LOCK HAVEN – The Clearfield Babe Ruth League 13-Year-Old All-Stars won two of four games to place third in the seven-team District 8 Tournament hosted by the Keystone League last weekend.
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The losses were to eventual champion West End of Williamsport 19-8 in six innings Friday evening and to runner-up State College 10-5 in the elimination bracket final Sunday evening.
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Sandwiched in between were down-to-the-wire elimination bracket victories over Potter/McKean 8-6 and Altoona 22-21.
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Zach Krise and Logan Puit were the winning pitchers.
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State College forced an extra game by defeating West End 14-1, but the Williamsport team bounced back to claim the championship by overcoming a seven-run deficit with a nine-run rally in the sixth inning to prevail 12-10.
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FIRST ROUND
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West End       830 324 – 19 6 3
Clearfield      002 060 – 8 6 8
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W – Christian Diggs. L – Zach Krise.
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ELIMINATION BRACKET QUARTERFINAL
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Clearfield             030 103 1 – 8 7 1
Potter/McKean  200 031 0 – 6 7 3
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W – Krise. L – Hobie Milliron.
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ELIMINATION BRACKET SEMIFINAL
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Clearfield    025 2(13)0 0 – 22 18 4
Altoona       025 2   4 1 7 – 21 18 1
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W – Logan Puit. L – Devyn Carper.
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ELIMINATION BRACKET FINAL
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Clearfield         001 003 1 – 5 8 3
State College  321 103 x – 10 9 2
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W – Tristian Ballenger. L- Thomas Summers.