TRADITION

The Tradition Showcase held at Pragemann Park in Wallingford was a huge success as 21 college coaches came to view the play of 28 teams over the three day event. The many parent volunteers helped to make it a huge success with chairpeople Lou Ghiroli, food, Donna Genovese, clothing and college coaches, and John Glynn, fields, coordinating the off field features. The Tradition 18u and Tradition 16u teams each won four of its five games against top rated opponents to improve the two teams overall mark to 46-6. The Tradition 18u came from a 5-0 deficit in the semis to rally to tie in the final inning and win in a tiebreaker 6-5 when Amanda Genovese drew a bases loaded walk. The team then battled the Polar Crush to a 1-1 tie through regulation and lost 3-2 in the tiebreaker to finish tournament runnerup. Meghan Doonan pitched the doubleheader for Tradition with an outstanding two games of pitching. The Tradition 16u finished third, losing in the semis to the Capital Mainiacs, 3-1, before drubbing the Flame 10-0 in the consolation game. The team won four-of-five to improve to 20-3 for the summer season.