Nottingham’s Christian Finnachio slides in past Sunnybrae catcher Christopher Whalen in the opening game of the District 12 Little League Tournament. Photo by Michael A. Sabo
June 30, 2018: The road to Williamsport for 3 Hamilton area 12-year-old Little League teams has officially started with 2 of the 3 teams winning their opening games in the District 12 Little League Tournament.
HTRBA tops Robbinsville by a final of 10 to 2.
HTRBA combined for 8 hits which included a bases-loaded triple by starting pitcher, Chris Babkowski that blew the game wide open in the 4th.
Babokowski combined with, Luke Nelson and Noali Ortiz for a strong pitching performance against a strong hitting Robbinsville team.
“Our pitching was phenomenal today and we played as a team, everybody made plays, we were consistent at the plate” stated HTRBA head coach Mike Septak
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Nottingham bats explode against Sunnybrae
The gang from Sayen Park, who won the district as both 10 and 11-year-olds wasted no time showing their serious about winning another title together as they picked up the win against Sunnybrae Little League by a final of 15 to 0.
Nottingham combined for 13 hits putting the hammer down in the 6th scoring 8 of their 15 runs and didn’t commit a single error in the field.
Deacon Bowne went four and two-thirds innings on the mount for Nottingham, allowing only one hit and no runs while striking out nine and not allowing a single free pass.
