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Lightning Baseball of New England
Win 2003 AAU 13U Mass State Tournament

Lightning Baseball of New England, from Peabody, MA won five straight games in the Massachusetts 13U AAU State Tournament to win the Gold Medal and advance to the AAU National Championship Tournament to be held in Kinston, NC from July 26th to August 2nd.

Lightning Baseball earned the #1 seed in the Mass. State Tournament by finishing in 1st place during the AAU regular season with a 15-1 record.

Front row (from left): Scott Weismann, Ryan Janedy, Tim Holland, Derek Coppola, Eric Medina, Ben Hart

Back Row (from left): Brett Middleton, Chris Welch, Dan MacFarland, Brenden Hedblom, Alex, Miliano, Peter Kinchley

Lightning Baseball opened the state tournament with a 9-3 win over Team New England (from Merrimack, MA) on Friday night and swept a doubleheader on Saturday with a 4-0 win over the Firebirds (from Andover, MA) and a 6-1 win over the Magic (Peabody, MA). These 3 wins moved the Lightning into Sunday’s Championship round where they defeated America’s Pastimes (from Hudson, MA) 14-4 in the semifinal game. Lightning Baseball won the Gold Medal and State Championship with a 6-1 win over the Hit Dogs from Stoughton, MA.

Lightning Baseball of New England is the premier AAU organization in the United States. We have more top 10 finishes at the National level than all other AAU teams in New England combined and we are the only AAU program in the country that has qualified 13, 14, 15 year old teams for national tournaments for the last 9 years. Lightning Baseball partners with Extra Innings Indoor Training Facility to provide its players with year round training opportunities.

Tryouts for all Lightning Baseball teams is in September. Check this Web site (www.lightningbaseball.com) for details.

For more information on Lightning’s 13U team please call head coach Rick Petersen (Andover, MA) at 978-470-1410 or Dave Callum, (Peabody, MA) 978-536-2022. For more information on Extra Innings call Rob Nash or Joe Luis at 978-762-0668.

Dan McFarland 40 Old Rd. Eliot ME 03903 207-439-6493
Scott Weismann Avebury Circle Boxborough MA 01719 978-263-2805
Ben Hart 213 Aldrich Rd. Portsmouth NH 03801 603-431-5831
Pete Kinchley 22 Walker Rd Swampscott MA 01907 781-593-5251
Derek Coppola 13 Anglewood Lane North Reading MA 01864 978-276-0356
Tim Holland 71 North St. Georgetown MA 01833 978-352-5573
Eric Medina 658 Chandler St Tewksbury MA 01876 978-851-0162
Brenden Hedblom 357 Maple St Carlisle MA 01741 978-369-8254
Alex Miliano 15 Wilhelmina Ave. Burlington MA 01803 781-273-4849
Chris Welch 10 Evans Dr. Wilmington MA 01887 978-988-0645
Brett Middleton 11 Wentworth Ave. Hampton NH 03842 603-929-6939
Ryan Janedy 46 Clyde St Malden MA 02148 781-321-9705

 

 

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LIGHTNING BASEBALL OF NEW ENGLAND

3 Time AAU National Champion - 2004, 2005 & 2006
3 Videtta St. • Peabody, MA 01960
978-821-6478