The Erie Outlaws 7U Black won their first championship taking 1st place at the Iroquois 8U Tournament this weekend. They went 6-0 outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 97-24.
 
In the semi-final they defeated Ft. LeBoeuf by a score of 17-5 and then continued to dominate in the championship game against the MYAA Riptide 8U with a final score of 13-3.  Drew Marsh finished the tournament going 18 for 21 with two inside the park homeruns, while Matt Jones went 18 for 20 including an inside the park homerun. The entire team continued to improve their aggressive base running and solid defense with short-stop Matt Jones and First Baseman Lucas Bardwell making several key plays.
 
Game 1 – Iroquois, Score 15-0 (three innings). Ryder Wilczynski was MVP of the game. Drew Marsh went 3 for 3 with a triple and inside the park homerun.
 
Game 2 – FLAG, Score 16-10 (five innings). Landon Waite was MPV of the game. Matt Jones went 3 for 4 with three doubles.
 
Game 3 – ERIE, Score 16-6 (five innings). Lucas Bardwell was MVP of the game. Micah Steves went 3 for 3 with a double and Peyton Friedman also went 3 for 3.
 
Game 4 – Northwestern, Score 20-0 (four innings). Peyton Friedman was MVP of the game going 3 for 3 with a double. Landon Waite was 2 for 2 and Drew Marsh was 3 for 3 with two triples.
 
Game 5 – Ft. LeBoeuf, Score 17-5 (four innings). Matt Jones was MVP of the game. Cameron Folmar went 3 for 3 and Ryan Robie went 2 for 2 with a base-clearing double.
 
Championship Game – MYAA Ripetide, Score 13-3 (six innings). Matt Jones was MVP of the game with an inside the park homerun and game ending catch. Landon Shrader was 3 for 3 with a base-clearing double. Porter Mitchell was also 3 for 3 with (2) two-out doubles.