The Hopedale 8U baseball team won the Ashland Sparkler Baseball tournament last month for the first time in history.

These boys played their hearts out after a long spring in quarantine.  

Not only did they have to play after being in quarantine so long, they also had to deal with strict COVID-19 rules. These rules extended to spectators as well. Friends and family cheer squads were limited.

Hopedale 8U went 5 and 1 for regular season games. They beat Framingham in game 1 of the playoffs, and beat Medway in game 2. The final game was against Westboro. Westboro was their only regular season loss. Hopedale beat Westboro 9-5. 

Matty G. hit an in-the-park homerun, scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning! Owen W. hit a single in the top of the 6th scoring 2 more runs. Colin J. had a clutch catch at third in the 6th helping secure the win. Pitchers Nolan V., Griffin D. and Calvin M. pitched 2 innings each, 4 strikeouts each.