Editor's Note: The following piece was contributed from Jim Loeffler, one of the team's coaches.
For the second year in a row, the West Islip Gold Team, now in the 10 year old division, won the championship game of the District 34 Baseball Tournament.
Last year, in the 9 year old division, this team was undefeated (14-0) in its bid for the a title. This year, the West Islip Gold Team only lost one game on the way to taking the championship again.
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At the beginning of the season, Coach Kevin Daly (during what the boys refer to as our “Daly talk”) spoke to the team about how difficult it is to not only win one championship game, but having one under our belt it is even more difficult to do it again. From that point on, the boys worked hard and were focused on bringing the championship trophy back to West Islip.
Congratulations West Islip 10 year old Gold Team.
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