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Doylestown Baseball Crowned 2017 Bux-Mont Connie Mack A Champions
DAA Baseball beats defending champion Warrington Baseball to win the Bux-Mont Connie Mack A Division; will take #1 seed into state tourney
Doylestown Baseball was crowned Champions of the 2017 Bux-Mont Connie Mack A Division Monday night after beating defending 2016 champions Warrington Baseball at Hostelley Field in North Wales, Pa.
Monday's Game 3 win was a decisive 7-1 conclusion to the 3-game series.
Doylestown enjoyed a high-scoring 13-3 win Game 1 Saturday, but then suffered a tough 4-3 loss in Sunday's Game 2.
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The 3-game series was much like the teams' rivalry all season-long. Doylestown (18-2 regular season) and Warrington (16-4) traded first place in the standings back and forth all season long. Each team had a win and a loss against the other in the regular season.
Head coach Ray Rudek coached the team to a very successful regular season, with 9 of their 18 wins decided by the 10-run rule.
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Rudek was assisted by Jim Webb, Tom Woolum, Brian Loving, and Chris Gatto.
Most of these Doylestown players have played together since their tee-ball days 10-12 years ago. The championship is especially sweet for several older players, for whom this is their final year of Connie Mack eligibility, and a fitting conclusion to their Connie Mack careers.
With this championship, Doylestown will be the #1 Bux-Mont seed in the 2017 PA Connie Mack State Championship Tournament against Lehigh Valley Connie Mack teams, July 20-29, at Limeport Stadium in Coopersburg, PA.
The top 4 Bux-Mont teams will play the top 8 Lehigh Valley teams in a double-elimination tournament to determine the state Connie Mack A champion.
With the loss, Warrington will enter the tournament as the #2 seed. Hatfield-Towamencin will be the #3 Bux-Mont seed, and Deep Run will enter at #4.
Doylestown's first state tournament game will be Sat. July 22 at 5:30pm against the winner of Lehigh Valley #6 seed Catasauqua and Bux-Mont's #4 seed Deep Run.
Doylestown last won the Connie Mack A Division state title in 2010. Bux-Mont's Towamencin Baseball was the reigning 2016 state champion. (Towamencin Connie Mack merged with Hatfield Connie Mack in late 2016. )
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Doylestown Athletic Association (DAA) has been organizing youth sports programs in our community since 1968 with the help of its generous sponsors, volunteer coaches, umpires and officials. Sports include Boys Baseball, Girls Softball, Co-Ed Volleyball, Girls Field Hockey, Boys Basketball, and Girls Basketball .
- Doylestown Athletic Association Website
- DAA Baseball: Website | Facebook | Twitter
- For more information about the PA Connie Mack A League, visit the Lehigh Valley Connie Mack organization's history page.
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