U9/U11 House League teams battle each other –and the heat – in weekend long final showdown

By Casandra Turnbull

The fans were at the edge of their seats cheering for the final two teams during the U9/U11 House League championship game last Sunday morning at Lion’s Park. The action-packed 90 minutes of baseball was a dream finale to cap off another successful season organized by Paris Youth Softball Association

Team White entered the game undefeated all tournament long and Team Grey was fresh of a four in a row win the previous day to earn a berth in the finals. These two teams, who also finished on the top of the regular season scoreboard, already faced off during game 1 of the

Introducing the U9/U11 House League Champions – Team White, led by head coach Joel Graham. The team went undefeated in the tournament last weekend to claim top honours

Turnbull tournament with Team White edging out Team Grey 108, so fans knew it would be a battle right until the end. Since Team White was undefeated, Team Grey had to beat them two games in a row to claim the title It was a pitchers’ duel in the first two innings of the game, with Team White getting on the scoreboard first to take a 1-0 lead after two. Team White cracked things open in the third adding six more runs to the scoreboard, but that would be all they could muster up for the remainder of the game Team Grey mounted a comeback closing the gap by two runs but were unable to finish off Team White who won the game 7-5.

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