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2009 Championship Games
What a great way to start the championship series at PNC Park this year. The weather held out and we had four great games.
With both teams having two previous little league championships both Wilkinsburg and Sq. Hill set their sights on a third championship. With both teams playing a great defensive game the score came down to only a few runs. Sq. Hill started the scoring off with 1 run in the first, but Wilkinsburg's Brian Brown had something to say about that. Brian gave the Wilkinsburg fans something to cheer about when he hit 1 of his 2 homeruns in the 2nd inning with Tone Thomas on first. After a few more runs scored by Sq. Hill, 2 coming from Ben Morganstern, the score was now 5-3 in favor of Sq. Hill. However Mr. Brown wasn't ready to give up. Brian came up in the last inning with two outs and hit his 2nd homerun, but unfortunatley it was a solo shot bringing Wilkinsburg within 1. Sq. Hill pitcher Sam Greenberg did his best to battle back from the homerun and doing so by striking out the number 5 batter to end the game. Both teams played an incredible game with the final score being Sq. Hill-5 Wilkinsburg-4.
The second game of the evening was a 12 and under girls slo-pitch game played between number one seeded Washington Heights Athletic Association and three seeded South Side Athletic Association. South Side jumped out to an early 3 to 0 lead with key hits at the top of the lineup by Natalie Sinclair, Nicole Rominie, and Monica "Mo" Demmel. A determined Washington Heights team answered right back in the bottom of the first inning when Victoria Bullotta, Kelsie Klein, Alexis Byrne, and Alexis Keefe scored the first four runs of the game for Mount Washington. The Kelsie Klein and Alexis Byrne tandum struck again in the third inning with back to back singles resulting in two runs. The 6 to 3 lead built by Washington Heights proved to be more than enough for pitcher Cheyenne Rethage who pitched a complete game. Washington Heights' win came under head coach Jamie Liscio, who is in her first year as Mount Washington's 12 and under girl's slo-pitch team. Both teams fought hard and made the game an exciting one for all the fans attending at PNC Park.
The third game of the night at PNC Park was the battle of the Mount Washington 12 and under girl's fast pitch teams. Mount Washington #1 (wearing blue uniforms) and Mount Washington #2 (wearing orange uniforms) competed in a fast and well-played game. The game was a pitcher's dominated game for most of the night. WHAA #1 put hard throwing hurler Lauren Zola on the hill to start the game, while WHAA #2 started the game with Miranda Piccolini. Miranda pitched 5 strong, scoreless innings and struck out 7 batters. Lauren answered back with a strong outing of her own striking out 13 batters and throwing a 6 inning complete game. The only blemish to Lauren's near flawless game was a 3 run fifth inning. The big hit in the inning came by Beth Palmer, who fouled off numerous pitches before hitting a single down the first base line which plated 2. Jessica Cook closed out the game pitching the sixth and seventh innings and gave Mount Washington#2 the 3 to 0 win.
The final game of the night was played by the two top seeds in the 15 and under girl's fast pitch playoff bracket. Number one seeded Washington Heights had a 12 and 1 regular season record, while McKeesport had an 11 and 3 record. Despite beating McKeesport twice during the season, Mount Washington's lone loss came to the Tigers. Much like the 12 and under game that came before it, the 15 and under fast pitch game was a pitcher's duel. Starting pitchers Chelsea Zola (Washington Heights) and Ashley Likar (McKeesport) battled each other the entire night and dominated most of the game. McKeesport was able to jump out to an early lead with an RBI double by clean-up hitter Nicolle Driscoll. Her double scored Shelby Bendick who lead off the game with a double of her own. In the bottom half of the first inning Washington Heights answered right back with an RBI single by Tara Llewellyn, which scored Chelsea Zola who lead off the inning with a single. In the bottom half of the second inning Mount Washington added two more runs as Sydney Brinton and Kaylee Girdwood scored on Jena Kolb's two run single. The 3 to 1 lead proved to be more than enough for Mount Washington pitching. Chelsea Zola pitched three scoreless innings to start the game, while striking out 8 batters. Kaylee Girdwood came in to finish the game by pitching four dominating innings in which she struck out 10 out of 12 batters. Ashley Likar pitched a complete game for McKeesport, despite earning the loss. She struck out 7 batters and scattered 5 hits. With the 3 to 1 win, Washington Heights Athletic Association swept the Mayor's Cup softball championships, and added to their record 25 Mayor's Cup titles.
To round out the series...
Greenfield/Green defeated Braddock in a nail biter 8-7 for the Pony championship.
The game went ten innings with both teams battling to the end.
Carnegie got the better of a tough young Carrick#2 team 7-5 to win the Colt championship.
And WHAA finished the evening by winning their third SuperColt championship in the past three years by a 4-1 score over Morningside.
BIG League congratulates all the champions and finalist and thank them for making this a memorable championship series.
The Awards cerimony will be held at PNC Park on Wednesday August 5th prior to the Pirates game.
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The results of the 2008 Mayors Cup Championship games @ PNC PARK are as follows:
Thursday 7/31
Little League -Elliott Brewers (W-3) v Sq.Hill (L-0) Excellent pitching and defense kept this game close but Elliott got big hits early and hung on to walk away with the title.
U-12 Fast Pitch - WHAA (W-10) vs McKeesport (L-5)Well pitched game by both teams with WHAA getting the hits when they needed them to prevail over McKeesport
U-15 Fast Pitch - WHAA (W-7) vs McKeesport (L-6) What a game! What a finish with WHAA pulling out the win in 9 innings.
BIG League would like to thank all the teams and families for attending the games and congratulate the champions for on their success. All three games were well played and very exciting to watch.
Yesterdays attendance for the three games was approximately 850.
Friday Aug.1st
Pony - Greenfield/White (L-6) vs Westwood (W-7) What a game!! Both teams battled to the end with Westwood coming from behind and holding on to upset the #2 seed to win the championship.
Colt - McKeesport #2 (L-2) vs Sq.Hill (W-13) Strong pitching and timely hitting carried Sq.Hill to the championship
SuperColt - Sacred Heart (L-2) vs WHAA (W -12)After a rain delay, the WHAA machine continued to roll on by once again claiming the SuperColt crown.
BIG League would like to thank all the teams and families for attending the games and congratulate the champions for on their success. Thanks to the SuperColt crowd for your patience during the rain delay. The grounds crew did a great job to insure that we got the game in.
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2007 Baseball/Softball Championship Games
Congratulations to all the teams that participated in this years playoffs and tournaments. There were some great games throughout along with a few upsets.
Thanks to all the coaches and players for exhibiting sportsmanship and team work. Be proud of your accomplishments.
Click on the playoff and tournament buttons on the left for all the results and championship game wrap-ups.
Once again Mt.Washington dominated the championship series by winning 4 out of the 5 games that their teams participated in. Kudos to all the players and coaches from that organization.
Here are the winners:
Little League - Sq.Hill
U-12 SloPitch - Beechview
U-12 FastPitch - Mt.Washington
U-18 FastPitch - Mt.Washington
Pony - Greenfield/White
Colt - Mt.Washington
SuperColt - Mt.Washington
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Soccer Championship games
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES 2008
After a long season of very competitive games and beautiful weather,
the championship games were played in sometimes windy, sometimes rainy, 40 degree conditions.
That didn't stop the teams from giving all they had to try and win for their communities.
Congratulations to all teams for making it this far and to the Elliott U12, Old Allegheny U15, and Phillips Recreation Center U18 teams for winning their championship games. We were treated to three very well played and close games.
It made standing in the cold a much more pleasurable experience.
Thanks to all the teams and supporters for a job well done. We hope to see you all next Fall.
Sunday Nov. 9th @ Schenley Oval
5:30 - U12 - Elliott (W-1) vs YESAC (L-0)
7:00 - U15 - Elliott#1 (L-1) vs Old Allegheny (W-2)
8:30 - U18 - Phillips (W-4) vs Elliott#2 (L-2)
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SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
November 11, 2007 --
BIG LEAGUE has gone GREEN!!
For the first time ever, the GREEN machine of Elliott has won all three championship games.
In the U-12 game they defeated a very strong team from Phillips Rec, Center 1-0.
In one of the best games played all season, they bested Beechview in a shoot-out 3-2.
And in the final game of the day they won 1-0 over Old Allegheny in an emotional and hard fought game.
Congratulations to all the players and coaches for a fine season and a
BIG congratulations to all the Elliott players and coaches on their tremendous finish.
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Championship Games
August 8, 2006 --
Congratulations to ALL the teams that participated in the 2006 championship games this past weekend. The weather was wonderful, the crowds were rowdy and the games were well played.
Thank you to all who came and supported the teams and thanks to the players and coaches who fought so hard to get there.
Here are the final results:
PONY- McKeesport #3 (7) McKeesport #1 (4)
COLT- Squirrel Hill (8) WHAA (3)
SUPERCOLT- Brighton Heights#1 (9) Squirrel Hill (1)
LITTLE League- Wilkinsburg (2) WHAA (1) extra innings
U-12 SLOPITCH- Elliott (9) Carnegie (0)
U-12 FASTPITCH- WHAA (8) Westwood (3) in ten innings
U-18 FASTPITCH- WHAA (5) Westwood (2)
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We would like to congratulate the following eight players for their performance in the May 10th tryouts. They were selected to attend the Opportunity Through Baseball camp in Denver. The players will leave Sunday and be in Denver approximately 3 weeks, where they will live and breathe baseball on a daily basis. The campers are as follows:
Michael Trautman
Nicholas Lang
Aaron Knight
Brendan Blair
Justin Luff
Cole Carlino
Julian Henderson
Julian Durden
Congratulations players, best of luck, and keep up your good work. Make Pittsburgh proud!
We would also like to thank all who participated in the tryout!
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