This week’s All Star Baseball Academy Team of the Week Award goes to the 11U Team out of ASBA West Chester. They went 5-1 to win the championship at the Columbus Day Tournament held by Sports at the Beach in Rehobeth, Delaware. The team is coached by Brian Rorick.
On the first day of the tournament, the 11U squad put up 21 runs in 2 games, beating the NJ Naturals 10-5 and the Scranton Miners 11-2. On Sunday, they dropped their first game to the Ridley Royals by a score of 11-0, but came out swinging to beat the Scranton Miners for a second time, 14-0. On the third and final day of the tournament, the team was without 6 of their players, as not everyone had off school for Columbus Day, but still managed to scratch out a 2-1 victory over the NJ Naturals. In the championship game, the team got their revenge with a 6-2 win over the Ridley Royals to claim the championship trophy.
The team’s offense played a huge role in their tournament victory, scoring a total of 43 runs in 6 games. There were several offensive standouts, but Will Sanford, Charlie Sullivan, Duncan Attig and Adam Smith led the charge. Sanford was 7/11, while Sullivan and Attig were 6/12 and 7/9 respectively. All three chipped in with 2 RBI’s apiece. Adam Smith led the team with 6 RBI’s, and contributed by going 5/8 for the champions.
On the mound, the team got huge performances by Jonah Frankel and Chris Newell. Each pitcher threw 6 innings on the weekend, and each allowed just one hit. Newell allowed just 2 runs for the weekend, while Frankel was even stingier, allowing only 1 run.
Coach Rorick was very happy with his team’s performance, saying, “It was a tough tournament we were going into, especially since we were missing six of our guys Monday because of school. The guys did a great job of battling and persevering, and we were able to come out on top. They did an excellent job of coming up big at key moments in each game.”
The 11U squad plays again this weekend (the 15th and 16th) at Diamond Nation in New Jersey.
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