Defending League Champions..........and still on top !

Two of the top teams in the league took the field for a double header this afternoon.  The Bears coming off another USSSA tournament championship came into the much anticipated matchup with the Wellington Warriors.  The Bears entered the contest 5-1-1, and the Warriors entered the contest 3-0-1.  The Bears were able to get out to an early lead in both of the ballgames at Olympia Park.  The Bears took an early 3-0 lead in the first game before the Warriors began to flex their muscle.  The Warriors answered with 10 runs in the third inning on their way to a 14-4 victory.  The Warrior pitchers were brilliant all day.  Nick "mailbox" Adams pitched 3 strong innings striking out 2 and walking 1.  Nick faced a total of 10 batters allowing 1 run.  The Warriors offense was led by a number of players.  Ethan Levi hit a big homerun in the first ball game.  Jasox Fox scored a couple of runs and stole 4 bases.  Xavier Edwards doubled, scored a run and had an rbi with 2 stolen bases.  Nick Adams went 2 for 2 and scored a run.  Jason Weiss came up with a big hit and scored 2 more runs for the Wellington Warriors. Xavier Smith rounded out the hitting with a single and an rbi.  

   The second game started like the first with the Bears looking for revenge.  The Bears jumped out to an early 2-0 lead only to see their lead disappear in the top half of the next inning. The Warriors got great pitching from one of their aces Xavier Smith.  Xavier threw a total of 42 pitches in 3 innings allowing 3 hits and 1 walk.  Jacob Mercado also pitched an inning stiking out 2 and allowing no hits.  In the Second game the Warriors continued their hitting ways.  Xavier Edwards tripled drove in a run, scored 2 runs and stole 6 bases.  Nick Adams had another hit and an rbi.  Jacob Weiss continued his hot streak with 2 more singles, an rbi and 3 runs scored.  Jacob Mercado singled and stole 2 bases, and scored 2 runs.  Andrew Johnson  singled and scored 2 runs.  Will Anglin drove in a couple of runs.  Kyle Bowman and TJ. Mckenzie each scored several runs on the day.  The Warriors hope to continue their winning ways and defend the league championship they won last year.