Hamilton 10U Hurricanes finish fifth in USSSA Eastern Nationals

The HGSA 10U Hurricanes softball team finished fifth out of 27 teams at this past weekend’s USSSA Eastern National Tournament in Salisbury, Md. Hamilton went 5-2-1 against some of the top teams in the country and finished the year with a 54-5-1 record and eight tournament championships.

Pictured above are (front row, from left) Francesca Castellano, Charlize Taylor; (back row, l-r) Ellie Miller, Ava Umansky, coach Chris Miller, Kennedy Daferede, Bianca Walsh, Kailyn Prekop, Kelsey Loughlin, manager “Irish” Mike Walsh, Amber Buck, Mckenna Fisher, coach Chris Riddell and Ryane Riddell.

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Rich Fisher has been around the Hamilton Township sports scene for so long that he actually got Rich Giallella’s autograph when Giallella was still a player! Proud product of Hamilton YMCA and Lou Gehrig baseball leagues and former teammate of Jim Maher on a very average Barton & Cooney rec basketball team, Fish graduated from Nottingham Junior High and Steinert High school and has covered township sports since 1980. His goal in life is to convince Maria Prato that Jersey tomatoes are at least 100 times better than California tomatoes.