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Newberg Senior American squad set for
impending state tourney
Newberg team doomed by pair of one-run losses
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Newberg can't get past Keizer, Camas at state tournament |
The Midget American baseball team finishes fifth at
the state tournament in Woodburn |
By B. Scott Anderson, Newberg
Graphic sports editor
E-mail Scott at banderson@eaglenewspapers.com
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WOODBURN — Newberg suffered a loss
Friday in the semifinals to Keizer and a defeat at the hands of
Camas Saturday to place fifth at the Junior Baseball of Oregon
Midget American State Tournament.
Newberg opened the tournament with one run wins against Sellwood and
Silverton, but the squad struggled in the semifinals Friday against
Keizer and suffered an 11-5 loss. Keizer jumped out early and held a
9-1 lead in the third inning before Newberg scored twice in the
fourth and two more in the fifth.
“We just didn’t have
enough baserunners and base hits,” Newberg coach Joe Rarick said.
“They outplayed us. They hit the ball well and pitched well.”
Saturday morning, the team returned to action, this time in the
consolation bracket. Newberg played Camas and fell 6-3. Rarick said
Camas systematically took advantage of Newberg errors and miscues.
“We also had a really slow start and weren’t hitting the ball
well,” he said. “We just didn’t play like we had in the past.”
The two teams Newberg fell to in the tournament went on to fare
well in the tournament: Camas took third and Keizer won the tourney.
Overall, Rarick said he was happy with how his team performed. He
said of nearly 100 teams in the state playing in the Midget American
division, Newberg’s fifth-place finish wasn’t anything to scoff at,
particularly because the squad had just three players who had played
in the JBO organization previously. The others had played in Cal
Ripken, which has a different set of rules, one of which is that
baserunners aren’t allowed to lead off.
“I thought it was pretty impressive to get fifth out of all these
teams,” Rarick said. |
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From
July 25, 2007, Newberg Graphic
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