Manchester wins U11 New Hampshire Cal Ripken Championship

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The Cal Ripken team celebrates after winning the state championship. Photo/Andrew Sylvia

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Manchester’s U11 Cal Ripken baseball team won its third consecutive state championship on Tuesday, defeating Exeter, 4-0.

Manchester pitcher Chase Russell had a perfect game through two innings and a no-hitter through the game’s first ten outs, eventually giving up a double down the left field line to Exeter’s Ryan Allard in the fourth.

That would be Exeter’s only hit of the night. Meanwhile, the hosts had no problem getting hits of their own.

Manchester finished the first inning with a one-run lead after Kyle Levesque’s lead off hit later led to a run and Mason Ellison would lead off the second with a home run to left, the first of two Manchester runs in the second.

Russell knocked in the final Manchester run in the fifth, knocking home Evan Voveris on a bases loaded single.

Levesque had two hits and reached base after being hit in the leg in the fifth, Jayden Perez also reached twice with a single and a walk on the night.


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Chase Russell. Photo/Andrew Sylvia

 

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Andrew Sylvia

Assistant EditorManchester Ink Link

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.