Tewksbury U16 Girls Win State Softball Championship

(Editor's note: The following information was submitted by the coaches of the U16 Tewksbury Girls Softball Team.)

After a Championship in the Think Pink Tournament 7-0 & a 3-1 Finish in The Old Orchard Southern Maine Diamond Challenge, the U16 Tewksbury Girls Softball team took home the U16 Massachusetts State championship this past weekend in Lowell.

Tewksbury went 9-1 on the weekend and have an overall record of 19-2 on the young season. The Tewksbury Girls got off to a quick start on Friday making quick work of the Mass Fusion before taking a loss to Taunton Dynamite on Saturday Morning & going into the losers brackets and had to fight all day Saturday & Sunday facing elimination every game & beating 6 other teams (Lowell Dirt Dogs, Mass Blaze, Merrimack Valley Vipers, Mass Intensity, Northeast Hurricanes, Boston Bandits) to get to the Finals against that same tough Taunton Team where Tewksbury would have to beat them twice in the Finals.

Tewksbury took care of business with a 3-1 defensive battle in the first game and then turned on the offense to beat Taunton in the second game 9-3 to take the title. Tewksbury used a combination of a high scoring offense, Solid defense and outstanding pitching over the course of the weekend to win the State championship.

The girls will head off to a college showcase tournament this weekend in Plainville before going to Bow, NH & Gilford, NH for their July tournaments and then head home for the 23rd Annual TGSL End of the Year tournament August 17 in Tewksbury.