Teams from North and West Cambridge emerged victorious in the annual season-ending Cambridge Little Baseball League All-Star Tournament at Comeau Field on Sept. 6-7.
The four-day tournament featured teams representing North, West, East and Central Cambridge, organized into major (12 and under) and minor (10 and under) competitions. Games are six innings.
A hard-fought minors competition started with the West Minor team taking a 9-5 victory over East Minor. In the other semifinal, Central Minor earned a tight 1-0 victory over North Minor behind the pitching of Soren Wineski and Teddy Ledley. Gus Russo pitched a complete game for North Minor.
The final between West Minor and Central Minor was held Sept. 6. West Minor led 3-0 in the fourth inning when Central Minor loaded the bases. Lucas Sherman-Chang then hit a bases-clearing double to tie the score. West Minor took the lead again in the fifth inning and eventually claimed the championship 7-5. West Minor was led on the mound by Lila Nelson, Coen Dewan and Christian Falasca, and received clutch hits from Jack Levy and Aemon Wolfe.
The major final on Sept. 7 pitted two teams that won their first games handily. In its first game, the North Major team jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back, beating Central Major 10-2. Meanwhile, the West Major team defeated the East Major team, 6-1.
The final was close through two innings, with North Major taking a 1-0 lead. But in the third inning Clark Davis clouted a towering two-run home run to give North Major a 3-0 lead. Davis, doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression, combined with Kiyan Mehta to shut out West Major, eventually winning 6-0.
West Minor champions: Rex Alexandrov, Kiran Basu, Cole Chong, Alejandro Curtis, Coen Dewan, Christian Falasca, Thomas Horan, Jack Levy, Colin Matsumiya, Memphis Michels, Lila Nelson, Calvin Sterner, Aemon Wolfe
Coaches: Scott Slater, Anthony Tuccinardi, Nick Nelson, Curt Dewan, Ray Matsumiya
North Major champions: Asher Bryant, Clark Davis, Hayes Fethe, Marko Gagoski, Sandro Gatti, Emmett Hite, Josh Hogan, Ray Latilo, Kiyan Mehta, Grayson Russo, Shunta Sumiyoshi, David Wilkins
Coaches: David Kale, John Holland, Michael Bennett, Rafael Crane, Kevin Fethe
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