Mike Vukovcan AMBRIDGE– What a day for the three Hopewell All-Star teams what were participating in the Ambridge All-Star Tournament.
Not only were they undefeated but five different Hopewell batters hit over the fence homeruns, the youngest of which being 8-year-old Cam Winiarski.
This was Cam’s first over the fence homerun and the best part was that it was part of a 19-9 win over South Fayette.
By the way, the other Hopewell home run hitters on Saturday were Kruz Krotec (2 HR’s), Rhett Rankin, Henry Dunn and Owen McGovern.
Winiarski wasn’t the only player on his team hitting as the Hopewell 8-year-old team collected 25 hits in their lopsided victory. The impressive part was that Hopewell combined for 11 extra-base hits. Hopewell banged out 10 doubles- Brody Tournay (2), Mason Thumm (2), August Arostegi, Coleson Orie, Colton Eiler, Declan Rinaldi, Hudson Lavia and Trent Michael.
The 19 RBIs were collected by Winiarski’s 5, Arostegi, Tournay and Obie DeCanio each with 3, Orie and Eiler with 2 and 1 by Rinaldi.
South Fayette scored five runs in the top of the 1st but Hopewell went on to score 6 runs in 3 of the next 4 innings.
This 8-year-old team will enter bracket play tomorrow with a matchup against Moon at 9:30 AM.
Good luck Vikings!
