Tournament Results:
Best 2-of-3 Series (Friday, July 30 and Saturday, July 31):
Council Rock Newtown 1, Moon Township 0
Council Rock Newtown 10, Moon Township 6 (7 innings; TITLE)
Summary:
Jared Schram drilled a walk-off grand slam home run in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Council Rock Newtown Little League past Moon Township, 10-6, in the deciding game of the Pennsylvania state championship series at Smythe Park in Mansfield.
Schram's home run completed his team's comeback from a 4-3 fifth inning deficit in a see-saw finale, and gave Newtown its second win in as many games in the best two-of-three final series hosted by Southern Tioga Little League. Mike Whalley had given Newtown a 6-4 lead with a three-run homer in the fifth inning, before Moon Township rallied to tie the game in the top of the sixth.
Whalley also played an integral role in his team's 1-0 victory in the series' first game. Whalley threw a complete game in the win, and sealed the win by inducing a strikeout, groundout, and fly ball in the sixth inning to give his team the win.
"Whalley was a trooper," said Council Rock Newtown manager Randy Coppola. "He's battle-tested. He's been in big games before and he stepped up and made that lone run hold up."
Xavier Lezynski scored the game's only run when he singled and eventually scored on a passed ball in the fourth inning.
Ten of the eleven players on Newtown's roster had played on the league's 10-11 year old all-star team, which won the Pennsylvania championship the prior summer.
While Newtown had shown success at the younger age level the prior year, both state finalists had finished among the state's final four teams in the major baseball division in 2009. Moon Township had won the Pennsylvania championship with an entirely different group of players, while Newtown's twelve-year-old team finished as the Eastern Pennsylvania runner-up to Media Little League the prior summer.
Council Rock Newtown avenged that defeat in the 2010 Eastern Pennsylvania championship game, grabbing command of the game early and running out to a 12-2, five inning victory over Media. After retiring Media in the top of the first inning, Newtown exploded for six runs in the bottom of the frame before pulling away for the victory. James Closser delivered an RBI single to open the scoring, then an error and a bases-loaded walk to Noah Hartwell plated two more runs. Eleven-year-old Zac Deegan capped the rally with a three-run double.
"We can be very explosive, so that doesn't surprise me," said Newtown coach Matt Schram of the big first inning rally. "But Media, as good as they are, you go in thinking a low-scoring game. To put six runs on the board is surprising in the sense of who it was against, but not surprising because we've done that so much this year."
Closser added a solo home run in the second, and Deegan delivered a two-run single in the fourth. In the fifth, Whalley added a two-run single to left field that invoked the mercy rule. Pitcher Seth Levz struck out six and allowed just two runs in 4-2/3 innings.
Media had blanked Council Rock Newtown, 3-0, in a round-robin meeting earlier in the tournament. That game was played over the course of two days due to weather-related delays.
"The 3-0 loss didn't seem to phase them," said Matt Schram. "Our kids were so loose, you would have thought it was just another game. I don't think they recognized that it had the potential to be their last game."
Moon Township advanced to the state championship series by stunning DuBois, 5-3, in the Western Pennsylvania finals. DuBois had pulled ahead 3-2 with a run in the top of the sixth inning, before Moon Township's Joe Sibeto lined a two-out, full count fastball over the center field fence for a walk-off three-run home run that gave his team a 5-3 victory.
Council Rock Newtown swept to five consecutive wins at the Mid-Atlantic Region tournament in Bristol, Connecticut, and reached the region championship game before dropping an 8-5 decision to Toms River National (New Jersey) Little League.
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2010 Eastern and Western Pennsylvania Divisional Tournament Results
Western Pennsylvania
Divisional Tournament |
Eastern Pennsylvania
Divisional Tournament |
Section 1 - DuBois (District 10)
Section 2 - Moon Township (District 4)
Section 3 - Keystone (Beech Creek) (District 12)
Section 4 - Indiana (District 7)
Western Pennsylvania Divisional Tournament
Host - Southern Tioga (Mansfield) (District 15)
At Smythe Park
Tournament Results:
The Western Pennsylvania tournament is using a round-robin format.
Tournament Results:
1 - Indiana 3, Keystone 0
2 - Moon Township 7, DuBois 3
3 - Moon Township 5, Keystone 2
4 - DuBois 12, Indiana 2
5 - DuBois 10, Keystone 4
6 - Moon Township 9, Indiana 0
Standings |
W |
L |
Runs
Allowed |
| Moon Township |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| DuBois |
2 |
1 |
13 |
| Indiana |
1 |
2 |
21 |
| Keystone |
0 |
3 |
18 |
The top two teams advance to the championship game. Standard Little League Baseball tiebreakers apply.
Western Pennsylvania Championship Game (Monday, July 26)
Moon Township 5, DuBois 3 (TITLE)
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Section 5 - Kingston (District 31)
Section 6 - Council Rock Newtown (District 30)
Section 7 - Glen Moore Eagle (Downington) (District 28)
Section 8 - Media (District 19)
Eastern Pennsylvania Tournament
Host - Morrisville (District 21)
At Williamson Park
Tournament Results:
The Eastern Pennsylvania tournament is using a round-robin format.
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Council Rock Newtown 8, Glen Moore Eagle 4
2 - Media 4, Kingston 1
3 - Glen Moore Eagle 7, Media 6
4 - Council Rock Newtown 10, Kingston 0
5 - Media 3, Council Rock Newtown 0
6 - Kingston 10, Glen Moore Eagle 0
Standings |
W |
L |
Runs
Allowed |
| Media |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| Council Rock Newtown |
2 |
1 |
7 |
| Kingston |
1 |
2 |
14 |
| Glen Moore Eagle |
1 |
2 |
24 |
The top two teams advance to the championship game. Standard Little League Baseball tiebreakers apply.
Eastern Pennsylvania Championship Game (Tuesday, July 27)
Council Rock Newtown 12, Media 2 (5 innings; TITLE)
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2010 Pennsylvania District Champions and Sectional Tournament Results
District Champions
in Section 1 |
District Champions
in Section 2 |
D1 - Meadville
D3 - MYAA American (Millcreek)
D10 - DuBois
D25 - East Butler
Section 1 Tournament
Host - Meadville (District 1)
Tournament Results:
1 - MYAA American 12, DuBois 11
2 - East Butler 3, Meadville 2
3 - DuBois 8, Meadville 2 (elim.)
4 - East Butler 5, MYAA American 4
5 - DuBois 7, MYAA American 4 (elim.)
6 - DuBois 10, East Butler 0
7 - DuBois 14, East Butler 4 (TITLE)
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D2 - Hermitage
D4 - Moon Township
D9 - Bullskin Township
D26 - West Point (Greensburg)
Section 2 Tournament
Host - Latrobe (District 26)
At Bowman Field
Tournament Results:
1 - Moon Township 14, Bullskin Township 1
2 - West Point 2, Hermitage 1
3 - Bullskin Township 7, Hermitage 6 (elim.)
4 - Moon Township 3, West Point 2
5 - West Point 9, Bullskin Township 1 (5 innings, rain; elim.)
6 - West Point 6, Moon Township 4
7 - Moon Township 6, West Point 5 (TITLE)
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District Champions
in Section 3 |
District Champions
in Section 4 |
D12 - Keystone (Clinton County)
D13 - South Columbia
D15 - Potter McKean (Roulette)
D24 - Pottsville Rotary
Section 3 Tournament
Host - Keystone (Beech Creek) (District 12)
Tournament Results:
1 - South Columbia 7, Potter McKean 5
2 - Keystone 14, Pottsville Rotary 0 (4 innings)
3 - Potter McKean 13, Pottsville Rotary 7 (elim.)
4 - Keystone 10, South Columbia 8 (7 innings)
5 - South Columbia 8, Potter McKean 4 (elim.)
6 - South Columbia 14, Keystone 5
7 - Keystone 16, South Columbia 6 (5 innings; TITLE)
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D5 - State College National
D6 - Camp Hill
D7 - Indiana
D11 - Greater Mount Union
Section 4 Tournament
Host - Indiana (District 7)
At Kovalchick Field
Tournament Results:
1 - State College National 14, Greater Mount Union 0 (5 innings)
2 - Indiana 2, Camp Hill 1
3 - Camp Hill 17, Greater Mount Union 15 (elim.)
4 - Indiana 10, State College National 4
5 - State College National 17, Camp Hill 7 (elim.)
6 - State College National 7, Indiana 5
7 - Indiana 2, State College National 1 (7 innings; TITLE)
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District Champions
in Section 5 |
District Champions
in Section 6 |
D16 - Nanticoke Area
D17 - North Pocono (Moscow)
D31 - Kingston
D32 - Lakeland (Scott Township)
Section 5 Tournament
Host - Nanticoke (District 16)
Tournament Results:
1 - North Pocono 6, Kingston 4
2 - Nanticoke Area 5, Lakeland 1
3 - Kingston 14, Lakeland 4 (5 innings; elim.)
4 - Nanticoke Area 10, North Pocono 5
5 - Kingston 17, North Pocono 13 (7 innings; elim.)
6 - Kingston 8, Nanticoke Area 6 (7 innings)
7 - Kingston 11, Nanticoke Area 7 (TITLE)
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D18 - Hazle Township/Tri-County
D20 - Pennridge (Perkasie)
D29 - Stroudsburg National
D30 - Council Rock Newtown
Section 6 Tournament
Host - Pennridge (District 20)
Tournament Results:
1 - Council Rock Newtown 11, Hazle Township/Tri-County 9
2 - Stroudsburg National 15, Pennridge 9
3 - Pennridge 12, Hazle Township/Tri-County 4 (elim.)
4 - Council Rock Newtown 9, Stroudsburg National 4
5 - Stroudsburg National 9, Pennridge 4 (elim.)
6 - Council Rock Newtown 9, Stroudsburg National 7 (TITLE)
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District Champions
in Section 7 |
District Champions
in Section 8 |
D8 - Exeter Township (Birdsboro)
D14 - Greencastle
D23 - Solanco (Quarryville)
D28 - Glen Moore Eagle (Downington)
Section 7 Tournament
Host - Exeter Township (Reading) (District 8)
At Memorial Field and Hall of Fame Field
Championship Game at Hall of Fame Field
Tournament Results:
1 - Greencastle 4, Glen Moore Eagle 3
2 - Solanco d. Exeter Township
3 - Glen Moore Eagle 6, Exeter Township 5 (elim.)
4 - Solanco 6, Greencastle 5
5 - Glen Moore Eagle 10, Greencastle 2 (elim.)
6 - Glen Moore Eagle 14, Solanco 3 (4 innings)
7 - Glen Moore Eagle 16, Solanco 4 (4 innings; TITLE)
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D19 - Media
D21 - Bensalem Ramblers
D22 - Horsham
D27 - Lower Perkiomen (Collegeville)
Section 8 Tournament
Host - Coventry (Pottstown) (District 27)
At Wampler Field
Tournament Results:
1 - Lower Perkiomen 9, Horsham 2
2 - Media 6, Bensalem Ramblers 2
3 - Horsham 1, Bensalem Ramblers 0 (elim.)
4 - Media 11, Lower Perkiomen 1
5 - Lower Perkiomen 8, Horsham 2 (elim.)
6 - Lower Perkiomen 4, Media 3
7 - Media 9, Lower Perkiomen 0 (TITLE)
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