Tournament Results:
Opening Round (Thursday, August 10):
DuBois 3, Ingomar 2 (7 innings)
Berwyn-Paoli 9, Shippensburg Area 4
Consolation Game (Saturday, August 12):
Ingomar 6, Shippensburg Area 3
Championship Game (Saturday, August 12):
DuBois 4, Berwyn-Paoli 2 (11 innings; TITLE)
Summary:
Mike Hilliard's three-run homer in the top of the eleventh inning lifted DuBois Little League to its third consecutive extra-inning victory, as DuBois edged Berwyn-Paoli Little League, 4-2, in the longest state title game in Pennsylvania tournament history.
In the championship game, DuBois' Mike Gray (five hits, twelve strikeouts) and Berwyn-Paoli's Tim Brown (five hits, nine strikeouts) were both in top form. Both strung together shutouts for the maximum allowed nine innings before giving way to relievers. DuBois, which was hitless for the first 5-2/3 innings, finally scored in the top of the tenth when Chris Spangler drew a bases-loaded walk that forced in Hilliard. Berwyn-Paoli responsed -- and nearly won the game -- when Arash Bonakdar's double off the left field fence narrowly missed clearing the fence and instead scored Brown. Finally, in the eleventh, DuBois' Ryan Smith singled with one out, and Tom Thiebaud singled. After a forceout, Hilliard drove a line shot over the left-field fence to drive home the winning runs.
DuBois had also needed 11 innings to defeat Williamsport's Brandon Little League in the Section 2 title game. Berwyn-Paoli had won a Section 3 semifinal game against Lehigh that had been suspended due to darkness with the game tied 4-4 after 11 innings.
In the semifinals, DuBois executed a double steal with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to edge Ingomar 3-2. After giving up an early homer to Ingomar's Brian Moffitt and falling behind 2-0, DuBois pitcher Erin Henry settled down to retire 11 of the last 12 hitters she faced. Chris Smiley tied it with a two-run homer in the fourth before DuBois won the game in extra innings. Henry was the first female starting pitcher in Pennsylvania state tournament history. Berwyn-Paoli overcame an early 2-0 defecit to beat Shippensburg Area Little League, 9-4, in the other semifinal game.
Shippensburg's roster included several eleven year olds who played prominent roles in the team's tournament run. These players returned in 1990 and led Shippensburg to the United States championship and a runner-up finish in the Little League World Series.
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Linescores:
| Opening Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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R |
H |
E |
| Shippensburg Area |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
8 |
3 |
| Berwyn-Paoli |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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9 |
8 |
3 |
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| Opening Round |
| Ingomar |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2 |
6 |
3 |
| DuBois |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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3 |
5 |
1 |
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| Consolation Game |
| Ingomar |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
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6 |
9 |
1 |
| Shippensburg Area |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
6 |
2 |
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| Championship Game |
| DuBois |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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4 |
9 |
2 |
| Berwyn-Paoli |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
8 |
1 |
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1989 Pennsylvania District Champions and Sectional Tournament Results
District Champions
in Section 1 |
District Champions
in Section 2 |
D1 - French Creek Valley Mid-East (New Richmond)
D2 - Sharon American
D3 - Union City
D4 - Ingomar (McCandless)
D6 -
D9 - Connellsville
D25 - Franklin
Section 2 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Franklin (District 25)
At Miller-Sibley Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Union City 7, French Creek Valley Mid-East 1
2 - Ingomar d. District 6 Champions
3 - Franklin 11, Sharon American 1
4 - Ingomar 5, Connellsville 2
5 - Franklin 16, Union City 0
6 - Ingomar 1, Franklin 0 (TITLE)
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D5 - Clearfield
D7 - Indiana American
D10 - DuBois
D11 - West Suburban (Johnstown)
D12 - Brandon (Williamsport)
D26 - Latrobe
Section 2 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Brockway (District 10)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Brandon 11, Clearfield 0
2 - Latrobe 6, West Suburban 5
3 - DuBois 7, Indiana American 1
4 - Brandon 5, Latrobe 3
5 - DuBois 2, Brandon 1 (11 innings; TITLE)
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District Champions
in Section 3 |
District Champions
in Section 4 |
D13 - Northumberland Acorn
D14 - Shippensburg Area
D15 - Wellsboro
D16 - Plains
D17 - Taylor Boro (Taylor)
D18 - Franklin Township
Section 3 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Shippensburg Area (District 14)
At Doc Norcross Stadium
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Franklin Township 3, Northumberland Acorn 2
2 - Wellsboro 3, Plains 1
3 - Shippensburg 5, Franklin Township 4
4 - Wellsboro 2, Taylor 1
5 - Shippensburg 10, Wellsboro 5 (TITLE)
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D19 - Aston-Middletown (Elwyn)
D20 - Lehigh (Bethlehem)
D21 - Middletown
D22 - Conshohocken
D23 - Berwyn-Paoli
D24 - Saint Clair
Section 4 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Slate Belt (Bangor) (District 20)
At Slate Belt Little League Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Berwyn-Paoli 5, Saint Clair 4
2 - Middletown 7, Coshohocken 1
3 - Aston-Middletown 8, Middletown 0
4 - Berwyn-Paoli d. Lehigh (extra innings)
5 - Berwyn-Paoli 8, Aston-Middletown 2 (TITLE)
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