Champion nine-year-olds seek help for World Series trip

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2019 Cal Ripken Nine-Year-Old NH State Champions (courtesy photo)

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Manchester’s nine-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball Team had a big summer, but they need to make next summer even bigger.

Late last month, the team became New England regional champions after repeating as state champions several weeks earlier.

Their regional championship concluded a perfect 16-0 campaign that required late five-run semifinal rally, following a near miss in the regional championships last year at the eight-year-old division.

“It’s a pretty special group that they were able to turn the page so quickly,” said Manchester Head Coach Josh Bernier.

With no World Series for nine-year-old Cal Ripken teams, this year’s squad has earned an automatic berth to next year’s ten-year-old World Series Tournament in Florida and is seeking financial support from the community at large.

The team has set up a GoFundMe page, and a carwash fundraiser will be held on Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 313 Tarrytown Rd.

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Born and raised in the Granite State, Andrew Sylvia has written approximately 10,000 pieces over his career for outlets across Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. On top of that, he's a licensed notary and licensed to sell property, casualty and life insurance, he's been a USSF trained youth soccer and futsal referee for the past six years and he can name over 60 national flags in under 60 seconds according to that flag game app he has on his phone, which makes sense because he also has a bachelor's degree in geography (like Michael Jordan). He can also type over 100 words a minute on a good day.