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2009 Grafton U12 Tournament Information
Thursday, July 9
2009 12U Diamonds Runner-Up at ASA State Tournament
For the second year in a row, the Grafton Diamonds reached the Finals of the MA ASA 12U State Championships. Unfortunately the Diamonds fell to Tewksbury and finished as the runner-up this year. The 12U team defeated Westport, Fairhaven and Swansea to reach the Finals. The tournament was held on July 4 and 5th in Swansea, MA
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2009 U12 ASA State Championship Runner-Up
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Thursday, July 9
2009 10U Diamonds Runner-Up at ASA State Tournament
The Grafton Diamonds captured 2nd Place in the MA ASA 10U State Championships. The tournament was held on July 4 and 5th in Grafton, MA. The 10U team defeated Swansea and Shrewsbury before falling to the Taunton Dynamite in the Finals.
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2009 U10 ASA State Championship Runner-Up
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2009 Grafton U10 Tournament Information
Tuesday, June 30
2009 12U Diamonds Win Taunton Early Summer Tournament
The Grafton Diamonds 12U team beat the Fairhaven Heat in a 3-0 thriller to capture the Early Summer Tournament in Taunton the weekend of June 26-28. Both teams displayed outstanding defense as neither team could muster a run over the first 4 innings of the championship game. In the bottom of the 5th, Michelle Goulet lined a one-out single to center. With Goulet running on the play, Rose Pijaca singled to put runners on first and third with Grafton’s 3, 4 and 5 hitters coming up. After pinch runner Emily Rutkowski stole second, Fairhaven walked the dangerous Kate Cardoza to load the bases. The Fairhaven catcher made a nice play on a foul ball to get the 2nd out of the inning. With bases loaded and two outs, Meaghan Sawtelle blistered a line drive to the gap in right field for a bases clearing triple. Grafton held on the rest of the way to garner their first tournament championship of the summer.
14 teams competed in the tournament which featured 3 pool games on Friday and Saturday that lead to the single-elimination playoff on Sunday. Led by ace Meaghan Sawtelle and an extremely sound defense, Grafton only allowed 2 runs to score over the course of the tournament. 3rd baseman Amanda Voellings and first baseman Kelly Slason protected the corners and stymied every bunt attempt. The outfield crew of Leah Berthiaume, Nicole Vaughan, Libby McCusker, Brianna Guyette and Kendall Leofanti made several outstanding run saving catches. In the pool games, the Diamonds defeated Bay Sate Blitz 11-0, Kingston 5-0 and Westford 8-0. On Sunday, Grafton defeated Kingston again 12-2 in the quarterfinal game. They faced another familiar face in the semis and beat Bay Sate 10-0. Next up for the Diamonds 12U team is the MA ASA State Championships on the 4th of July weekend in Swansea.
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12U Taunton Early Summer Champs - Grafton Diamonds!
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Tuesday, June 23
2009 14U Diamonds Win Grafton Open Tournament
On Sunday June 21, the 14U Diamonds became the first ever Grafton team to win a tournament hosted by Grafton.
12 teams from all over New England converged on Nelson Park to begin a six game guarantee tournament. The Diamonds lost their 1st game to Westford 4-2 despite solid defensive play from Marissa Ruggiero and Tara Faford. The second game of the round robin format was against Maine Riptide from Cumberland Maine. The bats came alive in the 5th inning and Grafton pulled off a 13-3 win. Nikki Murphy, Kaylah Turpin and Tess Fitzmaurice each had 2 hits. The 3rd game was against Blue Crush from Chelmsford. The Diamonds pulled off a 7th inning rally and won 6-3 behind a clutch 2 out, 2 RBI single from Ali Page.
Sunday presented many challenges. The constant drizzle made the playing conditions tough and their 1st opponent was undefeated from the games on Saturday. The Diamonds were down 4-1 in the 5th when Amanda Rutkowski smashed a 2 RBI single to pull the team within a run at 4-3. Chelsea Freischlag started off the bottom on the 7th with a walk, Kaylah Turpin sacrificed her to second. Sara Cummuso reached on a perfect bunt, then stole 2nd. With the winning runs in scoring position, Rutkowski delivered a walk-off single to center field! The final game of pool play was against Western Mass Intensity. Behind solid pitching from Stephanie Leach, the Diamonds were victorious 10-4.
The finals were anti-climatic as Grafton’s ace pitcher, Kendal Roy, tossed a 2 hit, no walk, 11 strikeout shutout against King Phillip Pride from Wrentham. Grafton scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and cruised to an 8-0 victory to secure the title.
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14U Grafton Open Tournament Champions - Grafton Diamonds!
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