Southside District 65 won its championship game on Tuesday, July 9. At Simas Park, the team finally went a full game in the tournament after run-ruling its opponents in the previous four games.
Northside came out in the first inning and knocked a home run off of pitcher Jaden Lyburtus, but its bats were silent after that; Lyburtus pitched three innings, allowing only one hit. Trevor Garcia finished off the final four innings with one hit allowed. Southside returned the favor in the first with two runs scored.
“The bottom part of our lineup was where it was at,” said Southside coach, Eddie Garcia. “Our six through nine batters had nine hits that game.”
Southside took the game with a solid 15-2 victory. In the five-game tournament, the championship little leaguers scored 69 runs and allowed just seven hits and eight runs.
This article appears in Jul 18-25, 2013.
