10 YEARS OLD ALL STAR TEAM: Welcome
THE DOWNEY MEMORIAL YOUTH BASEBALL LEAGUE TEN YEARS OLD ALL STAR TEAM HAS COMPLETED TOURNAMENT PLAY WITH A RECORD OF 5-8. THE KIDS DID REALLY WELL AND THERE WERE MANY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS. IN THE DISTRICT COMPETITION HELD AT DOWNEY THEY WENT 1-2 INCLUDING A CONVINCING WIN OVER WESTPORT. IN THE WEST BRIDGEWATER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT THEY FINISHED 2-3 INCLUDING A GREAT 2-1 WIN OVER BROCKTON WEST, KNOCKING THEM OUT OF A TOURNAMENT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. TIMOTHY O'BRIEN ALSO QUALIFIED FOR THE WEST BRIDGEWATER INVITATIONAL ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM, A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT! IN THE WHALING CITY (NEW BEDFORD) INVITATIONAL, THEY WENT 1-2 INCLUDING AN ABSOLUTELY SCINTILLATING COME FROM BEHIND WIN OVER ACTON-BOXBOROUGH IN SEVEN INNINGS 8-7. THIS GAME FEATURED A PHENOMENAL CATCH BY BRANDON GOMES IN CENTERFIELD. IN THE STOUGHTON LITTLE LEAGUE INVITATIONAL THEY FINISHED 1-2. INCLUDED IN THIS WAS A SEVEN INNING LOSS TO STOUGHTON 2-1 WHICH FEATURED GREAT PITCHING AND DEFENSE AND A GREAT WIN OVER WHITMAN NATIONAL. IN THE LOSS TO WHITMAN AMERICAN THERE WAS A FANTASTIC DOUBLE PLAY TURNED AND SOME GREAT HITTING THROUGHOUT THE TOURNAMENT.
ALL IN ALL, THE KIDS DID EXTREMELY WELL AND WE ARE PROUD OF THEM FOR THEIR EFFORT AND THE WAY THEY REPRESENTED DOWNEY AND BROCKTON. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR ALL STARS AND TO THEIR PARENTS FOR GETTING THEM TO THE GAMES AND PRACTICES. WE SAY THANK YOU TO MANAGER STEVE HANSON AND COACHES SHORTY HANSON, DAN RICHARDSON AND SCOTT HANSON FOR GIVING OF THEMSELVES AND WORKING WITH THESE KIDS.
