Foxboro Warriors Youth Baseball Team Plays in Cooperstown

Editor's note: The following information was submitted by Stella Devlin.

The Foxboro Warriors Cooperstown baseball team was one of 104 teams across the country to be invited to and participate in the Dreams Park Tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y. for a week in August.

The tournament, which runs from June to August, invites 104 teams each week to participate - totalling over 1,350 teams to play in Cooperstown each season.

Two weeks ago, it was Foxborough's opportunity to play in Cooperstown, home of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Warriors took full advantage of their opportunity.

The 12-year-old team represented the "Gem of Norfolk County" by stringing together a series of web gems to win third place out of 104 teams in the Around the Horn skills event. The team then proceeded to win four of six games in the tournament series. They finished the tournament ranked 40th out of 104 teams.

This strong showing qualified the Warriors for the playoffs as the highest seeded Massachusetts team, placing them ahead of  Mansfield’s Southeast Mass Sliders, the Quincy Red Stockings, Dover Sherborn Raiders, Andover Warriors and the Cape Cod Clippers.

The team’s tournament record earned them two byes before competing in their first playoff game. They beat New York's Orchard Park Thunder, 14-0 in their first playoff game (round 3 of the tournament) but lost a close, 4-2, game in round 4 to the 25th ranked team from Georgia.  

Throughout the week, Jack Devlin, Joe Morrison, and Mike Saliba each hit three home runs and Andrew Block hit one.

“It was a fantastic time, each of the boys made the plays they had to make and had a moment to shine with their teammates in front of family and friends who travelled to Cooperstown,” said Warriors head coach and manager, Ted Maher. “The team worked hard throughout the spring and summer preparing for this week and it all came together for them. A special thanks to assistant coaches Mike Rongione, Jim Burke, and Dennis Sylvestre for all their time and effort. The Team would like to thank RBI Baseball Academy for their incredible support in preparing us for this tournament.”