Do you want to know how to win a Championship, its easy, just become the coach of a great group of boys known as the Rebels.
The boys were asked to defend there South Shore Championship against a very tough opponent, in turn they responded with great pitching, great defense, great base running and a few hits along the way. Jack Delany’s long double in the first and Alec Acri’s two bagger in the second let the opposing pitcher know the boys came to play. The Rebels put the ball in Nicky Vavleriano’s hand for the second year in a row and asked him to do what he does best, throw strikes and win us a big game. Nicky was ahead on almost every batter he faced and allowed just 3 base runners the entire night..
The game remained scoreless until the top of the 6th when Brain Porricelli introduced himself to Massapequa with an infield single, move to second on a wild pitch and a delayed steal of third that shuck up the catcher who proceeded to throw the ball into right field allowing him to score the only run of the game.
Nicky moved to the bottom of the 6th and with only 4 pitches remaining managed to get two outs, Brian P came in to strike out the last batter of the night, game over 1-0 Rebels win.
Foot Note # 1:
In the 3 years the Rebels have played in the SS Tournament there overall record for the 3 years is 17 -1.
Foot Note # 2
In the 7 years the SS Tournament has been around, no team has one it 2 years in a row, until now.