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BLL 9-10 All-Stars Capture District 4 Title!
Congrats to Branford Little League's 10U All-Star baseball team on winning the District IV title and to the 11U and 12U teams for finishing as runners-up.
While many of us are trying to avoid the heat, Branford Little League's 9-10 All-Star baseball team is bringing it. The 10U squad captured the District 4 title on July 15. The Branford All-Stars topped Milford International 7-5 in the championship game.
Branford started the Championships with the semifinals on July 13 against Orange. The game was called due to rain in the top of the second inning with Orange ahead 5-3.
The game resumed on Sunday where Branford fell behind 9-3. Branford battled back and tied the score 9-9 in the 6th. Branford squeezed out Orange for an 11-10 win in the 8th inning to head to the Championship game.
Branford arrived on fire to play Milford International in the District Championship game, coming out strong to score two runs in the 1st inning and two in the 2nd inning to go up 4-0. In the 6th, Branford was ahead 7-2, but Milford scored three in the bottom of the 6th. It wasn't enough, though, as Branford held on for the 7-5 win and the District 4 title.
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Leading up to the championship series, Branford beat Max Sinoway 12-4 on July 11, shut out East Haven 16-0 on July 9, topped West Haven 14-8 on July 7, lost to Annex 5-4 on July 5 and took an 18-3 win over Pop Smith to open play on July 1.
The 10U team moves on to compete in the Connecticut Section 1 tournament with play beginning today, July 17.
Members of the team include (front row) Josh Serra, Bennett Gentile, Teddy Zabawa, Justin Elpi, Declan Ross, AJ Finta, Matt LaCroix and Ryan Kendrick; (back row) Indianna DelRocco, Carter Shannon, Luke Albinger and Collin McNeil; Coaches are Rick Ross (Assistant) Coach, Anthony Gentile (Assistant Coach) and Jamie Kendrick (Head Coach).
The 10U All-Stars weren't the only Branford Little League teams that extended their seasons as both the 11U and 12U teams made it to the championship games as well with both finishing as runners-up in District 4.
The 10-11 Branford All-Star team finished third in District IV with a 3-3 record, which included wins over North Branford (16-0), West Haven (3-2) and Hamden (4-3) and losses to Orange (9-8), Milford National (9-4) and Max Sinoway (10-9).
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