Westport Scores and Standings: July 6

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The Beachside Soccer Club's U-12 team defeated Holmdel of New Jersey on penalty kicks Tuesday morning in the finals of the U.S. Youth Soccer Region I championship in Lancaster, Pa.

After regulation and two overtime periods ended in a scoreless tie, Beachside outscored Holmdel NJX 5-4 on penalty kicks to advance to the nationals, which will take place in Phoenix from July 27-31.

Beachside had advanced to the Region I finals with a 3-0 victory over the Bayside Bolts of Rhode Island on Monday. Fairfield's Julio Cesar Palencia, Ridgefield's Benjamin Mines and Westport's Joe Pravder scored the goals.

Beachside also had boys teams in the regionals in the U-15, U-16 and U-17 divisions, but none made it past pool play.

The U-12 team is comprised of players from throughout the region, including Norwalk, Fairfield, Westport, Ridgefield and Trumbull.

Alexander Hedegaard led Beachside in the tournament with two goals.

Beachside's roster also included Tyler Dalton, George Kutrubis, Alex Carbonnier, Jon Paul Fernandez, Sawyer Kindel, Ben McNamara, Oscar Pereira, Dylan Middlebrook, William Trudeau, Thomas Nealon, James Roland, Ryan Ruff and Charlie Teeters.

In the shootout Beachside trailed 3-1 behind as each team prepared for its 5th kick! Then, Beachside keeper Tyler Dalton saved three of four shots as Beachside put four kicks away to win the shootout.

"This is an incredibly resilient group of young players" coach Mark Alves said. "They have worked very hard all year and it has been a great experience to work with them. They thoroughly deserve this honor."

-- Westport clinched a spot in the double elimination playoff round of the District Two 12-year-old Little League tournament on Tuesday with an 11-1 win over North End.

Westport concluded pool play at 3-2 and looks forward to the playoff round, which begins next week.

Trumbull National can match Westport's 3-2 record with a win against Park City, but Westport owns the tiebreaker based on a 10-4 victory over Trumbull on Sunday.

Ryan Fitton went 3-for-3 with two home runs and drove in three runs for Westport on Tuesday.

The four playoff participants have been determined -- Fairfield National and Westport in the Red group and Fairfield American and Trumbull American in the Blue group.

Two games are scheduled for Wednesday. Stratford takes on Fairfield National (Blackham 1, 5:30 p.m.) and Easton faces Monroe (Blackham 2, 5:30 p.m.)

Here are the standings through Tuesday:

RED

*-Fairfield National 4-0

*-Westport 3-2

Trumbull National 2-2

Stratford 1-3

North End 0-5

Blue

*-Fairfield American 5-0

*-Trumbull American 4-1

Easton 2-2

Monroe 1-3

Park City 0-4

The 33rd annnual Point to Point Swim begins Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. at Compo Beach in Westport. Registration is $35 ($45 on race day).

The one-mile open water swim race will include three heats with up to 75 swimmers per heat.

All proceeds benefit the Westport Weston Family Y’s Strong Kids Campaign, which programs and services to those the community who cannot afford them.

Visit http://www.westporty.org/index.php/special_events/ for more information or to register.

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

TUESDAY'S RESULTS

Westport Jr. 4, Wilton Jr 2

WEDNESDAY'S SCHEDULE

Darien/NC Sr. vs. Westport Sr., 5:30 p.m., at Mead Park

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL STANDINGS