
Things started off rough for Randolph West as the All-Stars from Freehold Township loaded the bases three times in the third inning, came away with seven runs during that outburst and with two towering home runs in the fourth inning ended the game against Randolph West via the mercy rule. “As soon as I walked, I started to have that feeling, ‘What if I don’t make it home? What if we get three outs and then we have to play (extra innings)?’ But as soon as I hit home plate on that tag, my whole team just came out cheering and screaming and it’s just an amazing feeling because I have all of these loving friends of mine that are on my team.GLOUCESTER CITY - The path to the Joe Graziano New Jersey Little League state title just got a lot harder for the 12-year-old All-Stars from Randolph West.Īs a result of suffering a 10-0 loss to Freehold Township in four innings on Thursday night, Randolph West dropped into the loser’s bracket and will now have to play five straight days in order to win the state title, which would come in an “if necessary” championship game on Monday, August 1.īut the first order of business for Randolph West is avoiding elimination on Friday night in a 6 p.m. “On third base, I was kind of panicking,” she said. Colleen Zdan from Ocean is one of the best pitchers you’re going to see at the 12-year-old level, and luckily we got two passed balls.”ĭown by a run in the final inning, Conklin walked, stole second and third and scored on an error to tie it.Īllan had a similar journey, getting home on a wild pitch. “I had Ladai take the first pitch and we had to get her over to second base. Wall, NJThursday, JBack-and-forth battleĪfter a back-and-forth affair that came down to the wire, North Wall pulled out the walk-off victory with base running heroics from Conklin and then Allan.“As soon (Allan) she got on base, I said we gotta steal two,” coach Tony Osmond said.

Ocean Township at North Wall softball championship.
