A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, July 10, 2014 Page 11 ALLIEGRO WHACKS 9 HRs IN 8 GAMES, KESSLER 4 HRs Westfield 12U Finishes 4-4 At Cooperstown Tournament The Westfield 12U baseball team the mound holding the Bulldogs to Rooney (1 homerun), Jack Riley (1 recently participated in the one run and two hits, while striking HR) and Dom Maurillo (1 HR) pro- Cooperstown Dreams Park Baseball out four over four innings. vided more offensive firepower. Tournament on June 28 through July In playoff Game 2, the Blue Devils Shortstop Danny Kohler made sev- 3. The 12U Blue Devils were one of fell 5-4 in the bottom of the sixth to eral outstanding plays in the final 104 teams from around the country St. Joe’s Bombers (Ill.), despite an- playoff game. Catcher Victor competing in one of the most com- other Alliegro homerun and a solid Coustan was aggressive behind the petitive 12U baseball tournaments in pitching performance from Alliegro plate rifling down three potential the U.S. The boys represented and Danny Varano (1 run , 2 hits over base stealers and Henry Meiselman Westfield Baseball in honorable fash- 3 innings), who consistently kept the took away three hits to right field ion, posting a 4-4 overall record, in- Bomber hitters off balance. with his strong arm. Andrew cluding several thrilling late inning The Blue Devil offense was paced Echausse was a consistent leadoff heroics. by Alliegro, who put on a hitting hitter and made several big plays at The team was coached by Mike performance for the ages. The 12- short, while Brendan Hiltz came up Varano, Tom Riley and John Kessler. year-old hit over .950 for the week with big hits and several great plays The players were: Danny Varano, Jack including an astonishing nine in the field. The team sorely missed Riley, Will Kessler, Tim Alliegro, Leo homeruns (and four intentional its star pitcher Loffredo who was Loffredo, Griffin Rooney, Andrew walks). He made just one out – a line stricken by the flu bug. Echausse, Brendan Hiltz, Victor shot snared by the St Joe’s pitcher. Westfield 12U resumed league play David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times Coustan, Henry Meiselman, Danny Will Kessler (4 homeruns), Griffin back in New Jersey on July 7. PLOWING INTO THIRD...Cougar Anthony Serson plows into third base as Westfield Silver’s Jackson Jordan awaits a Kohler, Dom Maurillo and Christian throw from home in the third inning at Gumbert 2 Field in Westfield on July 1. Pansini. After dropping the first three pool play games, including a 4-3 loss to the eventual 12th seeded Tidewater Westfield Silver Startles Cranford Cougars, 18-6 Bombers (Va.) and a 13-11 slugfest versus the 33rd seed Burnsville Light- CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 ning (Minn.), the Blue Devils rattled twice. Tom Clancy scored twice, Westfield’s bats came to life in the batter, an error and Clancy’s single, off three straight wins in pool play, singled, walked once and had an RBI. bottom of the second and knotted the four more Blue Devils scored in the including a 10-9 thriller over then Jason Petruzzi poked an RBI single, score. Mendelson’s grounder to short fifth to end the game. 35th ranked Dogtown (Ariz.), a 16- walked three times and scored once. caused an overthrow. He then ad- “They moved to the bigger field 11 hit fest versus Sharon Springs Jackson Jordan (2 walks) and Rob vanced to third on a passed ball and this year [50 mound to plate/70 base Spartans White (Ga.) and a 17-4 beat McIntyre (walk & hit-by-pitch) each scored when Berger blasted a hard distance]. That’s a bit of an adjust- down of White Marsh Warriors (Md.). scored twice. Russell Kobrin walked RBI single off the pitcher’s shin. ment. Their arms are not as strong, The Blue Devils won their first once. Berger later scored on a wild pitch kids are not as quick, bats are not as single-elimination playoff game ver- Quinn Dursee and Liam Devin, then Skoletsky walked, stole second, strong. The game’s changed, but we sus Brighton Bulldogs Black (Mich.) who were on the Westfield High moved to third and scored on are adapting,” Coach Dursee said. on a walk off homerun in the bottom School baseball team that won the Thorburn’s RBI groundout. “That’s why we are here. We are of the sixth by Tim Alliegro in a 6-5 North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 title Serson wiggled a one-out single, here for the kids to have fun, improve win. Christian Pansini was a stud on in 2013, got to be on the other side of which kindled a three-run third in- every game, our kids get better and the fence as the coaches of the ning. Wilde hopped an RBI single better. This is the first year they are Probitas Verus Honos FUN AT COOPERSTOWN...The Westfield 12U baseball team finished 4-4 at the Westfield Silver. and Hollander took a fastball to the playing 50/70. That’s huge, so the Cooperstown Dreams Park Baseball Tournament. “It’s a little change of pace. It’s our body. Wilde scored when a pickoff pitchers are just getting used to the first year out of playing. To come attempt sailed out of play then right way to pitch, holding runners on back here as a coach, it’s great. I am Kaminski cracked an RBI double to and pitching at this level,” Cougar reliving my glory days with these left. Westfield answered with two runs Head Coach Jimmy Russell said. young kids. It’s great seeing them on Clancy’s RBI groundout and Throughout the game, Devin had “Our success is evidenced in our results.” grow as players throughout the sea- Mendelson’s RBI single. been directing the signs to the catch- son. We are making progress. That’s After Cranford went down 1-2-3 in ers. Michael Scott, Manager all I want to see as a coach,” Coach the fourth, the walls came tumbling “I have taken the liberty of taking Dursee said. down and Westfield marched 14 bat- care of the catchers, first basemen “Nobody likes to make that transi- ters to the plate and nine of them and outfielders. Quinn’s got more of Congratulations Agents of the Month! tion between player and coach. I would scored. The highlight was the pitchers and infielders. It’s just like to be playing right now, but it’s Mendelson’s three-run double to cen- like simple signs, simple things for fun. It’s definitely interesting, seeing ter, and doubles from Thorburn and them to understand,” he said. it from a different angle. We were in Skoletsky. Cranford 213 00 6 this situation when we were 11 with With the help of two walks, a hit Westfield 032 94 18 our dads and the way that they taught us. We try to model ourselves after them and hope that we can be the best we can be,” Devin said. Open House: Sunday, July 13th • 1-4PM The Cougars were not as fortunate 1031 Irving Avenue, Westfield Experience, Frank D. Isoldi Elizabeth Bataille John Papa with free passes due to the pitching Broker Sales Associate Sales Associate Sales Associate effectiveness of Clancy and, especially, Trust, Reliability & Service Thorburn, who came in relief with one out in the third and permitted only a double and a single, while hitting a batter, for the remainder of the game. 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