Tournament Results:
Semifinal Round (Friday, August 12):
West New York American 3, Haddonfield 0
Upper Saddle River 7, Old Bridge 1
Consolation Game (Saturday, August 13):
Old Bridge 5, Haddonfield 0
Championship Game (Saturday, August 13):
West New York American 3, Upper Saddle River 1 (TITLE)
Summary:
Mario Ruiz belted a three-run homer with two outs in the top of the sixth inning to propel West New York American past Upper Saddle River in the state championship game. Ruiz's hit spoiled a magnificent pitching performance by losing pitcher Steve Dreyer. Through five innings, Dreyer had struck out 15, walked two, and allowed no balls hit into fair territory. In the sixth, ninth-place West New York hitter Bob Mohr walked, and leadoff hitter Jimmy Stephens reached on a bad-hop single. A groundout and strikeout moved the runners to second and third, and Upper Saddle River coach Hol Hollipeter elected to pitch to Ruiz with first base open. Ruiz was also impressive on the mound for West New York, striking out 17 and allowing only three hits.
In the semifinals, Ruiz again supplied the offense with a three-run homer, and Ike Alonso pitched his third consecutive tournament no-hitter to lead West New York past Haddonfield. Alonso, who struck out 13, had previously thrown no-hitters against Hoboken South in the District 7 tournament and Wood Ridge in the Section 2 semifinals. Upper Saddle River, powered by home runs from Bill Trethaway, Dave Turrin, and Bruce DiFelice, disposed of Old Bridge in the other semifinal.
West New York American went on the win the Connecticut-New Jersey Divisional and Eastern Region Tournaments to advance to the Little League World Series. They advanced to the championship game before falling 8-2 to Westbury American Little League (Houston, Texas).
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Linescores:
| Semifinal Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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R |
H |
E |
| West New York American |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
4 |
0 |
| Haddonfield |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
| Semifinal Round |
| Upper Saddle River |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
8 |
0 |
| Old Bridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
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| Consolation Game |
| Haddonfield |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Old Bridge |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
x |
|
5 |
5 |
2 |
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| Championship Game |
| West New York American |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Upper Saddle River |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
3 |
0 |
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1966 New Jersey District Champions and Sectional Tournament Results
District Champions
in Section 1 |
District Champions
in Section 2 |
D1 - Lackawanna
D2 - Pompton Lakes
D3 - Upper Saddle River
D4 - Bergenfield American
Section 1 Tournament
Host - New Milford (District 4)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Upper Saddle River 8, Lackawanna 1
2 - Bergenfield American 12, Pompton Lakes 0
3 - Upper Saddle River 12, Bergenfield American 0 (TITLE)
|
D5 - Wood-Ridge
D6 - Teaneck Southern
D7 - West New York American
D8 - Harrison National
Section 2 Tournament
Host - Teaneck (District 6)
At Votee Park
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - West New York American 14, Wood-Ridge 0
2 - Teaneck Southern 9, Harrison National 3
3 - West New York American 11, Teaneck Southern 1 (TITLE)
|
District Champions
in Section 3 |
District Champions
in Section 4 |
D9 - Union West
D10 - Old Bridge
D11 - Freehold Boro
D12 - Nottingham (Hamilton Square)
D17 - Bernardsville
Section 3 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Ocean Township (District 11)
At Colt Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Old Bridge 1, Bernardsville 0
2 - Nottingham 9, Freehold Boro 0
3 - Old Bridge 7, Union West 2
4 - Old Bridge 4, Nottingham 1 (TITLE)
|
D13 - Haddonfield
D14 - Centerville (Camden)
D15 - Woodstown
D16 - Millville
Section 4 Tournament
Championship Game Host - West Deptford Township (District 15)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Haddonfield 10, Centerville 5
2 - Woodstown 8, Millville 0
3 - Haddonfield 3, Woodstown 2 (TITLE)
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