10U OCTORARA BRAVES WIN INDOOR FALL CLASSIC AT ASBA!

Champion Octorara Braves Team: Winners of 10U Indoor Fall Classic at ASBA West Chester

Bottom row, L to R: Sean Foster, Robby Koennecker, Johnny Cummings, Eric Miller, Alex Lantz

Top row, L to R: Bobby Bright, Aaron Feld, Christian Ray, Jake Kettner, Jarod Dagney

Coaches in back - on left - Bob Bright; on right - Joe Dagney

West Chester Lions 10U Team
Runner-Up In the Indoor ASBA Indoor Fall Classic

ASBA West Chester hosted a successful 10U Indoor Fall Classic over the weekend of November 20th.  A total of 7 area teams participated and the level of competition was excellent.

The Octorara Braves, who were seeded third, came away with the championship trophy, topping the West Chester Lions in the title game on Sunday.  It was a hard-fought tournament, with excellent play by all of the teams, who really enjoyed the indoor games and competition at ASBA.

Below is a summary of the tournament action:

The first day games were well-played by all of the teams.



Once Saturday ended, the seeds ended up looking like this:

Seed #1  West Chester Lions

Seed #2  Collegeville Blue Sox

Seed #3  Octorara Braves

Seed #4  Newtown Edgemont

Seed #5  All Star Baseball Academy Broomall

Seed #6  E’s A’s

Seed #7  Berwyn Panthers

Opening Round Games:

The West Chester Lions got a quarter final bye because of finishing with the #1 seed. First game of the morning was between #4 seed Newtown Edgemont and  #5 seed ASBA Broomall.  This game ended the tournament for ASBA Broomall with a 5-3 loss.  Newtown Edgemont had some time to sit before playing their semifinal game against the West Chester Lions.

The #3 seed Octorara Braves won a close one against the #6 seed E’s A’s, winning 2-0.  This game was a close one from first pitch to last pitch.  The Braves had great pitching in this game that helped get them into the semifinals.

Next, the #2 seed Collegeville Blue Sox came out with the hot bats and put up a big number.  The Sox just kept on putting runs up against the #7 seed Berwyn Panthers.    Final score was 16-0, with the Collegeville Blue Sox advancing to the semis against the Octorara Braves.

Semifinal Round and Finals:

The first semifinal of the day was between #1 seed West Chester Lions and #4 seed Newtown Edgemont.  Early in this game it was a close ball game until the Lions' bats got red hot and started pushing runs across the plate.  The contest ended 10-1, West Chester Lions, putting the #1 seed into the Finals.

The second semi was a battle between two teams that did not want to go home.  Both teams were looking for a chance to play in the finals.  The Collegeville Blue Sox and Octorara Braves went 8 innings to see who would advance.  Octorara came out on top, winning 8-6 in a tight one.

The finals were then set up, with the  #1 seed West Chester Lions against #3 seed Octorara Braves.  This was a game where you wished there wasn’t a winner or loser.  Both teams played as hard as possible and left everything on the field.  Octorara found a way to push 2 runs across and only allowed 1 run with great pitching.  Octorara came out on top, 2-1, to win the title.

Octorara MVP Aaron Feld holding his perfect gameball
with his coach, Joe Dagney of Octorara

"This was a great weekend of baseball, and there were a lot of great plays and great games," said ASBA West Chester Manager Jake King.  "We would like to thank all of the teams and players who participated in the Indoor Classic.  I'd also like to congratulate the Octorara Braves for winning the tournament title as they really earned it with good pitching, as well as timely hitting and defense."

U10 Fall Classic MVP Award:

Octorara Braves

MVP Aaron Feld

All Tournament Team
West Chester Lions—Conner Bartholomew
E’s A’s ---Adam Smith
Collegeville Blue Sox—Jack Beatty