy
McAvoy, Kobe Lauzier, Garrett Bronn
Back L-R:
Nathan PeDenito, Timmy Greenlaw, Tommy Leavitt,
Coach Todd Alpern, Charlie Alpern, Brandon Dulac,
Asst. Coach Bert Bronn, Gavin Thibodeau
Windham ME: Hall
Implement got off to a slow start after a 14 day
layoff before exploding for 11 runs in the top of
the sixth inning to defeat Ice Cream Dugout 14-4 for
the Windham Little League AAA Championship.
Ethan Spaulding
during his first at bat. Spaulding ripped a single
to center field that scored Tommy McAvoy for the
first run of the game.
Michael Gilman took
the mound for Ice Cream Dugout to start the
Championship game. Hall Implement went to work early
when leadoff hitter Tommy McAvoy reached base on a
single. McAvoy took second base on a passed ball
before Ethan Spaulding drove him in with a single to
center field. Ice Cream Dugout kept the first inning
scoring to a minimum when they threw Spaulding out
attempting to steal second before Gilman ended the
inning with his second strikeout of the game.
Hunter Coffin at
bat in the first inning. Tommy "Backstop" McAvoy
receives the ball from starting pitcher Timmy
Greenlaw. David Field called the balls and strikes.
Timmy Greenlaw started
on the mound for Hall Implement, striking out the
first batter he faced. Ice Cream Dugout would load
the bases on a couple of walks and a fielders choice
before Greenlaw fielded a ground ball and threw to
first for the final out of the inning.
Gilman cruised through
the second inning; striking out the first two
batters and getting the next batter to fly out to
the left fielder for the final out of the inning.
Timmy Greenlaw
delivers a pitch while first basemen Adam Kelley
gets ready to make a play and Ben Brooks is looking
to advance to second base.
Greenlaw also struck
out the first batter he faced in the second inning
before walking Ben Brooks. Brooks was quickly sent
back to the dugout when Tommy "Backstop" McAvoy
gunned him down at second base on a steal attempt
with SS Ethan Spaulding applying the tag. Greenlaw
got the next batter to ground out to first baseman
Adam Kelley to end the inning.
Kobe Lauzier rounds
third while third baseman Ryan Weare watches his
teammates get the ball back to the infield. Lauzier
would score in the inning.
Kobe Lauzier led off
the third inning with a walk and took third on a
single by Charlie Alpern. Lauzier scored Hall
Implement's second run on a passed ball. Gilman
struck out the next two batters before McAvoy drove
in Alpern for the third run of the game on a single.
Gilman ended the inning with his third strike out of
the inning, seventh of the game.
Caleb Klowas
advances to third after batting in Colby Harmon in
the bottom of the third inning.
Ice Cream Dugout got
on the score board in the bottom of the third
inning. Greenlaw walked Terron McCourt to start the
inning. McCourt quickly stole second. Greenlaw got
the next batter to line out to him and quickly threw
to SS Garrett Bronn to double McCourt off second
after he left the bag early. The next batter, Colby
Harmon singled and later scored on Caleb Klowas's
RBI single. Greenlaw notched his third strikeout of
the game to end the inning.
Timmy Greenlaw
slides into third base ahead of the tag by Ryan
Weare.
Gilman came out to
pitch the fourth and recorded his eight and ninth
strike outs of the game sandwiched around a single
by Greenlaw. Gilman then walked Gavin Thibodeau who
ended up being his last batter of the game. Cameron
McCartney came on in relief, walking a batter before
recording his first strike out for the final out of
the inning.
Tommy Leavitt takes
the mound in the fourth inning.
Greenlaw also
continued pitching into the fourth inning, getting
Gilman to hit one back to mound which Greenlaw
fielded cleanly and threw to first for the out.
Greenlaw reached his maximum pitch count after
walking the next three batters. Tommy Leavitt came
on in relief to face Robbie Dalton. Dalton was
patient at the plate and earned a bases loaded walk
for to record an RBI. Leavitt struck out the next
batter before Shane Donnelly worked the count to 3-2
before earning his own bases loaded walk and RBI to
tie the game at three. Brandon Dulac came in to
pitch and got the next batter to ground out to Adam
Kelley at first base.
McCartney came back
out to pitch a 1-2-3 inning in the fifth, with SS
Gilman being involved in all three outs.
Dulac had an equally
impressive fifth inning, striking out the first
batter, fielding a ground ball and throwing to
Greenlaw at first base for the second out before
recording his second strikeout of the game.
Nathan PeBenito
gets instructions from Coach Alpern before scoring
in top of the sixth inning.
The Hall Implement
offense finally shook off the effects of a 14 day
layoff and came to life in the sixth inning against
new pitcher Nate Watson. Nathan PeBenito walked to
lead off the inning. McAvoy was hit by a pitch. Josh
Pellowitz walked to load the bases. Spaulding
reached base on a fielders choice when SS Gilman
threw PeBenito out on a force play at home. Greenlaw
earned an RBI on a bases loaded walk before Ryan
Weare came on in relief for Ice Cream Dugout.
Kelley, Thibodeau and Bronn all earned RBI's on
bases loaded walks before Tommy Leavitt bashed a two
run double to right field. Lauzier walked to load
the bases again. Caleb Klowas came in to pitch to
Dulac who hit into a fielders choice that Klowas
fielded and threw Leavitt out on the force at home.
PeBenito and McAvoy walked in two more runs,
Pellowitz was hit by a pitch to force in another
run. Spaulding finished the scoring with his second
RBI of the game on a bases loaded walk.
Ethan Spaulding
comes in to face the final batter of the game.
Dulac came out to
pitch again in the sixth inning as the darkness and
fog were really setting in. Hunter Coffin reached on
an infield single, beating a throw by SS Spaulding.
Gilman also reached on a single. Weare reached on a
fielders choice when 2B PeBenito fielded the
grounder and flipped it to SS Spaulding but Weare's
hustle barely beat Spaulding's throw for the double
play attempt. Watson singled in the final Ice Cream
Dugout run before Dulac recorded the second out of
the inning on a strikeout. With the game in hand,
Coach Todd Alpern brought in Spaulding to pitch the
final out. Alpern had been saving Spaulding to pitch
a possible second game on Wednesday night in case
Ice Cream Dugout won tonight. Spaulding struck out
the only batter he faced on four pitches. Spaulding
didn't allow a hit or run in the 5-1/3 innings he
pitched in the playoffs.
Hall Implement
players celebrate their championship in the infield
immediately following the final out of the game.
A few minutes of chaos
ensued after home plate umpire David Field called
the third strike for the final out of the game. Hall
Implement players met between home plate and the
pitchers mound to congratulate each other.
Robbie Dalton
receives his trophy from Coach Weare
After the game Ice
Cream Dugout was awarded their runner up trophies.
They made a valiant effort winning three straight
games to emerge from the losers bracket.
Hall Implement was
then awarded their first place trophies, having gone
unbeaten through the double elimination playoff
tournament. |
