The Last Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament of the 2010 season (12U, 70’) ended yesterday at the Ripken Youth Academy in Aberdeen, Maryland. Here is a rundown of the results of all the Cal Ripken Tournaments (related to us here in Maine, at least) for this season (click on “Tournaments” from the Main Menu for more details) :
District 5 Tournaments:
12U (Fairfield):Winner: Fairfield (3-1)
Runner-up: Messalonskee (4-2)

10U (Norridgewock):Winner: Fairfield (3-0)
Runner-up: Madison (3-2)

Maine State Tournaments:
12U (Bowdoinham):Winner: Fairfield (7-1)
Runner-up: Winthrop (3-2)

11U (Skowhegan):Winner: Skowhegan (5-0)
Runner-up: Gardiner (4-2)
Other District 5 Team: Messalonskee (5-2)
Other District 5 Team: Fairfield (2-2)

10U (Farmington):Winner: Marshwood (4-0)
Runner-up: Ararat (Bowdoinham area) (3-2)
District 5 Team: Fairfield (3-2)

9U (Oak Hill):Winner: Gorham (4-0)
Runner-up: Skowhegan (4-2)
Other District 5 Team: Fairfield (2-2)
Other District 5 Team: Messalonskee (2-2 in Play-in, Belgrade)

New England Regional Tournaments:
12U (Harrison, Maine):Winner: Oxford, Connecticut (4-0)
Runner-up: Burlington, MA (Eastern Mass.) (3-2)
Maine Team: Fairfield (2-2)
Host Team: Sebago – Long Lake (1-2)

11U (Winchester, MA):Winner: New Fairfield, Connecticut (4-0)
Runner-up: Raynham, MA (Eastern Mass.) (3-2)
Maine Team: Skowhegan (1-2)

10U (Londonderry, NH):Winner: Newtown “Thunder”, Connecticut (4-0)
Runner-up: Exeter, NH (3-2)
Maine Team: Marshwood (0-2)

9U (Turner Falls in Western Mass.):Winner: New Milford “Thunder”, Connecticut (4-0)
Runner-up: Kingston, MA (Eastern Mass.) (3-2)
Maine Team: Gorham (2-2)

World Series Tournaments:
12U (w/70 foot base paths) (Aberdeen, MD):(Note: No teams from Maine, Vermont or Rhode Island entered this division in 2010)
Winner: Mexico (International Invitational Team) (7-1)
Runner-up: Ocala, Florida (Southeast Regional Champion) (6-1)
New England Team: Norwalk, CT (3-2, lost their 1st single elimination tournament game)

12U (w/60 foot base paths) (Wilson County, NC):Winner: Nassau, Bahamas (Southeast Regional Champion) (5-2)
Runner-up: Visalia, CA (Pacific Southwest Regional Champion) (5-1)
New England Team: Oxford, CT (1-3, Pool Play only)

11U: No World Series for this age bracket

10U (Ocala, Florida):Winner: Scott County, Kentucky (Ohio Valley Regional Champion) (5-2)
Runner-up: Middletown, NJ (Middle Atlantic Regional Champion) (5-1)
New England Team: Newtown “Thunder”, CT (0-4, Pool Play only)

9U: No World Series for this age bracket

"Skowhegan 11-year-olds set to start tournament"
The Morning Sentinel ran a story today on the Skowhegan Cal Ripken 11 & under Baseball team heading for the New England Regional Tournament in Winchester, Massachusetts starting tomorrow. Click on link (in blue) for this story.
For more on the tourney itself, click on link at the bottom of this page OR click on “Tournaments” from the Main Menu and then click on “11 & Under All-Stars (State – 2010) from the Scroll-down menu at the top center.

The Morning Sentinel ran a story today on the Skowhegan Cal Ripken 11 & under Baseball team heading for the New England Regional Tournament in Winchester, Massachusetts starting tomorrow. Click on link (in blue) for this story.
For more on the tourney itself, click on link at the bottom of this page OR click on “Tournaments” from the Main Menu and then click on “12 & Under All-Stars (Region – 2010) from the Scroll-down menu at the top center.