The Back Mountain-based Northeast Riverdawgs travel baseball team won the Future Stars Player Appreciation Tournament Aug. 26-27 in Hershey.
Nick Finarelli and Will Youngman combined on a three-hitter when the Riverdawgs beat the Niagara-Orleans Privateers from New York State in the championship game.
Playing against other 13- and 14-year-old travel teams from New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Riverdawgs went 4-0 and outscored their opponents by a total of 40-11.
Austin Finarelli, Ty Federici, Nick Nocito and Evan Zawadzki had two hits each in the championship game.
The Riverdawgs have four more fall tournaments on their schedule.
Members of the Northeast Riverdawgs team that won the Future Stars Player Appreciation Tournament are, from left, kneeling, Ty Federici, Evan Hromisin, Will Youngman, Nick Nocito, Graedon Finarelli. Standing, Jason Killian, coach; Steve Federici, coach; Chris Killian, Nick Finarelli, Austin Finarelli, Evan Zawadzki, Chuck Youngman, head coach; Marc Noyalis, coach.
