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Last updated on Monday, August 1, 2016
(GOSHEN) - The Bedford 14U Little League All-Stars won their second consecutive Junior League Indiana State Tournament championship Sunday.
District 12 champion Bedford, which dropped a practice game to Jeffersonville on Wednesday, brought home a win at to defeat the District 5 champs twice, 17-7, Saturday, and then 17-1 Sunday afternoon in the title game.
Those two victories lead to a 16-1 win, defeating Wabash in the semifinals Sunday morning.
Bedford manager Shawn Nikirk is especially proud of his team.
Zane Harrison led off with a single line drive with Dalton Nikirk's sacrifice to move Harrison into scoring position. Garrett Watson followed with a two-run home run. Following a double by Avery Brand and a single by Trey Mollet, Dayson Wright unloaded with a three-run hit making the score 5-0.
Jeffersonville could not handle the All-Stars.
Watson went the (five-inning) distance and surrendered just five hits and struck out five, while also supplying three hits at the plate.
Teammate Harrison went 5 for 5, while Brand had three hits, and Mollet and Skylar Bates had two hits apiece. Nikirk, Ethan Baer, Hunter Myers and Colby Graves each added a hit.
Nikirk says the team never looked back with all 13 players contributing with scoring in every inning, great pitching and defense on the field.
The team will travels to Fort Wayne for the Central Region Tournament starting Saturday, and a title there would send the team to the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Mi.
The team has set up a GoFundMe account to help defray travel costs for anyone interested in contributing. After going to the GoFundMe site, type a search for Bedford 14u Indiana State Champs.
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