Oxford 11-Year-Olds to Represent Connecticut in New England Baseball Tourney

The Oxford 11-year-old Cal Ripken all-star team has won the Connecticut baseball tournament and is headed to the regional tournament starting Friday.

The team secured a trip to the New England regional in Massachusetts by defeating New Fairfield 3-2 in the 11-60 division (11-year-olds, 60-foot base paths) on Friday. (Read a game recap here on the website of the Danbury News Times.)

The team is asking the community to help defray costs to the tournament, which begins Saturday. All told, the tournament will cost about $6,000.

Many residents and local businesses have already donated to the cause, coaches say. The money will be used for food and shelter for the team.

Fundraiser Tonight

Come support the team tonight from 7-9 at Rolando’s Restaurant on the patio. Donations of $10 per person will be accepted at the door. There will also be raffles of wine baskets, golf foursomes and other prizes.

The team thanks people for their support. It consists of: Joey Yacovelli, Dean Fallas, Zach Geffert, Matt Stordy, Kevin Silversy, Jake Biondo, Quinn Hillman, Liam Donaldson, Jared Pettinella, Chris Twombly, Cameron Cooney and Nick D'Amico.

League Updates

The following updates on all of the youth baseball leagues in Oxford was recently sent out via email by Oxford Babe Ruth baseball:

• 12s started their playoffs in RT84 with a win yesterday and have a great chance of going all the way in that tournament week.
• 11 YO District Team is heading to the N.E.  Regional Tournament this week in Norton, Mass., to represent Connecticut. Please try to support their fund raising efforts!
• 11 year old RT84 team is playing extremely well and is starting playoffs this week and look to do very well.
• 10 year olds have finished their season this past weekend in the RT84 playoffs.
• 9 year olds have finished their RT84 regular season undefeated and start their playoffs this week also look to finish very strong.

Please show your support for OXFORD!

If you can, try to attend a game to support the teams still playing, Oxford is playing extremely well in many of the divisions this year and it is great to have as much support as possible at the tournament/playoff games.

The schedule is in the document center for home and away games and the NE Regional Tournament link for Norton, Mass., is on the homepage for Oxford Baseball.

Editor's Note: Coaches of all teams are encouraged to send updates to Oxford Patch at paul.singley@patch.com.