BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
23 May 2316
Harwich Takes Youth Series
And that was all she wrote on the 2316 Youth Series. With a 7-6 victory in walk-off fashion, the Harwich Fishheads swept aside the Marblehead Mess 2-0 and set off a much-anticipated celebration.
In the bottom of the 9th with the game tied 6-6, A’Trey-U Jones led off with a single, followed by singles but Kris Marble and Alex Somer to load the bases with no one out. After Mess pitcher Devonian Yoo struck out Boom Boom Harris, Harwich’s Hector Tashjian hit a deep fly to center, scoring Jones on the sacrifice fly.
"It was a lot of hard work," said winning manager Chris Green. "But it was good hard work and a lot of fun along the way."
Despite the loss, Marblehead’s Ares Ng was named Game MVP. Ng went 3 for 5 with a triple, two home runs, two runs, and six RBI.
The Fishheads were all business this year, with their eyes fixed squarely on the goal of winning the team's 2nd championship. The champs finished the regular season 33-16 and claimed first place in the South Region Crispus Attucks Division.
"We had our doubters along the way," series MVP Brady MacCoard said with a smile. "But we made them eat crow today."
MacCoard was 5 for 11 (.455) in the two-game series with five home runs, six runs, and six RBI. In Game One, MacCoard was 3 for 6 with three home runs, three runs, and four RBI. In Game Two, he went 2 for 5 with two home runs, three runs, and two RBI.
In Game One of the Series, MacCoard hit three home runs as the Fishheads won, 14-8, to seize a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 Youth Series.
Harwich’s five-run 6th inning made a tight 8-7 game at that point into a blowout 13-7 lead. Each team scored one more run after the 6th.
"We're one game closer to our goal," Harwich manager Chris Green said later. "It isn't any more complicated than that."
Marblehead’s best effort in Game One came from freshman Gage Aintfull who went 2 for 4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored, and two RBI.