The PF Flyers 9U team earned its first tournament win of the fall, claiming the Tournaments for a Cause Fall Frenzy championship on Sunday.
The Flyers’ closest game came in the first game of pool play on Saturday. The game was tied 1-1 in the third inning and then the Flyers scored seven runs between the third and fourth innings.
Jax York led the third inning off with a triple. Justin Jones doubled. Corbin Crump doubled. Wesley Oelker capped the inning with a two-run single.
In the fourth, Bennett Dold and Mitchell Opp had RBI doubles. Bryson Peavley had an RBI single. And York hit a two-run inside-the-park home run.
The offensive outburst carried them to an 8-2 win.
The Flyers won their second game of pool play 18-3. Dold was 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored. Kyler Hektor was 2-for-3 with a double, three RBI and three runs scored.
In the semifinal on Sunday, the Flyers scored seven runs in the first two innings and never looked back in an 11-4 win.
Hayes Ring was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Oelker was 2-for-3 with two RBI, two runs scored.
That win sent the Flyers to the championship, where they cruised to a 16-0 win.
York threw a three-inning complete game shutout, striking out all nine batters he faced. He threw 34 pitches with 27 strikes.
York, Oelker, Justin Jones and Griffin Hopkins each had two hits. Hopkins was 2-for-2 with a triple, four RBI and two runs scored.
The Flyers are now 7-1 on the fall season.
