Area baseball team wins Cooperstown Wood Bat Tournament

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Members and coaches of the championship baseball team are front, left to right, Matt Belcher (Prospect), Aidan Donohue (Litchfield), Alex Nocera (Torrington), Michael Melluzzo (Southington), Bryce Taglialatella (Middlebury), and Aaron Bainer (Torrington) and back, left to right, head coach Carm Farese (Watertown), bench coach Tom Bainer (Torrington), Kyle Simpson (Prospect), Jason Johnson (Thomaston), Gavin Brown (Washington), Glenn Halliday (Southington), Hunter Dombal (Southington), Sean Desjardins (Watertown), and assistant coach Sean Brown (Washington). (Leeza Desjardins photo)

The Hit Club 14u Amateur Athletic Union travel baseball team based in Thomaston and Middlebury won the Backyard Baseball Classic 14u Wood Bat Tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., July 9 after defeating the Clinton County Mariners of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 – 4 in extra innings in the championship game. The team went undefeated in the weekend tournament, beating teams from Montreal, Canada; Saratoga, N.Y.; and Buffalo, N.Y.

 

 

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