Green Hornets 11U Baseball Wins Second Straight Tournament

The 11U Green Hornets are (top row, l-r) assistant coach Jim Viera, head coach Tim Bowerman, assistant coach Tim Delobe, (middle row, l-r) Brandon Matta, Campbell “Moose” Jones, Drew Dupcak, Sebastian “Seabass” Kongas, Brayden Kiernan, Mark Smith, (front row, l-r) Tyler Bowerman, TJ Viera, Charlie Delobe, Nate Peacock, Chase Goldman and Jonathan Bullough.

Posted Friday, May 7, 2021 9:30 pm

With a win in the Rogue Freedom Rundown Tournament in Mt. Airy, Maryland, from April 30 through May 2, the Green Hornets 11U travel baseball team won its second consecutive tournament of the season. The team’s first tournament win of the season came with the Knock the Rust Off tournament at Kinder Farm Park in March.

The Rogue Freedom Rundown field consisted of API Academy Red, Olney, Rogue, Shutdown Orioles and Severna Park.

Severna Park won its first game, against API Academy Red, 9-1. Green Hornets logged 12 hits, led by two apiece from Jonathan Bullough, Brandon Matta and Drew Dupcak. One of Bullough’s two hits was a fence-clearing home run. Starting pitcher Tyler Bowerman threw a scoreless three innings, with Charlie Delobe closing out the victory.

The second game was an 8-7 nail-biter against Olney. Dupcak came to the plate in a crucial moment in the bottom of the fifth inning with two outs as his team clung to a 6-5 lead. He hit a towering two-run homer over the right-field wall to give the Green Hornets an 8-6 lead and much-needed insurance. Sebastian Kongas started on the mound. Chase Goldman came on in relief and Tyler Bowerman shut down three batters with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to keep Severna Park in the lead.

Those two wins gave Severna Park the No. 2 seed heading into the elimination round, which again pitted the team against API Red. This time, the 11U Green Hornets won 5-0 behind a scoreless complete game pitched by Bullough, who allowed only four hits while striking out six batters. The team tallied eight hits, including two apiece by Goldman and TJ Viera.

That win vaulted Severna Park into the championship and a rematch with Olney. In a 7-4 victory, Severna Park got a 3-3 performance from Delobe, three scoreless innings from Kongas, and relief pitching from Goldman and Tyler Bowerman.

“I am very proud of the baseball the boys are playing right now,” head coach Tim Bowerman said after the win. “They work hard every night at practice as well as on their off days.”