Dix Hills, NY – With their 15-5 victory today over Huntington Tri-Village A&E LL at Otsego Park, the North Bellmore North Merrick LL Rebels have swept the 2011 Williamsport Section 6 pool going a perfect 5-0. The Rebels have outscored their opponents 64-11 for an average margin of victory of 10.6 runs.

They were similarly dominant today. After taking an early lead ignited by the hot hitting of Jack Delaney, then proceeding to give it back, the Rebels gained momentum as the game progressed and their now hallmark offense went to work. Starter Nick Valeriano and the Rebels defense had Huntington trailing 5-2 after two innings. Then, ignited by the brilliant middle relief work of Alec Acri, the Rebels offense extended their lead to 7-2 in the fourth, 11-2 in the fifth, and 15-2 in the middle of the sixth as Acri baffled HTV batters with a dazzling array of pitches. Delaney came on to close out the bottom of the sixth, buttoning it up after Huntington managed to scratch out three runs without getting a ball out of the infield. In all, it was a convincing victory that reinforced the apparent message of the Rebels’ intentions in this tournament.

Virtually every player in the NBNM lineup contributed to the usually prolific offense.

Delaney — multiple hits including his deep double in the first, Acri, Brian Porricelli — smoked a double to the fense in right-center, Nick Valieriano — hustled out a hit after hitting hard into tough luck prior, Kevin McCleneghan, Eric Solomon, Mike Proios, and Andy Davila — a great bunt that went for a single, all tallied in the hits column for the red-hot Rebels.

A particularly scorching performance was that of Matt Conry who, with a chance to hit for the cycle in the sixth, instead ripped a double through the left-centerfield alley for his second of the day and a perfect 4-for-4. In the fourth inning Conry hit his first career homerun launching a deep drive over the left-centerfield fence.

It was a game mostly in keeping with the Rebels performance through the 2011 Williamsport Tournament to date. Having gone 4-0 in the District with total scores of 49-4, their overall Williamsport numbers are 9-0, scoring an average of 12.6 runs per game while allowing just 1.7.

The Rebels would earn their place in the NY State Tournament with a victory in the Section championship final Monday August 1, 8:00pm, also at Otsego Park and also against HTV A&E.