Norway 10-11 Boys Fall In Pool Play Downstate
WEST BRANCH---The town of Norway has how many people? Throw in Vulcan, Hermanaville, Waucedah....heck, even Powers and Spalding. You still won't come close to the size of Little League towns that the Norway 10-11 boys faced at the state tournament in West Branch this weekend. Norway lost to Birmingham from Detroit's northern suburbs, 3-0, Monday night, after losing to Taylor from Detroit's "downriver" suburbs 10-0 on Saturday. The only team the boys played from a small town was Richmond, and Norway won that game, 7-6. "Birmingham had outscored it two previous opponents by a combined score of 36-6.," wrote Norway Manager Mike Snyder. "We had chances throughout the game but was not able to score any runs." Norway started Hunter Riley on the mound. Riley threw a three hit complete game, striking out eight batters and walking just one. Unfortunately for Riley and Norway, two of the three hits that Birmingham got were home runs. Landen Kaldor led Norway with two hits, Ben Snyder had a double, and Bret Turini and Anthony Hansen each had singles. Riley also started on the mound for Norway against Taylor and pitched two scoreless innings. But Taylor scored four runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth to win, 10-0. Doda, Riley, Kaldor and Snyder all had two hits apiece. Doda scored three runs.
The game was tied 4-4 in the top of the fifth when Richmond scored two runs to take a 6-4 lead and was threatening to add more. With runners on first and second and two outs Carter Holle for Norway made a leaping catch in deep right field to end the inning. |