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First
Inning:
California Lumberjacks (CA): Ryan
Korb started on the mound for Connecticut.
Enrique Brito popped out to the second
baseman Tommy Brady for the first out.
Jordan Sawyer struck out swinging. Robert
Webber walked and then stole second. Gary
Fayard flied out to left field for the
third out. Totals: no runs, no hits, no
errors and one left on
base.
Connecticut
Cannons (CT): Brian Conley started for
California. Ryan Hardin struck out
swinging. Trey Baur ground out short to
first. Cameron Fennel singled. Ryan Korb
ground out short to first to retire the
side. Totals: no runs, one hit, no errors
and one left on base.
Second
Inning:
California
Lumberjacks (CA): Brian Conley singled
to left field. A wild pitch advanced
Conley to second. Kyle Blumer struck out
swing for the first out and Conley stole
third base on the strikeout. Leonardo
Duran struck out swinging. Nashea Diggs
was called out on a third strike. Totals:
no runs, one hit, no errors and one left
on
base.
Connecticut
Cannons (CT): Catcher Matt Tate led
off with a single to left past a diving
third baseman. Nick Bancroft hammered a
home run to right field with Tate aboard.
Dan Rajkowski popped out to second. Vince
Ferraro grounded out second to first.
Tommy Brady grounded out pitcher to short
to first. Totals: two runs, two hits, no
errors and none left on
base.
Third
Inning:
California
Lumberjacks
(CA):
Tyler
Johnson walked on four pitches. Enrique
Brito flied out deep to center . Johnson
stole second. Jordan Sawyer struck out
looking. Robert Webber singled to left
driving in Johnson with the Lumberjacks
first run. Webber went to second on a
passed ball. Gary Fayard singled to right
center driving in Webber to tie the game.
A passed ball sent Fayard to second. Brian
Conley homered to center scoring Fayard.
Trey Baur came in to pitch for Connecticut
with Korb going to first base. Kyle Blumer
hit a home run to center. Leonardo Duran
lined out to the shortstop. Totals: five
runs, four hits, no errors and none left
on
base.
Connecticut
Cannons (CT): Ryan Hardin singled to
center. Trey Baur was hit by a pitch with
Hardin going to second. Robert Morris came
in to courtesy run for Baur. Cameron
Fennel popped out to the shortstop. Ryan
Korb flied out to center and the center
fielder, Enrique Brito, threw out Hardin
trying to go to third. Totals: no runs,
one hit, no errors and one left on base.
Fourth
Inning:
California
Lumberjacks (CA): Cameron Fennel
in to pitch for Connecticut with Robert
Morris going to left field and the left
fielder, Dan Rajkowski, going to third
base. Nashea Diggs singled to left. Tyler
Johnson reached first on an infield single
with Diggs advancing to second. Enrique
Brito singled to center driving in Diggs
with Johnson and Brito taking second and
third on the throw home. Justin Knight
came in to bat for Jordan Sawyer and
homered to left driving in Johnson and
Brito. Nick Bancroft in to pitch for
Connecticut. Robert Webber struck out
swinging. Gary Fayard singled to left
field. Brian Conley singled to right field
sending Fayard to second. Fayard and
Conley advanced to second and third
respectively on a passed ball. Kyle Blumer
was called out on a third strike. Leonardo
Duran singled to center driving in Fayard.
A double steal advanced Conley and Duran.
Nashea Diggs singled driving in Conley. A
passed ball scored Conley with Diggs going
to third. Tyler Johnson walked and went to
second on cathers indifference. Enrique
Brito reached on an error by the center
fielder scoring Diggs and Johnson. Jordan
Sawyer doubled to center moving Brito to
third. Robert Webber popped out out to
third to end the inning. Totals: nine
runs, eight hits, one error and two left
on base.
Connecticut
Cannons (CT): Matt Tate reach first on
an error by the third baseman. Tate was
thrown out attempting to steal second base
for the first out. Nick Bancroft homered
to left. Dan Rajkowski struck out
swinging. Vince Ferraro was called out on
strikes. Totals: one run, one hit, no
errors and none left on
base.
Fifth
Inning:
California
Lumberjacks (CA): Gary Fayard walked.
Brian Conley hit into a fielders choice
second to short. Kyle Blumer flied out to
the left fielder. Conley advanced to
second on a passed ball. A passed ball
sent Conley to third.Chris Major batted
for Duran and singled to left driving in
Conley. Major was thrown out attempting to
steal second after Shaun Vetrovec was
announced to bat for Diggs. Totals: one
run, one hit, no errors and none left on
base.
Connecticut
Cannons (CT): Tommy Brady grounded out
second to first. Ryan Marks reached first
on an infield single. Trey Baur grounded
into a fielders choice, short to third to
second, forcing Marks at second. Baur
advanced to second on a passed ball.
Cameron Fennel flied out to left field to
end the game. Totals: no runs, one hit, no
errors and one left on
base.
FINAL
SCORE:

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California
Lumberjacks (CA) 15 - Connecticut
Cannons (CT)
3
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CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME FINAL BOX SCORE
California
Lumberjacks
(California)
|
NO
|
NAME
|
POS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
HR
|
RBI'S
|
|
4
|
Enrique Brito
|
CF
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
15
|
Jordan Sawyer
|
2B
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
10
|
Robert Webber
|
SS
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
12
|
Gary Fayard
|
1B
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
9
|
Brian Conley
|
P
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
1
|
Kyle Blumer
|
3B/P
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
2
|
Leonardo Duran
|
C
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
5
|
Nashea Diggs
|
LF/3B
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
8
|
Tyler Johnson
|
RF
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Justin Knight
|
1B
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
11
|
Jalen Fraga
|
3B
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Chris Major
|
C
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
7
|
Shaun Vetrovec
|
LF
|
3
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
|
31
|
15
|
16
|
1
|
3
|
11
|
|
NO
|
PITCHING
|
IP
|
AB
|
K
|
BB
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
|
9
|
Brian Conley
(winning
pitcher)
|
5
|
21
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
5
|
21
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
Connecticut
Cannons (Connecticut)
|
NO
|
NAME
|
POS
|
AB
|
R
|
H
|
2B
|
HR
|
RBI'S
|
|
11
|
Ryan Hardin
|
SS
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
Trey Baur
|
1B/P
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
12
|
Cameron Fennell
|
3B/P
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
1
|
Ryan Korb
|
P/1B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
3
|
Matt Tate
|
C
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
15
|
Nick Bancroft
|
CF/P
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
10
|
Dan Rajkowski
|
LF/3B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
9
|
Vincent Ferraro
|
RF
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
8
|
Tommy Brady
|
2B
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
13
|
Ryan Marks
|
1B
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
14
|
Ryan Morris
|
LF
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
|
20
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
2
|
3
|
|
NO
|
PITCHING
|
IP
|
AB
|
K
|
BB
|
H
|
R
|
ER
|
|
1
|
Ryan Korb
|
2 2/3
|
14
|
5
|
2
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
2
|
Trey Baur
|
1/3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
12
|
Cameron Fenell
|
2/3
|
8
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
|
15
|
Nick Bancroft
|
1 1/3
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
TOTALS
|
5
|
30
|
7
|
4
|
12
|
11
|
11
|
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OFFICIAL
SCOREKEEPER -
Bernie
Zeh
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Championship
Game Notes:
California
Lumberjacks
(California)
-
2008 IBA Winter
Champions
-2008 AAU NIT
Qualifier
Champions
-2008
Lumberjack
Select
Invitational
Champions
-2008 USTBA CA
State Memorial
Day
Champions
-2008 USSSA
Summer Heat
Champions
-2008 USSSA
Summer Sizzler
Champions
2008 AAU Winter
World
Qualifier
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Connecticut
Cannons
(Connecticut)
-Team
is comprised of
players from
New Canaan,
Brookfield and
Greenwich,
Connecticut.
-All players
were on
all-star teams
for their
towns.
-Each All-Star
team made it
through to
Regional
Championships
for Cal Ripken
Baseball.
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How
The Teams got
to the
Championship
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California
Lumberjacks
(California)
defeated
#37 Mass Lawmen
(MA) 9-5
defeated #53
Austin Lone
Stars (TX)
11-7
defeated #20
South Jersey
Young Guns (NJ)
6-5
defeated #1
Tidewater
Drillers (VA)
10-3
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Connecticut
Cannons
(Connecticut)
defeated
#31
Hillsborough
Hit Men (NJ)
21-9
defeated #18
New Hampshire
Diamond Devils
(NH) 18-0
defeated #7
Tri-Valley
Dawgs (CA)
10-9
defeated #3 San
Diego Stars
(CA) 12-11 (7
innings)
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2008 Week #11
Runnerup -
Connecticut
Cannons
(Connecticut)
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2008 Week #11
Champions -
California
Lumberjacks
(California)
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Photos by Justin
Martin
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