Congratulations to the 2008 Jack Abell Baseball Team for winning this years Pepsi Tournament held in Cresaptown.
It wasn't easy. The team played a very tough Atlantic Broadband Giants team from Cresaptown. Jack Abell won their first four games to take them through the winners bracket, but faced the Giants on Wednesday evening on came out on the short side of a 3-1 game. This was Abells first loss which meant they had a rematch on Thursday night.
Abells bats were quiet (only 3 hits) on Wednesday night, but they came alive early and often on Thursday. They jumped on top with a run in the first, but they Giants scored one as well. After that, though Abells Josh Van Meter settled down on the mound and put the clamps on the Giants offense. Abell kept hitting though and quickly jumped out to a 7-2 lead. When Jack Hawkins came in to pitch inning 4-6, he kept the lid on the potent Giants offense to preserve a 7-2 victory for Abell, giving the Lavale team the Pepsi tournament victory.
It was truly a team effort throughout the tournament, with several outstanding defensive plays. Colton Civic caught a line drive and doubled the runner off of first in the Championship Game. Nate Condor was in the middle of two different double plays for the defense. Dylan "Mo" Shockey threw out several would be base stealers during the tournament. Jack Hawkins made several good stops at second base. Josh Van Meter went deep in the hole on a play to preserve a one run lead against Lavales Personal Best. Chad Broadway had a sweet catch on a sinking line drive in the tournament. Brooke Knieriem and Steven McKenzie made good plays at first base. Twenton Swan and Logan O'Brien had big catches in the outfield and Travis "Yac" Yacobowski and Tyler Hotchkiss helped anchor down an outfield that didn't commit any errors all tournament.
It was a good win and good tournament for the team; they get ready to start the regular season this Tuesday.
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