For the second straight weekend our youngest team played for the Championship in their division. This weekend was a little different as the girls just ran out of gas. A 4-1 weekend ending in taking home hardware is still a wonderful thing.

Unfortunately now the team breaks up for the summer going to compete in L.L. All-Stars and lounge around the pool! Life is so tough.

On our traditional Memorial Day Weekend jaunt to visit our friends (Brewster Rockets) the 12-U Black team decided to bring home some souvineers. The 12-U Black team captured their second Tounament Championship of the young season by winning the Rockets Spring Blast Off Tournament.

The weekend of March 7-8 our 14-U Teal team traveled to the Pougkeepsi NY area to participate in the Panther's Gold College Showcase. The team came together and went 5-0 for the weekend taking home the Championship.

There could have been no better way to wrap up the winter season than this.

The 2009 Squads are set with a solid core at every level. All but one team has left a spot or three open for those special players looking for not only a team to play on but an Organization to grow with. The current status of the teams is as follows;

10-U, looking for one player. FULL

12-U Teal (mainly 11 year old players) FULL

12-U Black (all 12 year old players) FULL 11 players by choice and design.

14-U Black (all 13 year old players) FULL

14-U Teal (all 14 year old players) FULL 11 players by choice and design.

16-U, FULL

18-U, FULL

If you are interested in being considered for any of these openings contact Rich Hiscox at richh32@juno.com in order to be connected with the team managers.

The 10-U squad ventured to the Brewster NY area for the Brewster Rockets Blast Off Tournament on Memorial Day weekend. Saturday was terrific starting with a 4-0 win over a gritty L.I. Lady Sharks, followed by convincing wins over the Pawling Little Tigers and the host Brewster Rockets. This gave the Baby Bombers their first #1 seed of the season.

Sunday started great with a 3 inning mercy of the Little Tigers setting up the Championship game against the host Brewster Rockets. The team played solid defense and aggressive offense giving them a 6-3 lead after 5 innings. The sixth inning featured a few too many mistakes, with some timely hitting by the opponent leaving the team behind 10-6 going into the bottom of the sixth. The squad fought back but came up just short with the game ending on the wrong end of a final 10-8 score.

All weekend the team had very good pitching and with the exception of one inning, very solid defence. The girls played a very aggressive offense and earned everything the got. If we were to lose to anyone, we're glad it was the Brewster Rockets, a team that gets better every time we see them, that is loaded with class and good people, players, parents, and coaches alike.

Next weekend the team travels to the Titans Showdown in Wolcott CT to wrap up their season. The end always comes too soon for the 10-U squad. This year is no exception. We will finish just as we are hitting our stride and playing the best ball of the season.

The CT Bombers 12-U Black team started the weekend of our own Rose City Rumble by going 2-1 and giving up 9 runs on Saturday. This earned them the 5th seed (out of 12 teams) for Sunday's single elimination playoffs.

On Sunday the team came to play! Defeating the 12th Seeded CT Renegades at 8:00, the 4th seeded Americas Game Red at 9:40, and the #1 seed CT Hornets Black at 11:20, before falling in the Championship Game to the 2nd seeded CT Eliminators at 1:30 who went 6-0 for the weekend.

The 12-U CT Bombers Black finished the weekend with a 5-2 record and a Second Place finish. The team, along with the 10-U and 12-U Teal CT Bombers will next compete in Brewster NY on May 24 & 25th.

In what turned out to be a nice weekend the littlest of the Bombers played 6 games and in a bizarre sort of way captured Second Place in the CT Eliminators Mother's Day Classic. Once again the CT Eliminators finished first going 6-0 for the weekend, the Bombers were second at 2-4, and Americas Game third at 1-5.

The 10-U team is now 6-7, having lost 5 times to the Eliminators. We look forward to next weekend and seeing some different faces across the Diamond!

In a rain shortened Prospect Spring Fling the 10-U CT Bombers captured second place in a 5 team field. The squad lost their first game to the CT Eliminators 7-5 in a well played back and forth affair that was well played by both teams. The team then rebounded to double up the Watertown Rapids 10-5, and the Beacon Falls Bullets 4-2.

In cold and raw conditions the Team played through the fatigue of the day and took second place to the Eliminators (who went 3-0) by allowing fewer runs than the only other 2-1 team (and by defeating them head to head) the Watertown Rapids.

We would like to commend the Prospect Panthers organization for making the best possible from difficult conditions. Communication was terrific as was their hospitality and attention to detail.

Four of our seven 2007 teams chose to attend the PONY Nationals with some measure of success;

12-U Black finished 17th out of 60 teams in OH.

14-U finished 49th out of 118 teams in NC.

16-U Teal finished 33rd out of 88 teams in OH.

16-U Black finished 64th out of 88 teams, also in OH.

After competing in OH through Thursday, the 16-U Black team hustled back to CT to take the Championship in our own Last Blast Tournament. Our 14-U team fell just short placing second in their division of the Last Blast!

All in all an exciting couple of weeks for the entire Bomber Family.