Marple Township Little League 8-year-old tournament team wins division championship

The Marple Township Little League 8-year-old tournament team recently won the Division Championship of the 2013 Newtown-Edgmont Tournament by defeating South Marple in seven innings.  The final score was 6-5.  The game was played over two days due to rain delays.  At the time the game was suspended on day one due to rain it was the top of the 4th and MTLL was down 0-5. MTLL launched a dramatic comeback in a hard fought game that went into extra innings.  Both teams played well.

The Marple Township Little League team are (top row, from left)  Owen Mathes, Matthew Beatty, Joseph Verrekia, Jonny Small, Vasilli Koulas, Nathan O'Connor, Alex Bruno, Jake Micewski, and Coach Jamie McDonnell. In the bottom row (from left) are Coach Dave Beatty, Head Coach Nick Verrekia, Kevin Henrich, Aidan Lynch, and Jay McDonnell.